2024
Setdb1-loss induces type-I interferons and immune clearance of melanoma.
McGeary M, Damsky W, Daniels A, Lang S, Xu Q, Song E, Huet-Calderwood C, Lou H, Paradkar S, Micevic G, Kaech S, Calderwood D, Turk B, Yan Q, Iwasaki A, Bosenberg M. Setdb1-loss induces type-I interferons and immune clearance of melanoma. Cancer Immunology Research 2024 PMID: 39589394, DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-23-0514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchT cell infiltrationMHC-I expressionType I interferonImmune clearanceCD8+ T cell-dependent mannerIncreased CD8+ T cell infiltrationCD8+ T cell infiltrationDecreased MHC-I expressionAnti-cancer immune responseT cell-dependent mannerCD8+ T cellsDecreased T-cell infiltrationComplete tumor clearanceImmunity to melanomaIncreased melanoma growthInflamed tumor microenvironmentLoss of SETDB1Type I interferon receptorTreatment of melanomaType I interferon signalingWhole-genome CRISPR screenEndogenous retrovirusesType I interferon expressionMetastatic diseaseTumor clearance
2023
Enhanced inhibition of MHC-I expression by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants
Moriyama M, Lucas C, Monteiro V, Initiative Y, Iwasaki A, Chen N, Breban M, Hahn A, Pham K, Koch T, Chaguza C, Tikhonova I, Castaldi C, Mane S, De Kumar B, Ferguson D, Kerantzas N, Peaper D, Landry M, Schulz W, Vogels C, Grubaugh N. Enhanced inhibition of MHC-I expression by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2221652120. PMID: 37036977, PMCID: PMC10120007, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221652120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMHC-I expressionBreakthrough infectionsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variantsMajor histocompatibility complex class I expressionCell-mediated immunityInfluenza virus infectionSARS-CoV-2 VOCsMHC-I upregulationClass I expressionSARS-CoV-2T cell recognitionVirus infectionMHC II expressionSpike proteinEnhanced inhibitionInfectionCell recognitionCommon mutationsReinfectionE proteinAntibodiesViral genesSubvariantsExpression