2023
Integrated transcriptome and trajectory analysis of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma identifies putative precancer populations
Ren J, Qu R, Rahman N, Lewis J, King A, Liao X, Mirza F, Carlson K, Huang Y, Gigante S, Evans B, Rajendran B, Xu S, Wang G, Foss F, Damsky W, Kluger Y, Krishnaswamy S, Girardi M. Integrated transcriptome and trajectory analysis of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma identifies putative precancer populations. Blood Advances 2023, 7: 445-457. PMID: 35947128, PMCID: PMC9979716, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaMalignant CTCL cellsDiverse transcriptomic profilesT cellsSingle-cell RNACTCL cellsDevelopment of CTCLIntegrated transcriptomeT-cell receptor sequencingT cell exhaustion phenotypeCommon antigenic stimulusPeripheral blood CD4Transcriptomic profilesGene expressionT-cell lymphomaIntegrative analysisPotential therapeutic targetProliferation advantageLimited diversityBlood CD4Blood involvementMutation levelsExhaustion phenotypeWorse prognosisAntigenic stimulus
2020
JAK inhibition synergistically potentiates BCL2, BET, HDAC, and proteasome inhibition in advanced CTCL
Yumeen S, Mirza FN, Lewis JM, King ALO, Kim SR, Carlson KR, Umlauf SR, Surovtseva YV, Foss FM, Girardi M. JAK inhibition synergistically potentiates BCL2, BET, HDAC, and proteasome inhibition in advanced CTCL. Blood Advances 2020, 4: 2213-2226. PMID: 32437546, PMCID: PMC7252559, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaJAK inhibitionCTCL cellsMalignant cutaneous T-cell lymphomasAdvanced cutaneous T-cell lymphomaTreatment of CTCLAvailable systemic treatment optionsSkin-homing T lymphocytesSystemic treatment optionsT-cell lymphomaCTCL cell linesHistone deacetylase inhibitionGeneralized cytotoxic effectExpression of Bcl2Advanced diseaseSuch patientsPeripheral bloodTreatment optionsJAK/STAT pathwayT lymphocytesPreclinical assessmentTherapeutic targetStrong potentiationExtrinsic apoptosis pathwayDeacetylase inhibitionInsights Into the Molecular and Cellular Underpinnings of Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma.
Yumeen S, Girardi M. Insights Into the Molecular and Cellular Underpinnings of Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2020, 93: 111-121. PMID: 32226341, PMCID: PMC7087059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic copy number alterationsSingle nucleotide variantsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaCellular underpinningsJAK-STAT activationT-cell lymphomaT lymphocytesCopy number alterationsCTCL cellsSeries of alterationsWhole-exome sequencingCell lymphomaApoptosis resistanceNucleotide variantsOncogenic behaviorPathophysiology of CTCLSkin-homing T lymphocytesT cell activationCell expansionNumber alterationsCTCL pathogenesisGenetic alterationsGenomic alterationsCell-mediated immunityTherapeutic discovery
2018
BET inhibition in advanced cutaneous T cell lymphoma is synergistically potentiated by BCL2 inhibition or HDAC inhibition
Kim R, Lewis JM, Cyrenne BM, Monico PF, Mirza FN, Carlson KR, Foss FM, Girardi M. BET inhibition in advanced cutaneous T cell lymphoma is synergistically potentiated by BCL2 inhibition or HDAC inhibition. Oncotarget 2018, 9: 29193-29207. PMID: 30018745, PMCID: PMC6044378, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCutaneous T-cell lymphomaT-cell lymphomaCTCL cellsBCL2 inhibitionCell lymphomaAdvanced cutaneous T-cell lymphomaHDAC inhibitionSkin-homing T cellsPromising novel therapeutic strategyBET inhibitionNon-Hodgkin lymphomaPotential novel therapyCTCL cell linesDose-dependent decreaseNovel therapeutic strategiesHistone deacetylase inhibitionExtraterminal protein inhibitorSystemic therapyLymph nodesPeripheral bloodNovel therapiesT cellsTherapeutic strategiesCaspase-3/7 activationAdvanced stage