Srividya Swaminathan, Associate Professor at City of Hope, shared on LinkedIn:
“Thrilled to share a new publication from my lab in Cell Reports Medicine by Cell Press revealing the landscape and prognostic significance of dendritic cells (DCs) in patients with B- and T- cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Title: Tumor-induced dendritic cell deregulation perturbs T cell proliferation and predicts clinical outcome in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Authors: Anil Kumar, Kory Hamane, Caroline Duault, Joao Rodrigues Lima-Junior, Da Hae Jung, Hanjun Qin, Sheyla Salcido, Min Huang, Xinying Guo, Adeleh Taghi Khani, Ashly Sanchez Ortiz, Lucy Ghoda, Guido Marcucci, Norman J. Lacayo, Kathleen M. Sakamoto, Christian Hurtz, Martin Carroll, Sarah K. Tasian, Huimin Geng, Lingyun Ji, Saro Armenian, Shai Izraeli, Xiwei Wu, Holden T. Maecker, Srividya Swaminathan.
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I am also excited to share a complementary research news piece from my Institution, City of Hope, on this topic.
Deep gratitude to our collaborators, to Children’s Oncology Group, and to our funders PhRMA, Blood Cancer United, American Society of Hematology, The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation, St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Leukemia Research Foundation, the Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation, and Dake Wilson Family Pediatric Accelerator Funding. This work would not have been possible without your support.”
Saro Armenian, Barron Hilton Chair and Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics at City of Hope, added:
“Congratulations on this important publication, Srivi!
We are all so proud of the work your team and you are doing to improve outcomes for our leukemia patients.”