2024
Enhanced intratumoral delivery of immunomodulator MPLA via hyperbranched polyglycerol-coated biodegradable nanoparticles
Chang J, Shin K, Lewis J, Suh H, Lee J, Damsky W, Xu S, Bosenberg M, Saltzman W, Girardi M. Enhanced intratumoral delivery of immunomodulator MPLA via hyperbranched polyglycerol-coated biodegradable nanoparticles. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2024 PMID: 39122142, DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2024.07.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMonophosphoryl lipid ATumor microenvironmentImmunomodulatory agentsStimulation of anti-tumor immune responseEfficacy of monophosphoryl lipid AT-helper (Th)1 responsesAnti-tumor immune responseTumor-draining lymph nodesToxicity associated with systemic administrationImmune responseModel of malignant melanomaAgonist monophosphoryl lipid ABiodegradable nanoparticlesImmunogenic tumor microenvironmentAntitumor immune responseDraining lymph nodesSystemic side effectsNatural killer cellsGradual drug releaseKiller cellsAntitumor efficacyMalignant melanomaImproved survivalLymph nodesChemotherapeutic agents
2008
Conventional and Unconventional T Cells
Roberts S, Girardi M. Conventional and Unconventional T Cells. 2008, 85-104. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-165-7_6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnconventional T cellsConventional T cellsT cellsT cell receptorInvariant natural killer T (iNKT) cellsNatural killer T cellsContext of CD1dKiller T cellsNatural killer cellsNKT cellsLymph nodesKiller cellsPeripheral bloodGenitourinary tractInflammatory responseT lymphocytesGastrointestinal tractFunctional capacityCo-receptors CD4Host defenseCell receptorCancer cellsEpithelial environmentLymphocytesInfection
2005
Sustained localized expression of ligand for the activating NKG2D receptor impairs natural cytotoxicity in vivo and reduces tumor immunosurveillance
Oppenheim DE, Roberts SJ, Clarke SL, Filler R, Lewis JM, Tigelaar RE, Girardi M, Hayday AC. Sustained localized expression of ligand for the activating NKG2D receptor impairs natural cytotoxicity in vivo and reduces tumor immunosurveillance. Nature Immunology 2005, 6: 928-937. PMID: 16116470, DOI: 10.1038/ni1239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthraceneAnimalsCarcinomaCell Line, TumorDisease SusceptibilityDown-RegulationFemaleImmunologic SurveillanceKiller Cells, NaturalLigandsMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicNK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily KPapillomaReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, Natural Killer CellSkin NeoplasmsTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateT-LymphocytesTumor BurdenConceptsNKG2D downregulationNK cell-mediated cytotoxicityNatural killer cellsCell-mediated cytotoxicityInnate immune activationT cell defectsNKG2D engagementNatural cytotoxicityKiller cellsImmune activationReceptor NKG2DTumor immunosurveillanceCutaneous carcinogenesisTumor surveillanceT cellsReversible defectsRAE-1Normal epitheliumLigand expressionTumor resistanceCell defectsSustained expressionNKG2DImmunosurveillanceDownregulation
2001
Regulation of Cutaneous Malignancy by γδ T Cells
Girardi M, Oppenheim D, Steele C, Lewis J, Glusac E, Filler R, Hobby P, Sutton B, Tigelaar R, Hayday A. Regulation of Cutaneous Malignancy by γδ T Cells. Science 2001, 294: 605-609. PMID: 11567106, DOI: 10.1126/science.1063916.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCarcinogensCell LineCytotoxicity, ImmunologicDimerizationEpidermisEpithelial CellsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansImmunologic SurveillanceLigandsMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMinor Histocompatibility AntigensMolecular Sequence DataNK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily KProtein ConformationProtein FoldingReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, Natural Killer CellRecombinant Fusion ProteinsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSkin NeoplasmsT-Lymphocyte SubsetsConceptsT cellsGammadelta cellsLocal T cellsNatural killer cellsΓδ T cellsGammadelta T cellsCytolytic T cellsSkin carcinoma cellsNKG2D engagementMultiple regimensKiller cellsCutaneous malignanciesCutaneous carcinogenesisEpithelial malignanciesRAE-1Human MICAMalignancyCarcinoma cellsSkin cellsCellsNKG2DRegimensMiceEpitheliumCarcinogenesis