Developing in vitro expanded CD45RA+ regulatory T cells as an adoptive cell therapy for Crohn's disease

JB Canavan, C Scottà, A Vossenkämper, R Goldberg… - Gut, 2016 - gut.bmj.com
Background and aim Thymus-derived regulatory T cells (Tregs) mediate dominant
peripheral tolerance and treat experimental colitis. Tregs can be expanded from patient …

Design and Efficacy of a Monovalent Bispecific PD-1/CTLA4 Antibody That Enhances CTLA4 Blockade on PD-1+ Activated T Cells

SJ Dovedi, MJ Elder, C Yang, SI Sitnikova, L Irving… - Cancer Discovery, 2021 - AACR
The clinical benefit of PD-1 blockade can be improved by combination with CTLA4 inhibition
but is commensurate with significant immune-related adverse events suboptimally limiting …

[HTML][HTML] Intratumoral immunotherapy with TLR7/8 agonist MEDI9197 modulates the tumor microenvironment leading to enhanced activity when combined with other …

SR Mullins, JP Vasilakos, K Deschler, I Grigsby… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) promotes adaptive immunity and tumor
regression in some cancer patients. However, in patients with immunologically “cold” …

[HTML][HTML] β-Glucan size controls dectin-1-mediated immune responses in human dendritic cells by regulating IL-1β production

MJ Elder, SJ Webster, R Chee, DL Williams… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Dectin-1/CLEC7A is a pattern recognition receptor that recognizes β-1, 3 glucans, and its
stimulation initiates signaling events characterized by the production of inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of a microbial metabolite by STING regulates inflammasome activation in response to Chlamydia trachomatis infection

SJ Webster, S Brode, L Ellis, TJ Fitzmaurice… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The innate immune system is a critical component of host defence against microbial
pathogens, but effective responses require an ability to distinguish between infectious and …

[HTML][HTML] Oncolytic Newcastle disease virus activation of the innate immune response and priming of antitumor adaptive responses in vitro

S Burke, A Shergold, MJ Elder, J Whitworth… - Cancer Immunology …, 2020 - Springer
Oncolytic virus (OV) therapy is an emerging approach with the potential to redefine treatment
options across a range of cancer indications and in patients who remain resistant to existing …

TSLP production by dendritic cells is modulated by IL‐1β and components of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response

MJ Elder, SJ Webster, DL Williams… - European journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) produced by epithelial cells acts on dendritic cells
(DCs) to drive differentiation of TH2‐cells, and is therefore important in allergic disease …

[HTML][HTML] IRE1α mediates PKR activation in response to Chlamydia trachomatis infection

SJ Webster, L Ellis, LM O'Brien, B Tyrrell… - Microbes and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Protein kinase RNA activated (PKR) is a crucial mediator of anti-viral responses but is
reported to be activated by multiple non-viral stimuli. However, mechanisms underlying PKR …

[HTML][HTML] Dendritic cell-derived TSLP negatively regulates HIF-1α and IL-1β during dectin-1 signaling

MJ Elder, SJ Webster, TJ Fitzmaurice… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a functionally pleotropic cytokine important in
immune regulation, and TSLP dysregulation is associated with numerous diseases. TSLP is …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a novel potency endpoint for the evaluation of immune checkpoint blockade in humanized mice

A Matas-Céspedes, JM Lapointe, MJ Elder… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Humanized mice are emerging as valuable models to experimentally evaluate
the impact of different immunotherapeutics on the human immune system. These …