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Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 181, 619-629, Copyright © 1995 by Rockefeller University Press
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S Baskar, L Glimcher, N Nabavi, RT Jones and S Ostrand-Rosenberg
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21228.
Mice carrying large established major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1+ sarcoma tumors can be successfully treated by immunization with genetically engineered sarcoma cells transfected with syngeneic MHC class II plus B7-1 genes. This approach is significantly more effective than previously described strategies using cytokine- or B7- transduced tumor cells which are only effective against smaller tumor loads, and which cannot mediate regression of longer-term established tumors. The most efficient tumor rejection occurs if both the class II and B7-1 molecules are coexpressed on the same tumor cell. Immunity induced by immunization with class II+B7-1(+)-transfected sarcoma cells involves CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, suggesting that the increased effectiveness of the transfectants is due to their ability to activate both of these T cell populations.
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