Intratumoral delivery of dendritic cells plus anti-HER2 therapy triggers both robust systemic antitumor immunity and complete regression in HER2 mammary carcinoma

Abstract

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) targeted antibodies in combination with chemotherapy has improved outcomes of HER2 positive (pos) breast cancer (BC) but toxicity of therapy remains a problem. High levels of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes are associated with increased pathologic complete responses for patients treated with neoadjuvant therapy. Here we sought to investigate whether delivery of intratumoral (i.t.) multiepitope major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II HER2 peptides-pulsed type I polarized dendritic cells (HER2-DC1) in combination with anti-HER2 antibodies without chemotherapy could enhance tumor regression by increasing anti-HER2 lymphocyte infiltration into the tumor.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2022
Source ID
10.1136/jitc-2022-004841

Entities

People

  • Amrita Basu
  • Brian J. Czerniecki
  • Colin Snyder
  • Corey Gallen
  • Doris Wiener
  • Ganesan Ramamoorthi
  • Gary K. Koski
  • Hongtao Zhang
  • Hyo S Han
  • Krithika Kodumudi
  • Mark I. Greene
  • Payal Grover
  • Ricardo L B Costa

Organizations

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Immunology
  • Oncology