Designing effective vaccines for colorectal cancer.
Journal Article (Review)
Achieving long-term control of colorectal cancers with therapeutic vaccines that generate potent anti-tumor T cell and antibody responses has been a goal for more than two decades. To date, clinical trials of these vaccines have demonstrated induction of immune responses, but clinical benefit has been limited. Improved vector delivery systems with enhanced immunostimulatory properties, decreased immunogenicity against vector and improved antigen presentation are some of the key features of modern tumor vaccines. Furthermore, an improved understanding of the various immunosuppressive factors in the tumor microenvironment and regional lymph nodes, coupled with a burgeoning ability to impair inhibitory immune synapses, highlights a growing opportunity to induce beneficial antigen-specific responses against tumor. The combination of improved antigenic delivery systems, coupled with therapeutic immune activation, represents state-of-the-art colorectal vaccine design concepts with the goal of augmenting immune responses against tumor and improving clinical outcomes.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Patel, SP; Osada, T; Lyerly, HK; Morse, MA
Published Date
- 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 6 / 8
Start / End Page
- 913 - 926
PubMed ID
- 25313570
Pubmed Central ID
- 25313570
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1750-7448
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.2217/imt.14.61
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England