Translational applications of hydrogels

S Correa, AK Grosskopf, H Lopez Hernandez… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Advances in hydrogel technology have unlocked unique and valuable capabilities that are
being applied to a diverse set of translational applications. Hydrogels perform functions …

Cytokine-mediated communication: a quantitative appraisal of immune complexity

G Altan-Bonnet, R Mukherjee - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Intercellular communication mediated by cytokines is the main mechanism by which cells of
the immune system talk to each other. Many aspects of cytokine signalling in the immune …

Synthetic cytokine circuits that drive T cells into immune-excluded tumors

GM Allen, NW Frankel, NR Reddy, HK Bhargava… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are ineffective against solid tumors with
immunosuppressive microenvironments. To overcome suppression, we engineered circuits …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage spatial heterogeneity in gastric cancer defined by multiplex immunohistochemistry

YK Huang, M Wang, Y Sun, N Di Costanzo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), one of the most abundant immune
components in gastric cancer (GC), are difficult to characterize due to their heterogeneity …

Interleukin-23 engineering improves CAR T cell function in solid tumors

X Ma, P Shou, C Smith, Y Chen, H Du, C Sun… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cytokines that stimulate T cell proliferation, such as interleukin (IL)-15, have been explored
as a means of boosting the antitumor activity of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells …

[HTML][HTML] A local regulatory T cell feedback circuit maintains immune homeostasis by pruning self-activated T cells

HS Wong, K Park, A Gola, AP Baptista, CH Miller… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
A fraction of mature T cells can be activated by peripheral self-antigens, potentially eliciting
host autoimmunity. We investigated homeostatic control of self-activated T cells within …

Spatially distinct reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment based on tumor invasion in diffuse-type gastric cancers

HY Jeong, IH Ham, SH Lee, D Ryu, SY Son… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Histologic features of diffuse-type gastric cancer indicate that the tumor
microenvironment (TME) may substantially impact tumor invasiveness. However, cellular …

Next-generation computational tools for interrogating cancer immunity

F Finotello, D Rieder, H Hackl, Z Trajanoski - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
The remarkable success of cancer therapies with immune checkpoint blockers is
revolutionizing oncology and has sparked intensive basic and translational research into the …

High-resolution imaging of cellular dopamine efflux using a fluorescent nanosensor array

S Kruss, DP Salem, L Vuković, B Lima… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Intercellular communication via chemical signaling proceeds with both spatial and temporal
components, but analytical tools, such as microfabricated electrodes, have been limited to …

[HTML][HTML] A tunable diffusion-consumption mechanism of cytokine propagation enables plasticity in cell-to-cell communication in the immune system

A Oyler-Yaniv, J Oyler-Yaniv, BM Whitlock, Z Liu… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Immune cells communicate by exchanging cytokines to achieve a context-appropriate
response, but the distances over which such communication happens are not known. Here …