Temozolomide for immunomodulation in the treatment of glioblastoma

A Karachi, F Dastmalchi, DA Mitchell… - Neuro …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Temozolomide is the most widely used chemotherapy for patients with glioblastoma (GBM)
despite the fact that approximately half of treated patients have temozolomide resistance and …

[HTML][HTML] CXCR1-or CXCR2-modified CAR T cells co-opt IL-8 for maximal antitumor efficacy in solid tumors

L Jin, H Tao, A Karachi, Y Long, AY Hou, M Na… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy targeting solid tumors has stagnated as a
result of tumor heterogeneity, immunosuppressive microenvironments, and inadequate …

The role of CMV in glioblastoma and implications for immunotherapeutic strategies

M Rahman, F Dastmalchi, A Karachi, D Mitchell - Oncoimmunology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Controversy surrounds the role of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in glioblastoma (GBM). However,
several studies have shown that CMV nucleic acids and proteins are present within GBM …

[BOOK][B] Karachi: megacity of our times

H Khuhro, A Mooraj - 2010 - econpapers.repec.org
… as the only port of Pakistan, Karachi has an undisputed place in the … Karachi is a new city
but it is old in its wisdom and tolerance. … It is this mainstream Karachi that this book is about. …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolomics monitoring of treatment response to brain tumor immunotherapy

F Dastmalchi, LP Deleyrolle, A Karachi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy has revolutionized care for many solid tissue malignancies, and is being
investigated for efficacy in the treatment of malignant brain tumors. Identifying a non-invasive …

Dysregulation of glutamate transport enhances treg function that promotes VEGF blockade resistance in glioblastoma

Y Long, H Tao, A Karachi, AJ Grippin, L Jin, Y Chang… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Resistance to VEGF therapy in glioblastoma is driven by upregulation of Tregs, combined
blockade of VEGF, and Tregs may provide an additive antitumor effect for treating glioblastoma…

Modulation of temozolomide dose differentially affects T-cell response to immune checkpoint inhibition

A Karachi, C Yang, F Dastmalchi, EJ Sayour… - Neuro …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background The changes induced in host immunity and the tumor microenvironment by
chemotherapy have been shown to impact immunotherapy response in both a positive and a …

[HTML][HTML] The IDH1 mutation-induced oncometabolite, 2-hydroxyglutarate, may affect DNA methylation and expression of PD-L1 in gliomas

…, L Jin, H Tao, H Ge, YE Chang, A Karachi… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Malignant gliomas are heterogeneous brain tumors with the potential for aggressive
disease progression, as influenced by suppressive immunoediting. Given the success …

Personalized tumor RNA loaded lipid-nanoparticles prime the systemic and intratumoral milieu for response to cancer immunotherapy

…, G De Leon, B Stover, M Rahman, A Karachi… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Translation of nanoparticles (NPs) into human clinical trials for patients with refractory cancers
has lagged due to unknown biologic reactivities of novel NP designs. To overcome these …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound wave assisted removal of Ceftriaxone sodium in aqueous media with novel nano composite g-C3N4/MWCNT/Bi2WO6 based on CCD-RSM model

X Shi, A Karachi, M Hosseini, MS Yazd… - Ultrasonics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was ultrasound assisted removal of Ceftriaxone sodium (CS) based on
CCD model. Using sonochemical synthesized Bi 2 WO 6 implanted on graphitic carbon …