IL‐7 is superior to IL‐2 for ex vivo expansion of tumour‐specific CD4+ T cells

S Caserta, P Alessi, V Basso… - European journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
It is well established that tumours hinder both natural and vaccine‐induced tumour‐specific
CD4+ T‐cell responses. Adoptive T‐cell therapy has the potential to circumvent functional …

Depletion of tumor‐induced Treg prior to reconstitution rescues enhanced priming of tumor‐specific, therapeutic effector T cells in lymphopenic hosts

CH Poehlein, DP Haley, EB Walker… - European journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We reported previously that vaccination of reconstituted, lymphopenic mice resulted in a
higher frequency of tumor‐specific effector T cells with therapeutic activity than vaccination …

Multiple roles for CD4+ T cells in anti‐tumor immune responses

R Kennedy, E Celis - Immunological reviews, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the importance of CD4+ T cells in orchestrating immune responses
has grown dramatically over the past decade. This lymphocyte family consists of diverse …

CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells that secrete TGFβ and IL-10 are preferentially induced by a vaccine vector

SF Hussain, Y Paterson - Journal of Immunotherapy, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Abstract CD4+ CD25+ T cells generated in a vaccine scenario can play a critical role in
limiting antitumor therapy, thus having widespread implications for the immunotherapy …

CD28, TNF receptor, and IL-12 are critical for CD4-independent cross-priming of therapeutic antitumor CD8+ T cells

HM Hu, H Winter, J Ma, M Croft, WJ Urba… - The Journal of …, 2002 - journals.aai.org
Previously, we have shown that priming of therapeutic CD8+ T cells in tumor vaccine-
draining lymph nodes of mice vaccinated with GM-CSF secreting B16BL6 melanoma cells …

Induction of higher-avidity human CTLs by vector-mediated enhanced costimulation of antigen-presenting cells

S Yang, KY Tsang, J Schlom - Clinical cancer research, 2005 - AACR
The efficacy of antigen-specific CD8+ CTLs depends not only on the quantity of CTLs
generated but also perhaps, more importantly, on the avidity of the CTLs. To date, however …

MHC Class II-Transfected Tumor Cells Directly Present Antigen to Tumor-Specific CD4+ T Lymphocytes1

TD Armstrong, VK Clements… - The Journal of …, 1998 - journals.aai.org
We have developed and shown to be efficacious an immunotherapeutic strategy to enhance
the generation of tumor-specific CD4+ T helper lymphocytes. The approach uses autologous …

Propagation of mouse and human T cells with defined antigen specificity and function

PA Cohen, DH Fowler, H Kim, RL White… - Ciba Foundation …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Difficulties maintaining fully functional CD4+ T cells in culture have historically limited the
study of their role in tumour rejection as well as other clinical applications. As the therapeutic …

Cutting edge: CD4+ T cell control of CD8+ T cell reactivity to a model tumor antigen

DR Surman, ME Dudley, WW Overwijk… - The Journal of …, 2000 - journals.aai.org
Neoantigens resulting from the inherent genomic instability of tumor cells generally do not
trigger immune recognition. Similarly, transfection of tumors with model Ags often fails to …

Taming cancer by inducing immunity via dendritic cells

AK Palucka, H Ueno, JW Fay… - Immunological …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy seeks to mobilize a patient's immune system for therapeutic benefit. It can
be passive, ie transfer of immune effector cells (T cells) or proteins (antibodies), or active, ie …