Enhanced synergistic antitumor effect of a DNA vaccine with anticancer cytokine, MDA-7/IL-24, and immune checkpoint blockade.
Seyed Mohammad MiriBehzad PourhosseinSeyed Younes HosseiniMohsen KeshavarzShohreh ShahmahmoodiMohammad Reza ZolfaghariSeyed Reza MohebbiAli GorjiAmir GhaemiPublished in: Virology journal (2022)
The synergy between the E7 DNA vaccine and MDA-7/IL-24 suggests that DNA vaccines' low immunogenicity can be effectively addressed by coupling them with an immunoregulatory agent. Moreover, IL-10 blockade can be considered a complementary treatment to improve the outcome of conventional or novel cancer therapies.