2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of stealth antigens for developing tumor immunotherapy
| Project/Area Number |
16K15244
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Human pathology
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| Research Institution | Asahikawa Medical College |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
小坂 朱 旭川医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (40561030)
大栗 敬幸 旭川医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (70564061)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | cancer vaccines |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We found several stealth antigens which are epigenetically suppressed in tumor cells due to their high antigenicity and re-transcripted and -translated by treating with DNA methyltransferase inhibitor. We found that the stealth antigen-specific Th cells were efficiently generated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy donors. Also combination therapy of the Th cells and DNA methyltransferase inhibitor efficiently inhibited growth of human cancer cell line in immunodeficient mice.
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| Free Research Field |
腫瘍免疫、病理
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