Thazin Nwe Aung, PhD
Associate Research Scientist in PathologyCards
About
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Drug Resistance; Immunotherapy; Melanoma; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
Public Health Interests
Immunology; Bioinformatics; Biomarkers
Publications
2024
109 Development of a novel immuno-metabolic spatial signature to predict response and resistance to immunotherapy in NSCLC patients
Markovits E, Monkman J, Aung T, Reeves J, O’Byrne K, Czertock R, Puig O, Rimm D, Kulasinghe A. 109 Development of a novel immuno-metabolic spatial signature to predict response and resistance to immunotherapy in NSCLC patients. 2024, a119-a119. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2024-sitc2024.0109.Peer-Reviewed Original Research127 Digital pathology prognostic biomarkers- time for clinical application in melanoma
Saenger Y, Zhang C, Espinoza G, Bracero Y, Kenchappa D, Moon J, Matteo A, Bioh L, Sultana S, Singh A, Aung T, Gartrell R, Leung L, Ferringer T, Chang R, Horst B, Nastiuk K, Rimm D, Geskin L. 127 Digital pathology prognostic biomarkers- time for clinical application in melanoma. 2024, a140-a141. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2024-sitc2024.0127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-throughput transcriptome profiling indicates ribosomal RNAs to be associated with resistance to immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Moutafi M, Bates K, Aung T, Milian R, Xirou V, Vathiotis I, Gavrielatou N, Angelakis A, Schalper K, Salichos L, Rimm D. High-throughput transcriptome profiling indicates ribosomal RNAs to be associated with resistance to immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2024, 12: e009039. PMID: 38857914, PMCID: PMC11168162, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2024-009039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerImmune checkpoint inhibitorsProgrammed cell death protein 1Associated with OSCell lung cancerTissue microarray spotsTissue microarrayValidation cohortLung cancerNon-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitorsAssociated with resistance to immunotherapyCell death protein 1Resistance to immunotherapyAssociated with PFSProgression-free survivalSecreted frizzled-related protein 2Cox proportional-hazards model analysisCheckpoint inhibitorsImmunotherapy strategiesTumor compartmentsRetrospective cohortDiscovery cohortLong-term benefitsPatientsCD68Spatially Informed Gene Signatures for Response to Immunotherapy in Melanoma.
Aung T, Warrell J, Martinez-Morilla S, Gavrielatou N, Vathiotis I, Yaghoobi V, Kluger H, Gerstein M, Rimm D. Spatially Informed Gene Signatures for Response to Immunotherapy in Melanoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2024, 30: 3520-3532. PMID: 38837895, PMCID: PMC11326985, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-23-3932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGene signatureResistance to immunotherapyResponse to immunotherapyPrediction of treatment outcomeResistant to treatmentAccurate prediction of treatment outcomePredictive of responseImmunotherapy outcomesMelanoma patientsMelanoma specimensValidation cohortPatient stratificationDiscovery cohortTreatment outcomesImmunotherapyMelanomaTumorPatientsCohortS100BOutcomesGene expression dataGenesCD68+macrophagesExpression dataCorrelation of eTILs with recurrence free survival (RFS) in stage IIB-IIIA melanoma and use as biomarker for stratification for clinical trials.
Aung T, Zhang C, Espinoza G, Leung L, Moon J, Horst B, Ferringer T, Nastiuk K, Rimm D, Saenger Y. Correlation of eTILs with recurrence free survival (RFS) in stage IIB-IIIA melanoma and use as biomarker for stratification for clinical trials. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 9567-9567. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.9567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesRecurrence free survivalAmerican Joint Committee on CancerFree survivalInfiltrating lymphocytesRetrospective cohortClinical trialsQuantify tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesStage II-III melanomaTumor-infiltrating lymphocytes groupDiagnostic slidesIIb-IIIaRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterEarly-stage melanoma patientsCox modelStage IIB-IIICAdjuvant clinical trialsKaplan-Meier curvesMultivariate Cox modelUnivariate Cox modelCox proportional hazards modelsClinical pathological featuresGeisinger Medical CenterProportional hazards modelClinical trial designHigh-Plex Assessment of Biomarkers in Tumors
Aung T, Bates K, Rimm D. High-Plex Assessment of Biomarkers in Tumors. Modern Pathology 2024, 37: 100425. PMID: 38219953, DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2024.100425.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
B-cell infiltration is associated with survival outcomes following programmed cell death protein 1 inhibition in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Gavrielatou N, Fortis E, Spathis A, Anastasiou M, Economopoulou P, Foukas G, Lelegiannis I, Rusakiewicz S, Vathiotis I, Aung T, Tissot S, Kastrinou A, Kotsantis I, Vagia E, Panayiotides I, Rimm D, Coukos G, Homicsko K, Foukas P, Psyrri A. B-cell infiltration is associated with survival outcomes following programmed cell death protein 1 inhibition in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Annals Of Oncology 2023, 35: 340-350. PMID: 38159908, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.12.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProlonged progression-free survivalTertiary lymphoid structuresPD-L1 expressionB cellsM HNSCCCell death protein 1 inhibitionPD-1-based immunotherapyNeck squamous cell cancerNeck squamous cell carcinomaHigher B cell countsIncreased B cellsB cell infiltrationB-cell countsPD-L1 positivityProgression-free survivalTreatment of recurrentSquamous cell cancerBlood immune cell compositionSquamous cell carcinomaBiomarkers of responseImmune cell compositionB-cell-associated genesProtein 1 inhibitionCell death proteinMetastatic headNew Therapies in Melanoma: Current Trends, Evolving Paradigms, and Future Perspectives.
Shafi S, Challa B, Parwani A, Aung T. New Therapies in Melanoma: Current Trends, Evolving Paradigms, and Future Perspectives. Cutis 2023, 112: e32-e39. PMID: 38091429, DOI: 10.12788/cutis.0911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsLymphocyte-activating gene-3Early phase clinical trialsPrimary treatment failureAggressive skin cancerNew therapeutic agentsICI therapyCheckpoint inhibitorsNovel immunotherapiesMelanoma patientsTreatment failureMetastatic melanomaPredictive biomarkersLong-term benefitsClinical trialsClinical careNew therapiesTherapeutic strategiesAlternative treatmentSkin cancerTherapy outcomeTherapeutic agentsNovel targetNovel therapeuticsPatientsAutomated scoring of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes informs risk of death from thin melanoma: A nested case-case study
Tan S, Aung T, Claeson M, Acs B, Zhou C, Brown S, Lambie D, Baade P, Pandeya N, Soyer H, Smithers B, Whiteman D, Rimm D, Khosrotehrani K. Automated scoring of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes informs risk of death from thin melanoma: A nested case-case study. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2023, 90: 179-182. PMID: 37730017, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhase II window study of olaparib alone or with cisplatin or durvalumab in operable Head and Neck Cancer
Moutafi M, Koliou G, Papaxoinis G, Economopoulou P, Kotsantis I, Gkotzamanidou M, Anastasiou M, Pectasides D, Kyrodimos E, Delides A, Giotakis E, Papadimitriou N, Panayiotides I, Perisanidis C, Fernandez A, Xirou V, Poulios C, Gagari E, Yaghoobi V, Gavrielatou N, Shafi S, Aung T, Kougioumtzopoulou A, Kouloulias V, Palialexis K, Gkolfinopoulos S, Strati A, Lianidou E, Fountzilas G, Rimm D, Foukas P, Psyrri A. Phase II window study of olaparib alone or with cisplatin or durvalumab in operable Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer Research Communications 2023, 3: 1514-1523. PMID: 37575280, PMCID: PMC10414130, DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-23-0051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObjective response rateTumor microenvironmentPD-L1Operable headResponse rateDeath ligand 1 (PD-L1) levelsPathologic complete response ratePhase II window studyNeck squamous cell carcinomaPD-L1 CPSComplete response rateSerious adverse eventsPercentage of patientsInhibitor-based treatmentSquamous cell carcinomaEffective antitumor responseImmunosuppressive tumor microenvironmentInflammatory tumor microenvironmentTumor cell proliferationColony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) genePrimary endpointSecondary endpointsAdverse eventsOpportunity trialAntitumor response
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
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News
- December 06, 2024
Thazin Nwe Aung, PhD, Selected for Patterson Mentored Research Award
- June 26, 2024
Yale Study Finds Potential in Predicting Immunotherapy Outcomes in Patients with Melanoma
- April 12, 2024
Yale Cancer Center Faculty and Trainees Present at AACR Annual Meeting
- July 22, 2022
Rimm Lab Validates Objective Prognostic Marker in Patients With Early-stage Melanoma
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