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Immune Inhibitory Molecule PD-1 Homolog (VISTA) Colocalizes with CD11b Myeloid Cells in Melanoma and Is Associated with Poor Outcomes
Vesely M, Kidacki M, Gaule P, Gupta S, Chan N, Han X, Yeung J, Chen L. Immune Inhibitory Molecule PD-1 Homolog (VISTA) Colocalizes with CD11b Myeloid Cells in Melanoma and Is Associated with Poor Outcomes. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2023, 144: 106-115.e4. PMID: 37562584, DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.07.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD11b myeloid cellsImmune inhibitory moleculesPD-L1 expressionVISTA expressionMyeloid cellsFuture potential therapeutic targetsPD-L1/B7Tumor microenvironmentInhibitory moleculesMultiplexed quantitative immunofluorescencePrimary cutaneous melanomaImmunosuppressive tumor microenvironmentNegative prognostic biomarkerCurrent clinical trialsPotential therapeutic targetCause mortalityCritical cell typesPD-L1Poor outcomeTreatment of cancerMelanoma recurrenceCutaneous melanomaClinical trialsPrognostic biomarkerT cellsResistance Mechanisms to Anti-PD Cancer Immunotherapy
Vesely MD, Zhang T, Chen L. Resistance Mechanisms to Anti-PD Cancer Immunotherapy. Annual Review Of Immunology 2022, 40: 45-74. PMID: 35471840, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-070621-030155.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsAnti-PD therapyCancer immunotherapyMechanisms of resistanceImmune inhibitory moleculesFraction of patientsResistance mechanismsNormalization cancer immunotherapyAdditional immunotherapyPD-1Clinical evidenceAntigen presentationT cellsSolid tumorsTherapy resistanceH1 pathwayTumor microenvironmentImmunotherapyInhibitory moleculesHematopoietic malignanciesCancer treatmentTherapyPatientsCurrent studyCancer dataMalignancyT cell characteristics associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with melanoma
Lozano AX, Chaudhuri AA, Nene A, Bacchiocchi A, Earland N, Vesely MD, Usmani A, Turner BE, Steen CB, Luca BA, Badri T, Gulati GS, Vahid MR, Khameneh F, Harris PK, Chen DY, Dhodapkar K, Sznol M, Halaban R, Newman AM. T cell characteristics associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with melanoma. Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 353-362. PMID: 35027754, PMCID: PMC8866214, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01623-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsImmune-related adverse eventsT-cell characteristicsIrAE developmentBlood samplesSevere immune-related adverse eventsAnti-PD-1 monotherapyCombination immune checkpoint inhibitorsT-cell receptor sequencingT cell abundanceCell receptor sequencingOrgan system involvementPeripheral blood samplesIrAE onsetCheckpoint inhibitorsAdverse eventsCheckpoint blockadeRNA sequencingTCR clonalityCombination therapyPatient cohortSystem involvementClinical managementTCR diversityImmunological statePD-1H (VISTA)–mediated suppression of autoimmunity in systemic and cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Han X, Vesely MD, Yang W, Sanmamed MF, Badri T, Alawa J, López-Giráldez F, Gaule P, Lee SW, Zhang JP, Nie X, Nassar A, Boto A, Flies DB, Zheng L, Kim TK, Moeckel GW, McNiff JM, Chen L. PD-1H (VISTA)–mediated suppression of autoimmunity in systemic and cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Science Translational Medicine 2019, 11 PMID: 31826980, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aax1159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArthritisAutoantibodiesAutoimmunityDendritic CellsHumansInflammationInterferon Type ILupus Erythematosus, CutaneousLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMembrane ProteinsMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred MRL lprMyeloid CellsNeutrophilsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionTerpenesUp-RegulationConceptsPlasmacytoid dendritic cellsDiscoid lupus erythematosusSystemic lupus erythematosusCutaneous lupus lesionsPD-1HLupus erythematosusLupus lesionsAutoimmune diseasesKO miceT cellsMyeloid cellsHuman systemic lupus erythematosusBALB/c backgroundCutaneous lupus erythematosusInappropriate immune responseProgression of lupusSystemic autoimmune diseaseImmune cell expansionSuppression of autoimmunityAgonistic monoclonal antibodyDeath-1 homologCutaneous lupusProinflammatory neutrophilsDendritic cellsDLE lesionsCutaneous Lupus Erythematosus: Current and Future Pathogenesis-Directed Therapies.
Little AJ, Vesely MD. Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus: Current and Future Pathogenesis-Directed Therapies. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2020, 93: 81-95. PMID: 32226339, PMCID: PMC7087060.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCutaneous lupus erythematosusDevelopment of CLEDisease pathogenesisAdaptive immune componentsClinical trial landscapeUnmet medical needFuture therapeutic strategiesPromising clinical trialsFuture pathogenesisLupus erythematosusSignificant morbidityAutoimmune diseasesImmune cellsClinical trialsCurrent treatmentTrial landscapeImmune componentsTherapeutic strategiesDrug AdministrationMedical needDiseasePathogenesisEnvironmental triggersTherapyType ICancer Immunoediting in the Era of Immuno-oncology.
Gubin MM, Vesely MD. Cancer Immunoediting in the Era of Immuno-oncology. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 28: 3917-3928. PMID: 35594163, PMCID: PMC9481657, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-1804.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCancer immunoeditingImmune-tumor cell interactionsCancer immunotherapyAbsence of immunotherapyDurable clinical responsesT cell biologyCell interactionsImmunotherapy resistanceClinical responseImmunosuppressive microenvironmentTumor immunogenicityImmuno-oncologyClinical dataPreclinical modelsImmunoeditingImmunotherapyHuman patientsImmune systemTumor microenvironmentCancerCancer progressionClinical subspecialtyImmunogenicityMicroenvironmentPatientsNot all well-differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas are equal: Tumors with disparate biologic behavior have differences in protein expression via digital spatial profiling
Vesely M, Martinez-Morilla S, Gehlhausen JR, McNiff JM, Whang PG, Rimm D, Ko CJ. Not all well-differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas are equal: Tumors with disparate biologic behavior have differences in protein expression via digital spatial profiling. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2022, 87: 695-698. PMID: 35398219, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.03.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIF-1 regulates pathogenic cytotoxic T cells in lupus skin disease
Little A, Chen P, Vesely M, Khan R, Fiedler J, Garritano J, Islam F, McNiff J, Craft J. HIF-1 regulates pathogenic cytotoxic T cells in lupus skin disease. JCI Insight 2023, 8: e166076. PMID: 37526979, PMCID: PMC10543720, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.166076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous lupus erythematosusLupus skin diseaseT cellsSkin diseasesCytotoxic signatureInflammatory infiltrateHIF-1Tissue damageKidney-infiltrating T cellsSkin-infiltrating T cellsAutoimmune skin diseaseHIF-1 inhibitionSkin tissue damageLupus erythematosusSystemic diseaseTissue inflammationGranzyme BMouse modelInflammatory gene programDiseaseProtein levelsInfiltratesSkin environmentGene programPresent study
2024
Up-regulated PLA2G10 in cancer impairs T cell infiltration to dampen immunity
Zhang T, Yu W, Cheng X, Yeung J, Ahumada V, Norris P, Pearson M, Yang X, van Deursen W, Halcovich C, Nassar A, Vesely M, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Ji L, Flies D, Liu L, Langermann S, LaRochelle W, Humphrey R, Zhao D, Zhang Q, Zhang J, Gu R, Schalper K, Sanmamed M, Chen L. Up-regulated PLA2G10 in cancer impairs T cell infiltration to dampen immunity. Science Immunology 2024, 9: eadh2334. PMID: 38669316, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adh2334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell infiltrationT cell exclusionT cellsResistance to anti-PD-1 immunotherapyPoor T-cell infiltrationAnti-PD-1 immunotherapyImmunogenic mouse tumorsT cell mobilizationHuman cancer tissuesTherapeutic immunotherapyCancer immunotherapyMouse tumorsChemokine systemImmunotherapyTumor tissuesImpaired infiltrationTumorLipid metabolitesHuman cancersCancer tissuesInfiltrationA2 groupCancerPLA2G10Up-regulated
2023
Crusted Scabies Presenting as Erythroderma in a Patient With Iatrogenic Immunosuppression for Treatment of Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis.
Olamiju B, Leventhal J, Vesely M. Crusted Scabies Presenting as Erythroderma in a Patient With Iatrogenic Immunosuppression for Treatment of Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis. Cutis 2023, 111: e44-e47. PMID: 37406327, DOI: 10.12788/cutis.0794.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrusted scabiesMedication-induced immunosuppressionTreatment of granulomatosisBone marrow transplantationDiagnosis of scabiesVar hominisIatrogenic immunosuppressionBroad differentialMarrow transplantationAutoimmune diseasesSolid organsRare caseSevere formPatientsImmunosuppressionErythrodermaScabiesInfectionEctoparasitic infectionsPolyangiitisGranulomatosisTreatmentMyelosuppressionTransplantationDisease
2022
Fever, Hypotension, and a Worsening Necrotic Wound
Peterson DM, Damsky WE, Vesely MD. Fever, Hypotension, and a Worsening Necrotic Wound. JAMA 2022, 327: 1496-1497. PMID: 35311923, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.2806.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2021
A pruritic psoriatic plaque develops at the donor site of an autologous skin graft: Koebner phenomenon
Murphy MJ, Damsky W, Vesely MD. A pruritic psoriatic plaque develops at the donor site of an autologous skin graft: Koebner phenomenon. The Lancet 2021, 398: 1836. PMID: 34774145, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02332-1.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesTargeting the CSF1/CSF1R axis is a potential treatment strategy for malignant meningiomas
Yeung J, Yaghoobi V, Miyagishima D, Vesely MD, Zhang T, Badri T, Nassar A, Han X, Sanmamed MF, Youngblood M, Peyre M, Kalamarides M, Rimm DL, Gunel M, Chen L. Targeting the CSF1/CSF1R axis is a potential treatment strategy for malignant meningiomas. Neuro-Oncology 2021, 23: 1922-1935. PMID: 33914067, PMCID: PMC8563319, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColony-stimulating factor-1Myeloid cellsMalignant meningiomasTumor microenvironmentCSF1/CSF1RRNA-seqRNA sequencingHuman meningiomasImmune subsetsGene expressionT cellsTreatment strategiesNormalization cancer immunotherapyImportant regulatorCell typesNovel immunocompetent murine modelDeath ligand 1 (PD-L1) expressionCell death receptor-1Immunosuppressive myeloid cellsDeath receptor-1Ligand 1 expressionFactor 1Immune cell typesImmunocompetent murine modelEffective treatment strategiesA Burned-Out CD8+ T-cell Subset Expands in the Tumor Microenvironment and Curbs Cancer Immunotherapy
Sanmamed MF, Nie X, Desai SS, Villaroel-Espindola F, Badri T, Zhao D, Kim AW, Ji L, Zhang T, Quinlan E, Cheng X, Han X, Vesely MD, Nassar AF, Sun J, Zhang Y, Kim TK, Wang J, Melero I, Herbst RS, Schalper KA, Chen L. A Burned-Out CD8+ T-cell Subset Expands in the Tumor Microenvironment and Curbs Cancer Immunotherapy. Cancer Discovery 2021, 11: 1700-1715. PMID: 33658301, PMCID: PMC9421941, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-20-0962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesExhausted T cellsTIL subsetsTumor microenvironmentCancer immunotherapyT cellsAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerPatient-derived tumor xenograft modelAnti-PD therapyT cell subsetsCell lung cancerPotential tissue biomarkersBaseline tumor tissueLung cancer tissuesSingle-cell mass cytometryTumor xenograft modelApoptotic CD8Dysfunctional CD8Immunotherapy resistancePD-1Activation markersAdjacent nontumoral tissuesPathway-dependent mannerLung cancerSpatially Resolved and Quantitative Analysis of the Immunological Landscape in Human Meningiomas
Yeung J, Yaghoobi V, Aung TN, Vesely MD, Zhang T, Gaule P, Gunel M, Rimm DL, Chen L. Spatially Resolved and Quantitative Analysis of the Immunological Landscape in Human Meningiomas. Journal Of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology 2021, 80: 150-159. PMID: 33393633, DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlaa152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1 expressionT cell infiltrationPD-L1PD-L2Human meningiomasTumor-infiltrating immune cell populationsHigh PD-L1 expressionT-cell activation/proliferationActivation/dysfunctionLevels of CD3Immune cell subsetsT-cell phenotypeImmune cell populationsHigh-grade tumorsActivation/proliferationHigher CD3TIL infiltrationCD8 ratioImmunotherapeutic strategiesCell subsetsImmunological statusGrade tumorsImmunological landscapeTissue microarrayMacrophage phenotype
2020
Paradoxical eruptions to targeted therapies in dermatology: A systematic review and analysis
Murphy MJ, Cohen JM, Vesely MD, Damsky W. Paradoxical eruptions to targeted therapies in dermatology: A systematic review and analysis. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2020, 86: 1080-1091. PMID: 33307146, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParadoxical reactionSystematic reviewNecrosis factor α inhibitorsTumor necrosis factor αSpectrum of manifestationsNecrosis factor αAntibody-based therapiesInterleukin-12/23IL-23IL-12/23Clinical featuresCutaneous reactionsEczematous eruptionInflammatory disordersProinflammatory cytokinesΑ inhibitorsRetrospective analysisIL-4RαFactor αPotential mechanismsDermatologyTherapyInhibitorsAntibodiesReaction patternsCaution in the time of rashes and COVID-19
Vesely MD, Perkins SH. Caution in the time of rashes and COVID-19. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2020, 83: e321-e322. PMID: 32682026, PMCID: PMC7362801, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.026.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesIn silico analysis of the immunological landscape of pituitary adenomas
Yeung JT, Vesely MD, Miyagishima DF. In silico analysis of the immunological landscape of pituitary adenomas. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2020, 147: 595-598. PMID: 32236778, PMCID: PMC7261241, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-020-03476-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPituitary adenomasImmunological landscapeImmune cellsM2 macrophagesPituitary tumorsAdenoma subtypesSilent pituitary tumorsMemory T cellsImmune cell typesDifferent immunotherapiesHigh CD8Immune infiltratesImmune landscapeSilent tumorsGH tumorsImmunological compositionMacrophage fractionT cellsMast cellsTumor subtypesSolid tumorsSubclinical casesAdenomasTumorsSubtypesGetting Under the Skin: Targeting Cutaneous Autoimmune Disease.
Vesely MD. Getting Under the Skin: Targeting Cutaneous Autoimmune Disease. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2020, 93: 197-206. PMID: 32226348, PMCID: PMC7087062.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCutaneous autoimmune diseasesAutoimmune diseasesCutaneous autoimmunityImmune systemEffector armT cellsTherapeutic strategiesChimeric autoantibody receptor T cellsRegulatory armLow-dose interleukin-2Regulatory T cellsExcessive immune activationReceptor T cellsGreater treatment efficacyBroad immunosuppressantsCytokine blockadeTolerogenic vaccinesCostimulatory blockadeDisease remissionImmune activationInflammatory pathwaysImmune homeostasisInterleukin-2Treatment efficacyNormal skinTense Bullae and Pruritus.
Vesely MD, Olamiju BA, Leventhal JS. Tense Bullae and Pruritus. American Family Physician 2020, 101: 305-306. PMID: 32109022, PMCID: PMC7255498.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes