2013
Atypical E2F Dependent Dysregulation Of Cell Cycling By Microrna-142 Regulates T-Cell Responses and Experimental Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Sun Y, Oravecz-Wilson K, Saunders T, Wang Y, Toubai T, Mathewson N, Liu C, Hou G, Cummings E, Ross C, Reddy P. Atypical E2F Dependent Dysregulation Of Cell Cycling By Microrna-142 Regulates T-Cell Responses and Experimental Graft-Versus-Host Disease. Blood 2013, 122: 136. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v122.21.136.136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchT cell responsesKO T cellsWT T cellsT cellsGVHD mortalityCell responsesDay 7 post-BMTBALB/c animalsRatio of TregPeripheral blood examinationDonor T cellsT cell immunityBone marrow studyMiR-142Conventional T cellsLower IL-2Naïve T cellsSecondary lymphoid organsIL-6 productionSimilar absolute numbersNovel therapeutic strategiesT cell cyclingWT littermate controlsSignificant differencesImmune system function
2009
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunopathogenesis: Clinical Evidence for Global T Cell Defects and an Immunomodulatory Role for Soluble CD25 (sCD25)
Cabrera R, Ararat M, Cao M, Xu Y, Wasserfall C, Atkinson M, Liu C, Nelson D. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunopathogenesis: Clinical Evidence for Global T Cell Defects and an Immunomodulatory Role for Soluble CD25 (sCD25). Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2009, 55: 484-495. PMID: 19714465, PMCID: PMC3161029, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0955-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell responsesHCC patientsHepatocellular carcinomaCell responsesTumor burdenImpaired T cell responsesLower IFN-γ productionEffector T cell responsesIL-2 receptor alpha chainATP production assaysLevels of sCD25Tolerogenic tumor environmentIFN-γ ELISPOTEffector T cellsT cell immunityT cell reactivityIFN-γ productionIL-2 supplementationT cell defectsDose-dependent mannerReceptor alpha chainIL-2 signalingSerum sCD25Soluble CD25Worse survival