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Agonistic CD40 Antibodies in Cancer Treatment
Djureinovic D, Wang M, Kluger HM. Agonistic CD40 Antibodies in Cancer Treatment. Cancers 2021, 13: 1302. PMID: 33804039, PMCID: PMC8000216, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13061302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAgonistic CD40 antibodyCD40 antibodyDendritic cellsAntigen presentationClinical developmentEarly phase clinical trialsAgonist CD40 antibodyActivation of CD8Pro-inflammatory effectsAntigen-presenting cellsT cell functionRenal cell carcinomaAnti-tumor effectsPhase clinical trialsAnti-tumor activityT cell activationCancer Genome AtlasSystemic therapyCell carcinomaCostimulatory moleculesCD40 expressionClinical trialsPancreatic adenocarcinomaPreclinical modelsT cells
2024
Decoy-resistant IL-18 reshapes the tumor microenvironment and enhances rejection by anti-CTLA-4 in renal cell carcinoma
Schoenfeld D, Djureinovic D, Su D, Zhang L, Lu B, Kamga L, Mann J, Huck J, Hurwitz M, Braun D, Jilaveanu L, Ring A, Kluger H. Decoy-resistant IL-18 reshapes the tumor microenvironment and enhances rejection by anti-CTLA-4 in renal cell carcinoma. JCI Insight 2024 PMID: 39561007, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.184545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnti-CTLA-4Renal cell carcinomaIL-18IL-18BPCell carcinomaTumor microenvironmentTumor typesPatients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitorsRegulatory T cell levelsAnti-PD-1 treatmentCD8+ T cellsAnti-PD-1Immune checkpoint inhibitorsCell renal cell carcinomaNon-responder patientsMyeloid cell populationsT cell levelsCytokine interleukin-18Anti-cancer efficacySecreted binding proteinCheckpoint inhibitorsResponding patientsPreclinical modelsT cellsMurine model
2023
1070 ‘Decoy-resistant’ IL-18 in combination with CTLA-4 blockade enhances anti-tumor efficacy in preclinical models of renal cell carcinoma
Schoenfeld D, Djureinovic D, Zhang L, Mann J, Huck J, Jilaveanu L, Ring A, Kluger H. 1070 ‘Decoy-resistant’ IL-18 in combination with CTLA-4 blockade enhances anti-tumor efficacy in preclinical models of renal cell carcinoma. 2023, a1177-a1179. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-sitc2023.1070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA modified IL-18 drug in combination with CTLA-4 blockade enhances anti-tumor efficacy in preclinical models of renal cell carcinoma
Schoenfeld D, Djureinovic D, Zhang L, Mann J, Huck J, Jilaveanu L, Ring A, Kluger H. A modified IL-18 drug in combination with CTLA-4 blockade enhances anti-tumor efficacy in preclinical models of renal cell carcinoma. The Oncologist 2023, 28: s7-s7. PMCID: PMC10445567, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad216.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRenal cell carcinomaImmune cell depletion studiesCell depletion studiesT cellsAnti-tumor activityPreclinical modelsRENCA modelTumor growthNK cellsIL-18IL-18BPCell carcinomaAnti-PD-1/CTLAAnti-PD-1 therapyIntra-tumoral T cellsModest anti-tumor activityAnti-tumor immune responseCytokine/chemokine levelsCytokine/chemokine profilingDepletion studiesEarly phase clinical trialsDecoy receptor proteinEnrichment of CD8PD-1 blockadeImmune dysfunction revealed by digital spatial profiling of immuno-oncology markers in progressive stages of renal cell carcinoma and in brain metastases
Schoenfeld D, Moutafi M, Martinez S, Djureinovic D, Merkin R, Adeniran A, Braun D, Signoretti S, Choueiri T, Parisi F, Hurwitz M, Rimm D, Wei W, Jilaveanu L, Kluger H. Immune dysfunction revealed by digital spatial profiling of immuno-oncology markers in progressive stages of renal cell carcinoma and in brain metastases. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2023, 11: e007240. PMID: 37586773, PMCID: PMC10432651, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-007240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaBrain metastasesPrimary tumorTumor microenvironmentDigital spatial profilingCell carcinomaActivation protein expressionInflammatory macrophage markersRCC brain metastasesInnate immune activatorsNormal kidney samplesProgressive stagesExtracranial metastasesTim-3Immune checkpointsImmune dysfunctionImmune activationRCC metastasisLonger survivalImmune activatorsMacrophage markersTreatment responseSeparate cohortTissue microarrayMetastatic samples
2017
A systematic search strategy identifies cubilin as independent prognostic marker for renal cell carcinoma
Gremel G, Djureinovic D, Niinivirta M, Laird A, Ljungqvist O, Johannesson H, Bergman J, Edqvist P, Navani S, Khan N, Patil T, Sivertsson Å, Uhlén M, Harrison D, Ullenhag G, Stewart G, Pontén F. A systematic search strategy identifies cubilin as independent prognostic marker for renal cell carcinoma. BMC Cancer 2017, 17: 9. PMID: 28052770, PMCID: PMC5215231, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-3030-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaClear cell RCC patientsPrimary renal cell carcinomaPositive prognostic indicatorIndependent prognostic markerUnmet clinical needMalignant human tissuesNew diagnostic markersVenous tumorNodal statusBetter prognosisMetastatic lesionsNegative tumorsSystematic search strategyT stagePatient survivalPoor prognosisPositive tumorsRCC patientsPrognostic indicatorFuhrman gradePrognostic markerRCC cohortTissue microarray