Functional landscapes of POLE and POLD1 mutations in checkpoint blockade-dependent antitumor immunity

…, CWR Fitzgerald, H Jiang, J Alektiar, TJ Alban… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Defects in pathways governing genomic fidelity have been linked to improved response to
immune checkpoint blockade therapy (ICB). Pathogenic POLE/POLD1 mutations can cause …

[PDF][PDF] Glioblastoma cancer stem cells evade innate immune suppression of self-renewal through reduced TLR4 expression

…, EE Mulkearns-Hubert, DJ Silver, JS Hale, TJ Alban… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Tumors contain hostile inflammatory signals generated by aberrant proliferation, necrosis,
and hypoxia. These signals are sensed and acted upon acutely by the Toll-like receptors (…

[HTML][HTML] Global immune fingerprinting in glioblastoma patient peripheral blood reveals immune-suppression signatures associated with prognosis

TJ Alban, AG Alvarado, MD Sorensen, D Bayik… - JCI insight, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains uniformly lethal, and despite a large accumulation of immune
cells in the microenvironment, there is limited antitumor immune response. To overcome …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets drive glioblastoma growth in a sex-specific manner

…, A Lauko, G Roversi, DC Watson, A Lo, TJ Alban… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
Sexual dimorphism at the level of MDSC subset prevalence, localization, and gene-expression
profile constitutes a therapeutic opportunity. Our results indicate that chemotherapy can …

[PDF][PDF] Increased incidence of venous thromboembolism with cancer immunotherapy

…, B Thapa, L Gervaso, BP Hobbs, W Wei, TJ Alban… - Med, 2021 - cell.com
Background Cancer immunotherapy is associated with several immune-related adverse
events, but the relationship between immunotherapy and venous thromboembolism has not …

[HTML][HTML] Glioblastoma myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets express differential macrophage migration inhibitory factor receptor profiles that can be targeted to …

TJ Alban, D Bayik, B Otvos, A Rabljenovic… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The application of tumor immunotherapy to glioblastoma (GBM) is limited by an unprecedented
degree of immune suppression due to factors that include high numbers of immune …

[HTML][HTML] Metronomic capecitabine as an immune modulator in glioblastoma patients reduces myeloid-derived suppressor cells

DM Peereboom, TJ Alban, MM Grabowski… - JCI insight, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are elevated in the circulation
of patients with glioblastoma (GBM), present in tumor tissue, and associated with poor …

[HTML][HTML] Cx26 drives self-renewal in triple-negative breast cancer via interaction with NANOG and focal adhesion kinase

…, A Demelash, C Saygin, A China, TJ Alban… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Tumors adapt their phenotypes during growth and in response to therapies through dynamic
changes in cellular processes. Connexin proteins enable such dynamic changes during …

ADAMDEC1 maintains a growth factor signaling loop in cancer stem cells

…, J Pugh, DJ Silver, D Bayik, G Roversi, TJ Alban… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Cancer stem cells (CSC) drive tumor growth in many cancers including GBM. We identified
a novel sheddase, ADAMDEC1, which initiates an FGF autocrine loop to promote stemness …

Preclinical modeling of surgery and steroid therapy for glioblastoma reveals changes in immunophenotype that are associated with tumor growth and outcome

B Otvos, TJ Alban, MM Grabowski, D Bayik… - Clinical cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Glioblastoma (GBM) immunotherapy clinical trials are generally initiated after
standard-of-care treatment—including surgical resection, perioperative high-dose steroid therapy…