Publications

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2012

Tamburini et al. “IL-6-inducing Whole Yeast-based Immunotherapy Directly Controls IL-12 dependent CD8 T-cell Responses”  J Immunother (2012) Vol. 35, Number 1, January 2012.

2011

Gameiro et al. “Exploitation of differential homeostatic proliferation of T-cell subsets following chemotherapy to enhance the efficacy of vaccine-mediated antitumor responses. “  Cancer Immunol Immunother (2011) 60:1227–1242.

Cereda et al. “Maturation of human dendritic cells with Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) reduces the number and function of regulatory T cells and enhances the ratio of antigen-specific effectors to regulatory T cells.” Vaccine (2011) Jul 12;29(31):4992-9. Epub May 11, 2011.

Madan et al.A phase I trial of a yeast-based therapeutic cancer vaccine targeting CEA: preliminary evidence of safety and immunologic activity” Poster Presentation; ASCO June 6, 2011.

D’Angelo et al.GI-4000 vaccine as adjuvant consolidation therapy is immunogenic following definitive treatment in patients with stage I-III adenocarcinoma of the lung with KRAS mutations” Poster presentation; ASCO June 4, 2011.

Tanaka et al. “Whole recombinant yeast vaccine induces antitumor immunity and improves survival in a genetically engineered mouse model of melanoma” Gene Therapy (2011), 1–8; Online publication: March 10, 2011.

2010

Vierling et al.GI-5005 Therapeutic Vaccine Improves Deficit in Cellular Immunity in IL28B Genotype T/T, Treatment-Naive Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 When Added to Standard of Care (SOC) Peg-IFN-Alfa2a/Ribavirin” Poster presentation; AASLD November 2, 2010.

Pockros et al.GI-5005 Therapeutic Vaccine Plus Peg-IFN/Riba Improves sustained Virologic Response Versus Peg-IFN/Riba in Prior Non-Responders with Genotype 1 Chronic HCV Infection” ORAL presentation / poster handout; AASLD November 1, 2010.

Bui et al. “Mutation-specific control of BCR-ABL T315I positive leukemia with a recombinant yeast-based therapeutic vaccine in a murine model” Vaccine 28 (2010) 6028-6035.

Ardiani et al. “Vaccines based on whole recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells” FEMS Yeast Res; (2010) 1-10.

Timcheva et al. A Randomized Phase 2 Adjuvant Trial of Ras Positive Resected Pancreas Cancer Patients Treated with GI-4000 and Gemcitabine or Gemcitabine Alone: A safety Analysis of the First 100 Treated patients” Poster presentation; ESMO July 3, 2010.

Whiting et al.Trials in Progress: A Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Multicenter Phase 2 Adjuvant Trial of the Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of GI-4000 Plus Gemcitabine versus Gemcitabine alone in Patients with Resected Pancreas Cancer with Activating Ras Mutations” Poster presentation; ASCO June 7, 2010.

McHutchison et al.Pharmacogenomic Analysis Reveals Improved Virologic Response in All IL-28 B Genotypes in Naive Genotype 1 HCV Patients treated with GI-5005 Therapeutic Vaccine Plus PEG-IFN/Ribavirin” Poster presentation; EASL April 17, 2010.

Jacobson et al. GI-5005 Therapeutic Vaccine Plus PEG-IFN/Ribavirin Significantly Improves Virologic Response and ALT Normalization at End-of-Treatment and Improves SVR24 Compared to PEG-IFN/ribavirin in Genotype-1 Chronic HCV Patients” Poster presentation; EASL April 15, 2010.

McHutchison et al.GI-5005 Therapeutic Vaccine Plus PEG-IFN/Ribavirin Improves Biopsy Necro-Inflammatory Scores and ALT Normalization at 48 weeks Versus PEG-IFN/ribavirin in Genotype-1 Chronic HCV Patients” Poster presentation; EASL April 15, 2010.

Richards et al. Randomized Phase 2 Adjuvant Trial of Resected Subjects with Ras Mutation Bearing Pancreas Cancer Treated with GI -4000 and Gemcitabine or Gemcitabine Alone: A Safety Analysis of the First 100 Treated Subjects” Poster presentation; ASCO-GI January 20, 2010.

2009

McHutchison et al.GI-5005 Therapeutic Vaccine Plus Peg-IFN/Ribavirin Improves End of Treatment Response at 48 Weeks Versus Peg-IFN/Ribavirin in Naïve Genotype 1 Chronic HCV Patients” Poster presentation; AASLD November 2, 2009.

Boehm et al. “Concurrent vaccination with two distinct vaccine platforms targeting the same antigen generates phenotyically and functionally distinct T-cell populations.” Can Immunol Immunother, August 2009.

Lawitz et al. GI-5005 Immunotherapy Plus PEG-IFN/Ribavirin Versus PEG-IFN/Ribavirin in Genotype 1 Chronic HCV Subjects; Preliminary Phase 2 EVR Analyses“  Poster presentation; EASL April 24, 2009.

Boehm et al. Concurrent Vaccination with Two Distinct Vaccine Platforms Targeting the Same Antigen Generates Phenotyically and Functionally Distinct T-cell Populations.” Poster Presentation; AACR April 23, 2009.

Gamerio et al.Chemotherapy Can Enhance the Therapeutic Potential of Vaccine-Mediated Immunotherapy.” Poster Presentation; AACR April 23, 2009.

Britton et al.
Prospective use of an optimized ras mutation diagnostic in an adjuvant Phase 2 trial of mutation specific Ras-targeted immunotherapy (GI-4000) in pancreas cancer” Poster presentation; AACR April 21, 2009.

2008

McHutchison et al.GI-5005 Immunotherapy Plus Peg-IFN/Ribavirin In Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Compared To Peg-IFN/Ri bavirin Alone In Naive and Non-Responder Patients; Preliminary RVR and Viral Kinetic Analysis From the GI-5005-02 Phase 2 Study” Poster presentation; AASLD November 3, 2008.

Franzusoff et al. Prevalence of K-Ras mutations in pancreas cancer and development of Ras-targeted immunotherapy” Poster presentation; EORTC-AACR-NCI October 21, 2008.

Guo et al.Transnational Patterns of Pancreas Cancer Ras Mutations and Discovery of a New Ras Mutation with Oncogenic Synergy when Found with Ras Codon 12 Mutations” Poster presentation; AACR-NCI-EORTC, July 22, 2008.

Wansley et al. “Vaccination with a Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Expressing a Tumor Antigen Breaks Immune Tolerance and Elicits Therapeutic Antitumor Responses” Clinical Cancer Research. July 2008.

Munson et al.
“Coupling Innate and Adaptive Immunity with Yeast-Based Cancer Immunotherapy” Chapter 9; Cancer Vaccines and Tumor Immunity. January 2008.

Haller et al.
Therapeutic and Prophylactic Viral Immunity in Animals and Humans.” Oral and Poster Presentation; Viral Immunity Conference, Keystone Symposia January 21, 2008.

Bernstein et al. “Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast-CEA) as a potent activator of murine dendritic cells.” Vaccine (2008) 26, 509-521.

2007

Schiff et al.HCV-Specific Cellular Immunity, RNA Reductions, and Normalization of ALT in Chronic HCV Subjects after Treatment with GI-5005, a Yeast-Based Immunotherapy Targeting NS3 and Core: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Phase 1b Study.” Poster presentation; AASLD, November 6, 2007, Boston MA.

Wansley et al.Vaccination of CEA-transgenic mice with a recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae-CEA vaccine breaks immune tolerance and elicits therapeutic antitumor responses.” Poster presentation; AACR-NCI-EORTC, October 25, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Remondo et al.Recombinant yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) vector encoding carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) activates human dendritic cells for CEA-specific T-cell reponses.” Poster presentation; AACR-NCI-EORTC, October 25, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

DeGregori et al.
Control of leukemia driven by the T315I escape mutation in Bc r-Abl with yeast-based Tarmogen immunotherapy.” Poster presentation; AACR-NCI-EORTC, October 25, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Reimann et al.
“Generation of a prophylactic melanoma vaccine using whole recombinant yeast expressing MART-1″ Experimental Dermatology 2007; 16: 814-822.

Guo et al.Oncogenic synergy and a newly identified transforming ras mutation in human cancer” American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2007. Poster Presentation, Abstract LB-345; Los Angeles CA.

Haller et al.
“Whole recombinant yeast-based immunotherapy induces potent T cell responses targeting HCV NS3 and Core proteins” Vaccine (2007) 25, 1452-1463.”

2006

Everson et al.Interim Results from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 1b Study in Subjects with Chronic HCV After Treatment with GI-5005, a Yeast-based HCV Immunotherapy Targeting NS3 and Core Proteins.” American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) 2006.   Poster Presentation, October 30, 2006, Boston MA.

Franzusoff et al.Yeast-based Tarmogen Immunotherapy Against Brain Tumors Expressing Self Antigens.” American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).   Poster Presentation, April 2, 2006, Washington DC.

Haller et al.Targeting Influenza with Yeast-Based Immunotherapy.” Keystone Symposia: Advances in Influenza Research: From Birds to Bench to Bedside.   Poster Presentation, March 29, 2006, Steamboat CO.

Whiting et al.Treatment of Ras mutation-bearing solid tumors using whole recombinant S. cerevisiae yeast expressing mutated Ras:  preliminary safety and immunogenicity results from a Phase 1 trial.“  ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.  Poster Presentation,  January 27, 2006, San Francisco CA.

2005

Haller et al.Yeast Based Tarmogen Immunotherapy for Chronic HCV Infection“  12th International Symposium on Hepatitis C and Related Viruses, Poster Presentation; October 2-6, 2005, Montreal Canada.

Cohn et al.Treatment of Ras mutation-bearing solid tumors using whole recombinant S. cerevisiae yeast expressing mutated Ras:  preliminary safety and immunogenicity results from a Phase 1 trial.”ASCO 2005.  Poster Presentation (Abstract 2571); Sunday May 15, 2005; Orlando FL.

Haller et al.
Preclinical Development of Yeast-Based Immunotherapy for Chronic Hepatitis Virus Infection.” 8th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research. Poster Presentation; May 9-11, 2005; Baltimore MD.

Franzusoff et al. “Yeast encoding tumor antigens in cancer immunotherapy.”  (2005) Expert Opinion in Biological Therapy. 5(4); 565-575.

Fujita et al. Whole recombinant yeast immunotherapeutic vaccine expressing human MART1 elicits protection against melanoma.” Keystone Symposia: Basic Aspects of Tumor Immunology II. Poster Presentation; March 19, 2005; Keystone CO.

Haller et al.A Novel Yeast-based Immunotherapeutic for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection” AASLD Single Topic Conference, Poster Presentation; March 4 2005, Chicago IL.

2004

Fujita et al.Whole recombinant yeast immunotherapeutic protection against melanoma.” Cancer Vaccines 2004.  Poster Presentation; October 5, 2004; New York NY.

Lu et al.
“Mutation-selective tumor remission with ras-targeted, whole yeast-based immunotherapy.”  (2004) Cancer Research 64, 5084-5088.

2001

Simpson. “Rising to the vaccine challenge.” (2001) Science 292, Number 5592, 1613.

Stubbs et al. “Whole recombinant yeast vaccine activates dendritic cells and elicits protective cell-mediated immunity.”  (2001) Nature Medicine 7, 625-629