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Use of enhanced interleukin-2 formulations for improved immunotherapy against cancer

Rosalia, Rodney A; Arenas-Ramirez, Natalia; Bouchaud, Grégory; Raeber, Miro E; Boyman, Onur (2014). Use of enhanced interleukin-2 formulations for improved immunotherapy against cancer. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 23C:39-46.

Abstract

The use of interleukin-2 (IL-2) for the stimulation of an effector immune response against metastatic cancer dates back to the early 1980s. Administration of unmodified IL-2, either alone or together with antigen-specific approaches, has resulted in remarkably long-term survival of some patients suffering from metastatic melanoma. However, such treatment is usually hampered by the appearance of toxic adverse effects, which has motivated the engineering of modified IL-2 formulations showing reduced toxicity while being more potent at stimulating anti-tumor effector immune cells. In this review we summarize and discuss the features and biological relevance of several enhanced IL-2 formulations, compare these to IL-15-based therapeutics, and try to foreshadow their potential in immunological research and immunotherapy.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, further contribution
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Immunology
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > Analytical Chemistry
Life Sciences > Biochemistry
Language:English
Date:December 2014
Deposited On:13 Feb 2015 11:45
Last Modified:12 Jul 2025 01:38
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1367-5931
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.09.006
PubMed ID:25271022
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