Molecular MR Imaging of T-Cell Immune Response to Cryoablation in Immunologically Hot vs. Cold Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Santana J, Shewarega A, Nam D, Duncan J, Madoff D, Hyder F, Coman D, Chapiro J. Molecular MR Imaging of T-Cell Immune Response to Cryoablation in Immunologically Hot vs. Cold Hepatocellular Carcinoma. JHEP Reports 2024, 101294. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchT cell infiltrationHepatocellular carcinomaRadiological-pathological correlationImaging mass cytometryImmune responseT1-weighted MRITumor-infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytesAnti-tumor immune responseCD8+ T lymphocytesIncreased T lymphocyte infiltrationImaging biomarkersNon-immunogenic tumorsSystemic lymph nodesT lymphocyte infiltrationMurine tumor modelsImmune cell typesLocal tumor therapyPrimary liver cancerNon-invasive imaging biomarkerTesla MRI scannerInduce liver cirrhosisImmunogenic tumorsLocoregional therapySystemic immunotherapyHCC lesionsEffect of Incomplete Cryoablation and Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition on Intratumoral CD8+ T-Cell Infiltration in Murine Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Shewarega A, Santana J, Nam D, Berz A, Tefera J, Kahl V, Mishra S, Coman D, Duncan J, Roberts S, Wetter A, Madoff D, Chapiro J. Effect of Incomplete Cryoablation and Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition on Intratumoral CD8+ T-Cell Infiltration in Murine Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Radiology 2024, 310: e232365. PMID: 38349244, PMCID: PMC10902598, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.232365.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell infiltrationCD8<sup>+</sup> T cellsMatrix metalloproteinase inhibitionT cellsHepatocellular carcinomaMatrix metalloproteinase inhibitorsMatrix metalloproteinasesResidual tumorCXCR3<sup>+</sup> CD8<sup>+</sup> T cellsCytotoxic CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell infiltrationIntratumoral CD8+ T cell infiltrationCD8+ T cell infiltrationCD8<sup>+</sup> T cell infiltrationMouse model of hepatocellular carcinomaEarly-stage hepatocellular carcinomaImage-guided tumor ablationUnpaired Student's <i>t</i> testModel of hepatocellular carcinomaFirst-line therapyMurine hepatocellular carcinomaT cell subsetsTumor-associated macrophagesMurine HCC modelLocal immune responseFemale BALB/c mice