DNA vaccines: precision tools for activating effective immunity against cancer

J Rice, CH Ottensmeier, FK Stevenson - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2008 - nature.com
DNA vaccination has suddenly become a favoured strategy for inducing immunity. The
molecular precision offered by gene-based vaccines, together with the facility to include …

Electroporation of skeletal muscle induces danger signal release and antigen-presenting cell recruitment independently of DNA vaccine administration

P Chiarella, E Massi, M De Robertis… - Expert opinion on …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Plasmid DNA vaccination combined with electroporation (EP) provides a
promising approach for the prevention of infectious diseases and for cancer immunotherapy …

DNA vaccines against cancer come of age

FK Stevenson, CH Ottensmeier, J Rice - Current opinion in immunology, 2010 - Elsevier
Genetic technology allows construction of DNA vaccines encoding selected tumor antigens
together with molecules to direct and amplify the desired effector pathways. Their enormous …

Insertion of Vaccinia Virus C7L Host Range Gene into NYVAC-B Genome Potentiates Immune Responses against HIV-1 Antigens

JL Nájera, CE Gómez, J Garcia-Arriaza, CO Sorzano… - PLoS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background The highly attenuated vaccinia virus strain NYVAC expressing HIV-1
components has been evaluated as a vaccine candidate in preclinical and clinical trials with …

In Vivo Electroporation of Minicircle DNA as a Novel Method of Vaccine Delivery To Enhance HIV-1-Specific Immune Responses

Q Wang, W Jiang, Y Chen, P Liu, C Sheng… - Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT DNA vaccines offer advantage over conventional vaccines, as they are safer to
use, easier to produce, and able to induce humoral as well cellular immune responses …

Vaccination with a DNA vaccine based on human PSCA and HSP70 adjuvant enhances the antigen‐specific CD8+ T‐cell response and inhibits the PSCA+ tumors …

X Zhang, C Yu, J Zhao, L Fu, S Yi, S Liu… - The Journal of Gene …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background DNA vaccines have been shown to be an effective approach to induce antigen‐
specific cellular and humoral immunity. However, the lower immune intensity in clinical trials …

DNA vaccination induces WT1-specific T-cell responses with potential clinical relevance

C Chaise, SL Buchan, J Rice, J Marquet… - Blood, The Journal …, 2008 - ashpublications.org
The Wilms tumor antigen, WT1, is associated with several human cancers, including
leukemia. We evaluated WT1 as an immunotherapeutic target using our proven DNA fusion …

Methods for improving the immunogenicity and efficacy of cancer vaccines

L Pilla, S Ferrone, C Maccalli - Expert opinion on biological …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Cancer vaccines represent one of the oldest immunotherapy strategies. A
variety of tumor-associated antigens have been exploited to investigate their …

Vaccines and immunotherapeutics for the treatment of malignant disease

JF Aldrich, DB Lowe, MH Shearer… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The employment of the immune system to treat malignant disease represents an active area
of biomedical research. The specificity of the immune response and potential for …

Application of electroporation in DNA vaccination protocols

P Chiarella, VM Fazio, E Signori - Current gene therapy, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Vaccination is historically one of the most important methods for preventing infectious
diseases in humans and animals. Due to recent advances in understanding the biology of …