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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
Recent evidence has resurrected the concept of specialized populations of T lymphocytes that are able to suppress an antigen-specific immune response. T-regulatory cells (T-reg) have been characterized as CD4+ CD25+ T cells. Previous reports describing differential gene expression analysis have shown that the glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis family receptor family-related gene (GITR) is upregulated in these cells. Furthermore, antibodies specific for GITR have been shown to inhibit the T-suppressor function of CD4+ CD25+ T-reg. The ligands for both mouse and human GITR have been cloned recently. We have inserted the sequences for natural, membrane-bound GITR-ligand (GITR-L) and a truncated secreted form of GITR-L (GITR-Lsol) into the adenovirus-5 genome. Coculture experiments show that cells infected with Ad-GITR-L and supernatants from cells infected with Ad-GITR-Lsol can increase the proliferation of both CD4+ CD25- and CD8+ T cells in response to anti-CD3 stimulation, in the presence, as well as in the absence, of CD4+ CD25+ T cells. The virus constructs were injected into growing B16 melanoma tumors. Ad-GITR-L was shown to attract infiltration with both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Both constructs were shown to inhibit tumor growth.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0929-1903
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
198-205
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Antigens, CD28, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Immunosuppression, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Melanoma, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory, pubmed-meshheading:15472713-Tumor Necrosis Factors
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Bypassing tumor-associated immune suppression with recombinant adenovirus constructs expressing membrane bound or secreted GITR-L.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Transgene SA, Strasbourg 67082, France. calmels@transgene.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article