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
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
2021
KDM5B promotes immune evasion by recruiting SETDB1 to silence retroelements
Zhang SM, Cai WL, Liu X, Thakral D, Luo J, Chan LH, McGeary MK, Song E, Blenman KRM, Micevic G, Jessel S, Zhang Y, Yin M, Booth CJ, Jilaveanu LB, Damsky W, Sznol M, Kluger HM, Iwasaki A, Bosenberg MW, Yan Q. KDM5B promotes immune evasion by recruiting SETDB1 to silence retroelements. Nature 2021, 598: 682-687. PMID: 34671158, PMCID: PMC8555464, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03994-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell Line, TumorDNA-Binding ProteinsEpigenesis, GeneticGene SilencingHeterochromatinHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansInterferon Type IJumonji Domain-Containing Histone DemethylasesMaleMelanomaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNuclear ProteinsRepressor ProteinsRetroelementsTumor EscapeConceptsImmune checkpoint blockadeImmune evasionCheckpoint blockadeImmune responseAnti-tumor immune responseRobust adaptive immune responseTumor immune evasionAnti-tumor immunityAdaptive immune responsesType I interferon responseDNA-sensing pathwayMouse melanoma modelImmunotherapy resistanceMost patientsCurrent immunotherapiesTumor immunogenicityImmune memoryMelanoma modelCytosolic RNA sensingRole of KDM5BConsiderable efficacyInterferon responseImmunotherapyEpigenetic therapyBlockade
2019
Pathology of B cell and neutrophil infiltration in the YUMMER1.7 mouse model of spontaneous melanoma tumor regression
Blenman K, Wang J, Cowper S, Bosenberg M. Pathology of B cell and neutrophil infiltration in the YUMMER1.7 mouse model of spontaneous melanoma tumor regression. The Journal Of Immunology 2019, 202: 136.25-136.25. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.202.supp.136.25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB cellsMelanoma cellsTumor regressionPlasmablasts/plasma cellsTumor-infiltrating B cellsLonger progression-free survivalMelanoma tumor regressionProgression-free survivalAdaptive immune responsesB cell numbersNeutrophil extracellular trapsNeutrophil infiltrationImmunotherapy treatmentSpontaneous regressionMetastatic melanomaAdverse reactionsGeographic necrosisImmune cellsNeutrophil responseHistological changesExtracellular trapsPlasma cellsImmune responseTherapy showTumor mass