title: Survivin-derived peptide epitopes and their role for induction of antitumor immunity in hematological malignancies.
abstract: The immune system's ability to detect and destroy tumor cells offers an attractive approach to broaden the spectrum of cancer therapies. Survivin, a member of the apoptosis inhibitor protein family, is a tumor antigen, overexpressed in human cancers giving rise to peptides eliciting spontaneous CD8+ and CD4+ responses. Due to its dual function, blockade of apoptosis and regulation of cell division, survivin is directly associated with tumor survival and therefore regarded as an ideal target structure for immunotherapeutic approaches. Strong evidence that survivin acts as a T-cell activating antigen has been collected in recent years and the first clinical trials using survivin-based vaccines aim to prove its therapeutic efficacy in the clinic. We focus on the role of survivin in hematological malignancies, including a list of survivin-derived peptides eliciting potent immune responses.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital St Georg, Department of Hematology, Hamburg, Germany. bfriedrichs77@yahoo.de
authors.forename: Birte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Friedrichs
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Mads Hald
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeis
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000737:chemistry; D000939:Epitopes; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000473:pathology; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D000077022:Survivin; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; C107489:BIRC5 protein, human; D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D000939:Epitopes; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D000077022:Survivin