2024
Development of anex vivo patient-derived tumor model (PDTM) to assess the tumor microenvironment in renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
Kashima S, Gupta R, Moritz V, Sadak K, Adeniran A, Humphrey P, Dinulescu D, Palmer D, Hammond S, Bosenberg M, Hurwitz M, Kenney P, Braun D. Development of anex vivo patient-derived tumor model (PDTM) to assess the tumor microenvironment in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The Oncologist 2024, 29: s5-s6. PMCID: PMC11301923, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyae181.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRCC tumor microenvironmentPatient-derived tumor modelsRenal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsT cell functionPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayTumor microenvironmentT cellsFlow cytometryTumor fragmentsIFN-gTumor modelTumor samplesCytokine productionHealthy donor peripheral blood mononuclear cellsImpact of immune checkpoint inhibitorsAnti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodyDonor peripheral blood mononuclear cellsCD4+CD25+ regulatory T cellsCD8+ T cell populationsResection of renal cell carcinomaSurgical resection of renal cell carcinomaAnti-PD-1 antibodyMetastatic renal cell carcinoma
2023
1025 Tumor-specific CD8+ T cells epigenetically licensed by IL-7R are critical for anti-tumor immunity in melanoma
Micevic G, Daniels A, Flem-Karlsen K, Park K, Talty R, McGeary M, Mirza H, Blackburn H, Sefik E, Cheung J, Hornick N, Aizenbud L, Joshi N, Kluger H, Iwasaki A, Bosenberg M, Flavell R. 1025 Tumor-specific CD8+ T cells epigenetically licensed by IL-7R are critical for anti-tumor immunity in melanoma. 2023, a1133-a1133. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-sitc2023.1025.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
IL-18BP is a secreted immune checkpoint and barrier to IL-18 immunotherapy
Zhou T, Damsky W, Weizman OE, McGeary MK, Hartmann KP, Rosen CE, Fischer S, Jackson R, Flavell RA, Wang J, Sanmamed MF, Bosenberg MW, Ring AM. IL-18BP is a secreted immune checkpoint and barrier to IL-18 immunotherapy. Nature 2020, 583: 609-614. PMID: 32581358, PMCID: PMC7381364, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2422-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alphaHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansImmunotherapyIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsInterleukin-18Kaplan-Meier EstimateKiller Cells, NaturalLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMiceNeoplasmsReceptors, Interleukin-18Stem CellsTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsIL-18IL-18BPT cellsAnti-PD-1 resistant tumorsWild-type IL-18Potent anti-tumor effectsMajor histocompatibility complex class IIL-18 pathwayIL-18 therapyInterleukin-18 pathwayMajor therapeutic barrierStem-like TCF1Anti-tumor immunityTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesNatural killer cellsRecombinant IL-18Histocompatibility complex class IAnti-tumor effectsComplex class IAnti-tumor activityMouse tumor modelsModern immunotherapyPrecursor CD8Effector CD8Exhausted CD8
2016
Response to Programmed Cell Death-1 Blockade in a Murine Melanoma Syngeneic Model Requires Costimulation, CD4, and CD8 T Cells
Moreno B, Zaretsky JM, Garcia-Diaz A, Tsoi J, Parisi G, Robert L, Meeth K, Ndoye A, Bosenberg M, Weeraratna AT, Graeber TG, Comin-Anduix B, Hu-Lieskovan S, Ribas A. Response to Programmed Cell Death-1 Blockade in a Murine Melanoma Syngeneic Model Requires Costimulation, CD4, and CD8 T Cells. Cancer Immunology Research 2016, 4: 845-857. PMID: 27589875, PMCID: PMC5050168, DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-16-0060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorDendritic CellsInterferon-gammaLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMacrophagesMelanomaMice, Inbred C57BLMutationProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsPD-1 blockade therapyPD-1 blockadeCD8 T cellsBlockade therapyDendritic cellsT cellsTumor modelEffector T cell functionSyngeneic murine tumor modelsAntitumor activityPD-L1 expressionT cell primingImmune cell recruitmentT cell functionTumor-associated macrophagesMurine tumor modelsTumor-host interactionsStrong antitumor activityCD80/86 costimulationL1 therapyInflammatory profileClinical benefitMHC-IIPeripheral tissuesCell recruitment