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Not all well-differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas are equal: Tumors with disparate biologic behavior have differences in protein expression via digital spatial profiling
Vesely M, Martinez-Morilla S, Gehlhausen JR, McNiff JM, Whang PG, Rimm D, Ko CJ. Not all well-differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas are equal: Tumors with disparate biologic behavior have differences in protein expression via digital spatial profiling. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2022, 87: 695-698. PMID: 35398219, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.03.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNormalization Cancer Immunotherapy for Melanoma
Vesely MD, Chen L. Normalization Cancer Immunotherapy for Melanoma. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2020, 140: 1134-1142. PMID: 32092349, PMCID: PMC7247948, DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNormalization cancer immunotherapyCancer immunotherapyImmune responseDysfunctional immune responseSystemic immune responsesContext of melanomaPatient survivalTreatment of cancerTumor responseImmunotherapyToxicity profileImmune systemTumor microenvironmentMelanomaCancerDistinct mechanismsResponseClinicians
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Demonstration of inflammation-induced cancer and cancer immunoediting during primary tumorigenesis
Swann JB, Vesely MD, Silva A, Sharkey J, Akira S, Schreiber RD, Smyth MJ. Demonstration of inflammation-induced cancer and cancer immunoediting during primary tumorigenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 652-656. PMID: 18178624, PMCID: PMC2206591, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708594105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer immunoeditingWT controlsAdaptor myeloid differentiation factor 88Myeloid differentiation factor 88Adaptive immune surveillanceMyD88-/- miceMyD88-deficient miceRole of TNFDMBA/TPAInflammation-induced cancerDistinct mouse modelsTNF-deficient miceInflammation-induced carcinogenesisO-tetradecanoylphorbol 13Mouse tumor modelsFactor 88WT miceChronic inflammationMCA sarcomaProinflammatory processesTumor immunologistsImmune surveillanceMouse modelSkin papillomasPrimary tumorigenesis