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Multiple myeloma-initiating cellsNaoki Hosen
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 7 Yamada oka, Suita, Osaka, 565 0871, Japan
Int J Hematol 97:306-12. 2013..An improved understanding of how the bone marrow microenvironment supports MM-initiating plasma cells, which can initiate MM disease in the SCID-hu (or rab) model, is thus now essential...
CD48 as a novel molecular target for antibody therapy in multiple myelomaNaoki Hosen
Department of Cancer Stem Cell Biology Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Br J Haematol 156:213-24. 2012..These results suggest that the anti-CD48 mAb has the potential to become an effective therapeutic mAb against MM...
CD96 is a leukemic stem cell-specific marker in human acute myeloid leukemiaNaoki Hosen
Department of Pathology, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5323, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:11008-13. 2007..These results demonstrate that CD96 is a cell surface marker present on many AML-LSC and may serve as an LSC-specific therapeutic target...
Bmi-1-green fluorescent protein-knock-in mice reveal the dynamic regulation of bmi-1 expression in normal and leukemic hematopoietic cellsNaoki Hosen
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Stem Cells 25:1635-44. 2007..Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article...
Induction of WT1 (Wilms' tumor gene)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes by WT1 peptide vaccine and the resultant cancer regressionYoshihiro Oka
Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita City, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:13885-90. 2004..It was therefore demonstrated that WT1 vaccination could induce WT1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes and result in cancer regression without damage to normal tissues...
High frequencies of less differentiated and more proliferative WT1-specific CD8+ T cells in bone marrow in tumor-bearing patients: an important role of bone marrow as a secondary lymphoid organAyako Murao
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Cancer Sci 101:848-54. 2010..These results should provide us with an insight into WT1-specific immune response in tumor-bearing patients and give us an idea of enhancement of clinical response in WT1 protein-targeted immunotherapy...
WT1 peptide vaccine as a paradigm for "cancer antigen-derived peptide"-based immunotherapy for malignancies: successful induction of anti-cancer effect by vaccination with a single kind of WT1 peptideYoshihiro Oka
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Anticancer Agents Med Chem 9:787-97. 2009..WT1 peptide vaccination in an "adjuvant setting" should be considered a promising treatment to protect against progression or relapse of malignancies in cases with minimal residual disease...
WT1 peptide vaccine induces reduction in minimal residual disease in an Imatinib-treated CML patientYusuke Oji
Department of Cancer Stem Cell Biology Respiratory Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Eur J Haematol 85:358-60. 2010..The case presented here indicates that WT1 peptide vaccine may become a safe and cure-oriented therapy for CML patients who have residual disease regardless of the treatment with Imatinib...
CD166/activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule is expressed on glioblastoma progenitor cells and involved in the regulation of tumor cell invasionNoriyuki Kijima
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Neuro Oncol 14:1254-64. 2012..In summary, we were able to show that ALCAM constitutes a novel glioblastoma progenitor cell marker. We could also demonstrate that ALCAM and its soluble isoform are involved in the regulation of glioblastoma invasion and progression...
A clear correlation between WT1-specific Th response and clinical response in WT1 CTL epitope vaccinationFumihiro Fujiki
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 7, Yamada oka, Suita City, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Anticancer Res 30:2247-54. 2010..From this study we concluded that occurrence of WT1(332)-specific Th response could predict good clinical response of WT1 CTL epitope vaccination...
Overexpression of the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in primary thyroid cancerYusuke Oji
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Cancer Sci 94:606-11. 2003..These findings indicate an important role of the wild-type WT1 gene in the tumorigenesis of primary thyroid cancer...
Wilms tumor gene peptide-based immunotherapy for patients with overt leukemia from myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or MDS with myelofibrosisYoshihiro Oka
Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Int J Hematol 78:56-61. 2003..These results have provided us with the first clinical evidence suggesting that WT1 peptide-based immunotherapy is an attractive treatment for patients with leukemias or MDS...
Enhanced tumor immunity of WT1 peptide vaccination by interferon-β administrationHiroko Nakajima
Department of Cancer Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Vaccine 30:722-9. 2012..WT1 peptide vaccination combined with IFN-β administration can thus be expected to enhance the clinical efficacy of WT1 immunotherapy...
AML1-ETO rapidly induces acute myeloblastic leukemia in cooperation with the Wilms tumor gene, WT1Sumiyuki Nishida
Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7, Yamada-oka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Blood 107:3303-12. 2006..These results demonstrate that AML1-ETO may exert its leukemogenic function in cooperation with the expression of WT1...
Monitoring minimal residual disease in leukemia using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction for Wilms tumor gene (WT1)Hiroya Tamaki
Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Int J Hematol 78:349-56. 2003..In conclusion, this RQ-PCR method is convenient and reliable for monitoring MRD and enables routine clinical use of a WT1 assay...
The usefulness of monitoring WT1 gene transcripts for the prediction and management of relapse following allogeneic stem cell transplantation in acute type leukemiaHiroyasu Ogawa
Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Blood 101:1698-704. 2003..These findings strongly suggest that the WT1 assay is very useful for the prediction and management of relapse following allogeneic stem cell transplantation regardless of the presence of chimeric gene markers...
Effects of concomitant temozolomide and radiation therapies on WT1-specific T-cells in malignant gliomaYasuyoshi Chiba
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Jpn J Clin Oncol 40:395-403. 2010..To address this issue, we investigated the changes in frequency and number of WT1-specific T-cells in patients with malignant gliomas...
Identification of a WT1 protein-derived peptide, WT1, as a HLA-A 0206-restricted, WT1-specific CTL epitopeZheyu Li
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Microbiol Immunol 52:551-8. 2008..The present results should help to broaden the application of WT1 peptide-based immunotherapy from only HLA-A 0201-positive to HLA-A 0206-positive cancer patients as well...
Overexpression of the Wilms' tumor gene W T1 in primary astrocytic tumorsYusuke Oji
Department of Bioinformatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 7 Yamada oka, Suita, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Cancer Sci 95:822-7. 2004..These results may indicate that the W T1 gene plays an important role in tumorigenesis of primary astrocytic tumors...
Wilms tumor gene WT1 peptide-based immunotherapy induced a minimal response in a patient with advanced therapy-resistant multiple myelomaAkihiro Tsuboi
Department of Cancer Immunotherapy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 7 Yamada oka, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Int J Hematol 86:414-7. 2007....
WT1 peptide cancer vaccine for patients with hematopoietic malignancies and solid cancersYoshihiro Oka
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
ScientificWorldJournal 7:649-65. 2007....
Overexpression of the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in colorectal adenocarcinomaYusuke Oji
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Cancer Sci 94:712-7. 2003..These results may indicate an important role of the wild-type WT1 gene in tumorigenesis of colorectal adenocarcinoma...
WT1 peptide-based immunotherapy for patients with lung cancer: report of two casesAkihiro Tsuboi
Department of Cancer Immunotherapy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Microbiol Immunol 48:175-84. 2004..These results provided us with the first clinical evidence demonstrating that WT1 peptide-based immunotherapy should be a promising treatment for patients with lung cancer...
"Cancer antigen WT1 protein-derived peptide"-based treatment of cancer -toward the further developmentYoshihiro Oka
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2 2, Yamada oka, Suita City, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Curr Med Chem 15:3052-61. 2008..Other modalities, including gene therapy using genes encoding WT1-specific T cell receptor or DNA vaccination, are also expected to be developed...
Absence of mutations in the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in primary breast cancerYusuke Oji
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Surgical Oncology, Molecular Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Jpn J Clin Oncol 34:74-7. 2004..CONCLUSION: The results indicate that the wild-type WT1 gene plays an important role in the tumorigenesis of primary breast cancer...
WT1 peptide immunotherapy for gynecologic malignancies resistant to conventional therapies: a phase II trialTakashi Miyatake
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2 2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 139:457-63. 2013..The aim of the present study was to analyze the long-term survival effects of WT1 peptide vaccine, in addition to its anti-tumor effects and toxicity...
Biased usage of T cell receptor β-chain variable region genes of Wilms' tumor gene (WT1)-specific CD8+ T cells in patients with solid tumors and healthy donorsSoyoko Morimoto
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Cancer Sci 103:408-14. 2012..These results should provide us with a novel insight for a better understanding of WT1-specific immune responses...
Biased usage of BV gene families of T-cell receptors of WT1 (Wilms' tumor gene)-specific CD8+ T cells in patients with myeloid malignanciesYukie Tanaka-Harada
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Cancer Sci 101:594-600. 2010..These findings represent a novel insight for a better understanding of WT1-specific immune response...
The effect on the proliferation and apoptosis of alloreactive T cells of cell dose in a murine MHC-mismatched hematopoietic cell transplantation modelTatsuya Fujioka
Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamada-oka, Suita City, 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
Transpl Immunol 11:187-95. 2003..Thus, the size of the T cell dose is one of the important considerations in tolerance induction, GVHD and rejection...
Recognition of a natural WT1 epitope by a modified WT1 peptide-specific T-cell receptorTaichi Tamanaka
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 7, Yamada oka, Suita City, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Anticancer Res 32:5201-9. 2012..These results provided us, for the first time at molecular basis, with a proof-of-concept of modified WT1(235) peptide-based immunotherapy for natural WT1(235) peptide-expressing malignancies...
Wilms' tumor gene WT1 17AA(-)/KTS(-) isoform induces morphological changes and promotes cell migration and invasion in vitroTanyarat Jomgeow
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Cancer Sci 97:259-70. 2006..The present results may provide a novel insight into the signaling pathway of the WT1 gene for its oncogenic functions...
Overexpression of the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in esophageal cancerYusuke Oji
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 7, Yamada oka, Suita, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Anticancer Res 24:3103-8. 2004..The Wilms' tumor gene WT1 is overexpressed in various kinds of solid cancers. However, it remains unclear whether WT1 is expressed in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma...
Functional human Th17 clones with WT1-specific helper activitySho Tachino
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2 2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Cancer Immunol Immunother 62:801-10. 2013..Th17 clones established here and the method to establish antigen-specific Th17 clones should be a useful tool to further analyze the roles of human Th17 in tumor immunity...
The Wilms' tumor gene WT1 is a common marker of progenitor cells in fetal liverKeisuke Kanato
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 326:836-43. 2005..These results indicated that WT1 expression is a common marker of both hepatocyte and endothelial progenitors. These results also implied a role of the WT1 gene in lineage determination...
The lck promoter-driven expression of the Wilms tumor gene WT1 blocks intrathymic differentiation of T-lineage cellsHanfen Li
Departments of Clinical Laboratory Science, Osaka University Medical School, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Int J Hematol 77:463-70. 2003..These results are the first direct evidence demonstrating that the WT1 gene is involved in the development and differentiation of T-lineage cells...
WT1 peptide therapy for a patient with chemotherapy-resistant salivary gland cancerToshiaki Shirakata
Department of Bioregulatory Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
Anticancer Res 32:1081-5. 2012..These results indicate the potential of WT1 peptide-based immunotherapy for the treatment of chemotherapy-resistant salivery gland cancer...
Self-renewal of the long-term reconstituting subset of hematopoietic stem cells is regulated by IkarosPeter Papathanasiou
Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and Departments of Pathology and Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Stem Cells 27:3082-92. 2009....
Expression of AA4.1 marks lymphohematopoietic progenitors in early mouse developmentToshiyuki Yamane
Department of Pathology, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:8953-8. 2009..These data suggest that AA4.1 is a cell surface marker that can identify the earliest lymphohematopoietic progenitors in mouse development...
HLA-DPB1*05: 01-restricted WT1332-specific TCR-transduced CD4+ T lymphocytes display a helper activity for WT1-specific CTL induction and a cytotoxicity against leukemia cellsYuhung Lin
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
J Immunother 36:159-70. 2013..Thus, these results demonstrated the feasibility of immunotherapy based on adoptive transfer of WT1332-specific TCR-transduced CD4+ T cells for the treatment of leukemia...
Enhanced induction of human WT1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes with a 9-mer WT1 peptide modified at HLA-A*2402-binding residuesAkihiro Tsuboi
Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Cancer Immunol Immunother 51:614-20. 2002..Therefore, cancer immunotherapy using this modified 9-mer WT1 peptide should provide efficacious treatment for HLA-A*2402-positive patients with leukemias and solid tumors...
Overexpression of the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in human bone and soft-tissue sarcomasTakafumi Ueda
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka
Cancer Sci 94:271-6. 2003....
Combination of tacrolimus, methotrexate, and methylprednisolone prevents acute but not chronic graft-versus-host disease in unrelated bone marrow transplantationHiroyasu Ogawa
Departments of Molecular Medicine, and Clinical Laboratory Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Transplantation 74:236-43. 2002..To address this problem, we examined the efficacy of FK506-plus-MTX-plus-methylprednisolone (mPSL) in 20 patients who underwent BMT from unrelated donors...
WT1 IgG antibody for early detection of nonsmall cell lung cancer and as its prognostic factorYusuke Oji
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Int J Cancer 125:381-7. 2009..These results also suggested that WT1-specific immune responses played an important role in anti-cancer immunity in NSCLC...
Transcriptional profiling of antigen-dependent murine B cell differentiation and memory formationDeepta Bhattacharya
Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
J Immunol 179:6808-19. 2007....
Overexpression of eukaryotic elongation factor eEF2 in gastrointestinal cancers and its involvement in G2/M progression in the cell cycleJunya Nakamura
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
Int J Oncol 34:1181-9. 2009....
Very low frequencies of human normal CD34+ haematopoietic progenitor cells express the Wilms' tumour gene WT1 at levels similar to those in leukaemia cellsNaoki Hosen
Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
Br J Haematol 116:409-20. 2002..Our results could indicate that these WT1-expressing CD34+ BM cells were normal counterparts of leukaemia cells...
Solitary right ventricle metastasis by renal cell carcinomaMitsuru Masaki
Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 17:397-8. 2004..This case highlights the need to consider an underlying neoplastic syndrome in patients presenting isolated right ventricle mass by echocardiography...
Overexpression of the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in de novo lung cancersYusuke Oji
Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Osaka University Medical School, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Int J Cancer 100:297-303. 2002....
Humoral immune responses against Wilms tumor gene WT1 product in patients with hematopoietic malignanciesOlga A Elisseeva
Department of Radiation Biology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
Blood 99:3272-9. 2002..Our findings may provide new insight into the rationale for elicitation of cytotoxic T-cell responses against the WT1 protein in cancer immunotherapy using the WT1 vaccine...
Powerful graft-versus-leukemia effects exerted by HLA-haploidentical grafts engrafted with a reduced-intensity regimen for relapse following myeloablative HLA-matched transplantationHiroyasu Ogawa
Transplantation 78:488-9. 2004
