Catch me if you can: how AML and its niche escape immunotherapy

S Tettamanti, A Pievani, A Biondi, G Dotti, M Serafini - Leukemia, 2022 - nature.com
In spite of the remarkable progress in basic and preclinical studies of acute myeloid
leukemia (AML), the five-year survival rate of AML patients remains poor, highlighting the …

Single-cell analysis reveals altered tumor microenvironments of relapse-and remission-associated pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

H Mumme, BE Thomas, SS Bhasin, U Krishnan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) microenvironment exhibits cellular and molecular differences
among various subtypes. Here, we utilize single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to …

Decoding leukemia at the single-cell level: clonal architecture, classification, microenvironment, and drug resistance

J Liu, P Jiang, Z Lu, Z Yu, P Qian - Experimental Hematology & Oncology, 2024 - Springer
Leukemias are refractory hematological malignancies, characterized by marked intrinsic
heterogeneity which poses significant obstacles to effective treatment. However, traditional …

Impaired SARS-CoV-2 Variant Neutralization and CD8+ T-cell Responses Following 3 Doses of mRNA Vaccines in Myeloma: Correlation with Breakthrough …

MI Azeem, AK Nooka, U Shanmugasundaram… - Blood cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) mount suboptimal neutralizing antibodies (nAb)
following 2 doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines. Currently, circulating SARS-CoV-2 …

Pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia blast signature and MRD associated immune environment changes defined by single cell transcriptomics analysis

SS Bhasin, BE Thomas, RJ Summers, D Sarkar… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Different driver mutations and/or chromosomal aberrations and dysregulated signaling
interactions between leukemia cells and the immune microenvironment have been …

A multidimensional analysis reveals distinct immune phenotypes and the composition of immune aggregates in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

JB Koedijk, I van der Werf, L Penter, MA Vermeulen… - Leukemia, 2024 - nature.com
Because of the low mutational burden and consequently, fewer potential neoantigens,
children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are thought to have a T cell-depleted or …

Aberrant extrafollicular B cells, immune dysfunction, myeloid inflammation, and MyD88-mutant progenitors precede Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia

A Kaushal, AK Nooka, AR Carr, KE Pendleton… - Blood cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) and its precursor IgM gammopathy are distinct
disorders characterized by clonal mature IgM-expressing B-cell outgrowth in the bone …

Reinvigoration of innate and adaptive immunity via therapeutic cellular vaccine for patients with AML

S Fujii, T Kawamata, K Shimizu, J Nakabayashi… - Molecular Therapy …, 2022 - cell.com
Strategies integrating activation of innate and adaptive immunity against cancer are desired.
We established a novel platform, Wilms' tumor antigen 1 (WT1)-expressing artificial adjuvant …

Periodontal ligament cells under mechanical force regulate local immune homeostasis by modulating Th17/Treg cell differentiation

J Lin, J Huang, Z Zhang, X Yu, X Cai, C Liu - Clinical Oral Investigations, 2022 - Springer
Objectives Improper orthodontic force often causes root resorption or destructive bone
resorption. There is evidence that T helper 17 (Th17) cells and regulatory T (Treg) cells may …

B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia promotes an immune suppressive microenvironment that can be overcome by IL-12

R Hunter, KJ Imbach, C Zhou, J Dougan… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(B-ALL), but the duration of responses is still sub-optimal. We sought to identify mechanisms …