2023
A bedside to bench study of anti-PD-1, anti-CD40, and anti-CSF1R indicates that more is not necessarily better
Djureinovic D, Weiss S, Krykbaeva I, Qu R, Vathiotis I, Moutafi M, Zhang L, Perdigoto A, Wei W, Anderson G, Damsky W, Hurwitz M, Johnson B, Schoenfeld D, Mahajan A, Hsu F, Miller-Jensen K, Kluger Y, Sznol M, Kaech S, Bosenberg M, Jilaveanu L, Kluger H. A bedside to bench study of anti-PD-1, anti-CD40, and anti-CSF1R indicates that more is not necessarily better. Molecular Cancer 2023, 22: 182. PMID: 37964379, PMCID: PMC10644655, DOI: 10.1186/s12943-023-01884-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable diseasePartial responseMacrophage populationsThree-drug regimenUnconfirmed partial responsePhase I trialLimited treatment optionsMonocyte/macrophage populationNon-classical monocytesMurine melanoma modelTreatment-related changesResultsThirteen patientsWorse survivalI trialInflammatory tumorPatient populationTreatment optionsImmune cellsDisease progressionMurine studiesPreclinical modelsResistant melanomaAntigen presentationMurine modelCyTOF analysis
2021
3D Model of the Early Melanoma Microenvironment Captures Macrophage Transition into a Tumor-Promoting Phenotype
Pizzurro GA, Liu C, Bridges K, Alexander AF, Huang A, Baskaran JP, Ramseier J, Bosenberg MW, Mak M, Miller-Jensen K. 3D Model of the Early Melanoma Microenvironment Captures Macrophage Transition into a Tumor-Promoting Phenotype. Cancers 2021, 13: 4579. PMID: 34572807, PMCID: PMC8471848, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13184579.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor-associated macrophagesMelanoma tumor microenvironmentTumor microenvironmentTumor-promoting phenotypeAnti-tumor activityImmunosuppressive stateDisease progressionCo-culture systemImmune responseImmune activitySecretion profileDirect cell-cell interactionsMelanoma tumorsStromal componentsMacrophage transitionStromal cellsTumor cellsMelanoma cells
2015
Assessing Host Immune Response to Dengue Virus Infection at Single‐Cell Resolution
Sulistijo E, Miller‐Jensen K. Assessing Host Immune Response to Dengue Virus Infection at Single‐Cell Resolution. The FASEB Journal 2015, 29 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.571.26.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDengue shock syndromeDENV infectionDengue hemorrhagic feverDengue virusImmune responseDHF/dengue shock syndromeDengue feverSevere dengue hemorrhagic feverLevels of cytokinesDengue virus infectionInfected cellsSignaling profilesImmune cell responsesHost immune responseHost immune systemMosquito-borne pathogenNon-infected cellsInflammatory cytokinesShock syndromeDisease progressionVirus infectionHemorrhagic feverTherapeutic targetImmune systemSuppress progression