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Paulo  Rodriguez

Paulo Rodriguez, PhD

Research Department Chair, Immunology
Research Program Lead, Immuno-Oncology Program
Chair, Department of Immunology

Program: Immunology

Research Program: Immuno-Oncology Program

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  • Overview

    The long-term goal of my research is to develop innovative strategies that restore protective immunity in cancer, leading to long lasting anti-tumor effector responses.

    Associations

    • Immunology
    • Malignant Hematology
    • Immuno-Oncology Program
    • Melanoma & Skin Cancer Center of Excellence
    • Lung Cancer Center of Excellence

    Education & Training

    Graduate:

    • CCBB-University of Antioquia, Masters - Immunology
    • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, PhD - Genetics

    Fellowship:

    • Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Immunotherapy
  • Research Interest

    Dr. Rodriguez's research programs focus on the suppressive effects induced by tumor-infiltrating myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), a heterogeneous population of immature myeloid precursors that are primary mediators of tumor-induced anergy and a major obstacle for the development of successful cancer immunotherapies. My current research programs are summarized as following:1. To determine the role of major pathways associated with cellular stress in the tumor microenvironment as master regulators of the immune suppressive activity of MDSC. This research is based on the hypothesis that the activation of particular stress signals in MDSC drives their ability to inhibit T cell responses and modulates MDSC accumulation and survival in tumors. Therefore, therapeutic inhibition of these mediators and its major upstream regulators in tumors will reprogram MDSC function into functional anti-tumor antigen presenting cells, restore protective anti-tumor T cell responses, and increase the efficacy of various forms immunotherapy.2. To identify the importance of the inhibition of Notch1 signaling in CD8 T lymphocytes in the T cell anergy induced by MDSC in solid tumors. The Notch family of receptors mediates a highly conserved pathway that controls the function, development, and differentiation of many cell types, including immune cells. In this research project, we aim to elucidate the mechanisms whereby Notch1 activity in CD8 T cells counteracts MDSC-linked tolerance in tumors and to test the effect of triggering Notch1 signaling in T cells as a novel strategy to increase the efficacy of various forms of cancer immunotherapy. We are currently investigating several therapeutic approaches aimed at increasing Notch1 signaling in tumor-infiltrating CD8 T cells.3. To understand the role of the deprivation of the non-essential amino acid L-arginine in the suppressive function and accumulation of MDSC in tumors.  The metabolism of different amino acids, including L-Arginine, by tumor-infiltrating MDSC has been shown to impair anti-tumor T cell responses. Ongoing experiments are testing the effect of the deprivation of L-Arginine and other nutrients in the function and accumulation of MDSC in tumor-bearing hosts. This strategy is expected to enable the metabolic reprogramming of MDSC in tumors, thereby resulting in significant anti-tumor effects.

  • Publications

    • Faramand RG, Lee SB, Jain MD, Cao B, Wang X, Rejeski K, Subklewe M, Fahrmann JF, Saini NY, Hanash SM, Kang YP, Chang D, Rodriguez PC, Dean EA, Nishihori T, Shah BD, Lazaryan A, Chavez J, Khimani F, Pinilla-Ibarz JA, Dam M, Reid KM, Corallo SA, Menges M, Hidalgo Vargas M, Mandula JK, Holliday BA, Bachmeier CA, Speth K, Song Q, Mattie M, Locke FL, Davila ML. Baseline Serum Inflammatory Proteins Predict Poor CAR T Outcomes in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma. Blood Cancer Discov. 2024 Mar.5(2):106-113. Pubmedid: 38194367. Pmcid: PMC10905320.
    • Biswas S, Mandal G, Anadon CM, Chaurio RA, Lopez-Bailon LU, Nagy MZ, Mine JA, Hänggi K, Sprenger KB, Innamarato P, Harro CM, Powers JJ, Johnson J, Fang B, Eysha M, Nan X, Li R, Perez BA, Curiel TJ, Yu X, Rodriguez PC, Conejo-Garcia JR. Targeting intracellular oncoproteins with dimeric IgA promotes expulsion from the cytoplasm and immune-mediated control of epithelial cancers. Immunity. 2023 Nov.56(11):2570-2583.e6. Pubmedid: 37909039. Pmcid: PMC10703011.
    • Obermayer A, Chang D, Nobles G, Teng M, Tan AC, Wang X, Eschrich S, Rodriguez P, Grass GD, Meshinchi S, Tarhini A, Chen DT, Shaw T. DRPPM-PATH-SURVEIOR: Plug-and-Play Survival Analysis of Pathway-level Signatures and Immune Components. Res Sq. 2023 Mar. Pubmedid: 36993526. Pmcid: PMC10055629.
    • Obermayer AN, Chang D, Nobles G, Teng M, Tan AC, Wang X, Chen YA, Eschrich S, Rodriguez PC, Grass GD, Meshinchi S, Tarhini A, Chen DT, Shaw TI. PATH-SURVEYOR: pathway level survival enquiry for immuno-oncology and drug repurposing. BMC Bioinformatics. 2023 Jun.24(1):266. Pubmedid: 37380943. Pmcid: PMC10303868.
    • Hoogland AI, Small BJ, Oswald LB, Bryant C, Rodriguez Y, Gonzalez BD, Li X, Janelsins MC, Bulls HW, James BW, Arboleda B, Colon-Echevarria C, Townsend MK, Tworoger SS, Rodriguez PC, Bower JE, Apte SM, Wenham RM, Jim HSL. Relationships among Inflammatory Biomarkers and Self-Reported Treatment-Related Symptoms in Patients Treated with Chemotherapy for Gynecologic Cancer: A Controlled Comparison. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jun.15(13). Pubmedid: 37444517. Pmcid: PMC10340589.
    • Tometich DB, Hoogland AI, Small BJ, Janelsins MC, Bryant C, Rodriguez Y, Gonzalez BD, Li X, Bulls HW, James BW, Arboleda B, Colon-Echevarria C, Townsend MK, Tworoger SS, Rodriguez P, Oswald LB, Bower JE, Apte SM, Wenham RM, Chon HS, Shahzad MM, Jim HSL. Relationships among Inflammatory Biomarkers and Objectively Assessed Physical Activity and Sleep during and after Chemotherapy for Gynecologic Malignancies. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jul.15(15). Pubmedid: 37568698. Pmcid: PMC10416903.
    • Conejo-Garcia JR, Biswas S, Chaurio R, Rodriguez PC. Neglected no more: B cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity. Semin Immunol. 2023 Jan.65:101707. Pubmedid: 36527759.
    • Gonzalez-Perez D, Das S, Antfolk D, Ahsan HS, Medina E, Dundes CE, Jokhai RT, Egan ED, Blacklow SC, Loh KM, Rodriguez PC, Luca VC. Affinity-matured DLL4 ligands as broad-spectrum modulators of Notch signaling. Nat Chem Biol. 2023 Jan.19(1):9-17. Pubmedid: 36050494. Pmcid: PMC10132381.
    • Hwang SM, Awasthi D, Jeong J, Sandoval TA, Chae CS, Ramos Y, Tan C, Falco MM, McBain IT, Mishra B, Ivashkiv LB, Zamarin D, Cantillo E, Chapman-Davis E, Holcomb K, Morales DK, Rodriguez PC, Conejo-Garcia JR, Kaczocha M, Vähärautio A, Song M, Cubillos-Ruiz JR. Transgelin 2 guards T cell lipid metabolic programming and anti-tumor function. Res Sq. 2023 Dec. Pubmedid: 38168227. Pmcid: PMC10760247.
    • Phadke MS, Li J, Chen Z, Rodriguez PC, Mandula JK, Karapetyan L, Forsyth PA, Chen YA, Smalley KSM. Differential requirements for CD4+ T cells in the efficacy of the anti-PD-1+LAG-3 and anti-PD-1+CTLA-4 combinations in melanoma flank and brain metastasis models. J Immunother Cancer. 2023 Dec.11(12). Pubmedid: 38056899. Pmcid: PMC10711842.
    • Eisa NH, Crowley VM, Elahi A, Kommalapati VK, Serwetnyk MA, Llbiyi T, Lu S, Kainth K, Jilani Y, Marasco D, El Andaloussi A, Lee S, Tsai FTF, Rodriguez PC, Munn D, Celis E, Korkaya H, Debbab A, Blagg B, Chadli A. Enniatin A inhibits the chaperone Hsp90 and unleashes the immune system against triple-negative breast cancer. iScience. 2023 Dec.26(12):108308. Pubmedid: 38025772. Pmcid: PMC10663837.
    • Mandula JK, Chang S, Mohamed E, Jimenez R, Sierra-Mondragon RA, Chang DC, Obermayer AN, Moran-Segura CM, Das S, Vazquez-Martinez JA, Prieto K, Chen A, Smalley KSM, Czerniecki B, Forsyth P, Koya RC, Ruffell B, Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Munn DH, Shaw TI, Conejo-Garcia JR, Rodriguez PC. Ablation of the endoplasmic reticulum stress kinase PERK induces paraptosis and type I interferon to promote anti-tumor T cell responses. Cancer Cell. 2022 Oct.40(10):1145-1160.e9. Pubmedid: 36150390. Pmcid: PMC9561067.
    • Law V, Chen Z, Vena F, Smalley I, Macaulay R, Evernden BR, Tran N, Pina Y, Puskas J, Caceres G, Bayle S, Johnson J, Liu JKC, Etame A, Vogelbaum M, Rodriguez P, Duckett D, Czerniecki B, Chen A, Smalley KSM, Forsyth PA. A preclinical model of patient-derived cerebrospinal fluid circulating tumor cells for experimental therapeutics in leptomeningeal disease from melanoma. Neurooncol. 2022 Oct.24(10):1673-1686. Pubmedid: 35213727. Pmcid: PMC9527526.
    • Hesterberg RS, Liu M, Elmarsafawi AG, Koomen JM, Welsh EA, Hesterberg SG, Ranatunga S, Yang C, Li W, Lawrence HR, Rodriguez PC, Berglund AE, Cleveland JL. TCR-Independent Metabolic Reprogramming Precedes Lymphoma-Driven Changes in T-cell Fate. Cancer Immunol Res. 2022 Oct.10(10):1263-1279. Pubmedid: 35969234. Pmcid: PMC9662872.
    • Salvagno C, Mandula JK, Rodriguez PC, Cubillos-Ruiz JR. Decoding endoplasmic reticulum stress signals in cancer cells and antitumor immunity. Trends Cancer. 2022 Nov.8(11):930-943. Pubmedid: 35817701. Pmcid: PMC9588488.
    • Anadon CM, Yu X, Hänggi K, Biswas S, Chaurio RA, Martin A, Payne KK, Mandal G, Innamarato P, Harro CM, Mine JA, Sprenger KB, Cortina C, Powers JJ, Costich TL, Perez BA, Gatenbee CD, Prabhakaran S, Marchion D, Heemskerk MHM, Curiel TJ, Anderson AR, Wenham RM, Rodriguez PC, Conejo-Garcia JR. Ovarian cancer immunogenicity is governed by a narrow subset of progenitor tissue-resident memory T cells. Cancer Cell. 2022 May.40(5):545-557.e13. Pubmedid: 35427494. Pmcid: PMC9096229.
    • Song X, Chang S, Seminario-Vidal L, de Mingo Pulido A, Tordesillas L, Song X, Reed RA, Harkins A, Whiddon S, Nguyen JV, Moran Segura C, Zhang C, Yoder S, Sayegh Z, Zhao Y, Messina JL, Harro CM, Zhang X, Conejo-Garcia JR, Berglund AE, Sokol L, Zhang J, Rodriguez PC, Mule JJ, Futreal AP, Tsai KY, Chen PL. Genomic and Single-Cell Landscape Reveals Novel Drivers and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities of Transformed Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma. Cancer Discov. 2022 May.12(5):1294-1313. Pubmedid: 35247891. Pmcid: PMC9148441.
    • Li J, Smalley I, Chen Z, Wu JY, Phadke MS, Teer JK, Nguyen T, Karreth FA, Koomen JM, Sarnaik AA, Zager JS, Khushalani NI, Tarhini AA, Sondak VK, Rodriguez PC, Messina JL, Chen YA, Smalley KSM. Single-cell Characterization of the Cellular Landscape of Acral Melanoma Identifies Novel Targets for Immunotherapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 May.28(10):2131-2146. Pubmedid: 35247927. Pmcid: PMC9106889.
    • Chakraborty P, Parikh RY, Choi S, Tran D, Gooz M, Hedley ZT, Kim DS, Pytel D, Kang I, Nadig SN, Beeson GC, Ball L, Mehrotra M, Wang H, Berto S, Palanisamy V, Li H, Chatterjee S, Rodriguez PC, Maldonado EN, Diehl JA, Gangaraju VK, Mehrotra S. Carbon Monoxide Activates PERK-Regulated Autophagy to Induce Immunometabolic Reprogramming and Boost Antitumor T-cell Function. Cancer Res. 2022 May.82(10):1969-1990. Pubmedid: 35404405. Pmcid: PMC9117468.
    • Mandal G, Biswas S, Anadon CM, Yu X, Gatenbee CD, Prabhakaran S, Payne KK, Chaurio RA, Martin A, Innamarato P, Moran C, Powers JJ, Harro CM, Mine JA, Sprenger KB, Rigolizzo KE, Wang X, Curiel TJ, Rodriguez PC, Anderson ARA, Saglam O, Conejo-Garcia JR. IgA-Dominated Humoral Immune Responses Govern Patients' Outcome in Endometrial Cancer. Cancer Res. 2022 Mar.82(5):859-871. Pubmedid: 34949671. Pmcid: PMC8898267.
    • Sanchez-Pino MD, Richardson WS, Zabaleta J, Puttalingaiah RT, Chapple AG, Liu J, Kim Y, Ponder M, DeArmitt R, Baiamonte LB, Wyczechowska D, Zheng L, Al-Khami AA, Garai J, Martini R, Davis M, Gorham JK, Wooldridge JB, Rodriguez PC, Miele L, Ochoa AC. Increased inflammatory low-density neutrophils in severe obesity and effect of bariatric surgery: Results from case-control and prospective cohort studies. EBioMedicine. 2022 Mar.77:103910. Pubmedid: 35248994. Pmcid: PMC8897585.
    • Mandula JK, Rodriguez PC. Tumor-directed dysregulation of erythroid progenitors drives immunosuppressive myeloid cells. Cancer Cell. 2022 Jun.40(6):597-599. Pubmedid: 35594864.
    • Basu A, Albert GK, Awshah S, Datta J, Kodumudi KN, Gallen C, Beyer A, Smalley KSM, Rodriguez PC, Dukett DR, Forsyth PA, Soyano A, Koski GK, Lima Barros Costa R, Han H, Soliman H, Lee MC, Kalinski P, Czerniecki BJ. Identification of Immunogenic MHC Class II Human HER3 Peptides that Mediate Anti-HER3 CD4+ Th1 Responses and Potential Use as a Cancer Vaccine. Cancer Immunol Res. 2022 Jan.10(1):108-125. Pubmedid: 34785506. Pmcid: PMC9414303.
    • Chaurio RA, Anadon CM, Lee Costich T, Payne KK, Biswas S, Harro CM, Moran C, Ortiz AC, Cortina C, Rigolizzo KE, Sprenger KB, Mine JA, Innamarato P, Mandal G, Powers JJ, Martin A, Wang Z, Mehta S, Perez BA, Li R, Robinson J, Kroeger JL, Curiel TJ, Yu X, Rodriguez PC, Conejo-Garcia JR. TGF-β-mediated silencing of genomic organizer SATB1 promotes Tfh cell differentiation and formation of intra-tumoral tertiary lymphoid structures. Immunity. 2022 Jan.55(1):115-128.e9. Pubmedid: 35021053. Pmcid: PMC8852221.
    • Obermayer A, Dong L, Hu Q, Golden M, Noble JD, Rodriguez P, Robinson TJ, Teng M, Tan AC, Shaw TI. DRPPM-EASY: A Web-Based Framework for Integrative Analysis of Multi-Omics Cancer Datasets. Biology (Basel). 2022 Feb.11(2). Pubmedid: 35205126. Pmcid: PMC8869715.
    • Sharma MD, Pacholczyk R, Shi H, Berrong ZJ, Zakharia Y, Greco A, Chang CS, Eathiraj S, Kennedy E, Cash T, Bollag RJ, Kolhe R, Sadek R, McGaha TL, Rodriguez P, Mandula J, Blazar BR, Johnson TS, Munn DH. Inhibition of the BTK-IDO-mTOR axis promotes differentiation of monocyte-lineage dendritic cells and enhances anti-tumor T cell immunity. Immunity. 2021 Oct.54(10):2354-2371.e8. Pubmedid: 34614413. Pmcid: PMC8516719.
    • Phadke MS, Chen Z, Li J, Mohamed E, Davies MA, Smalley I, Duckett D, Palve V, Czerniecki BJ, Forsyth PA, Noyes D, Adeegbe DO, Eroglu Z, Nguyen KT, Tsai KY, Rix U, Burd CE, Chen YA, Rodriguez PC, Smalley KSM. Targeted Therapy Given after Anti-PD-1 Leads to Prolonged Responses in Mouse Melanoma Models through Sustained Antitumor Immunity. Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 May.9(5):554-567. Pubmedid: 33653716. Pmcid: PMC8102376.
    • Jain MD, Zhao H, Wang X, Atkins R, Menges M, Reid K, Spitler K, Faramand R, Bachmeier CA, Dean EA, Cao B, Chavez JC, Shah BD, Lazaryan A, Nishihori T, Hussaini MO, Gonzalez RJ, Mullinax JE, Rodriguez P, Conejo-Garcia J, Anasetti C, Davila ML, Locke FL. Tumor interferon signaling and suppressive myeloid cells are associated with CAR T-cell failure in large B-cell lymphoma. Blood. 2021 May.137(19):2621-2633. Pubmedid: 33512407. Pmcid: PMC8120145.
    • Mandula JK, Rodriguez PC. Tumor-related stress regulates functional plasticity of MDSCs. Cell Immunol. 2021 May.363:104312. Pubmedid: 33652258. Pmcid: PMC8026602.
    • Biswas S, Mandal G, Payne KK, Anadon CM, Gatenbee CD, Chaurio RA, Costich TL, Moran C, Harro CM, Rigolizzo KE, Mine JA, Trillo-Tinoco J, Sasamoto N, Terry KL, Marchion D, Buras A, Wenham RM, Yu X, Townsend MK, Tworoger SS, Rodriguez PC, Anderson AR, Conejo-Garcia JR. IgA transcytosis and antigen recognition govern ovarian cancer immunity. Nature. 2021 Mar.591(7850):464-470. Pubmedid: 33536615. Pmcid: PMC7969354.
    • de Mingo Pulido Á, Hänggi K, Celias DP, Gardner A, Li J, Batista-Bittencourt B, Mohamed E, Trillo-Tinoco J, Osunmakinde O, Peña R, Onimus A, Kaisho T, Kaufmann J, McEachern K, Soliman H, Luca VC, Rodriguez PC, Yu X, Ruffell B. The inhibitory receptor TIM-3 limits activation of the cGAS-STING pathway in intra-tumoral dendritic cells by suppressing extracellular DNA uptake. Immunity. 2021 Jun.54(6):1154-1167.e7. Pubmedid: 33979578. Pmcid: PMC8192496.
    • Li MO, Wolf N, Raulet DH, Akkari L, Pittet MJ, Rodriguez PC, Kaplan RN, Munitz A, Zhang Z, Cheng S, Bhardwaj N. Innate immune cells in the tumor microenvironment. Cancer Cell. 2021 Jun.39(6):725-729. Pubmedid: 34129817.
    • Smalley I, Chen Z, Phadke MS, Li J, Yu X, Wyatt C, Evernden B, Messina JL, Sarnaik A, Sondak VK, Zhang C, Law V, Tran N, Etame A, Macaulay RJB, Eroglu Z, Forsyth PA, Rodriguez PC, Chen YA, Smalley KSM. Single-Cell Characterization of the Immune Microenvironment of Melanoma Brain and Leptomeningeal Metastases. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Jul.27(14):4109-4125. Pubmedid: 34035069. Pmcid: PMC8282775.
    • Rodriguez PC, Ruffell B. Cavity macrophages stop anti-tumor T cells. Cancer Cell. 2021 Jul.39(7):900-902. Pubmedid: 34256904.
    • Verma V, Jafarzadeh N, Boi S, Kundu S, Jiang Z, Fan Y, Lopez J, Nandre R, Zeng P, Alolaqi F, Ahmad S, Gaur P, Barry ST, Valge-Archer VE, Smith PD, Banchereau J, Mkrtichyan M, Youngblood B, Rodriguez PC, Gupta S, Khleif SN. MEK inhibition reprograms CD8+ T lymphocytes into memory stem cells with potent antitumor effects. Nat Immunol. 2021 Jan.22(1):53-66. Pubmedid: 33230330.
    • Harro CM, Perez-Sanz J, Costich TL, Payne KK, Anadon Galindo CM, Chaurio RA, Biswas S, Mandal G, Rigolizzo KE, Sprenger KB, Mine JA, Showe L, Yu X, Liu K, Rodriguez PC, Pinilla-Ibarz J, Sokol L, Conejo-Garcia JR. Methyltransferase inhibitors restore SATB1 protective activity against cutaneous T cell lymphoma in mice. J Clin Invest. 2021 Feb.131(3). Pubmedid: 33270606. Pmcid: PMC7843215.
    • Conejo-Garcia JR, Rodriguez PC. Kindlin-3 gives patrolling monocytes a strong grip. J Leukoc Biol. 2020 Jun.107(6):879-881. Pubmedid: 32533639. Pmcid: PMC7374932.
    • Yu M, Guo G, Huang L, Deng L, Chang CS, Achyut BR, Canning M, Xu N, Arbab AS, Bollag RJ, Rodriguez PC, Mellor AL, Shi H, Munn DH, Cui Y. CD73 on cancer-associated fibroblasts enhanced by the A2B-mediated feedforward circuit enforces an immune checkpoint. Nat Commun. 2020 Jan.11(1):515. Pubmedid: 31980601. Pmcid: PMC6981126.
    • Payne KK, Mine JA, Biswas S, Chaurio RA, Perales-Puchalt A, Anadon CM, Costich TL, Harro CM, Walrath J, Ming Q, Tcyganov E, Buras AL, Rigolizzo KE, Mandal G, Lajoie J, Ophir M, Tchou J, Marchion D, Luca VC, Bobrowicz P, McLaughlin B, Eskiocak U, Schmidt M, Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Rodriguez PC, Gabrilovich DI, Conejo-Garcia JR. BTN3A1 governs antitumor responses by coordinating αβ and γδ T cells. Science. 2020 Aug.369(6506):942-949. Pubmedid: 32820120. Pmcid: PMC7646930.
    • Mohamed E, Sierra RA, Trillo-Tinoco J, Cao Y, Innamarato P, Payne KK, de Mingo Pulido A, Mandula J, Zhang S, Thevenot P, Biswas S, Abdalla SK, Costich TL, Hänggi K, Anadon CM, Flores ER, Haura EB, Mehrotra S, Pilon-Thomas S, Ruffell B, Munn DH, Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Conejo-Garcia JR, Rodriguez PC. The Unfolded Protein Response Mediator PERK Governs Myeloid Cell-Driven Immunosuppression in Tumors through Inhibition of STING Signaling. Immunity. 2020 Apr.52(4):668-682.e7. Pubmedid: 32294407. Pmcid: PMC7207019.
    • Conejo-Garcia JR, Rodriguez PC. c-Maf: a bad influence in the education of macrophages. J Clin Invest. 2020 Apr.130(4):1629-1631. Pubmedid: 32175921. Pmcid: PMC7108897.
    • Prieto K, Cao Y, Mohamed E, Trillo-Tinoco J, Sierra RA, Urueña C, Sandoval TA, Fiorentino S, Rodriguez PC, Barreto A. Polyphenol-rich extract induces apoptosis with immunogenic markers in melanoma cells through the ER stress-associated kinase PERK. Cell Death Discov. 2019 Sep.5:134. Pubmedid: 31531232. Pmcid: PMC6733947.
    • Trillo-Tinoco J, Sierra RA, Mohamed E, Cao Y, de Mingo-Pulido Á, Gilvary DL, Anadon CM, Costich TL, Wei S, Flores ER, Ruffell B, Conejo-Garcia JR, Rodriguez PC. AMPK Alpha-1 Intrinsically Regulates the Function and Differentiation of Tumor Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells. Cancer Res. 2019 Oct.79(19):5034-5047. Pubmedid: 31409640. Pmcid: PMC6774829.
    • Sorrentino C, Hossain F, Rodriguez PC, Sierra RA, Pannuti A, Hatfield S, Osborne BA, Minter LM, Miele L, Morello S. Corrigendum: Adenosine A2A Receptor Stimulation Inhibits TCR-Induced Notch1 Activation in CD8+T-Cells. Front Immunol. 2019 May.10:935. Pubmedid: 31130947. Pmcid: PMC6509424.
    • Cao Y, Trillo-Tinoco J, Sierra RA, Anadon C, Dai W, Mohamed E, Cen L, Costich TL, Magliocco A, Marchion D, Klar R, Michel S, Jaschinski F, Reich RR, Mehrotra S, Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Munn DH, Conejo-Garcia JR, Rodriguez PC. ER stress-induced mediator C/EBP homologous protein thwarts effector T cell activity in tumors through T-bet repression. Nat Commun. 2019 Mar.10(1):1280. Pubmedid: 30894532. Pmcid: PMC6426975.
    • Sorrentino C, Hossain F, Rodriguez PC, Sierra RA, Pannuti A, Osborne BA, Minter LM, Miele L, Morello S. Adenosine A2A Receptor Stimulation Inhibits TCR-Induced Notch1 Activation in CD8+T-Cells. Front Immunol. 2019 Feb.10:162. Pubmedid: 30792717. Pmcid: PMC6374329.
    • Cao Y, Trillo-Tinoco J, Sierra RA, Anadon C, Dai W, Mohamed E, Cen L, Costich TL, Magliocco A, Marchion D, Klar R, Michel S, Jaschinski F, Reich RR, Mehrotra S, Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Munn DH, Conejo-Garcia JR, Rodriguez PC. Publisher Correction: ER stress-induced mediator C/EBP homologous protein thwarts effector T cell activity in tumors through T-bet repression. Nat Commun. 2019 Aug.10(1):3680. Pubmedid: 31417079. Pmcid: PMC6695448.
    • Fouda AY, Xu Z, Shosha E, Lemtalsi T, Chen J, Toque HA, Tritz R, Cui X, Stansfield BK, Huo Y, Rodriguez PC, Smith SB, Caldwell RW, Narayanan SP, Caldwell RB. Arginase 1 promotes retinal neurovascular protection from ischemia through suppression of macrophage inflammatory responses. Cell Death Dis. 2018 Sep.9(10):1001. Pubmedid: 30254218. Pmcid: PMC6156564.
    • Song M, Sandoval TA, Chae CS, Chopra S, Tan C, Rutkowski MR, Raundhal M, Chaurio RA, Payne KK, Konrad C, Bettigole SE, Shin HR, Crowley MJP, Cerliani JP, Kossenkov AV, Motorykin I, Zhang S, Manfredi G, Zamarin D, Holcomb K, Rodriguez PC, Rabinovich GA, Conejo-Garcia JR, Glimcher LH, Cubillos-Ruiz JR. IRE1α-XBP1 controls T cell function in ovarian cancer by regulating mitochondrial activity. Nature. 2018 Oct.562(7727):423-428. Pubmedid: 30305738. Pmcid: PMC6237282.
    • Mohamed E, Al-Khami AA, Rodriguez PC. The cellular metabolic landscape in the tumor milieu regulates the activity of myeloid infiltrates. Cell Mol Immunol. 2018 May.15(5):421-427. Pubmedid: 29568118. Pmcid: PMC6068094.
    • Hossain F, Majumder S, Ucar DA, Rodriguez PC, Golde TE, Minter LM, Osborne BA, Miele L. Notch Signaling in Myeloid Cells as a Regulator of Tumor Immune Responses. Front Immunol. 2018 Jun.9:1288. Pubmedid: 29915603. Pmcid: PMC5994797.
    • Sharma MD, Rodriguez PC, Koehn BH, Baban B, Cui Y, Guo G, Shimoda M, Pacholczyk R, Shi H, Lee EJ, Xu H, Johnson TS, He Y, Mergoub T, Venable C, Bronte V, Wolchok JD, Blazar BR, Munn DH. Activation of p53 in Immature Myeloid Precursor Cells Controls Differentiation into Ly6c+CD103+ Monocytic Antigen-Presenting Cells in Tumors. Immunity. 2018 Jan.48(1):91-106.e6. Pubmedid: 29343444. Pmcid: PMC6005382.
    • Betts BC, Locke FL, Sagatys EM, Pidala J, Walton K, Menges M, Reff J, Saha A, Djeu JY, Kiluk JV, Lee MC, Kim J, Kang CW, Tang CA, Frieling J, Lynch CC, List A, Rodriguez PC, Blazar BR, Conejo-Garcia JR, Del Valle JR, Hu CA, Anasetti C. Inhibition of Human Dendritic Cell ER Stress Response Reduces T Cell Alloreactivity Yet Spares Donor Anti-tumor Immunity. Front Immunol. 2018 Dec.9:2887. Pubmedid: 30574153. Pmcid: PMC6291501.
    • Caldwell RW, Rodriguez PC, Toque HA, Narayanan SP, Caldwell RB. Arginase: A Multifaceted Enzyme Important in Health and Disease. Physiol Rev. 2018 Apr.98(2):641-665. Pubmedid: 29412048. Pmcid: PMC5966718.
    • Al-Khami AA, Ghonim MA, Del Valle L, Ibba SV, Zheng L, Pyakurel K, Okpechi SC, Garay J, Wyczechowska D, Sanchez-Pino MD, Rodriguez PC, Boulares AH, Ochoa AC. Fuelling the mechanisms of asthma: Increased fatty acid oxidation in inflammatory immune cells may represent a novel therapeutic target. Clin Exp Allergy. 2017 Sep.47(9):1170-1184. Pubmedid: 28456994. Pmcid: PMC5578913.
    • Sultan H, Trillo-Tinoco J, Rodriguez P, Celis E. Effective antitumor peptide vaccines can induce severe autoimmune pathology. Oncotarget. 2017 Sep.8(41):70317-70331. Pubmedid: 29050282. Pmcid: PMC5642557.
    • Sierra RA, Trillo-Tinoco J, Mohamed E, Yu L, Achyut BR, Arbab A, Bradford JW, Osborne BA, Miele L, Rodriguez PC. Anti-Jagged Immunotherapy Inhibits MDSCs and Overcomes Tumor-Induced Tolerance. Cancer Res. 2017 Oct.77(20):5628-5638. Pubmedid: 28904063. Pmcid: PMC5679354.
    • Achyut BR, Angara K, Jain M, Borin TF, Rashid MH, Iskander ASM, Ara R, Kolhe R, Howard S, Venugopal N, Rodriguez PC, Bradford JW, Arbab AS. Canonical NFκB signaling in myeloid cells is required for the glioblastoma growth. Sci Rep. 2017 Oct.7(1):13754. Pubmedid: 29062041. Pmcid: PMC5653749.
    • Al-Khami AA, Zheng L, Del Valle L, Hossain F, Wyczechowska D, Zabaleta J, Sanchez MD, Dean MJ, Rodriguez PC, Ochoa AC. Exogenous lipid uptake induces metabolic and functional reprogramming of tumor-associated myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Oncoimmunology. 2017 Jun.6(10):e1344804. Pubmedid: 29123954. Pmcid: PMC5665069.
    • Islam BN, Sharman SK, Hou Y, Bridges AE, Singh N, Kim S, Kolhe R, Trillo-Tinoco J, Rodriguez PC, Berger FG, Sridhar S, Browning DD. Sildenafil Suppresses Inflammation-Driven Colorectal Cancer in Mice. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2017 Jul.10(7):377-388. Pubmedid: 28468928. Pmcid: PMC5530733.
    • Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Mohamed E, Rodriguez PC. Unfolding anti-tumor immunity: ER stress responses sculpt tolerogenic myeloid cells in cancer. J Immunother Cancer. 2017 Jan.5:5. Pubmedid: 28105371. Pmcid: PMC5240216.
    • Rodriguez PC, Ochoa AC, Al-Khami AA. Arginine Metabolism in Myeloid Cells Shapes Innate and Adaptive Immunity. Front Immunol. 2017 Feb.8:93. Pubmedid: 28223985. Pmcid: PMC5293781.
    • Dai L, Bai A, Smith CD, Rodriguez PC, Yu F, Qin Z. ABC294640, A Novel Sphingosine Kinase 2 Inhibitor, Induces Oncogenic Virus-Infected Cell Autophagic Death and Represses Tumor Growth. Mol Cancer Ther. 2017 Dec.16(12):2724-2734. Pubmedid: 28939554. Pmcid: PMC5716930.
    • Abu Eid R, Ahmad S, Lin Y, Webb M, Berrong Z, Shrimali R, Kumai T, Ananth S, Rodriguez PC, Celis E, Janik J, Mkrtichyan M, Khleif SN. Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy and Memory of Tumor-Specific CD8 T Cells by Ex Vivo PI3K-δ Inhibition. Cancer Res. 2017 Aug.77(15):4135-4145. Pubmedid: 28615225.
    • Al-Khami AA, Rodriguez PC, Ochoa AC. Energy metabolic pathways control the fate and function of myeloid immune cells. J Leukoc Biol. 2017 Aug.102(2):369-380. Pubmedid: 28515225. Pmcid: PMC5505747.
    • Munn DH, Sharma MD, Johnson TS, Rodriguez P. IDO, PTEN-expressing Tregs and control of antigen-presentation in the murine tumor microenvironment. Cancer Immunol Immun. 2017 Aug.66(8):1049-1058. Pubmedid: 28488123. Pmcid: PMC5627605.
    • Mohamed E, Cao Y, Rodriguez PC. Endoplasmic reticulum stress regulates tumor growth and anti-tumor immunity: a promising opportunity for cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Immunol Immun. 2017 Aug.66(8):1069-1078. Pubmedid: 28577085. Pmcid: PMC5700458.
    • Ahmad S, Abu-Eid R, Shrimali R, Webb M, Verma V, Doroodchi A, Berrong Z, Samara R, Rodriguez PC, Mkrtichyan M, Khleif SN. Differential PI3Kδ Signaling in CD4 T-cell Subsets Enables Selective Targeting of T Regulatory Cells to Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy. Cancer Res. 2017 Apr.77(8):1892-1904. Pubmedid: 28108509.
    • Kumai T, Celis E, Rodriguez PC. Editorial: A matter of survival: HMGB1 regulates autophagy in tumor MDSC. J Leukoc Biol. 2016 Sep.100(3):447-449. Pubmedid: 27587376.
    • Al-Khami AA, Rodriguez PC, Ochoa AC. Metabolic reprogramming of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) in cancer. Oncoimmunology. 2016 Jun.5(8):e1200771. Pubmedid: 27622069. Pmcid: PMC5007951.
    • Bronte V, Brandau S, Chen SH, Colombo MP, Frey AB, Greten TF, Mandruzzato S, Murray PJ, Ochoa A, Ostrand-Rosenberg S, Rodriguez PC, Sica A, Umansky V, Vonderheide RH, Gabrilovich DI. Recommendations for myeloid-derived suppressor cell nomenclature and characterization standards. Nat Commun. 2016 Jul.7:12150. Pubmedid: 27381735. Pmcid: PMC4935811.
    • Raber PL, Sierra RA, Thevenot PT, Shuzhong Z, Wyczechowska DD, Kumai T, Celis E, Rodriguez PC. T cells conditioned with MDSC show an increased anti-tumor activity after adoptive T cell based immunotherapy. Oncotarget. 2016 Apr.7(14):17565-17578. Pubmedid: 27007050. Pmcid: PMC4951233.
    • Hossain F, Al-Khami AA, Wyczechowska D, Hernandez C, Zheng L, Reiss K, Valle LD, Trillo-Tinoco J, Maj T, Zou W, Rodriguez PC, Ochoa AC. Inhibition of Fatty Acid Oxidation Modulates Immunosuppressive Functions of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Enhances Cancer Therapies. Cancer Immunol Res. 2015 Nov.3(11):1236-1247. Pubmedid: 26025381. Pmcid: PMC4636942.
    • Ghonim MA, Pyakurel K, Ibba SV, Al-Khami AA, Wang J, Rodriguez P, Rady HF, El-Bahrawy AH, Lammi MR, Mansy MS, Al-Ghareeb K, Ramsay A, Ochoa A, Naura AS, Boulares AH. PARP inhibition by olaparib or gene knockout blocks asthma-like manifestation in mice by modulating CD4(+) T cell function. J Transl Med. 2015 Jul.13:225. Pubmedid: 26169874. Pmcid: PMC4501284.
    • Fletcher M, Ramirez ME, Sierra RA, Raber P, Thevenot P, Al-Khami AA, Sanchez-Pino D, Hernandez C, Wyczechowska DD, Ochoa AC, Rodriguez PC. l-Arginine depletion blunts antitumor T-cell responses by inducing myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Cancer Res. 2015 Jan.75(2):275-283. Pubmedid: 25406192. Pmcid: PMC4297565.
    • Ghonim MA, Pyakurel K, Ju J, Rodriguez PC, Lammi MR, Davis C, Abughazleh MQ, Mansy MS, Naura AS, Boulares AH. DNA-dependent protein kinase inhibition blocks asthma in mice and modulates human endothelial and CD4⁺ T-cell function without causing severe combined immunodeficiency. J Allergy Clin Immun. 2015 Feb.135(2):425-440. Pubmedid: 25441643. Pmcid: PMC4323872.
    • Ghonim MA, Pyakurel K, Ibba SV, Wang J, Rodriguez P, Al-Khami AA, Lammi MR, Kim H, Zea AH, Davis C, Okpechi S, Wyczechowska D, Al-Ghareeb K, Mansy MS, Ochoa A, Naura AS, Boulares AH. PARP is activated in human asthma and its inhibition by olaparib blocks house dust mite-induced disease in mice. Clin Sci (Lond). 2015 Dec.129(11):951-962. Pubmedid: 26205779. Pmcid: PMC4613510.
    • Dimitriades V, Rodriguez PC, Zabaleta J, Ochoa AC. Arginase I levels are decreased in the plasma of pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 Sep.113(3):271-275. Pubmedid: 25027824. Pmcid: PMC4517580.
    • Thevenot PT, Sierra RA, Raber PL, Al-Khami AA, Trillo-Tinoco J, Zarreii P, Ochoa AC, Cui Y, Del Valle L, Rodriguez PC. The stress-response sensor chop regulates the function and accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in tumors. Immunity. 2014 Sep.41(3):389-401. Pubmedid: 25238096. Pmcid: PMC4171711.
    • Duque-Correa MA, Kühl AA, Rodriguez PC, Zedler U, Schommer-Leitner S, Rao M, Weiner J, Hurwitz R, Qualls JE, Kosmiadi GA, Murray PJ, Kaufmann SH, Reece ST. Macrophage arginase-1 controls bacterial growth and pathology in hypoxic tuberculosis granulomas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Sep.111(38):E4024-E4032. Pubmedid: 25201986. Pmcid: PMC4183271.
    • Raber PL, Thevenot P, Sierra R, Wyczechowska D, Halle D, Ramirez ME, Ochoa AC, Fletcher M, Velasco C, Wilk A, Reiss K, Rodriguez PC. Subpopulations of myeloid-derived suppressor cells impair T cell responses through independent nitric oxide-related pathways. Int J Cancer. 2014 Jun.134(12):2853-2864. Pubmedid: 24259296. Pmcid: PMC3980009.
    • Zhu X, Pribis JP, Rodriguez PC, Morris SM, Vodovotz Y, Billiar TR, Ochoa JB. The central role of arginine catabolism in T-cell dysfunction and increased susceptibility to infection after physical injury. Ann Surg. 2014 Jan.259(1):171-178. Pubmedid: 23470573.
    • Qin Z, Dai L, Trillo-Tinoco J, Senkal C, Wang W, Reske T, Bonstaff K, Del Valle L, Rodriguez P, Flemington E, Voelkel-Johnson C, Smith CD, Ogretmen B, Parsons C. Targeting sphingosine kinase induces apoptosis and tumor regression for KSHV-associated primary effusion lymphoma. Mol Cancer Ther. 2014 Jan.13(1):154-164. Pubmedid: 24140934. Pmcid: PMC3918494.
    • Crittenden MR, Savage T, Cottam B, Baird J, Rodriguez PC, Newell P, Young K, Jackson AM, Gough MJ. Expression of arginase I in myeloid cells limits control of residual disease after radiation therapy of tumors in mice. Radiat Res. 2014 Aug.182(2):182-190. Pubmedid: 24992164.
    • Sierra RA, Thevenot P, Raber PL, Cui Y, Parsons C, Ochoa AC, Trillo-Tinoco J, Del Valle L, Rodriguez PC. Rescue of notch-1 signaling in antigen-specific CD8+ T cells overcomes tumor-induced T-cell suppression and enhances immunotherapy in cancer. Cancer Immunol Res. 2014 Aug.2(8):800-811. Pubmedid: 24830414. Pmcid: PMC4125513.
    • Hill JM, Stern EM, Bhattacharjee PS, Malamud D, Clement C, Rodriguez P, Lukiw WJ, Ochoa AC, Foster TP, Velasco C, McFerrin HE. The antimicrobial agent C31G is effective for therapy for HSV-1 ocular keratitis in the rabbit eye model. Antiviral Res. 2013 Oct.100(1):14-19. Pubmedid: 23860013. Pmcid: PMC3927842.
    • Wilk A, Waligórski P, Lassak A, Vashistha H, Lirette D, Tate D, Zea AH, Koochekpour S, Rodriguez P, Meggs LG, Estrada JJ, Ochoa A, Reiss K. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-induced ROS accumulation enhances mutagenic potential of T-antigen from human polyomavirus JC. J Cell Physiol. 2013 Nov.228(11):2127-2138. Pubmedid: 23558788. Pmcid: PMC4007759.
    • Morrow K, Hernandez CP, Raber P, Del Valle L, Wilk AM, Majumdar S, Wyczechowska D, Reiss K, Rodriguez PC. Anti-leukemic mechanisms of pegylated arginase I in acute lymphoblastic T-cell leukemia. Leukemia. 2013 Mar.27(3):569-577. Pubmedid: 22926702. Pmcid: PMC3594435.
    • Guo G, Marrero L, Rodriguez P, Del Valle L, Ochoa A, Cui Y. Trp53 inactivation in the tumor microenvironment promotes tumor progression by expanding the immunosuppressive lymphoid-like stromal network. Cancer Res. 2013 Mar.73(6):1668-1675. Pubmedid: 23319800. Pmcid: PMC3602383.
    • Hernandez CP, Morrow K, Velasco C, Wyczechowska DD, Naura AS, Rodriguez PC. Effects of cigarette smoke extract on primary activated T cells. Cell Immunol. 2013 Mar.282(1):38-43. Pubmedid: 23665673. Pmcid: PMC3676722.
    • Naura AS, Kim H, Ju J, Rodriguez PC, Jordan J, Catling AD, Rezk BM, Abd Elmageed ZY, Pyakurel K, Tarhuni AF, Abughazleh MQ, Errami Y, Zerfaoui M, Ochoa AC, Boulares AH. Minocycline blocks asthma-associated inflammation in part by interfering with the T cell receptor-nuclear factor κB-GATA-3-IL-4 axis without a prominent effect on poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jan.288(3):1458-1468. Pubmedid: 23184953. Pmcid: PMC3548459.
    • Sarvaiya PJ, Schwartz JR, Hernandez CP, Rodriguez PC, Vedeckis WV. Role of c-Myb in the survival of pre B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and leukemogenesis. Am J Hematol. 2012 Oct.87(10):969-976. Pubmedid: 22764095. Pmcid: PMC3578739.
    • Kibe R, Zhang S, Guo D, Marrero L, Tsien F, Rodriguez P, Khan S, Zieske A, Huang J, Li W, Durum SK, Iwakuma T, Cui Y. IL-7Rα deficiency in p53null mice exacerbates thymocyte telomere erosion and lymphomagenesis. Cell Death Differ. 2012 Jul.19(7):1139-1151. Pubmedid: 22281704. Pmcid: PMC3374079.
    • Raber P, Ochoa AC, Rodríguez PC. Metabolism of L-arginine by myeloid-derived suppressor cells in cancer: mechanisms of T cell suppression and therapeutic perspectives. Immunol Invest. 2012.41(6-7):614-634. Pubmedid: 23017138. Pmcid: PMC3519282.
    • Naura AS, Zerfaoui M, Kim H, Abd Elmageed ZY, Rodriguez PC, Hans CP, Ju J, Errami Y, Park J, Ochoa AC, Boulares AH. Requirement for inducible nitric oxide synthase in chronic allergen exposure-induced pulmonary fibrosis but not inflammation. J Immunol. 2010 Sep.185(5):3076-3085. Pubmedid: 20668217. Pmcid: PMC3077076.
    • Rodriguez PC, Hernandez CP, Morrow K, Sierra R, Zabaleta J, Wyczechowska DD, Ochoa AC. L-arginine deprivation regulates cyclin D3 mRNA stability in human T cells by controlling HuR expression. J Immunol. 2010 Nov.185(9):5198-5204. Pubmedid: 20889542. Pmcid: PMC3108892.
    • Hernandez CP, Morrow K, Lopez-Barcons LA, Zabaleta J, Sierra R, Velasco C, Cole J, Rodriguez PC. Pegylated arginase I: a potential therapeutic approach in T-ALL. Blood. 2010 Jun.115(25):5214-5221. Pubmedid: 20407034. Pmcid: PMC2892956.
    • Srivastava MK, Sinha P, Clements VK, Rodriguez P, Ostrand-Rosenberg S. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells inhibit T-cell activation by depleting cystine and cysteine. Cancer Res. 2010 Jan.70(1):68-77. Pubmedid: 20028852. Pmcid: PMC2805057.
    • Highfill SL, Rodriguez PC, Zhou Q, Goetz CA, Koehn BH, Veenstra R, Taylor PA, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Serody JS, Munn DH, Tolar J, Ochoa AC, Blazar BR. Bone marrow myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) inhibit graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) via an arginase-1-dependent mechanism that is up-regulated by interleukin-13. Blood. 2010 Dec.116(25):5738-5747. Pubmedid: 20807889. Pmcid: PMC3031417.
    • Rodriguez PC, Ernstoff MS, Hernandez C, Atkins M, Zabaleta J, Sierra R, Ochoa AC. Arginase I-producing myeloid-derived suppressor cells in renal cell carcinoma are a subpopulation of activated granulocytes. Cancer Res. 2009 Feb.69(4):1553-1560. Pubmedid: 19201693. Pmcid: PMC2900845.
    • Norian LA, Rodriguez PC, O'Mara LA, Zabaleta J, Ochoa AC, Cella M, Allen PM. Tumor-infiltrating regulatory dendritic cells inhibit CD8+ T cell function via L-arginine metabolism. Cancer Res. 2009 Apr.69(7):3086-3094. Pubmedid: 19293186. Pmcid: PMC2848068.
    • Zheng L, Asprodites N, Keene AH, Rodriguez P, Brown KD, Davila E. TLR9 engagement on CD4 T lymphocytes represses gamma-radiation-induced apoptosis through activation of checkpoint kinase response elements. Blood. 2008 Mar.111(5):2704-2713. Pubmedid: 18086870. Pmcid: PMC2254540.
    • Rodríguez PC, Ochoa AC. Arginine regulation by myeloid derived suppressor cells and tolerance in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives. Immunol Rev. 2008 Apr.222:180-191. Pubmedid: 18364002. Pmcid: PMC3546504.
    • Ochoa AC, Zea AH, Hernandez C, Rodriguez PC. Arginase, prostaglandins, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells in renal cell carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Jan.13(2 Pt 2):721s-726s. Pubmedid: 17255300.
    • Rodriguez PC, Quiceno DG, Ochoa AC. L-arginine availability regulates T-lymphocyte cell-cycle progression. Blood. 2007 Feb.109(4):1568-1573. Pubmedid: 17023580. Pmcid: PMC1794048.
    • Rodríguez PC, Ochoa AC. T cell dysfunction in cancer: role of myeloid cells and tumor cells regulating amino acid availability and oxidative stress. Semin Cancer Biol. 2006 Feb.16(1):66-72. Pubmedid: 16298138.
    • Kryczek I, Zou L, Rodriguez P, Zhu G, Wei S, Mottram P, Brumlik M, Cheng P, Curiel T, Myers L, Lackner A, Alvarez X, Ochoa A, Chen L, Zou W. B7-H4 expression identifies a novel suppressive macrophage population in human ovarian carcinoma. J Exp Med. 2006 Apr.203(4):871-881. Pubmedid: 16606666. Pmcid: PMC2118300.
    • Di Costanzo L, Sabio G, Mora A, Rodriguez PC, Ochoa AC, Centeno F, Christianson DW. Crystal structure of human arginase I at 1.29-A resolution and exploration of inhibition in the immune response. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Sep.102(37):13058-13063. Pubmedid: 16141327. Pmcid: PMC1201588.
    • Campoli M, Ferrone S, Zea AH, Rodriguez PC, Ochoa AC. Mechanisms of tumor evasion. Cancer Treat Res. 2005 Oct.123:61-88. Pubmedid: 16211866.
    • Rodriguez PC, Hernandez CP, Quiceno D, Dubinett SM, Zabaleta J, Ochoa JB, Gilbert J, Ochoa AC. Arginase I in myeloid suppressor cells is induced by COX-2 in lung carcinoma. J Exp Med. 2005 Oct.202(7):931-939. Pubmedid: 16186186. Pmcid: PMC2213169.
    • Zea AH, Rodriguez PC, Culotta KS, Hernandez CP, DeSalvo J, Ochoa JB, Park HJ, Zabaleta J, Ochoa AC. L-Arginine modulates CD3zeta expression and T cell function in activated human T lymphocytes. Cell Immunol. 2005 Aug.232(1-2):21-31. Pubmedid: 15922712.
    • Zea AH, Rodriguez PC, Atkins MB, Hernandez C, Signoretti S, Zabaleta J, McDermott D, Quiceno D, Youmans A, O'Neill A, Mier J, Ochoa AC. Arginase-producing myeloid suppressor cells in renal cell carcinoma patients: a mechanism of tumor evasion. Cancer Res. 2005 Apr.65(8):3044-3048. Pubmedid: 15833831.
    • Bansal V, Rodriguez P, Wu G, Eichler DC, Zabaleta J, Taheri F, Ochoa JB. Citrulline can preserve proliferation and prevent the loss of CD3 zeta chain under conditions of low arginine. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2004 Nov.28(6):423-430. Pubmedid: 15568289.
    • Zabaleta J, McGee DJ, Zea AH, Hernández CP, Rodriguez PC, Sierra RA, Correa P, Ochoa AC. Helicobacter pylori arginase inhibits T cell proliferation and reduces the expression of the TCR zeta-chain (CD3zeta). J Immunol. 2004 Jul.173(1):586-593. Pubmedid: 15210820.
    • Rodriguez P, Quiceno D, Zabaleta J, Ortiz B, Zea A, Piazuelo M, Delgado A, Correa P, Brayer J, Sotomayor E, Antonia S, Ochoa J, Ochoa A. Arginase I production in the tumor microenvironment by mature myeloid cells inhibits T-cell receptor expression and antigen-specific T-cell responses. Cancer Res. 2004 Aug.64(16):5839-5849. Pubmedid: 15313928.
    • Rodríguez PC, Zea AH, Ochoa AC. Mechanisms of tumor evasion from the immune response. Cancer Chemother Biol Response Modif. 2003 Feb.21:351-364. Pubmedid: 15338755.
    • Rodriguez PC, Zea AH, DeSalvo J, Culotta KS, Zabaleta J, Quiceno DG, Ochoa JB, Ochoa AC. L-arginine consumption by macrophages modulates the expression of CD3 zeta chain in T lymphocytes. J Immunol. 2003 Aug.171(3):1232-1239. Pubmedid: 12874210.
    • Rodriguez PC, Zea AH, Culotta KS, Zabaleta J, Ochoa JB, Ochoa AC. Regulation of T cell receptor CD3zeta chain expression by L-arginine. J Biol Chem. 2002 Jun.277(24):21123-21129. Pubmedid: 11950832.
    • Rodríguez PC, Arroyave IH, Mejía G, García LF. Detection of alloantibodies against non-HLA antigens in kidney transplantation by flow cytometry. Clin Transplant. 2000 Oct.14(5):472-478. Pubmedid: 11048992.
    • Rodríguez PC, Palacio JL, Arango L, Henao JE, García LF. Detection of allo- and autoantibodies in kidney transplantation by flow cytometry. Transplant P. 1999 Feb.31(1-2):282-284. Pubmedid: 10083109.
  • Grants

    • Title: Plant-derived extracts regulate immunosuppressive myelopoiesis in Breast cancer patients
      Sponsor: Nat Institutes of Health
      PI: Rodriguez, P.
    • Title: Mitochondrial stress promotes immunosuppressive potential of myeloid subsets in tumors
      Sponsor: Nat Institutes of Health
      PI: Rodriguez, P.
    • Title: Identifying Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Lung Cancer
      Sponsor: Nat Institutes of Health
      PI (Contact): Flores, E., PI (MPI): Haura, E., Project PI: DeNicola, G., Project PI: Rodriguez, P., Project PI: Cleveland, J., Core PI/Director: Fridley, B., Core PI/Director: Cress, D., Core PI/Director: Koomen, J.
    • Title: Bile acids restrict functional reprogramming of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in tumor beds
      Sponsor: Nat Institutes of Health
      PI: Rodriguez, P.
    • Title: Functional reprogramming of tumor-MDSC through antibody-based therapies Targeting Notch Ligands
      Sponsor: Nat Institutes of Health
      PI: Rodriguez, P.

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