Memory CD8+ T cell responses to cancer

…, N Khatwani, TG Searles, MJ Turk, CV Angeles - Seminars in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Long-lived memory CD8 + T cells play important roles in tumor immunity. Studies over the
past two decades have identified four subsets of memory CD8 + T cells - central, effector, stem-…

Resident memory T cells in the skin mediate durable immunity to melanoma

…, AK Molodtsov, JS Bowers, CV Angeles… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Tissue-resident memory T (T RM ) cells have been widely characterized in infectious disease
settings; however, their role in mediating immunity to cancer remains unknown. We report …

Resident and circulating memory T cells persist for years in melanoma patients with durable responses to immunotherapy

…, J Gui, C Cheng, MS Ernstoff, MJ Turk, CV Angeles - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
While T-cell responses to cancer immunotherapy have been avidly studied, long-lived
memory has been poorly characterized. In a cohort of metastatic melanoma survivors with …

[PDF][PDF] Resident memory CD8+ T cells in regional lymph nodes mediate immunity to metastatic melanoma

…, SL Wong, JD Phillips, K Shirai, CV Angeles… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
The nature of the anti-tumor immune response changes as primary tumors progress and
metastasize. We investigated the role of resident memory (Trm) and circulating memory (Tcirm) …

WNT signaling in the tumor microenvironment promotes immunosuppression in murine pancreatic cancer

…, X He, ES Carpenter, CV Angeles… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is associated with activation of WNT signaling.
Whether this signaling pathway regulates the tumor microenvironment has remained …

Frequent alterations and epigenetic silencing of differentiation pathway genes in structurally rearranged liposarcomas

BS Taylor, PL DeCarolis, CV Angeles, F Brenet… - Cancer discovery, 2011 - AACR
We explored diverse alterations contributing to liposarcomagenesis by sequencing the
genome, exome, transcriptome, and cytosine methylome of a primary and recurrent …

Immunotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma

CV Angeles, MS Sabel - Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive form of skin cancer which, while chemosensitive,
has high rates of relapse and chemoresistance, limiting the impact of chemotherapy. An …

Myeloid cells that impair immunotherapy are restored in melanomas with acquired resistance to BRAF inhibitors

…, BT Malik, TA Wood, A Boni, A Molodtsov, CV Angeles… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Acquired resistance to BRAF V600E inhibitors (BRAFi) in melanoma remains a common
clinical obstacle, as is the case for any targeted drug therapy that can be developed given the …

Expression profiling of liposarcoma yields a multigene predictor of patient outcome and identifies genes that contribute to liposarcomagenesis

RM Gobble, LX Qin, ER Brill, CV Angeles, S Ugras… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Liposarcomas are the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma but their genetics are poorly
defined. To identify genes that contribute to liposarcomagenesis and serve as prognostic …

VISTA expression on tumor-infiltrating inflammatory cells in primary cutaneous melanoma correlates with poor disease-specific survival

…, JL Fisher, C Cheng, RJ Noelle, CV Angeles… - Cancer Immunology …, 2018 - Springer
Adaptive immune responses contribute to the pathogenesis of melanoma by facilitating
immune evasion. V-domain Ig suppressor of T-cell activation (VISTA) is a potent negative …