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November 2013
REPORT TYPE
Final Report
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PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. 53715
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SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S)
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012
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14. ABSTRACT In previous studies we have demonstrated that the ovarian cancer antigen CA125 specifically binds to certain sunsets of immune cell. Based on these observations we have hypothesized that proteomic and transciptomic analysis of immune cells from ovarian cancer patients will result in the identification of specific biomarkers in the immune cells. The current proposal will further investigate this hypothesis by conducting in-depth proteomic analysis of immune cells from cancer patients and healthy blood donors. Studies conducted have resulted in development of streamlined protocols for proteomic analysis of human immune cells. Proteomic analysis of human NK cells has been completed. In addition to proteomic analysis we have also compared the transcriptome of immune cells from ovarian cancer patients and healthy donors and have identified approximately 1600 genes that are differentially expressed in the patient samples. On-going research is focused on validating the proteomic and transcriptome data and demonstrating changes immune cells in response to cancer antigens. iii
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IntroductionImmune cells are in continuous crosstalk with tumor cells and other cells in the tumor microenvironment. This crosstalk originates from direct physical contact between the immune cells and the cells in the tumor microenvironment or through their interactions with factors (proteins, lipids and other biomolecules as well as cellular fragments such as exosomes and microparticles) released from the tumors and associated tissues. This interaction causes changes in the molecular make-up of immune cells. In t...