Cancer Vaccine

Regulatory T cells may have a role in poor immune response against tumor antigens

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 26th, 2002

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The weak immunogenicity of tumor antigens may be due to regulatory T cells that suppress the response of self-reactive T cells to prevent development of autoimmune disease, according to a report in the Journal of Immunology.

"In mice, depletion of regulatory T cells by antibody therapy leads to more efficient tumor rejection," said Udaya K. Liyanage and colleagues at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis. "Regulatory T cell-medicated suppression of antitumor immune responses may partly explain the poor clinical response to vaccine-based immunotherapy for human cancer."

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-11-26)

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