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  1. Article ; Online: Allo-priming as a universal anti-viral vaccine: protecting elderly from current COVID-19 and any future unknown viral outbreak.

    Har-Noy, Michael / Or, Reuven

    Journal of translational medicine

    2020  Volume 18, Issue 1, Page(s) 196

    Abstract: Background: We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach has ... ...

    Abstract Background: We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach has the potential to protect the most vulnerable from disease and provide society an incalculable economic benefit. Allo-priming healthy elderly adults is proposed to provide universal protection from progression of any type of viral infection, including protection against progression of the current outbreak of COVID-19 infection, and any future variants of the causative SARS-CoV-2 virus or the next 'Disease X'. Allo-priming is an alternative approach for the COVID-19 pandemic that provides a back-up in case vaccination strategies to elicit neutralizing antibody protection fails or fails to protect the vulnerable elderly population. The allo-priming is performed using activated, intentionally mismatched, ex vivo differentiated and expanded living Th1-like cells (AlloStim
    Conclusion: Allo-priming has potential to provide universal protection from viral disease and is a strategy to reverse immunosenescence and counter-regulate chronic inflammation (inflammaging). Allo-priming can be used as an adjuvant for anti-viral vaccines and as a counter-measure for unknown biological threats and bio-economic terrorism.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology ; Antibodies, Viral/immunology ; Antigen Presentation ; Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/immunology ; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control ; Humans ; Immunologic Memory ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/immunology ; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Th1 Cells/immunology ; Viral Vaccines/immunology
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Neutralizing ; Antibodies, Viral ; Viral Vaccines
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-05-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1479-5876
    ISSN (online) 1479-5876
    DOI 10.1186/s12967-020-02363-3
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  2. Article ; Online: Allo-priming as a universal anti-viral vaccine

    Michael Har-Noy / Reuven Or

    Journal of Translational Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    protecting elderly from current COVID-19 and any future unknown viral outbreak

    2020  Volume 11

    Abstract: Abstract Background We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach ...

    Abstract Abstract Background We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach has the potential to protect the most vulnerable from disease and provide society an incalculable economic benefit. Allo-priming healthy elderly adults is proposed to provide universal protection from progression of any type of viral infection, including protection against progression of the current outbreak of COVID-19 infection, and any future variants of the causative SARS-CoV-2 virus or the next ‘Disease X’. Allo-priming is an alternative approach for the COVID-19 pandemic that provides a back-up in case vaccination strategies to elicit neutralizing antibody protection fails or fails to protect the vulnerable elderly population. The allo-priming is performed using activated, intentionally mismatched, ex vivo differentiated and expanded living Th1-like cells (AlloStim®) derived from healthy donors currently in clinical use as an experimental cancer vaccine. Multiple intradermal injections of AlloStim® creates a dominate titer of allo-specific Th1/CTL memory cells in circulation, replacing the dominance of exhausted memory cells of the aged immune system. Upon viral encounter, by-stander activation of the allo-specific memory cells causes an immediate release of IFN-ϒ, leading to development of an “anti-viral state”, by-stander activation of innate cellular effector cells and activation of cross-reactive allo-specific CTL. In this manner, the non-specific activation of allo-specific Th1/CTL initiates a cascade of spatial and temporal immune events which act to limit the early viral titer. The release of endogenous heat shock proteins (HSP) and DAMP from lysed viral-infected cells, in the context of IFN-ϒ, creates of conditions for in situ vaccination leading to viral-specific Th1/CTL immunity. These viral-specific Th1/CTL provide sterilizing immunity and ...
    Keywords COVID-19 ; Immunosenescence ; Inflammaging ; Cell therapy ; Immunotherapy ; Vaccine ; Medicine ; R ; covid19
    Subject code 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher BMC
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: Allo-priming as a universal anti-viral vaccine

    Har-Noy, Michael / Or, Reuven

    Journal of Translational Medicine

    protecting elderly from current COVID-19 and any future unknown viral outbreak

    2020  Volume 18, Issue 1

    Keywords General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ; General Medicine ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 1479-5876
    DOI 10.1186/s12967-020-02363-3
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  4. Article: Allo-priming as a universal anti-viral vaccine: protecting elderly from current COVID-19 and any future unknown viral outbreak

    Har-Noy, Michael / Or, Reuven

    J Transl Med

    Abstract: BACKGROUND: We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach has the ...

    Abstract BACKGROUND: We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach has the potential to protect the most vulnerable from disease and provide society an incalculable economic benefit. Allo-priming healthy elderly adults is proposed to provide universal protection from progression of any type of viral infection, including protection against progression of the current outbreak of COVID-19 infection, and any future variants of the causative SARS-CoV-2 virus or the next 'Disease X'. Allo-priming is an alternative approach for the COVID-19 pandemic that provides a back-up in case vaccination strategies to elicit neutralizing antibody protection fails or fails to protect the vulnerable elderly population. The allo-priming is performed using activated, intentionally mismatched, ex vivo differentiated and expanded living Th1-like cells (AlloStim®) derived from healthy donors currently in clinical use as an experimental cancer vaccine. Multiple intradermal injections of AlloStim® creates a dominate titer of allo-specific Th1/CTL memory cells in circulation, replacing the dominance of exhausted memory cells of the aged immune system. Upon viral encounter, by-stander activation of the allo-specific memory cells causes an immediate release of IFN-ϒ, leading to development of an "anti-viral state", by-stander activation of innate cellular effector cells and activation of cross-reactive allo-specific CTL. In this manner, the non-specific activation of allo-specific Th1/CTL initiates a cascade of spatial and temporal immune events which act to limit the early viral titer. The release of endogenous heat shock proteins (HSP) and DAMP from lysed viral-infected cells, in the context of IFN-ϒ, creates of conditions for in situ vaccination leading to viral-specific Th1/CTL immunity. These viral-specific Th1/CTL provide sterilizing immunity and memory for protection from disease recurrence, while increasing the pool of Th1/CTL in circulation capable of responding to the next viral encounter. CONCLUSION: Allo-priming has potential to provide universal protection from viral disease and is a strategy to reverse immunosenescence and counter-regulate chronic inflammation (inflammaging). Allo-priming can be used as an adjuvant for anti-viral vaccines and as a counter-measure for unknown biological threats and bio-economic terrorism.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #245284
    Database COVID19

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  5. Article ; Online: Allo-priming as a universal anti-viral vaccine

    Har-Noy, Michael / Or, Reuven

    Journal of translational medicine, 18(1):196

    protecting elderly from current COVID-19 and any future unknown viral outbreak

    2020  

    Abstract: We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach has the potential ... ...

    Abstract We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach has the potential to protect the most vulnerable from disease and provide society an incalculable economic benefit. Allo-priming healthy elderly adults is proposed to provide universal protection from progression of any type of viral infection, including protection against progression of the current outbreak of COVID-19 infection, and any future variants of the causative SARS-CoV-2 virus or the next ‘Disease X’. Allo-priming is an alternative approach for the COVID-19 pandemic that provides a back-up in case vaccination strategies to elicit neutralizing antibody protection fails or fails to protect the vulnerable elderly population. The allo-priming is performed using activated, intentionally mismatched, ex vivo differentiated and expanded living Th1-like cells (AlloStim®) derived from healthy donors currently in clinical use as an experimental cancer vaccine. Multiple intradermal injections of AlloStim® creates a dominate titer of allo-specific Th1/CTL memory cells in circulation, replacing the dominance of exhausted memory cells of the aged immune system. Upon viral encounter, by-stander activation of the allo-specific memory cells causes an immediate release of IFN-ϒ, leading to development of an “anti-viral state”, by-stander activation of innate cellular effector cells and activation of cross-reactive allo-specific CTL. In this manner, the non-specific activation of allo-specific Th1/CTL initiates a cascade of spatial and temporal immune events which act to limit the early viral titer. The release of endogenous heat shock proteins (HSP) and DAMP from lysed viral-infected cells, in the context of IFN-ϒ, creates of conditions for in situ vaccination leading to viral-specific Th1/CTL immunity. These viral-specific Th1/CTL provide sterilizing immunity and memory for protection from disease recurrence, while increasing the pool of Th1/CTL in circulation capable of responding to the next viral encounter.
    Keywords COVID-19 ; Cell therapy ; Immunotherapy ; Immunosenescence ; Vaccine ; Inflammaging ; covid19
    Language English
    Publishing country de
    Document type Article ; Online
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  6. Article ; Online: Proteomic analyses of different human tumour-derived chaperone-rich cell lysate (CRCL) anti-cancer vaccines reveal antigen content and strong similarities amongst the vaccines along with a basis for CRCL's unique structure: CRCL vaccine proteome leads to unique structure.

    Mayer-Sonnenfeld, Tehila / Har-Noy, Michael / Lillehei, Kevin O / Graner, Michael W

    International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group

    2013  Volume 29, Issue 6, Page(s) 520–527

    Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this paper was to compare protein content of chaperone-rich cell lysate (CRCL) anti-cancer vaccines prepared from human tumours of different histological origins to evaluate the uniformity of their protein content.: Materials and ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: The aim of this paper was to compare protein content of chaperone-rich cell lysate (CRCL) anti-cancer vaccines prepared from human tumours of different histological origins to evaluate the uniformity of their protein content.
    Materials and methods: Clinical grade CRCL was prepared under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) conditions from surgically resected human tumours (colorectal cancer, glioblastoma, non-small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer). Protein samples were separated by SDS-PAGE and slices cut from gels for protease digestion followed by mass spectrometry analysis. Proteins were identified, and the content assessed by gene ontogeny/networking programmatic computation. CRCL preparations were also analysed by nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
    Results: We identified between 200 and 550 proteins in the various CRCL preparations. Gene ontogeny analysis indicated that the vaccines showed clear relationships, despite different tumour origins. A total of 95 proteins were common to all the CRCLs. Networking analyses implicated heat shock proteins in antigen processing pathways, and showed connections to the cytoskeletal network. We found that CRCL vaccines showed a particulate structure by NTA, and TEM revealed an extended fence-like structural network in CRCL, with regions that were microns in size.
    Conclusions: We conclude that it is feasible to prepare and characterise CRCL from a variety of different tissue sources; a substantial portion of the protein content is identical among the different CRCLs, while the overall compositions also suggest high overlaps in functional categories. The protein content indicates the presence of antigens and implies a potential structure, which we believe may play a role in CRCL's ability to stimulate innate antigen presenting cell activation.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Antigens, Neoplasm/metabolism ; Cancer Vaccines ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Molecular Chaperones/metabolism ; Neoplasms/immunology ; Neoplasms/metabolism ; Proteome ; Proteomics
    Chemical Substances Antigens, Neoplasm ; Cancer Vaccines ; Molecular Chaperones ; Proteome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 632526-9
    ISSN 1464-5157 ; 0265-6736
    ISSN (online) 1464-5157
    ISSN 0265-6736
    DOI 10.3109/02656736.2013.796529
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  7. Article ; Online: Prolonged remission of advanced bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma in a dog treated with autologous, tumour-derived chaperone-rich cell lysate (CRCL) vaccine.

    Epple, Laura M / Bemis, Lynne T / Cavanaugh, Ryan P / Skope, Anne / Mayer-Sonnenfeld, Tehila / Frank, Chad / Olver, Christine S / Lencioni, Alex M / Dusto, Nathaniel L / Tal, Alona / Har-Noy, Michael / Lillehei, Kevin O / Katsanis, Emmanuel / Graner, Michael W

    International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group

    2013  Volume 29, Issue 5, Page(s) 390–398

    Abstract: Purpose: This paper presents the treatment of a 12-year-old female spayed Great Dane who presented with vestibular signs (ataxia, nystagmus, hind end collapse). Thoracic radiographs revealed a discrete pulmonary nodule in the right cranial lung lobe. ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: This paper presents the treatment of a 12-year-old female spayed Great Dane who presented with vestibular signs (ataxia, nystagmus, hind end collapse). Thoracic radiographs revealed a discrete pulmonary nodule in the right cranial lung lobe. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirate detected primary bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma, verified via computed tomography, with a second smaller nodule discovered in the right cranial lung lobe.
    Materials and methods: A lateral thoracotomy with right cranial lung lobectomy was performed. Histopathological analysis of the nodules and an excised lymph node identified grade III bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma with vascular infiltration and lymph node metastasis - a grim diagnosis with a reported median survival time of 6-27 days. A 10-g sample of the tumour was processed into a chaperone-rich cell lysate (CRCL) vaccine, which was administered weekly to the patient. Imiquimod - a Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonist - was applied topically for the first 12 treatments to stimulate local Langerhans cells. A single injection of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) was administered for additional immune stimulation at week 30 of treatment.
    Results: The dog remained stable and in otherwise good health until diffuse relapse occurred 44 weeks after the initial treatment; following gastrointestinal bleeding, the dog was euthanised 50+ weeks post diagnosis.
    Conclusion: To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of significantly prolonged survival following a diagnosis of grade III/stage III bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma in a canine patient. This case report suggests that CRCL vaccine combined with topical imiquimod is a safe, effective treatment for canine tumours.
    MeSH term(s) Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar/diagnostic imaging ; Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar/pathology ; Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar/therapy ; Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar/veterinary ; Animals ; Cancer Vaccines/therapeutic use ; Dog Diseases/diagnostic imaging ; Dog Diseases/pathology ; Dog Diseases/therapy ; Dogs ; Female ; Lung/diagnostic imaging ; Lung/pathology ; Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging ; Lung Neoplasms/pathology ; Lung Neoplasms/therapy ; Lung Neoplasms/veterinary ; Molecular Chaperones/immunology ; Radiography
    Chemical Substances Cancer Vaccines ; Molecular Chaperones
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 632526-9
    ISSN 1464-5157 ; 0265-6736
    ISSN (online) 1464-5157
    ISSN 0265-6736
    DOI 10.3109/02656736.2013.800997
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  8. Article ; Online: Th-1 lymphocytes induce dendritic cell tumor killing activity by an IFN-γ-dependent mechanism.

    LaCasse, Collin J / Janikashvili, Nona / Larmonier, Claire B / Alizadeh, Darya / Hanke, Neale / Kartchner, Jessica / Situ, Elaine / Centuori, Sara / Har-Noy, Michael / Bonnotte, Bernard / Katsanis, Emmanuel / Larmonier, Nicolas

    Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

    2011  Volume 187, Issue 12, Page(s) 6310–6317

    Abstract: Dendritic cells (DCs) encompass a heterogeneous population of cells capable of orchestrating innate and adaptive immune responses. The ability of DCs to act as professional APCs has been the foundation for the development and use of these cells as ... ...

    Abstract Dendritic cells (DCs) encompass a heterogeneous population of cells capable of orchestrating innate and adaptive immune responses. The ability of DCs to act as professional APCs has been the foundation for the development and use of these cells as vaccines in cancer immunotherapy. DCs are also endowed with the nonconventional property of directly killing tumor cells. The current study investigates the regulation of murine DC cytotoxic function by T lymphocytes. We provide evidence that CD4(+) Th-1, but not Th-2, Th-17 cells, or regulatory T cells, are capable of inducing DC cytotoxic function. IFN-γ was identified as the major factor responsible for Th-1-induced DC tumoricidal activity. Tumor cell killing mediated by Th-1-activated killer DCs was dependent on inducible NO synthase expression and NO production. Importantly, Th-1-activated killer DCs were capable of presenting the acquired Ags from the killed tumor cells to T lymphocytes in vitro or in vivo. These observations offer new possibilities for the application of killer DCs in cancer immunotherapy.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antigen Presentation/genetics ; Antigen Presentation/immunology ; Bone Marrow Cells/cytology ; Bone Marrow Cells/immunology ; Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Coculture Techniques ; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics ; Dendritic Cells/immunology ; Dendritic Cells/metabolism ; Female ; Interferon-gamma/metabolism ; Interferon-gamma/physiology ; Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology ; Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology ; Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/therapy ; Melanoma, Experimental/immunology ; Melanoma, Experimental/pathology ; Melanoma, Experimental/therapy ; Mice ; Mice, 129 Strain ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Knockout ; Mice, Transgenic ; Receptors, Interferon/deficiency ; Receptors, Interferon/genetics ; Receptors, Interferon/physiology ; Th1 Cells/immunology ; Th1 Cells/metabolism ; Interferon gamma Receptor
    Chemical Substances Receptors, Interferon ; Interferon-gamma (82115-62-6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2011-11-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 3056-9
    ISSN 1550-6606 ; 0022-1767 ; 1048-3233 ; 1047-7381
    ISSN (online) 1550-6606
    ISSN 0022-1767 ; 1048-3233 ; 1047-7381
    DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1101812
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  9. Article ; Online: Allogeneic effector/memory Th-1 cells impair FoxP3+ regulatory T lymphocytes and synergize with chaperone-rich cell lysate vaccine to treat leukemia.

    Janikashvili, Nona / LaCasse, Collin J / Larmonier, Claire / Trad, Malika / Herrell, Amanda / Bustamante, Sara / Bonnotte, Bernard / Har-Noy, Michael / Larmonier, Nicolas / Katsanis, Emmanuel

    Blood

    2010  Volume 117, Issue 5, Page(s) 1555–1564

    Abstract: Therapeutic strategies combining the induction of effective antitumor immunity with the inhibition of the mechanisms of tumor-induced immunosuppression represent a key objective in cancer immunotherapy. Herein we demonstrate that effector/memory CD4(+) T ...

    Abstract Therapeutic strategies combining the induction of effective antitumor immunity with the inhibition of the mechanisms of tumor-induced immunosuppression represent a key objective in cancer immunotherapy. Herein we demonstrate that effector/memory CD4(+) T helper-1 (Th-1) lymphocytes, in addition to polarizing type-1 antitumor immune responses, impair tumor-induced CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) regulatory T lymphocyte (Treg) immunosuppressive function in vitro and in vivo. Th-1 cells also inhibit the generation of FoxP3(+) Tregs from naive CD4(+)CD25(-)FoxP3(-) T cells by an interferon-γ-dependent mechanism. In addition, in an aggressive mouse leukemia model (12B1), Th-1 lymphocytes act synergistically with a chaperone-rich cell lysate (CRCL) vaccine, leading to improved survival and long-lasting protection against leukemia. The combination of CRCL as a source of tumor-specific antigens and Th-1 lymphocytes as an adjuvant has the potential to stimulate efficient specific antitumor immunity while restraining Treg-induced suppression.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Blotting, Western ; Cancer Vaccines/administration & dosage ; Cancer Vaccines/immunology ; Cell Extracts/administration & dosage ; Cell Extracts/immunology ; Dendritic Cells/immunology ; Dendritic Cells/metabolism ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Flow Cytometry ; Forkhead Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Immunologic Memory/immunology ; Interferon-gamma/metabolism ; Leukemia, Experimental/immunology ; Leukemia, Experimental/therapy ; Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/immunology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Nude ; Mice, SCID ; Molecular Chaperones/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
    Chemical Substances Cancer Vaccines ; Cell Extracts ; Forkhead Transcription Factors ; Foxp3 protein, mouse ; Molecular Chaperones ; Interferon-gamma (82115-62-6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-12-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 80069-7
    ISSN 1528-0020 ; 0006-4971
    ISSN (online) 1528-0020
    ISSN 0006-4971
    DOI 10.1182/blood-2010-06-288621
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  10. Article: Allo-priming as a universal anti-viral vaccine: protecting elderly from current COVID-19 and any future unknown viral outbreak

    Har-Noy, Michael

    Journal of translational medicine, 18(1):196

    2020  

    Abstract: We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach has the potential ... ...

    Abstract We present the rationale for a novel allo-priming approach to serve the elderly as a universal anti-virus vaccine, as well serving to remodel the aging immune system in order to reverse immunosenescence and inflammaging. This approach has the potential to protect the most vulnerable from disease and provide society an incalculable economic benefit. Allo-priming healthy elderly adults is proposed to provide universal protection from progression of any type of viral infection, including protection against progression of the current outbreak of COVID-19 infection, and any future variants of the causative SARS-CoV-2 virus or the next ‘Disease X’. Allo-priming is an alternative approach for the COVID-19 pandemic that provides a back-up in case vaccination strategies to elicit neutralizing antibody protection fails or fails to protect the vulnerable elderly population. The allo-priming is performed using activated, intentionally mismatched, ex vivo differentiated and expanded living Th1-like cells (AlloStim®) derived from healthy donors currently in clinical use as an experimental cancer vaccine. Multiple intradermal injections of AlloStim® creates a dominate titer of allo-specific Th1/CTL memory cells in circulation, replacing the dominance of exhausted memory cells of the aged immune system. Upon viral encounter, by-stander activation of the allo-specific memory cells causes an immediate release of IFN-ϒ, leading to development of an “anti-viral state”, by-stander activation of innate cellular effector cells and activation of cross-reactive allo-specific CTL. In this manner, the non-specific activation of allo-specific Th1/CTL initiates a cascade of spatial and temporal immune events which act to limit the early viral titer. The release of endogenous heat shock proteins (HSP) and DAMP from lysed viral-infected cells, in the context of IFN-ϒ, creates of conditions for in situ vaccination leading to viral-specific Th1/CTL immunity. These viral-specific Th1/CTL provide sterilizing immunity and memory for protection from disease recurrence, while increasing the pool of Th1/CTL in circulation capable of responding to the next viral encounter.
    Keywords COVID-19 ; Cell therapy ; Immunosenescence ; Immunotherapy ; Inflammaging ; Vaccine
    Language English
    Document type Article
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