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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2022

Spatial profiling reveals association between WNT pathway activation and T-cell exclusion in acquired resistance of synovial sarcoma to NY-ESO-1 transgenic T-cell therapy.

Katie M Campbell, Maneesha Thaker, Egmidio Medina, Anusha Kalbasi, Arun Singh, Antoni Ribas, Theodore Scott Nowicki

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katie M CampbellMedicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6491-4432
Maneesha ThakerMedicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Egmidio MedinaMedicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Anusha KalbasiRadiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Arun SinghMedicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Antoni RibasMedicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Theodore Scott NowickiJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA tnowicki@mednet.ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3815-6137
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Women's CancersP30CA016042 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Samuel Wheeler French · 1985 to 2026
$134.5M
UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM008042 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI AJIJOLA, OLUJIMI A, DAWSON, DAVID WAYNE · 1985 to 2023
$29.9M
Project 3: Modeling and overcoming resistance to melanoma immunotherapyP01CA244118 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI RIBAS, ANTONI · 2020 to 2024
$12.8M
Next Generation Cancer Immunotherapies to Defeat MelanomaR35CA197633 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ANTONI RIBAS · 2015 to 2026
$10.4M
UCLA Tumor Immunology Training ProgramT32CA009120 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Steven M. Dubinett, MICHAEL A TEITELL · 1985 to 2026
$10.3M
TARGETED COMBINATORIAL TREATMENT OF BRAF MELANOMASP01CA168585 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LO, ROGER S · 2013 to 2017
$8.4M
Targeting Radiation-Induced Myeloid Cells to Promote T cell Immunity in Undifferentiated Pleomorphic SarcomaK08CA245181 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KALBASI, ANUSHA · 2020 to 2025
$1.1M
Functional epigenomics of transgenic cellular immunotherapies for cancerK08CA241088 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI NOWICKI, THEODORE SCOTT · 2021 to 2025
$909k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA241088NCI NIH HHS P01 CA168585NCI NIH HHS P01 CA244118NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016042NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197633NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009120NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGenetically engineered T-cell immunotherapies for adoptive cell transfer (ACT) have emerged as a promising form of cancer treatment, but many of these patients develop recurrent disease. Furthermore, delineating mechanisms of resistance may be challenging since the analysis of bulk tumor profiling can be complicated by spatial heterogeneity.

methodsTumor samples were collected from a patient with synovial sarcoma who developed acquired resistance to ACT targeting NY-ESO-1. Biopsies (primary, progressive metastasis, and recurrence) were subjected to bulk tumor DNA and RNA sequencing, as well as high-dimensional spatial profiling of RNA and protein targets. Untreated and progressive lesions were compared with identified patterns associated with acquired resistance to ACT.

resultsGene expression patterns due to immune activity and infiltration were diluted in bulk tumor sequencing. The metastasis was enriched for tumor regions with increased

conclusionsComplementary use of bulk and spatial profiling enables more accurate interrogation of tumor specimens, particularly to address complex questions regarding immunotherapeutic mechanisms. Our study uses this approach to demonstrate a mechanism of T-cell exclusion and resistance to cellular immunotherapy in synovial sarcoma.

Indexed as

Sarcoma, SynovialAntigens, NeoplasmCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyHumansT-LymphocytesWnt Signaling PathwayAntigens, Neoplasmadoptiveimmune evationimmunotherapysarcomatumor escapetumor microenvironment

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PMID35264439
PMCPMC8915285
OpenAlexW4220653217

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