PMID- 26938083 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161027 LR - 20201226 IS - 1744-7682 (Electronic) IS - 1471-2598 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 5 DP - 2016 TI - Prospect and progress of personalized peptide vaccinations for advanced cancers. PG - 689-98 LID - 10.1517/14712598.2016.1161752 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: The field of cancer immunotherapy has made dramatic progress in the past 20 years, in part due to the identification of numerous tumor-associated antigens (TAAs). We have developed a novel immunotherapeutic approach called the personalized peptide vaccine (PPV), in which a maximum of four human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched vaccine peptides are selected based on the pre-existing host immunity before vaccination. AREAS COVERED: This review describes recent progress in the use of PPV for various types of advanced cancer. EXPERT OPINION: Although various approaches for therapeutic cancer immunotherapies, including peptide-based vaccines, have been developed and clinically examined, the diverse and heterogeneous characteristics of tumor cells and host immunity seem to limit their therapeutic efficacy. Selection of suitable peptide vaccines for individual patients based on the pre-existing host immunity before vaccination could resolve this limitation and could be a rational approach for developing effective cancer vaccines. FAU - Sakamoto, Shinjiro AU - Sakamoto S AD - a Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan. AD - b Cancer Vaccine Center , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan. AD - c Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences , Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan. FAU - Noguchi, Masanori AU - Noguchi M AD - a Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan. FAU - Yamada, Akira AU - Yamada A AD - a Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan. FAU - Itoh, Kyogo AU - Itoh K AD - b Cancer Vaccine Center , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan. FAU - Sasada, Tetsuro AU - Sasada T AD - b Cancer Vaccine Center , Kurume University , Kurume , Japan. AD - d Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute , Yokohama , Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20160321 PL - England TA - Expert Opin Biol Ther JT - Expert opinion on biological therapy JID - 101125414 RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Subunit) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology MH - Cancer Vaccines/*therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy/*methods MH - Neoplasms/*therapy MH - Peptides/therapeutic use MH - Precision Medicine/methods MH - Vaccination MH - Vaccines, Subunit/therapeutic use OTO - NOTNLM OT - Advanced cancer OT - biomarker OT - cancer immunotherapy OT - cancer vaccine OT - clinical trial OT - peptide epitope OT - personalized peptide vaccine EDAT- 2016/03/05 06:00 MHDA- 2016/11/01 06:00 CRDT- 2016/03/04 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/03/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/11/01 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1517/14712598.2016.1161752 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2016;16(5):689-98. doi: 10.1517/14712598.2016.1161752. Epub 2016 Mar 21.