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162 Bot and Obrocea<br />
immunity initiates or does not initiate a self-perpetuating response against the<br />
tumor. In the first scenario, tumor antigen–specific T cells induced or activated<br />
by the active immunotherapeutic regimen, traffic to the tumor site where they<br />
affect the viability of target tumor cells. Subsequently, antigens liberated by the<br />
tumor cells are internalized and processed by resident antigen-presenting cells<br />
(APCs) that migrate to regional lymph nodes where they successfully restimulate,<br />
amplify, or maintain the immune response to the immunizing antigen and<br />
even additional tumor-specific antigens. In this model, subsequent immunization<br />
to maintain a level of effector cells within tumor or lymphoid organs would not<br />
be necessary since the direct stimulating effect of the tumor is under the attack of<br />
vaccine-induced T cells. In the second model, while the vaccine is able to elicit a<br />
population of tumor antigen–specific T cells encompassing high-avidity T cells,<br />
tumor-derived antigen is not sufficient to maintain or amplify the immune<br />
response. This results in the model depicted in Figure 8, quite supported by<br />
experimental evidence. More specifically, repeat administration of antigen<br />
would be instrumental not only for eliciting a response with a maximum<br />
potential, but to maintain a subpopulation of high-avidity functional T cells with<br />
activity against tumor cells. In absence of continuing the immunization process,<br />
the tumor cells alone would be incapable to drive expansion and differentiation<br />
of memory T cells to effector cells, with serious consequences in terms of the<br />
Figure 8 A schematic depiction of the functional, immunologic relationship between<br />
tumor antigens–specific T cells and tumor cells, with impact on design-improved<br />
immunotherapeutic approaches.