[HTML][HTML] Eicosanoids in cancer: new roles in immunoregulation

AM Johnson, EK Kleczko, RA Nemenoff - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Eicosanoids represent a family of active biolipids derived from arachidonic acid primarily
through the action of cytosolic phospholipase A2-α. Three major downstream pathways have …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the complement pathway as a therapeutic strategy in lung cancer

EK Kleczko, JW Kwak, EL Schenk… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men and women. Lung adenocarcinoma
(LUAD), represents approximately 40% of all lung cancer cases. Advances in recent years, …

FGFR1 expression levels predict BGJ398 sensitivity of FGFR1-dependent head and neck squamous cell cancers

…, R Kirsten, D Boehm, W Vogel, EK Kleczko… - Clinical cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Purpose: FGFR1 copy-number gain (CNG) occurs in head and neck squamous cell cancers
(HNSCC) and is used for patient selection in FGFR-specific inhibitor clinical trials. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Durable responses to alectinib in murine models of EML4-ALK lung cancer requires adaptive immunity

EK Kleczko, TK Hinz, TT Nguyen, NJ Gurule… - NPJ Precision …, 2023 - nature.com
Lung cancers bearing oncogenic EML4-ALK fusions respond to targeted tyrosine kinase
inhibitors (TKIs; eg, alectinib), with variation in the degree of shrinkage and duration of …

[HTML][HTML] CD8+ T cells modulate autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease progression

EK Kleczko, KH Marsh, LC Tyler, SB Furgeson… - Kidney international, 2018 - Elsevier
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most prevalent inherited
nephropathy. To date, therapies alleviating the disease have largely focused on targeting …

Kinome RNAi screens reveal synergistic targeting of MTOR and FGFR1 pathways for treatment of lung cancer and HNSCC

KR Singleton, TK Hinz, EK Kleczko, LA Marek, J Kwak… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
The FGFR1 is a therapeutic target under investigation in multiple solid tumors and clinical
trials of selective tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) are underway. Treatment with a single TKI …

Tumor-intrinsic response to IFNγ shapes the tumor microenvironment and anti–PD-1 response in NSCLC

…, AM Johnson, JW Kwak, EK Kleczko… - Life science …, 2019 - life-science-alliance.org
Targeting PD-1/PD-L1 is only effective in ∼20% of lung cancer patients, but determinants of
this response are poorly defined. We previously observed differential responses of two …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer cell-intrinsic expression of MHC II in lung cancer cell lines is actively restricted by MEK/ERK signaling and epigenetic mechanisms

…, BL Bullock, RE Kaspar, EK Kleczko… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Programmed death 1/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) targeted
immunotherapy affords clinical benefit in~ 20% of unselected patients with lung cancer. The factor …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic reprogramming in a slowly developing orthologous model of polycystic kidney disease

K Hopp, EK Kleczko, BY Gitomer… - American Journal …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited
kidney disease and affects 1 in 1,000 individuals. There is accumulating evidence suggesting …

Nonamplified FGFR1 is a growth driver in malignant pleural mesothelioma

…, A Von Mässenhausen, KA Olszewski, EK Kleczko… - Molecular cancer …, 2014 - AACR
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is associated with asbestos exposure and is a cancer
that has not been significantly affected by small molecule-based targeted therapeutics. …