2024
Association of CD8 T cell infiltration in the tumor microenvironment with survival outcomes in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Goswamy R, Yildirim A, Wei M, Liu Y, Choi Y, Brown J, Nazha B, Master V, Martini D, Carthon B, Harris W, Kucuk O, Kissick H, Hartman C, McClintock G, Vo B, Jansen C, Zhuang T, Bilen M. Association of CD8 T cell infiltration in the tumor microenvironment with survival outcomes in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: e16527-e16527. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.e16527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCD8 T cell infiltrationMetastatic renal cell carcinomaProgression-free survivalT cell infiltrationCD8 T cellsCheckpoint inhibitorsOverall survivalTyrosine kinase inhibitorsT cellsSystemic therapyTumor microenvironmentMetastatic renal cell carcinoma patientsAssociated with favorable clinical outcomesProgression-free survival outcomesRetrospective analysis of patientsCombination checkpoint inhibitorsIntratumoral T cellsProgression free survivalImproved overall survivalFavorable clinical outcomesWinship Cancer InstituteKaplan Meier analysisAnalysis of patientsRenal cell carcinomaCox proportional hazards models
2020
The immunosuppressive phenotype of tumor-infiltrating neutrophils is associated with obesity in kidney cancer patients
Margaroli C, Cardenas M, Jansen C, Reyes A, Hosseinzadeh F, Hong G, Zhang Y, Kissick H, Tirouvanziam R, Master V. The immunosuppressive phenotype of tumor-infiltrating neutrophils is associated with obesity in kidney cancer patients. OncoImmunology 2020, 9: 1747731. PMID: 32313729, PMCID: PMC7153842, DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2020.1747731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKidney cancer patientsTumor microenvironmentArginase-1Tumor tissuesActivated phenotypeCancer patientsMyeloid-derived suppressor cellsImmature-like phenotypeTumor-infiltrating neutrophilsTumor-associated neutrophilsEnzyme arginase-1Associated with obesityPhenotype of neutrophilsAdipose tissue distributionMetabolic statePatient's metabolic stateSuppressor cellsImmunosuppressive phenotypeImmunosuppressive roleTumor progressionTumor neutrophilsDisease progressionCirculating neutrophilsTumorGranule release
2018
The requirement for immune infiltration and organization in the tumor microenvironment for successful immunotherapy in prostate cancer
Jansen C, Prokhnevska N, Kissick H. The requirement for immune infiltration and organization in the tumor microenvironment for successful immunotherapy in prostate cancer. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2018, 37: 543-555. PMID: 30446449, PMCID: PMC6513714, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2018.10.011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research