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Vavolizza RD, Petroni GR, Mauldin IS, Chianese-Bullock KA, Olson WC, Smith KT, Dengel LT, Haden K, Grosh WW, Kaur V, Varhegyi N, Gaughan EM, Slingluff CL Jr. Phase I/II clinical trial of a helper peptide vaccine plus PD-1 blockade in PD-1 antibody-naïve and PD-1 antibody-experienced patients with melanoma (MEL64). J Immunother Cancer. 2022 Sep;10(9). doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-005424. PubMed PMID: 36100309; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9472210.
Lynch KT, Squeo GC, Kane WJ, Meneveau MO, Petroni G, Olson WC, Chianese-Bullock KA, Slingluff CL Jr, Foley EF, Friel CM. A pilot trial of vaccination with Carcinoembryonic antigen and Her2/neu peptides in advanced colorectal cancer. Int J Cancer. 2022 Jan 1;150(1):164-173. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33793. Epub 2021 Oct 23. PubMed PMID: 34480368.
Lulu AM, Cummings KL, Jeffery ED, Myers PT, Underwood D, Lacy RM, Chianese-Bullock KA, Slingluff CL Jr, Modesitt SC, Engelhard VH. Characteristics of Immune Memory and Effector Activity to Cancer-Expressed MHC Class I Phosphopeptides Differ in Healthy Donors and Ovarian Cancer Patients. Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 Nov;9(11):1327-1341. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-21-0111. Epub 2021 Aug 19. PubMed PMID: 34413086; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8568670.
Patel SP, Petroni GR, Roszik J, Olson WC, Wages NA, Chianese-Bullock KA, Smolkin M, Varhegyi N, Gaughan E, Smith KT, Haden K, Hall EH, Gnjatic S, Hwu P, Slingluff CL. Phase I/II trial of a long peptide vaccine (LPV7) plus toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists with or without incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA) for resected high-risk melanoma. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Aug;9(8). doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-003220. PubMed PMID: 34413169; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8378357.
Meneveau MO, Petroni GR, Salerno EP, Lynch KT, Smolkin M, Woodson E, Chianese-Bullock KA, Olson WC, Deacon D, Patterson JW, Grosh WW, Slingluff CL. Immunogenicity in humans of a transdermal multipeptide melanoma vaccine administered with or without a TLR7 agonist. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 May;9(5). doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-002214. PubMed PMID: 34035112; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8154977.
Slingluff CL Jr, Petroni GR, Chianese-Bullock KA, Wages NA, Olson WC, Smith KT, Haden K, Dengel LT, Dickinson A, Reed C, Gaughan EM, Grosh WW, Kaur V, Varhegyi N, Smolkin M, Galeassi NV, Deacon D, Hall EH. Trial to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of a melanoma helper peptide vaccine plus incomplete Freund's adjuvant, cyclophosphamide, and polyICLC (Mel63). J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Jan;9(1). doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-000934. PubMed PMID: 33479025; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7825263.
Engelhard VH, Obeng RC, Cummings KL, Petroni GR, Ambakhutwala AL, Chianese-Bullock KA, Smith KT, Lulu A, Varhegyi N, Smolkin ME, Myers P, Mahoney KE, Shabanowitz J, Buettner N, Hall EH, Haden K, Cobbold M, Hunt DF, Weiss G, Gaughan E, Slingluff CL Jr. MHC-restricted phosphopeptide antigens: preclinical validation and first-in-humans clinical trial in participants with high-risk melanoma. J Immunother Cancer. 2020 May;8(1). doi: 10.1136/jitc-2019-000262. PubMed PMID: 32385144; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7228659.
Melssen MM, Petroni GR, Chianese-Bullock KA, Wages NA, Grosh WW, Varhegyi N, Smolkin ME, Smith KT, Galeassi NV, Deacon DH, Gaughan EM, Slingluff CL Jr. A multipeptide vaccine plus toll-like receptor agonists LPS or polyICLC in combination with incomplete Freund's adjuvant in melanoma patients. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Jun 27;7(1):163. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0625-x. PubMed PMID: 31248461; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6598303.
Dillon PM, Petroni GR, Smolkin ME, Brenin DR, Chianese-Bullock KA, Smith KT, Olson WC, Fanous IS, Nail CJ, Brenin CM, Hall EH, Slingluff CL Jr. A pilot study of the immunogenicity of a 9-peptide breast cancer vaccine plus poly-ICLC in early stage breast cancer. J Immunother Cancer. 2017 Nov 21;5(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s40425-017-0295-5. PubMed PMID: 29157306; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5697108.
Mauldin IS, Wages NA, Stowman AM, Wang E, Smolkin ME, Olson WC, Deacon DH, Smith KT, Galeassi NV, Chianese-Bullock KA, Dengel LT, Marincola FM, Petroni GR, Mullins DW, Slingluff CL Jr. Intratumoral interferon-gamma increases chemokine production but fails to increase T cell infiltration of human melanoma metastases. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2016 Oct;65(10):1189-99. doi: 10.1007/s00262-016-1881-y. Epub 2016 Aug 13. PubMed PMID: 27522581; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5037033.
Mauldin IS, Wages NA, Stowman AM, Wang E, Olson WC, Deacon DH, Smith KT, Galeassi N, Teague JE, Smolkin ME, Chianese-Bullock KA, Clark RA, Petroni GR, Marincola FM, Mullins DW, Slingluff CL Jr. Topical treatment of melanoma metastases with imiquimod, plus administration of a cancer vaccine, promotes immune signatures in the metastases. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2016 Oct;65(10):1201-12. doi: 10.1007/s00262-016-1880-z. Epub 2016 Aug 13. PubMed PMID: 27522582; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5037037.
Slingluff CL Jr, Petroni GR, Olson WC, Smolkin ME, Chianese-Bullock KA, Mauldin IS, Smith KT, Deacon DH, Varhegyi NE, Donnelly SB, Reed CM, Scott K, Galeassi NV, Grosh WW. A randomized pilot trial testing the safety and immunologic effects of a MAGE-A3 protein plus AS15 immunostimulant administered into muscle or into dermal/subcutaneous sites. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2016 Jan;65(1):25-36. doi: 10.1007/s00262-015-1770-9. Epub 2015 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 26581199; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5010424.
Hu Y, Petroni GR, Olson WC, Czarkowski A, Smolkin ME, Grosh WW, Chianese-Bullock KA, Slingluff CL Jr. Immunologic hierarchy, class II MHC promiscuity, and epitope spreading of a melanoma helper peptide vaccine. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2014 Aug;63(8):779-86. doi: 10.1007/s00262-014-1551-x. Epub 2014 Apr 23. PubMed PMID: 24756419; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4174310.
Dillon PM, Olson WC, Czarkowski A, Petroni GR, Smolkin M, Grosh WW, Chianese-Bullock KA, Deacon DH, Slingluff CL Jr. A melanoma helper peptide vaccine increases Th1 cytokine production by leukocytes in peripheral blood and immunized lymph nodes. J Immunother Cancer. 2014;2:23. doi: 10.1186/2051-1426-2-23. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 25126421; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4131803.
Slingluff CL Jr, Lee S, Zhao F, Chianese-Bullock KA, Olson WC, Butterfield LH, Whiteside TL, Leming PD, Kirkwood JM. A randomized phase II trial of multiepitope vaccination with melanoma peptides for cytotoxic T cells and helper T cells for patients with metastatic melanoma (E1602). Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Aug 1;19(15):4228-38. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-0002. Epub 2013 May 7. PubMed PMID: 23653149; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3813832.
Slingluff CL Jr, Petroni GR, Molhoek KR, Brautigan DL, Chianese-Bullock KA, Shada AL, Smolkin ME, Olson WC, Gaucher A, Chase CM, Grosh WW, Weiss GR, Wagenseller AG, Olszanski AJ, Martin L, Shea SM, Erdag G, Ram P, Gershenwald JE, Weber MJ. Clinical activity and safety of combination therapy with temsirolimus and bevacizumab for advanced melanoma: a phase II trial (CTEP 7190/Mel47). Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Jul 1;19(13):3611-20. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-3919. Epub 2013 Apr 25. PubMed PMID: 23620404; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3700572.
Salerno EP, Shea SM, Olson WC, Petroni GR, Smolkin ME, McSkimming C, Chianese-Bullock KA, Slingluff CL Jr. Activation, dysfunction and retention of T cells in vaccine sites after injection of incomplete Freund's adjuvant, with or without peptide. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2013 Jul;62(7):1149-59. doi: 10.1007/s00262-013-1435-5. Epub 2013 May 9. PubMed PMID: 23657629; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3813823.
Judge JM, Chianese-Bullock KA, Schroen AT, Slingluff CL Jr. Usefulness of prestudy assessment of patient willingness to undergo tissue biopsy for correlative studies in a melanoma vaccine trial. Clin Trials. 2013 Feb;10(1):143-50. doi: 10.1177/1740774512464438. Epub 2012 Nov 29. PubMed PMID: 23197414; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4167396.
Harris RC, Chianese-Bullock KA, Petroni GR, Schaefer JT, Brill LB 2nd, Molhoek KR, Deacon DH, Patterson JW, Slingluff CL Jr. The vaccine-site microenvironment induced by injection of incomplete Freund's adjuvant, with or without melanoma peptides. J Immunother. 2012 Jan;35(1):78-88. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0b013e31823731a4. PubMed PMID: 22130163; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3282210.
Weiss GR, Grosh WW, Chianese-Bullock KA, Zhao Y, Liu H, Slingluff CL Jr, Marincola FM, Wang E. Molecular insights on the peripheral and intratumoral effects of systemic high-dose rIL-2 (aldesleukin) administration for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Dec 1;17(23):7440-50. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-1650. Epub 2011 Oct 5. PubMed PMID: 21976537; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3229653.
Slingluff CL Jr, Petroni GR, Chianese-Bullock KA, Smolkin ME, Ross MI, Haas NB, von Mehren M, Grosh WW. Randomized multicenter trial of the effects of melanoma-associated helper peptides and cyclophosphamide on the immunogenicity of a multipeptide melanoma vaccine. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jul 20;29(21):2924-32. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.33.8053. Epub 2011 Jun 20. PubMed PMID: 21690475; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3138719.
Olson WC, Smolkin ME, Farris EM, Fink RJ, Czarkowski AR, Fink JH, Chianese-Bullock KA, Slingluff CL Jr. Shipping blood to a central laboratory in multicenter clinical trials: effect of ambient temperature on specimen temperature, and effects of temperature on mononuclear cell yield, viability and immunologic function. J Transl Med. 2011 Mar 8;9:26. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-26. PubMed PMID: 21385453; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3063218.
Slingluff CL, Petroni GR, Smolkin ME, Chianese-Bullock KA, Smith K, Murphy C, Galeassi N, Neese PY, Grosh WW, Nail CJ, Ross M, von Mehren M, Haas N, Boisvert ME, Kirkwood JM. Immunogenicity for CD8+ and CD4+ T cells of 2 formulations of an incomplete freund's adjuvant for multipeptide melanoma vaccines. J Immunother. 2010 Jul-Aug;33(6):630-8. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0b013e3181e311ac. PubMed PMID: 20551833; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3218563.
Slingluff CL Jr, Petroni GR, Olson WC, Smolkin ME, Ross MI, Haas NB, Grosh WW, Boisvert ME, Kirkwood JM, Chianese-Bullock KA. Effect of granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor on circulating CD8+ and CD4+ T-cell responses to a multipeptide melanoma vaccine: outcome of a multicenter randomized trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Nov 15;15(22):7036-44. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1544. Epub 2009 Nov 10. PubMed PMID: 19903780; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2778314.
Chianese-Bullock KA, Lewis ST, Sherman NE, Shannon JD, Slingluff CL Jr. Multi-peptide vaccines vialed as peptide mixtures can be stable reagents for use in peptide-based immune therapies. Vaccine. 2009 Mar 10;27(11):1764-70. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.01.018. Epub 2009 Feb 8. PubMed PMID: 19185050; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2733525.
Deacon DH, Hogan KT, Swanson EM, Chianese-Bullock KA, Denlinger CE, Czarkowski AR, Schrecengost RS, Patterson JW, Teague MW, Slingluff CL Jr. The use of gamma-irradiation and ultraviolet-irradiation in the preparation of human melanoma cells for use in autologous whole-cell vaccines. BMC Cancer. 2008 Dec 4;8:360. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-360. PubMed PMID: 19055839; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2612687.
Slingluff CL Jr, Yamshchikov GV, Hogan KT, Hibbitts SC, Petroni GR, Bissonette EA, Patterson JW, Neese PY, Grosh WW, Chianese-Bullock KA, Czarkowski A, Rehm PK, Parekh J. Evaluation of the sentinel immunized node for immune monitoring of cancer vaccines. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Dec;15(12):3538-49. doi: 10.1245/s10434-008-0046-4. Epub 2008 Oct 16. PubMed PMID: 18923873; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2997393.
Slingluff CL Jr, Petroni GR, Olson W, Czarkowski A, Grosh WW, Smolkin M, Chianese-Bullock KA, Neese PY, Deacon DH, Nail C, Merrill P, Fink R, Patterson JW, Rehm PK. Helper T-cell responses and clinical activity of a melanoma vaccine with multiple peptides from MAGE and melanocytic differentiation antigens. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Oct 20;26(30):4973-80. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.3161. Epub 2008 Sep 22. PubMed PMID: 18809608; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2652084.
Chianese-Bullock KA, Irvin WP Jr, Petroni GR, Murphy C, Smolkin M, Olson WC, Coleman E, Boerner SA, Nail CJ, Neese PY, Yuan A, Hogan KT, Slingluff CL Jr. A multipeptide vaccine is safe and elicits T-cell responses in participants with advanced stage ovarian cancer. J Immunother. 2008 May;31(4):420-30. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0b013e31816dad10. PubMed PMID: 18391753.
Slingluff CL Jr, Petroni GR, Chianese-Bullock KA, Smolkin ME, Hibbitts S, Murphy C, Johansen N, Grosh WW, Yamshchikov GV, Neese PY, Patterson JW, Fink R, Rehm PK. Immunologic and clinical outcomes of a randomized phase II trial of two multipeptide vaccines for melanoma in the adjuvant setting. Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Nov 1;13(21):6386-95. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-0486. PubMed PMID: 17975151.
Slingluff CL Jr, Chianese-Bullock KA, Bullock TN, Grosh WW, Mullins DW, Nichols L, Olson W, Petroni G, Smolkin M, Engelhard VH. Immunity to melanoma antigens: from self-tolerance to immunotherapy. Adv Immunol. 2006;90:243-95. doi: 10.1016/S0065-2776(06)90007-8. Review. PubMed PMID: 16730266.
Chianese-Bullock KA, Woodson EM, Tao H, Boerner SA, Smolkin M, Grosh WW, Neese PY, Merrill P, Petroni GR, Slingluff CL Jr. Autoimmune toxicities associated with the administration of antitumor vaccines and low-dose interleukin-2. J Immunother. 2005 Jul-Aug;28(4):412-9. doi: 10.1097/01.cji.0000171314.00924.2b. PubMed PMID: 16000961.
Chianese-Bullock KA, Pressley J, Garbee C, Hibbitts S, Murphy C, Yamshchikov G, Petroni GR, Bissonette EA, Neese PY, Grosh WW, Merrill P, Fink R, Woodson EM, Wiernasz CJ, Patterson JW, Slingluff CL Jr. MAGE-A1-, MAGE-A10-, and gp100-derived peptides are immunogenic when combined with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and montanide ISA-51 adjuvant and administered as part of a multipeptide vaccine for melanoma. J Immunol. 2005 Mar 1;174(5):3080-6. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.3080. PubMed PMID: 15728523.
Slingluff CL Jr, Petroni GR, Yamshchikov GV, Hibbitts S, Grosh WW, Chianese-Bullock KA, Bissonette EA, Barnd DL, Deacon DH, Patterson JW, Parekh J, Neese PY, Woodson EM, Wiernasz CJ, Merrill P. Immunologic and clinical outcomes of vaccination with a multiepitope melanoma peptide vaccine plus low-dose interleukin-2 administered either concurrently or on a delayed schedule. J Clin Oncol. 2004 Nov 15;22(22):4474-85. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2004.10.212. PubMed PMID: 15542798.
Thompson LW, Garbee CF, Hibbitts S, Brinckerhoff LH, Pierce RA, Chianese-Bullock KA, Deacon DH, Engelhard VH, Slingluff CL Jr. Competition among peptides in melanoma vaccines for binding to MHC molecules. J Immunother. 2004 Nov-Dec;27(6):425-31. doi: 10.1097/00002371-200411000-00002. PubMed PMID: 15534486.
Woodson EM, Chianese-Bullock KA, Wiernasz CJ, Bissonette EA, Grosh WW, Neese PY, Merrill PK, Barnd DL, Petroni GR, Slingluff CL Jr. Assessment of the toxicities of systemic low-dose interleukin-2 administered in conjunction with a melanoma peptide vaccine. J Immunother. 2004 Sep-Oct;27(5):380-8. doi: 10.1097/00002371-200409000-00006. PubMed PMID: 15314546.
Slingluff CL Jr, Petroni GR, Yamshchikov GV, Barnd DL, Eastham S, Galavotti H, Patterson JW, Deacon DH, Hibbitts S, Teates D, Neese PY, Grosh WW, Chianese-Bullock KA, Woodson EM, Wiernasz CJ, Merrill P, Gibson J, Ross M, Engelhard VH. Clinical and immunologic results of a randomized phase II trial of vaccination using four melanoma peptides either administered in granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in adjuvant or pulsed on dendritic cells. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Nov 1;21(21):4016-26. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.10.005. PubMed PMID: 14581425.
Soguero C, Joo M, Chianese-Bullock KA, Nguyen DT, Tung K, Hahn YS. Hepatitis C virus core protein leads to immune suppression and liver damage in a transgenic murine model. J Virol. 2002 Sep;76(18):9345-54. doi: 10.1128/jvi.76.18.9345-9354.2002. PubMed PMID: 12186917; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC136450.
Kittlesen DJ, Chianese-Bullock KA, Yao ZQ, Braciale TJ, Hahn YS. Interaction between complement receptor gC1qR and hepatitis C virus core protein inhibits T-lymphocyte proliferation. J Clin Invest. 2000 Nov;106(10):1239-49. doi: 10.1172/JCI10323. PubMed PMID: 11086025; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC381434.
Chianese-Bullock KA, Russell HI, Moller C, Gerhard W, Monaco JJ, Eisenlohr LC. Antigen processing of two H2-IEd-restricted epitopes is differentially influenced by the structural changes in a viral glycoprotein. J Immunol. 1998 Aug 15;161(4):1599-607. PubMed PMID: 9712021.
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