Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Linear DNA amplicons as a novel cancer vaccine strategy DNA-based vaccines represent a simple, safe and promising strategy for harnessing the immune system to fight infectious diseases as well as various forms of cancer and thus are considered an important tool in the cancer immunotherapy toolbox. Nonetheless, the manufacture of plasmid DNA vaccines has several drawbacks, including long lead times and the need to remove impurities from bacterial cultures. Here we report the development of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-produced amplicon expression vectors as DNA vaccines and their in vivo application to elicit antigen-specific immune responses in animal cancer models. Amplicons encoding tumor-associated-antigens, such as telomerase reverse transcriptase or neoantigens expressed by murine tumor cell lines were able to elicit antigen-specific immune responses and proved to significantly impact tumor growth when administered in combination with immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). These results strongly support the further exploration of the use of PCR-based amplicons as an innovative immunotherapeutic approach to cancer treatment.
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The categories of this paper are: bioinformatics
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The categories of this paper are: epidemiology
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The categories of this paper are: ecology
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The categories of this paper are: and
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The categories of this paper are: bioengineering
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The categories of this paper are: communication
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The categories of this paper are: scientific
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The categories of this paper are: behavior
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The categories of this paper are: genomics
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The categories of this paper are: pathology
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The categories of this paper are: microbiology
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The categories of this paper are: genetics
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The categories of this paper are: biophysics
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The categories of this paper are: evolutionary
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The categories of this paper are: zoology
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The categories of this paper are: physiology