2024
TLR agonists polarize interferon responses in conjunction with dendritic cell vaccination in malignant glioma: a randomized phase II Trial
Everson R, Hugo W, Sun L, Antonios J, Lee A, Ding L, Bu M, Khattab S, Chavez C, Billingslea-Yoon E, Salazar A, Ellingson B, Cloughesy T, Liau L, Prins R. TLR agonists polarize interferon responses in conjunction with dendritic cell vaccination in malignant glioma: a randomized phase II Trial. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 3882. PMID: 38719809, PMCID: PMC11078958, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48073-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutologous tumor lysate-pulsed dendritic cellCD8+ T cellsT cellsPoly-ICLCTLR agonistsMalignant gliomasTumor lysate-pulsed dendritic cellsRandomized phase II trialCD4+ T cellsRandomized phase II clinical trialInterferon responsePhase II clinical trialPoly-ICLC treatmentDendritic cell vaccinesPD-1 expressionPhase II trialInterferon responsive gene expressionSystemic immune responsesImmune cell activationII clinical trialsInduction of interferon-inducible genesDelay disease progressionInterferon gene expressionInterferon-inducible genesPD-1
2016
TCR Sequencing Can Identify and Track Glioma-Infiltrating T Cells after DC Vaccination
Hsu M, Sedighim S, Wang T, Antonios J, Everson R, Tucker A, Du L, Emerson R, Yusko E, Sanders C, Robins H, Yong W, Davidson T, Li G, Liau L, Prins R. TCR Sequencing Can Identify and Track Glioma-Infiltrating T Cells after DC Vaccination. Cancer Immunology Research 2016, 4: 412-418. PMID: 26968205, PMCID: PMC4873445, DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesT cell receptorT-cell receptor sequencingImmune responseOverall survivalPeripheral bloodIncreased time to progressionTumour-infiltrating lymphocytes contentAssessment of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesPredictors of immune responseAntigen-specific immune responsesTime to progressionDendritic cell immunotherapyDC vaccinesCell immunotherapyImmunotherapeutic strategiesSurvival outcomesStatistically significant correlationT cellsClinical outcomesAdjunctive treatmentBrain tumorsImmunotherapyNext-generation sequencing approachTumor