Palettes of vaccines and immunostimulatory monoclonal antibodies for combination.

Melero, Ignacio; Martinez-Forero, Ivan; Dubrot, Juan; Suarez, Natalia; Palazón, Asis; Chen, Lieping · Clin Cancer Res · 2009

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Abstract

Various monoclonal antibodies (mAb) target immune system molecules to enhance immunity by costimulating T cells (i.e., CD137, OX40, CD40, GITR) or interfering in coinhibitory signals (i.e., CTLA-4, PD-1). These powerful agents can be guided by cancer vaccines to enhance immunity against tumor but not self tissues. Clinically powerful therapeutic synergies are at hand.

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