Advancing personalized medicine in brain cancer: exploring the role of mRNA vaccines

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Title: Advancing personalized medicine in brain cancer: exploring the role of mRNA vaccines
Authors: Feng Lin, Emma Z. Lin, Misa Anekoji, Thomas E. Ichim, Joyce Hu, Francesco M. Marincola, Lawrence D. Jones, Santosh Kesari, Shashaanka Ashili
Source: Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023)
Publisher Information: BMC, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Medicine
Subject Terms: mRNA vaccine, Personalized medicine, Brain cancer, Tumor antigen, Combinatorial therapies, Adjuvant, Medicine
More Details: Abstract Advancing personalized medicine in brain cancer relies on innovative strategies, with mRNA vaccines emerging as a promising avenue. While the initial use of mRNA vaccines was in oncology, their stunning success in COVID-19 resulted in widespread attention, both positive and negative. Regardless of politically biased opinions, which relate more to the antigenic source than form of delivery, we feel it is important to objectively review this modality as relates to brain cancer. This class of vaccines trigger robust immune responses through MHC-I and MHC-II pathways, in both prophylactic and therapeutic settings. The mRNA platform offers advantages of rapid development, high potency, cost-effectiveness, and safety. This review provides an overview of mRNA vaccine delivery technologies, tumor antigen identification, combination therapies, and recent therapeutic outcomes, with a particular focus on brain cancer. Combinatorial approaches are vital to maximizing mRNA cancer vaccine efficacy, with ongoing clinical trials exploring combinations with adjuvants and checkpoint inhibitors and even adoptive cell therapy. Efficient delivery, neoantigen identification, preclinical studies, and clinical trial results are highlighted, underscoring mRNA vaccines' potential in advancing personalized medicine for brain cancer. Synergistic combinatorial therapies play a crucial role, emphasizing the need for continued research and collaboration in this area.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1479-5876
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1479-5876
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04724-0
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/860bf2622c1346d0a23b9b983fd7ba37
Accession Number: edsdoj.860bf2622c1346d0a23b9b983fd7ba37
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:14795876
DOI:10.1186/s12967-023-04724-0
Published in:Journal of Translational Medicine
Language:English