MDB-97. INVESTIGATING THE IMMUNOMODULATORY ROLE OF V-DOMAIN IG SUPPRESSOR OF T-CELL ACTIVATION IN AN AGGRESSIVE MURINE MODEL OF …

NAM Perez, J Pensabene, K Moziak, R Yazejian… - Neuro …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Efforts to treat relapsed medulloblastoma patients with immune checkpoint
inhibitors aim to enhance T-cell recognition and elimination of tumor cells. However …

Differential immune microenvironments and response to immune checkpoint blockade among molecular subtypes of murine medulloblastoma

CD Pham, C Flores, C Yang, EM Pinheiro… - Clinical Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: Despite significant strides in the identification and characterization of potential
therapeutic targets for medulloblastoma, the role of the immune system and its interplay with …

509 VISTA as a novel mechanism of tumor-associated macrophage mediated immune evasion in medulloblastoma

A Natalia, M Perez, K Moziak, DM Loeb, X Zang… - 2023 - jitc.bmj.com
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can overcome the ability of tumor cells to
evade the immune system. However, current FDA-approved ICIs have been unsuccessful in …

924 Novel immune checkpoint interactions in Medulloblastoma and the TME

AM Martin, K Moziak, NAM Perez, PM Galbo, E Picarda… - 2023 - jitc.bmj.com
Background Medulloblastoma, the most common embryonal brain tumor of childhood, has a
cold tumor immune microenvironment, harboring low lymphocytic infiltration and a paucity of …

Combined immune checkpoint blockade increases CD8+ CD28+ PD-1+ effector T cells and provides a therapeutic strategy for patients with neuroblastoma

S Shirinbak, RY Chan, S Shahani… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Immune checkpoint therapy has resulted in minimal clinical response in many pediatric
cancers. We sought to understand the influence of immune checkpoint inhibition using anti …

Know your neighbors: Different tumor microenvironments have implications in immunotherapeutic targeting strategies across MB subgroups

CD Pham, DA Mitchell - Oncoimmunology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common pediatric brain tumor with few reports of
successful immunologic targeting. We have recently demonstrated the immune tumor …

[HTML][HTML] VISTA emerges as a promising immunotherapy target in cancer

A Hashmi - 2022 - targetedonc.com
VISTA Emerges as a Promising Immunotherapy Target in Cancer NEWS All NewsFDA BriefsOncology
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Effects of anti-VISTA mAb and its combination therapy in antitumor immunity (TUM2P. 1035)

Y Kondo, T Ohno, M Azuma - The Journal of Immunology, 2015 - journals.aai.org
[Purpose] V-domain Ig suppressor of T-cell activation (VISTA) is a novel immune checkpoint
molecule that regulate T-cell activation. VISTA is expressed on both T cells and antigen …

The efficacy of PD-L1 blockade on PD-L1 negative medulloblastoma is dependent on timing and the tumor microenvironment

F Allen, RD Dorand, P Rauhe, A Petrosiute… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.aai.org
PD-L1 blockade has shown great success in the rejection of specific PD-L1+ tumor-types
within various tissues. Blocking PD-L1 interactions with PD-1 molecules expressed on …

VISTA, a novel mouse Ig superfamily ligand that negatively regulates T cell responses

L Wang, R Rubinstein, JL Lines, A Wasiuk… - Journal of Experimental …, 2011 - rupress.org
The immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily consists of many critical immune regulators, including
the B7 family ligands and receptors. In this study, we identify a novel and structurally distinct …