DOD OCA
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An interactive ovarian cancer virtual academy providing intensive mentoring, national networking, and a peer group for junior faculty funded by the CDMRP/DOD. https://www.med.upenn.edu/dodovariancanceracademy/
The Helene Harris Memorial Trust (HHMT) International Forum on Ovarian Cancer met last year to discuss the latest in the field. It sparked a fantastic review of the latest advances. Check it out! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rethinking ovarian cancer III: the past decade and future directions
Nature Reviews Cancer - In this Expert Recommendation, Bowtell and colleagues outline progress made over the last decade in the research and treatment of high-grade serous carcinoma as well as...
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OCA ECIs @vermalab-washu.bsky.social and Dr. Soong, and Dean Ken Nephew highlight new spatial multiomics findings defining 4 STIC subtypes (PIMD), emphasizing precursor heterogeneity and implications for HGSC. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41923499/
Not All STICs Are Equal: Unraveling the Implications of Precursor Heterogeneity - PubMed
Serous tubal intraepithelial carcinomas (STIC) are precursors of high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC), the deadliest subtype of ovarian carcinoma. To establish clinically actionable strategies against these lesions, a better understanding of the mutational, transcriptional, and genetic/epigenetic alte …
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OCA ECI alum Jogender Tushir-Singh's lab shows that, unlike in macaques, human TIGIT isn't cleaved into a soluble decoy. This may explain why TIGIT antibodies have struggled in clinical trials. Read all about it below: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An evolutionary T119R substitution in the macaque T-cell immunoreceptor TIGIT enables proteolytic shedding and reveals clinical antibody vulnerabilities
Despite being a promising target for cancer immunotherapy, several TIGIT (T-cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and ITIM domain) antibodies have b…
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Another inspiring and successful DoD OCA workshop where science, collaboration, and camaraderie come together to push research and care forward.
MD/PhD student Mihai Dumbrava from our #LabFunEpi presenting his work about an epigenetic persister cell signature using single using single cell ATAC+RNA profiling of HGSC patient samples at the AACR Ovarian cancer meeting in Denver CO.
Congratulations to DOD OCA ECI Denarda Dangaj Laniti's lab on publication revealing TIL:myeloid crosstalk as a key driver and therapeutic target in BRCA-dependent immune rewiring of recurrent ovarian cancer. www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
Myeloid cell networks govern re-establishment of original immune landscapes in recurrent ovarian cancer
Ghisoni et al. profile the immune landscape of 697 ovarian cancers (OCs), identifying four immune phenotypes linked to prognosis and treatment response. The study demonstrates that BRCA-dependent TIL:...
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Congratulations to DOD OCA alum Jogender Tushir-Singh on recent publication showing how a human-specific mutation in FasL makes us more susceptible to cancer. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolutionary regulation of human Fas ligand (CD95L) by plasmin in solid cancer immunotherapy - Nature Communications
Fas ligand (FasL) regulates immunotherapeutic cancer-cell death. Here, the authors show a human-specific amino-acid substitution which renders human FasL more susceptible for plasmin cleavage and is r...
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Hear from OCRP leaders in this video series on how the Ovarian Cancer Academy supports researchers in making ovarian cancer the focus of their scientific careers and accelerating progress in the field: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC2G... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogO4... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwWV...
OCRP Academy Video Preview 28Feb
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Congratulations to OCA alumni Drs. Dmitriy Zamarin and Juan Cubillos-Ruiz, and Deputy Dean @rdrapkin8-penn.bsky.social, on being Pershing Square Foundation Ovarian Cancer Challenge Grant recipients! pershingsquarephilanthropies.org/news/the-per...
The Pershing Square Foundation Launches $5.25M Ovarian Cancer Challenge Grant to Tackle One of the Deadliest and Most Underfunded Women's Cancers — Pershing Square Philanthropies
Pershing Square Philanthropies - we bet on innovative leaders solving humanity’s big societal, environmental, and health challenges.
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Another great #AACR meeting! Great energy, incredible science, and wonderful opportunity to connect with former trainees, colleagues, and collaborators. @ocacademy.bsky.social
The POTEE-ntial is huge! More amazing work by our ECI Marion Curtis, uncovering TTLL8, POTEE, & PKMYT1 as new tumor antigens. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Identification of TTLL8, POTEE, and PKMYT1 as immunogenic cancer-associated antigens and potential immunotherapy targets in ovarian cancer
Most high-grade serous ovarian cancers (OC) do not respond to current immunotherapies. To identify potential new actionable tumor antigens in OC, we performed immunopeptidomics on a human OC cell line...
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Amazing work done by our ECI Marion Curtis. What was once 'cryptic' in OC is now clear, hidden peptides may hold the key to powerful immune responses! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Immunogenic cryptic peptides dominate the antigenic landscape of ovarian cancer
Cryptic immunogenic peptides in ovarian cancer hint at their potential role in antitumor immunity.
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Ovarian Cancer Midwest Focus conference: Flash Talk presentation first prize to my student @yiwenxie.bsky.social! Very sharp!
The Ovarian Cancer Midwest Focus (OCMF) conference at Sanford Research in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was a total blast. The keynote speakers (Don Cleveland and Denise Montell) were amazing. The flash talks by the trainees were fascinating....and Casino Night was super fun. @pennmedicine.bsky.social
