[HTML][HTML] Targeting the undruggable oncogenic KRAS: the dawn of hope

H Asimgil, U Ertetik, NC Çevik, M Ekizce, A Doğruöz… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
KRAS mutations are the drivers of various cancers, including non–small cell lung cancer,
colon cancer, and pancreatic cancer. Over the last 30 years, immense efforts have been …

Genetic basis for clinical response to CTLA-4 blockade in melanoma

A Snyder, V Makarov, T Merghoub… - … England Journal of …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors are effective cancer treatments, but molecular
determinants of clinical benefit are unknown. Ipilimumab and tremelimumab are antibodies …

Neoepitopes of cancers: looking back, looking ahead

PK Srivastava - Cancer immunology research, 2015 - AACR
The search for specificity in cancers has been a holy grail in cancer immunology. Cancer
geneticists have long known that cancers harbor transforming and other mutations …

Genomic and bioinformatic profiling of mutational neoepitopes reveals new rules to predict anticancer immunogenicity

F Duan, J Duitama, S Al Seesi, CM Ayres… - Journal of Experimental …, 2014 - rupress.org
The mutational repertoire of cancers creates the neoepitopes that make cancers
immunogenic. Here, we introduce two novel tools that identify, with relatively high accuracy …

Individualized vaccines for cancer

U Sahin, S Kreiter, M Diken, J Diekmann… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to the provision of vaccines which are specific for a patient's
tumor and are potentially useful for immunotherapy of the primary tumor as well as tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Immunosurveillance shapes the emergence of neo-epitope landscapes of sarcomas, revealing prime targets for immunotherapy

DO Osei-Hwedieh, AL Sedlacek, LM Hernandez… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
T cells recognize tumor-derived mutated peptides presented on MHC by tumors. The
recognition of these neo-epitopes leads to rejection of tumors, an event that is critical for …

Personalized cancer vaccines: Targeting the cancer mutanome

X Zhang, PK Sharma, SP Goedegebuure… - Vaccine, 2017 - Elsevier
The development of next generation sequencing technologies has revolutionized our
understanding of how specific genetic events contribute to cancer initiation and progression …

Harnessing the immune response to treat cancer

HJ Steer, RA Lake, AK Nowak, BWS Robinson - Oncogene, 2010 - nature.com
It is well established that the immune system has the capacity to attack malignant cells.
During malignant transformation cells acquire numerous molecular and biochemical …

Next-generation therapies for pancreatic cancer

CW Buckley, EM O'Reilly - Expert Review of Gastroenterology & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Pancreas ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a frequently lethal malignancy that
poses unique therapeutic challenges. The current mainstay of therapy for metastatic PDAC …

Translation of genomics-guided RNA-based personalised cancer vaccines: towards the bedside

V Boisguérin, JC Castle, M Loewer, J Diekmann… - British journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
Cancer is a disease caused by DNA mutations. Cancer therapies targeting defined
functional mutations have shown clinical benefit. However, as 95% of the mutations in a …