6 results on '"Kuo, Calvin"'
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2. Nanoparticle-enabled innate immune stimulation activates endogenous tumor-infiltrating T cells with broad antigen specificities.
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Qian Yin, Wong Yu, Grzeskowiak, Caitlin L., Jing Li, Huang Huang, Jing Guo, Liang Chen, Feng Wang, Fan Zhao, von Boehmer, Lotta, Metzner, Thomas J., Leppert, John T., Chien, Yueh-hsiu, Kuo, Calvin J., and Davis, Mark M.
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REGULATORY T cells , *T cells , *LABORATORY mice , *IMMUNOLOGIC memory , *ANTIGENS , *TUMOR-infiltrating immune cells - Abstract
Tumors are often infiltrated by T lymphocytes recognizing either self- or mutated antigens but are generally inactive, although they often show signs of prior clonal expansion. Hypothesizing that this may be due to peripheral tolerance, we formulated nanoparticles containing innate immune stimulants that we found were sufficient to activate self-specific CD8+ T cells and injected them into two different mouse tumor models, B16F10 and MC38. These nanoparticles robustly activated and/or expanded antigen-specific CD8+ tumor-infiltrating T cells, along with a decrease in regulatory CD4+ T cells and an increase in Interleukin-17 producers, resulting in significant tumor growth retardation or elimination and the establishment of immune memory in surviving mice. Furthermore, nanoparticles with modification of stimulating human T cells enabled the robust activation of endogenous T cells in patientderived tumor organoids. These results indicate that breaking peripheral tolerance without regard to the antigen specificity creates a promising pathway for cancer immunotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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3. The intestinal stem cell markers Bmi1 and Lgr5 identify two functionally distinct populations.
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Yan, Kelley S., Chia, Luis A., Xingnan Lia, Akifumi Ootani, Su, James, Lee, Josephine V., Nan Su, Yuling Luo, Heilshorn, Sarah C., Amieva, Manuel R., Sangiorgi, Eugenio, Capecchi, Mario R., and Kuo, Calvin J.
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STEM cells , *RADIATION injuries , *G proteins , *HOMEOSTASIS , *DNA , *REGENERATION (Biology) - Abstract
The small intestine epithelium undergoes rapid and continuous regeneration supported by crypt intestinal stem cells (ISCs). Bmil and Lgr5 have been iridependently identified to mark long-lived multipotent lSCs by lineage tracing in mice; however, the functional distinctions between these two populations remain undefined. Here, we demonstrate that Bmil and Lgr5 mark two functionallydistinct ISC5 in vivo. Lgr5 marks mitotically active lSCs that exhibit exquisite sensitivity to canonical Wnt modulation, contribute robustly to homeostatic regeneration, and are quantitatively ablated by irradiation. In contrast, Bmil marks quiescent lSCs that are insensitive to Wnt perturbations, contribute weakly to homeostatic regeneration, and are resistant to high-dose radiation injury. After irradiation, however, the normally quiescent Bmi1+ lSCs dramatically proliferate to clonally repopulate multiple contiguous crypts and villi. Clonogenic culture of isolated single Bmi1+ ISCs yields long-lived self-renewing spheroids of intestinal epithelium that produce Lgr5-expressing cells, thereby establishing a lineage relationship between these two populations in vitro. Taken together, these data provide direct evidence that Bmil marks quiescent, injury-inducible reserve ISCs that exhibit striking functional distinctions from Lgr5+ ISC5 and support a model whereby distinct ISC populations facilitate homeostatic vs. injury-induced regeneration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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4. Wnt/β-catenin signaling is required for CNS, but not non-CNS, angiogenesis.
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Daneman, Richard, Agalliu, Dritan, Lu Zhou, Kunert, Frank, Kuo, Calvin J., and Barres, Ben A.
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NEOVASCULARIZATION , *BLOOD vessels , *LIGANDS (Biochemistry) , *BLOOD-brain barrier , *HYPOXEMIA , *LABORATORY rats - Abstract
Despite the importance of CNS blood vessels, the molecular mechanisms that regulate CNS angiogenesis and blood-brain barrier (BBB) formation are largely unknown. Here we analyze the role of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in regulating the formation of CNS blood vessels. First, through the analysis of TOP-Gal Wnt reporter mice, weidentify that canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling is specifically activated in CNS, but not non-CNS, blood vessels during development. This activation correlates with the .expression of different Wnt ligands by neural progenitor cells in distinct locations throughout the CNS, including Wnt7a and Wnt7b in ventral regions and Wnti, Wnt3, Wnt3a, and Wnt4 in dorsal regions. Blockade of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in vivo specifically disrupts CNS, but not non-CNS, angiogenesis. These defects include reduction in vessel number, loss of capillary beds, and the formation of hemorrhagic vascular malformations that remain adherent to the meninges. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates the expression of the BBB-specific glucose transporter glut-1. Taken together these experiments reveal an essential role for Wnt/β-catenin signaling in driving CNS-specific angiogenesis and provide molecular evidence that angiogenesis and BBB formation are in part linked. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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5. Soluble receptor-mediated selective inhibition of VEGFR and PDGFRß signaling during physiologic and tumor angiogenesis.
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Kuhnert, Frank, Tam, Betty V. V., Sennino, Barbara, Gray, John T., Yuan, Jenny, Jocson, Angeline, Nayak, Nihar R, Mulligan, Richard C., McDonald, Donald M., and Kuo, Calvin J.
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NEOVASCULARIZATION , *TUMORS , *DRUG antagonism , *THERAPEUTICS , *MESSENGER RNA - Abstract
The simultaneous targeting of both endothelial cells and pericytes via inhibition of VEGF receptor (VEGFR) and PDGFβ receptor (PDGFRβ) signaling, respectively, has been proposed to enhance the efficacy of antiangiogenic tumor therapy. Clinical and preclinical modeling of combined VEGFR and PDGFRβ signaling inhibition, however, has used small molecule kinase inhibitors with inherently broad substrate specificities, precluding detailed examination of this hypothesis. Here, adenoviral expression of a soluble VEGFR2/Flk1 ectodomain (Ad Flk1-Fc) in combination with a soluble ectodomain of PDGFRβ (Ad sPDGFRβ) allowed highly selective inhibition of these pathways. The activity of Ad SPDGFRβ was validated in vitro against PDGF-BB and in vivo with near-complete blockade of pericyte recruitment in the angiogenic corpus luteum, resulting in prominent hemorrhage, thus demonstrating an essential function for PDGF signaling during ovarian angiogenesis. Combination therapy with Ad PDGFRβ and submaximal doses of Ad Flk1-Fc produced modest additive antitumor effects; however, no additivity was observed with maximal VEGF inhibition in numerous s.c. models. Notably. VEGF inhibition via Ad Flk1-Fc was sufficient to strongly suppress tumor endothelial and pericyte content as well as intratumoral PDGF-B mRNA. obscuring additive Ad SPDGFRβ effects on pericytes or tumor volume. These studies using highly specific soluble receptors suggest that additivity between VEGFR and PDGFRβ inhibition depends on the strength of VEGF blockade and appears minimal under conditions of maximal VEGF antagonism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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6. Essential requirement for Wnt signaling in proliferation of adult small intestine and colon revealed by adenoviral expression of Dickkopf-1.
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Kuhnert, Frank, Davis, Corrine R., Wang, Hsiao-Ting, Chu, Pauline, Lee, Mark, Yuan, Jenny, Nusse, Roel, and Kuo, Calvin J.
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GASTROINTESTINAL mucosa , *MOLECULAR biology , *ADENOVIRUSES , *STEM cells , *CELL proliferation , *WNT proteins , *GROWTH factors - Abstract
Whereas the adult gastrointestinal epithelium undergoes tremendous self-renewal through active proliferation in crypt stem cell compartments, the responsible growth factors regulating this continuous proliferation have not been defined. The exploration of physiologic functions of Wnt proteins in adult organisms has been hampered by functional redundancy and the necessity for conditional inactivation strategies. Dickkopf-1 (Dkk1) is a potent secreted Wnt antagonist that interacts with Wnt coreceptors of the LRP family. To address the contribution of Wnt signaling to gastrointestinal epithelial proliferation, adenoviral expression of Dkk1 was used to achieve stringent, conditional, and reversible Wnt inhibition in adult animals. Adenovirus Dkk1 (Ad Dkk1) treatment of adult mice repressed expression of the Wnt target genes CD44 and EphB2 within 2 days in both small intestine and colon, indicating an extremely broad role for Wnt signaling in the maintenance of adult gastrointestinal gene expression. In parallel, Ad Dkk1 markedly inhibited proliferation in small intestine and colon, accompanied by progressive architectural degeneration with the loss of crypts, villi, and glandular structure by 7 days. Whereas decreased Dkk1 expression at later time points (>10 days) was followed by crypt and villus regeneration, which was consistent with a reversible process, substantial mortality ensued from colitis and systemic infection. These results indicate the efficacy of systemic expression of secreted Wnt antagonists as a general strategy for conditional inactivation of Wnt signaling in adult organisms and illustrate a striking reliance on a single growth factor pathway for the maintenance of the architecture of the adult small intestine and colon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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