ABSTRACT: Interventions: Injection of HER2 vaccine
Primary outcome(s): Serum HER2 concentration Tumor marker concentrations
Study Design: Single arm Non-randomized
DISEASE(S): Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Biliary Tract Cancer
Project description:Prolonged treatment of HER2+ breast cancer cells with lapatinib (LAP) causes cellular senescence and acquired drug resistance, which often associating with poor prognosis for patients. We aim to explore the correlation between cellular senescence and LAP resistance in HER2+ breast cancer, screening for molecular marker of reversible senescence, and construct targeted nanobubbles for ultrasound molecular imaging and dynamically evaluate LAP resistance. In this study, we established a new cellular model of reversible cellular senescence using LAP and HER2+ breast cancer cells and found that reversible senescence contributed to LAP resistance in HER2+ breast cancer. Then we identified ecto-5'-nucleotidase (NT5E) as a marker of reversible senescence in HER2+ breast cancer. Based on this, we constructed NT5E targeted nanobubbles (NT5E-FITC-NBs) as a new molecular imaging modality which could both target reversible senescent cells and be used for ultrasound imaging. NT5E-FITC-NBs showed excellent physical and imaging characteristics. As an ultrasound contrast agent, NT5E-FITC-NBs could accurately identify reversible senescent cells both in vitro and in vivo. Our data demonstrate that cellular senescence-based ultrasound targeted imaging can identify reversible senescence and evaluate LAP resistance effectively in HER2+ breast cancer, which has the potential to improve cancer outcomes by altering treatment strategies ahead of aggressive recurrences.
Project description:Interventions: 1) PK profiles of regorafenib and its metabolites (M-2/M-5 and M-7/M-8) at week 1, 2, and 3 during the first cycle will be examined. In addition, the subsequent drug concentrations after dose adaptation by taking individual drug concentration and the target trough level (1400 ng/mL) into consideration will be evaluated. 2) PK profile of pazopanib at steady state after start of treatment will be examined. In addition, the subsequent drug concentrations after dose adaptation by taking individual drug concentration and the target trough level (20.5 mcg/mL) into consideration will be evaluated. 3) PK profile of axitinib at steady state after start of treatment will be examined. In addition, the subsequent drug concentrations after dose adaptation by taking individual drug concentration and historical PK data into consideration will be evaluated.
Primary outcome(s): To reveal the clinical benefit of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of molecular targeted agents (regorafenib, pazopanib, and axitinib) in terms of prolonged duration of treatment by determining a tolerable maintenance dose in individual patients, compared with the empirical approach based only on clinical and laboratory findings.
Study Design: Single arm Non-randomized
Project description:Precise immunological mechanisms of mRNA vaccines have still not been fully elucidated, especially the initial immune responses at the injection site. Here, by constructing a single-cell atlas of injection site responses of mRNA vaccine, we show that stromal inflammatory responses and type I interferon responses dominate initial transcriptional reactions elicited by mRNA vaccines at the injection site. Tracking down the fates of the delivered mRNA revealed that injection site fibroblasts are highly enriched with the delivered mRNA, and they express IFN-β specifically in response to the mRNA component, not to the LNP. Accordingly, migratory dendritic cells highly expressing interferon stimulated genes (mDC_ISG) were found specifically in muscle and draining lymph nodes of mRNA vaccine injected mice, compared to the empty LNP injected mice. Co-administration of IFN-β and LNP robustly induced mDC_ISGs at the injection site and substantially enhanced antigen-specific CD8 T cell responses. Collectively, these data elucidate earliest mechanisms of the mRNA vaccine and highlight the underappreciated immunogenic role of the mRNA component in the mRNA vaccine.
Project description:Human immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines display a large heterogeneity of induced immunity and the underlying immune mechanisms for this remain largely unknown. Using a systems biology approach, we longitudinally profiled a unique cohort of female high and low responders to the BNT162b vaccine, who were known from previous COVID-19 vaccinations to develop maximum and minimum immune responses to the vaccine. We utilized high dimensional flow cytometry, bulk and single cell mRNA sequencing and 48-plex serum cytokine analyses. We revealed early, transient immunological and molecular signatures that distinguished high from low responders and correlated with B and T cell responses measured 14 days later. High responders featured a distinct transcriptional activity of interferon-driven genes and genes connected to enhanced antigen presentation. This was accompanied by a robust cytokine response related to Th1 differentiation. Both transcriptome and serum cytokine signatures were confirmed in two independent confirmatory cohorts. Collectively, our data contribute to a better understanding of the immunogenicity of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, which might lead to the optimization of vaccine designs for individuals with poor vaccine responses.
Project description:To compare the effects of different types of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in booster immunization, this study established a population cohort vaccinated with inactivated vaccine and protein subunit vaccine as the third booster vaccine, respectively. We collected serum and PBMC samples from participants in chronological order, and performed a systematic review of distinct antibody signatures and microtranscriptomics to provide data support for booster immunization.
Project description:Human immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines display a large heterogeneity of induced immunity and the underlying immune mechanisms for this remain largely unknown. Using a systems biology approach, we longitudinally profiled a unique cohort of female high and low responders to the BNT162b vaccine, who were known from previous COVID-19 vaccinations to develop maximum and minimum immune responses to the vaccine. We utilized high dimensional flow cytometry, bulk and single cell mRNA sequencing and 48-plex serum cytokine analyses. We revealed early, transient immunological and molecular signatures that distinguished high from low responders and correlated with B and T cell responses measured 14 days later. High responders featured a distinct transcriptional activity of interferon-driven genes and genes connected to enhanced antigen presentation. This was accompanied by a robust cytokine response related to Th1 differentiation. Both transcriptome and serum cytokine signatures were confirmed in two independent confirmatory cohorts. Collectively, our data contribute to a better understanding of the immunogenicity of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, which might lead to the optimization of vaccine designs for individuals with poor vaccine responses.
Project description:New vaccine design approaches would be greatly facilitated by a better understanding of the early systemic changes, and those that occur at the site of injection, responsible for the installation of a durable and oriented protective response. We performed a detailed characterization of very early infection and host response events following the intradermal administration of the modified vaccinia virus Ankara attenuated vaccine in non-human primates. Integrated analysis of the data obtained from in vivo imaging, histology, flow cytometry, multiplex cytokine, and transcriptomic analysis using tools derived from systems biology, such as correlation networks, showed a strong early local and systemic inflammatory response that peaked at 24 h, which was then progressively replaced by an adaptive response during the installation of the host response to the vaccine. Such comprehensive approaches should improve our understanding of how to effectively orientate the immune response, and could contribute to rational vaccine development.
Project description:To compare the effects of different types of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in booster immunization in Elderly Adults, this study established a population cohort vaccinated with inactivated vaccine and protein subunit vaccine as the third booster vaccine in Elderly Adults over 70 Years of Age, respectively. We collected serum and PBMC samples from participants, and performed a systematic review of distinct antibody signatures and microtranscriptomics to provide data support for booster immunization.
Project description:Typhoid fever is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Bulk RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data were generated from blood samples obtained from adult human volunteers enrolled in a vaccine trial involving two vaccines against typhoid fever, a plain polysaccharide vaccine, ViPS and a glycoconjugate vaccine, ViTCV. The participants were then challenged with S. Typhi in a controlled human infection model (CHIM).
Project description:Serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) concentration is a prognostic factor for osteosarcoma in multiple studies, though its biological significance remains incompletely understood. To determine whether gene expression patterns differed in osteosarcoma from patients with differing serum ALP concentrations, microarray analysis was performed on 18 primary osteosarcoma samples and six osteosarcoma cell lines from dogs with normal and increased serum ALP concentration. No differences in gene expression patterns were noted between tumors or cell lines with differing serum ALP concentration using a gene-specific two-sample t-test. Using a more sensitive empirical Bayes procedure, DCUN1D1 was increased in both the tissue and cell lines of the normal ALP group. Using QPCR, differences in DCUN1D1 expression between the two groups failed to reach significance. The homogeneity of gene expression patterns of osteosarcoma associated differing serum ALP concentrations are consistent with previous studies suggesting serum ALP concentration is not associated with intrinsic differences of osteosarcoma cells.