2024
Enhanced intratumoral delivery of immunomodulator MPLA via hyperbranched polyglycerol-coated biodegradable nanoparticles
Chang J, Shin K, Lewis J, Suh H, Lee J, Damsky W, Xu S, Bosenberg M, Saltzman W, Girardi M. Enhanced intratumoral delivery of immunomodulator MPLA via hyperbranched polyglycerol-coated biodegradable nanoparticles. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2024 PMID: 39122142, DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2024.07.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMonophosphoryl lipid ATumor microenvironmentImmunomodulatory agentsStimulation of anti-tumor immune responseEfficacy of monophosphoryl lipid AT-helper (Th)1 responsesAnti-tumor immune responseTumor-draining lymph nodesToxicity associated with systemic administrationImmune responseModel of malignant melanomaAgonist monophosphoryl lipid ABiodegradable nanoparticlesImmunogenic tumor microenvironmentAntitumor immune responseDraining lymph nodesSystemic side effectsNatural killer cellsGradual drug releaseKiller cellsAntitumor efficacyMalignant melanomaImproved survivalLymph nodesChemotherapeutic agents
2023
IL-7R licenses a population of epigenetically poised memory CD8+ T cells with superior antitumor efficacy that are critical for melanoma memory
Micevic G, Daniels A, Flem-Karlsen K, Park K, Talty R, McGeary M, Mirza H, Blackburn H, Sefik E, Cheung J, Hornick N, Aizenbud L, Joshi N, Kluger H, Iwasaki A, Bosenberg M, Flavell R. IL-7R licenses a population of epigenetically poised memory CD8+ T cells with superior antitumor efficacy that are critical for melanoma memory. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2304319120. PMID: 37459511, PMCID: PMC10372654, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2304319120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-7R expressionT cellsIL-7RAntitumor memorySuperior antitumor efficacyCell-based therapiesTumor-specific T cellsAntigen-specific T cellsAntitumor efficacyPowerful antitumor immune responseMarkers of exhaustionTumor-specific CD8Antitumor immune responseIndependent prognostic factorAntitumor immune memoryMemory T cellsMajor risk factorSuperior antitumor activityFunctional CD8Memory CD8Prognostic factorsSurgical resectionAdvanced melanomaLymph nodesNaive mice
2022
The Crossroads of Cancer Epigenetics and Immune Checkpoint Therapy.
Micevic G, Bosenberg M, Yan Q. The Crossroads of Cancer Epigenetics and Immune Checkpoint Therapy. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 29: 1173-1182. PMID: 36449280, PMCID: PMC10073242, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-0784.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsImmune checkpoint therapyT cell exhaustionCheckpoint therapyAntitumor immune responseT cell populationsCell-intrinsic immunityTypes of cancerViral mimicry responseLow response rateCheckpoint inhibitorsCurrent immunotherapiesPancreatic cancerSustained responsePreclinical modelsTreatment outcomesImmune responseEndogenous antigensResponse rateTumor typesMultiple epigenetic regulatorsCritical mediatorLow immunogenicityTherapyCancer