Articles & Issues

Cover Image

Search Within This Issue

161 Articles:

Article Title Author(s) Type Pages
Introduction Editorial

page S1
Tumour immunology
Article Title Author(s) Type Pages
CD4+ and DC requirements for optimal CD8+ CTL induction against tumors Cornelis JM Melief, Danita Schuurhuis, Linda Diehl, Jan Paul Medema, Ferry Ossendorp, Robert S. Mittler, René Toes, Rienk Offringa et al. Abstract

page S5
rViscumin, a novel anticancer agent — preclinical and clinical development status K. Wilhelm-Ogunbiyi, B. Möckel, A. Burger, M. Langer, H. Zinke, H.H. Fiebig, H. Lentzen et al. Abstract

page S5
Therapy of human tumors in NOD/SCID mice with patient derived re-activated memory T cells from bone marrow M. Feuerer, P. Beckhove, L. Bai, E.-F. Solomayer, G. Bastert, I.J. Diel, V. Schirrmacher, V. Umansky et al. Abstract

page S5
Effect of immunostimulatory CpG-oligonucleotides in chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells Thomas Decker, Christian Peschel Abstract

page S5
Immune deficiencies in breast cancer C. Wiltschke, A. Budinsky, C. Kichler-Lakomy, CC. Zielinski Abstract

page S6
Generation of HER2-reactive T helper and T killer cells: implementation for T cell therapy Helga Bernhard, Christian Meyer zum Büschenfelde, Burkhard Schmidt, Jochen Metzger, Christian Peschel et al. Abstract

page S6
Immune restoration in cancer patients by cyclooxygenase-inhibition in vitro and in vivo S. Lang, B. Wollenberg, B. Schmitt, C. Clausen, I. Löhr, L. Lauffer, O. Gires, R. Zeidler et al. Abstract

page S9
Expression of cytokine receptors on AML blasts M. Graf, S. Danhauser-Riedl, C. Schoch, S. Schnittger, T. Haferlach, W. Hiddemann, H. Schmetzer et al. Abstract

page S9
Low CD62L- expression in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) correlates with a bad cytogenetic risk M. Graf, S. Danhauser-Riedl, S. Schnittger, C. Schoch, T. Haferlach, W. Hiddemann, H. Schmetzer et al. Abstract

page S9
In vitro-generation of potent antigen-presenting cells for immunotherapy: IL-4 is more effective than IFN-α M. Dauer, K. Pohl, T. Meskendahl, M. Schnurr, S. Endres, A. Eigler et al. Abstract

page S9
A novel strategy for the identification by phage panning in vivo of ligands specific for cells in the extra-vascular space A.N. Finger, M. Bisoffi, A. Wetterwald, E. Gautschi, U. Hohenfeld, I. Klima, G.N. Thalmann, B.M. Stadler, M.G. Cecchini et al. Abstract

page S10
Inactivation of the INK4 gene cluster in mantle cell lymphomas - standardization and initial analysis of differential methylation patterns of cell cycle regulators G. Hutter, G. Herzog, Y. Zimmermann, E. Göcke, J. Lu-Hesselmann, W. Hiddemann, M. Dreyling et al. Abstract

page S10
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B- mediated T cell immune response induces apoptosis in bladder cancer cells Patricia L. Willert, Frank G.E. Perabo, Andreas Wirger, Berthold Amann, Doris H. Schmidt, Eva Wardelmann, Stefan C. Müller et al. Abstract

page S10
In-vitro TNF-α effects on hematopoietic cell lines V Jurisic, G Bogdanovic, T Srdic, N Kraguljac, M Baltic, V.V. Baltic et al. Abstract

page S10
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonists for treatment of neoplastic diseases - in vitro data and early clinical observations in chronic myelomnocytic leukemia (CMML) and in liposarcoma C. Denzlinger, A. Möhle, F. Machicao, R. Möhle, P. Brossart, H.-U. Häring, L. Kanz, K. Dittmann et al. Abstract

page S11
Multicellular gastric cancer spheroids represent a valid model for pre-clinical testing of new therapeutic strategies B. Mayer, G. Klement, M. Kaneko, S. Jothy, R.S. Kerbel et al. Abstract

page S11
Magnetic drug targeting: biokinetic study and therapeutic efficacy Ch. Alexiou, P. Hulin, R. Klein, A. Schmidt, Ch. Bergemann, F.G. Parak, W. Arnold et al. Abstract

page S11
Apoptosis resistance and immune escape mechanisms of bladder cancer cells Patricia L. Willert, Frank G.E. Perabo, Stefan Kamp, Doris H. Schmidt, Andreas Wirger, Peter Albers, Stefan C. Müller et al. Abstract

page S11
Selective cytotoxicity of a diphtheria toxin-interleukin-3 fusion protein on acute myeloid leukemia stem cells M. Feuring-Buske, A. Frankel, R. Alexander, G. Gerhard, D. Hogge et al. Abstract

page S12
Human angiogenin fused to human CD30 ligand (Ang-CD30L) exhibits specific cytotoxicity against CD30-positive lymphoma Michael Huhn, Stephanie Sasse, Mehmet K. Tur, T. Schinköthe, Susanna M. Rybak, Andreas Engert, Stefan Barth et al. Abstract

page S12
Assessing the cancerostatic potency of rViscumin towards human tumor xenografts and cell lines in vitro B. Möckel, A. Burger, R.J. Schultz, K. Wilhelm-Ogunbiyi, M. Langer, H. Zinke, H.H. Fiebig, H. Lentzen et al. Abstract

page S12
Systemic tumor regression mediated by effector T cells generated from perforin/IFN-γ double knock out mice is TNF dependent C.H. Poehlein, H.-M. Hu, J. Yamada, I. Assmann, R. Hatz, W.J. Urba, B.A. Fox, R.W. Franz et al. Abstract

page S12
The use of anti-CD3/CD28-dynabeads to restimulate human antigen specific T cells or expand naïve T cells Anne-Marie Rasmussen, Anne Rian, Kari Lislerud, Ingvil Sæterdal, Gustav Gaudemack, Marianne K. Gjertsen et al. Abstract

page S13
Biological tumour regression and dormancy: a new therapetic approach from tumour stability analysis Prasun K Roy, Jaydeep Biswas Abstract

page S13
Hsp70-peptide activated autologous NK cells in the immunotherpay of cancer — a clinical pilot study S. Krause, R. Magerstädt, G. Thonigs, R. Andreesen, H-J. Kolb, T. Haferlach, C. Schoch, S. Schnittger, W. Hiddemann, G. Multhoff et al. Abstract

page S13
Our finding that the GvM and GvH effect are caused -at least partly- by different cell clones allows for the first time a selective GvM potentiation without a parallel GvHD induction P. Leskovar, R. Schmidmaier Abstract

page S13
A strong and rapid immunosuppression by extracellular ROS- cleaving enzymes (GSH-peroxidase, catalase, MnSOD, CuZnSOD) gives evidence for a permanent, O2illegible??? and O22− maintained intercellular cross talk, even in the resting state ROS- cleaving enzymes as novel immunosuppressants and HO2 and H2O2 as well as NH3 and polyamines as novel “second messengers” P. Leskovar, A. Dickelhuber, R. Schmidmaier, K. Abdalla, M. Graw et al. Abstract

page S14
Our novel approaches (A) in the prevention of the acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and — even more important — (B) in the eradication of pre-established GvHD could help to introduce clinically a variety of adoptive immunotherapies P. Leskovar, R. Schmidmaier Abstract

page S14
Establishment of a stable mixed allogeneic chimerism by the successive injection of a 1:1 mixture of mature, lifespan-preprogrammed donor plus recipient T cells or PBMCS, followed by a 1:1 mixture of immature, non-DNA-premanipulated bone marrow or stem cells of the same donor : host origin P. Leskovar, R. Schmidmaier Abstract

page S14
Two important improvements of the conventional BMT and HSCT: (A) the routine use of a 1:1 mixture of D- and R- derived BMCS (or HSCS) preceded by the 1:1 mixture of D- and R- derived MIS effectors, and (B) the routine use of haploidentical MIS effectors, combined with BMT or HSCT P. Leskovar, R. Schmidmaier Abstract

page S14
New chances for a renaissance of the HSCT- supported high-dose chemotherapy by the actively prevented tolerance-reinduction against inevitable residual tumor cells in the critical early phase of the treatment-related immuno-incompetence P. Leskovar, R. Schmidmaier Abstract

page S15
Tumor therapy : a gradual replacement of myeloablative preparative regimens by non-ablative ones reflects the recent trend towards an indirect, immunoregulatory intervention instead of the direct attack on the tumor cells. Some important clinical implications of our extensive animal experiments P. Leskovar, R. Schmidmaier Abstract

page S15
Induction of an effective immune response against tumor-cell-spheroids induced by the trifunctional antibody BiUIII (anti-EpCAM X anti-CD3) A. Walz, B. Mack, B. Schmitt, B. Wollenberg, R. Zeidler et al. Abstract

page S15
Anticancer vaccines
Article Title Author(s) Type Pages
Vaccination with T cell-defined antigens: biological basis and clinical applications Giorgio Parmiani Abstract

page S19
Specific vaccination based on the Her2/neu proto-oncogene Rolf Kiessling, Jan-Alvar Lindencrona, Jehad Charo, Christina Hising, Giuseppe Masucci, Max Petersson, Jonas Bergh, Lars Franksson et al. Abstract

page S19
Applications of CpG oligonucleotides in cancer therapy Gunther Hartmann Abstract

page S19
Identification of new immunogenic antigens in acute and chronic myeloid leukemias (AML / CML) for the development of vaccines Michael Schmitt Abstract

page S19
Recent advances in idiotype vaccination for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Hendrik Veelken Abstract

page S20
Naked DNA and viral vectors as tumor vaccines Gabriele Pecher Abstract

page S20
Results of a phase II HPV vaccine trial with life recombinant vaccinia virus TA-HPV™ AM Kaufmann, EM Rankin, H Sommer, V. Nuessler, A Schneider, M Adams, HC Kitchener, T Bauknecht, U Wagner, K Kroon, J Hickling, CM Boswell, S Stacey, P Stern, J Gillard, J Wanders, Jst J. Roberts, H Zwierzina et al. Abstract

page S20
Novel gene delivery systems Jeffrey Ulmer Abstract

page S20
Effect of immunostimulatory CpG-oligonucleotides in chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells Thomas Decker, Christian Peschel Abstract

page S21
CpG ODNs enhance recall and prmary specific human CTL responses V. Hornung, S. Rothenfusser, S. Britsch, A. Towarowski, S. Endres, D. Speiser, G. Hartmann et al. Abstract

page S25
CpG ODNs enhance recall and prmary specific human CTL responses V. Hornung, S. Rothenfusser, S. Britsch, A. Towarowski, S. Endres, D. Speiser, G. Hartmann et al. Abstract

page S25
Membrane expression of heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) in hematological malignancies M Gehrmann, M Hantschel, K Pfister, R Gastpar, R Andreesen, H Schmetzer, T Haferlach, S Schnittger, C Schoch, H-J Kolb, W Hiddemann, G Multhoff et al. Abstract

page S25
Expression of HLA-class I and II molecules is maintained on leukemic blasts from patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and the costimulatory molecule CD 86 is upregulated M. Vollmer, A. Eil, S. Hübsch, A. Szmaragowska, L. Bergmann, H. Döhner, M. Schmitt et al. Abstract

page S25
Vaccination with peptides derived from the extracellular domain of Her-2/neu elicits specific humoral and cellular immune responses in mice J. Jasinska, T. Brodowicz, S. Wagner, U. Wiedermann, C. Radauer, R Sedivy, M. Kubista, H. Breiteneder, Ch. Wiltschke, O. Scheiner, C.C. Zielinski et al. Abstract

page S26
Her-2 expression is of independent prognostic significance in pNO prostate cancer undergoing curative radiotherapy A. Fosså, W. Lilleby, S.D. Fosså, G. Gaudernack, G. Torlakovic, A. Berner et al. Abstract

page S26
Vaccination with modified HER-2 molecules containing potent helper T cell epitopes induces protective immune responses in HER-2 transgenic mice D.R. Leach, L. Sonderbye, V. Renard, K. Ebbehøj, K. Gregorius, P. Birk, A. Gautam, S. Mouritsen et al. Abstract

page S26
Intradermal ras peptide vaccination of colorectal cancer patients: a randomized trial of two different dose levels of mutant ras peptides with- or without GM-CSF Marianne K. Gjertsen, Jan Petter Paulsen, Steinar Aamdal, Ingvil Sæterdal, Jon A. Eriksen, Møller Mona, Eva Vognild, Ragnhild Lothe, Gustav Gaudernack et al. Abstract

page S26
Mechanism of tumor eradication by transfer of sensitized T cells S. Shu, P.A. Cohen Abstract

page S27
A TGFβRII frameshift mutation derived CTL epitope recognised by HLA-A2 restricted CD8+ T cells Ingvil Sæterdal, Marianne K. Gjertsen, Per thor Straten, Gustav Gaudernack Abstract

page S27
T cell polarization in tumor vaccine draining lymph nodes (TVDLN) correlates with the tumor immunogenicity H. Winter, H-M. Hu, R. Hatz, F.W. Schildberg, B.A. Fox et al. Abstract

page S27
Induction of T cell immune response after DNA immunization with human cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 — a potential cancer therapy Urban Ramstedt, Chistine Barbon, Lisa Moore, Richard Parent, Mary Lynne Hedley, Goeffrey Cole et al. Abstract

page S27
Effective immunotherapy of large established tumors with CpG oligonucleotides and dendritic cells in murine tumor models K. Rall, K. Heckelsmiller, A. Schlamp, S. Endres, G. Hartmann et al. Abstract

page S28
Effective immunotherapy of large established tumors with CpG oligonucleotides and dendritic cells in murine tumor models K. Rall, K. Heckelsmiller, A. Schlamp, S. Endres, G. Hartmann et al. Abstract

page S28
Dendritic cells
Article Title Author(s) Type Pages
Monocyte-derived dendritic cells to induce immunity to cancer G. Schuler Abstract

page S31
Heat shock proteins and dendritic cells: effects on maturation and antigen presentation M. Kuppner, V. Milani, R. Gastpar, E. Noessner, M. Roos, R. Issels et al. Abstract

page S31
Immunotherapy of malignant diseases with peptide pulsed dendritic cells Peter Brossart Abstract

page S31

161 Articles: