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Claudia M. Palena, Ph.D.

Selected Publications

1)  Hodge JW, Garnett CT, Farsaci B, Palena C, Tsang K, Ferrone S, Gameiro SR.
Chemotherapy-induced immunogenic modulation of tumor cells enhances killing by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and is distinct from immunogenic cell death.
Int. J. Cancer. [Epub ahead of print], 2013.
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2)  Roselli M, Fernando RI, Guadagni F, Spila A, Alessandroni J, Palmirotta R, Costarelli L, Litzinger M, Hamilton DH, Huang B, Tucker JA, Tsang KY, Schlom J, Palena C.
Brachyury, a driver of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, is overexpressed in human lung tumors: an opportunity for novel interventions against lung cancer.
Clin Cancer Res. 18: 3868-79, 2012.
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3)  Hamilton DH, Litzinger MT, Fernando RI, Huang B, Palena C.
Cancer vaccines targeting the epithelial-mesenchymal transition: tissue distribution of brachyury and other drivers of the mesenchymal-like phenotype of carcinomas.
Semin. Oncol. 39: 358-66, 2012.
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4)  Palena C, Hamilton DH, Fernando RI.
Influence of IL-8 on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the tumor microenvironment.
Future Oncol. 8: 713-22, 2012.
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5)  Fernando RI, Castillo MD, Litzinger M, Hamilton DH, Palena C.
IL-8 signaling plays a critical role in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of human carcinoma cells.
Cancer Res. 71: 5296-306, 2011.
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6)  Palena C, Fernando RI, Litzinger MT, Hamilton DH, Huang B, Schlom J.
Strategies to target molecules that control the acquisition of a mesenchymal-like phenotype by carcinoma cells.
Exp. Biol. Med. (Maywood). 236: 537-45, 2011.
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7)  Litzinger MT, Foon KA, Tsang K, Schlom J, Palena C.
Comparative analysis of MVA-CD40L and MVA-TRICOM vectors for enhancing the immunogenicity of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells.
Leuk Res. 34: 1351-7, 2010.
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8)  Cereda V, Poole D, Palena C, Das S, Bera T, Remondo C, Gulley J, Arlen P, Yokokawa J, Pastan I, Schlom J, Tsang K.
New gene expressedin prostate (NGEP): a potential target for T cell-mediated prostate cancer immunotherapy.
Cancer Immunol Immunother. 59: 63-71, 2010.
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9)  Fernando RI, Litzinger M, Trono P, Hamilton DH, Schlom J, Palena C.
The T-box transcription factor Brachyury promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human tumor cells.
J. Clin. Invest. 120: 533-44, 2010.
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10)  Palena C, Schlom J.
Vaccines against human carcinomas: strategies to improve antitumor immune responses.
J. Biomed. Biotechnol. 2010: 380697, 2010.
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