2017
Transplantation in the Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Aggressive Epidermotropic Cytotoxic CD8-Positive T-Cell Lymphoma
Cyrenne BM, Gibson JF, Subtil A, Girardi M, Isufi I, Seropian S, Foss F. Transplantation in the Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Aggressive Epidermotropic Cytotoxic CD8-Positive T-Cell Lymphoma. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2017, 18: e85-e93. PMID: 29223388, DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2017.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic stem cell transplantationT-cell lymphomaAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationNovel agentsPeripheral T-cell lymphomaPositive T-cell lymphomaDiagnosis of CD8Retrospective case seriesStandardized treatment strategyStem cell transplantationPotential curative therapyCourse of treatmentPromising treatment modalityHistone deacetylase inhibitorsSustained remissionCombination chemotherapyCurative therapyCase seriesPoor outcomeRare subtypeTreatment courseAvailable therapiesCell transplantationTreatment modalitiesTreatment strategiesSynergy of BCL2 and histone deacetylase inhibition against leukemic cells from cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patients
Cyrenne BM, Lewis JM, Weed JG, Carlson KR, Mirza FN, Foss FM, Girardi M. Synergy of BCL2 and histone deacetylase inhibition against leukemic cells from cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patients. Blood 2017, 130: 2073-2083. PMID: 28972015, PMCID: PMC5680613, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-06-792150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaB-cell lymphoma 2Advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphomaCutaneous T-cell lymphoma patientsHDAC inhibitionT-cell lymphoma patientsNovel BCL2 inhibitorPeripheral blood involvementAvailable systemic therapiesWorse clinical outcomesTreatment of patientsNon-Hodgkin lymphomaT-cell lymphomaCTCL cell linesPotential therapeutic targetHistone deacetylase inhibitionQuality of lifeHistone deacetylase inhibitorsBlood involvementSystemic therapyClinical outcomesTumor burdenLymphoma patientsCombination therapyBCL2 inhibitors
2012
Immunotherapy for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Modi B, Foss F, Edelson R, Girardi M. Immunotherapy for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma. Contemporary Hematology 2012, 307-316. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-170-7_18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCutaneous T-cell lymphomaT-cell lymphomaToll-like receptor agonistsEffector T cell activityImmune effector mechanismsT cell activityGoal of therapyCytokine-based therapiesHistone deacetylase inhibitorsClinical responseMost patientsImmunotherapeutic approachesInterleukin-12Receptor agonistEffector mechanismsInterleukin-2Therapeutic approachesImmune functionDeacetylase inhibitorsTherapyCTCLPatientsLymphomaAttractive targetImmunotherapy
2008
FDG-PET/CT for the Evaluation of Response to Therapy of Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma to Vorinostat (Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid, SAHA) in a Phase II Trial
Kuo PH, Carlson KR, Christensen I, Girardi M, Heald PW. FDG-PET/CT for the Evaluation of Response to Therapy of Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma to Vorinostat (Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid, SAHA) in a Phase II Trial. Molecular Imaging And Biology 2008, 10: 306-314. PMID: 18665425, DOI: 10.1007/s11307-008-0161-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaFDG PET/CTPhase II trialParticular positron emission tomographyT-cell lymphomaII trialNodal diseaseInitial PET/CT scanPET/CT scansEarly clinical trialsEvaluation of responseHistone deacetylase inhibitorsAlters gene transcriptionPositron emission tomographyFDG uptakeCutaneous lesionsFDG-PETPrognostic valueFuture trialsClinical trialsConclusionFurther studiesCell lymphomaCT scanDeacetylase inhibitorsHDAC inhibitors