2024
CD74 promotes the formation of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer in mice by inducing the expansion of tolerogenic dendritic cells and regulatory B cells
Pellegrino B, David K, Rabani S, Lampert B, Tran T, Doherty E, Piecychna M, Meza-Romero R, Leng L, Hershkovitz D, Vandenbark A, Bucala R, Becker-Herman S, Shachar I. CD74 promotes the formation of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer in mice by inducing the expansion of tolerogenic dendritic cells and regulatory B cells. PLOS Biology 2024, 22: e3002905. PMID: 39576827, PMCID: PMC11623796, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerMacrophage migration inhibitory factorImmunosuppressive tumor microenvironmentTolerogenic dendritic cellsRegulatory B cellsChronic lymphocytic leukemiaTumor microenvironmentDendritic cellsImmune cellsB cellsBreast cancerInfiltration of immune cellsAggressive breast cancer subtypeMassive infiltration of immune cellsLevels of CD74Cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorBreast cancer subtypesMigration inhibitory factorBinding to CD74Naive BTol-DCsLymphocytic leukemiaTumor environmentMassive infiltrationCancer subtypesPrognostic and therapeutic insights into MIF, DDT, and CD74 in melanoma
Valdez C, Sánchez-Zuno G, Osmani L, Ibrahim W, Galan A, Bacchiocchi A, Halaban R, Kulkarni R, Kang I, Bucala R, Tran T. Prognostic and therapeutic insights into MIF, DDT, and CD74 in melanoma. Oncotarget 2024, 15: 507-520. PMID: 39028303, PMCID: PMC11259151, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntigens, Differentiation, B-LymphocyteBiomarkers, TumorFemaleHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedMutationPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSkin NeoplasmsConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorImmune checkpoint inhibitionD-dopachrome tautomeraseExpression of macrophage migration inhibitory factorDrivers of tumor progressionInflammatory cell markersPatient tumor samplesPatient survival outcomesMigration inhibitory factorStatistically significant differenceCheckpoint inhibitionImmune therapyPrognostic valueSurvival outcomesResistant melanomaGene expressionImproved survivalRetrospective studyInflammatory markersTumor progressionCell markersTumor samplesClinical evidenceMelanomaBulk RNA sequencingMacrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) and D-Dopachrome Tautomerase (DDT): Pathways to Tumorigenesis and Therapeutic Opportunities
Valdez C, Sánchez-Zuno G, Bucala R, Tran T. Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) and D-Dopachrome Tautomerase (DDT): Pathways to Tumorigenesis and Therapeutic Opportunities. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2024, 25: 4849. PMID: 38732068, PMCID: PMC11084905, DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibition of MIFResponse to infectionNon-canonical signaling pathwaysClinical studiesCancer patientsClinical trialsInflammatory cytokinesDriving tumorigenesisClinical explorationCancer typesCancerDual inhibitionTherapeutic targetIn vivoIn vitroSignaling pathwayMIFAntitumor candidateBinding partners
2023
830 Inhibition of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) to overcome immune checkpoint resistance in melanoma
Sanchez-Zuno G, Caulfield J, Leng L, Zhang L, Jilaveanu L, Kluger H, Bucala R, Tran T. 830 Inhibition of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) to overcome immune checkpoint resistance in melanoma. 2023, a928-a928. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-sitc2023.0830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe SNP rs755622 is associated with immune activation in glioblastoma
Alban T, Grabowski M, Otvos B, Bayik D, Wang W, Zalavadia A, Makarav V, Troike K, McGraw M, Rabljenovic A, Lauko A, Neumann C, Roversi G, Waite K, Cioffi G, Patil N, Tran T, McCortney K, Steffens A, Diaz-Montero C, Brown J, Egan K, Horbinski C, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Rajappa P, Vogelbaum M, Bucala R, Chan T, Ahluwalia M, Lathia J. The SNP rs755622 is associated with immune activation in glioblastoma. JCI Insight 2023, 8: e160024. PMID: 37252795, PMCID: PMC10371339, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.160024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorImmune activationCytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorMigration inhibitory factorLactotransferrin (LTF) expressionLeukocyte infiltrationHallmark of glioblastomaImmune microenvironmentTreatment responseRs755622Inhibitory factorDrug resistanceGermline mutationsIntratumoral heterogeneityTumoral microenvironmentGermline SNPsGlioblastoma
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