​Phase II trial of hypomethylating agent combined with nivolumab for acute myeloid leukaemia relapse after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation-Immune signature correlates with response

​Apostolova P*, Kreutmair S*, Toffalori C*, Punta M*, Unger S*, Burk AC, Wehr C, Maas-Bauer K, Melchinger W, Haring E, Hoefflin R, Shoumariyeh K, Hupfer V, Lauer EM, Duquesne S, Lowinus T, Núñez NG, Alberti C, Costa Pereira S, Merten CH, Power L, Weiss M, Böke C, Pfeifer D, Marks R, Bertz H, Wäsch R, Ihorst G, Gentner B, Duyster J, Boerries M, Andrieux G, Finke J, Becher B, Vago L, Zeiser R.

*equal contribution

Br J Haematol. August 4, 2023. Read more...

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Allo-HCT: damaged T cells don't bite.

Apostolova P. 

Blood. March 30, 2023

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Phosphoinositide acyl chain saturation drives CD8+ effector T cell signaling and function.

Edwards-Hicks J*, Apostolova P*, Buescher JM, Maib H, Stanczak MA, Corrado M, Klein Geltink RI, Maccari ME, Villa M, Carrizo GE, Sanin DE, Baixauli F, Kelly B, Curtis JD, Haessler F, Patterson A, Field CS, Caputa G, Kyle RL, Soballa M, Cha M, Paul H, Martin J, Grzes KM, Flachsmann L, Mitterer M, Zhao L, Winkler F, Rafei-Shamsabadi DA, Meiss F, Bengsch B, Zeiser R, Puleston DJ, O'Sullivan D, Pearce EJ, Pearce EL. 

*equal contribution

Nat Immunol. March, 2023. Read more...​​

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2022 ​

Lactic acid and lactate: revisiting the physiological roles in the tumor microenvironment.

Apostolova P, Pearce EL. 

Trends Immunol. October 29, 2022. Read more...

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Targeting MDM2 enhances antileukemia immunity after allogeneic transplantation via MHC-II and TRAIL-R1/2 upregulation.

Ho JNHG, Schmidt D, Lowinus T, Ryoo J, Dopfer EP, Gonzalo Núñez N, Costa-Pereira S, Toffalori C, Punta M, Fetsch V, Wertheimer T, Rittmann MC, Braun LM, Follo M, Briere C, Vinnakota JM, Langenbach M, Koppers F, Shoumariyeh K, Engel H, Rückert T, Märklin M, Holzmayer S, Illert AL, Magon F, Andrieux G, Duquesne S, Pfeifer D, Staniek J, Rizzi M, Miething C, Köhler N, Duyster J, Menssen HD, Boerries M, Buescher JM, Cabezas-Wallscheid N, Blazar BR, Apostolova P, Vago L, Pearce EL, Becher B, Zeiser R.

Blood. September 8, 2022

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Intracellular infection and immune system cues rewire adipocytes to acquire immune function.

Caputa G, Matsushita M, Sanin DE, Kabat AM, Edwards-Hicks J, Grzes KM, Pohlmeyer R, Stanczak MA, Castoldi A, Cupovic J, Forde AJ, Apostolova P, Seidl M, van Teijlingen Bakker N, Villa M, Baixauli F, Quintana A, Hackl A, Flachsmann L, Hässler F, Curtis JD, Patterson AE, Henneke P, Pearce EL, Pearce EJ.

Cell Metab. May 3, 2022

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Enhanced AC133-specific CAR T cell therapy induces durable remissions in mice with metastatic small cell lung cancer.

Taromi S, Firat E, Simonis A, Braun LM, Apostolova P, Elze M, Passlick B, Schumacher A, Lagies S, Frey A, Schmitt-Graeff A, Burger M, Schmittlutz K, Follo M, von Elverfeldt D, Zhu X, Kammerer B, Diederichs S, Duyster J, Manz MG, Niedermann G, Zeiser R.

Cancer Lett. July 10, 2022

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Therapeutic targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress in acute graft-versus-host disease.

Haring E, Andrieux G, Uhl FM, Krausz M, Proietti M, Sauer B, Esser PR, Martin SF, Pfeifer D, Schmitt-Graeff A, Duyster J, Köhler N, Grimbacher B, Boerries M, Aumann K, Zeiser R, Apostolova P.

Haematologica. July 1, 2022. Read more...

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IRE1 and PERK signaling regulates inflammatory responses in a murine model of contact hypersensitivity.

Gendrisch F, Völkel L, Fluck M, Apostolova P, Zeiser R, Jakob T, Martin SF, Esser PR.

Allergy. March, 2022​​

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2021 ​

Bile acids regulate intestinal antigen presentation and reduce graft-versus-host disease without impairing the graft-versus-leukemia effect.

Haring E, Uhl FM, Andrieux G, Proietti M, Bulashevska A, Sauer B, Braun LM, de Vega Gomez E, Esser PR, Martin SF, Pfeifer D, Follo M, Schmitt-Graeff A, Buescher J, Duyster J, Grimbacher B, Boerries M, Pearce EL, Zeiser R, Apostolova P.

Haematologica. August 1, 2021. Read more... 

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Interfering With Inflammation: Heterogeneous Effects of Interferons in Graft-Versus-Host Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Haring E, Zeiser R, Apostolova P.

Front Immunol. June 24, 2021

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Fever supports CD8+ effector T cell responses by promoting mitochondrial translation.

O'Sullivan D, Stanczak MA, Villa M, Uhl FM, Corrado M, Klein Geltink RI, Sanin DE, Apostolova P, Rana N, Edwards-Hicks J, Grzes KM, Kabat AM, Kyle RL, Fabri M, Curtis JD, Buck MD, Patterson AE, Regina A, Field CS, Baixauli F, Puleston DJ, Pearce EJ, Zeiser R, Pearce EL.

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. June 22, 2021

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IL-33 expression in response to SARS-CoV-2 correlates with seropositivity in COVID-19 convalescent individuals.

Stanczak MA*, Sanin DE*, Apostolova P*, Nerz G, Lampaki D, Hofmann M, Steinmann D, Krohn-Grimberghe M, Thimme R, Mittler G, Waller CF, Pearce EJ, Pearce EL.

*equal contribution

Nat Commun. April 9, 2021. Read more...

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Ruxolitinib-ECP combination treatment for refractory severe chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Maas-Bauer K, Kiote-Schmidt C, Bertz H, Apostolova P, Wäsch R, Ihorst G, Finke J, Zeiser R.

Bone Marrow Transplant. April, 2021

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2020​

Metabolic reprogramming of donor T cells enhances graft-versus-leukemia effects in mice and humans.

Uhl FM, Chen S, O'Sullivan D, Edwards-Hicks J, Richter G, Haring E, Andrieux G, Halbach S, Apostolova P, Büscher J, Duquesne S, Melchinger W, Sauer B, Shoumariyeh K, Schmitt-Graeff A, Kreutz M, Lübbert M, Duyster J, Brummer T, Boerries M, Madl T, Blazar BR, Groß O, Pearce EL, Zeiser R.

​Sci Transl Med. October 28, 2020 

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Glucagon-like peptide 2 for intestinal stem cell and Paneth cell repair during graft-versus-host disease in mice and humans.

Norona J, Apostolova P, Schmidt D, Ihlemann R, Reischmann N, Taylor G, Köhler N, de Heer J, Heeg S, Andrieux G, Siranosian BA, Schmitt-Graeff A, Pfeifer D, Catalano A, Frew IJ, Proietti M, Grimbacher B, Bulashevska A, Bhatt AS, Brummer T, Clauditz T, Zabelina T, Kroeger N, Blazar BR, Boerries M, Ayuk F, Zeiser R.

Blood. September 17, 2020

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Metabolic conditioning of CD8+ effector T cells for adoptive cell therapy.

Klein Geltink RI, Edwards-Hicks J, Apostolova P, O'Sullivan D, Sanin DE, Patterson AE, Puleston DJ, Ligthart NAM, Buescher JM, Grzes KM, Kabat AM, Stanczak M, Curtis JD, Hässler F, Uhl FM, Fabri M, Zeiser R, Pearce EJ, Pearce EL.

Nat Metab. August 3, 2020​

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Graft-versus-host disease of the CNS is mediated by TNF upregulation in microglia.

Mathew NR, Vinnakota JM, Apostolova P, Erny D, Hamarsheh S, Andrieux G, Kim JS, Hanke K, Goldmann T, Chappell-Maor L, El-Khawanky N, Ihorst G, Schmidt D, Duyster J, Finke J, Blank T, Boerries M, Blazar BR, Jung S, Prinz M, Zeiser R.

J Clin Invest. March 2, 2020

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Extracorporeal Photopheresis for Colitis Induced by Checkpoint-Inhibitor Therapy.

Apostolova P, Unger S, von Bubnoff D, Meiss F, Becher B, Zeiser R.

N Engl J Med. January 16, 2020. Read more...

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2019​

Immunization against poly-N-acetylglucosamine reduces neutrophil activation and GVHD while sparing microbial diversity.

Hülsdünker J, Thomas OS, Haring E, Unger S, Gonzalo Núñez N, Tugues S, Gao Z, Duquesne S, Cywes-Bentley C, Oyardi O, Kirschnek S, Schmitt-Graeff A, Pabst O, Koenecke C, Duyster J, Apostolova P, Blaser MJ, Becher B, Pier GB, Häcker G, Zeiser R.

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. October 8, 2019 

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Immunization against poly-N-acetylglucosamine reduces neutrophil activation and GVHD while sparing microbial diversity.

Hülsdünker J, Thomas OS, Haring E, Unger S, Gonzalo Núñez N, Tugues S, Gao Z, Duquesne S, Cywes-Bentley C, Oyardi O, Kirschnek S, Schmitt-Graeff A, Pabst O, Koenecke C, Duyster J, Apostolova P, Blaser MJ, Becher B, Pier GB, Häcker G, Zeiser R.

Bone Marrow Transplant. October, 2019

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2018​

Graft-versus-host disease, but not graft-versus-leukemia immunity, is mediated by GM-CSF-licensed myeloid cells.

Tugues S, Amorim A, Spath S, Martin-Blondel G, Schreiner B, De Feo D, Lutz M, Guscetti F, Apostolova P, Haftmann C, Hasselblatt P, Núñez NG, Hottiger MO, van den Broek M, Manz MG, Zeiser R, Becher B.

Sci Transl Med. November 28, 2018

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Oncogenic JAK2V617F causes PD-L1 expression, mediating immune escape in myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Prestipino A, Emhardt AJ, Aumann K, O'Sullivan D, Gorantla SP, Duquesne S, Melchinger W, Braun L, Vuckovic S, Boerries M, Busch H, Halbach S, Pennisi S, Poggio T, Apostolova P, Veratti P, Hettich M, Niedermann G, Bartholomä M, Shoumariyeh K, Jutzi JS, Wehrle J, Dierks C, Becker H, Schmitt-Graeff A, Follo M, Pfeifer D, Rohr J, Fuchs S, Ehl S, Hartl FA, Minguet S, Miething C, Heidel FH, Kröger N, Triviai I, Brummer T, Finke J, Illert AL, Ruggiero E, Bonini C, Duyster J, Pahl HL, Lane SW, Hill GR, Blazar BR, von Bubnoff N, Pearce EL, Zeiser R.

Sci Transl Med. February 21, 2018

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Sorafenib promotes graft-versus-leukemia activity in mice and humans through IL-15 production in FLT3-ITD-mutant leukemia cells.

Mathew NR, Baumgartner F, Braun L, O'Sullivan D, Thomas S, Waterhouse M, Müller TA, Hanke K, Taromi S, Apostolova P, Illert AL, Melchinger W, Duquesne S, Schmitt-Graeff A, Osswald L, Yan KL, Weber A, Tugues S, Spath S, Pfeifer D, Follo M, Claus R, Lübbert M, Rummelt C, Bertz H, Wäsch R, Haag J, Schmidts A, Schultheiss M, Bettinger D, Thimme R, Ullrich E, Tanriver Y, Vuong GL, Arnold R, Hemmati P, Wolf D, Ditschkowski M, Jilg C, Wilhelm K, Leiber C, Gerull S, Halter J, Lengerke C, Pabst T, Schroeder T, Kobbe G, Rösler W, Doostkam S, Meckel S, Stabla K, Metzelder SK, Halbach S, Brummer T, Hu Z, Dengjel J, Hackanson B, Schmid C, Holtick U, Scheid C, Spyridonidis A, Stölzel F, Ordemann R, Müller LP, Sicre-de-Fontbrune F, Ihorst G, Kuball J, Ehlert JE, Feger D, Wagner EM, Cahn JY, Schnell J, Kuchenbauer F, Bunjes D, Chakraverty R, Richardson S, Gill S, Kröger N, Ayuk F, Vago L, Ciceri F, Müller AM, Kondo T, Teshima T, Klaeger S, Kuster B, Kim DDH, Weisdorf D, van der Velden W, Dörfel D, Bethge W, Hilgendorf I, Hochhaus A, Andrieux G, Börries M, Busch H, Magenau J, Reddy P, Labopin M, Antin JH, Henden AS, Hill GR, Kennedy GA, Bar M, Sarma A, McLornan D, Mufti G, Oran B, Rezvani K, Shah O, Negrin RS, Nagler A, Prinz M, Burchert A, Neubauer A, Beelen D, Machensen A, von Bubnoff N, Herr W, Becher B, Socié G, Caligiuri MA, Ruggiero E, Bonini C, Häcker G, Duyster J, Finke J, Pearce EL, Blazar BR, Zeiser R.​

Nat Med. February 12, 2018

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2016​

The Role of Purine Metabolites as DAMPs in Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease.

Apostolova P, Zeiser R.

Front Immunol. October 21, 2016

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Matching for the nonconventional MHC-I MICA gene significantly reduces the incidence of acute and chronic GVHD.

Carapito R, Jung N, Kwemou M, Untrau M, Michel S, Pichot A, Giacometti G, Macquin C, Ilias W, Morlon A, Kotova I, Apostolova P, Schmitt-Graeff A, Cesbron A, Gagne K, Oudshoorn M, van der Holt B, Labalette M, Spierings E, Picard C, Loiseau P, Tamouza R, Toubert A, Parissiadis A, Dubois V, Lafarge X, Maumy-Bertrand M, Bertrand F, Vago L, Ciceri F, Paillard C, Querol S, Sierra J, Fleischhauer K, Nagler A, Labopin M, Inoko H, von dem Borne PA, Kuball J, Ota M, Katsuyama Y, Michallet M, Lioure B, Peffault de Latour R, Blaise D, Cornelissen JJ, Yakoub-Agha I, Claas F, Moreau P, Milpied N, Charron D, Mohty M, Zeiser R, Socié G, Bahram S.

Blood. October 13, 2016

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The role of danger signals and ectonucleotidases in acute graft-versus-host disease.

Apostolova P, Zeiser R.

Hum Immunol. November, 2016

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Caveolin-1 regulates TCR signal strength and regulatory T-cell differentiation into alloreactive T cells.

Schönle A, Hartl FA, Mentzel J, Nöltner T, Rauch KS, Prestipino A, Wohlfeil SA, Apostolova P, Hechinger AK, Melchinger W, Fehrenbach K, Guadamillas MC, Follo M, Prinz G, Ruess AK, Pfeifer D, del Pozo MA, Schmitt-Graeff A, Duyster J, Hippen KI, Blazar BR, Schachtrup K, Minguet S, Zeiser R.

Blood. April 14, 2016

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2015​

A Novel Function for P2Y2 in Myeloid Recipient-Derived Cells during Graft-versus-Host Disease.

Klämbt V, Wohlfeil SA, Schwab L, Hülsdünker J, Ayata K, Apostolova P, Schmitt-Graeff A, Dierbach H, Prinz G, Follo M, Prinz M, Idzko M, Zeiser R.

J Immunol. December 15, 2015

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GVHD-associated, inflammasome-mediated loss of function in adoptively transferred myeloid-derived suppressor cells.

Koehn BH, Apostolova P, Haverkamp JM, Miller JS, McCullar V, Tolar J, Munn DH, Murphy WJ, Brickey WJ, Serody JS, Gabrilovich DI, Bronte V, Murray PJ, Ting JP, Zeiser R, Blazar BR.

Blood. September 24, 2015​​​

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2013​

A delicate balance: CD73-generated adenosine limits the severity of graft vs. host disease but also constrains the allogeneic graft vs. tumor effect.

Thompson LF, Tsukamoto H, Chernogorova P (Apostolova P), Zeiser R.

Oncoimmunology. January 1, 2013

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2012

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Ectonucleotidases in solid organ and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Chernogorova P (Apostolova P), Zeiser R.

J Biomed Biotechnol. October 16, 2012

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Deficiency of CD73/ecto-5'-nucleotidase in mice enhances acute graft-versus-host disease.

Tsukamoto H*, Chernogorova P* (Apostolova P), Ayata K, Gerlach UV, Rughani A, Ritchey JW, Ganesan J, Follo M, Zeiser R, Thompson LF, Idzko M.

*equal contribution

Blood. May 10, 2012

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Thymosin β4 induces folding of the developing optic tectum in the chicken (Gallus domesticus).

Wirsching HG, Kretz O, Morosan-Puopolo G, Chernogorova P (Apostolova P), Theiss C, Brand-Saberi B.

J Comp Neurol. June 1, 2012