MUC1 immunotherapy

Immunotherapy. 2010 May;2(3):305-27. doi: 10.2217/imt.10.17.

Abstract

The overexpression and aberrant glycosylation of MUC1 is associated with a wide variety of cancers, making it an ideal target for immunotherapeutic strategies. This review highlights the main avenues of research in this field, focusing on adenocarcinomas, from the preclinical to clinical; the problems and possible solutions associated with each approach; and speculates on the direction of MUC1 immunotherapeutic research over the next 5-10 years.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Cancer Vaccines / immunology
  • Cancer Vaccines / therapeutic use
  • Dendritic Cells / immunology
  • Glycosylation
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy / methods*
  • Immunotherapy / trends
  • Mucin-1 / immunology*
  • Mucin-1 / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / immunology
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / therapy*
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Cancer Vaccines
  • Mucin-1
  • pemtumomab