| Literature DB >> 20858449 |
Jeremy D Gates1, Guy T Clifton, Linda C Benavides, Alan K Sears, Mark G Carmichael, Matthew T Hueman, Jarrod P Holmes, Yusuf H Jama, Mohamed Mursal, Athina Zacharia, Kathy Ciano, Steven Khoo, Alexander Stojadinovic, Sathibalan Ponniah, George E Peoples.
Abstract
Regulatory T cells (T(Reg)), CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+), are implicated in suppressing tumor immune responses. We analyzed peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from breast cancer patients receiving a modified HLA class II HER2/neu peptide (AE37) vaccine for T(Reg) cells and correlated their levels with vaccine-specific immune responses. The mean CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) T(Reg) cells decreased in patients with vaccination with no significant difference in serum TGF-β levels. IFN-γ ELISPOT and DTH increased after vaccination with a good correlation between T(Reg) cell reduction and size of DTH to AE37. The T(Reg) cell reduction and associated immune response suggest that AE37 may be clinically useful.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20858449 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.09.029
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccine ISSN: 0264-410X Impact factor: 3.641