Spatiotemporal metabolic dynamics of the photosensitizer talaporfin sodium in carcinoma and sarcoma.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using the photosensitizer talaporfin sodium (talaporfin) is a new mode of treatment for cancer. However, the metabolic mechanism of talaporfin has not been clarified. Thus, we investigated the uptake, transportation, and elimination mechanisms of talaporfin in carcinoma and sarcoma.

Development of an artificial antibody specific for HLA/peptide complex derived from cancer stem-like cell/cancer-initiating cell antigen DNAJB8.

Background: Peptide-vaccination therapy targeting tumour-associated antigens can elicit immune responses, but cannot be used to eliminate large tumour burden. In this study, we developed a therapeutic single-chain variable-fragment (scFv) antibody that recognises the cancer stem-like cell/cancer-initiating cell (CSC/CIC) antigen, DNAJB8.

Methods: We screened scFv clones reacting with HLA-A24:20/DNAJB8-derived peptide (DNAJB8_143) complex using naive scFv phage-display libraries.

[Immune-related adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors].

Development and application of anti-CTLA-4 antibody and anti-PD-1 antibody to cancer immunotherapy brought great survival benefits to advanced cancer patients. They have been applied to various cancers such as melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell cancer, Hodgkin's disease, and head and neck cancers, and there is no doubt that immunotherapy is becoming a standard therapy as well as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. On the other hand, immune-related adverse events (irAEs) have been increasingly reported.