Publications

1. Luo Y, Gadd ME, Qie Y, Otamendi-Lopez A, Sanchez-Garavito JE, Brooks MM, Ulloa Navas MJ, Hundal T, Li S, Jones VK, Lou Y, Patel T, Dronca R, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Dong H, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Qin H. Solid cancer-directed CAR T cell therapy that attacks both tumor and immunosuppressive cells via targeting PD-L1. Mol Ther Oncol. 2024 Dec 19; 32 (4):200891 Epub 2024 Oct 05
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2. Qie Y, Gadd ME, Shao Q, To T, Liu A, Li S, Rivera-Valentin R, Yassine F, Murthy HS, Dronca R, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Qin H, Luo Y. Targeting chronic lymphocytic leukemia with B-cell activating factor receptor CAR T cells. MedComm (2020). 2024 Sep; 5 (9):e716 Epub 2024 Sept 02
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3. Jarmi T, Luo Y, Attieh RM, Qie Y, Gadd ME, Hundal T, Mao S, Murthy HS, Taner BC, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Qin H. CAR T-cell therapy-paving the way for sensitized kidney transplant patients. Kidney Int. 2024 May; 105 (5):1124-1129 Epub 2024 Apr 02
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4. Luo Y, Qie Y, Gadd ME, Manna A, Rivera-Valentin R, To T, Li S, Yassine F, Murthy HS, Dronca R, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Qin H. Translational development of a novel BAFF-R CAR-T therapy targeting B-cell lymphoid malignancies. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2023 Dec; 72 (12):4031-4047 Epub 2023 Oct 10
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5. Dong Z, Song JY, Thieme E, Anderson A, Oh E, Cheng WA, Kuang BZ, Lee V, Zhang T, Wang Z, Szymura S, Smith DL, Zhang J, Nian W, Zheng X, He F, Zhou Q, Cha SC, Danilov AV, Qin H, Kwak LW. Generation of a humanized afucosylated BAFF-R antibody with broad activity against human B-cell malignancies. Blood Adv. 2023 Mar 28; 7 (6):918-932
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6. Mohty R, Alotaibi S, Gadd M, Luo Y, Parrondo R, Qin H, Kharfan-Dabaja MA. Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: What is the supporting evidence so far? Clin Hematol Int. 2023; 5 (4):33-46 Epub 2023 Nov 28
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7. Vanegas YM, Mohty R, Gadd ME, Luo Y, Aljurf M, Qin H, Kharfan-Dabaja MA. CAR-T cell Therapies for B-cell Lymphoid Malignancies: Identifying Targets Beyond CD19. Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2022 Dec 15; 15(3):81-93.
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8. Wang X, Dong Z, Awuah D, Chang WC, Cheng WA, Vyas V, Cha SC, Anderson AJ, Zhang T, Wang Z, Szymura SJ, Kuang BZ, Clark MC, Aldoss I, Forman SJ, Kwak LW, Qin H. CD19/BAFF-R dual-targeted CAR T cells for the treatment of mixed antigen-negative variants of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia. 2022 Apr; 36 (4):1015-1024 Epub 2022 Jan 18
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9. Badar T, Manna A, Gadd ME, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Qin H. Prospect of CAR T-cell therapy in acute myeloid leukemia. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2022 Feb; 31(2):211-220. Epub 2022 Jan 24.
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10. Wen T, Barham W, Li Y, Zhang H, Gicobi JK, Hirdler JB, Liu X, Ham H, Peterson Martinez KE, Lucien F, Lavoie RR, Li H, Correia C, Monie DD, An Z, Harrington SM, Wu X, Guo R, Dronca RS, Mansfield AS, Yan Y, Markovic SN, Park SS, Sun J, Qin H, Liu MC, Vasmatzis G, Billadeau DD, Dong H. NKG7 Is a T-cell-Intrinsic Therapeutic Target for Improving Antitumor Cytotoxicity and Cancer Immunotherapy. Cancer Immunol Res. 2022 Feb; 10 (2):162-181 Epub 2021 Dec 15
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11. Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Yassine F, Gadd ME, Qin H. Driving Out Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia With CAR T Cells. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Jan; 28(1):5-17. Epub 2021 Oct 14.
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12. Shi H, Seegobin K, Heng F, Zhou K, Chen R, Qin H, Manochakian R, Zhao Y, Lou Y. Genomic landscape of lung adenocarcinomas in different races. Front Oncol. 2022; 12:946625 Epub 2022 Sept 28
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13. Shi H, Zhou K, Cochuyt J, Hodge D, Qin H, Manochakian R, Zhao Y, Ailawadhi S, Adjei AA, Lou Y. Survival of Black and White Patients With Stage IV Small Cell Lung Cancer. Front Oncol. 2021; 11:773958 Epub 2021 Dec 10
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14. Dong Z, Cheng WA, Smith DL, Huang B, Zhang T, Chang WC, Wang X, Forman SJ, Kwak LW, Qin H. Antitumor efficacy of BAFF-R targeting CAR T cells manufactured under clinic-ready conditions. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2020 May 25. [Epub ahead of print]
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15. Qin H, Dong Z, Wang X, Cheng WA, Wen F, Xue W, Sun H, Walter M, Wei G, Smith DL, Sun X, Fei F, Xie J, Panagopoulou TI, Chen CW, Song JY, Aldoss I, Kayembe C, Sarno L, Muschen M, Inghirami GG, Forman SJ, Kwak LW. CAR T cells targeting BAFF-R can overcome CD19 antigen loss in B cell malignancies. Sci Transl Med. 2019 Sep 25; 11 (511)
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16. Liu Y, Wei G, Cheng WA, Dong Z, Sun H, Lee VY, Cha SC, Smith DL, Kwak LW, Qin H. Targeting myeloid-derived suppressor cells for cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2018 Aug; 67 (8):1181-1195 Epub 2018 May 31
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17. Qin H, Wei G, Sakamaki I, Dong Z, Cheng WA, Smith DL, Wen F, Sun H, Kim K, Cha S, Bover L, Neelapu SS, Kwak LW. Novel BAFF-Receptor Antibody to Natively Folded Recombinant Protein Eliminates Drug-Resistant Human B-cell Malignancies In Vivo. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Mar 1; 24 (5):1114-1123 Epub 2017 Nov 27
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18. Haymaker C, Yang Y, Wang J, Zou Q, Sahoo A, Alekseev A, Singh D, Ritthipichai K, Hailemichael Y, Hoang ON, Qin H, Schluns KS, Wang T, Overwijk WW, Sun SC, Bernatchez C, Kwak LW, Neelapu SS, Nurieva R. Absence of Grail promotes CD8(+) T cell anti-tumour activity. Nat Commun. 2017 Aug 10; 8 (1):239
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19. Qin H, Wei G, Gwak D, Dong Z, Xiong A, Kwak LW. Targeting tumor-associated myeloid cells for cancer immunotherapy. Oncoimmunology. 2015 Mar; 4 (3):e983961 Epub 2015 Apr 02
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20. Pradhan P, Qin H, Leleux JA, Gwak D, Sakamaki I, Kwak LW, Roy K. The effect of combined IL10 siRNA and CpG ODN as pathogen-mimicking microparticles on Th1/Th2 cytokine balance in dendritic cells and protective immunity against B cell lymphoma. Biomaterials. 2014 Jul; 35 (21):5491-504 Epub 2014 Apr 08
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21. Qin H, Lerman B, Sakamaki I, Wei G, Cha SC, Rao SS, Qian J, Hailemichael Y, Nurieva R, Dwyer KC, Roth J, Yi Q, Overwijk WW, Kwak LW. Generation of a new therapeutic peptide that depletes myeloid-derived suppressor cells in tumor-bearing mice. Nat Med. 2014 Jun; 20 (6):676-81 Epub 2014 May 25
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22. Sakamaki I, Kwak LW, Cha SC, Yi Q, Lerman B, Chen J, Surapaneni S, Bateman S, Qin H. Lenalidomide enhances the protective effect of a therapeutic vaccine and reverses immune suppression in mice bearing established lymphomas. Leukemia. 2014 Feb; 28 (2):329-37 Epub 2013 June 14
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23. Cha SC, Qin H, Sakamaki I, Kwak L. Cloning variable region genes of clonal lymphoma immunoglobulin for generating patient-specific idiotype DNA vaccine. Methods Mol Biol. 2014; 1139:289-303
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24. Cha SC, Qin H, Kannan S, Rawal S, Watkins LS, Baio FE, Wu W, Ong J, Wei J, Kwak B, Kim S, Popescu MS, Paick DS, Kim K, Luong A, Davis RE, Schroeder HW Jr, Kwak LW, Neelapu SS. Nonstereotyped lymphoma B cell receptors recognize vimentin as a shared autoantigen. J Immunol. 2013 May 1; 190 (9):4887-98 Epub 2013 Mar 27
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25. Qian J, Zheng Y, Zheng C, Wang L, Qin H, Hong S, Li H, Lu Y, He J, Yang J, Neelapu S, Kwak LW, Hou J, Yi Q. Active vaccination with Dickkopf-1 induces protective and therapeutic antitumor immunity in murine multiple myeloma. Blood. 2012 Jan 5; 119 (1):161-9 Epub 2011 Nov 02
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26. Singh A, Qin H, Fernandez I, Wei J, Lin J, Kwak LW, Roy K. An injectable synthetic immune-priming center mediates efficient T-cell class switching and T-helper 1 response against B cell lymphoma. J Control Release. 2011 Oct 30; 155 (2):184-92 Epub 2011 June 21
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27. Sakamaki I, Qin H, Kwak LW. Translational development of vaccination strategies in follicular NHL. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol. 2011 Jun; 24 (2):295-304 Epub 2011 May 06
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28. Park HJ, Qin H, Cha SC, Sharma R, Chung Y, Schluns KS, Neelapu SS, Overwijk WW, Hwu P, Kwak LW. Induction of TLR4-dependent CD8+ T cell immunity by murine beta-defensin2 fusion protein vaccines. Vaccine. 2011 Apr 18; 29 (18):3476-82 Epub 2011 Mar 05
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29. Qin H, Cha SC, Neelapu SS, Liu C, Wang YH, Wei J, Qin XF, Liu YJ, Kwak LW. Generation of an immune microenvironment as a novel mechanism for myotoxins to potentiate genetic vaccines. Vaccine. 2010 Nov 23; 28 (50):7970-8
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30. Qin H, Nehete PN, He H, Nehete B, Buchl S, Cha SC, Sastry JK, Kwak LW. Prime-boost vaccination using chemokine-fused gp120 DNA and HIV envelope peptides activates both immediate and long-term memory cellular responses in rhesus macaques. J Biomed Biotechnol. 2010; 2010:860160 Epub 2010 May 05
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31. Qin H, Cha SC, Neelapu SS, Lou Y, Wei J, Liu YJ, Kwak LW. Vaccine site inflammation potentiates idiotype DNA vaccine-induced therapeutic T cell-, and not B cell-, dependent antilymphoma immunity. Blood. 2009 Nov 5; 114 (19):4142-9 Epub 2009 Sept 11
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32. Singh A, Nie H, Ghosn B, Qin H, Kwak LW, Roy K. Efficient modulation of T-cell response by dual-mode, single-carrier delivery of cytokine-targeted siRNA and DNA vaccine to antigen-presenting cells. Mol Ther. 2008 Dec; 16 (12):2011-21 Epub 2008 Sept 23
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33. Liu C, Lou Y, Lizee G, Qin H, Liu S, Rabinovich B, Kim GJ, Wang YH, Ye Y, Sikora AG, Overwijk WW, Liu YJ, Wang G, Hwu P. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells induce NK cell-dependent, tumor antigen-specific T cell cross-priming and tumor regression in mice. J Clin Invest. 2008 Mar; 118 (3):1165-75
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34. Zhu K, Qin H, Cha SC, Neelapu SS, Overwijk W, Lizee GA, Abbruzzese JL, Hwu P, Radvanyi L, Kwak LW, Chang DZ. Survivin DNA vaccine generated specific antitumor effects in pancreatic carcinoma and lymphoma mouse models. Vaccine. 2007 Nov 14; 25 (46):7955-61 Epub 2007 Sept 14
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35. Chung Y, Qin H, Kang CY, Kim S, Kwak LW, Dong C. An NKT-mediated autologous vaccine generates CD4 T-cell dependent potent antilymphoma immunity. Blood. 2007 Sep 15; 110 (6):2013-9 Epub 2007 June 20
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36. Kalra J, Shao Q, Qin H, Thomas T, Alaoui-Jamali MA, Laird DW. Cx26 inhibits breast MDA-MB-435 cell tumorigenic properties by a gap junctional intercellular communication-independent mechanism. Carcinogenesis. 2006 Dec; 27 (12):2528-37 Epub 2006 June 15
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37. Kobrin C, Cha SC, Qin H, Raffeld M, Fend F, Quintanilla-Martinez L, Grove S, Jaffe ES, Kwak LW. Molecular analysis of light-chain switch and acute lymphoblastic leukemia transformation in two follicular lymphomas: implications for lymphomagenesis. Leuk Lymphoma. 2006 Aug; 47 (8):1523-34
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38. Pai Kasturi S, Qin H, Thomson KS, El-Bereir S, Cha SC, Neelapu S, Kwak LW, Roy K. Prophylactic anti-tumor effects in a B cell lymphoma model with DNA vaccines delivered on polyethylenimine (PEI) functionalized PLGA microparticles. J Control Release. 2006 Jul 20; 113 (3):261-70 Epub 2006 May 03
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39. Neelapu SS, Lee ST, Qin H, Cha SC, Woo AF, Kwak LW. Therapeutic lymphoma vaccines: importance of T-cell immunity. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2006 Jun; 5 (3):381-94
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40. Cha SC, Kwak LW, Ruffini PA, Qin H, Neelapu S, Biragyn A. Cloning of B cell lymphoma-associated antigens using modified phage-displayed expression cDNA library and immunized patient sera. J Immunol Methods. 2006 May 30; 312 (1-2):79-93 Epub 2006 Mar 31
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41. Qin H, Shao Q, Igdoura SA, Alaoui-Jamali MA, Laird DW. Lysosomal and proteasomal degradation play distinct roles in the life cycle of Cx43 in gap junctional intercellular communication-deficient and -competent breast tumor cells. J Biol Chem. 2003 Aug 8; 278 (32):30005-14 Epub 2003 May 26
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42. Qin H, Shao Q, Thomas T, Kalra J, Alaoui-Jamali MA, Laird DW. Connexin26 regulates the expression of angiogenesis-related genes in human breast tumor cells by both GJIC-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Cell Commun Adhes. 2003 Jul-Dec; 10 (4-6):387-93
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43. Qin H, Shao Q, Curtis H, Galipeau J, Belliveau DJ, Wang T, Alaoui-Jamali MA, Laird DW. Retroviral delivery of connexin genes to human breast tumor cells inhibits in vivo tumor growth by a mechanism that is independent of significant gap junctional intercellular communication. J Biol Chem. 2002 Aug 9; 277 (32):29132-8 Epub 2002 May 31
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44. Reynaert H, Vaeyens F, Qin H, Hellemans K, Chatterjee N, Winand D, Quartier E, Schuit F, Urbain D, Kumar U, Patel YC, Geerts A. Somatostatin suppresses endothelin-1-induced rat hepatic stellate cell contraction via somatostatin receptor subtype 1. Gastroenterology. 2001 Oct; 121 (4):915-30
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45. Laird DW, Jordan K, Thomas T, Qin H, Fistouris P, Shao Q. Comparative analysis and application of fluorescent protein-tagged connexins. Microsc Res Tech. 2001 Feb 1; 52 (3):263-72
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46. Qin H, Shao Q, Belliveau DJ, Laird DW. Aggregated DsRed-tagged Cx43 and over-expressed Cx43 are targeted to lysosomes in human breast cancer cells. Cell Commun Adhes. 2001; 8 (4-6):433-9
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