2024
Targeting STAT3 in tumor-associated antigen-presenting cells as a strategy for kidney and bladder cancer immunotherapy
Alcantara M, Tang W, Wang D, Kaniowski D, Kang E, Dizman N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Meza L, Zengin Z, Hall J, Hsu J, Egelston C, Moreira D, Horsager A, Pal S, Kortylewski M. Targeting STAT3 in tumor-associated antigen-presenting cells as a strategy for kidney and bladder cancer immunotherapy. Frontiers In Immunology 2024, 14: 1274781. PMID: 38259453, PMCID: PMC10800835, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1274781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune checkpoint blockadeDendritic cellsCancer patientsBladder cancerT cellsTumor-associated antigen-presenting cellsTherapeutic efficacyLesser extent IL-10T cell-based immunotherapyImmune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor immune evasionAntitumor immune responseCD8 T cellsRegulatory T cellsBladder cancer immunotherapyCell-based immunotherapyAntigen-presenting cellsSTAT3 activationRenal cancer patientsBladder cancer patientsImmune cell activityMyeloid immune cellsICB resistanceIpilimumab immunotherapyCheckpoint inhibitors
2023
Genomic and Transcriptomic Predictors of Response from Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients with Oligoprogressive Renal Cell Carcinoma
Zengin Z, Govindarajan A, Salgia N, Sayegh N, Tripathi N, Muddasani R, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Feng M, Mercier B, Ladbury C, Hao C, Salgia S, Chawla N, Meza L, Malhotra J, Dizman N, Hsu J, Castro D, Barragan-Carrillo R, Ebrahimi H, Philip E, Chang M, Zhang J, Byron S, Lyou Y, Dorff T, Pal S, Dandapani S. Genomic and Transcriptomic Predictors of Response from Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients with Oligoprogressive Renal Cell Carcinoma. European Urology Oncology 2023, 6: 447-450. PMID: 36609061, DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2022.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaStereotactic body radiation therapyRenal cell carcinomaBody radiation therapyCell carcinomaRadiation therapyClear cell renal cell carcinomaFirst-line treatmentCell renal cell carcinomaStereotactic body radiotherapyKidney cancer patientsOligoprogressive diseaseSystemic treatmentReactive oxygen species pathwayBody radiotherapyCancer patientsTreatment selectionPatientsTreatment changesOxygen species pathwayRadiation treatmentCarcinomaCell proliferationPotential roleRadiotherapy
2022
Intestinal microbiome associated with development of grade 3/4 adverse in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with nivolumab plus ipilimumab (N/I) and probiotic support: Results from a phase Ib study.
Meza L, Dizman N, Bergerot P, Dorff T, Lyou Y, Frankel P, Llamas M, Hsu J, Zengin Z, Salgia N, Malhotra J, Chawla N, Gillece J, Reining L, Trent J, Takahashi M, Oka K, Higashi S, Highlander S, Pal S. Intestinal microbiome associated with development of grade 3/4 adverse in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with nivolumab plus ipilimumab (N/I) and probiotic support: Results from a phase Ib study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 374-374. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaSetting of mRCCStool microbiome compositionPhase Ib studyWeeks of therapyFirst-line treatmentLung cancer patientsRenal cell carcinomaMicrobiome compositionDevelopment of treatmentsB. thetaiotamicronMedian followMRCC patientsAdverse eventsData cutoffOverall cohortIntervention armLine treatmentCell carcinomaCancer patientsTRAEsStool samplesStool specimensIntestinal microbiomeLarge cohortImplications of androgen receptor (AR) alterations identified by genomic testing of tissue and blood from advanced prostate cancer (aPC) patients (pts).
Zengin Z, Henderson N, Park J, Ali A, Hwang C, Barata P, Bilen M, Graham L, Kilari D, Tripathi A, Labriola M, Rothstein S, Garje R, Koshkin V, Patel V, Schweizer M, Armstrong A, McKay R, Alva A, Dorff T. Implications of androgen receptor (AR) alterations identified by genomic testing of tissue and blood from advanced prostate cancer (aPC) patients (pts). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 138-138. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAR alterationsAR mutationsGenomic testingAdvanced prostate cancer patientsAndrogen receptor alterationsKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testProstate cancer patientsAlteration statusMedian TTPPSA declineCastration resistancePSA responseMedian ageAR amplificationDocetaxel exposureReceptor alterationsStratified patientsTestosterone suppressionShorter TTPCancer patientsTreatment outcomesAbirateroneCastration statusDomain mutations