2018
Investigating Tumor-Associated Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Murine Lung Adenocarcinoma
Connolly KA, Nader M, Joshi N. Investigating Tumor-Associated Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Murine Lung Adenocarcinoma. Methods In Molecular Biology 2018, 1845: 259-273. PMID: 30141018, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8709-2_15.ChaptersConceptsTertiary lymphoid structuresLung adenocarcinomaLymphoid structuresImmune cellsFluorescence-activated cell sortingLung lobesTumor-associated tertiary lymphoid structuresHuman lung cancer patientsStrong antitumor immune responseAdvanced stage diseaseAntitumor immune responseRegulatory T cellsLung cancer patientsMurine lung adenocarcinomaFunctional immune systemAnimal tumor modelsLymph nodesCancer patientsAutochthonous tumorsT cellsImmune responseMouse modelTherapeutic interventionsImmune systemTumor growth
2016
Increasing the efficacy of radiotherapy by modulating the CCR2/CCR5 chemokine axes
Connolly K, Belt B, Figueroa N, Murthy A, Patel A, Kim M, Lord E, Linehan D, Gerber S. Increasing the efficacy of radiotherapy by modulating the CCR2/CCR5 chemokine axes. Oncotarget 2016, 5: 86522-86535. PMID: 27852031, PMCID: PMC5349932, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.13287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEfficacy of radiotherapyImmune responseSyngeneic tumor cell linesCancer typesIntratumoral immune infiltrateAnti-tumor immunityIntratumoral immune responseEffect of radiotherapyMechanism of radiotherapyEffectiveness of radiotherapyChemokine axesRadioresponsive tumorsLocal radiotherapyImmunosuppressive cellsImmune infiltratesRT failureTumor recurrenceImmune cellsCCR5 antagonistsMurine modelHigh incidenceRadiotherapyTumor growthRT efficacyTumor site