Breast cancer immunobiology driving immunotherapy: vaccines and immune checkpoint blockade

LA Emens - Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Breast cancer is immunogenic, and infiltrating immune cells in primary breast tumors convey
important clinical prognostic and predictive information. Furthermore, the immune system is …

DNA vaccines: ready for prime time?

MA Kutzler, DB Weiner - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2008 - nature.com
Since the discovery, over a decade and a half ago, that genetically engineered DNA can be
delivered in vaccine form and elicit an immune response, there has been much progress in …

Inflammatory cell infiltration of tumors: Jekyll or Hyde

JE Talmadge, M Donkor, E Scholar - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2007 - Springer
Inflammatory cell infiltration of tumors contributes either positively or negatively to tumor
invasion, growth, metastasis, and patient outcomes, creating a Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde …

Vaccines for tumour prevention

PL Lollini, F Cavallo, P Nanni, G Forni - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2006 - nature.com
Despite tremendous progress in basic and epidemiological research, effective prevention of
most types of cancer is still lacking. Vaccine use in cancer therapy remains a promising but …

Microsecond and nanosecond electric pulses in cancer treatments

M Breton, LM Mir - Bioelectromagnetics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
New local treatments based on electromagnetic fields have been developed as non‐
surgical and minimally invasive treatments of tumors. In particular, short electric pulses can …

Electroporation-enhanced nonviral gene transfer for the prevention or treatment of immunological, endocrine and neoplastic diseases

GJ Prud'homme, Y Glinka, AS Khan… - Current Gene …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Nonviral gene transfer is markedly enhanced by the application of in vivo electroporation
(also denoted electrogene transfer or electrokinetic enhancement). This approach is safe …

Peptide vaccine given with a Toll-like receptor agonist is effective for the treatment and prevention of spontaneous breast tumors

P Nava-Parada, G Forni, KL Knutson, LR Pease… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
Our goal is to develop peptide vaccines that stimulate tumor antigen–specific T-cell
responses against frequently found cancers. Previous work has shown that to generate …

Solid‐in‐oil nanodispersions for transdermal drug delivery systems

M Kitaoka, R Wakabayashi, N Kamiya… - Biotechnology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Transdermal administration of drugs has advantages over conventional oral administration
or administration using injection equipment. The route of administration reduces the …

Electroporation-based DNA immunisation: translation to the clinic

A Luxembourg, CF Evans… - Expert opinion on …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The expectation has been that plasmid DNA vaccines may have use against a wide range of
microbial and oncologic targets. However, attempts at their development have been …

A DNA vaccine targeting angiomotin inhibits angiogenesis and suppresses tumor growth

L Holmgren, E Ambrosino, O Birot… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Endogenous angiogenesis inhibitors have shown promise in preclinical trials, but clinical
use has been hindered by low half-life in circulation and high production costs. Here, we …