Nature Communications (May 2017)

Replicating viral vector platform exploits alarmin signals for potent CD8+ T cell-mediated tumour immunotherapy

  • Sandra M. Kallert,
  • Stephanie Darbre,
  • Weldy V. Bonilla,
  • Mario Kreutzfeldt,
  • Nicolas Page,
  • Philipp Müller,
  • Matthias Kreuzaler,
  • Min Lu,
  • Stéphanie Favre,
  • Florian Kreppel,
  • Max Löhning,
  • Sanjiv A. Luther,
  • Alfred Zippelius,
  • Doron Merkler,
  • Daniel D. Pinschewer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15327
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Viruses trigger potent cytotoxic T cell responses, whereas anti-tumour immunity has been difficult to establish. Here the authors engineer a replicating viral delivery system for tumour-associated antigens, which induces alarmin release, innate activation and protective anti-tumour immunity in mice.