Roberta Pelanda, PhD

Professor, Immunology and Microbiology


Publications

  • Rowland S.L., C.L. DePersis, R.M. Torres, and R. Pelanda, 2010. Ras activation of Erk restores impaired tonic BCR signaling and rescues immature B cell differentiation. JEM,207(3):607-21.
  • Swanson C.L., T.J. Wilson, P. Strauch, M. Colonna, R. Pelanda, and R. Torres, 2010. Type I IFN enhances follicular B cell contribution to the T cell-independent antibody response. JEM, 207(7):1485-500.
  • Rowland S.L., K.F. Leahy, R. Halverson, R.M. Torres, and R. Pelanda, 2010. BAFF-R signaling aids the differentiation of immature B cells into transitional B cells following tonic BCR signaling. JI, 185(8):4570-81.
  • Santiago ML, Smith DS, Barrett BS, Montano M, Benitez RL, Pelanda R, Hasenkrug KJ, Greene WC. Persistent Friend virus replication and disease in Apobec3-deficient mice expressing functional BAFF-R. J Virol., 2010 Oct 27, Epub ahead of print.
  • Lang J., N. Weiss, R. Torres, and R. Pelanda. Generation of hematopoietic humanized mice in the newborn BALB/c Rag2-/-Il2rg-/- mouse model: a multivariable optimization approach. Clinical Immunology, accepted for publication.
  • Human B cell development and selection in hematopoietic humanized mice Julie Lang, Takayuki Ota*, David Nemazee*, Raul M. Torres and Roberta Pelanda. Keystone Symposia "B cells: new insights into normal versus dysregulated function", Whistler, BC, Canada
  • The role of Erk pathway in the selection of autoreactive and non-autoreactive B cells; Teodorovic, Lenka, Rowland, Sarah, Leahy, Katelyn, Torres, Raul, Pelanda, Roberta; AAI meeting, San Francisco, USA
  • Eschbach C, Bach MP, Fidler I, Pelanda R, Köhler F, Rajewsky K, Jumaa H, 2011. Efficient generation of B-lymphocytes by recognition of self-antigens. Eur. J. Immunol. 41(8):2397-403.
  • Hartney JM, Gustafson CE, Bowler RP, Pelanda R, Torres RM, 2011. Thromboxane receptor signaling is required for fibronectin-induced matrix metalloproteinase 9 production by human and murine macrophages and is attenuated by Arhgef1. J Biol Chem, 286(52):44521-31.
  • Sinik Teodorovic L., C. Riccardi, R.M. Torres, and R. Pelanda, 2012. Murine B cell development and antibody responses to model antigens are not impaired in the absence of the TNF receptor GITR. PLoS One 2012;7(2):e31632. Epub 2012 Feb 6. PMID: 22328941. PMCID:PMC3273462
  • Larson J.D., J.M. Thurman, A.V. Rubtsov, D. Claypool, P. Marrack, L.F. van Dyk, R.M. Torres, and R. Pelanda, 2012. Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 infection protects lupus-prone mice from the development of autoimmunity. PNAS Plus. In print.
  • Pelanda, R., and R.M. Torres, 2011. Central B-cell tolerance: where selection begins. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a007146.
  • Fournier E.M., M.G. Velez, K. Leahy, C.L. Swanson, A.V. Rubtsov, R.M. Torres, and R. Pelanda, 2012. Dual-reactive B cells are autoreactive and highly enriched in the plasmablast and memory B cell subsets of autoimmune mice. J Exp Med, Epub ahead of print August 27, 2012. doi: 10.1084/jem.20120332. PMID: 22927551.
  • Hartney J.M., Hong Wei Chu, Roberta Pelanda, Raul M Torres, 2012. Sub-chronic exposure to second hand smoke induces airspace leukocyte infiltration and decreases lung elastance. Frontiers in Respiratory Physiology, Epub ahead of print July 27, 2012. PMID: 22934051
  • Rowland S.L., K. Tuttle, R.M. Torres, and R. Pelanda, 2012. Antigen and cytokine receptor signals guide the development of the naïve mature B cell repertoire. Immunologic Research, Epub ahead of print September 2, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s12026-012-8366-7. PMID:22941591
  • Swanson, C.L., R. Pelanda, and R.M. Torres, 2012. Division of labor during primary humoral immunity. Immunologic Research, Epub ahead of print September 2, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s12026-012-8366-7. PMID:22941591.
  • Pujanauski L., E.N. Janoff, M.D. McCarter, R. Pelanda, and R.M. Torres, 2013. Mouse marginal zone B cells harbor specificities similar to human broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A,110(4):1422-7. PMID: 23288906.
  • Lang J., M. Kelly, Brian M. Freed, Martin D. McCarter, Ross M. Kedl, R. Torres, and R. Pelanda. Lymph node, T and B cell engraftment kinetics in a humanized mouse model: mature B-cells appear late and require T-cells for their development, 2013. J Immunol, Epub ahead of Print, 2013, Jan 18. PMID: 23335750.
  • Oda SK, Strauch P, Fujiwara Y, Al-Shami A, Oravecz T, Tigyi G, Pelanda R, Torres RM. LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID INHIBITS CD8 T CELL ACTIVATION AND CONTROL OF TUMOR PROGRESSION. Cancer Immunol Res. 2013 Oct;1:245-255. PubMed PMID: 24455753
  • Feldman AG, Tucker RM, Fenner EK, Pelanda R, Mack CL. B cell deficient mice are protected from biliary obstruction in the rotavirus-induced mouse model of biliary atresia. PLoS One. 2013;8(8):e73644. PubMed PMID: 23991203
  • Fuquay R, Renner B, Kulik L, McCullough JW, Amura C, Strassheim D, Pelanda R, Torres R, Thurman JM. Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury amplifies the humoral immune response. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Jun;24(7):1063-72. PubMed PMID: 23641055
  • Lang J, Kelly M, Freed BM, McCarter MD, Kedl RM, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Studies of lymphocyte reconstitution in a humanized mouse model reveal a requirement of T cells for human B cell maturation. J Immunol. 2013 Mar 1;190(5):2090-101. PubMed PMID: 23335750
  • Pujanauski LM, Janoff EN, McCarter MD, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Mouse marginal zone B cells harbor specificities similar to human broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 22;110(4):1422-7. PubMed PMID: 23288906
  • Swanson CL, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Division of labor during primary humoral immunity. Immunol Res. 2013 Mar;55(1-3):277-86. PubMed PMID: 22945808
  • Rowland SL, Tuttle K, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Antigen and cytokine receptor signals guide the development of the naïve mature B cell repertoire. Immunol Res. 2013 Mar;55(1-3):231-40. PubMed PMID: 22941591
  • Pelanda R. Dual immunoglobulin light chain B cells: Trojan horses of autoimmunity?. Curr Opin Immunol. 2014 Apr;27:53-9. PubMed PMID: 24549093
  • Hu J, Oda SK, Shotts K, Donovan EE, Strauch P, Pujanauski LM, Victorino F, Al-Shami A, Fujiwara Y, Tigyi G, Oravecz T, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 5 inhibits B cell antigen receptor signaling and antibody response. J Immunol. 2014 Jul 1;193(1):85-95. PubMed PMID: 24890721
  • Teodorovic LS, Babolin C, Rowland SL, Greaves SA, Baldwin DP, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Activation of Ras overcomes B-cell tolerance to promote differentiation of autoreactive B cells and production of autoantibodies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jul 8;111(27):E2797-806. PubMed PMID: 24958853
  • Hobeika E, Levit-Zerdoun E, Anastasopoulou V, Pohlmeyer R, Altmeier S, Alsadeq A, Dobenecker MW, Pelanda R, Reth M. CD19 and BAFF-R can signal to promote B-cell survival in the absence of Syk. EMBO J. 2015 Apr 1;34(7):925-39. PubMed PMID: 25630702
  • Teodorovic LS, Babolin C, Rowland SL, Greaves SA, Baldwin DP, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Activation of Ras overcomes B-cell tolerance to promote differentiation of autoreactive B cells and production of autoantibodies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jul 8;111(27):E2797-806. PubMed PMID: 24958853
  • Hu J, Oda SK, Shotts K, Donovan EE, Strauch P, Pujanauski LM, Victorino F, Al-Shami A, Fujiwara Y, Tigyi G, Oravecz T, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 5 inhibits B cell antigen receptor signaling and antibody response. J Immunol. 2014 Jul 1;193(1):85-95. PubMed PMID: 24890721
  • Pelanda R. Dual immunoglobulin light chain B cells: Trojan horses of autoimmunity?. Curr Opin Immunol. 2014 Apr;27:53-9. PubMed PMID: 24549093
  • Lang J, Ota T, Kelly M, Strauch P, Freed BM, Torres RM, Nemazee D, Pelanda R. Receptor editing and genetic variability in human autoreactive B cells. J Exp Med. 2016 Jan 11;213(1):93-108. PubMed PMID: 26694971
  • Lang J, Zhang B, Kelly M, Peterson JN, Barbee J, Freed BM, Di Santo JP, Matsuda JL, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Replacing mouse BAFF with human BAFF does not improve B-cell maturation in hematopoietic humanized mice. Blood Adv. 2017 Dec 26;1(27):2729-2741. PubMed PMID: 29296925
  • Schroeder KMS, Agazio A, Strauch PJ, Jones ST, Thompson SB, Harper MS, Pelanda R, Santiago ML, Torres RM. Breaching peripheral tolerance promotes the production of HIV-1-neutralizing antibodies. J Exp Med. 2017 Aug 7;214(8):2283-2302. PubMed PMID: 28698284
  • Sang A, Danhorn T, Peterson JN, Rankin AL, O'Connor BP, Leach SM, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Innate and adaptive signals enhance differentiation and expansion of dual-antibody autoreactive B cells in lupus. Nat Commun. 2018 Sep 28;9(1):3973. PubMed PMID: 30266981
  • Hobeika E, Dautzenberg M, Levit-Zerdoun E, Pelanda R, Reth M. Conditional Selection of B Cells in Mice With an Inducible B Cell Development. Front Immunol. 2018;9:1806. PubMed PMID: 30127788
  • Agazio AE, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Silencing of TLM B cells by chronic HIV infection. Nat Immunol. 2018 Sep;19(9):902-903. PubMed PMID: 30104630
  • Coleman CB, Lang J, Sweet LA, Smith NA, Freed BM, Pan Z, Haverkos B, Pelanda R, Rochford R. Epstein-Barr Virus Type 2 Infects T Cells and Induces B Cell Lymphomagenesis in Humanized Mice. J Virol. 2018 Nov 1;92(21). PubMed PMID: 30089703
  • Greaves SA, Peterson JN, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Activation of the MEK-ERK Pathway Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for Breaking Central B Cell Tolerance. Front Immunol. 2018;9:707. PubMed PMID: 29686680
  • Bednarek J, Traxinger B, Brigham D, Roach J, Orlicky D, Wang D, Pelanda R, Mack CL. Cytokine-Producing B Cells Promote Immune-Mediated Bile Duct Injury in Murine Biliary Atresia. Hepatology. 2018 Nov;68(5):1890-1904. PubMed PMID: 29679373
  • Capasso A, Lang J, Pitts TM, Jordan KR, Lieu CH, Davis SL, Diamond JR, Kopetz S, Barbee J, Peterson J, Freed BM, Yacob BW, Bagby SM, Messersmith WA, Slansky JE, Pelanda R and Eckhardt SG. Characterization of immune responses to anti-PD-1 mono and combination immunotherapy in hematopoietic humanized mice implanted with tumor xenografts. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 2019. In Press.
  • Mathew D, Kremer KN, Strauch P, Tigyi G, Pelanda R, Torres RM. LPA(5) Is an Inhibitory Receptor That Suppresses CD8 T-Cell Cytotoxic Function via Disruption of Early TCR Signaling. Front Immunol. 2019;10:1159. PubMed PMID: 31231367
  • Allen TM, Brehm MA, Bridges S, Ferguson S, Kumar P, Mirochnitchenko O, Palucka K, Pelanda R, Sanders-Beer B, Shultz LD, Su L, PrabhuDas M. Humanized immune system mouse models: progress, challenges and opportunities. Nat Immunol. 2019 Jul;20(7):770-774. PubMed PMID: 31160798
  • Greaves SA, Peterson JN, Strauch P, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Active PI3K abrogates central tolerance in high-avidity autoreactive B cells. J Exp Med. 2019 May 6;216(5):1135-1153. PubMed PMID: 30948496
  • Capasso A, Lang J, Pitts TM, Jordan KR, Lieu CH, Davis SL, Diamond JR, Kopetz S, Barbee J, Peterson J, Freed BM, Yacob BW, Bagby SM, Messersmith WA, Slansky JE, Pelanda R, Eckhardt SG. Characterization of immune responses to anti-PD-1 mono and combination immunotherapy in hematopoietic humanized mice implanted with tumor xenografts. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Feb 8;7(1):37. PubMed PMID: 30736857
  • Greaves SA, Peterson JN, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Corrigendum: Activation of the MEK-ERK Pathway Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for Breaking Central B Cell Tolerance. Front Immunol. 2018;9:2218. PubMed PMID: 30323810
  • Sang A, Danhorn T, Peterson JN, Rankin AL, O'Connor BP, Leach SM, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Innate and adaptive signals enhance differentiation and expansion of dual-antibody autoreactive B cells in lupus. Nat Commun. 2018 Sep 28;9(1):3973. PubMed PMID: 30266981
  • Hobeika E, Dautzenberg M, Levit-Zerdoun E, Pelanda R, Reth M. Conditional Selection of B Cells in Mice With an Inducible B Cell Development. Front Immunol. 2018;9:1806. PubMed PMID: 30127788
  • Agazio AE, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Silencing of TLM B cells by chronic HIV infection. Nat Immunol. 2018 Sep;19(9):902-903. PubMed PMID: 30104630
  • Coleman CB, Lang J, Sweet LA, Smith NA, Freed BM, Pan Z, Haverkos B, Pelanda R, Rochford R. Epstein-Barr Virus Type 2 Infects T Cells and Induces B Cell Lymphomagenesis in Humanized Mice. J Virol. 2018 Nov 1;92(21). PubMed PMID: 30089703
  • Greaves SA, Peterson JN, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Activation of the MEK-ERK Pathway Is Necessary but Not Sufficient for Breaking Central B Cell Tolerance. Front Immunol. 2018;9:707. PubMed PMID: 29686680
  • Bednarek J, Traxinger B, Brigham D, Roach J, Orlicky D, Wang D, Pelanda R, Mack CL. Cytokine-Producing B Cells Promote Immune-Mediated Bile Duct Injury in Murine Biliary Atresia. Hepatology. 2018 Nov;68(5):1890-1904. PubMed PMID: 29679373
  • Alves da Costa T., Lang J., Torres R.M., and R. Pelanda. The development of human immune system mice and their use to study tolerance and autoimmunity. Journal of Translational Immunology, 2019, Vol. 2.
  • Tentler JJ, Lang J, Capasso A, Kim DJ, Benaim E, Lee YB, Eisen A, Bagby SM, Hartman SJ, Yacob BW, Gittleman B, Pitts TM, Pelanda R, Eckhardt SG, Diamond JR. RX-5902, a novel ß-catenin modulator, potentiates the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in preclinical models of triple-negative breast Cancer. BMC Cancer. 2020 Nov 4;20(1):1063. PubMed PMID: 33148223
  • Agazio A, Cimons J, Shotts KM, Guo K, Santiago ML, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Histone H2A-Reactive B Cells Are Functionally Anergic in Healthy Mice With Potential to Provide Humoral Protection Against HIV-1. Front Immunol. 2020;11:1565. PubMed PMID: 32849530
  • Alves da Costa T, Lang J, Torres RM, Pelanda R. The development of human immune system mice and their use to study tolerance and autoimmunity. J Transl Autoimmun. 2019 Dec;2:100021. PubMed PMID: 32743507
  • Mathew D, Kremer KN, Strauch P, Tigyi G, Pelanda R, Torres RM. LPA(5) Is an Inhibitory Receptor That Suppresses CD8 T-Cell Cytotoxic Function via Disruption of Early TCR Signaling. Front Immunol. 2019;10:1159. PubMed PMID: 31231367
  • Allen TM, Brehm MA, Bridges S, Ferguson S, Kumar P, Mirochnitchenko O, Palucka K, Pelanda R, Sanders-Beer B, Shultz LD, Su L, PrabhuDas M. Humanized immune system mouse models: progress, challenges and opportunities. Nat Immunol. 2019 Jul;20(7):770-774. PubMed PMID: 31160798
  • Greaves SA, Peterson JN, Strauch P, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Active PI3K abrogates central tolerance in high-avidity autoreactive B cells. J Exp Med. 2019 May 6;216(5):1135-1153. PubMed PMID: 30948496
  • Capasso A, Lang J, Pitts TM, Jordan KR, Lieu CH, Davis SL, Diamond JR, Kopetz S, Barbee J, Peterson J, Freed BM, Yacob BW, Bagby SM, Messersmith WA, Slansky JE, Pelanda R, Eckhardt SG. Characterization of immune responses to anti-PD-1 mono and combination immunotherapy in hematopoietic humanized mice implanted with tumor xenografts. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 Feb 8;7(1):37. PubMed PMID: 30736857
  • Marín-Jiménez JA, Capasso A, Lewis MS, Bagby SM, Hartman SJ, Shulman J, Navarro NM, Yu H, Rivard CJ, Wang X, Barkow JC, Geng D, Kar A, Yingst A, Tufa DM, Dolan JT, Blatchford PJ, Freed BM, Torres RM, Davila E, Slansky JE, Pelanda R, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA, Diamond JR, Lieu CH, Verneris MR, Wang JH, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Pitts TM, Lang J. Testing Cancer Immunotherapy in a Human Immune System Mouse Model: Correlating Treatment Responses to Human Chimerism, Therapeutic Variables and Immune Cell Phenotypes. Front Immunol. 2021;12:607282. PubMed PMID: 33854497
  • Alves da Costa T, Peterson JN, Lang J, Shulman J, Liang X, Freed BM, Boackle SA, Lauzurica P, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Central human B cell tolerance manifests with a distinctive cell phenotype and is enforced via CXCR4 signaling in hu-mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Apr 20;118(16). PubMed PMID: 33850015
  • Zeng F, Chen Z, Chen R, Shufesky WJ, Bandyopadhyay M, Camirand G, Oberbarnscheidt MH, Sullivan MLG, Baty CJ, Yang MQ, Calderon M, Stolz DB, Erdos G, Pelanda R, Brennan TV, Catz SD, Watkins SC, Larregina AT, Morelli AE. Graft-derived extracellular vesicles transported across subcapsular sinus macrophages elicit B cell alloimmunity after transplantation. Sci Transl Med. 2021 Mar 17;13(585). PubMed PMID: 33731430
  • Tentler JJ, Lang J, Capasso A, Kim DJ, Benaim E, Lee YB, Eisen A, Bagby SM, Hartman SJ, Yacob BW, Gittleman B, Pitts TM, Pelanda R, Eckhardt SG, Diamond JR. RX-5902, a novel ß-catenin modulator, potentiates the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in preclinical models of triple-negative breast Cancer. BMC Cancer. 2020 Nov 4;20(1):1063. PubMed PMID: 33148223
  • Agazio A, Cimons J, Shotts KM, Guo K, Santiago ML, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Histone H2A-Reactive B Cells Are Functionally Anergic in Healthy Mice With Potential to Provide Humoral Protection Against HIV-1. Front Immunol. 2020;11:1565. PubMed PMID: 32849530
  • Lang J, Leal AD, Marín-Jiménez JA, Hartman SJ, Shulman J, Navarro NM, Lewis MS, Capasso A, Bagby SM, Yacob BW, MacBeth M, Freed BM, Eckhardt SG, Jordan K, Blatchford PJ, Pelanda R, Lieu CH, Messersmith WA, Pitts TM. Cabozantinib sensitizes microsatellite stable colorectal cancer to immune checkpoint blockade by immune modulation in human immune system mouse models. Front Oncol. 2022;12:877635. PubMed PMID: 36419897
  • Castleman MJ, Stumpf MM, Therrien NR, Smith MJ, Lesteberg KE, Palmer BE, Maloney JP, Janssen WJ, Mould KJ, Beckham JD, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Autoantibodies elicited with SARS-CoV-2 infection are linked to alterations in double negative B cells. Front Immunol. 2022;13:988125. PubMed PMID: 36131937
  • Castleman MJ, Stumpf MM, Therrien NR, Smith MJ, Lesteberg KE, Palmer BE, Maloney JP, Janssen WJ, Mould KJ, Beckham JD, Pelanda R, Torres RM. SARS-CoV-2 infection relaxes peripheral B cell tolerance. J Exp Med. 2022 Jun 6;219(6). PubMed PMID: 35420627
  • Kremer KN, Buser A, Thumkeo D, Narumiya S, Jacobelli J, Pelanda R, Torres RM. LPA suppresses T cell function by altering the cytoskeleton and disrupting immune synapse formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Apr 12;119(15):e2118816119. PubMed PMID: 35394866
  • Pelanda R, Zikherman J. Many Achilles' heels of B and T cell tolerance. Immunol Rev. 2022 May;307(1):5-11. PubMed PMID: 35301733
  • Peterson JN, Boackle SA, Taitano SH, Sang A, Lang J, Kelly M, Rahkola JT, Miranda AM, Sheridan RM, Thurman JM, Rao VK, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Elevated Detection of Dual Antibody B Cells Identifies Lupus Patients With B Cell-Reactive VH4-34 Autoantibodies. Front Immunol. 2022;13:795209. PubMed PMID: 35185888
  • Pelanda R, Greaves SA, Alves da Costa T, Cedrone LM, Campbell ML, Torres RM. B-cell intrinsic and extrinsic signals that regulate central tolerance of mouse and human B cells. Immunol Rev. 2022 May;307(1):12-26. PubMed PMID: 34997597
  • Marín-Jiménez JA, Capasso A, Lewis MS, Bagby SM, Hartman SJ, Shulman J, Navarro NM, Yu H, Rivard CJ, Wang X, Barkow JC, Geng D, Kar A, Yingst A, Tufa DM, Dolan JT, Blatchford PJ, Freed BM, Torres RM, Davila E, Slansky JE, Pelanda R, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA, Diamond JR, Lieu CH, Verneris MR, Wang JH, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Pitts TM, Lang J. Testing Cancer Immunotherapy in a Human Immune System Mouse Model: Correlating Treatment Responses to Human Chimerism, Therapeutic Variables and Immune Cell Phenotypes. Front Immunol. 2021;12:607282. PubMed PMID: 33854497
  • Alves da Costa T, Peterson JN, Lang J, Shulman J, Liang X, Freed BM, Boackle SA, Lauzurica P, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Central human B cell tolerance manifests with a distinctive cell phenotype and is enforced via CXCR4 signaling in hu-mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Apr 20;118(16). PubMed PMID: 33850015
  • Zeng F, Chen Z, Chen R, Shufesky WJ, Bandyopadhyay M, Camirand G, Oberbarnscheidt MH, Sullivan MLG, Baty CJ, Yang MQ, Calderon M, Stolz DB, Erdos G, Pelanda R, Brennan TV, Catz SD, Watkins SC, Larregina AT, Morelli AE. Graft-derived extracellular vesicles transported across subcapsular sinus macrophages elicit B cell alloimmunity after transplantation. Sci Transl Med. 2021 Mar 17;13(585). PubMed PMID: 33731430
  • Castleman MJ, Santos AL, Lesteberg KE, Maloney JP, Janssen WJ, Mould KJ, Beckham JD, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Activation and pro-inflammatory cytokine production by unswitched memory B cells during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1213344. PubMed PMID: 37638016
  • Turner JA, Fredrickson MA, D'Antonio M, Katsnelson E, MacBeth M, Van Gulick R, Chimed TS, McCarter M, D'Alessandro A, Robinson WA, Couts KL, Pelanda R, Klarquist J, Tobin RP, Torres RM. Lysophosphatidic acid modulates CD8 T cell immunosurveillance and metabolism to impair anti-tumor immunity. Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 3;14(1):3214. PubMed PMID: 37270644
  • Torres RM, Turner JA, D'Antonio M, Pelanda R, Kremer KN. Regulation of CD8 T-cell signaling, metabolism, and cytotoxic activity by extracellular lysophosphatidic acid. Immunol Rev. 2023 Aug;317(1):203-222. PubMed PMID: 37096808
  • McCaleb MR, Miranda AM, Ratliff KC, Torres RM, Pelanda R. CD19 Is Internalized Together with IgM in Proportion to B Cell Receptor Stimulation and Is Modulated by Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase in Bone Marrow Immature B Cells. Immunohorizons. 2023 Jan 1;7(1):49-63. PubMed PMID: 36637517
  • Lanis JM, Lewis MS, Strassburger H, Larsen K, Bagby SM, Dominguez ATA, Marín-Jiménez JA, Pelanda R, Pitts TM, Lang J. Testing Cancer Immunotherapeutics in a Humanized Mouse Model Bearing Human Tumors. J Vis Exp. 2022 Dec 16;(190). PubMed PMID: 36591990
  • Lang J, Leal AD, Marín-Jiménez JA, Hartman SJ, Shulman J, Navarro NM, Lewis MS, Capasso A, Bagby SM, Yacob BW, MacBeth M, Freed BM, Eckhardt SG, Jordan K, Blatchford PJ, Pelanda R, Lieu CH, Messersmith WA, Pitts TM. Cabozantinib sensitizes microsatellite stable colorectal cancer to immune checkpoint blockade by immune modulation in human immune system mouse models. Front Oncol. 2022;12:877635. PubMed PMID: 36419897
  • Castleman MJ, Stumpf MM, Therrien NR, Smith MJ, Lesteberg KE, Palmer BE, Maloney JP, Janssen WJ, Mould KJ, Beckham JD, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Autoantibodies elicited with SARS-CoV-2 infection are linked to alterations in double negative B cells. Front Immunol. 2022;13:988125. PubMed PMID: 36131937
  • Castleman MJ, Stumpf MM, Therrien NR, Smith MJ, Lesteberg KE, Palmer BE, Maloney JP, Janssen WJ, Mould KJ, Beckham JD, Pelanda R, Torres RM. SARS-CoV-2 infection relaxes peripheral B cell tolerance. J Exp Med. 2022 Jun 6;219(6). PubMed PMID: 35420627
  • Kremer KN, Buser A, Thumkeo D, Narumiya S, Jacobelli J, Pelanda R, Torres RM. LPA suppresses T cell function by altering the cytoskeleton and disrupting immune synapse formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Apr 12;119(15):e2118816119. PubMed PMID: 35394866
  • Pelanda R, Zikherman J. Many Achilles' heels of B and T cell tolerance. Immunol Rev. 2022 May;307(1):5-11. PubMed PMID: 35301733
  • Peterson JN, Boackle SA, Taitano SH, Sang A, Lang J, Kelly M, Rahkola JT, Miranda AM, Sheridan RM, Thurman JM, Rao VK, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Elevated Detection of Dual Antibody B Cells Identifies Lupus Patients With B Cell-Reactive VH4-34 Autoantibodies. Front Immunol. 2022;13:795209. PubMed PMID: 35185888
  • Pelanda R, Greaves SA, Alves da Costa T, Cedrone LM, Campbell ML, Torres RM. B-cell intrinsic and extrinsic signals that regulate central tolerance of mouse and human B cells. Immunol Rev. 2022 May;307(1):12-26. PubMed PMID: 34997597
  • Hillion S, Miranda A, Le Dantec C, Boudigou M, Le Pottier L, Cornec D, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Maf expression in B cells restricts reactive plasmablast and germinal center B cell expansion. Nat Commun. 2024 Sep 12;15(1):7982. PubMed PMID: 39266537
  • McCaleb MR, Miranda AM, Khammash HA, Torres RM, Pelanda R. Regulation of Foxo1 expression is critical for central B cell tolerance and allelic exclusion. Cell Rep. 2024 Jun 25;43(6):114283. PubMed PMID: 38796853
  • Castleman MJ, Santos AL, Lesteberg KE, Maloney JP, Janssen WJ, Mould KJ, Beckham JD, Pelanda R, Torres RM. Activation and pro-inflammatory cytokine production by unswitched memory B cells during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1213344. PubMed PMID: 37638016
  • Turner JA, Fredrickson MA, D'Antonio M, Katsnelson E, MacBeth M, Van Gulick R, Chimed TS, McCarter M, D'Alessandro A, Robinson WA, Couts KL, Pelanda R, Klarquist J, Tobin RP, Torres RM. Lysophosphatidic acid modulates CD8 T cell immunosurveillance and metabolism to impair anti-tumor immunity. Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 3;14(1):3214. PubMed PMID: 37270644
  • Torres RM, Turner JA, D'Antonio M, Pelanda R, Kremer KN. Regulation of CD8 T-cell signaling, metabolism, and cytotoxic activity by extracellular lysophosphatidic acid. Immunol Rev. 2023 Aug;317(1):203-222. PubMed PMID: 37096808
  • McCaleb MR, Miranda AM, Ratliff KC, Torres RM, Pelanda R. CD19 Is Internalized Together with IgM in Proportion to B Cell Receptor Stimulation and Is Modulated by Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase in Bone Marrow Immature B Cells. Immunohorizons. 2023 Jan 1;7(1):49-63. PubMed PMID: 36637517