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Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy 7/2013

01-07-2013 | Original Article

Therapy model for advanced intracerebral B16 mouse melanoma using radiation therapy combined with immunotherapy

Authors: Henry M. Smilowitz, Daniel Sasso, Edward W. Lee, Gyuhyeong Goh, Peggy L. Micca, F. Avraham Dilmanian

Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy | Issue 7/2013

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Abstract

A reproducible therapy model for advanced intracerebral B16 melanoma is reported. Implanted tumors (D0), suppressed by a single 15 Gy radiosurgical dose of 100 kVp X-rays (D8), were further suppressed by a single ip injection of a Treg-depleting mAb given 2 days prior to the initiation (D9) of four weekly then eight bi-monthly sc injections of GMCSF-transfected, mitotically disabled B16 cells. The trends of seven independent experiments were similar to the combined result: The median (days) [SD/total N] of survival went from 15[1.09/62] (no treatment control) to 35.8[8.8/58] (radiation therapy only) to 52.5[13.5/57] (radiation therapy plus immunotherapy). Within 2 weeks after immunization, tumors in mice receiving radiation therapy plus immunotherapy were significantly smaller than tumors in mice treated only with radiosurgery. Splenocytes and lymph node cells from immunized mice showed increased interferon γ production when cultured with syngeneic tumor cells. We suggest that our model will be useful for the development and testing of novel combination therapies for brain tumors.
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Metadata
Title
Therapy model for advanced intracerebral B16 mouse melanoma using radiation therapy combined with immunotherapy
Authors
Henry M. Smilowitz
Daniel Sasso
Edward W. Lee
Gyuhyeong Goh
Peggy L. Micca
F. Avraham Dilmanian
Publication date
01-07-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy / Issue 7/2013
Print ISSN: 0340-7004
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0851
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-013-1423-9

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