[HTML][HTML] Glimpse into the future: harnessing autophagy to promote anti-tumor immunity with the DRibbles vaccine

DB Page, TW Hulett, TL Hilton, HM Hu, WJ Urba… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2016 - Springer
Because the benefits of immune checkpoint blockade may be restricted to tumors with pre-
existing immune recognition, novel therapies that facilitate de novo immune activation are …

[HTML][HTML] TBP2, a vertebrate-specific member of the TBP family, is required in embryonic development of zebrafish

R Bártfai, C Balduf, T Hilton, Y Rathmann, Y Hadzhiev… - Current Biology, 2004 - cell.com
Abstract TATA binding protein (TBP)[1, 2] is a key regulator of RNA polymerase transcription.
It binds to core promoters, often in large multiprotein complexes, and nucleates RNA …

Autophagy-assisted antigen cross-presentation: Autophagosome as the argo of shared tumor-specific antigens and DAMPs

Y Yi, Z Zhou, S Shu, Y Fang, C Twitty, TL Hilton… - …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
It is generally believed that most tumor antigens are passively released from either health or
dying tumor cells as intact soluble antigens, peptide fragments complexed with heat shock …

TAF1 histone acetyltransferase activity in Sp1 activation of the cyclin D1 promoter

TL Hilton, Y Li, EL Dunphy… - Molecular and cellular …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
A missense mutation within the histone acetyltransferase (HAT) domain of the TATA binding
protein-associated factor TAF1 induces ts13 cells to undergo a late G 1 arrest and …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-presentation of viral antigens in dribbles leads to efficient activation of virus-specific human memory T cells

W Ye, Y Xing, C Paustian, R van de Ven… - Journal of translational …, 2014 - Springer
Background Autophagy regulates innate and adaptive immune responses to pathogens and
tumors. We have reported that autophagosomes derived from tumor cells after proteasome …

[HTML][HTML] Transcription factor IID recruitment and Sp1 activation: dual function of TAF1 in cyclin D1 transcription

TL Hilton, EH Wang - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
Cyclin D1 is an oncogene that regulates progression through the G 1 phase of the cell cycle.
A temperature-sensitive missense mutation in the transcription factor TAF1/TAF II 250 …

[HTML][HTML] Pitx2-dependent Occupancy by Histone Deacetylases Is Associated with T-box Gene Regulation in Mammalian Abdominal Tissue*♦

T Hilton, MK Gross, C Kioussi - Journal of biological chemistry, 2010 - ASBMB
The homeodomain transcription factor Pitx2 and the T-box transcription factors are essential
for organogenesis. Pitx2 and T-box genes are induced by growth factors and function as …

SRC Proximal and Core Promoter Elements Dictate TAF1 Dependence and Transcriptional Repression by Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors

SM Dehm, TL Hilton, EH Wang… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) induce cell cycle arrest, differentiation, or apoptosis in
numerous cancer cell types both in vivo and in vitro. These dramatic effects are the result of …

[HTML][HTML] A pilot study of an autologous tumor-derived autophagosome vaccine with docetaxel in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

RE Sanborn, HJ Ross, S Aung, A Acheson… - … for ImmunoTherapy of …, 2017 - Springer
Background Tumor-derived autophagosome vaccines (DRibbles) have the potential to
broaden immune response to poorly immunogenic tumors. Methods Autologous vaccine …

480 Preliminary evaluation of a novel coronavirus vaccine (CORVax) using electroporation of plasmid DNA encoding a stabilized prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike protein …

S Jensen, C Twitty, C Paustian, M Laws, G McDonnell… - 2020 - jitc.bmj.com
Background SARS-CoV-2 (CoV2) has precipitated a global pandemic and the effectiveness
of standard vaccine strategies to induce potent and persistent immunity to CoV2 is in …