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Toward The Development Of A Pan-Lyssavirus Vaccine, Sabrine Ben Hamed, Jacob Myers, Anisha Chandwani, Christoph Wirblich, Drishya Kurup, Nir Paran, Matthias Schnell Jul 2024

Toward The Development Of A Pan-Lyssavirus Vaccine, Sabrine Ben Hamed, Jacob Myers, Anisha Chandwani, Christoph Wirblich, Drishya Kurup, Nir Paran, Matthias Schnell

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Papers

In addition to the rabies virus (RABV), 16 more lyssavirus species have been identified worldwide, causing a disease similar to RABV. Non-rabies-related human deaths have been described, but the number of cases is unknown, and the potential of such lyssaviruses causing human disease is unpredictable. The current rabies vaccine does not protect against divergent lyssaviruses such as Mokola virus (MOKV) or Lagos bat virus (LBV). Thus, a more broad pan-lyssavirus vaccine is needed. Here, we evaluate a novel lyssavirus vaccine with an attenuated RABV vector harboring a chimeric RABV glycoprotein (G) in which the antigenic site I of MOKV replaces …


T-Cell Redirecting Bispecific Antibodies: A Review Of A Novel Class Of Immuno-Oncology For Advanced Prostate Cancer, Julia Palecki, Amman Bhasin, Andrew Bernstein, Patrick Mille, William Tester, William Kelly, Kevin Zarrabi May 2024

T-Cell Redirecting Bispecific Antibodies: A Review Of A Novel Class Of Immuno-Oncology For Advanced Prostate Cancer, Julia Palecki, Amman Bhasin, Andrew Bernstein, Patrick Mille, William Tester, William Kelly, Kevin Zarrabi

Kimmel Cancer Center Faculty Papers

Novel T-cell immunotherapies such as bispecific T-cell engagers (BiTEs) are emerging as promising therapeutic strategies for prostate cancer. BiTEs are engineered bispecific antibodies containing two distinct binding domains that allow for concurrent binding to tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) as well as immune effector cells, thus promoting an immune response against cancer cells. Prostate cancer is rich in tumor associated antigens such as, but not limited to, PSMA, PSCA, hK2, and STEAP1 and there is strong biologic rationale for employment of T-cell redirecting BiTEs within the prostate cancer disease space. Early generation BiTE constructs employed in clinical study have demonstrated meaningful antitumor …


Keratin 17 Modulates The Immune Topography Of Pancreatic Cancer, Lyanne Delgado-Coka, Michael Horowitz, Mariana Torrente-Goncalves, Lucia Roa-Peña, Cindy Leiton, Mahmudul Hasan, Sruthi Babu, Danielle Fassler, Jaymie Oentoro, Ji-Dong Bai, Emanuel Petricoin, Lynn Matrisian, Edik Matthew Blais, Natalia Marchenko, Felicia Allard, Wei Jiang, Brent Larson, Andrew Hendifar, Chao Chen, Shahira Abousamra, Dimitris Samaras, Tahsin Kurc, Joel Saltz, Luisa Escobar-Hoyos, Kenneth Shroyer May 2024

Keratin 17 Modulates The Immune Topography Of Pancreatic Cancer, Lyanne Delgado-Coka, Michael Horowitz, Mariana Torrente-Goncalves, Lucia Roa-Peña, Cindy Leiton, Mahmudul Hasan, Sruthi Babu, Danielle Fassler, Jaymie Oentoro, Ji-Dong Bai, Emanuel Petricoin, Lynn Matrisian, Edik Matthew Blais, Natalia Marchenko, Felicia Allard, Wei Jiang, Brent Larson, Andrew Hendifar, Chao Chen, Shahira Abousamra, Dimitris Samaras, Tahsin Kurc, Joel Saltz, Luisa Escobar-Hoyos, Kenneth Shroyer

Kimmel Cancer Center Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: The immune microenvironment impacts tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, and patient survival and may provide opportunities for therapeutic intervention in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Although never studied as a potential modulator of the immune response in most cancers, Keratin 17 (K17), a biomarker of the most aggressive (basal) molecular subtype of PDAC, is intimately involved in the histogenesis of the immune response in psoriasis, basal cell carcinoma, and cervical squamous cell carcinoma. Thus, we hypothesized that K17 expression could also impact the immune cell response in PDAC, and that uncovering this relationship could provide insight to guide the development of …


Safety, Efficacy And Determinants Of Response Of Allogeneic Cd19-Specific Car-Nk Cells In Cd19+ B Cell Tumors: A Phase 1/2 Trial, David Marin, Ye Li, Rafet Basar, Hind Rafei, May Daher, Jinzhuang Dou, Vakul Mohanty, Merve Dede, Yago Nieto, Nadima Uprety, Sunil Acharya, Enli Liu, Jeffrey Wilson, Pinaki Banerjee, Homer A Macapinlac, Christina Ganesh, Peter F Thall, Roland Bassett, Mariam Ammari, Sheetal Rao, Kai Cao, Mayra Shanley, Mecit Kaplan, Chitra Hosing, Partow Kebriaei, Loretta J Nastoupil, Christopher R Flowers, Sadie Mae Moseley, Paul Lin, Sonny Ang, Uday R Popat, Muzaffar H Qazilbash, Richard E Champlin, Ken Chen, Elizabeth J Shpall, Katayoun Rezvani Mar 2024

Safety, Efficacy And Determinants Of Response Of Allogeneic Cd19-Specific Car-Nk Cells In Cd19+ B Cell Tumors: A Phase 1/2 Trial, David Marin, Ye Li, Rafet Basar, Hind Rafei, May Daher, Jinzhuang Dou, Vakul Mohanty, Merve Dede, Yago Nieto, Nadima Uprety, Sunil Acharya, Enli Liu, Jeffrey Wilson, Pinaki Banerjee, Homer A Macapinlac, Christina Ganesh, Peter F Thall, Roland Bassett, Mariam Ammari, Sheetal Rao, Kai Cao, Mayra Shanley, Mecit Kaplan, Chitra Hosing, Partow Kebriaei, Loretta J Nastoupil, Christopher R Flowers, Sadie Mae Moseley, Paul Lin, Sonny Ang, Uday R Popat, Muzaffar H Qazilbash, Richard E Champlin, Ken Chen, Elizabeth J Shpall, Katayoun Rezvani

Student and Faculty Publications

There is a pressing need for allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-immune cell therapies that are safe, effective and affordable. We conducted a phase 1/2 trial of cord blood-derived natural killer (NK) cells expressing anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor and interleukin-15 (CAR19/IL-15) in 37 patients with CD19+ B cell malignancies. The primary objectives were safety and efficacy, defined as day 30 overall response (OR). Secondary objectives included day 100 response, progression-free survival, overall survival and CAR19/IL-15 NK cell persistence. No notable toxicities such as cytokine release syndrome, neurotoxicity or graft-versus-host disease were observed. The day 30 and day 100 OR rates were …