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01-12-2001 | Review

Update on HER-2 as a target for cancer therapy: HER2/neu peptides as tumour vaccines for T cell recognition

Authors: Isabel Correa, Tim Plunkett

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Issue 6/2001

Abstract

During the past decade there has been renewed interest in the use of vaccine immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer. This review focuses on HER2/neu, a tumour-associated antigen that is overexpressed in 10–40% of breast cancers and other carcinomata. Several immunogenic HER2/neu peptides recognized by T lymphocytes have been identified to be included in cancer vaccines. Some of these peptides have been assessed in clinical trials of patients with breast and ovarian cancer. Although it has been possible to detect immunological responses against the peptides in the immunized patients, no clinical responses have so far been described. Immunological tolerance to self-antigens like HER2/neu may limit the functional immune responses against them. It will be of interest to determine whether immune responses against HER2/neu epitopes can be of relevance to cancer treatment.

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Title: Update on HER-2 as a target for cancer therapy: HER2/neu peptides as tumour vaccines for T cell recognition
Authors: Isabel Correa
Tim Plunkett
Publication date: 01-12-2001
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Breast Cancer Research / Issue 6/2001
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr330

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