Publications

1. Boda AR, Liu AJ, Castro-Pando S, Whitfield BT, Molldrem JJ, Al-Atrash G, Di Francesco ME, Jones P, Ager CR, Curran MA. Identification of Nonfunctional Alternatively Spliced Isoforms of STING in Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Res Commun. 2024 Mar 25; 4 (3):911-918
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2. Liu A, Gammon ST, Pisaneschi F, Boda A, Ager CR, Piwnica-Worms D, Hong DS, Curran MA. Hypoxia-activated prodrug and antiangiogenic therapies cooperatively treat pancreatic cancer but elicit immunosuppressive G-MDSC infiltration. JCI Insight. 2024 Jan 9; 9 (1) Epub 2024 Jan 09
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3. Ager CR, Zhang M, Chaimowitz M, Bansal S, Tagore S, Obradovic A, Jugler C, Rogava M, Melms JC, McCann P, Spina C, Drake CG, Dallos MC, Izar B. KLRG1 marks tumor-infiltrating CD4 T cell subsets associated with tumor progression and immunotherapy response. J Immunother Cancer. 2023 Sep; 11 (9)
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4. Ho P, Melms JC, Rogava M, Frangieh CJ, Pozniak J, Shah SB, Walsh Z, Kyrysyuk O, Amin AD, Caprio L, Fullerton BT, Soni RK, Ager CR, Biermann J, Wang Y, Khosravi-Maharlooei M, Zanetti G, Mu M, Fatima H, Moore EK, Vasan N, Bakhoum SF, Reiner SL, Bernatchez C, Sykes M, Mace EM, Wucherpfennig KW, Schadendorf D, Bechter O, Shah P, Schwartz GK, Marine JC, Izar B. The CD58-CD2 axis is co-regulated with PD-L1 via CMTM6 and shapes anti-tumor immunity. Cancer Cell. 2023 Jul 10; 41 (7):1207-1221.e12 Epub 2023 June 15
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5. Obradovic A, Ager C, Turunen M, Nirschl T, Khosravi-Maharlooei M, Iuga A, Jackson CM, Yegnasubramanian S, Tomassoni L, Fernandez EC, McCann P, Rogava M, DeMarzo AM, Kochel CM, Allaf M, Bivalacqua T, Lim M, Realubit R, Karan C, Drake CG, Califano A. Systematic elucidation and pharmacological targeting of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cell master regulators. Cancer Cell. 2023 May 8; 41 (5):933-949.e11 Epub 2023 Apr 27
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6. Hawley JE, Obradovic A, Dallos MC, Lim EA, Runcie K, Ager CR, McKiernan JM, Anderson CB, Decastro GJ, Weintraub JL, Virk RK, Lowy I, Hu J, Chaimowitz MG, Guo XV, Zhang Y, Worley J, Stein MN, Califano A, Drake CG. Single-Cell RNAseq Analysis Reveals Robust Anti-PD-1-Mediated Increase of Immune Infiltrate in Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. BioRxiv. 2022.
   
7. Ager CR, Boda A, Rajapakshe K, Lea ST, Di Francesco ME, Jayaprakash P, Slay RB, Morrow B, Prasad R, Dean MA, Duffy CR, Coarfa C, Jones P, Curran MA. High potency STING agonists engage unique myeloid pathways to reverse pancreatic cancer immune privilege. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Aug; 9 (8)
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8. Obradovic A, Chowdhury N, Haake SM, Ager C, Wang V, Vlahos L, Guo XV, Aggen DH, Rathmell WK, Jonasch E, Johnson JE, Roth M, Beckermann KE, Rini BI, McKiernan J, Califano A, Drake CG. Single-cell protein activity analysis identifies recurrence-associated renal tumor macrophages. Cell. 2021 May 27; 184 (11):2988-3005.e16 Epub 2021 May 20
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9. Ager CR, Obradovic AZ, Arriaga JM, Chaimowitz MG, Califano A, Abate-Shen C, Drake CG. Longitudinal Immune Profiling Reveals Unique Myeloid and T-cell Phenotypes Associated with Spontaneous Immunoediting in a Prostate Tumor Model. Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 May; 9 (5):529-541 Epub 2021 Feb 26
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10. Frangieh CJ, Melms JC, Thakore PI, Geiger-Schuller KR, Ho P, Luoma AM, Cleary B, Jerby-Arnon L, Malu S, Cuoco MS, Zhao M, Ager CR, Rogava M, Hovey L, Rotem A, Bernatchez C, Wucherpfennig KW, Johnson BE, Rozenblatt-Rosen O, Schadendorf D, Regev A, Izar B. Multimodal pooled Perturb-CITE-seq screens in patient models define mechanisms of cancer immune evasion. Nat Genet. 2021 Mar; 53 (3):332-341 Epub 2021 Mar 01
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11. Aggen DH, Ager CR, Obradovic AZ, Chowdhury N, Ghasemzadeh A, Mao W, Chaimowitz MG, Lopez-Bujanda ZA, Spina CS, Hawley JE, Dallos MC, Zhang C, Wang V, Li H, Guo XV, Drake CG. Blocking IL1 Beta Promotes Tumor Regression and Remodeling of the Myeloid Compartment in a Renal Cell Carcinoma Model: Multidimensional Analyses. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Jan 15; 27 (2):608-621 Epub 2020 Nov 04
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12. Jaiswal AR, Liu AJ, Pudakalakatti S, Dutta P, Jayaprakash P, Bartkowiak T, Ager CR, Wang ZQ, Reuben A, Cooper ZA, Ivan C, Ju Z, Nwajei F, Wang J, Davies MA, Davis RE, Wargo JA, Bhattacharya PK, Hong DS, Curran MA. Melanoma Evolves Complete Immunotherapy Resistance through the Acquisition of a Hypermetabolic Phenotype. Cancer Immunol Res. 2020 Nov; 8 (11):1365-1380 Epub 2020 Sept 11
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13. Reilley MJ, Morrow B, Ager CR, Liu A, Hong DS, Curran MA. TLR9 activation cooperates with T cell checkpoint blockade to regress poorly immunogenic melanoma. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Nov 26; 7 (1):323
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14. Ager CR, Zhang H, Wei Z, Jones P, Curran MA, Di Francesco ME. Discovery of IACS-8803 and IACS-8779, potent agonists of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) with robust systemic antitumor efficacy. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2019 Oct 15; 29 (20):126640 Epub 2019 Aug 24
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15. Jayaprakash P, Ai M, Liu A, Budhani P, Bartkowiak T, Sheng J, Ager C, Nicholas C, Jaiswal AR, Sun Y, Shah K, Balasubramanyam S, Li N, Wang G, Ning J, Zal A, Zal T, Curran MA. Targeted hypoxia reduction restores T cell infiltration and sensitizes prostate cancer to immunotherapy. J Clin Invest. 2018 Nov 1; 128 (11):5137-5149 Epub 2018 Oct 15
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16. Bartkowiak T, Jaiswal AR, Ager CR, Chin R, Chen CH, Budhani P, Ai M, Reilley MJ, Sebastian MM, Hong DS, Curran MA. Activation of 4-1BB on Liver Myeloid Cells Triggers Hepatitis via an Interleukin-27-Dependent Pathway. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Mar 1; 24 (5):1138-1151 Epub 2018 Jan 04
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17. Ager CR, Reilley MJ, Nicholas C, Bartkowiak T, Jaiswal AR, Curran MA. Intratumoral STING Activation with T-cell Checkpoint Modulation Generates Systemic Antitumor Immunity. Cancer Immunol Res. 2017 Aug; 5 (8):676-684 Epub 2017 July 03
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18. Harger M, Zheng L, Moon A, Ager C, An JH, Choe C, Lai YL, Mo B, Zong D, Smith MD, Egbert RG, Mills JH, Baker D, Pultz IS, Siegel JB. Expanding the product profile of a microbial alkane biosynthetic pathway. ACS Synth Biol. 2013 Jan 18; 2 (1):59-62 Epub 2012 Sept 26
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