Immunotherapy Publications & Patents
Immunotherapy Publications & Patents - Research at Peter Mac
| Recent Publications |
| Kershaw M.H., Westwood J.A., Parker L.L., Wang G., Eshhar Z., Mavroukakis S.A., White D.E., Wunderlich J.R., Yang J.C., Canevari S., Chen C.C., Rosenberg S.A., Hwu P. A Phase I Trial Utilizing Adoptive Transfer of Gene-Modified T Cells for Ovarian Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2006 Oct; 12:6106-6115. IF=6.2 (7) Teng M.W.L., Kershaw M.H., Jackson J.T., Smyth M.J., Darcy P.K.. Adoptive Transfer of Chimeric FceRI Gene-Modified Human T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy. Hum Gene Ther. 2006 Oct 19 IF=4.5 (2) Murphy A., Westwood J.A., Brown L.E., Teng M.W.L., Moeller M., Xu Y., Smyth M.J., Hwu P., Darcy P.K. and Kershaw M.H.. Tumor inhibition in mice mediated by dual-specific T cells and influenza virus. Cancer Gene Therapy 2007 March; 14:499-508. IF=4.2 (0) Xu Y., Darcy P.K. and Kershaw M.H.. Tumor-specific dendritic cells generated by genetic redirection of Toll-like receptor signaling against the tumor-associated antigen, erbB2. Cancer Gene Therapy 2007, 14:773-780. IF=4.2 (0) Teng M.W.L., Westwood J.A., Darcy P.K., Sharkey J., Tsuji M., Porcelli S.A., Besra G., Godfrey D.I., Takeda K., Yagita H., Kershaw M.H. and Smyth M.J. Combined NKT cell-based immunotherapy eradicates established tumors in mice. Cancer Research 2007, 67:7495-7504.. IF=7.7 (0) Xu Y., Zhan Y., Lew A.M., Naik S.H. and Kershaw M.H. Differential development of murine dendritic cells by GM-CSF versus Flt3 ligand has implications for inflammation and trafficking. Journal of Immunology 2007. 179:7577-7584. IF=6.3 (0) Moeller M., Kershaw M.H., Cameron R., Westwood J.A., Trapani J.A., Smyth M.J. and Darcy P.K.. Sustained antigen-specific anti-tumor recall response mediated by transfer of both genetically modified CD4+ T helper 1 cells and CD8+ T cells. Cancer Research 2007. 67:11428-11437 IF=7.7 (0) Smyth, M. J., Teng, M. W. L., Sharkey, J., Westwood, J. A., Yagita, H., Takeda, K., Sivakumar, P., and Kershaw, M. H.: IL-21 enhances antibody-mediated tumor rejection. Cancer Res. 2008 68:3019-3025. IF=7.7 (0) Westwood J.A., Murray W.K., Trivett M., Shin A., Neeson P., MacGregor D.P., Haynes N.M., Trapani J.A., Mayura-Guru P., Fox S., Peinert S., Honemann D., Prince H.M., Ritchie D., Scott A.M., Smyth F.E., Smyth M.J., Darcy P.K. and Kershaw M.H.. Absence of retroviral vector-mediated transformation of gene-modified T cells after long-term engraftment in mice. Gene Therapy 2008 15:1056-1066. IF=4.8 (0). Williams BB, Wall M, Miao RY, Williams B, Bertoncello I, Kershaw MH, Mantamadiotis T, Haber M, Norris MD, Gautam A, Darcy PK, Ramsay RG. Induction of T cell-mediated immunity using a c-Myb DNA vaccine in a mouse model of colon cancer. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. 2008 57:1635-1645. (IF = 4.3) Pegram HJ, Jackson JT, Smyth MJ, Darcy PK, Kershaw MH. Adoptive transfer of gene-modified primary NK cells can specifically inhibit tumor progression in vivo. J Immunol. 2008 181:3449-3455. IF=6.3(0) Radkevich-Brown O, Jacob J, Kershaw MH and Wei WZ. Genetic regulation of the response to Her-2 DNA vaccination in human Her-2 transgenic mice. Cancer Research. 2009 69(1):212-8. IF=7.7 Westwood JA, MurraY WK, Trivett M, Haynes NM, Solomon B, Mileshkin L, Ball D, Michael M, Burman A, Mayura-Guru P, Trapani JA, Peinert S, Hönemann D, Prince HM, Scott AM, Smyth MJ, Darcy PK and Kershaw MH. The Lewis-Y carbohydrate antigen is expressed by many human tumors and can serve as a target for genetically redirected T cells despite the presence of soluble antigen in serum. J. Immunotherapy 2009 32:292-301. IF=4.8 Birkholz K, Hombach A, Krug C, Reuter S, Kershaw MH, Kämpgen E, Schuler G, Abken H, Schaft N, and Dörrie J. Transfer of mRNA encoding recombinant immunoreceptors reprograms CD4+ and CD8+ T cells for use in the adoptive immunotherapy of cancer. Gene Therapy (in press 2009). IF=4.8 Pegram HJ, Darcy PK and Kershaw MH. Bcl-2 overexpression and genetic manipulation of T cells provides tumor specificity and enhanced resistance to apoptosis in vitro. The Open Gene Therapy Journal 2009 2:29-37. Dworkin, S., Malaterre, J., Hollande, F., Darcy, P. K., Ramsay, R. G. and Mantamadiotis, T. cAMP response element binding protein is required for mouse neural progenitor cell survival and expansion. Stem Cells 27(6):1347-1357, 2009. Pegram, H. J., Kershaw, M. H. and Darcy, P. K. Genetic modification of NK cells for adoptive cellular immunotherapy. Immunotherapy, 2009 1(4):623-630. Berry, L. J., Haynes, N. M. and Darcy, P. K. Generation of chimeric T cell receptor transgenes and their efficient expression in primary mouse T lymphocytes. Methods Mol Biol. (in press). Berry, L. J., Moeller, M. and Darcy, P. K. Adoptive Immunotherapy for cancer: the next generation of gene-engineered immune cells. Tissue Antigens (in press). |
| Patents |
| United States Patent Application #20030026790: Activated dual specificity lymphocytes and their methods of use. Filed March 9, 2001. Patrick Hwu, Michael H. Kershaw, Steven A. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. PCT/AU2005/001873: Methods and Compositions for Adoptive Immunotherapy. Phillip Darcy, Mark Smyth, Michael Kershaw and Joseph Trapani. Filed November 2005. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia. PCT /AU2005/001873: “Methods and Compositions for Adoptive Immunotherapy” Inventors: Phillip Darcy, Mark Smyth, Michael Kershaw and Joseph Trapani. Filed November 2005. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia. |
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| Associate Professor Michael Kershaw | ||||||
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| Dr Phillip Darcy | ||||||
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| Dr Linda Berry Jenny Westwood | ||||||
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| Hollie Pegram Sally Amos | ||||||
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| Connie Duong | ||||||
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| Jason Brady |




