Athena E. Golfinos

ORCID: 0000-0002-8365-1743
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Research Areas
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Advanced Data Storage Technologies
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • QR Code Applications and Technologies
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Research Data Management Practices
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis

University of Wisconsin–Madison
2017-2025

Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
2023

Abstract Purpose: We investigated whether in human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) high levels of expression stress keratin 17 (K17) are associated with poor survival resistance to immunotherapy. Experimental Design: the role K17 regulating both tumor microenvironment immune responsiveness HNSCC using a syngeneic mouse model, MOC2. MOC2 gives rise immunologically cold tumors that resistant immune-checkpoint blockade (ICB). engineered multiple, independent knockout (KO) lines...

10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-3039 article EN Clinical Cancer Research 2022-05-27

Background: Approximately 15-20% of head and neck cancer squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients respond favorably to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). Previous single-cell RNA-Seq (scRNA-Seq) studies identified features, including macrophage subset ratios T-cell subtypes, in HNSCC ICB response. However, the spatial features HNSCC-infiltrated cells response treatment need be better characterized. Methods: Here, we perform a systematic evaluation interactions between types within tumor...

10.1101/2025.03.24.644582 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025-03-30

Low response rates in immune check-point blockade (ICB)-treated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) drive a critical need for robust, clinically validated predictive biomarkers. Our group previously showed that stress keratin 17 (CK17) suppresses macrophage-mediated CXCL9/CXCL10 chemokine signaling involved attracting activated CD8+ T cells into tumors, correlating with decreased rate to pembrolizumab-based therapy pilot cohort of ICB-treated HNSCC (n = 26). Here, we performed an...

10.3390/cancers15194905 article EN Cancers 2023-10-09

Little is known about how specific individual viral lineages replicating systemically during acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Simian (HIV/SIV) infection persist into chronic infection. In this study, we use molecularly barcoded SIV (SIVmac239M) to track distinct for 12 weeks after intravenous (IV) intrarectal (IR) challenge in macaques. Two Mafa-A1*063+ cynomolgus macaques ( Macaca fascicularis , CM) were challenged IV, and two Mamu-A1*001+ rhesus mulatta RM) IR with 200,000 Infectious...

10.1371/journal.pone.0260010 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2021-12-02

While antiretroviral therapy (ART) can suppress HIV replication, it is not a cure. It therefore essential to develop therapeutic strategies enhance the immune system better become activated and recognize virus-infected cells.

10.1128/jvi.01424-22 article EN Journal of Virology 2022-11-15

Little is known about how individual virus lineages replicating during acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Simian (HIV/SIV) infection persist into chronic infection. In this study, we use molecularly barcoded SIV (SIVmac239M) to track distinct viral for 12 weeks after intravenous and intrarectal challenge in macaques. Two Mafa-A1*063+ cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) were challenged intravenously (IV), two Mamu-A1*001+ rhesus mulatta) intrarectally (IR) with 200,000 Infectious...

10.20944/preprints202105.0206.v1 preprint EN 2021-05-10
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