简介:Thegeneralprinciplefortumorcellstoescapefromimmunesurveillanceistopreventtumorantigensfrombeingrecognizedbytheimmunesystem.Manymethodshavebeendevelopedtoincreasetheimmunogenecityofthetumorcells.Themostefficientmethodsareabletoforcetumorcellstopresenttheirowntumorantigenstotheimmunesystem.StimulatingThcellsbyconvertingtumorcellsintoMHCclassⅡ+/Ii-antigenpresentingcellsisoneofthemostefficienttechnologies.Usingantisensemethods,wesuppresstheexpressionoftheIiproteinthatnormallyco-expresseswithMHCclassⅡmoleculesandblockstheantigenicpeptidebindingsiteofMHCclassⅡmoleculesduringsynthesisintheendoplasmicreticulum.Insuchtumorcells,the'unprotected'MHCclassⅡmoleculespickupendogenoustumorantigenicpeptides,whichhavebeentransportedintotheERforbindingtoMHCclassⅠmolecules.SimultaneouspresentationoftumorantigensbybothMHCclassⅠandⅡmoleculesgeneratesarobustandlong-lastinganti-tumorimmuneresponse.MHCclassⅡ+/Ii-tumorcellsarepotenttumorcellvaccinesandalsocureasignificantnumberofanimalswithrenalandprostatetumors.Wehavedevelopedanalogoushumangenevectorsthataresuitableformostpatientsandcancers.