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Plant-Derived Natural Compounds in Genetic Vaccination and Therapy for HPV-Associated Cancers

SIMPLE SUMMARY: DNA vaccination represents a useful approach for human papillomavirus (HPV) cancer therapy. The therapeutic potential of plant-based natural compounds for control of HPV- associated cancers has been also widely explored. Genetic vaccines for HPV-associated tumors that include plant p...

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Autores principales: Franconi, Rosella, Massa, Silvia, Paolini, Francesca, Vici, Patrizia, Venuti, Aldo
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33114220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12113101
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author Franconi, Rosella
Massa, Silvia
Paolini, Francesca
Vici, Patrizia
Venuti, Aldo
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Massa, Silvia
Paolini, Francesca
Vici, Patrizia
Venuti, Aldo
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: DNA vaccination represents a useful approach for human papillomavirus (HPV) cancer therapy. The therapeutic potential of plant-based natural compounds for control of HPV- associated cancers has been also widely explored. Genetic vaccines for HPV-associated tumors that include plant protein-encoding gene sequences, used alone or in combinations with plant metabolites, are being investigated but are still in their infancy. Main focus of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of novel therapeutic strategies employing genetic vaccines along with plant-derived compounds and genes. We highlight the importance of multimodality treatment regimen such as combining immunotherapy with plant-derived agents. ABSTRACT: Antigen-specific immunotherapy and, in particular, DNA vaccination provides an established approach for tackling human papillomavirus (HPV) cancers at different stages. DNA vaccines are stable and have a cost-effective production. Their intrinsic low immunogenicity has been improved by several strategies with some success, including fusion of HPV antigens with plant gene sequences. Another approach for the control of HPV cancers is the use of natural immunomodulatory agents like those derived from plants, that are able to interfere in carcinogenesis by modulating many different cellular pathways and, in some instances, to reduce chemo- and radiotherapy resistance of tumors. Indeed, plant-derived compounds represent, in many cases, an abundantly available, cost-effective source of molecules that can be either harvested directly in nature or obtained from plant cell cultures. In this review, an overview of the most relevant data reported in literature on the use of plant natural compounds and genetic vaccines that include plant-derived sequences against HPV tumors is provided. The purpose is also to highlight the still under-explored potential of multimodal treatments implying DNA vaccination along with plant-derived agents.
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spelling pubmed-76908682020-11-27 Plant-Derived Natural Compounds in Genetic Vaccination and Therapy for HPV-Associated Cancers Franconi, Rosella Massa, Silvia Paolini, Francesca Vici, Patrizia Venuti, Aldo Cancers (Basel) Review SIMPLE SUMMARY: DNA vaccination represents a useful approach for human papillomavirus (HPV) cancer therapy. The therapeutic potential of plant-based natural compounds for control of HPV- associated cancers has been also widely explored. Genetic vaccines for HPV-associated tumors that include plant protein-encoding gene sequences, used alone or in combinations with plant metabolites, are being investigated but are still in their infancy. Main focus of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of novel therapeutic strategies employing genetic vaccines along with plant-derived compounds and genes. We highlight the importance of multimodality treatment regimen such as combining immunotherapy with plant-derived agents. ABSTRACT: Antigen-specific immunotherapy and, in particular, DNA vaccination provides an established approach for tackling human papillomavirus (HPV) cancers at different stages. DNA vaccines are stable and have a cost-effective production. Their intrinsic low immunogenicity has been improved by several strategies with some success, including fusion of HPV antigens with plant gene sequences. Another approach for the control of HPV cancers is the use of natural immunomodulatory agents like those derived from plants, that are able to interfere in carcinogenesis by modulating many different cellular pathways and, in some instances, to reduce chemo- and radiotherapy resistance of tumors. Indeed, plant-derived compounds represent, in many cases, an abundantly available, cost-effective source of molecules that can be either harvested directly in nature or obtained from plant cell cultures. In this review, an overview of the most relevant data reported in literature on the use of plant natural compounds and genetic vaccines that include plant-derived sequences against HPV tumors is provided. The purpose is also to highlight the still under-explored potential of multimodal treatments implying DNA vaccination along with plant-derived agents. MDPI 2020-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7690868/ /pubmed/33114220 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12113101 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Franconi, Rosella
Massa, Silvia
Paolini, Francesca
Vici, Patrizia
Venuti, Aldo
Plant-Derived Natural Compounds in Genetic Vaccination and Therapy for HPV-Associated Cancers
title Plant-Derived Natural Compounds in Genetic Vaccination and Therapy for HPV-Associated Cancers
title_full Plant-Derived Natural Compounds in Genetic Vaccination and Therapy for HPV-Associated Cancers
title_fullStr Plant-Derived Natural Compounds in Genetic Vaccination and Therapy for HPV-Associated Cancers
title_full_unstemmed Plant-Derived Natural Compounds in Genetic Vaccination and Therapy for HPV-Associated Cancers
title_short Plant-Derived Natural Compounds in Genetic Vaccination and Therapy for HPV-Associated Cancers
title_sort plant-derived natural compounds in genetic vaccination and therapy for hpv-associated cancers
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33114220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12113101
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