Altered microRNA profiles in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid exosomes in asthmatic patients

…, PT Paredes, R Barbeau, S Hiltbrunner… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Asthma is characterized by increased airway narrowing in response to
nonspecific stimuli. The disorder is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. …

Synergistic induction of adaptive antitumor immunity by codelivery of antigen with α-galactosylceramide on exosomes

U Gehrmann, S Hiltbrunner, AM Georgoudaki… - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Exosomes and the invariant NKT (iNKT) immune cell ligand α-galactosylceramide (αGC)
may offer novel tools for cancer immunotherapy. In this study, we investigated whether …

[HTML][HTML] Exosomes from antigen-pulsed dendritic cells induce stronger antigen-specific immune responses than microvesicles in vivo

CJE Wahlund, G Güclüler, S Hiltbrunner… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EV), including exosomes and microvesicles (MV), represent a rapidly
expanding field of research with diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Although many …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic landscape of pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma tumours

S Hiltbrunner, Z Fleischmann, ES Sokol… - British Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Malignant pleural and peritoneal mesotheliomas are rare malignancies with
unacceptable poor prognoses and limited treatment options. The genomic landscape is mainly …

Harnessing the exosome-induced immune response for cancer immunotherapy

U Gehrmann, TI Näslund, S Hiltbrunner… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2014 - Elsevier
In recent years exosomes have emerged as potent stimulators of immune responses and as
agents for cancer therapy. Exosomes can carry a broad variety of immunostimulatory …

Designer exosomes as next-generation cancer immunotherapy

BM Bell, ID Kirk, S Hiltbrunner, S Gabrielsson… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Exosomes are small 40-120 nm vesicles secreted by nearly all cells and are an important
form of intercellular communication. Exosomes are abundant, stable, and highly bioavailable …

[HTML][HTML] CD39+PD-1+CD8+ T cells mediate metastatic dormancy in breast cancer

…, H Yagita, F Movahedian Attar, S Hiltbrunner… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Some breast tumors metastasize aggressively whereas others remain dormant for years.
The mechanism governing metastatic dormancy remains largely unknown. Through high-…

[HTML][HTML] Exosomal cancer immunotherapy is independent of MHC molecules on exosomes

S Hiltbrunner, P Larssen, M Eldh, MJ Martinez-Bravo… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Peptide-loaded exosomes are promising cancer treatment vehicles; however, moderate T
cell responses in human clinical trials indicate a need to further understand exosome-induced …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor immune microenvironment and genetic alterations in mesothelioma

S Hiltbrunner, L Mannarino, MB Kirschner… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare and fatal disease of the pleural lining. Up
to 80% of the MPM cases are linked to asbestos exposure. Even though its use has been …

[HTML][HTML] Urinary exosomes from bladder cancer patients show a residual cancer phenotype despite complete pathological downstaging

S Hiltbrunner, M Mints, M Eldh, R Rosenblatt… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Invasive urinary bladder cancer shows high recurrence rates after cystectomy even with
apparent complete downstaging at cystectomy. Exosomes are nano-sized vesicles important in …