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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-23
pubmed:abstractText
Clinical studies of WT1-targeted cancer vaccine are being performed. However, WT1-specific Th response in cancer patients remains unclear. Using quantitative real-time RT-PCR, we investigated IFN-gamma and IL-10 mRNA expression from Th cells by stimulation with helper peptide WT1(332). Seventeen patients, of whom 10 had achieved stable disease and the remaining 7 had progressive disease, were weekly vaccinated with WT1 CTL epitope (modified WT1(235)) and examined for WT1(332)-specific Th response. A clear correlation between WT1(332)-specific Th response and clinical response was observed at 4 weeks post-vaccination. In patients who responded, a clear inverse correlation between IL-10-type and IFN-gamma-type WT1(332)-specific Th response was detected at pre- and 4 weeks post-vaccination, and the shift of the Th response from IL-10-type dominancy at early phase to IFN-gamma-type dominancy at late phase was observed. From this study we concluded that occurrence of WT1(332)-specific Th response could predict good clinical response of WT1 CTL epitope vaccination.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1791-7530
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2247-54
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
A clear correlation between WT1-specific Th response and clinical response in WT1 CTL epitope vaccination.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7, Yamada-Oka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't