2024
CD74 promotes the formation of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer in mice by inducing the expansion of tolerogenic dendritic cells and regulatory B cells.
Pellegrino B, David K, Rabani S, Lampert B, Tran T, Doherty E, Piecychna M, Meza-Romero R, Leng L, Hershkovitz D, Vandenbark A, Bucala R, Becker-Herman S, Shachar I. CD74 promotes the formation of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer in mice by inducing the expansion of tolerogenic dendritic cells and regulatory B cells. PLOS Biology 2024, 22: e3002905. PMID: 39576827, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerMacrophage migration inhibitory factorImmunosuppressive tumor microenvironmentTolerogenic dendritic cellsRegulatory B cellsChronic lymphocytic leukemiaTumor microenvironmentDendritic cellsImmune cellsB cellsBreast cancerInfiltration of immune cellsAggressive breast cancer subtypeMassive infiltration of immune cellsLevels of CD74Cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorBreast cancer subtypesMigration inhibitory factorBinding to CD74Naive BTol-DCsLymphocytic leukemiaTumor environmentMassive infiltrationCancer subtypes
2021
Clinical Significance of PDCD4 in Melanoma by Subcellular Expression and in Tumor-Associated Immune Cells
Tran TT, Rane CK, Zito CR, Weiss SA, Jessel S, Lucca L, Lu BY, Oria VO, Adeniran A, Chiang VL, Omay SB, Hafler DA, Kluger HM, Jilaveanu LB. Clinical Significance of PDCD4 in Melanoma by Subcellular Expression and in Tumor-Associated Immune Cells. Cancers 2021, 13: 1049. PMID: 33801444, PMCID: PMC7958624, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13051049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPDCD4 expressionImproved survivalTumor-Associated Immune CellsTumor microenvironmentNeoplastic progressionBrain metastasis outcomesExtracranial metastatic diseaseMelanoma brain metastasesNatural killer cellsBrain metastasis samplesImmune cell infiltrationImmune cell subsetsMultiple tissue microarraysExpression of PDCD4Brain metastasesMetastatic diseaseClinical outcomesKiller cellsClinicopathological variablesIntracranial metastasesCell subsetsCell infiltrationCell death 4Immune cellsPrimary melanoma
2020
Melanoma brain metastases have lower T-cell content and microvessel density compared to matched extracranial metastases
Weiss SA, Zito C, Tran T, Heishima K, Neumeister V, McGuire J, Adeniran A, Kluger H, Jilaveanu LB. Melanoma brain metastases have lower T-cell content and microvessel density compared to matched extracranial metastases. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2020, 152: 15-25. PMID: 32974852, PMCID: PMC7910371, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-020-03619-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT-cell contentMelanoma brain metastasesPD-L1 expressionLower microvessel densityMicrovessel densityBrain metastasesExtracranial metastasesMacrophage contentB cellsProspective therapeutic clinical trialsTumor-infiltrating T cellsImmune-modulating drugsImmune cell subsetsTherapeutic clinical trialsExtracerebral metastasesHigh CD68Low CD3Low CD8Systemic therapyIntracerebral metastasesMetastatic sitesCell subsetsMetastatic melanomaImmune cellsClinical trials