2022
Longitudinal single-cell analysis of a patient receiving adoptive cell therapy reveals potential mechanisms of treatment failure
Qu R, Kluger Y, Yang J, Zhao J, Hafler D, Krause D, Bersenev A, Bosenberg M, Hurwitz M, Lucca L, Kluger H. Longitudinal single-cell analysis of a patient receiving adoptive cell therapy reveals potential mechanisms of treatment failure. Molecular Cancer 2022, 21: 219. PMID: 36514045, PMCID: PMC9749221, DOI: 10.1186/s12943-022-01688-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyDisease ProgressionHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMelanomaReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSingle-Cell AnalysisTreatment FailureConceptsAdoptive cell therapySingle-cell analysisDepth single-cell analysisSingle-cell RNAACT productsDisease progressionT-cell receptor sequencingCell therapyFamily genesFeatures of exhaustionMultiple tumor typesCell expansionGenesNew clonotypesTIL preparationsClonal cell expansionCytokine therapyTreatment failureSerial bloodClonesEffector functionsSerial samplesTumor typesCellular therapyTherapyTCR-sequencing in cancer and autoimmunity: barcodes and beyond
Pauken KE, Lagattuta KA, Lu BY, Lucca LE, Daud AI, Hafler DA, Kluger HM, Raychaudhuri S, Sharpe AH. TCR-sequencing in cancer and autoimmunity: barcodes and beyond. Trends In Immunology 2022, 43: 180-194. PMID: 35090787, PMCID: PMC8882139, DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2022.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell receptorT cellsMolecular barcodesProgrammed Death-1 BlockadeTCR sequencesDeath-1 blockadeUnique TCR sequencesNaïve T cellsT cell functionCell divisionMolecular phenotypesBarcodesImmune responseAntigen specificitySingle cellsCell receptorCell functionRecent technological advancesCancerTCR dataCells
2018
Merkel cell polyomavirus-specific immune responses in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma receiving anti-PD-1 therapy
Miller NJ, Church CD, Fling SP, Kulikauskas R, Ramchurren N, Shinohara MM, Kluger HM, Bhatia S, Lundgren L, Cheever MA, Topalian SL, Nghiem P. Merkel cell polyomavirus-specific immune responses in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma receiving anti-PD-1 therapy. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2018, 6: 131. PMID: 30482247, PMCID: PMC6258401, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-018-0450-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBiomarkers, TumorB-LymphocytesCarcinoma, Merkel CellHumansImmunomodulationLymphocyte ActivationMerkel cell polyomavirusMolecular Targeted TherapyPolyomavirus InfectionsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-Cell Antigen Receptor SpecificityT-LymphocytesTreatment OutcomeTumor Virus InfectionsConceptsAnti-PD-1 therapyPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsB cell responsesCell responsesCell carcinomaT cellsDiverse T-cell responsePD-1 blockade therapyPre-treatment tumor biopsiesVirus-specific T cellsT-cell receptor clonalityVP-MCCCancer-specific immunityIntratumoral TCR repertoirePD-1 blockadeTumor-specific immunityT cell responsesBlood mononuclear cellsMerkel cell carcinomaAggressive skin cancerBackgroundMerkel cell carcinomaVirus-negative tumorsMerkel cell polyomavirusPresence of antigenMethodsImmune responses