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ArticleCancers2024

VISTA Emerges as a Promising Target against Immune Evasion Mechanisms in Medulloblastoma.

Natalia Muñoz Perez, Juliana M Pensabene, Phillip M Galbo, Negar Sadeghipour, Joanne Xiu, Kirsten Moziak, Rita M Yazejian, Rachel L Welch, W Robert Bell, Soma Sengupta and 7 more

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Medulloblastoma: biology and immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Natalia Muñoz PerezDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0719-1076
Juliana M PensabeneDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Phillip M GalboDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Negar SadeghipourCaris Life Sciences, Phoenix, AZ 85040, USA.
Joanne XiuCaris Life Sciences, Phoenix, AZ 85040, USA.
Kirsten MoziakDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Rita M YazejianDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-3700-9025
Rachel L WelchDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4698-2372
W Robert BellDepartment of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University, 340 West 10th Street Fairbanks Hall, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Soma SenguptaDepartment of Neurology & Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 170 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4577-1397
Sonikpreet AulakhDepartment of Internal Medicine, West Virginia University, 64 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Charles G EberhartDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
David M LoebDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Emad EskandarDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Deyou ZhengDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Xingxing ZangDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5380-1942
Allison M MartinDepartment of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5984-4684

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM149364 · NIGMS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Myles H. Akabas · 2023 to 2026
$7.5M
B7-H3 in Medulloblastoma: evaluating its expression and function to harness new therapeutic targetsK08NS116651 · NINDS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MARTIN, ALLISON M. · 2020 to 2024
$973k
Cytek Aurora Multiparameter Flow CytometerS10OD026833 · OD · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI PORCELLI, STEVEN A · 2019 to 2019
$367k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM149364NIH HHS 1K08NS116651-05A1NIH HHS S10 OD026833NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS116651
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRelapsed medulloblastoma (MB) poses a significant therapeutic challenge due to its highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have struggled to mitigate this challenge, largely due to low T-cell infiltration and minimal PD-L1 expression. Identifying the mechanisms driving low T-cell infiltration is crucial for developing more effective immunotherapies.

methodsWe utilize a syngeneic mouse model to investigate the tumor immune microenvironment of MB and compare our findings to transcriptomic and proteomic data from human MB.

resultsFlow cytometry reveals a notable presence of CD45

conclusionsThis study underscores the multifaceted mechanisms of immune evasion in MB and highlights the therapeutic potential of targeting the VISTA-VSIG axis to enhance anti-tumor responses.

Indexed as

immune checkpoint inhibitorimmune evasionimmunotherapymedulloblastomaT-regulatory cellstumor-associated macrophagestumor microenvironmentV-domain suppressor of T-cell activation

Identifiers

PMID39123357
PMCPMC11312086

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