Trial watch: Dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy for cancer

…, J Sprooten, I Vanmeerbeerk, DM Borras… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Dendritic cell (DC)-based vaccination for cancer treatment has seen considerable
development over recent decades. However, this field is currently in a state of flux toward niche-…

Uncoupling DNA damage from chromatin damage to detoxify doxorubicin

…, DPA Wander, DM Borràs… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The anthracycline doxorubicin (Doxo) and its analogs daunorubicin (Daun), epirubicin (Epi),
and idarubicin (Ida) have been cornerstones of anticancer therapy for nearly five decades. …

Multiomics and spatial mapping characterizes human CD8+ T cell states in cancer

S Naulaerts, A Datsi, DM Borras… - Science Translational …, 2023 - science.org
Clinically relevant immunological biomarkers that discriminate between diverse hypofunctional
states of tumor-associated CD8 + T cells remain disputed. Using multiomics analysis of …

Trial watch: chemotherapy-induced immunogenic cell death in oncology

…, J Govaerts, S Naulaerts, DM Borras… - …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Immunogenic cell death (ICD) refers to an immunologically distinct process of regulated cell
death that activates, rather than suppresses, innate and adaptive immune responses. Such …

CE‐MS‐based proteomics in biomarker discovery and clinical application

C Pontillo, S Filip, DM Borràs, W Mullen… - PROTEOMICS …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
CE‐MS is applied in clinical proteomics for both the identification of biomarkers of disease
and assessment of biomarkers in clinical diagnosis. The analysis is reproducible, fast, and …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive diagnostics of acute myeloid leukemia by whole transcriptome RNA sequencing

W Arindrarto, DM Borràs, RAL de Groen… - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is caused by genetic aberrations that also govern the prognosis
of patients and guide risk-adapted and targeted therapy. Genetic aberrations in AML are …

[HTML][HTML] The interface of tumour-associated macrophages with dying cancer cells in immuno-oncology

…, S Naulaerts, DM Borras, D Laoui, M Mazzone… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) are essential players in the tumour microenvironment
(TME) and modulate various pro-tumorigenic functions such as immunosuppression, …

[HTML][HTML] Peripherally-driven myeloid NFkB and IFN/ISG responses predict malignancy risk, survival, and immunotherapy regime in ovarian cancer

…, I Vanmeerbeek, DM Borras… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Tumors can influence peripheral immune macroenvironment, thereby creating
opportunities for non-invasive serum/plasma immunobiomarkers for immunostratification and …

Detecting PKD1 variants in polycystic kidney disease patients by single‐molecule long‐read sequencing

DM Borràs, RHAM Vossen, M Liem… - Human …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A genetic diagnosis of autosomal‐dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is challenging
due to allelic heterogeneity, high GC content, and homology of the PKD1 gene with six …

Early memory differentiation and cell death resistance in T cells predicts melanoma response to sequential anti-CTLA4 and anti-PD1 immunotherapy

I Vanmeerbeek, DM Borras, J Sprooten, O Bechter… - Genes & …, 2021 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockers (ICBs)-based immunotherapy has revolutionised oncology.
However, the benefits of ICBs are limited to only a subset of patients. Herein, the biomarkers-…