More importantly, this research highlights that HDAC11, which was the last of 11 HDAC to be discovered, should be treated as
an immunotherapeutic target.
Not exact matches
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Targeting FAS - ligand could be a good adjunct therapy to boost the effects of
immunotherapeutic drugs.»
One class of
immunotherapeutic drugs is known as «checkpoint» inhibitors, as they
target checkpoints in immune system regulation to allow the body's natural defenses, such as white blood cells, to more effectively
target the cancer.
«Our findings are encouraging, as they suggest that entolimod can be safely combined with other chemotherapeutic,
targeted or
immunotherapeutic agents as treatment for advanced and very hard - to - treat cancers,» notes Dr. Adjei, who is Senior Vice President of Clinical Research and the Katherine Anne Gioia Chair in Cancer Medicine at Roswell Park.
One of the
immunotherapeutic approaches that has been explored thus far relies on the use of monoclonal antibodies that specifically
target a protein present on the surface of prostate cancer cells called prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) to elicit an anti-tumor immune response and control the cancer.
Our findings show how the tumor microenvironment drives the acquisition of CD39 as an immune regulatory molecule on CD8 + T cells, with implications for defining a biomarker of T cell dysfunction and a
target for
immunotherapeutic intervention.
4: Lobello K, Ryan JM, Liu E, Rippon G, Black R.
Targeting Beta amyloid: a clinical review of
immunotherapeutic approaches in Alzheimer's disease.
In addition to stem cell transplants, which have been used for decades, the
immunotherapeutic antibody dinutuximab ⎯ which
targets the glycolipid GD2 ⎯ is approved for childhood cancer patients with neuroblastoma.
Known as
immunotherapeutic vaccines, they enlist a neutered version of viruses to infect healthy T cells and genetically modify them to
target the disease.
Immunotherapeutic concepts to
target acute myeloid leukemia: focusing on the role of monoclonal antibodies, hypomethylating agents and the leukemic microenvironment