title: T-cell responses of vaccinated cancer patients.
abstract: Following vaccination with defined tumor antigens that are recognized by T cells, a small proportion of cancer patients display tumor regressions. Several reports describe anti-vaccine T-cell responses, evaluated with a variety of methods, for example, by assessing T-cell function or expression of specific TCR. However, a correlation between these T-cell responses and the tumor regressions has not yet been established. It appears that some patients display tumor regression with an unexpectedly low frequency of anti-vaccine T cells.
authors.affiliation: Cellular Genetics Unit, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Université de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 74, UCL 7459, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. coulie@gece.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: Pierre G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Coulie
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van der Bruggen
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000235:genetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015166:Monitoring, Immunologic / Q000379:methods; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D019496:Cancer Vaccines; C072013:MAGEA3 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell