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Bioinformatic analysis pointed to IFNG as the driver of the association between NK cells and clinical response to trastuzumab in HER2-positive primary breast cancer patients, highlighting the translational relevance of the CD137 costimulatory axis for enhancing IFNγ production. Our data reveals CD137 as a targetable checkpoint for overturning TGFβ constraints on NK-cell antitumor responses.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA offers a convenient circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) marker for HPV-associated malignancies, but current methods, such as digital PCR (dPCR), provide insufficient accuracy for clinical applications in patients with low disease burden. We asked whether a next-generation sequencing approach, HPV sequencing (HPV-seq), could provide quantitative and qualitative assessment of HPV ctDNA in low disease burden settings.

We conducted preclinical technical validation studies on HPV-seq and applied it retrospectively to a prospective multicenter cohort of patients with locally advanced cervix cancer (NCT02388698) and a cohort of patients with oropharynx cancer. HPV-seq results were compared with dPCR. The primary outcome was progression-free survival (PFS) according to end-of-treatment HPV ctDNA detectability.

HPV-seq achieved reproducible detection of HPV DNA at levels less than 0.6 copies in cell line data. HPV-seq and dPCR results for patients were highly correlated (

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litative information about ctDNA. Our findings in this proof-of-principle study could have implications for treatment monitoring of disease burden in HPV-related cancers. Future prospective studies are needed to confirm that patients with undetectable HPV ctDNA following chemoradiotherapy have exceptionally high cure rates.
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors synergize with topoisomerase inhibitors, and veliparib plus modified (m) FOLFIRI (no 5-FU bolus) had preliminary activity in metastatic pancreatic cancers (mPC). This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of second-line treatment with veliparib and mFOLFIRI vs FOLFIRI (control) for mPC.

This randomized phase II clinical trial led by the SWOG Cancer Research Network enrolled patients between September 1, 2016 and December 13, 2017. The median follow-up was 9 months (IQR 1-27).
and homologous recombination DNA damage repair (HR-DDR) genetic defects were tested in blood and tumor biopsies. Patients received veliparib 200 mg twice daily, days 1-7 with mFOLFIRI days 3-5, or FOLFIRI in 14 days-cycles.

After 123 of planned 143 patients were accrued, an interim futility analysis indicated the veliparib arm was unlikely to be superior to control, and the study was halted. Median survival (OS) was 5.4 vs 6.5 months (HR 1.23, p=0.28), and median progression free survival (PFS) was 2.1 vs 2.9 months (HR 1.39, p=0.09) with veliparib vs control. Grade 3/4 toxicities were more common with veliparib (69% vs 58%, p=0.23). For cancers with HR-DDR defects vs wild type, median PFS and OS were 7.3 vs 2.5 months (p=0.05), and 10.1 vs 5.9 months (p=0.17), respectively with FOLFIRI, and 2.0 vs 2.1 months (p=0.62) and 7.4 vs 5.1 months (p=0.10), respectively with veliparib plus mFOLFIRI.

Veliparib plus mFOLFIRI did not improve survival for mPC. FOLFIRI should be further studied in pancreatic cancers with HR-DDR defects.
Veliparib plus mFOLFIRI did not improve survival for mPC. FOLFIRI should be further studied in pancreatic cancers with HR-DDR defects.
We investigated whether organoids can be generated from resected tumors of patients who received eight cycles of neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy before surgery, and evaluated the sensitivity/resistance of these surviving cancer cells to cancer therapy.

We generated a library of 10 PDAC organoid lines five each from treatment-naive and FOLFIRINOX-treated patients. We, first, assessed the histological, genetic, and transcriptional characteristics of the organoids and their matched primary PDAC tissue. Next, the organoids' response to treatment with single agents - 5-FU, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin - of the FOLFIRINOX regimen as well as combined regimen was evaluated. Finally, global mRNA-seq analyses were performed to identify FOLFIRINOX resistance pathways.

All 10 patient-derived PDAC organoids recapitulate histological, genetic, and transcriptional characteristics of their primary tumor tissue. Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOXtreated organoids display resistance to FOLFIRINOX (5/5), irinotecan (5/5) and oxalidjuvant treatment may not be advantageous for these patients. read more Gene expression profiles of PDAC organoids identify targetable pathways involved in chemoresistance development upon neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX treatment, thus opening up combination therapy possibilities.Mutational burden is positively correlated with tumor neoantigen load and studies have demonstrated an association between high tumor mutational burden (TMB) and response to checkpoint blockade. On the basis of a Phase 2 study, the anti-PD-1 therapy, pembrolizumab, was given FDA approval for use in any solid tumor with a high TMB (i.e. >10 mutations/MB) as assessed by the FoundationOne companion diagnostic. This was an important step in expanding a potentially efficacious treatment option to patients who are likely to benefit and have limited other therapies available. Following this approval, there has been debate regarding the wide applicability of this approval and the most appropriate use of TMB as a predictive biomarker, with several studies questioning the predictive utility of TMB in this context. We discuss the scientific rationale and utility of using TMB as a tool to predict response to immunotherapy as well as address this biomarker's limitations.
There is increasing recognition that progress in immuno-oncology could be accelerated by evaluating immune-based therapies in dogs with spontaneous cancers. Osteosarcoma (OS) is one tumor for which limited clinical benefit has been observed with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors. We previously reported the angiotensin receptor blocker losartan suppressed metastasis in preclinical mouse models through blockade of CCL2-CCR2 monocyte recruitment. Here we leverage dogs with spontaneous OS to determine losartan's safety and pharmacokinetics associated with monocyte pharmacodynamic endpoints, and assess its antitumor activity, in combination with the kinase inhibitor toceranib.

CCL2 expression, monocyte infiltration, and monocyte-recruitment by human and canine OS tumors and cell lines was assessed by gene expression, ELISA, and transwell migration assays. link2 Safety and efficacy of losartan-toceranib therapy was evaluated in 28 dogs with lung metastatic osteosarcoma. Losartan PK and monocyte PD responses were assessed in three dose cohorts of dogs by chemotaxis, plasma CCL2 and multiplex cytokine assays, and RNAseq of losartan-treated human PMBCs.

Human and canine OS cells secrete CCL2 and elicit monocyte migration which is inhibited by losartan. Losartan PK/PD studies in dogs revealed that a ten-fold-higher dose than typical anti-hypertensive dosing was required for blockade of monocyte migration. Treatment with high-dose losartan and toceranib was well-tolerated and induced a clinical benefit rate of 50% in dogs with lung metastases.

Losartan inhibits the CCL2-CCR2 axis, and in combination with toceranib, exerts significant biological activity in dogs with metastatic osteosarcoma, supporting evaluation of this drug combination in pediatric osteosarcoma patients.
Losartan inhibits the CCL2-CCR2 axis, and in combination with toceranib, exerts significant biological activity in dogs with metastatic osteosarcoma, supporting evaluation of this drug combination in pediatric osteosarcoma patients.Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) regulate the vesicle transport machinery in phagocytic cells. Within the secretory pathway, Sec22b is an endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC)-resident SNARE that controls phagosome maturation and function in macrophages and dendritic cells. The secretory pathway controls the release of cytokines and may also impact the secretion of NO, which is synthesized by the Golgi-active inducible NO synthase (iNOS). Whether ERGIC SNARE Sec22b controls NO and cytokine secretion is unknown. Using murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells, we demonstrated that inducible NO synthase colocalizes with ERGIC/Golgi markers, notably Sec22b and its partner syntaxin 5, in the cytoplasm and at the phagosome. Pharmacological blockade of the secretory pathway hindered NO and cytokine release, and inhibited NF-κB translocation to the nucleus. Importantly, RNA interference-mediated silencing of Sec22b revealed that NO and cytokine production were abrogated at the protein and mRNA levels. This correlated with reduced nuclear translocation of NF-κB. We also found that Sec22b co-occurs with NF-κB in both the cytoplasm and nucleus, pointing to a role for this SNARE in the shuttling of NF-κB. Collectively, our data unveiled a novel function for the ERGIC/Golgi, and its resident SNARE Sec22b, in the production and release of inflammatory mediators.Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule (Dscam) generates tens of thousands of isoforms by alternative splicing, thereby providing crucial functions during immune responses. In this study, a novel Dscam signaling pathway was investigated in crab, which remains poorly characterized in invertebrates. Bacterial infection induced the cytoplasmic cleavage of Dscam intracellular domains (ICDs) by γ-secretase, and then the released ICDs carrying specific alternatively spliced exons could directly interact with IPO5 to facilitate nuclear translocation. Nuclear imported ICDs thus promoted hemocyte proliferation and protect the host from bacterial infection. Protein-interaction studies revealed that the ectodomain of Dscam bound to a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain 10 (ADAM10) rather than ADAM17. link3 Inhibition or overexpression of ADAM10 impaired or accelerated Dscam shedding activity post-bacterial stimulation, respectively. Moreover, the shedding signal then mediated Dscam with an intact cytoplasmic domain to promote the cleavage of ICDs by γ-secretase. Furthermore, the transcription of ADAM10 was regulated by Dscam-induced canonical signaling, but not nuclear imported ICDs, to serve as a feedback regulation between two different Dscam pathways. Thus, membrane-to-nuclear signaling of Dscam regulated hemocyte proliferation in response to bacterial infection.Autoimmune diseases develop when autoantigens activate previously quiescent self-reactive lymphocytes. Gene-gene interaction between certain HLA class I risk alleles and variants of the endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase ERAP1 controls the risk for common immune-mediated diseases, including psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, and Behçet disease. The functional mechanisms underlying this statistical association are unknown. In psoriasis, HLA-C*0602 mediates an autoimmune response against melanocytes by autoantigen presentation. Using various genetically modified cell lines together with an autoreactive psoriatic TCR in a TCR activation assay, we demonstrate in this study that in psoriasis, ERAP1 generates the causative melanocyte autoantigen through trimming N-terminal elongated peptide precursors to the appropriate length for presentation by HLA-C*0602. An ERAP1 risk haplotype for psoriasis produced the autoantigen much more efficiently and increased HLA-C expression and stimulation of the psoriatic TCR by melanocytes significantly more than a protective haplotype.
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