2023
Use of stereotactic radiosurgery in treatment of brain metastases from pediatric extracranial solid tumors
Xu S, Campbell A, Chiang V, Bindra R, Vasquez J, Pashankar F. Use of stereotactic radiosurgery in treatment of brain metastases from pediatric extracranial solid tumors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2023, 70: e30303. PMID: 36975152, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRhabdomyosarcoma with isolated lung metastases: A report from the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee of the Children's Oncology Group
Vasquez J, Luo L, Hiniker S, Rhee D, Dasgupta R, Chen S, Weigel B, Xue W, Venkatramani R, Arndt C. Rhabdomyosarcoma with isolated lung metastases: A report from the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee of the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2023, 70: e30293. PMID: 36916768, PMCID: PMC10424503, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-free survivalMetastatic diseaseYears of ageOverall survivalOncology GroupLung metastasesExact testSoft Tissue Sarcoma CommitteeSuperior event-free survivalBetter survival outcomesKaplan-Meier methodChildren's Oncology GroupRisk stratification algorithmLog-rank testOutcome of childrenFisher's exact testN0 diseaseAggressive treatmentMetastatic rhabdomyosarcomaExtrapulmonary sitesMetastatic sitesExtremity tumorsSurvival outcomesEmbryonal histologyCOG protocols
2020
Risk associated alterations in marrow T cells in pediatric leukemia
Bailur JK, McCachren SS, Pendleton K, Vasquez JC, Lim H, Duffy A, Doxie D, Kaushal A, Foster C, DeRyckere D, Castellino S, Kemp ML, Qiu P, Dhodapkar M, Dhodapkar K. Risk associated alterations in marrow T cells in pediatric leukemia. JCI Insight 2020, 5: e140179. PMID: 32692727, PMCID: PMC7455136, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.140179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBone MarrowCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansInfantKiller Cells, NaturalLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMalePrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaReproducibility of ResultsRisk FactorsSingle-Cell AnalysisT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaNaive T cellsT cellsDisease riskChildhood leukemiaLymphoblastic leukemiaStem-like memory T cellsTerminal effector T cellsB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaChronic immune activationCell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaEffector T cellsMarrow T cellsMemory T cellsAcute myelogenous leukemiaEvidence of dysfunctionStem-like genesImmune signaturesNK cellsClinical featuresImmune environmentImmune landscapeImmune therapyImmune activationImmune microenvironment
2017
SOX2 immunity and tissue resident memory in children and young adults with glioma
Vasquez JC, Huttner A, Zhang L, Marks A, Chan A, Baehring JM, Kahle KT, Dhodapkar KM. SOX2 immunity and tissue resident memory in children and young adults with glioma. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2017, 134: 41-53. PMID: 28620836, PMCID: PMC7906294, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-017-2515-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAntigen-Presenting CellsB7-H1 AntigenBrain NeoplasmsCell ProliferationChildChild, PreschoolCytokinesFemaleFlow CytometryGliomaHumansInfantMaleMyeloid CellsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptors, ImmunologicRNA, Small InterferingSOXB1 Transcription FactorsT-LymphocytesTransfectionYoung AdultConceptsPediatric glial tumorsGlial tumorsT cellsExpression of SOX2Inhibitory checkpointsCD8/CD4 T cellsTissue-resident memory phenotypeTumor-infiltrating immune cellsTumor-infiltrating T cellsTumor cellsYoung adultsResident memory phenotypeTissue-resident memoryAnti-tumor immunityT cell immunityCD4 T cellsNatural killer cellsGlial tumor cellsNew antigenic targetsSingle-cell mass cytometryHigh mutation burdenStem cell antigenGlioma initiating cellsImmune checkpointsPD-1