2024
TLR agonists polarize interferon responses in conjunction with dendritic cell vaccination in malignant glioma: a randomized phase II Trial
Everson R, Hugo W, Sun L, Antonios J, Lee A, Ding L, Bu M, Khattab S, Chavez C, Billingslea-Yoon E, Salazar A, Ellingson B, Cloughesy T, Liau L, Prins R. TLR agonists polarize interferon responses in conjunction with dendritic cell vaccination in malignant glioma: a randomized phase II Trial. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 3882. PMID: 38719809, PMCID: PMC11078958, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48073-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutologous tumor lysate-pulsed dendritic cellCD8+ T cellsT cellsPoly-ICLCTLR agonistsMalignant gliomasTumor lysate-pulsed dendritic cellsRandomized phase II trialCD4+ T cellsRandomized phase II clinical trialInterferon responsePhase II clinical trialPoly-ICLC treatmentDendritic cell vaccinesPD-1 expressionPhase II trialInterferon responsive gene expressionSystemic immune responsesImmune cell activationII clinical trialsInduction of interferon-inducible genesDelay disease progressionInterferon gene expressionInterferon-inducible genesPD-1
2018
Cell-Based Immunotherapy of Gliomas
Everson R, Antonios J, Liau L. Cell-Based Immunotherapy of Gliomas. Progress In Neurological Surgery 2018, 32: 90-100. PMID: 29990977, DOI: 10.1159/000469683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular immunotherapyImmune cellsDendritic cell (DC)-based vaccinesTreatment of malignant gliomasCellular immunotherapy approachesAntitumor immune cellsAntitumor responseAdoptive transferImmunotherapy approachesActive immunotherapyLive immune cellsMalignant gliomasEffector capabilitiesPassive immunotherapyImmunotherapyImmune responseEx vivoImmune systemGlioma cellsCell typesPatientsGliomaCellsNeoplasms
2015
pH-weighted molecular imaging of gliomas using amine chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI
Harris R, Cloughesy T, Liau L, Prins R, Antonios J, Li D, Yong W, Pope W, Lai A, Nghiemphu P, Ellingson B. pH-weighted molecular imaging of gliomas using amine chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI. Neuro-Oncology 2015, 17: 1514-1524. PMID: 26113557, PMCID: PMC4648305, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nov106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmine chemical exchange saturation transferPH-weighted MRIShorter time to progressionAcid lesionsTime to progressionChemical exchange saturation transfer MRIMolecular imaging of gliomaIntracranial glioma modelBrain tumor physiologyImaging of gliomasActive tumorAbnormal perfusionGlioma modelPerfusion abnormalitiesGlioblastoma patientsMolecular imaging techniquesPET uptakeTumor physiologyMR spectroscopyTissue acidosisChemical exchange saturation transferHuman patientsPatientsTumorLesions