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ArticleNature communications2020

Immune phenotyping of diverse syngeneic murine brain tumors identifies immunologically distinct types.

Jasneet Kaur Khalsa, Nina Cheng, Joshua Keegan, Ameen Chaudry, Joseph Driver, Wenya Linda Bi, James Lederer, Khalid Shah

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 108 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

108 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jasneet Kaur KhalsaCenter for Stem Cell Therapeutics and Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Nina ChengCenter for Stem Cell Therapeutics and Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7306-2101
Joshua KeeganDepartment of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Ameen ChaudryCenter for Stem Cell Therapeutics and Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Joseph DriverDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Wenya Linda BiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
James LedererDepartment of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Khalid ShahCenter for Stem Cell Therapeutics and Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. kshah@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5474-0974

Funding

In vivo imaging of the stem cell loaded oncolytic viruses for cancer therapyR01CA204720 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SHAH, KHALID A · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Engineered and Encapsulated Stem Cells for Resected Brain TumorsR01NS107857 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHAH, KHALID A · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
Developing diagnostic and therapeutic stem cells for cancer therapyR01CA138922 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SHAH, KHALID A · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA138922NCI NIH HHS R01 CA204720NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS107857
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy has emerged as a promising approach to treat cancer, however, its efficacy in highly malignant brain-tumors, glioblastomas (GBM), is limited. Here, we generate distinct imageable syngeneic mouse GBM-tumor models and utilize RNA-sequencing, CyTOF and correlative immunohistochemistry to assess immune-profiles in these models. We identify immunologically-inert and -active syngeneic-tumor types and show that inert tumors have an immune-suppressive phenotype with numerous exhausted CD8 T cells and resident macrophages; fewer eosinophils and SiglecF+ macrophages. To mimic the clinical-settings of first line of GBM-treatment, we show that tumor-resection invigorates an anti-tumor response via increasing T cells, activated microglia and SiglecF+ macrophages and decreasing resident macrophages. A comparative CyTOF analysis of resected-tumor samples from GBM-patients and mouse GBM-tumors show stark similarities in one of the mouse GBM-tumors tested. These findings guide informed choices for use of GBM models for immunotherapeutic interventions and offer a potential to facilitate immune-therapies in GBM patients.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainBrain NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorGlioblastomaHumansImmune ToleranceImmunophenotypingImmunotherapyIsograftsLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeoplasms, ExperimentalNeoplasm TransplantationTumor Microenvironment

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PMID32764562
PMCPMC7411074

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