Featured Publications
Resistance Mechanisms to Anti-PD Cancer Immunotherapy
Vesely MD, Zhang T, Chen L. Resistance Mechanisms to Anti-PD Cancer Immunotherapy. Annual Review Of Immunology 2022, 40: 45-74. PMID: 35471840, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-070621-030155.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB7-H1 AntigenHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsAnti-PD therapyCancer immunotherapyMechanisms of resistanceImmune inhibitory moleculesFraction of patientsResistance mechanismsNormalization cancer immunotherapyAdditional immunotherapyPD-1Clinical evidenceAntigen presentationT cellsSolid tumorsTherapy resistanceH1 pathwayTumor microenvironmentImmunotherapyInhibitory moleculesHematopoietic malignanciesCancer treatmentTherapyPatientsCurrent studyCancer dataMalignancyCancer Immunoediting in the Era of Immuno-oncology.
Gubin MM, Vesely MD. Cancer Immunoediting in the Era of Immuno-oncology. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 28: 3917-3928. PMID: 35594163, PMCID: PMC9481657, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-1804.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyMedical OncologyNeoplasmsT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsCancer immunoeditingImmune-tumor cell interactionsCancer immunotherapyAbsence of immunotherapyDurable clinical responsesT cell biologyCell interactionsImmunotherapy resistanceClinical responseImmunosuppressive microenvironmentTumor immunogenicityImmuno-oncologyClinical dataPreclinical modelsImmunoeditingImmunotherapyHuman patientsImmune systemTumor microenvironmentCancerCancer progressionClinical subspecialtyImmunogenicityMicroenvironmentPatients
2024
Up-regulated PLA2G10 in cancer impairs T cell infiltration to dampen immunity
Zhang T, Yu W, Cheng X, Yeung J, Ahumada V, Norris P, Pearson M, Yang X, van Deursen W, Halcovich C, Nassar A, Vesely M, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Ji L, Flies D, Liu L, Langermann S, LaRochelle W, Humphrey R, Zhao D, Zhang Q, Zhang J, Gu R, Schalper K, Sanmamed M, Chen L. Up-regulated PLA2G10 in cancer impairs T cell infiltration to dampen immunity. Science Immunology 2024, 9: eadh2334. PMID: 38669316, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adh2334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell infiltrationT cell exclusionT cellsResistance to anti-PD-1 immunotherapyPoor T-cell infiltrationAnti-PD-1 immunotherapyImmunogenic mouse tumorsT cell mobilizationHuman cancer tissuesTherapeutic immunotherapyCancer immunotherapyMouse tumorsChemokine systemImmunotherapyTumor tissuesImpaired infiltrationTumorLipid metabolitesHuman cancersCancer tissuesInfiltrationA2 groupCancerPLA2G10Up-regulated
2021
A Burned-Out CD8+ T-cell Subset Expands in the Tumor Microenvironment and Curbs Cancer Immunotherapy
Sanmamed MF, Nie X, Desai SS, Villaroel-Espindola F, Badri T, Zhao D, Kim AW, Ji L, Zhang T, Quinlan E, Cheng X, Han X, Vesely MD, Nassar AF, Sun J, Zhang Y, Kim TK, Wang J, Melero I, Herbst RS, Schalper KA, Chen L. A Burned-Out CD8+ T-cell Subset Expands in the Tumor Microenvironment and Curbs Cancer Immunotherapy. Cancer Discovery 2021, 11: 1700-1715. PMID: 33658301, PMCID: PMC9421941, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-20-0962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesExhausted T cellsTIL subsetsTumor microenvironmentCancer immunotherapyT cellsAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerPatient-derived tumor xenograft modelAnti-PD therapyT cell subsetsCell lung cancerPotential tissue biomarkersBaseline tumor tissueLung cancer tissuesSingle-cell mass cytometryTumor xenograft modelApoptotic CD8Dysfunctional CD8Immunotherapy resistancePD-1Activation markersAdjacent nontumoral tissuesPathway-dependent mannerLung cancer
2020
Getting Under the Skin: Targeting Cutaneous Autoimmune Disease.
Vesely MD. Getting Under the Skin: Targeting Cutaneous Autoimmune Disease. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2020, 93: 197-206. PMID: 32226348, PMCID: PMC7087062.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAutoimmune DiseasesHumansImmune SystemImmunotherapyMolecular Targeted TherapySignal TransductionSkin DiseasesConceptsCutaneous autoimmune diseasesAutoimmune diseasesCutaneous autoimmunityImmune systemEffector armT cellsTherapeutic strategiesChimeric autoantibody receptor T cellsRegulatory armLow-dose interleukin-2Regulatory T cellsExcessive immune activationReceptor T cellsGreater treatment efficacyBroad immunosuppressantsCytokine blockadeTolerogenic vaccinesCostimulatory blockadeDisease remissionImmune activationInflammatory pathwaysImmune homeostasisInterleukin-2Treatment efficacyNormal skinNormalization Cancer Immunotherapy for Melanoma
Vesely MD, Chen L. Normalization Cancer Immunotherapy for Melanoma. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2020, 140: 1134-1142. PMID: 32092349, PMCID: PMC7247948, DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNormalization cancer immunotherapyCancer immunotherapyImmune responseDysfunctional immune responseSystemic immune responsesContext of melanomaPatient survivalTreatment of cancerTumor responseImmunotherapyToxicity profileImmune systemTumor microenvironmentMelanomaCancerDistinct mechanismsResponseClinicians
2014
Checkpoint blockade cancer immunotherapy targets tumour-specific mutant antigens
Gubin MM, Zhang X, Schuster H, Caron E, Ward JP, Noguchi T, Ivanova Y, Hundal J, Arthur CD, Krebber WJ, Mulder GE, Toebes M, Vesely MD, Lam SS, Korman AJ, Allison JP, Freeman GJ, Sharpe AH, Pearce EL, Schumacher TN, Aebersold R, Rammensee HG, Melief CJ, Mardis ER, Gillanders WE, Artyomov MN, Schreiber RD. Checkpoint blockade cancer immunotherapy targets tumour-specific mutant antigens. Nature 2014, 515: 577-581. PMID: 25428507, PMCID: PMC4279952, DOI: 10.1038/nature13988.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Cancer immunoediting: antigens, mechanisms, and implications to cancer immunotherapy
Vesely MD, Schreiber RD. Cancer immunoediting: antigens, mechanisms, and implications to cancer immunotherapy. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 2013, 1284: 1-5. PMID: 23651186, PMCID: PMC3648872, DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12105.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsImmune systemTumor-specific antigensHuman cancer patientsTumor-promoting actionsNascent tumor cellsAntitumor immunityTumor immunityCancer immunosurveillanceChronic inflammationPersonalized cancer therapyImmunogenic variantsCancer immunotherapyCancer patientsCancer immunoeditingT cellsAnimal modelsTumor variantsTumor progressionTumor cellsCancer cellsImmunityCancer therapyCancerAntigenImmunoselection