Targeting of the non-mutated tumor antigen HER2/neu to mature dendritic cells induces an integrated immune response that protects against breast cancer in mice

B Wang, N Zaidi, LZ He, L Zhang, JMY Kuroiwa… - Breast cancer …, 2012 - Springer
Introduction Given their relative simplicity of manufacture and ability to be injected
repeatedly, vaccines in a protein format are attractive for breast and other cancers. However …

[HTML][HTML] A live-cell assay to detect antigen-specific CD4+ T cells with diverse cytokine profiles

PK Chattopadhyay, J Yu, M Roederer - Nature medicine, 2005 - nature.com
Recently activated, but not resting, CD4+ T cells express CD154, providing costimulatory
signals to B cells and antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Therefore, de novo CD154 …

PGE2 limits effector expansion of tumour-infiltrating stem-like CD8+ T cells

SB Lacher, J Dörr, GP de Almeida, J Hönninger… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Cancer-specific TCF1+ stem-like CD8+ T cells can drive protective anticancer
immunity through expansion and effector cell differentiation,,–; however, this response is …

CD39+ tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells with a clonal overlap across compartments mediate antitumor immunity in breast cancer

YJ Lee, JY Kim, SH Jeon, H Nam, JH Jung… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Despite being a standard treatment option in breast cancer, immune checkpoint inhibitors
(ICIs) are only efficacious for a subset of patients. To gain a better understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Trastuzumab derived HER2-specific CARs for the treatment of trastuzumab-resistant breast cancer: CAR T cells penetrate and eradicate tumors that are not …

Á Szöőr, G Tóth, B Zsebik, V Szabó, Z Eshhar, H Abken… - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
HER2-targeted monoclonal antibodies improve the outcome for advanced breast cancer
patients; however, resistance to therapy is still frequent. Epitope masking and steric …

[HTML][HTML] CD40 activation in vivo overcomes peptide-induced peripheral cytotoxic T-lymphocyte tolerance and augments anti-tumor vaccine efficacy

L Diehl, AT den Boer, SP Schoenberger… - Nature medicine, 1999 - nature.com
The outcome of antigen recognition by naive CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in the
periphery is orchestrated by CD4+ T-helper cells, and can either lead to priming or …

[HTML][HTML] A transcriptionally and functionally distinct PD-1+ CD8+ T cell pool with predictive potential in non-small-cell lung cancer treated with PD-1 blockade

DS Thommen, VH Koelzer, P Herzig, A Roller… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Evidence from mouse chronic viral infection models suggests that CD8+ T cell subsets
characterized by distinct expression levels of the receptor PD-1 diverge in their state of …

IL-17-producing γδ T cells and neutrophils conspire to promote breast cancer metastasis

SB Coffelt, K Kersten, CW Doornebal, J Weiden… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Metastatic disease remains the primary cause of death for patients with breast cancer. The
different steps of the metastatic cascade rely on reciprocal interactions between cancer cells …

[HTML][HTML] HER kinase inhibition in patients with HER2-and HER3-mutant cancers

DM Hyman, SA Piha-Paul, H Won, J Rodon, C Saura… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Somatic mutations of ERBB2 and ERBB3 (which encode HER2 and HER3, respectively) are
found in a wide range of cancers. Preclinical modelling suggests that a subset of these …

[HTML][HTML] cDC1 prime and are licensed by CD4+ T cells to induce anti-tumour immunity

ST Ferris, V Durai, R Wu, DJ Theisen, JP Ward… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Conventional type 1 dendritic cells (cDC1) are thought to perform antigen cross-
presentation, which is required to prime CD8+ T cells,, whereas cDC2 are specialized for …