2022
Leveraging the Dynamic Immune Environment Triad in Patients with Breast Cancer: Tumour, Lymph Node, and Peripheral Blood
Wall I, Boulat V, Shah A, Blenman KRM, Wu Y, Alberts E, Calado DP, Salgado R, Grigoriadis A. Leveraging the Dynamic Immune Environment Triad in Patients with Breast Cancer: Tumour, Lymph Node, and Peripheral Blood. Cancers 2022, 14: 4505. PMID: 36139665, PMCID: PMC9496983, DOI: 10.3390/cancers14184505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancerPeripheral bloodImmune responseAnti-tumor responseSystemic immune responsesBreast cancer patientsPatient selection parametersEnvironment triadImmune profileLymph nodesImmunological featuresCancer patientsPrimary tumorDisease progressionImmune sitesSurvival rateCancerPatientsTumorsOverall responseBloodFuture studiesTreatmentSignificant overall responseMultiple sites
2021
KDM5B promotes immune evasion by recruiting SETDB1 to silence retroelements
Zhang SM, Cai WL, Liu X, Thakral D, Luo J, Chan LH, McGeary MK, Song E, Blenman KRM, Micevic G, Jessel S, Zhang Y, Yin M, Booth CJ, Jilaveanu LB, Damsky W, Sznol M, Kluger HM, Iwasaki A, Bosenberg MW, Yan Q. KDM5B promotes immune evasion by recruiting SETDB1 to silence retroelements. Nature 2021, 598: 682-687. PMID: 34671158, PMCID: PMC8555464, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03994-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell Line, TumorDNA-Binding ProteinsEpigenesis, GeneticGene SilencingHeterochromatinHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansInterferon Type IJumonji Domain-Containing Histone DemethylasesMaleMelanomaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNuclear ProteinsRepressor ProteinsRetroelementsTumor EscapeConceptsImmune checkpoint blockadeImmune evasionCheckpoint blockadeImmune responseAnti-tumor immune responseRobust adaptive immune responseTumor immune evasionAnti-tumor immunityAdaptive immune responsesType I interferon responseDNA-sensing pathwayMouse melanoma modelImmunotherapy resistanceMost patientsCurrent immunotherapiesTumor immunogenicityImmune memoryMelanoma modelCytosolic RNA sensingRole of KDM5BConsiderable efficacyInterferon responseImmunotherapyEpigenetic therapyBlockade
2019
Pathology of B cell and neutrophil infiltration in the YUMMER1.7 mouse model of spontaneous melanoma tumor regression
Blenman K, Wang J, Cowper S, Bosenberg M. Pathology of B cell and neutrophil infiltration in the YUMMER1.7 mouse model of spontaneous melanoma tumor regression. The Journal Of Immunology 2019, 202: 136.25-136.25. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.202.supp.136.25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB cellsMelanoma cellsTumor regressionPlasmablasts/plasma cellsTumor-infiltrating B cellsLonger progression-free survivalMelanoma tumor regressionProgression-free survivalAdaptive immune responsesB cell numbersNeutrophil extracellular trapsNeutrophil infiltrationImmunotherapy treatmentSpontaneous regressionMetastatic melanomaAdverse reactionsGeographic necrosisImmune cellsNeutrophil responseHistological changesExtracellular trapsPlasma cellsImmune responseTherapy showTumor mass
2017
UV‐induced somatic mutations elicit a functional T cell response in the YUMMER1.7 mouse melanoma model
Wang J, Perry CJ, Meeth K, Thakral D, Damsky W, Micevic G, Kaech S, Blenman K, Bosenberg M. UV‐induced somatic mutations elicit a functional T cell response in the YUMMER1.7 mouse melanoma model. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2017, 30: 428-435. PMID: 28379630, PMCID: PMC5820096, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh somatic mutation burdenSomatic mutation burdenT cellsMutation burdenAnti-PD-1 therapyFunctional T cell responsesImmune checkpoint inhibitionAntitumor immune responseCD8 T cellsT cell responsesMouse melanoma modelCell numberSomatic mutationsMouse melanoma cell lineMelanoma cell linesTumor challengeAntitumor responseCheckpoint inhibitionImmune responseMelanoma modelHigh dosesImmune systemCell responsesMelanomas exhibitTumors