Thomas W. Dubensky

Interferon-producing killer dendritic cells provide a link between innate and adaptive immunity (2006)

Chan, Camie W, Crafton, Emily, Fan, Hong-Ni, Flook, James, Yoshimura, Kiyoshi, Skarica, Mario, ...

Natural killer (NK) cells and dendritic cells (DCs) are, respectively, central components of innate and adaptive immune responses(1,2). We describe here a third DC lineage, termed...

Stable alphavirus packaging cell lines for Sindbis virus- and Semliki Forest virus-derived vectors

Polo, John M., Belli, Barbara A., Driver, David A., Frolov, Ilya, Sherrill, Scott, Hariharan, Mangala J., ...

Alphavirus vectors are being developed for possible human vaccine and gene therapy applications. We have sought to advance this field by devising DNA-based vectors and approaches for the production...

Replicon Vectors Derived from Sindbis Virus and Semliki Forest Virus That Establish Persistent Replication in Host Cells

Perri, Silvia, Driver, David A., Gardner, Jason P., Sherrill, Scott, Belli, Barbara A., Dubensky, Thomas W., ...

Alphavirus replicon vectors are well suited for applications where transient, high-level expression of a heterologous gene is required. Replicon vector expression in cells leads to inhibition of host...

Infection of Human Dendritic Cells by a Sindbis Virus Replicon Vector Is Determined by a Single Amino Acid Substitution in the E2 Glycoprotein

Gardner, Jason P., Frolov, Ilya, Perri, Silvia, Ji, Yaying, MacKichan, Mary Lee, Zur Megede, Jan, ...

The ability to target antigen-presenting cells with vectors encoding desired antigens holds the promise of potent prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer. Toward this...

The Resistance of Retroviral Vectors Produced from Human Cells to Serum Inactivation In Vivo and In Vitro Is Primate Species Dependent

DePolo, Nicholas J., Harkleroad, Cataline E., Bodner, Mordechai, Watt, Andrew T., Anderson, Carol G., Greengard, Judith S., ...

The ability to deliver genes as therapeutics requires an understanding of the vector pharmacokinetics similar to that required for conventional drugs. A first question is the half-life of the vector...

DNA Immunization against Herpes Simplex Virus: Enhanced Efficacy Using a Sindbis Virus-Based Vector

Hariharan, Mangala J., Driver, David A., Townsend, Kay, Brumm, Duane, Polo, John M., Belli, Barbara A., ...

Previously we reported the development of a plasmid DNA expression vector system derived from Sindbis virus (T. W. Dubensky, Jr., et al., J. Virol. 70:508–519, 1996). In vitro, such vectors exhibit...

An Alphavirus Replicon Particle Chimera Derived from Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and Sindbis Viruses Is a Potent Gene-Based Vaccine Delivery Vector

Perri, Silvia, Greer, Catherine E., Thudium, Kent, Doe, Barbara, Legg, Harold, Liu, Hong, ...

Alphavirus replicon particle-based vaccine vectors derived from Sindbis virus (SIN), Semliki Forest virus, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEE) have been shown to induce robust...

Feline immunodeficiency virus vectors persistently transduce nondividing airway epithelia and correct the cystic fibrosis defect

Wang, Guoshun, Slepushkin, Vladimir, Zabner, Joseph, Keshavjee, Shaf, Johnston, Julie C., Sauter, Sybille L., ...

Several problems limit the application of gene transfer to correct the cystic fibrosis (CF) Cl– transport defect in airway epithelia. These include inefficient transduction with vectors applied to...

Listeria-based cancer vaccines that segregate immunogenicity from toxicity

Brockstedt, Dirk G., Giedlin, Martin A., Leong, Meredith L., Bahjat, Keith S., Gao, Yi, Luckett, William, ...

The facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is being developed as a cancer vaccine platform because of its ability to induce potent innate and adaptive immunity. For successful...

Stable alphavirus packaging cell lines for Sindbis virus- and Semliki Forest virus-derived vectors

Polo, John M., Belli, Barbara A., Driver, David A., Frolov, Ilya, Sherrill, Scott, Hariharan, Mangala J., ...

Alphavirus vectors are being developed for possible human vaccine and gene therapy applications. We have sought to advance this field by devising DNA-based vectors and approaches for the production...

Replicon Vectors Derived from Sindbis Virus and Semliki Forest Virus That Establish Persistent Replication in Host Cells

Perri, Silvia, Driver, David A., Gardner, Jason P., Sherrill, Scott, Belli, Barbara A., Dubensky, Thomas W., ...

Alphavirus replicon vectors are well suited for applications where transient, high-level expression of a heterologous gene is required. Replicon vector expression in cells leads to inhibition of host...

Infection of Human Dendritic Cells by a Sindbis Virus Replicon Vector Is Determined by a Single Amino Acid Substitution in the E2 Glycoprotein

Gardner, Jason P., Frolov, Ilya, Perri, Silvia, Ji, Yaying, MacKichan, Mary Lee, Zur Megede, Jan, ...

The ability to target antigen-presenting cells with vectors encoding desired antigens holds the promise of potent prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer. Toward this...

The Resistance of Retroviral Vectors Produced from Human Cells to Serum Inactivation In Vivo and In Vitro Is Primate Species Dependent

DePolo, Nicholas J., Harkleroad, Cataline E., Bodner, Mordechai, Watt, Andrew T., Anderson, Carol G., Greengard, Judith S., ...

The ability to deliver genes as therapeutics requires an understanding of the vector pharmacokinetics similar to that required for conventional drugs. A first question is the half-life of the vector...

DNA Immunization against Herpes Simplex Virus: Enhanced Efficacy Using a Sindbis Virus-Based Vector

Hariharan, Mangala J., Driver, David A., Townsend, Kay, Brumm, Duane, Polo, John M., Belli, Barbara A., ...

Previously we reported the development of a plasmid DNA expression vector system derived from Sindbis virus (T. W. Dubensky, Jr., et al., J. Virol. 70:508–519, 1996). In vitro, such vectors exhibit...

An Alphavirus Replicon Particle Chimera Derived from Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and Sindbis Viruses Is a Potent Gene-Based Vaccine Delivery Vector

Perri, Silvia, Greer, Catherine E., Thudium, Kent, Doe, Barbara, Legg, Harold, Liu, Hong, ...

Alphavirus replicon particle-based vaccine vectors derived from Sindbis virus (SIN), Semliki Forest virus, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEE) have been shown to induce robust...

Feline immunodeficiency virus vectors persistently transduce nondividing airway epithelia and correct the cystic fibrosis defect

Wang, Guoshun, Slepushkin, Vladimir, Zabner, Joseph, Keshavjee, Shaf, Johnston, Julie C., Sauter, Sybille L., ...

Several problems limit the application of gene transfer to correct the cystic fibrosis (CF) Cl– transport defect in airway epithelia. These include inefficient transduction with vectors applied to...

Listeria-based cancer vaccines that segregate immunogenicity from toxicity

Brockstedt, Dirk G., Giedlin, Martin A., Leong, Meredith L., Bahjat, Keith S., Gao, Yi, Luckett, William, ...

The facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is being developed as a cancer vaccine platform because of its ability to induce potent innate and adaptive immunity. For successful...

Cytosolic Entry Controls CD8+-T-Cell Potency during Bacterial Infection▿

Bahjat, Keith S., Liu, Weiqun, Lemmens, Edward E., Schoenberger, Stephen P., Portnoy, Daniel A., Dubensky, Thomas W., ...

Interaction with host immunoreceptors during microbial infection directly impacts the magnitude of the ensuing innate immune response. How these signals affect the quality of the adaptive T-cell...

Role of PD-1 and its ligand, B7-H1, in early fate decisions of CD8 T cells

Goldberg, Monica V., Maris, Charles H., Hipkiss, Edward L., Flies, Andrew S., Zhen, Lijie, Tuder, Rubin M., ...

Expression of the PD-1 receptor on T cells has been shown to provide an important inhibitory signal that down-modulates peripheral effector responses in normal tissues and tumors. Furthermore, PD-1...

Constitutive Activation of the PrfA Regulon Enhances the Potency of Vaccines Based on Live-Attenuated and Killed but Metabolically Active Listeria monocytogenes Strains▿

Lauer, Peter, Hanson, Bill, Lemmens, Edward E., Liu, Weiqun, Luckett, William S., Leong, Meredith L., ...

Recombinant vaccines derived from the facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes are presently undergoing early-stage clinical evaluation in oncology treatment settings. This effort...

KBMA Listeria monocytogenes is an effective vector for DC-mediated induction of antitumor immunity

Skoberne, Mojca, Yewdall, Alice, Bahjat, Keith S., Godefroy, Emmanuelle, Lauer, Peter, Lemmens, Edward, ...

Vaccine strategies that utilize human DCs to enhance antitumor immunity have yet to realize their full potential. Approaches that optimally target a spectrum of antigens to DCs are urgently needed....

Listeria monocytogenes multidrug resistance transporters activate a cytosolic surveillance pathway of innate immunity

Crimmins, Gregory T., Herskovits, Anat A., Rehder, Kai, Sivick, Kelsey E., Lauer, Peter, Dubensky, Thomas W., ...

To gain insight into the interaction of intracellular pathogens with host innate immune pathways, we performed an unbiased genetic screen of Listeria monocytogenes mutants that induced an enhanced or...

Suppression of Cell-Mediated Immunity following Recognition of Phagosome-Confined Bacteria

Bahjat, Keith S., Meyer-Morse, Nicole, Lemmens, Edward E., Shugart, Jessica A., Dubensky, Thomas W., Brockstedt, Dirk G., ...

Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative intracellular pathogen capable of inducing a robust cell-mediated immune response to sub-lethal infection. The capacity of L. monocytogenes to escape from the...

Killed but Metabolically Active Bacillus anthracis Vaccines Induce Broad and Protective Immunity against Anthrax▿

Skoble, Justin, Beaber, John W., Gao, Yi, Lovchik, Julie A., Sower, Laurie E., Liu, Weiqun, ...

Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax. We have developed a novel whole-bacterial-cell anthrax vaccine utilizing B. anthracis that is killed but metabolically active (KBMA). Vaccine...