title: OVAREX MAb-B43.13:IFN-gamma could improve the ovarian tumor cell sensitivity to CA125-specific allogenic cytotoxic T cells.
abstract: Various immunological parameters were studied in 100 ovarian cancer patients injected with the OVAREX therapeutic vaccine (the functional component of which is anti-CA125 MAb-B43.13) to explain the serendipitous observation of prolonged survival after such treatment. In addition to CA125-specific humoral and cellular responses, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) was also found to be induced in those patients receiving the vaccine. In vitro studies indicated that the expression of MHC I, MHC II, and ICAM I in ovarian tumor cells were upregulated in response to IFN-gamma. Such tumor cells were also found to be more sensitive to CA125-specific cytotoxic T cells compared to cells that were not incubated with IFN-gamma.
authors.affiliation: AltaRex Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Madiyalakan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Schultes
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Noujaim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000378:metabolism; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018394:CA-125 Antigen; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D007371:Interferon-gamma; C107428:oregovomab