RE: Boston21 Oct 2019 18:21
Day 2
'14.00 Citrullination- A Widely Expressed, Novel, Stress Induced Post-Translational Modification that is a Potent Target for Cancer Vaccines
• There is a repertoire of cytotoxic CD4 T cells in mice and humans that recognizes citrullinated vimentin and enolase
• Inflammation and stress induces high levels of autophagy and MHC-II presentation of citrullinated epitopes on tumors
• Citrullinated peptides linked to the TLR1/2 adjuvant, Amplivant, demonstrate potent anti-tumor immunity with no associated toxicity and will shorty enter the clinic
Lindy Durrant, Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy, University of Nottingham'