Robert Prins, Ph.D.

rprins@mednet.ucla.edu

Faculty Member

Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Robert M. Prins Lab
UCLA Department of Neurosurgery
Edie & Lew Wasserman Building
300 Stein Plaza, Suite 420
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Biography

Robert M. Prins is a tumor immunologist with joint faculty appointments in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology. Dr. Prins earned his B.S. in Kinesiology and his M.S. in Physiological Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his Ph.D. in Anatomy and Immunology from the Medical College of Virginia. He completed post-doctoral fellowships at the Cedars-Sinai Neurosurgical Institute and the UCLA Division of Neurosurgery before joining the faculty at UCLA in 2006. Dr. Prins is a member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Brain Research Institute, and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. Dr. Prins is currently the Director of the I3T Seminar Series, the Brain Tumor Immunology Research Lab and for many clinical trials of immunotherapy. His research centers on understanding the immunology of malignant brain tumors and devising new immune-based therapies to treat these deadly tumors.

Publications

Nejo T, Prins RM, Okada H. The T-cell receptor repertoire: A window into pediatric brain tumor immunity.. Neuro-oncology, 2025.
Sanvito F, Nocera G, Wang Z, Shiuan E, Sun L, Oshima S, Kim A, Kryukov I, Shao G, Cho NS, Salamon N, Ellingson BM, Prins R, Kim W, Yao J. Diffusion and contrast-enhancement MRI phenotypes associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor exposure and with immune cell infiltration in brain metastases.. Neuro-oncology, 2025.
Li YR, Zhu Y, Li Z, Shen X, Halladay T, Tse C, Tian Y, Huang J, Zhao AS, Ma NY, Zhang C, Nathanson DA, Prins RM, Yang L. Allogeneic stem cell-engineered EGFRvIII-specific CAR-NKT cells for treating glioblastoma with enhanced efficacy and safety.. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2025.
Fine SA, Lim SY, Siena NM, de Jesus AB, Goh T, Markus L, Russell TA, Kendal JK, Lofftus SY, Shehata MS, Dao HB, Lee A, Klingbeil KD, Kadera BE, Chmielowski B, Nelson SD, Dry SM, Bernthal NM, Singh AS, Reddy VK, Kalbasi A, Wessel LE, Prins RM, Eilber FR, Eilber FC, McCaw TR, Crompton JG. Incomplete Cancer Surgery Correlates With Loss of Immune Surveillance and Hyper-Progression of Disease.. Journal of surgical oncology, 2025.
Peeters S, Wu PB, Haist B, Armellini A, Kim WJ, Chen Z, Obenchain R, Ayad G, Ge W, Bhaduri A, Sabiston G, Prins RM, Wirz R, Wang AC. Cold atmospheric plasma effectively kills chordoma cells through induction of intracellular reactive oxygen species.. Scientific reports, 2025.
Baisiwala S, Fazzari E, Li MX, Martija A, Azizad DJ, Sun L, Herrera G, Phan T, Monteleone A, Nathanson DA, Wang A, Kim W, Everson RG, Patel KS, Liau LM, Prins RM, Bhaduri A. A Human Tumor-Immune Organoid Model of Glioblastoma.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025.
LaBelle JJ, Haase RD, Beck A, Haase J, Jiang L, Oliveira de Biagi CA, Neyazi S, Englinger B, Liu I, Trissal M, Jeong D, Hack OA, Nascimento A, Shaw ML, Nguyen CM, Castellani S, Mathewson ND, Ashenberg O, Veiga Cruzeiro GA, Rosenberg T, Vogelzang JR, Pyrdol J, Marx S, Luomo AM, Godicelj A, Baumgartner A, Rozowsky JS, Madlener S, Mayr L, Peyrl A, Geyeregger R, Loetsch D, Dorfer C, Haberler C, Stepien N, Slavc I, Davidson TB, Prins RM, Yeo KK, Cooney T, Ligon K, Lidov H, Alexandrescu S, Baird LC, Gojo J, Wucherpfennig KW, Filbin MG. Dissecting the immune landscape in pediatric high-grade glioma reveals cell state changes under therapeutic pressure.. Cell reports. Medicine, 2025.
Sanvito F, Kryukov I, Yao J, Teraishi A, Raymond C, Gao J, Miller C, Nghiemphu PL, Lai A, Liau LM, Patel K, Everson RG, Eldred BSC, Prins RM, Nathanson DA, Salamon N, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. Advanced imaging characterization of post-chemoradiation glioblastoma stratified by diffusion MRI phenotypes known to predict favorable anti-VEGF response.. Journal of neuro-oncology, 2025.
Kienzler JC, Contreras EM, Treger J, Liau LM, Owens GC, Prins RM. Transcriptome analysis of novel B16 melanoma metastatic variants generated by serial intracarotid artery injection.. Acta neuropathologica communications, 2025.
McFaline-Figueroa JR, Sun L, Youssef GC, Huang R, Li G, Kim J, Lee EQ, Nayak L, Chukwueke U, Beroukhim R, Batchelor TT, Chiocca EA, Everson RG, Doherty L, Stefanik J, Partridge K, Spearman A, Myers A, Westergaard C, Russ A, Lavallee M, Smokovich A, LaForest-Roys C, Garcia Fox R, McCluskey C, Bi WL, Arnaout O, Peruzzi P, Cosgrove GR, Ligon KL, Arrillaga-Romany I, Clarke JL, Reardon DA, Cloughesy TF, Prins RM, Wen PY. Neoadjuvant anti-PD1 immunotherapy for surgically accessible recurrent glioblastoma: clinical and molecular outcomes of a stage 2 single-arm expansion cohort.. Nature communications, 2024.
Hou AJ, Shih RM, Uy BR, Shafer A, Chang ZL, Comin-Anduix B, Guemes M, Galic Z, Phyu S, Okada H, Grausam KB, Breunig JJ, Brown CE, Nathanson DA, Prins RM, Chen YY. IL-13Rα2/TGF-β bispecific CAR-T cells counter TGF-β-mediated immune suppression and potentiate anti-tumor responses in glioblastoma.. Neuro-oncology, 2024.
Lai TJ, Sun L, Li K, Prins TJ, Treger J, Li T, Sun MZ, Nathanson DA, Liau LM, Lai A, Prins RM, Everson RG. Epigenetic Induction of Cancer-Testis Antigens and Endogenous Retroviruses at Single-Cell Level Enhances Immune Recognition and Response in Glioma.. Cancer research communications, 2024.
Everson RG, Hugo W, Sun L, Antonios J, Lee A, Ding L, Bu M, Khattab S, Chavez C, Billingslea-Yoon E, Salazar A, Ellingson BM, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM, Prins RM. Author Correction: TLR agonists polarize interferon responses in conjunction with dendritic cell vaccination in malignant glioma: a randomized phase II Trial.. Nature communications, 2024.
Everson RG, Hugo W, Sun L, Antonios J, Lee A, Ding L, Bu M, Khattab S, Chavez C, Billingslea-Yoon E, Salazar A, Ellingson BM, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM, Prins RM. TLR agonists polarize interferon responses in conjunction with dendritic cell vaccination in malignant glioma: a randomized phase II Trial.. Nature communications, 2024.
Sanvito F, Raymond C, Cho NS, Yao J, Hagiwara A, Orpilla J, Liau LM, Everson RG, Nghiemphu PL, Lai A, Prins R, Salamon N, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. Simultaneous quantification of perfusion, permeability, and leakage effects in brain gliomas using dynamic spin-and-gradient-echo echoplanar imaging MRI.. European radiology, 2023.
Everson RG, Hugo W, Sun L, Antonios J, Lee A, Ding L, Bu M, Khattab S, Chavez C, Billingslea-Yoon E, Salazar A, Ellingson BM, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM, Prins RM. Dendritic Cell Vaccination in Conjunction with a TLR Agonist Polarizes Interferon Immune Responses in Malignant Glioma Patients.. Research square, 2023.
Sun L, Kienzler JC, Reynoso JG, Lee A, Shiuan E, Li S, Kim J, Ding L, Monteleone AJ, Owens GC, Phillips JJ, Everson RG, Nathanson D, Cloughesy TF, Li G, Liau LM, Hugo W, Kim W, Prins RM. Immune checkpoint blockade induces distinct alterations in the microenvironments of primary and metastatic brain tumors.. The Journal of clinical investigation, 2023.
Wirsching HG, Felsberg J, Prummer M, Moisoiu V, Lourman R, Hertler C, Antonios M, Cimino PJ, Roth P, Gorlia T, Prins RM, Cloughesy T, Wen PY, Holland EC, Reifenberger G, Weller M. Spatial immune profiling of glioblastoma identifies an inflammatory, perivascular phenotype associated with longer survival.. Acta neuropathologica, 2023.
Ding L, Sun L, Bu MT, Zhang Y, Scott LN, Prins RM, Su MA, Lechner MG, Hugo W. Antigen presentation by clonally diverse CXCR5+ B cells to CD4 and CD8 T cells is associated with durable response to immune checkpoint inhibitors.. Frontiers in immunology, 2023.
Pan Y, Phillips JW, Zhang BD, Noguchi M, Kutschera E, McLaughlin J, Nesterenko PA, Mao Z, Bangayan NJ, Wang R, Tran W, Yang HT, Wang Y, Xu Y, Obusan MB, Cheng D, Lee AH, Kadash-Edmondson KE, Champhekar A, Puig-Saus C, Ribas A, Prins RM, Seet CS, Crooks GM, Witte ON, Xing Y. IRIS: Discovery of cancer immunotherapy targets arising from pre-mRNA alternative splicing.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023.
Hu J, Tan P, Ishihara M, Bayley NA, Schokrpur S, Reynoso JG, Zhang Y, Lim RJ, Dumitras C, Yang L, Dubinett SM, Jat PS, Van Snick J, Huang J, Chin AI, Prins RM, Graeber TG, Xu H, Wu L. Tumor heterogeneity in VHL drives metastasis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.. Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2023.
Prins RM, Everson RG. Commentary on "Dysfunctional dendritic cells limit antigen-specific T cell response in glioma".. Neuro-oncology, 2023.
Kilian M, Sheinin R, Tan CL, Friedrich M, Krämer C, Kaminitz A, Sanghvi K, Lindner K, Chih YC, Cichon F, Richter B, Jung S, Jähne K, Ratliff M, Prins RM, Etminan N, von Deimling A, Wick W, Madi A, Bunse L, Platten M. MHC class II-restricted antigen presentation is required to prevent dysfunction of cytotoxic T cells by blood-borne myeloids in brain tumors.. Cancer cell, 2023.
Liau LM, Ashkan K, Brem S, Campian JL, Trusheim JE, Iwamoto FM, Tran DD, Ansstas G, Cobbs CS, Heth JA, Salacz ME, D'Andre S, Aiken RD, Moshel YA, Nam JY, Pillainayagam CP, Wagner SA, Walter KA, Chaudhary R, Goldlust SA, Lee IY, Bota DA, Elinzano H, Grewal J, Lillehei K, Mikkelsen T, Walbert T, Abram S, Brenner AJ, Ewend MG, Khagi S, Lovick DS, Portnow J, Kim L, Loudon WG, Martinez NL, Thompson RC, Avigan DE, Fink KL, Geoffroy FJ, Giglio P, Gligich O, Krex D, Lindhorst SM, Lutzky J, Meisel HJ, Nadji-Ohl M, Sanchin L, Sloan A, Taylor LP, Wu JK, Dunbar EM, Etame AB, Kesari S, Mathieu D, Piccioni DE, Baskin DS, Lacroix M, May SA, New PZ, Pluard TJ, Toms SA, Tse V, Peak S, Villano JL, Battiste JD, Mulholland PJ, Pearlman ML, Petrecca K, Schulder M, Prins RM, Boynton AL, Bosch ML. Association of Autologous Tumor Lysate-Loaded Dendritic Cell Vaccination With Extension of Survival Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Glioblastoma: A Phase 3 Prospective Externally Controlled Cohort Trial.. JAMA oncology, 2023.
Cho NS, Hagiwara A, Yao J, Nathanson DA, Prins RM, Wang C, Raymond C, Desousa BR, Divakaruni A, Morrow DH, Nghiemphu PL, Lai A, Liau LM, Everson RG, Salamon N, Pope WB, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. Amine-weighted chemical exchange saturation transfer magnetic resonance imaging in brain tumors.. NMR in biomedicine, 2022.
Hagiwara A, Oughourlian TC, Cho NS, Schlossman J, Wang C, Yao J, Raymond C, Everson R, Patel K, Mareninov S, Rodriguez FJ, Salamon N, Pope WB, Nghiemphu PL, Liau LM, Prins RM, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. Diffusion MRI is an early biomarker of overall survival benefit in IDH wild-type recurrent glioblastoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.. Neuro-oncology, 2022.
Hwang EI, Sayour EJ, Flores CT, Grant G, Wechsler-Reya R, Hoang-Minh LB, Kieran MW, Salcido J, Prins RM, Figg JW, Platten M, Candelario KM, Hale PG, Blatt JE, Governale LS, Okada H, Mitchell DA, Pollack IF. The current landscape of immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors.. Nature cancer, 2022.
Sun L, Lai TJ, Prins RM. Is there a role for neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 therapies in glioma?. Current opinion in neurology, 2021.
Lee AH, Sun L, Mochizuki AY, Reynoso JG, Orpilla J, Chow F, Kienzler JC, Everson RG, Nathanson DA, Bensinger SJ, Liau LM, Cloughesy T, Hugo W, Prins RM. Neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade induces T cell and cDC1 activation but fails to overcome the immunosuppressive tumor associated macrophages in recurrent glioblastoma.. Nature communications, 2021.
Lu Y, Ng AHC, Chow FE, Everson RG, Helmink BA, Tetzlaff MT, Thakur R, Wargo JA, Cloughesy TF, Prins RM, Heath JR. Resolution of tissue signatures of therapy response in patients with recurrent GBM treated with neoadjuvant anti-PD1.. Nature communications, 2021.
Ott M, Prins RM, Heimberger AB. The immune landscape of common CNS malignancies: implications for immunotherapy.. Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2021.
Chuntova P, Chow F, Watchmaker PB, Galvez M, Heimberger AB, Newell EW, Diaz A, DePinho RA, Li MO, Wherry EJ, Mitchell D, Terabe M, Wainwright DA, Berzofsky JA, Herold-Mende C, Heath JR, Lim M, Margolin KA, Chiocca EA, Kasahara N, Ellingson BM, Brown CE, Chen Y, Fecci PE, Reardon DA, Dunn GP, Liau LM, Costello JF, Wick W, Cloughesy T, Timmer WC, Wen PY, Prins RM, Platten M, Okada H. Unique challenges for glioblastoma immunotherapy-discussions across neuro-oncology and non-neuro-oncology experts in cancer immunology. Meeting Report from the 2019 SNO Immuno-Oncology Think Tank.. Neuro-oncology, 2021.
Dunn GP, Cloughesy TF, Maus MV, Prins RM, Reardon DA, Sonabend AM. Emerging immunotherapies for malignant glioma: from immunogenomics to cell therapy.. Neuro-oncology, 2020.
Ladomersky E, Zhai L, Lauing KL, Bell A, Xu J, Kocherginsky M, Zhang B, Wu JD, Podojil JR, Platanias LC, Mochizuki AY, Prins RM, Kumthekar P, Raizer JJ, Dixit K, Lukas RV, Horbinski C, Wei M, Zhou C, Pawelec G, Campisi J, Grohmann U, Prendergast GC, Munn DH, Wainwright DA. Advanced Age Increases Immunosuppression in the Brain and Decreases Immunotherapeutic Efficacy in Subjects with Glioblastoma.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2020.
Yao J, Chakhoyan A, Nathanson DA, Yong WH, Salamon N, Raymond C, Mareninov S, Lai A, Nghiemphu PL, Prins RM, Pope WB, Everson RG, Liau LM, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. Metabolic characterization of human IDH mutant and wild type gliomas using simultaneous pH- and oxygen-sensitive molecular MRI.. Neuro-oncology, 2019.
Liu F, Cox CD, Chowdhury R, Dovek L, Nguyen H, Li T, Li S, Ozer B, Chou A, Nguyen N, Wei B, Antonios J, Soto H, Kornblum H, Liau L, Prins R, Nghiemphu PL, Yong W, Cloughesy T, Lai A. SPINT2 is hypermethylated in both IDH1 mutated and wild-type glioblastomas, and exerts tumor suppression via reduction of c-Met activation.. Journal of neuro-oncology, 2019.
Chakhoyan A, Yao J, Leu K, Pope WB, Salamon N, Yong W, Lai A, Nghiemphu PL, Everson RG, Prins RM, Liau LM, Nathanson DA, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. Validation of vessel size imaging (VSI) in high-grade human gliomas using magnetic resonance imaging, image-guided biopsies, and quantitative immunohistochemistry.. Scientific reports, 2019.
Cloughesy TF, Mochizuki AY, Orpilla JR, Hugo W, Lee AH, Davidson TB, Wang AC, Ellingson BM, Rytlewski JA, Sanders CM, Kawaguchi ES, Du L, Li G, Yong WH, Gaffey SC, Cohen AL, Mellinghoff IK, Lee EQ, Reardon DA, O'Brien BJ, Butowski NA, Nghiemphu PL, Clarke JL, Arrillaga-Romany IC, Colman H, Kaley TJ, de Groot JF, Liau LM, Wen PY, Prins RM. Neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 immunotherapy promotes a survival benefit with intratumoral and systemic immune responses in recurrent glioblastoma.. Nature medicine, 2019.
Owens GC, Garcia AJ, Mochizuki AY, Chang JW, Reyes SD, Salamon N, Prins RM, Mathern GW, Fallah A. Evidence for Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses in a Cohort of Intractable Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Patients.. Frontiers in immunology, 2019.
Davidson TB, Lee A, Hsu M, Sedighim S, Orpilla J, Treger J, Mastall M, Roesch S, Rapp C, Galvez M, Mochizuki A, Antonios J, Garcia A, Kotecha N, Bayless N, Nathanson D, Wang A, Everson R, Yong WH, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM, Herold-Mende C, Prins RM. Expression of PD-1 by T Cells in Malignant Glioma Patients Reflects Exhaustion and Activation.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2018.
Subbiah V, Murthy R, Hong DS, Prins RM, Hosing C, Hendricks K, Kolli D, Noffsinger L, Brown R, McGuire M, Fu S, Piha-Paul S, Naing A, Conley AP, Benjamin RS, Kaur I, Bosch ML. Cytokines Produced by Dendritic Cells Administered Intratumorally Correlate with Clinical Outcome in Patients with Diverse Cancers.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2018.
Liau LM, Ashkan K, Tran DD, Campian JL, Trusheim JE, Cobbs CS, Heth JA, Salacz M, Taylor S, D'Andre SD, Iwamoto FM, Dropcho EJ, Moshel YA, Walter KA, Pillainayagam CP, Aiken R, Chaudhary R, Goldlust SA, Bota DA, Duic P, Grewal J, Elinzano H, Toms SA, Lillehei KO, Mikkelsen T, Walbert T, Abram SR, Brenner AJ, Brem S, Ewend MG, Khagi S, Portnow J, Kim LJ, Loudon WG, Thompson RC, Avigan DE, Fink KL, Geoffroy FJ, Lindhorst S, Lutzky J, Sloan AE, Schackert G, Krex D, Meisel HJ, Wu J, Davis RP, Duma C, Etame AB, Mathieu D, Kesari S, Piccioni D, Westphal M, Baskin DS, New PZ, Lacroix M, May SA, Pluard TJ, Tse V, Green RM, Villano JL, Pearlman M, Petrecca K, Schulder M, Taylor LP, Maida AE, Prins RM, Cloughesy TF, Mulholland P, Bosch ML. Correction to: First results on survival from a large Phase 3 clinical trial of an autologous dendritic cell vaccine in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.. Journal of translational medicine, 2018.
Liau LM, Ashkan K, Tran DD, Campian JL, Trusheim JE, Cobbs CS, Heth JA, Salacz M, Taylor S, D'Andre SD, Iwamoto FM, Dropcho EJ, Moshel YA, Walter KA, Pillainayagam CP, Aiken R, Chaudhary R, Goldlust SA, Bota DA, Duic P, Grewal J, Elinzano H, Toms SA, Lillehei KO, Mikkelsen T, Walbert T, Abram SR, Brenner AJ, Brem S, Ewend MG, Khagi S, Portnow J, Kim LJ, Loudon WG, Thompson RC, Avigan DE, Fink KL, Geoffroy FJ, Lindhorst S, Lutzky J, Sloan AE, Schackert G, Krex D, Meisel HJ, Wu J, Davis RP, Duma C, Etame AB, Mathieu D, Kesari S, Piccioni D, Westphal M, Baskin DS, New PZ, Lacroix M, May SA, Pluard TJ, Tse V, Green RM, Villano JL, Pearlman M, Petrecca K, Schulder M, Taylor LP, Maida AE, Prins RM, Cloughesy TF, Mulholland P, Bosch ML. First results on survival from a large Phase 3 clinical trial of an autologous dendritic cell vaccine in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.. Journal of translational medicine, 2018.
Garrett M, Sperry J, Braas D, Yan W, Le TM, Mottahedeh J, Ludwig K, Eskin A, Qin Y, Levy R, Breunig JJ, Pajonk F, Graeber TG, Radu CG, Christofk H, Prins RM, Lai A, Liau LM, Coppola G, Kornblum HI. Metabolic characterization of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutant and IDH wildtype gliomaspheres uncovers cell type-specific vulnerabilities.. Cancer & metabolism, 2018.
Mochizuki AY, Frost IM, Mastrodimos MB, Plant AS, Wang AC, Moore TB, Prins RM, Weiss PS, Jonas SJ. Precision Medicine in Pediatric Neurooncology: A Review.. ACS chemical neuroscience, 2017.
Chung LK, Pelargos PE, Chan AM, Demos JV, Lagman C, Sheppard JP, Nguyen T, Chang YL, Hojat SA, Prins RM, Liau LM, Nghiemphu L, Lai A, Cloughesy TF, Yong WH, Gordon LK, Wadehra M, Yang I. Tissue microarray analysis for epithelial membrane protein-2 as a novel biomarker for gliomas.. Brain tumor pathology, 2017.
Antonios JP, Soto H, Everson RG, Moughon DL, Wang AC, Orpilla J, Radu C, Ellingson BM, Lee JT, Cloughesy T, Phelps ME, Czernin J, Liau LM, Prins RM. Detection of immune responses after immunotherapy in glioblastoma using PET and MRI.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017.
Qin Y, Takahashi M, Sheets K, Soto H, Tsui J, Pelargos P, Antonios JP, Kasahara N, Yang I, Prins RM, Braun J, Gordon LK, Wadehra M. Epithelial membrane protein-2 (EMP2) promotes angiogenesis in glioblastoma multiforme.. Journal of neuro-oncology, 2017.
Antonios JP, Soto H, Everson RG, Moughon D, Orpilla JR, Shin NP, Sedighim S, Treger J, Odesa S, Tucker A, Yong WH, Li G, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM, Prins RM. Immunosuppressive tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells mediate adaptive immune resistance via a PD-1/PD-L1 mechanism in glioblastoma.. Neuro-oncology, 2017.
Antonios JP, Soto H, Everson RG, Orpilla J, Moughon D, Shin N, Sedighim S, Yong WH, Li G, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM, Prins RM. PD-1 blockade enhances the vaccination-induced immune response in glioma.. JCI insight, 2016.
Hsu M, Sedighim S, Wang T, Antonios JP, Everson RG, Tucker AM, Du L, Emerson R, Yusko E, Sanders C, Robins HS, Yong WH, Davidson TB, Li G, Liau LM, Prins RM. TCR Sequencing Can Identify and Track Glioma-Infiltrating T Cells after DC Vaccination.. Cancer immunology research, 2016.
Everson RG, Antonios JP, Lisiero DN, Soto H, Scharnweber R, Garrett MC, Yong WH, Li N, Li G, Kruse CA, Liau LM, Prins RM. Efficacy of systemic adoptive transfer immunotherapy targeting NY-ESO-1 for glioblastoma.. Neuro-oncology, 2015.
Fu X, Chin RM, Vergnes L, Hwang H, Deng G, Xing Y, Pai MY, Li S, Ta L, Fazlollahi F, Chen C, Prins RM, Teitell MA, Nathanson DA, Lai A, Faull KF, Jiang M, Clarke SG, Cloughesy TF, Graeber TG, Braas D, Christofk HR, Jung ME, Reue K, Huang J. 2-Hydroxyglutarate Inhibits ATP Synthase and mTOR Signaling.. Cell metabolism, 2015.
Harris RJ, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM, Prins RM, Antonios JP, Li D, Yong WH, Pope WB, Lai A, Nghiemphu PL, Ellingson BM. pH-weighted molecular imaging of gliomas using amine chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI.. Neuro-oncology, 2015.
Erickson KL, Hickey MJ, Kato Y, Malone CC, Owens GC, Prins RM, Liau LM, Kasahara N, Kruse CA. Radial mobility and cytotoxic function of retroviral replicating vector transduced, non-adherent alloresponsive T lymphocytes.. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2015.
Moertel CL, Xia J, LaRue R, Waldron NN, Andersen BM, Prins RM, Okada H, Donson AM, Foreman NK, Hunt MA, Pennell CA, Olin MR. CD200 in CNS tumor-induced immunosuppression: the role for CD200 pathway blockade in targeted immunotherapy.. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2014.
Li S, Chowdhury R, Liu F, Chou AP, Li T, Mody RR, Lou JJ, Chen W, Reiss J, Soto H, Prins R, Liau LM, Mischel PS, Nghiemphu PL, Yong WH, Cloughesy TF, Lai A. Tumor-suppressive miR148a is silenced by CpG island hypermethylation in IDH1-mutant gliomas.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2014.
Shih J, Rahman M, Luong QT, Lomeli SH, Riss J, Prins RM, Gure AO, Zeng G. Dominant B-cell epitopes from cancer/stem cell antigen SOX2 recognized by serum samples from cancer patients.. American journal of clinical and experimental immunology, 2014.
Everson RG, Jin RM, Wang X, Safaee M, Scharnweber R, Lisiero DN, Soto H, Liau LM, Prins RM. Cytokine responsiveness of CD8(+) T cells is a reproducible biomarker for the clinical efficacy of dendritic cell vaccination in glioblastoma patients.. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2014.
Lisiero DN, Soto H, Everson RG, Liau LM, Prins RM. The histone deacetylase inhibitor, LBH589, promotes the systemic cytokine and effector responses of adoptively transferred CD8+ T cells.. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2014.
Lasky JL, Panosyan EH, Plant A, Davidson T, Yong WH, Prins RM, Liau LM, Moore TB. Autologous tumor lysate-pulsed dendritic cell immunotherapy for pediatric patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent high-grade gliomas.. Anticancer research, 2013.
Williams KJ, Argus JP, Zhu Y, Wilks MQ, Marbois BN, York AG, Kidani Y, Pourzia AL, Akhavan D, Lisiero DN, Komisopoulou E, Henkin AH, Soto H, Chamberlain BT, Vergnes L, Jung ME, Torres JZ, Liau LM, Christofk HR, Prins RM, Mischel PS, Reue K, Graeber TG, Bensinger SJ. An essential requirement for the SCAP/SREBP signaling axis to protect cancer cells from lipotoxicity.. Cancer research, 2013.
Prins RM, Wang X, Soto H, Young E, Lisiero DN, Fong B, Everson R, Yong WH, Lai A, Li G, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM. Comparison of glioma-associated antigen peptide-loaded versus autologous tumor lysate-loaded dendritic cell vaccination in malignant glioma patients.. Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997), 2013.
Lazovic J, Soto H, Piccioni D, Lou JR, Li S, Mirsadraei L, Yong W, Prins R, Liau LM, Ellingson BM, Cloughesy TF, Lai A, Pope WB. Detection of 2-hydroxyglutaric acid in vivo by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in U87 glioma cells overexpressing isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 mutation.. Neuro-oncology, 2012.
Chou AP, Chowdhury R, Li S, Chen W, Kim AJ, Piccioni DE, Selfridge JM, Mody RR, Chang S, Lalezari S, Lin J, Sanchez DE, Wilson RW, Garrett MC, Harry B, Mottahedeh J, Nghiemphu PL, Kornblum HI, Mischel PS, Prins RM, Yong WH, Cloughesy T, Nelson SF, Liau LM, Lai A. Identification of retinol binding protein 1 promoter hypermethylation in isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 mutant gliomas.. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2012.
Yang J, Nagasawa DT, Spasic M, Amolis M, Choy W, Garcia HM, Prins RM, Liau LM, Yang I. Endogenous vaults and bioengineered vault nanoparticles for treatment of glioblastomas: implications for future targeted therapies.. Neurosurgery clinics of North America, 2012.
Fong B, Jin R, Wang X, Safaee M, Lisiero DN, Yang I, Li G, Liau LM, Prins RM. Monitoring of regulatory T cell frequencies and expression of CTLA-4 on T cells, before and after DC vaccination, can predict survival in GBM patients.. PloS one, 2012.
Hickey MJ, Malone CC, Erickson KE, Gomez GG, Young EL, Liau LM, Prins RM, Kruse CA. Implementing preclinical study findings to protocol design: translational studies with alloreactive CTL for gliomas.. American journal of translational research, 2012.
Konkankit VV, Kim W, Koya RC, Eskin A, Dam MA, Nelson S, Ribas A, Liau LM, Prins RM. Decitabine immunosensitizes human gliomas to NY-ESO-1 specific T lymphocyte targeting through the Fas/Fas ligand pathway.. Journal of translational medicine, 2011.
Pope WB, Prins RM, Albert Thomas M, Nagarajan R, Yen KE, Bittinger MA, Salamon N, Chou AP, Yong WH, Soto H, Wilson N, Driggers E, Jang HG, Su SM, Schenkein DP, Lai A, Cloughesy TF, Kornblum HI, Wu H, Fantin VR, Liau LM. Non-invasive detection of 2-hydroxyglutarate and other metabolites in IDH1 mutant glioma patients using magnetic resonance spectroscopy.. Journal of neuro-oncology, 2011.
Guo D, Reinitz F, Youssef M, Hong C, Nathanson D, Akhavan D, Kuga D, Amzajerdi AN, Soto H, Zhu S, Babic I, Tanaka K, Dang J, Iwanami A, Gini B, Dejesus J, Lisiero DD, Huang TT, Prins RM, Wen PY, Robins HI, Prados MD, Deangelis LM, Mellinghoff IK, Mehta MP, James CD, Chakravarti A, Cloughesy TF, Tontonoz P, Mischel PS. An LXR agonist promotes glioblastoma cell death through inhibition of an EGFR/AKT/SREBP-1/LDLR-dependent pathway.. Cancer discovery, 2011.
Lisiero DN, Soto H, Liau LM, Prins RM. Enhanced sensitivity to IL-2 signaling regulates the clinical responsiveness of IL-12-primed CD8(+) T cells in a melanoma model.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2011.
Prins RM, Soto H, Konkankit V, Odesa SK, Eskin A, Yong WH, Nelson SF, Liau LM. Gene expression profile correlates with T-cell infiltration and relative survival in glioblastoma patients vaccinated with dendritic cell immunotherapy.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2010.
Hickey MJ, Malone CC, Erickson KL, Jadus MR, Prins RM, Liau LM, Kruse CA. Cellular and vaccine therapeutic approaches for gliomas.. Journal of translational medicine, 2010.
Dang L, White DW, Gross S, Bennett BD, Bittinger MA, Driggers EM, Fantin VR, Jang HG, Jin S, Keenan MC, Marks KM, Prins RM, Ward PS, Yen KE, Liau LM, Rabinowitz JD, Cantley LC, Thompson CB, Vander Heiden MG, Su SM. Cancer-associated IDH1 mutations produce 2-hydroxyglutarate.. Nature, 2010.
Guo D, Prins RM, Dang J, Kuga D, Iwanami A, Soto H, Lin KY, Huang TT, Akhavan D, Hock MB, Zhu S, Kofman AA, Bensinger SJ, Yong WH, Vinters HV, Horvath S, Watson AD, Kuhn JG, Robins HI, Mehta MP, Wen PY, DeAngelis LM, Prados MD, Mellinghoff IK, Cloughesy TF, Mischel PS. EGFR signaling through an Akt-SREBP-1-dependent, rapamycin-resistant pathway sensitizes glioblastomas to antilipogenic therapy.. Science signaling, 2009.
Dang L, White DW, Gross S, Bennett BD, Bittinger MA, Driggers EM, Fantin VR, Jang HG, Jin S, Keenan MC, Marks KM, Prins RM, Ward PS, Yen KE, Liau LM, Rabinowitz JD, Cantley LC, Thompson CB, Vander Heiden MG, Su SM. Cancer-associated IDH1 mutations produce 2-hydroxyglutarate.. Nature, 2009.
Vo DD, Prins RM, Begley JL, Donahue TR, Morris LF, Bruhn KW, de la Rocha P, Yang MY, Mok S, Garban HJ, Craft N, Economou JS, Marincola FM, Wang E, Ribas A. Enhanced antitumor activity induced by adoptive T-cell transfer and adjunctive use of the histone deacetylase inhibitor LAQ824.. Cancer research, 2009.
Guo D, Hildebrandt IJ, Prins RM, Soto H, Mazzotta MM, Dang J, Czernin J, Shyy JY, Watson AD, Phelps M, Radu CG, Cloughesy TF, Mischel PS. The AMPK agonist AICAR inhibits the growth of EGFRvIII-expressing glioblastomas by inhibiting lipogenesis.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009.
Shu CJ, Radu CG, Shelly SM, Vo DD, Prins R, Ribas A, Phelps ME, Witte ON. Quantitative PET reporter gene imaging of CD8+ T cells specific for a melanoma-expressed self-antigen.. International immunology, 2008.
Begley J, Vo DD, Morris LF, Bruhn KW, Prins RM, Mok S, Koya RC, Garban HJ, Comin-Anduix B, Craft N, Ribas A. Immunosensitization with a Bcl-2 small molecule inhibitor.. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2008.
Prins RM, Cloughesy TF, Liau LM. Cytomegalovirus immunity after vaccination with autologous glioblastoma lysate.. The New England journal of medicine, 2008.
Prins RM, Shu CJ, Radu CG, Vo DD, Khan-Farooqi H, Soto H, Yang MY, Lin MS, Shelly S, Witte ON, Ribas A, Liau LM. Anti-tumor activity and trafficking of self, tumor-specific T cells against tumors located in the brain.. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2008.
Kimura T, Koya RC, Anselmi L, Sternini C, Wang HJ, Comin-Anduix B, Prins RM, Faure-Kumar E, Rozengurt N, Cui Y, Kasahara N, Stripecke R. Lentiviral vectors with CMV or MHCII promoters administered in vivo: immune reactivity versus persistence of expression.. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2007.
Prins RM, Vo DD, Khan-Farooqi H, Yang MY, Soto H, Economou JS, Liau LM, Ribas A. NK and CD4 cells collaborate to protect against melanoma tumor formation in the brain.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2006.
Yang MY, Zetler PM, Prins RM, Khan-Farooqi H, Liau LM. Immunotherapy for patients with malignant glioma: from theoretical principles to clinical applications.. Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2006.
Prins RM, Bruhn KW, Craft N, Lin JW, Kim CH, Odesa SK, Miller JF, Liau LM. Central nervous system tumor immunity generated by a recombinant listeria monocytogenes vaccine targeting tyrosinase related protein-2 and real-time imaging of intracranial tumor burden.. Neurosurgery, 2006.
Prins RM, Craft N, Bruhn KW, Khan-Farooqi H, Koya RC, Stripecke R, Miller JF, Liau LM. The TLR-7 agonist, imiquimod, enhances dendritic cell survival and promotes tumor antigen-specific T cell priming: relation to central nervous system antitumor immunity.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2006.
Khan-Farooqi HR, Prins RM, Liau LM. Tumor immunology, immunomics and targeted immunotherapy for central nervous system malignancies.. Neurological research, 2005.
Liau LM, Prins RM, Kiertscher SM, Odesa SK, Kremen TJ, Giovannone AJ, Lin JW, Chute DJ, Mischel PS, Cloughesy TF, Roth MD. Dendritic cell vaccination in glioblastoma patients induces systemic and intracranial T-cell responses modulated by the local central nervous system tumor microenvironment.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2005.
Craft N, Bruhn KW, Nguyen BD, Prins R, Lin JW, Liau LM, Miller JF. The TLR7 agonist imiquimod enhances the anti-melanoma effects of a recombinant Listeria monocytogenes vaccine.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2005.
Craft N, Bruhn KW, Nguyen BD, Prins R, Liau LM, Collisson EA, De A, Kolodney MS, Gambhir SS, Miller JF. Bioluminescent imaging of melanoma in live mice.. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 2005.
Prins RM, Liau LM. Cellular immunity and immunotherapy of brain tumors.. Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library, 2004.
Prins RM, Incardona F, Lau R, Lee P, Claus S, Zhang W, Black KL, Wheeler CJ. Characterization of defective CD4-CD8- T cells in murine tumors generated independent of antigen specificity.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2004.
Yang I, Kremen TJ, Giovannone AJ, Paik E, Odesa SK, Prins RM, Liau LM. Modulation of major histocompatibility complex Class I molecules and major histocompatibility complex-bound immunogenic peptides induced by interferon-alpha and interferon-gamma treatment of human glioblastoma multiforme.. Journal of neurosurgery, 2004.
Prins RM, Odesa SK, Liau LM. Immunotherapeutic targeting of shared melanoma-associated antigens in a murine glioma model.. Cancer research, 2003.
Prins RM, Graf MR, Merchant RE, Black KL, Wheeler CJ. Thymic function and output of recent thymic emigrant T cells during intracranial glioma progression.. Journal of neuro-oncology, 2003.
Graf MR, Prins RM, Poulsen GA, Merchant RE. Contrasting effects of interleukin-2 secretion by rat glioma cells contingent upon anatomical location: accelerated tumorigenesis in the central nervous system and complete rejection in the periphery.. Journal of neuroimmunology, 2003.
Prins RM, Liau LM. Immunology and immunotherapy in neurosurgical disease.. Neurosurgery, 2003.
Prins RM, Scott GP, Merchant RE, Graf MR. Irradiated tumor cell vaccine for treatment of an established glioma. II. Expansion of myeloid suppressor cells that promote tumor progression.. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2002.
Graf MR, Prins RM, Hawkins WT, Merchant RE. Irradiated tumor cell vaccine for treatment of an established glioma. I. Successful treatment with combined radiotherapy and cellular vaccination.. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2002.