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9286413

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-14
pubmed:abstractText
Antigen specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) are being studied for their potential immunotherapeutic benefit in the treatment of cancer. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is an oncofetal protein best known for its overexpression in the majority of colorectal, gastric, pancreatic, non small cell lung, and breast carcinomas. We are using dendritic cells (DC) pulsed with the CEA CTL peptide epitope to generate CEA specific CTL. DC from HLA A2+ donors were isolated by culturing plastic adherent PBMC in GMCSF and IL4 for 7 days. As expected these DC expressed the relevant cell surface molecules including HLA DR, CD58, CD80, and CD86. The DC were stripped of their endogenous peptides, pulsed with the A2 restricted CEA peptide, irradiated and used to stimulate autologous CD8+ T cells in the presence of IL7. Using this approach we have been able to generate CEA specific CTL from the PBMC of breast and pancreatic carcinoma patients as well as HLA A2+ tumor cells expressing the CEA antigen. This data is being used to support a phase I active immunotherapy clinical protocol using DC pulsed with CEA peptide to treat patients with metastatic malignancies expressing CEA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0065-2598
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
417
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
519-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunotherapy of cancer. Generation of CEA specific CTL using CEA peptide pulsed dendritic cells.
pubmed:affiliation
RPR GenCell, Santa Clara, California 95054-1114, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro