2024
Spatially resolved tissue imaging to analyze the tumor immune microenvironment: beyond cell-type densities
Janeiro A, Wong E, Jiménez-Sánchez D, de Solorzano C, Lozano M, Teijeira A, Schalper K, Melero I, De Andrea C. Spatially resolved tissue imaging to analyze the tumor immune microenvironment: beyond cell-type densities. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2024, 12: e008589. PMID: 38821717, PMCID: PMC11149121, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-008589.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Developing a definition of immune exclusion in cancer: results of a modified Delphi workshop
Clifton G, Rothenberg M, Ascierto P, Begley G, Cecchini M, Eder J, Ghiringhelli F, Italiano A, Kochetkova M, Li R, Mechta-Grigoriou F, Pai S, Provenzano P, Puré E, Ribas A, Schalper K, Fridman W. Developing a definition of immune exclusion in cancer: results of a modified Delphi workshop. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2023, 11: e006773. PMID: 37290925, PMCID: PMC10254706, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-006773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsImmune exclusionTumor microenvironmentCheckpoint inhibitorsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsMinority of patientsT cell infiltrationPoor clinical outcomeImmune regulatory pathwaysEffective treatment approachDevelopment of treatmentsVariety of cancersLack of responseCheckpoint therapyImmune profileClinical outcomesClinical benefitPatient outcomesCancer expertsCancer histologyT cellsConsensus definitionTreatment approachesCancer typesRound questionnaireDelphi process
2022
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated With Poor Overall Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Salahuddin S, Cohen O, Wu M, Irizarry J, Vega T, Gan G, Deng Y, Isaeva N, Prasad M, Schalper K, Mehra S, Yarbrough W, Emu B. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated With Poor Overall Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: 1449-1458. PMID: 36520995, PMCID: PMC10319962, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalIndependent predictorsHNSCC patientsWorse prognosisOropharyngeal tumorsCox proportional hazards regression modelMultivariate analysisHPV-positive oropharyngeal tumorsNeck squamous cell cancerProportional hazards regression modelsLower median overall survivalAcademic hospital centerNon-HIV populationMedian overall survivalPredictors of survivalSquamous cell cancerHuman immunodeficiency virusPoor clinical outcomeExpression of CD4Poor overall survivalHazards regression modelsRace/ethnicityCD8 infiltrationHazard ratioClinicopathologic characteristics
2016
Abscopal Effects of Radiotherapy Are Enhanced by Combined Immunostimulatory mAbs and Are Dependent on CD8 T Cells and Crosspriming
Rodriguez-Ruiz ME, Rodriguez I, Garasa S, Barbes B, Solorzano JL, Perez-Gracia JL, Labiano S, Sanmamed MF, Azpilikueta A, Bolaños E, Sanchez-Paulete AR, Aznar MA, Rouzaut A, Schalper KA, Jure-Kunkel M, Melero I. Abscopal Effects of Radiotherapy Are Enhanced by Combined Immunostimulatory mAbs and Are Dependent on CD8 T Cells and Crosspriming. Cancer Research 2016, 76: 5994-6005. PMID: 27550452, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-0549.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLNeoplasms, ExperimentalProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptor, Interferon alpha-betaRepressor ProteinsTumor MicroenvironmentTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9ConceptsAnti-CD137 mAbsCD8 T cellsEffector T cellsT cellsTumor lesionsMyeloid-derived suppressor cellsSelective depletion experimentsType I IFN systemTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesCombination of radiotherapyField of irradiationImmunostimulatory mAbsImmunotherapy combinationsIntracellular IFNγProimmune effectsContralateral tumorsSuppressor cellsDendritic cellsClinical evidenceRadiotherapy strategiesIrradiation regimenAntitumor effectsClinical developmentTumor siteEx vivo