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
2018
Cell-Based Immunotherapy of Gliomas
Everson R, Antonios J, Liau L. Cell-Based Immunotherapy of Gliomas. Progress In Neurological Surgery 2018, 32: 90-100. PMID: 29990977, DOI: 10.1159/000469683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular immunotherapyImmune cellsDendritic cell (DC)-based vaccinesTreatment of malignant gliomasCellular immunotherapy approachesAntitumor immune cellsAntitumor responseAdoptive transferImmunotherapy approachesActive immunotherapyLive immune cellsMalignant gliomasEffector capabilitiesPassive immunotherapyImmunotherapyImmune responseEx vivoImmune systemGlioma cellsCell typesPatientsGliomaCellsNeoplasms
2017
Immunosuppressive tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells mediate adaptive immune resistance via a PD-1/PD-L1 mechanism in glioblastoma
Antonios J, Soto H, Everson R, Moughon D, Orpilla J, Shin N, Sedighim S, Treger J, Odesa S, Tucker A, Yong W, Li G, Cloughesy T, Liau L, Prins R. Immunosuppressive tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells mediate adaptive immune resistance via a PD-1/PD-L1 mechanism in glioblastoma. Neuro-Oncology 2017, 19: 796-807. PMID: 28115578, PMCID: PMC5464463, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/now287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalB7-H1 AntigenCancer VaccinesFemaleGlioblastomaHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyeloid CellsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorTumor Cells, CulturedTumor MicroenvironmentXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsTumor-infiltrating myeloid cellsAdaptive immune resistancePD-1 mAbCSF-1RiPD-1Immune resistancePD-L1Dendritic cellsMyeloid cellsColony stimulating factor 1 receptor inhibitorAnti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodyResponse to dendritic cellsIn vivo preclinical modelsPD-1 blockadePD-L1 expressionTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesPD-1/PD-L1Measured overall survivalSignificant survival benefitDevelopment of immune resistanceCytolysis in vitroLong-term survivalDC vaccinesTIL infiltrationOverall survival