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
2019
Transcriptomic Hallmarks of Tumor Plasticity and Stromal Interactions in Brain Metastasis
Wingrove E, Liu Z, Patel K, Arnal‐Estape A, Melnick M, Politi K, Monteiro C, Zhu L, Valiente M, Kluger H, Chiang V, Nguyen D. Transcriptomic Hallmarks of Tumor Plasticity and Stromal Interactions in Brain Metastasis. The FASEB Journal 2019, 33: 368.8-368.8. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.368.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain tumor microenvironmentBrain metastasesTumor microenvironmentTumor cellsLung adenocarcinomaTumor lesionsBrain metastatic tumor cellsBreast cancer brain metastasesHuman tumorsExpression of TIM3Cancer brain metastasesMetastatic brain tumorsExpression of astrocytesIntra-arterial injectionTumor-associated macrophagesSyngeneic model systemModels of melanomaFull-text articlesMetastatic tumor cellsCNS metastasesNeuroinflammatory responseBrain lesionsLung tumorsT cellsAthymic mice