2021
Elevated murine HB-EGF confers sensitivity to diphtheria toxin in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma
Robles-Oteiza C, Ayeni D, Levy S, Homer RJ, Kaech SM, Politi K. Elevated murine HB-EGF confers sensitivity to diphtheria toxin in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma. Disease Models & Mechanisms 2021, 14: dmm049072. PMID: 34494649, PMCID: PMC8617309, DOI: 10.1242/dmm.049072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman diphtheria toxin receptorDiphtheria toxin receptorTumor regressionEGFR-mutant lung cancerEGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinomaEGFR-mutant tumorsMutant EGFRTissue-specific promotorsFVB miceLung cancerSystemic administrationLung adenocarcinomaMurine lungRapid regressionConditional ablationTumor cellsUpregulated expressionMiceElevated expressionToxin receptorHB-EGFCell populationsHBEGFEGFRPrimary target
2020
Drug Sensitivity and Allele‐specificity of First‐line Osimertinib Resistance EGFR Mutations
Starrett J, Guernet A, Cuomo M, Poels K, van Rosenburgh I, Nagelberg A, Farnsworth D, Price K, Khan H, Ashtekar K, Gaefele M, Ayeni D, Stewart T, Kuhlmann A, Kaech S, Unni A, Homer R, Lockwood W, Michor F, Goldberg S, Lemmon M, Smith P, Cross D, Politi K. Drug Sensitivity and Allele‐specificity of First‐line Osimertinib Resistance EGFR Mutations. The FASEB Journal 2020, 34: 1-1. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.00612.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFirst-line osimertinibEGFR-mutant lung cancerMutant lung cancerOsimertinib treatmentEGFR-TKILung cancerEGFR mutationsTotal tumorsPreferred first-line therapySecondary mutationsThird-generation EGFR-TKIFirst-line osimertinib treatmentMichael Smith FoundationResistance EGFR mutationsFirst-line therapySecondary EGFR mutationGeneration EGFR-TKISubsequent treatment approachesTransgenic mouse modelLung cancer researchTumor volume changesCoronal MR imagesTumor volume measurementsNew Investigator AwardResistance mechanisms
2019
Tumor regression mediated by oncogene withdrawal or erlotinib stimulates infiltration of inflammatory immune cells in EGFR mutant lung tumors
Ayeni D, Miller B, Kuhlmann A, Ho PC, Robles-Oteiza C, Gaefele M, Levy S, de Miguel FJ, Perry C, Guan T, Krystal G, Lockwood W, Zelterman D, Homer R, Liu Z, Kaech S, Politi K. Tumor regression mediated by oncogene withdrawal or erlotinib stimulates infiltration of inflammatory immune cells in EGFR mutant lung tumors. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2019, 7: 172. PMID: 31291990, PMCID: PMC6617639, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0643-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTyrosine kinase inhibitorsEGFR-mutant lung cancerMutant lung cancerTumor regressionErlotinib treatmentLung cancerImmune cellsLung tumorsMouse modelEffects of TKIsGrowth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsTumor-infiltrating immune cellsDrug resistanceReceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsInflammatory immune cellsInflammatory T cellsEffect of erlotinibEGFR mutant lung tumorsInflammatory cellsImmunological profileT cellsCD40 agonistsImmunostimulatory effectsAlveolar macrophagesErlotinib