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Table 1 Immuno-competent syngeneic murine models of glioma

From: Immunocompetent murine models for the study of glioblastoma immunotherapy

Cell line

Host

Induction

Histology

Specific and potential applications in immunotherapy

Refs

P560

VM/Dk

Spontaneous

Anaplastic Astrocytoma

• Vaccine studies (e.g. DC)

13, 31-38

• Gene therapy studies (e.g. IL-2, CD70)

• Reversal of immunosuppression in glioma (e.g. TGF-β)

CT-2A

C57BL/6

Chemical

Anaplastic Astrocytoma

• Tumor stem cells (BTSCs)

39-63

• Reversal of immunosuppression in glioma (e.g. TGF-β, PTEN)

GL261

C57BL/6

Chemical

GBM/Ependymoblastoma

• Tumor stem cells (BTSCs)

10, 35, 60, 64-99

• Vaccine studies (e.g. dendritic cells)

• Gene therapy studies (e.g. IL-2)

• Adoptive T cell, antibody, and Treg depletion studies

• Reversal of immunosuppression in glioma (e.g. TGF-β, PTEN)

GL26

C57BL/6

Chemical

GBM/Ependymoblastoma

• Vaccine studies (e.g. dendritic cells)

64, 66, 100-105

• Gene therapy studies (e.g. IL-12)

• Treg depletion studies

• Chemo-immunotherapy

4C8

B6D2F1

Transgenic

Oligodendroglioma, Astrocytoma

• Vaccine studies (e.g. HSV)

106-110

• Gene therapy studies (e.g. plasmids)

  1. Refs = References; DC = Dendritic Cells; IL-2 = Interleukin-2; IL-12 = Interleukin-12; CD70 = Cluster of Differentiation70; TGF-β = Transforming Growth Factor-β; BTSC = Brain Tumor Stem Cell; PTEN = Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog; GBM = Glioblastoma; Treg = Regulatory T Cell; HSV = Herpes Simplex Virus.