Dr. Jim Xiang

Selected Recent Publications

  1. Xie Y, Wang L, Frewald A, Qureshi M, Chen Y and Xiang J. Novel T cell-based vaccine capable of stimulating long-term functional CTL memory against B16 melanoma via CD40L signaling. Cell Mol Immunol. 10: 72-77, 2013.

  2. Umeshappa C S, Nanjundappa R, Freywald A and Xiang J. Differential requirements of CD4+ T cell signals for effector cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) priming and functional memory CTL development at higher CD8+ T cell precursor frequency. Immunol 138: 298-306, 2013.

  3. Wang L, Xie Y, Ahmed K, Ahmed S, Sami A, Chibbar R, Xu Q, Kane S, Hao S, Mulligan S and Xiang J. Exosomal pMHC-I complexes target T cell-based vaccine to directly stimulate CTL responses leading to antitumor immunity in transgenic FVBneuN and HLA-A2/HER2 mice and eradicating trastuzumab-resistant tumor in athymic nude mice. Breast Cancer Res Treat 140: 273-284, 2013.

  4. Wang R, Freywald A, Chen Y, Xu J and Xiang J. Transgene 41BBL-engineered vaccine stimulates potent Gag-specific therapeutic and long-term immunity via priming CD44+CD62LhighIL-7R+ CTLs with up- and down-regulation of anti- and pro-apoptosis genes. Cell Mol Immunol, 12: 456-465, 2015.

  5. Ahmed K, Wang L, Griebel P, Mousseau D and Xiang J. Differential expression of mannose-6-phosphate receptor regulates T cell contraction. J Leuk Biol, 98: 313-318, 2015.

  6. Zhao T, Tan X, Umeshappa C, Ma H, Gao H, Deng Y, Freywald A and Xiang J. Simulated microgravity promotes cell apoptosis through suppression of Uev1A/TICAM/TRAF/NF-kB-regulated anti-apoptosis and p53/PCNA- and ATM/ATR-Chk1/2-controlled DNA-damage response pathways. J Cell Biochem. 117: 2138-2148, 2016.

  7. Xu A, Ye Z, Wu J, Leary S, Li R and Xiang J. Irradiation-induced lymphopenia promotes T cell survival via IL-15 signaling STAT5/Bcl2 pathway and enhances T cell memory via IL-15 activation of FOXO/Eomes memory and ULK1/Atg7 autophage pathways. Cell Bioscience. 6: 30, 2016.

  8. Wang R, Xu A, Zhang X, Wu J, Freywald A, Xu J and Xiang J. Novel exosome-targeted T cell-based vaccine counteracts T cell anergy and converts CTL exhaustion in chronic infection via CD40L signaling through the mTORC1 pathway. Cell Mol Immunol, 14: 529-545, 2017.

  9. Mu C, Zhang X, Wang L, Xu A, Ahmed A, Pang X, Chibbar R, Freywald A, Huang J, Zhu Y and Xiang J. Enhanced suppression of polyclonal CD8+25+ regulatory T cells via exosomal arming of antigen-specific peptide/MHC complexes. J Leuk Biol. 101: 1221-1231, 2017.

  10. Khawaja Ashfaque Ahmed and Xiang J. mTORC1 regulates mannose-6-phosphate receptor and T cell vulnerability to regulatory T cells by controlling kinesin KIF13A. Cell Discovery, 3: 17011, 2017.

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