2023
CD4 T cells and toxicity from immune checkpoint blockade
Earland N, Zhang W, Usmani A, Nene A, Bacchiocchi A, Chen D, Sznol M, Halaban R, Chaudhuri A, Newman A. CD4 T cells and toxicity from immune checkpoint blockade. Immunological Reviews 2023, 318: 96-109. PMID: 37491734, PMCID: PMC10838135, DOI: 10.1111/imr.13248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsIrAE developmentHigh-dose corticosteroid treatmentT-cell receptor sequencingT cell abundanceImmune checkpoint blockadeCD4 T cellsICI discontinuationCheckpoint inhibitorsCorticosteroid treatmentAdverse eventsCheckpoint blockadeAdvanced melanomaHospital admissionTreatment initiationRNA sequencingSafety profileCancer patientsTCR diversityT cellsBulk RNA sequencingSingle-cell RNA sequencingOrgan systemsPatientsBaseline features
2022
T cell characteristics associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with melanoma
Lozano AX, Chaudhuri AA, Nene A, Bacchiocchi A, Earland N, Vesely MD, Usmani A, Turner BE, Steen CB, Luca BA, Badri T, Gulati GS, Vahid MR, Khameneh F, Harris PK, Chen DY, Dhodapkar K, Sznol M, Halaban R, Newman AM. T cell characteristics associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with melanoma. Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 353-362. PMID: 35027754, PMCID: PMC8866214, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01623-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsImmune-related adverse eventsT-cell characteristicsIrAE developmentBlood samplesSevere immune-related adverse eventsAnti-PD-1 monotherapyCombination immune checkpoint inhibitorsT-cell receptor sequencingT cell abundanceCell receptor sequencingOrgan system involvementPeripheral blood samplesIrAE onsetCheckpoint inhibitorsAdverse eventsCheckpoint blockadeRNA sequencingTCR clonalityCombination therapyPatient cohortSystem involvementClinical managementTCR diversityImmunological state
2017
Distinct dominant T-cell receptors with a tissue resident memory phenotype in individual melanoma metastases.
Dhodapkar K, Boddupalli C, Bar N, Kadaveru K, Krauthammer M, Pornputtapong N, Mai Z, Ariyan S, Narayan D, Kluger H, Deng Y, Verma R, Das R, Bacchiocchi A, Halaban R, Sznol M, Dhodapkar M. Distinct dominant T-cell receptors with a tissue resident memory phenotype in individual melanoma metastases. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 3-3. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.7_suppl.3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInhibitory immune checkpointsTissue-resident memory TT cellsIndividual metastasesMelanoma metastasesDominant T-cell receptorReduced T cell infiltrationTissue-resident memory phenotypeEffective anti-tumor immunityT-cell receptor sequencingTumor cellsExome sequencingResident memory phenotypeResident memory TT RM cellsAnti-tumor immunityT cell infiltrationCell receptor sequencingT cell subsetsAntibody-mediated blockadeT-cell contentVascular endothelial growth factorSingle-cell mass cytometryCell mass cytometryEndothelial growth factor