Microbiology & Immunology

Recent Publications

• Increased formation of reactive oxygen species during tumor growth: Ex vivo low-temperature EPR and in vivo bioluminescence analyses.

  (Cheng G, Pan J, Podsiadly R, Zielonka J, Garces AM, Dias Duarte Machado LG, Bennett B, McAllister D, Dwinell MB, You M, Kalyanaraman B.) Free Radic Biol Med. 2020 Feb 01;147:167-174 PMID: 31874251 PMCID: PMC6948008 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076857582 12/25/2019

• Synergistic inhibition of tumor cell proliferation by metformin and mito-metformin in the presence of iron chelators.

  (Cheng G, Zielonka J, Hardy M, Ouari O, Chitambar CR, Dwinell MB, Kalyanaraman B.) Oncotarget. 2019 May 28;10(37):3518-3532 PMID: 31191823 PMCID: PMC6544408 06/14/2019

• STING agonist inflames the pancreatic cancer immune microenvironment and reduces tumor burden in mouse models.

  (Jing W, McAllister D, Vonderhaar EP, Palen K, Riese MJ, Gershan J, Johnson BD, Dwinell MB.) J Immunother Cancer. 2019 04 29;7(1):115 PMID: 31036082 PMCID: PMC6489306 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065258266 05/01/2019

• A Serum-Induced Transcriptome and Serum Cytokine Signature Obtained at Diagnosis Correlates with the Development of Early Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Metastasis.

  (Tsai S, McOlash L, Jia S, Zhang J, Simpson P, Kaldunski ML, Aldakkak M, Grewal J, Palen K, Dwinell MB, Johnson BD, Mackinnon A, Hessner MJ, Gershan JA.) Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 04;28(4):680-689 PMID: 30530849 PMCID: PMC6545232 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85063867816 12/12/2018

• Mitochondria-targeted drugs stimulate mitophagy and abrogate colon cancer cell proliferation.

  (Boyle KA, Van Wickle J, Hill RB, Marchese A, Kalyanaraman B, Dwinell MB.) J Biol Chem. 2018 09 21;293(38):14891-14904 PMID: 30087121 PMCID: PMC6153299 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85054023214 08/09/2018

• Corrigendum to 'A review of the basics of mitochondrial bioenergetics, metabolism, and related signaling pathways in cancer cells: Therapeutic targeting of tumor mitochondria with lipophilic cationic compounds' [REDOX 14C (2017) 316-327].

  (Kalyanaraman B, Cheng G, Hardy M, Ouari O, Lopez M, Joseph J, Zielonka J, Dwinell MB.) Redox Biol. 2018 06;16:426-427 PMID: 29548725 PMCID: PMC5952812 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85043469209 03/20/2018

• Diacylglycerol kinase ζ (DGKζ) and Casitas b-lineage proto-oncogene b-deficient mice have similar functional outcomes in T cells but DGKζ-deficient mice have increased T cell activation and tumor clearance.

  (Wesley EM, Xin G, McAllister D, Malarkannan S, Newman DK, Dwinell MB, Cui W, Johnson BD, Riese MJ.) Immunohorizons. 2018 Apr 01;2(4):107-118 PMID: 30027154 PMCID: PMC6048965 07/22/2018

• A review of the basics of mitochondrial bioenergetics, metabolism, and related signaling pathways in cancer cells: Therapeutic targeting of tumor mitochondria with lipophilic cationic compounds.

  (Kalyanaraman B, Cheng G, Hardy M, Ouari O, Lopez M, Joseph J, Zielonka J, Dwinell MB.) Redox Biol. 2018 04;14:316-327 PMID: 29017115 PMCID: PMC5633086 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85030681499 10/11/2017

• Development of primary human pancreatic cancer organoids, matched stromal and immune cells and 3D tumor microenvironment models.

  (Tsai S, McOlash L, Palen K, Johnson B, Duris C, Yang Q, Dwinell MB, Hunt B, Evans DB, Gershan J, James MA.) BMC Cancer. 2018 03 27;18(1):335 PMID: 29587663 PMCID: PMC5870823 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85044523365 03/29/2018

• GEMMs Are a Gem When it Comes to Defining the Role of HIF2α in Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms.

  (Boyle KA, Dwinell MB.) Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018;5(2):165-166 PMID: 29693045 PMCID: PMC5904046 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85039848766 04/26/2018

• Modified Metformin as a More Potent Anticancer Drug: Mitochondrial Inhibition, Redox Signaling, Antiproliferative Effects and Future EPR Studies.

  (Kalyanaraman B, Cheng G, Hardy M, Ouari O, Sikora A, Zielonka J, Dwinell MB.) Cell Biochem Biophys. 2017 Dec;75(3-4):311-317 PMID: 28429253 PMCID: PMC5680142 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85018513016 04/22/2017

• Differences in Sulfotyrosine Binding amongst CXCR1 and CXCR2 Chemokine Ligands.

  (Moussouras NA, Getschman AE, Lackner ER, Veldkamp CT, Dwinell MB, Volkman BF.) Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Sep 03;18(9) PMID: 28869519 PMCID: PMC5618543 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85028764300 09/05/2017

• CCR7 Sulfotyrosine Enhances CCL21 Binding.

  (Phillips AJ, Taleski D, Koplinski CA, Getschman AE, Moussouras NA, Richard AM, Peterson FC, Dwinell MB, Volkman BF, Payne RJ, Veldkamp CT.) Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Aug 25;18(9) PMID: 28841151 PMCID: PMC5618506 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85028343200 08/26/2017

• Mitochondria-targeted metformins: anti-tumour and redox signalling mechanisms.

  (Kalyanaraman B, Cheng G, Hardy M, Ouari O, Sikora A, Zielonka J, Dwinell M.) Interface Focus. 2017 Apr 06;7(2):20160109 PMID: 28382202 PMCID: PMC5311906 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85013194895 04/07/2017

• Stromal inflammation in pancreatic cancer: Mechanisms and translational applications

  (Boyle KA, James MA, Tsai S, Evans DB, Dwinell MB.) Pancreatic Cancer. 11 April 2018:481-508 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85054043119 04/11/2018