Kavya Rakhra

ORCID: 0000-0003-2371-0470
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Research Areas
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
  • Chemical synthesis and alkaloids
  • vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

Cullinan Oncology (United States)
2022-2024

Stanford University
2009-2021

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013-2021

Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
2021

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
2004

The evidence is stacking up: Many therapeutic advantages such as prolonged circulation in the blood, increased tumor drug uptake, enhanced efficacy, and markedly reduced toxic side effects are provided by a carbon nanotube based chemotherapeutic formulation (see picture). In this system, doxorubicin (DOX) loaded onto sidewalls of functionalized single-walled nanotubes supramolecular π–π stacking.

10.1002/anie.200902612 article EN Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2009-09-16

Abstract Inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) are studied as drug carriers, radiosensitizers and imaging agents, characterizing nanoparticle biodistribution is essential for evaluating their efficacy safety. Tracking NPs at the single-cell level with current technologies complicated by lack of reliable methods to stably label particles over extended durations in vivo . Here we demonstrate that mass cytometry time-of-flight provides a label-free approach inorganic quantitation cells. Furthermore,...

10.1038/ncomms14069 article EN cc-by Nature Communications 2017-01-17

Tissue-resident memory T cells (TRMs) can profoundly enhance mucosal immunity, but parameters governing TRM induction by vaccination remain poorly understood. Here, we describe an approach exploiting natural albumin transport across the airway epithelium to generation vaccination. Pulmonary immunization with albumin-binding amphiphile conjugates of peptide antigens and CpG adjuvant (amph-vaccines) increased vaccine accumulation in lung mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs). Amph-vaccines prolonged...

10.1126/sciimmunol.abd8003 article EN Science Immunology 2021-03-04

Background Major histocompatibility complex class I-related protein A and B (MICA/B) are ligands for the natural killer group 2 member D (NKG2D) receptor broadly expressed on tumor cells but minimally normal tissues. When cytotoxic NKG2D-expressing immune engage MICA/B, ligand-expressing targeted lysis. Cancer can evade NKG2D-mediated destruction by shedding MICA/B from their cell surface via proteases present in microenvironment. CLN-619 is a humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) which...

10.1136/jitc-2024-008987 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2025-04-01

The suppression of oncogenic levels MYC is sufficient to induce sustained tumor regression associated with proliferative arrest, differentiation, cellular senescence, and/or apoptosis, a phenomenon known as oncogene addiction. However, after prolonged inactivation in conditional transgenic mouse model Eμ-tTA/tetO-MYC T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, some the tumors recur, recapitulating what frequently observed human response targeted therapies. Here we report that these recurring...

10.1073/pnas.1107303108 article EN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2011-10-03

Abstract Despite clinical evidence of antitumor activity, the development cytokine therapies has been hampered by a narrow therapeutic window and limited response rates. Two cytokines high interest for are interleukin 2 (IL2) 12 (IL12), which potently synergize to promote activation proliferation T cells NK cells. However, only approved human IL2 therapy, Proleukin, is rarely used in clinic due systemic toxicities, no IL12 product date severe dose-limiting toxicities. Here, we describe...

10.1158/2326-6066.cir-23-0636 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Cancer Immunology Research 2024-06-05

<div>Abstract<p>Despite clinical evidence of antitumor activity, the development cytokine therapies has been hampered by a narrow therapeutic window and limited response rates. Two cytokines high interest for are interleukin 2 (IL2) 12 (IL12), which potently synergize to promote activation proliferation T cells NK cells. However, only approved human IL2 therapy, Proleukin, is rarely used in clinic due systemic toxicities, no IL12 product date severe dose-limiting toxicities....

10.1158/2326-6066.c.7380038.v1 preprint EN 2024-08-01

Understanding the complex dynamics between tumor cells and host immune system will be key to improved therapeutic strategies against cancer. We propose an ODE-based mathematical model of both how they respond inactivation driving oncogene. Our supports experimental results showing that cellular senescence is dependent on CD4+ T helper cells, leading relapse tumors in immunocompromised hosts.

10.1109/embc.2013.6610554 article EN 2013-07-01

Abstract CLN-619 is a humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody that targets MICA and MICB (MICA/B) currently in phase 1 clinical development cancer patients (NCT05117476). MICA/B serve as activating signals on target cells for recognition by the NKG2D receptor, which expressed NK subset of T cell populations. expression induced response to stressed conditions, thereby enabling NKG2D-mediated elimination cells. On cells, one many receptors complex network inhibitory receptors, whereby pathway...

10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-5297 article EN Cancer Research 2024-03-22

<div>Abstract<p>Despite clinical evidence of antitumor activity, the development cytokine therapies has been hampered by a narrow therapeutic window and limited response rates. Two cytokines high interest for are interleukin 2 (IL2) 12 (IL12), which potently synergize to promote activation proliferation T cells NK cells. However, only approved human IL2 therapy, Proleukin, is rarely used in clinic due systemic toxicities, no IL12 product date severe dose-limiting toxicities....

10.1158/2326-6066.c.7380038 preprint EN 2024-08-01
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