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autologous tumor-associated peptide antigen-pulsed dendritic cell vaccine

A dendritic cell (DC)-based cancer vaccine composed of autologous DCs pulsed with specific tumor-associated peptide antigens (TAPA), with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities. Upon administration, autologous TAPA-pulsed DC vaccine exposes the immune system to the specific TAPAs, which may result in cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated immune responses against the TAPA-expressing cancer cells. This leads to cancer cell lysis. This vaccine is specific towards peptides derived from the following proteins: sperm autoantigenic protein 17 (SP17), ropporin, A-kinase anchor protein 4 (AKAP4), pituitary tumor-transforming 1 (PTTG1) and SPANX family member B (SPANX-B).
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Synonym:autologous TAPA loaded DC vaccine
autologous tumor-associated peptide antigen-pulsed DC vaccine KiroVAX
KiroVAX
Abbreviation:autologous TAPA-pulsed DC vaccine KiroVAX
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