2020
Molecular MRI of the Immuno-Metabolic Interplay in a Rabbit Liver Tumor Model: A Biomarker for Resistance Mechanisms in Tumor-targeted Therapy?
Savic LJ, Doemel LA, Schobert IT, Montgomery RR, Joshi N, Walsh JJ, Santana J, Pekurovsky V, Zhang X, Lin M, Adam L, Boustani A, Duncan J, Leng L, Bucala RJ, Goldberg SN, Hyder F, Coman D, Chapiro J. Molecular MRI of the Immuno-Metabolic Interplay in a Rabbit Liver Tumor Model: A Biomarker for Resistance Mechanisms in Tumor-targeted Therapy? Radiology 2020, 296: 575-583. PMID: 32633675, PMCID: PMC7434651, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020200373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmuno-oncologic therapiesConventional transarterial chemoembolizationTransarterial chemoembolizationIntratumoral immune cell infiltrationMR spectroscopyRabbit liver tumor modelPrussian blue iron stainingAntigen-presenting immune cellsIntra-arterial infusionImmune cell infiltrationNew Zealand white rabbitsLiver tumor modelImmune cell exclusionLiver cancer modelContrast material administrationT2-weighted MRIZealand white rabbitsT2-weighted imagingResistance mechanismsImmunosuppressive tumorHLA-DRCell infiltrationImmune cellsImmunohistochemistry stainingRing enhancement
2009
Toll-like Receptor 7 Mitigates Lethal West Nile Encephalitis via Interleukin 23-Dependent Immune Cell Infiltration and Homing
Town T, Bai F, Wang T, Kaplan AT, Qian F, Montgomery RR, Anderson JF, Flavell RA, Fikrig E. Toll-like Receptor 7 Mitigates Lethal West Nile Encephalitis via Interleukin 23-Dependent Immune Cell Infiltration and Homing. Immunity 2009, 30: 242-253. PMID: 19200759, PMCID: PMC2707901, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2008.11.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptor 7West Nile virusReceptor 7WNV infectionImmune cell infiltrationLethal WNV infectionMyeloid differentiation factorIL-23 p19IL-23 responsesIL-12 p40West Nile encephalitisIL-12 p35Infected target cellsHost defense mechanismsRNA flavivirusInnate cytokinesWNV encephalitisInterleukin-12Cell infiltrationImmune cellsTarget organsVariable severityMiceTarget cellsTissue concentrations