2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigation of the immunotherapy targeting WT1 combined with chemotherapy against newly diagnosed malignant glioma.
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20390384
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cerebral neurosurgery
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| Research Institution | Hyogo College of Medicine |
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Principal Investigator |
IZUMOTO Shuichi Hyogo College of Medicine, 医学部, 准教授 (40324769)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TSUBOI Akihiro 大阪大学, 医学系研究科, 寄附講座准教授 (10372608)
HASHIMOTO Naoya 大阪大学, 医学系研究科, 准教授 (90315945)
KINOSHITA Manabu 大阪大学, 医学系研究科, 助教 (40448064)
MORI Kanji 兵庫医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (50360269)
YUSUKE Tomogane 兵庫医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (10412008)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 悪性神経膠腫 / 膠芽腫 / WT1 / 免疫療法 / がんワクチン療法 |
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| Research Abstract |
The safety and clinical responses of immunotherapy targeting the WT1 combined with chemotherapy against the patients with newly diagnosed malignant glioma were investigated. (1) The frequency of WT1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in blood was increased from 0.196% to 0.256% during the combined treatment of TMZ/RT for 6 weeks. The frequency of Treg cells was increased from 4.8% to 7.5% during the combined treatment of TMZ/RT for 6 weeks, but the cell count was not changed. (2) "Phase I clinical trial of WT1 immunotherapy combined with temozolomide chemotherapy against the patients with newly diagnosed malignant glioma" was performed and was safe. (3) Expression of IFN-γand IL-10 from WT1-specific CD4+ helper T cells were investigated by RT-PCR. In patients who responded, a clear inverse correlation between IL-10-type and IFN-gamma-type WT1(332)-specific Th response was detected at pre- and 4 weeks post-vaccination. (4) Based on these results, WT1 immunotherapy combined with TMZ chemotherapy was safe and produced a immune-response.
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Research Products
(55 results)
