Featured Publications
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 ResearchCancer exome analysis reveals a T-cell-dependent mechanism of cancer immunoediting
Matsushita H, Vesely MD, Koboldt DC, Rickert CG, Uppaluri R, Magrini VJ, Arthur CD, White JM, Chen YS, Shea LK, Hundal J, Wendl MC, Demeter R, Wylie T, Allison JP, Smyth MJ, Old LJ, Mardis ER, Schreiber RD. Cancer exome analysis reveals a T-cell-dependent mechanism of cancer immunoediting. Nature 2012, 482: 400-404. PMID: 22318521, PMCID: PMC3874809, DOI: 10.1038/nature10755.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
A pruritic psoriatic plaque develops at the donor site of an autologous skin graft: Koebner phenomenon
Murphy MJ, Damsky W, Vesely MD. A pruritic psoriatic plaque develops at the donor site of an autologous skin graft: Koebner phenomenon. The Lancet 2021, 398: 1836. PMID: 34774145, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02332-1.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesA 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
In silico analysis of the immunological landscape of pituitary adenomas
Yeung JT, Vesely MD, Miyagishima DF. In silico analysis of the immunological landscape of pituitary adenomas. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2020, 147: 595-598. PMID: 32236778, PMCID: PMC7261241, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-020-03476-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPituitary adenomasImmunological landscapeImmune cellsM2 macrophagesPituitary tumorsAdenoma subtypesSilent pituitary tumorsMemory T cellsImmune cell typesDifferent immunotherapiesHigh CD8Immune infiltratesImmune landscapeSilent tumorsGH tumorsImmunological compositionMacrophage fractionT cellsMast cellsTumor subtypesSolid tumorsSubclinical casesAdenomasTumorsSubtypesTense Bullae and Pruritus.
Vesely MD, Olamiju BA, Leventhal JS. Tense Bullae and Pruritus. American Family Physician 2020, 101: 305-306. PMID: 32109022, PMCID: PMC7255498.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2016
Recurrent Coxsackievirus Infection in a Patient with Lamellar Ichthyosis
Damsky WE, Leventhal JS, Khalil D, Vesely MD, Craiglow BG, Milstone LM, Choate KA. Recurrent Coxsackievirus Infection in a Patient with Lamellar Ichthyosis. Pediatric Dermatology 2016, 33: e140-e142. PMID: 26821985, PMCID: PMC7226923, DOI: 10.1111/pde.12769.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2012
Opposing Roles for IL-23 and IL-12 in Maintaining Occult Cancer in an Equilibrium State
Teng MW, Vesely MD, Duret H, McLaughlin N, Towne JE, Schreiber RD, Smyth MJ. Opposing Roles for IL-23 and IL-12 in Maintaining Occult Cancer in an Equilibrium State. Cancer Research 2012, 72: 3987-3996. PMID: 22869585, PMCID: PMC4384890, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-1337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-12IL-23Antibody treatmentImmune systemCD40 antibody treatmentIL‐12/23p40 antibodiesAutoimmune inflammatory disorderMonoclonal antibody treatmentOccult neoplasiaOccult cancerIL-17IL-23p19IL-12/23p40Immune controlInflammatory disordersTumor immunogenicityIL-4Malignant potentialCancer immunoeditingTumor outgrowthElimination phaseTumor growthTumor dormancyMutant cancersCancer cells
2008
Demonstration of inflammation-induced cancer and cancer immunoediting during primary tumorigenesis
Swann JB, Vesely MD, Silva A, Sharkey J, Akira S, Schreiber RD, Smyth MJ. Demonstration of inflammation-induced cancer and cancer immunoediting during primary tumorigenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 652-656. PMID: 18178624, PMCID: PMC2206591, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708594105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer immunoeditingWT controlsAdaptor myeloid differentiation factor 88Myeloid differentiation factor 88Adaptive immune surveillanceMyD88-/- miceMyD88-deficient miceRole of TNFDMBA/TPAInflammation-induced cancerDistinct mouse modelsTNF-deficient miceInflammation-induced carcinogenesisO-tetradecanoylphorbol 13Mouse tumor modelsFactor 88WT miceChronic inflammationMCA sarcomaProinflammatory processesTumor immunologistsImmune surveillanceMouse modelSkin papillomasPrimary tumorigenesis