2018
Early B cell changes predict autoimmunity following combination immune checkpoint blockade
Das R, Bar N, Ferreira M, Newman AM, Zhang L, Bailur JK, Bacchiocchi A, Kluger H, Wei W, Halaban R, Sznol M, Dhodapkar MV, Dhodapkar KM. Early B cell changes predict autoimmunity following combination immune checkpoint blockade. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2018, 128: 715-720. PMID: 29309048, PMCID: PMC5785243, DOI: 10.1172/jci96798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination checkpoint blockadeB cell changesB cellsCheckpoint blockadeCell changesCombination immune checkpoint blockadeB-cell receptor sequencingRisk of irAEsImmune checkpoint blockadeCell receptor sequencingB cell activationTreatment-induced changesCCB therapyAdverse eventsPD1 expressionPD1 receptorGrade 3PatientsCell activationEarly changesSingle-cell RNA sequencingTherapyPreemptive strategyCancer therapyIrAEs
2010
A Variant in a MicroRNA complementary site in the 3′ UTR of the KIT oncogene increases risk of acral melanoma
Godshalk SE, Paranjape T, Nallur S, Speed W, Chan E, Molinaro AM, Bacchiocchi A, Hoyt K, Tworkoski K, Stern DF, Sznol M, Ariyan S, Lazova R, Halaban R, Kidd KK, Weidhaas JB, Slack FJ. A Variant in a MicroRNA complementary site in the 3′ UTR of the KIT oncogene increases risk of acral melanoma. Oncogene 2010, 30: 1542-1550. PMID: 21119596, PMCID: PMC3069149, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMessenger RNAsComplementary sitesNovel genetic markersKIT oncogeneTarget genesRegulatory relationshipsUntranslated regionGenetic markersHeritable riskFunctional variantsGenetic variantsOncogeneMultifaceted roleProtein levelsProtein expressionVariant resultsComplementary sequencesReporter dataUTRMelanoma pathogenesisMiR-221KIT variantsSeed regionExpressionVariants