Eligibility of antigenic-peptide-pre-loaded and fixed adhesive peripheral blood cells for induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes from cancer patients with elevated serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen

2000 ◽  
Vol 126 (7) ◽  
pp. 383-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Hyun Kim ◽  
Takeshi Todoroki ◽  
Masatoshi Matsumura ◽  
Tadao Ohno
2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 973-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lasse Kjaer ◽  
Morten O. Holmström ◽  
Sabrina Cordua ◽  
Mads Hald Andersen ◽  
Inge Marie Svane ◽  
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Cancers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balázs ◽  
Kis ◽  
Badie ◽  
Bogdándi ◽  
Candéias ◽  
...  

Though radiotherapy is a local therapy, it has systemic effects mainly influencing immune and inflammation processes. This has important consequences in the long-term prognosis and therapy individualization. Our objective was to investigate immune and inflammation-related changes in the peripheral blood of head and neck cancer patients treated with radiotherapy. Peripheral blood cells, plasma and blood cell-derived RNA were isolated from 23 patients before and at two time points after radiotherapy and cellular immune parameters, plasma protein changes and gene expression alterations were studied. Increased regulatory T cells and increased CTLA4 and PD-1 expression on CD4 cells indicated an immune suppression induced by the malignant condition, which was accentuated by radiotherapy. Circulating dendritic cells were strongly elevated before treatment and were not affected by radiotherapy. Decreased endoglin levels in the plasma of patients before treatment were further decreased by radiotherapy. Expression of the FXDR, SESN1, GADD45, DDB2 and MDM2 radiation-response genes were altered in the peripheral blood cells of patients after radiotherapy. All changes were long-lasting, detectable one month after radiotherapy. In conclusion we demonstrated radiotherapy-induced changes in systemic immune parameters of head and neck cancer patients and proposed markers suitable for patient stratification worth investigating in larger patient cohorts.


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