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Treatment of Canine Oral Melanoma with Nanotechnology-Based Immunotherapy and Radiation

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Pharmaceutics, April 2018
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Title
Treatment of Canine Oral Melanoma with Nanotechnology-Based Immunotherapy and Radiation
Published in
Molecular Pharmaceutics, April 2018
DOI 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00126
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Authors

P. Jack Hoopes, Robert J. Wagner, Kayla Duval, Kevin Kang, David J. Gladstone, Karen L Moodie, Margaret Crary-Burney, Hugo Ariaspulido, Frank A. Veliz, Nicole F. Steinmetz, Steven N. Fiering

Abstract

The presence and benefit of a radiation therapy-associated immune reaction is of great interest as the overall interest in cancer immunotherapy expands. Radiation therapy (RT) pathology studies have rarely demonstrated a consistent immune or inflammatory response following conventional RT. More recent information, primarily associated with the "abscopal effect", suggests a subtle radiation-based systemic immune response may be more common and have more therapeutic potential than previously believed. However, to be of consistent value the immune stimulatory potential of RT will clearly need to be supported by combination with other immunotherapy efforts. In this study, using a spontaneous canine oral melanoma model, we have assessed the efficacy and tumor immunopathology of two nanotechnology-based immune adjuvants combined with RT. The immune adjuvants were administered intratumorally, in an approach termed "in situ vaccination", that puts immunostimulatory reagents into a recognized tumor and utilizes the endogenous antigens in the tumor as the antigens in the antigen/adjuvant combination that constitutes a vaccine. The radiation treatment consisted of a local 6x6 Gy tumor regimen given over a 12-day period. The immune adjuvants were a plant-based virus-like nanoparticle (VLP) and a 110nm diameter magnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (mNPH)that was activated with an alternating magnetic field (AMF) to produce moderate heat (43°C/60 min). The RT was used alone or combined with one or both adjuvants. The VLP (4x200 µg) and mNPH (2x7.5 mg/gram tumor) were delivered intratumorally respectively during the RT regimen. All patients received a diagnostic biopsy and CT based 3-D radiation treatment plan prior to initiating therapy. Patients were assessed clinically 14-21 days post-treatment, monthly for 3 months following treatment and bimonthly, thereafter. Immunohistopathologic assessment of the tumors was performed before and 14-21 days following treatment. Results suggest that addition of VLPs and/or mNPH to a hypofractionated radiation regimen increases the immune cell infiltration in the tumor, extends the tumor control interval and has important systemic therapeutic potential.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 95 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 16%
Student > Master 10 11%
Student > Postgraduate 8 8%
Student > Bachelor 8 8%
Researcher 5 5%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 37 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 16 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 4%
Chemistry 3 3%
Other 11 12%
Unknown 42 44%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 October 2020.
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#1,798,660
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#90
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#40,340
of 332,129 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Molecular Pharmaceutics
#6
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