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2. Tumor Dormancy and Cancer Stem Cells: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Kleffel, Sonja, Schatton, Tobias, Enderling, Heiko, editor, Almog, Nava, editor, and Hlatky, Lynn, editor
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- 2013
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3. Nestin depletion induces melanoma matrix metalloproteinases and invasion
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Lee, Chung-Wei, Zhan, Qian, Lezcano, Cecilia, Frank, Markus H, Huang, John, Larson, Allison R, Lin, Jennifer Y, Wan, Marilyn T, Lin, Ping-I, Ma, Jie, Kleffel, Sonja, Schatton, Tobias, Lian, Christine G, and Murphy, George F
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- 2014
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4. ESDR451 - Blockade of tumor cell-intrinsic PD-1 inhibits Merkel cell carcinoma growth
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Heppt, Markus, primary, Martins, Christina, primary, Rasbach, Erik, primary, Kleffel, Sonja, primary, Mucciarone, Kyla, primary, Brandenburg, Anne, primary, Thakuria, Manisha, primary, Rahbari, Nuh, primary, Murphy, George, primary, Ramsey, Matthew, primary, Barthel, Steven, primary, Posch, Christian, primary, and Schatton, Tobias, primary
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- 2022
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5. Merkel cell carcinoma expresses vasculogenic mimicry: demonstration in patients and experimental manipulation in xenografts
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Lezcano, Cecilia, Kleffel, Sonja, Lee, Nayoung, Larson, Allison R, Zhan, Qian, DoRosario, Andrew, Wang, Linda C, Schatton, Tobias, and Murphy, George F
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- 2014
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6. Interleukin-10+ Regulatory B Cells Arise Within Antigen-Experienced CD40+ B Cells to Maintain Tolerance to Islet Autoantigens
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Kleffel, Sonja, Vergani, Andrea, Tezza, Sara, Ben Nasr, Moufida, Niewczas, Monika A., Wong, Susan, Bassi, Roberto, D’Addio, Francesca, Schatton, Tobias, Abdi, Reza, Atkinson, Mark, Sayegh, Mohamed H., Wen, Li, Wasserfall, Clive H., O’Connor, Kevin C., and Fiorina, Paolo
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- 2015
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7. Tumor Dormancy and Cancer Stem Cells: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Kleffel, Sonja, primary and Schatton, Tobias, additional
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- 2012
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8. Modified CD4+ T-cell response in recipients of old cardiac allografts
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Denecke, Christian, Ge, Xupeng, Jurisch, Anke, Kleffel, Sonja, Kim, Irene K., Padera, Robert F., Weiland, Anne, Fiorina, Paolo, Pratschke, Johann, and Tullius, Stefan G.
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- 2012
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9. IL-21 Is an Antitolerogenic Cytokine of the Late-Phase Alloimmune Response
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Petrelli, Alessandra, Carvello, Michele, Vergani, Andrea, Lee, Kang Mi, Tezza, Sara, Du, Ming, Kleffel, Sonja, Chengwen, Liu, Mfarrej, Bechara G., Hwu, Patrick, Secchi, Antonio, Leonard, Warren J., Young, Deborah, Sayegh, Mohamed H., Markmann, James F., Zajac, Allan J., and Fiorina, Paolo
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- 2011
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10. Funktionelle Charakterisierung von Tumorzell-exprimiertem PD-1 in der Karzinogenese und antitumoralen Immunabwehr
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Kleffel, Sonja Beate
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ddc:570 ,Merkelzellkarzinom ,Melanom - Abstract
Melanoma and Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) are highly aggressive cancers of the skin that frequently escape immune recognition and acquire resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, which poses a major obstacle to successful cancer treatment. Recently, a new class of therapeutics targeting the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint receptor has shown remarkable efficacy in the treatment of both cancers. Blockade of PD-1 on T cells activates cancer-specific immune responses that can mediate tumor regression. The data presented in this Ph.D. thesis demonstrates that PD-1 is also expressed by subsets of cancer cells in melanoma and MCC. Moreover, this work identifies PD-1 as a novel tumor cell-intrinsic growth receptor, even in the absence of T cell immunity. PD-1 is expressed by tumorigenic cell subsets in melanoma patient samples and established human and murine cell lines that also co-express ABCB5, a marker of immunoregulatory tumor- initiating cells in melanoma. Consistently, melanoma-expressed PD-1 downmodulates T effector cell functions and increases the intratumoral frequency of tolerogenic myeloid- derived suppressor cells. PD-1 inhibition on melanoma cells by RNA interference, blocking antibodies, or mutagenesis of melanoma-PD-1 signaling motifs suppresses tumor growth in immunocompetent, immunocompromised, and PD-1-deficient tumor graft recipient mice. Conversely, melanoma-specific PD-1 overexpression enhances tumorigenicity, including in mice lacking adaptive immunity. Engagement of melanoma- PD-1 by its ligand PD-L1 promotes tumor growth, whereas melanoma-PD-L1 inhibition or knockout of host-PD-L1 attenuates growth of PD-1-positive melanomas. Mechanistically, the melanoma-PD-1 receptor activates mTOR signaling mediators, including ribosomal protein S6. In a proof-of-concept study, tumoral expression of phospho-S6 in pretreatment tumor biopsies correlated with clinical responses to anti-PD-1 therapy in melanoma patients. In MCC, PD-1 is similarly co-expressed by ABCB5+ cancer cell subsets in clinical tumor specimens and established human cell lines. ABCB5 renders MCC cells resistant to the standard-of-care chemotherapeutic agents, carboplatin and etoposide. Antibody-mediated ABCB5 blockade reverses chemotherapy resistance and inhibits tumor xenograft growth by enhancing chemotherapy-induced tumor cell killing. Furthermore, engagement of MCC-expressed PD-1 by its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2, promotes proliferation and activates MCC-intrinsic mTOR signaling. Consistently, antibody- mediated PD-1 blockade inhibits MCC tumor xenograft growth and phosphorylation of mTOR effectors in immunocompromised mice. In summary, these findings identify cancer cell-intrinsic functions of the PD-1 pathway in tumorigenesis and suggest that blocking melanoma- and MCC-expressed PD-1 might contribute to the striking clinical efficacy of anti-PD-1 therapy. Additionally, these results establish ABCB5 as a previously unrecognized chemoresistance mechanism in MCC., Das Melanom und das Merkelzellkarzinom (MZK) sind auttumoren neuroendokrinen Ursprungs, die sich durch ein besonders aggressives Wachstum auszeichnen. Melanome und MZK entgehen häufig der antitumoralen Immunabwehr und erwerben Resistenzen gegen Chemotherapeutika, was eine erfolgreiche Behandlung der betroffenen Patienten erschwert. In klinischen Studien hat eine neue Klasse von therapeutischen Antikörpern, die den Immun-Checkpoint Rezeptor PD-1 (Programmed Cell Death-1) inhibieren, hohe Ansprechraten und dauerhafte Remissionen bei Melanom- und MZK-Patienten erzielt. Die Blockade des PD-1 Rezeptors auf T-Zellen reaktiviert autologe Immunreaktionen gegen Tumorzellen, die zur Reduktion des Tumors führen können. Die vorgelegte Dissertation zeigt, dass Subpopulationen von Melanom- und MZK-Zellen PD-1 exprimieren, und dass die Aktivierung von Tumorzell-intrinsischem PD-1 einen pro-tumorigenen Mechanismus darstellt, einschliesslich in T-Zell-defizienten Mäusen. In Biopsien von Melanom-Patienten, sowie in humanen und murinen Melanom-Zelllinien wird PD-1 präferentiell von tumorigenen, immunregulatorischen, ABCB5+ Melanom-Stammzellen exprimiert. PD-1+ Melanomzellen hemmen die Aktivität von Effektor-T-Zellen und erhöhen die Anzahl der tolerogenen myeloiden Suppressorzellen im Tumor. Die Inhibierung des PD-1 Rezeptors auf Melanomzellen durch RNA-Interferenz, blockierende Antikörper oder Mutagenese der intrazellulären Signalmotive des PD-1 Proteins unterdrückt das Melanom-Wachstum in immunkompetenten, immunsupprimierten und PD-1-defizienten Mäusen. Umgekehrt führt die Melanom-spezifische Überexpression von PD-1 zu einem signifikant erhöhtem Tumorwachstum, sogar in immunsupprimierten Mäusen. Die Aktivierung des PD-1 Rezeptors auf Melanomzellen durch die Bindung seines Liganden, PD-L1, fördert das Tumorwachstum, während das protumorigene Potential von PD-1-positiven Melanomzellen durch die Inhibierung von PD-L1 auf Melanomzellen, sowie in PD-L1-defizienten Mäusen, gehemmt wird. In Melanomzellen aktiviert der PD-1 Rezeptor den mTOR Signaltransduktionsweg, einschließlich des Effektormoleküls ribosomales Protein S6. In einer Teststudie korrelierte die Expression des Phospho-S6 Proteins in Melanomzellen aus Biopsien, die vor Gabe der Immuntherapie entnommen wurden, mit den Ansprechraten der Melanom Patienten auf die Behandlung mit PD-1-Antikörpern. Auch in Biopsien von MZK-Patienten und in etablierten humanen MZK-Zelllinien wird PD-1 präferentiell von ABCB5+ Subpopulationen exprimiert. Im MZK vermittelt der ABCB5-Membrantransporter Resistenzen gegenüber den Zytostatika Carboplatin und Etoposid. Die Antikörper-vermittelte Blockade des ABCB5-Transporters sensibilisiert MZK-Zellen für die Carboplatin- und Etoposid-vermittelte Apoptose, was zu einer signifikanten Reduktion des experimentellen Tumorwachstums führt. Ähnlich wie im Melanom fördert die Bindung des PD-1 Rezeptors auf MZK Zellen durch seine Liganden, PD-L1 und PD-L2, deren Proliferation und die intrazelluläre Aktivierung der mTORSignalkaskade. Entsprechend führt die antikörper-vermittelte Blockade von PD-1 zur Inhibierung des MZK-Tumorwachstums in immunsupprimierten Mäusen und zu einer reduzierten Phosphorylierung von mTOR Effektormolekülen. Zusammenfassend konnte in der vorliegenden Dissertation gezeigt werden, dass Subpopulationen von Melanom- und MZK-Zellen PD-1 exprimieren, und dass Tumorzell-intrinsische PD-1-Funktionen das Krebswachstum fördern. Diese Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die Blockade des PD-1-Rezeptors auf Tumorzellen zu der klinischen Wirksamkeit der anti-PD-1 Therapie beitragen könnte. Darüber hinaus konnte ABCB5 als neuer Chemoresistenz-Mechanismus in MZK identifiziert werden.
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11. ABCB5-Targeted chemoresistance reversal inhibits merkel cell carcinoma growth
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Kleffel, Sonja, Lee, Nayoung, Lezcano, Cecilia, Wilson, Brian, Sobolewski, Kristine, Saab, Karim, Mueller, Hansgeorg, Zhan, Qian, Posch, Christian, Elco, Christopher, DoRosario, Andrew, Garcia, Sarah, Thakuria, Manisha, Wang, Yaoyu, Wang, Linda, Murphy, George, Frank, Markus, Schatton, Tobias, Kleffel, Sonja, Lee, Nayoung, Lezcano, Cecilia, Wilson, Brian, Sobolewski, Kristine, Saab, Karim, Mueller, Hansgeorg, Zhan, Qian, Posch, Christian, Elco, Christopher, DoRosario, Andrew, Garcia, Sarah, Thakuria, Manisha, Wang, Yaoyu, Wang, Linda, Murphy, George, Frank, Markus, and Schatton, Tobias
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Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a highly aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer with profound but poorly understood resistance to chemotherapy, which poses a significant barrier to clinical MCC treatment. Here we show that ATP-binding cassette member B5 (ABCB5) confers resistance to standard-of-care MCC chemotherapeutic agents and provide proof-of-principle that ABCB5 blockade can inhibit human MCC tumor growth through sensitization to drug-induced cell cytotoxicity. ABCB5 expression was detected in both established MCC lines and clinical MCC specimens at levels significantly higher than those in normal skin. Carboplatin- and etoposide-resistant MCC cell lines exhibited increased expression of ABCB5, along with enhanced ABCB1 and ABCC3 transcript expression. ABCB5-expressing MCC cells in heterogeneous cancers preferentially survived treatment with carboplatin and etoposide in vitro and in human MCC xenograft-bearing mice in vivo. Moreover, patients with MCC also exhibited enhanced ABCB5 positivity after carboplatin- and etoposide-based chemotherapy, pointing to clinical significance of this chemoresistance mechanism. Importantly, ABCB5 blockade reversed MCC drug resistance and impaired tumor growth in xenotransplantation models in vivo. Our results establish ABCB5 as a chemoresistance mechanism in MCC and suggest utility of this molecular target for improved MCC therapy.
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- 2016
12. ABCB5-Targeted Chemoresistance Reversal Inhibits Merkel Cell Carcinoma Growth
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Kleffel, Sonja, primary, Lee, Nayoung, additional, Lezcano, Cecilia, additional, Wilson, Brian J., additional, Sobolewski, Kristine, additional, Saab, Karim R., additional, Mueller, Hansgeorg, additional, Zhan, Qian, additional, Posch, Christian, additional, Elco, Christopher P., additional, DoRosario, Andrew, additional, Garcia, Sarah S., additional, Thakuria, Manisha, additional, Wang, Yaoyu E., additional, Wang, Linda C., additional, Murphy, George F., additional, Frank, Markus H., additional, and Schatton, Tobias, additional
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- 2016
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13. ABCB5 Identifies Immunoregulatory Dermal Cells
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Schatton, Tobias, Yang, Jun, Kleffel, Sonja, Uehara, Mayuko, Barthel, Steven R, Schlapbach, Christoph, Zhan, Qian, Dudeney, Stephen, Mueller, Hansgeorg, Lee, Nayoung, de Vries, Juliane C, Meier, Barbara, Vander Beken, Seppe, Kluth, Mark M, Ganss, Christoph, Sharpe, Arlene H, Waaga-Gasser, Ana Maria, Sayegh, Mohamed H, Abdi, Reza, Scharffetter-Kochanek, Karin, Murphy, George F, Kupper, Thomas S, Frank, Natasha Y, Frank, Markus H, Schatton, Tobias, Yang, Jun, Kleffel, Sonja, Uehara, Mayuko, Barthel, Steven R, Schlapbach, Christoph, Zhan, Qian, Dudeney, Stephen, Mueller, Hansgeorg, Lee, Nayoung, de Vries, Juliane C, Meier, Barbara, Vander Beken, Seppe, Kluth, Mark M, Ganss, Christoph, Sharpe, Arlene H, Waaga-Gasser, Ana Maria, Sayegh, Mohamed H, Abdi, Reza, Scharffetter-Kochanek, Karin, Murphy, George F, Kupper, Thomas S, Frank, Natasha Y, and Frank, Markus H
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Cell-based strategies represent a new frontier in the treatment of immune-mediated disorders. However, the paucity of markers for isolation of molecularly defined immunomodulatory cell populations poses a barrier to this field. Here, we show that ATP-binding cassette member B5 (ABCB5) identifies dermal immunoregulatory cells (DIRCs) capable of exerting therapeutic immunoregulatory functions through engagement of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1). Purified Abcb5+ DIRCs suppressed T cell proliferation, evaded immune rejection, homed to recipient immune tissues, and induced Tregs in vivo. In fully major-histocompatibility-complex-mismatched cardiac allotransplantation models, allogeneic DIRCs significantly prolonged allograft survival. Blockade of DIRC-expressed PD-1 reversed the inhibitory effects of DIRCs on T cell activation, inhibited DIRC-dependent Treg induction, and attenuated DIRC-induced prolongation of cardiac allograft survival, indicating that DIRC immunoregulatory function is mediated, at least in part, through PD-1. Our results identify ABCB5+ DIRCs as a distinct immunoregulatory cell population and suggest promising roles of this expandable cell subset in cellular immunotherapy. Schatton et al. identify ABCB5 as a marker of dermal cells in mammalian skin that possess immunoregulatory functions, through engagement of the immune checkpoint molecule PD-1. ABCB5-positive cells, when administered to recipients of heart transplants in preclinical models, prolong graft survival, suggesting promising roles of this cell subset in cellular immunotherapy.
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14. Modified CD4+ T-cell response in recipients of old cardiac allografts
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Denecke, Christian, Ge, Xupeng, Jurisch, Anke, Kleffel, Sonja, Kim, Irene K., Padera, Robert F., Weiland, Anne, Fiorina, Paolo, Pratschke, Johann, and Tullius, Stefan G.
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15. Combined Inhibition of MEK and Plk1 Has Synergistic Antitumor Activity in NRAS Mutant Melanoma
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Posch, Christian, primary, Cholewa, Brian D., additional, Vujic, Igor, additional, Sanlorenzo, Martina, additional, Ma, Jeffrey, additional, Kim, Sarasa T., additional, Kleffel, Sonja, additional, Schatton, Tobias, additional, Rappersberger, Klemens, additional, Gutteridge, Rosie, additional, Ahmad, Nihal, additional, and Ortiz-Urda, Susana, additional
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- 2015
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16. ABCB5 Identifies Immunoregulatory Dermal Cells
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Schatton, Tobias, primary, Yang, Jun, additional, Kleffel, Sonja, additional, Uehara, Mayuko, additional, Barthel, Steven R., additional, Schlapbach, Christoph, additional, Zhan, Qian, additional, Dudeney, Stephen, additional, Mueller, Hansgeorg, additional, Lee, Nayoung, additional, de Vries, Juliane C., additional, Meier, Barbara, additional, Vander Beken, Seppe, additional, Kluth, Mark A., additional, Ganss, Christoph, additional, Sharpe, Arlene H., additional, Waaga-Gasser, Ana Maria, additional, Sayegh, Mohamed H., additional, Abdi, Reza, additional, Scharffetter-Kochanek, Karin, additional, Murphy, George F., additional, Kupper, Thomas S., additional, Frank, Natasha Y., additional, and Frank, Markus H., additional
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- 2015
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17. Melanoma Cell-Intrinsic PD-1 Receptor Functions Promote Tumor Growth
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Kleffel, Sonja, primary, Posch, Christian, additional, Barthel, Steven R., additional, Mueller, Hansgeorg, additional, Schlapbach, Christoph, additional, Guenova, Emmanuella, additional, Elco, Christopher P., additional, Lee, Nayoung, additional, Juneja, Vikram R., additional, Zhan, Qian, additional, Lian, Christine G., additional, Thomi, Rahel, additional, Hoetzenecker, Wolfram, additional, Cozzio, Antonio, additional, Dummer, Reinhard, additional, Mihm, Martin C., additional, Flaherty, Keith T., additional, Frank, Markus H., additional, Murphy, George F., additional, Sharpe, Arlene H., additional, Kupper, Thomas S., additional, and Schatton, Tobias, additional
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- 2015
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18. Interleukin-10+ Regulatory B Cells Arise Within Antigen-Experienced CD40+ B Cells to Maintain Tolerance to Islet Autoantigens
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Kleffel, Sonja, primary, Vergani, Andrea, additional, Tezza, Sara, additional, Ben Nasr, Moufida, additional, Niewczas, Monika A., additional, Wong, Susan, additional, Bassi, Roberto, additional, D’Addio, Francesca, additional, Schatton, Tobias, additional, Abdi, Reza, additional, Atkinson, Mark, additional, Sayegh, Mohamed H., additional, Wen, Li, additional, Wasserfall, Clive H., additional, O’Connor, Kevin C., additional, and Fiorina, Paolo, additional
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- 2014
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19. Expression of MDR‐transporter, ABCB5, in Merkel cell carcinoma
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Lezcano, Cecilia, primary, Kleffel, Sonja, additional, Laga, Alvaro C, additional, Zhan, Qian, additional, DoRosario, Andrew, additional, Frank, Markus H, additional, Wang, Linda, additional, Murphy, George F, additional, and Schatton, Tobias, additional
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- 2013
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20. Long-Term Heart Transplant Survival by Targeting the Ionotropic Purinergic Receptor P2X7
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Vergani, Andrea, primary, Tezza, Sara, additional, D’Addio, Francesca, additional, Fotino, Carmen, additional, Liu, Kaifeng, additional, Niewczas, Monika, additional, Bassi, Roberto, additional, Molano, R. Damaris, additional, Kleffel, Sonja, additional, Petrelli, Alessandra, additional, Soleti, Antonio, additional, Ammirati, Enrico, additional, Frigerio, Maria, additional, Visner, Gary, additional, Grassi, Fabio, additional, Ferrero, Maria E., additional, Corradi, Domenico, additional, Abdi, Reza, additional, Ricordi, Camillo, additional, Sayegh, Mohamed H., additional, Pileggi, Antonello, additional, and Fiorina, Paolo, additional
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- 2013
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21. Loss of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Is an Epigenetic Hallmark of Melanoma
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Lian, Christine Guo, primary, Xu, Yufei, additional, Ceol, Craig, additional, Wu, Feizhen, additional, Larson, Allison, additional, Dresser, Karen, additional, Xu, Wenqi, additional, Tan, Li, additional, Hu, Yeguang, additional, Zhan, Qian, additional, Lee, Chung-wei, additional, Hu, Di, additional, Lian, Bill Q., additional, Kleffel, Sonja, additional, Yang, Yijun, additional, Neiswender, James, additional, Khorasani, Abraham J., additional, Fang, Rui, additional, Lezcano, Cecilia, additional, Duncan, Lyn M., additional, Scolyer, Richard A., additional, Thompson, John F., additional, Kakavand, Hojabr, additional, Houvras, Yariv, additional, Zon, Leonard I., additional, Mihm, Martin C., additional, Kaiser, Ursula B., additional, Schatton, Tobias, additional, Woda, Bruce A., additional, Murphy, George F., additional, and Shi, Yujiang G., additional
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- 2012
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22. Interleukin-10+ Regulatory B Cells Arise Within Antigen-Experienced CD40+ B Cells to Maintain Tolerance to Islet Autoantigens.
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Kleffel, Sonja, Vergani, Andrea, Tezza, Sara, Ben Nasr, Moufida, Niewczas, Monika A., Wong, Susan, Bassi, Roberto, D'Addio, Francesca, Schatton, Tobias, Abdi, Reza, Atkinson, Mark, Sayegh, Mohamed H., Li Wen, Wasserfall, Clive H., O'Connor, Kevin C., and Fiorina, Paolo
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B cells , *AUTOIMMUNE diseases , *LABORATORY mice , *OBESE-hyperglycemic syndrome , *T cells - Abstract
Impaired regulatory B cell (Breg) responses are associated with several autoimmune diseases in humans; however, the role of Bregs in type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains unclear. We hypothesized that naturally occurring, interleukin-10 (IL-10)-producing Bregs maintain tolerance to islet autoantigens, and that hyperglycemic nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice and T1D patients lack these potent negative regulators. IgVH transcriptome analysis revealed that islet-infiltrating B cells in long-term normoglycemic (Lnglc) NOD, which are naturally protected from diabetes, are more antigen-experienced and possess more diverse B-cell receptor repertoires compared to those of hyperglycemic (Hglc) mice. Importantly, increased levels of Breg-promoting CD40+ B cells and IL-10-producing B cells were found within islets of Lnglc compared to Hglc NOD. Likewise, healthy individuals showed increased frequencies of both CD40+ and IL-10+ B cells compared to T1D patients. Rituximab-mediated B-cell depletion followed by adoptive transfer of B cells from Hglc mice induced hyperglycemia in Lnglc human CD20 transgenic NOD mouse models. Importantly, both murine and human IL-10+ B cells significantly abrogated T-cell-mediated responses to self- or islet-specific peptides ex vivo. Together, our data suggest that antigen-matured Bregs may maintain tolerance to islet autoantigens by selectively suppressing autoreactive T-cell responses, and that Hglc mice and individuals with T1D lack this population of Bregs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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23. Modified CD4+ T-cell response in recipients of old cardiac allografts.
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Denecke, Christian, Ge, Xupeng, Jurisch, Anke, Kleffel, Sonja, Kim, Irene K., Padera, Robert F., Weiland, Anne, Fiorina, Paolo, Pratschke, Johann, and Tullius, Stefan G.
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T cells ,HOMOGRAFTS ,ORGAN donors ,IMMUNE response ,ORGAN donation - Abstract
Summary With an increasing demand, organs from elderly donors are more frequently utilized for transplantation. Herein, we analyzed the impact of donor age on CD4
+ T-cell responses with regard to regulatory and effector mechanisms. Young (3 months) BM12 recipients were engrafted with young or old (18 months) B6 cardiac allografts. Systemic CD4+ T-cell responses and intragraft changes were monitored and compared to age-matched syngenic transplant controls. While elderly, nonmanipulated hearts contained significantly elevated frequencies of donor-derived leukocytes prior to transplantation, allograft survival was age-independent. T-cell activation, however, was delayed and associated with a compromised immune response in mixed lymphocyte cultures (MLR; P = 0.0002) early after transplantation (day 14). During the time course after transplantation, recipients of old grafts demonstrated an augmented immune response as shown by significantly higher frequencies of activated CD4+ T-cells and a stronger in vitro alloreactivity (MLR; ELISPOT; P < 0.01). In parallel, frequencies of regulatory T-cells had increased systemically and overall fewer CD4+ T-cells were detected intragraft. Interestingly, changes in the CD4+ T-cell response were not reflected by graft morphology. Of note, transplantation of young and old syngenic hearts did not show age-related differences of the CD4+ T-cells response suggesting that old grafts can recover from a period of short cold ischemia time. Our data suggest that donor age is associated with an augmented CD4+ T-cells response which did not affect graft survival in our model. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the immune response following the engraftment of older donor organs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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24. Nestin depletion induces melanoma matrix metalloproteinases and invasion
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Lee, Chung-Wei, Zhan, Qian, Lezcano, Cecilia, Frank, Markus H., Huang, John, Larson, Allison, Lin, Jennifer Y., Wan, Marilyn T., Lin, Ping-I, Ma, Jie, Kleffel, Sonja, Schatton, Tobias, Lian, Christine G., and Murphy, George F.
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FAK ,invasion ,matrix metalloproteinase ,melanoma ,nestin ,TGF-β - Abstract
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are key biological mediators of processes as diverse as wound healing, embryogenesis, and cancer progression. Although MMPs may be induced through multiple signaling pathways, the precise mechanisms for their regulation in cancer are incompletely understood. Because cytoskeletal changes are known to accompany MMP expression, we sought to examine the potential role of the poorly understood cytoskeletal protein, nestin, in modulating melanoma MMPs. Nestin knockdown (KD) upregulated expression of specific MMPs and MMP-dependent invasion both through extracellular matrix barriers in vitro and in peritumoral connective tissue of xenografts in vivo. Development of 3-dimensionsal melanospheres that in vitro partially recapitulate non-invasive tumorigenic melanoma growth was inhibited by nestin KD, although ECM invasion by aberrant melanospheres that did form was enhanced. Mechanistically, nestin KD-dependent melanoma invasion was associated with intracellular redistribution of phosphorylated focal adhesion kinase (pFAK) and increased melanoma cell responsiveness to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β), both implicated in pathways of melanoma invasion. The results suggest that the heretofore poorly understood intermediate filament, nestin, may serve as a novel mediator of MMPs critical to melanoma virulence.
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25. Melanoma Cell-Intrinsic PD-1 Receptor Functions Promote Tumor Growth
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Frank, Markus H, Barthel, Steven R, Schatton, Tobias, Guenova, Emmanuella, Hoetzenecker, Wolfram, Kleffel, Sonja, Dummer, Reinhard, Posch, Christian, Flaherty, Keith T, Elco, Christopher P, Thomi, Rahel, Lee, Nayoung, Cozzio, Antonio, Murphy, George F, Schlapbach, Christoph, Juneja, Vikram R, Kupper, Thomas S, Mihm, Martin C, Zhan, Qian, Sharpe, Arlene H, Lian, Christine G, and Mueller, Hansgeorg
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610 Medicine & health ,neoplasms ,3. Good health - Abstract
Therapeutic antibodies targeting programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) activate tumor-specific immunity and have shown remarkable efficacy in the treatment of melanoma. Yet, little is known about tumor cell-intrinsic PD-1 pathway effects. Here, we show that murine and human melanomas contain PD-1-expressing cancer subpopulations and demonstrate that melanoma cell-intrinsic PD-1 promotes tumorigenesis, even in mice lacking adaptive immunity. PD-1 inhibition on melanoma cells by RNAi, blocking antibodies, or mutagenesis of melanoma-PD-1 signaling motifs suppresses tumor growth in immunocompetent, immunocompromised, and PD-1-deficient tumor graft recipient mice. Conversely, melanoma-specific PD-1 overexpression enhances tumorigenicity, as does engagement of melanoma-PD-1 by its ligand, PD-L1, whereas melanoma-PD-L1 inhibition or knockout of host-PD-L1 attenuate growth of PD-1-positive melanomas. Mechanistically, the melanoma-PD-1 receptor modulates downstream effectors of mTOR signaling. Our results identify melanoma cell-intrinsic functions of the PD-1:PD-L1 axis in tumor growth and suggest that blocking melanoma-PD-1 might contribute to the striking clinical efficacy of anti-PD-1 therapy.
26. ABCB5 Identifies Immunoregulatory Dermal Cells
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Vander Beken, Seppe, Kluth, Mark A, Sharpe, Arlene H, Lee, Nayoung, Abdi, Reza, Kupper, Thomas S, Barthel, Steven R, Schatton, Tobias, Dudeney, Stephen, Ganss, Christoph, Schlapbach, Christoph, Frank, Natasha Y, Mueller, Hansgeorg, Murphy, George F, Waaga-Gasser, Ana Maria, De Vries, Juliane C, Zhan, Qian, Sayegh, Mohamed H, Meier, Barbara, Kleffel, Sonja, Uehara, Mayuko, Frank, Markus H, Yang, Jun, and Scharffetter-Kochanek, Karin
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Cell-based strategies represent a new frontier in the treatment of immune-mediated disorders. However, the paucity of markers for isolation of molecularly defined immunomodulatory cell populations poses a barrier to this field. Here, we show that ATP-binding cassette member B5 (ABCB5) identifies dermal immunoregulatory cells (DIRCs) capable of exerting therapeutic immunoregulatory functions through engagement of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1). Purified Abcb5(+) DIRCs suppressed T cell proliferation, evaded immune rejection, homed to recipient immune tissues, and induced Tregs in vivo. In fully major-histocompatibility-complex-mismatched cardiac allotransplantation models, allogeneic DIRCs significantly prolonged allograft survival. Blockade of DIRC-expressed PD-1 reversed the inhibitory effects of DIRCs on T cell activation, inhibited DIRC-dependent Treg induction, and attenuated DIRC-induced prolongation of cardiac allograft survival, indicating that DIRC immunoregulatory function is mediated, at least in part, through PD-1. Our results identify ABCB5(+) DIRCs as a distinct immunoregulatory cell population and suggest promising roles of this expandable cell subset in cellular immunotherapy.
27. ABCB5-Targeted chemoresistance reversal inhibits merkel cell carcinoma growth
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Kleffel, Sonja, Lee, Nayoung, Lezcano, Cecilia, Wilson, Brian, Sobolewski, Kristine, Saab, Karim, Mueller, Hansgeorg, Zhan, Qian, Posch, Christian, Elco, Christopher, DoRosario, Andrew, Garcia, Sarah, Thakuria, Manisha, Wang, Yaoyu, Wang, Linda, Murphy, George, Frank, Markus, Schatton, Tobias, Kleffel, Sonja, Lee, Nayoung, Lezcano, Cecilia, Wilson, Brian, Sobolewski, Kristine, Saab, Karim, Mueller, Hansgeorg, Zhan, Qian, Posch, Christian, Elco, Christopher, DoRosario, Andrew, Garcia, Sarah, Thakuria, Manisha, Wang, Yaoyu, Wang, Linda, Murphy, George, Frank, Markus, and Schatton, Tobias
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Kleffel, S., Lee, N., Lezcano, C., Wilson, B. J., Sobolewski, K., Saab, K. R., ... & DoRosario, A. (2016). ABCB5-Targeted Chemoresistance Reversal Inhibits Merkel Cell Carcinoma Growth. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 136(4), 838-846. Available here
28. ABCB5 Identifies Immunoregulatory Dermal Cells
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Schatton, Tobias, Yang, Jun, Kleffel, Sonja, Uehara, Mayuko, Barthel, Steven R, Schlapbach, Christoph, Zhan, Qian, Dudeney, Stephen, Mueller, Hansgeorg, Lee, Nayoung, de Vries, Juliane C, Meier, Barbara, Vander Beken, Seppe, Kluth, Mark M, Ganss, Christoph, Sharpe, Arlene H, Waaga-Gasser, Ana Maria, Sayegh, Mohamed H, Abdi, Reza, Scharffetter-Kochanek, Karin, Murphy, George F, Kupper, Thomas S, Frank, Natasha Y, Frank, Markus H, Schatton, Tobias, Yang, Jun, Kleffel, Sonja, Uehara, Mayuko, Barthel, Steven R, Schlapbach, Christoph, Zhan, Qian, Dudeney, Stephen, Mueller, Hansgeorg, Lee, Nayoung, de Vries, Juliane C, Meier, Barbara, Vander Beken, Seppe, Kluth, Mark M, Ganss, Christoph, Sharpe, Arlene H, Waaga-Gasser, Ana Maria, Sayegh, Mohamed H, Abdi, Reza, Scharffetter-Kochanek, Karin, Murphy, George F, Kupper, Thomas S, Frank, Natasha Y, and Frank, Markus H
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Schatton, T., Yang, J., Kleffel, S., Uehara, M., Barthel, S. R., Schlapbach, C., ... & Frank, M. H. (2015). ABCB5 Identifies Immunoregulatory Dermal Cells. Cell reports, 12(10), 1564-1574. Available here
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