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Overview

Bassam Janji is affiliated with the Luxembourg Institute of Health in Luxembourg. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their subfields of study focus on Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Epidemiology.

Their scholarly output includes works on various topics related to cancer biology and immune response mechanisms. Notable topics of their research include:

  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Chemokine receptors and signaling
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Janji's frequent co-authors include:

  • Muhammad Zaeem Noman
  • Guy Berchem
  • Kris Van Moer
  • Malina Xiao
  • Meriem Hasmim

Their research has been published repeatedly in journals such as:

  • OncoImmunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent publications by Bassam Janji cover various aspects of tumor immunology and cancer therapy, including:

  • Lighting up the fire in cold tumors to improve cancer immunotherapy by blocking the activity of the autophagy-related protein PIK3C3/VPS34, 2020, Autophagy
  • Inhibition of Vps34 reprograms cold into hot inflamed tumors and improves anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy, 2020, Science Advances
  • Targeting HIF-1 alpha transcriptional activity drives cytotoxic immune effector cells into melanoma and improves combination immunotherapy, 2021, Oncogene
  • CXCL10 Is an Agonist of the CC Family Chemokine Scavenger Receptor ACKR2/D6, 2021, Cancers
  • Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Regulates Surface PD-L1 via CMTM6 and CMTM7 Induction in Breast Cancer, 2021, Cancers

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • PD-L1 is a novel direct target of HIF-1α, and its blockade under hypoxia enhanced MDSC-mediated T cell activation

    Muhammad Zaeem Noman;Giacomo Desantis;Bassam Janji;Meriem Hasmim

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Exosomes released by chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells induce the transition of stromal cells into cancer-associated fibroblasts

    Jerome Paggetti;Franziska Haderk;Martina Seiffert;Bassam Janji

  • Hypoxia: a key player in antitumor immune response. A Review in the Theme: Cellular Responses to Hypoxia.

    Muhammad Zaeem Noman;Meriem Hasmim;Yosra Messai;Stéphane Terry

  • Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Autophagy Induction in Breast Carcinoma Promote Escape from T-cell–Mediated Lysis

    Intissar Akalay;Bassam Janji;Meriem Hasmim;Muhammad Zaeem Noman

  • Granzyme B degradation by autophagy decreases tumor cell susceptibility to natural killer-mediated lysis under hypoxia

    Joanna Baginska;Elodie Viry;Guy Berchem;Aurélie Poli

  • Hypoxic tumor-derived microvesicles negatively regulate NK cell function by a mechanism involving TGF-β and miR23a transfer.

    Guy Berchem;Muhammad Zaeem Noman;Manon Bosseler;Jerome Paggetti

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Blocking hypoxia-induced autophagy in tumors restores cytotoxic T-cell activity and promotes regression.

    Muhammad Zaeem Noman;Bassam Janji;Bozena Kaminska;Kris Van Moer

  • The immune checkpoint ligand PD-L1 is upregulated in EMT-activated human breast cancer cells by a mechanism involving ZEB-1 and miR-200

    Muhammad Zaeem Noman;Bassam Janji;Abderemane Abdou;Meriem Hasmim

  • The critical role of the tumor microenvironment in shaping natural killer cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity.

    Joanna Baginska;Elodie Viry;Jérôme Paggetti;Sandrine Medves

  • Improving Cancer Immunotherapy by Targeting the Hypoxic Tumor Microenvironment: New Opportunities and Challenges

    Muhammad Zaeem Noman;Meriem Hasmim;Audrey Lequeux;Malina Xiao

  • Inhibition of Vps34 reprograms cold into hot inflamed tumors and improves anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy

    Muhammad Zaeem Noman;Santiago Parpal;Santiago Parpal;Kris Van Moer;Malina Xiao

  • Hypoxia-inducible miR-210 regulates the susceptibility of tumor cells to lysis by cytotoxic T cells.

    Muhammad Zaeem Noman;Stéphanie Buart;Pedro Romero;Sami Ketari

  • Targeting autophagy inhibits melanoma growth by enhancing NK cells infiltration in a CCL5-dependent manner

    Takouhie Mgrditchian;Tsolere Arakelian;Jérôme Paggetti;Muhammad Zaeem Noman

  • ITPR1 Protects Renal Cancer Cells against Natural Killer Cells by Inducing Autophagy

    Yosra Messai;Muhammad Zaeem Noman;Meriem Hasmim;Bassam Janji

  • The acquisition of resistance to TNFα in breast cancer cells is associated with constitutive activation of autophagy as revealed by a transcriptome analysis using a custom microarray.

    Etienne Moussay;Tony Kaoma;Joanna Baginska;Arnaud Muller

Frequent Co-Authors

Salem Chouaib
Salem Chouaib Gulf Medical University
Fathia Mami-Chouaib
Fathia Mami-Chouaib Institut Gustave Roussy
Jean Paul Thiery
Jean Paul Thiery National University of Singapore
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Angelo De Milito
Angelo De Milito Karolinska Institute
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Felix Randow
Felix Randow MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Philippe Pierre
Philippe Pierre Aix-Marseille University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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