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Target Discovery and Validation Reviews and Protocols

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Overview of Immune System 311<br />

Fig. 14. Immunostimulatory small-interfering RNA (siRNA)-liposomes can be<br />

highly effective adjuvant for bridging between type 1 innate <strong>and</strong> acquired immunity.<br />

Administration of double-str<strong>and</strong>ed siRNA or single-str<strong>and</strong>ed siRNAs in liposomes<br />

induced the activation of Toll-like receptor 7- <strong>and</strong> 8-expressing monocytes <strong>and</strong> dendritic<br />

cells (DCs) to produce cytokines (e.g. tumor necrosis factor [TNF]α, IL-12)<br />

<strong>and</strong> interferons (IFNα), which can activate natural killer (NK) cells <strong>and</strong> natural<br />

killer T-cells (NKT) (97). The produced cytokines induce the activation DCs <strong>and</strong><br />

potential maturation of tumor monocytes into dendritic cells, which will activate<br />

T- <strong>and</strong> B-cells, leading to T-helper (Th) type 1 response. Activated cytoxic T-cells<br />

(CTL) migrate into the tumor site from the draining lymph nodes <strong>and</strong> eventually will<br />

eradicate tumor cells.<br />

which enables them to migrate to the lymph nodes <strong>and</strong> to present peptides<br />

derived from the acquired antigens to lymph node-residing T-cells, leading to a<br />

cellular immune response that involves both CD4+ <strong>and</strong> CD8+ T-cells (Fig. 7).

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