Endogenous retroviruses in development and health

J Wang, X Lu, W Zhang, GH Liu - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are evolutionary remnants of retroviral infections in which
the viral genome became embedded as a dormant regulatory element within the host …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine-boosted CAR T crosstalk with host immunity to reject tumors with antigen heterogeneity

L Ma, A Hostetler, DM Morgan, L Maiorino, I Sulkaj… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy effectively treats human cancer, but the loss
of the antigen recognized by the CAR poses a major obstacle. We found that in vivo vaccine …

[HTML][HTML] Short Peptides as Powerful Arsenal for Smart Fighting Cancer

J Bojarska, WM Wolf - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This mini-review summarizes the up-to-date progress in develo**
anticancer therapies based on cutting-edge strategies employing short peptides. This work …

Are we getting closer to a successful neoantigen cancer vaccine?

K Manoutcharian, G Gevorkian - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Although significant advances in immunotherapy have revolutionized the treatment of many
cancer types over the past decade, the field of vaccine therapy, an important component of …

Tumor antigen-unbiased variable epitope library contains mimotopes with antitumor effect in a mouse model of breast cancer

F Martínez-Cortés, AN Domínguez-Romero… - Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death that affects the female population
worldwide. Despite advances in treatments and a greater understanding of the disease …

Identification of Enhanced Vaccine Mimotopes for the p15E Murine Cancer Antigen

S Zhou, Y Song, Y Luo, B Quinn, Y Jiao, MD Long… - Cancer Research …, 2024 - AACR
Mimotopes of short CD8+ T-cell epitopes generally comprise one or more mutated residues,
and can increase the immunogenicity and function of peptide cancer vaccines. We recently …

[HTML][HTML] Local delivery of cell surface-targeted immunocytokines programs systemic anti-tumor immunity

L Santollani, YJ Zhang, L Maiorino, JR Palmeri… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cytokine therapies are potent immunotherapy agents but exhibit severe dose-limiting
toxicities. One strategy to overcome this involves engineering cytokines for intratumoral …

Engineering cytokine immunotherapies via cell surface targeting

L Santollani - 2024 - dspace.mit.edu
Cancer immunotherapy targets immune cells to trigger a highly specific, long-lasting anti-
tumor response. With the clinical success of immune checkpoint blockade and the …

Tool Development for Studying and Manipulating Peptide-MHC Interactions in a Globally-Representative Manner

BD Huisman - 2022 - dspace.mit.edu
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins play a critical role in the adaptive immune
system, presenting peptide fragments on the surface of cells for surveillance by T cells. In …

Yeast-based screening platforms to understand and improve human health

M Deichmann, FG Hansson, ED Jensen - Trends in biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
Detailed molecular understanding of the human organism is essential to develop effective
therapies. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used extensively for acquiring insights into …