2018
PD‐L1 methylation regulates PD‐L1 expression and is associated with melanoma survival
Micevic G, Thakral D, McGeary M, Bosenberg M. PD‐L1 methylation regulates PD‐L1 expression and is associated with melanoma survival. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2018, 32: 435-440. PMID: 30343532, PMCID: PMC6475614, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12745.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1 expressionDNA methylationPD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpointIndependent survival prognostic factorPD-L1 promoter methylationPD-L1 immune checkpointSurvival prognostic factorsPD-L1 promoterPromoter DNA methylationOverall survivalImmune checkpointsPrognostic factorsMelanoma patientsMelanoma survivalEpigenetic mechanismsTranscriptional phenotypeClinical importanceMelanomaCpG lociMethylationPromoter methylationSurvivalTherapeutic applicationsExpressionPatients
2016
A comprehensive system of congenic mouse melanoma models for evaluation of immune therapies
Bosenberg M, Meeth K, Damsky W. A comprehensive system of congenic mouse melanoma models for evaluation of immune therapies. The Journal Of Immunology 2016, 196: 144.19-144.19. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.196.supp.144.19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune therapyMouse modelImmune systemImmune checkpoint inhibitorsSubset of patientsRenal cell carcinomaMouse melanoma modelMouse melanoma cell lineCheckpoint inhibitorsMelanoma cell linesMelanoma patientsCell carcinomaLung cancerCancer immunologyMalignant melanomaProstate cancerTherapeutic approachesMelanoma modelSkin cancerHuman melanomaTherapyTumor microenvironmentCancerFlow cytometryPatients