[PDF][PDF] A cancer cell program promotes T cell exclusion and resistance to checkpoint blockade

…, RW Jenkins, R Thummalapalli, MS Kowalczyk… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) produce durable responses in some melanoma patients,
but many patients derive no clinical benefit, and the molecular underpinnings of such …

Neoantigen vaccine generates intratumoral T cell responses in phase Ib glioblastoma trial

…, L Li, PM Le, RL Allesøe, AR Richman, MS Kowalczyk… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Neoantigens, which are derived from tumour-specific protein-coding mutations, are exempt
from central tolerance, can generate robust immune responses 1 , 2 and can function as …

Systematic comparison of single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-sequencing methods

J Ding, X Adiconis, SK Simmons, MS Kowalczyk… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The scale and capabilities of single-cell RNA-sequencing methods have expanded rapidly
in recent years, enabling major discoveries and large-scale cell mapping efforts. However, …

The neuropeptide NMU amplifies ILC2-driven allergic lung inflammation

…, IM Chiu, BD Levy, MS Kowalczyk… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) both contribute to mucosal homeostasis and initiate
pathologic inflammation in allergic asthma. However, the signals that direct ILC2s to promote …

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals changes in cell cycle and differentiation programs upon aging of hematopoietic stem cells

MS Kowalczyk, I Tirosh, D Heckl, TN Rao… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
Both intrinsic cell state changes and variations in the composition of stem cell populations
have been implicated as contributors to aging. We used single-cell RNA-seq to dissect …

[PDF][PDF] A cellular taxonomy of the bone marrow stroma in homeostasis and leukemia

N Baryawno, D Przybylski, MS Kowalczyk, Y Kfoury… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Stroma is a poorly defined non-parenchymal component of virtually every organ with key roles
in organ development, homeostasis, and repair. Studies of the bone marrow stroma have …

Generation of mouse models of myeloid malignancy with combinatorial genetic lesions using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing

D Heckl, MS Kowalczyk, D Yudovich, R Belizaire… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Genome sequencing studies have shown that human malignancies often bear mutations in
four or more driver genes 1 , but it is difficult to recapitulate this degree of genetic complexity …

Decoding human fetal liver haematopoiesis

…, B Innes, S Lindsay, MJT Stubbington, MS Kowalczyk… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Definitive haematopoiesis in the fetal liver supports self-renewal and differentiation of
haematopoietic stem cells and multipotent progenitors (HSC/MPPs) but remains poorly defined in …

[HTML][HTML] A distinct gene module for dysfunction uncoupled from activation in tumor-infiltrating T cells

…, C Wang, L Cong, ND Marjanovic, MS Kowalczyk… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Reversing the dysfunctional T cell state that arises in cancer and chronic viral infections is
the focus of therapeutic interventions; however, current therapies are effective in only some …

Induction and transcriptional regulation of the co-inhibitory gene module in T cells

…, M Singer, J Nyman, ND Marjanovic, MS Kowalczyk… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The expression of co-inhibitory receptors, such as CTLA-4 and PD-1, on effector T cells is a
key mechanism for ensuring immune homeostasis. Dysregulated expression of co-inhibitory …