INVESTIGADORES
FERNANDEZ Ariel
artículos
Título:
Synergizing immunotherapy with molecularly targeted anticancer treatment
Autor/es:
ARIEL FERNANDEZ
Revista:
DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2014 vol. 19 p. 1427 - 1432
ISSN:
1359-6446
Resumen:
The therapeutic opportunity for anticancer kinase inhibitors (KIs) that block cell-signaling pathways is materializing. Yet, these molecular-targeted therapies are not tailored to be allies of the immune system, and often antagonize it despite generating antigenic activity. KIs usually offer an incomplete cure and one culprit is the lack of synergy between the drug and the immune system, a problem that is magnified when the therapeutic context involves HIV-1-induced immunosuppression (AIDS). We outline a strategy to fulfill the therapeutic imperative of recruiting cooperative immune responses. Accordingly, we propose a method to redesign anticancer drugs to harness the antigenic products of drug-induced apoptosis of tumor cells, thus eliciting an adjuvant immune response.
