Publications by authors named "Wei-Zen Wei"

50Publications

Diversity Outbred Mice Reveal the Quantitative Trait Locus and Regulatory Cells of HER2 Immunity.

Authors:
Wei-Zen Wei Heather M Gibson Jennifer B Jacob Jeffrey A Frelinger Jay A Berzofsky Hoyoung Maeng Gregory Dyson Joyce D Reyes Shari Pilon-Thomas Stuart Ratner Kuang-Chung Wei

J Immunol 2020 Sep 12;205(6):1554-1563. Epub 2020 Aug 12.

Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201.

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September 2020

An HER2 DNA vaccine with evolution-selected amino acid substitutions reveals a fundamental principle for cancer vaccine formulation in HER2 transgenic mice.

Authors:
Richard F Jones Joyce D Reyes Heather M Gibson Jennifer B Jacob Ulka Vaishampayan Stuart Ratner Kang Chen Wei-Zen Wei

Cancer Immunol Immunother 2019 Jul 8;68(7):1143-1155. Epub 2019 Jun 8.

Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, 4100 John R. Street, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.

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July 2019

IFNγ PET Imaging as a Predictive Tool for Monitoring Response to Tumor Immunotherapy.

Authors:
Heather M Gibson Brooke N McKnight Agnes Malysa Greg Dyson Wendy N Wiesend Claire E McCarthy Joyce Reyes Wei-Zen Wei Nerissa T Viola-Villegas

Cancer Res 2018 10 16;78(19):5706-5717. Epub 2018 Aug 16.

Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan.

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October 2018

Induction of necrotic cell death and activation of STING in the tumor microenvironment via cationic silica nanoparticles leading to enhanced antitumor immunity.

Authors:
Myunggi An Chunsong Yu Jingchao Xi Joyce Reyes Guangzhao Mao Wei-Zen Wei Haipeng Liu

Nanoscale 2018 May;10(19):9311-9319

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.

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May 2018

Impaired epidermal Langerhans cell maturation in TGFβ-inducible early gene 1 (TIEG1) knockout mice.

Authors:
Xilin Zhang Yi Yao Wei-Zen Wei Zeng-Quan Yang Jun Gu Li Zhou

Oncotarget 2017 Dec 1;8(68):112875-112882. Epub 2017 Dec 1.

Center for Cutaneous Biology and Immunology Research, Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA.

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December 2017

Interleukin-33-induced expression of PIBF1 by decidual B cells protects against preterm labor.

Authors:
Bihui Huang Azure N Faucette Michael D Pawlitz Bo Pei Joshua W Goyert Jordan Zheng Zhou Nadim G El-Hage Jie Deng Jason Lin Fayi Yao Robert S Dewar Japnam S Jassal Maxwell L Sandberg Jing Dai Montserrat Cols Cong Shen Lisa A Polin Ronald A Nichols Theodore B Jones Martin H Bluth Karoline S Puder Bernard Gonik Nihar R Nayak Elizabeth Puscheck Wei-Zen Wei Andrea Cerutti Marco Colonna Kang Chen

Nat Med 2017 01 5;23(1):128-135. Epub 2016 Dec 5.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

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January 2017

Embryonic Lethality in Homozygous Human Her-2 Transgenic Mice Due to Disruption of the Pds5b Gene.

Authors:
Carmen S M Yong Janelle Sharkey Belinda Duscio Ben Venville Wei-Zen Wei Richard F Jones Clare Y Slaney Gisela Mir Arnau Anthony T Papenfuss Jan Schröder Phillip K Darcy Michael H Kershaw

PLoS One 2015 3;10(9):e0136817. Epub 2015 Sep 3.

Cancer Immunology Research Program, Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia; Department of Immunology, Monash University, Prahran Victoria, 3181, Australia.

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May 2016

Evolution of animal models in cancer vaccine development.

Authors:
Wei-Zen Wei Richard F Jones Csaba Juhasz Heather Gibson Jesse Veenstra

Vaccine 2015 Dec 1;33(51):7401-7407. Epub 2015 Aug 1.

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.

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December 2015

immunization via non-surgical ablation to prevent local and distant tumor recurrence.

Authors:
Jesse J Veenstra Heather M Gibson Svend Freytag Peter J Littrup Wei-Zen Wei

Oncoimmunology 2015 Mar 2;4(3):e989762. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Wayne State University ; Detroit, MI, USA.

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March 2015

immunization via non-surgical ablation to prevent local and distant tumor recurrence.

Authors:
Jesse J Veenstra Heather M Gibson Svend Freytag Peter J Littrup Wei-Zen Wei

Oncoimmunology 2015 Mar 2;4(3):e989762. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

Karmanos Cancer Institute; Wayne State University ; Detroit, MI, USA.

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March 2015

The E3 ubiquitin ligase Itch inhibits p38α signaling and skin inflammation through the ubiquitylation of Tab1.

Authors:
Balamayooran Theivanthiran Mahesh Kathania Minghui Zeng Esperanza Anguiano Venkatesha Basrur Travis Vandergriff Virginia Pascual Wei-Zen Wei Ramin Massoumi K Venuprasad

Sci Signal 2015 Feb 24;8(365):ra22. Epub 2015 Feb 24.

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, TX 75204, USA.

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February 2015

Induction of HER2 Immunity in Outbred Domestic Cats by DNA Electrovaccination.

Authors:
Heather M Gibson Jesse J Veenstra Richard Jones Ulka Vaishampayan Michele Sauerbrey Gerold Bepler Lawrence Lum Joyce Reyes Amy Weise Wei-Zen Wei

Cancer Immunol Res 2015 Jul 23;3(7):777-86. Epub 2015 Feb 23.

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

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July 2015

Layer-by-layer films with bioreducible and nonbioreducible polycations for sequential DNA release.

Authors:
Yi Zou Lingxiao Xie Sean Carroll Maria Muniz Heather Gibson Wei-Zen Wei Haipeng Liu Guangzhao Mao

Biomacromolecules 2014 Nov 31;15(11):3965-75. Epub 2014 Oct 31.

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University , 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States.

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November 2014

Cryotherapy with concurrent CpG oligonucleotide treatment controls local tumor recurrence and modulates HER2/neu immunity.

Authors:
Jesse J Veenstra Heather M Gibson Peter J Littrup Joyce D Reyes Michael L Cher Akira Takashima Wei-Zen Wei

Cancer Res 2014 Oct 4;74(19):5409-20. Epub 2014 Aug 4.

Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan.

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October 2014

Immunogenicity and therapeutic efficacy of a dual-component genetic cancer vaccine cotargeting carcinoembryonic antigen and HER2/neu in preclinical models.

Authors:
Luigi Aurisicchio Daniela Peruzzi Gloria Koo Wei-Zen Wei Nicola La Monica Gennaro Ciliberto

Hum Gene Ther 2014 Feb 21;25(2):121-31. Epub 2013 Dec 21.

1 Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare (IRBM) , 00040 Pomezia, Rome, Italy .

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February 2014

Induction of proapoptotic antibodies to triple-negative breast cancer by vaccination with TRAIL death receptor DR5 DNA.

Authors:
Marie P Piechocki Gen Sheng Wu Richard F Jones Jennifer B Jacob Heather Gibson Stephen P Ethier Judith Abrams Hideo Yagita K Venuprasad Wei-Zen Wei

Int J Cancer 2012 Dec 24;131(11):2562-72. Epub 2012 Apr 24.

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.

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December 2012

IL-15 augments antitumoral activity of an ErbB2/HER2 cancer vaccine targeted to professional antigen-presenting cells.

Authors:
Ute E Burkhardt Arjen Sloots Vera Jakobi Wei-Zen Wei Federica Cavallo Björn-Philipp Kloke Winfried S Wels

Cancer Immunol Immunother 2012 Sep 14;61(9):1473-84. Epub 2012 Feb 14.

Chemotherapeutisches Forschungsinstitut Georg-Speyer-Haus, Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 42-44, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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September 2012

The E3 ligase Itch and deubiquitinase Cyld act together to regulate Tak1 and inflammation.

Authors:
Neesar Ahmed Minghui Zeng Indrajit Sinha Lisa Polin Wei-Zen Wei Chozhavendan Rathinam Richard Flavell Ramin Massoumi K Venuprasad

Nat Immunol 2011 Nov 6;12(12):1176-83. Epub 2011 Nov 6.

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

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November 2011

Noncanonical K27-linked polyubiquitination of TIEG1 regulates Foxp3 expression and tumor growth.

Authors:
Dong-Jun Peng Minghui Zeng Ryuta Muromoto Tadashi Matsuda Kazuya Shimoda Malayannan Subramaniam Thomas C Spelsberg Wei-Zen Wei K Venuprasad

J Immunol 2011 May 6;186(10):5638-47. Epub 2011 Apr 6.

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.

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May 2011

Tumor ablation by gene-modified T cells in the absence of autoimmunity.

Authors:
Leanne X J Wang Jennifer A Westwood Maria Moeller Connie P M Duong Wei-Zen Wei Jordane Malaterre Joseph A Trapani Paul Neeson Mark J Smyth Michael H Kershaw Phillip K Darcy

Cancer Res 2010 Dec 23;70(23):9591-8. Epub 2010 Nov 23.

Cancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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December 2010