2023
Lenvatinib or anti-VEGF in combination with anti-PD-1 differentially augments anti-tumor activity in melanoma
Tran T, Caulfield J, Zhang L, Schoenfeld D, Djureinovic D, Chiang V, Oria V, Weiss S, Olino K, Jilaveanu L, Kluger H. Lenvatinib or anti-VEGF in combination with anti-PD-1 differentially augments anti-tumor activity in melanoma. JCI Insight 2023, 8: e157347. PMID: 36821392, PMCID: PMC10132152, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.157347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor microenvironmentAnti-VEGFCytokine/chemokine signalingCytokine/chemokine profilingBlood-brain barrier modelBlood vesselsLeukocyte transmigrationTumor-associated blood vesselsTumor-associated macrophagesIntratumoral blood vesselsAnti-angiogenesis effectAnti-tumor activityExtracranial diseasePlasmacytoid DCsImmune checkpointsPD-1Melanoma murine modelImmune infiltrationBBB modelChemokine profilingEndothelial stabilizationMurine modelLenvatinibCombined targetingMelanoma model
2020
Systemic Therapy for Brain Metastases: Melanoma
Weiss S, Kluger H. Systemic Therapy for Brain Metastases: Melanoma. 2020, 235-244. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42958-4_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMelanoma brain metastasesIntracranial response ratesBrain metastasesClinical trialsResponse rateAnti-PD-1 monotherapyCentral nervous system metastasesExtracranial metastatic sitesNervous system metastasesSystemic therapy approachesMultiple clinical trialsSystemic therapySystemic treatmentAdvanced melanomaImmune checkpointsMetastatic sitesTherapeutic challengePatient survivalMetastatic melanomaExtracranial sitesStereotactic radiosurgeryMetastasisMutant BRAFSignificant causeMEK inhibition