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Overview

Brad H. Nelson is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant work published in related subfields such as Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Cancer Research.

The focus of their research includes a range of topics that emphasize cancer and immune system interactions. Key topics associated with their work are:

  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment

Brad H. Nelson has contributed to several research articles, with notable papers including:

  • "Tumour-infiltrating B cells: immunological mechanisms, clinical impact and therapeutic opportunities" (2022) published in Nature reviews. Cancer
  • "B cells in the tumor microenvironment: Multi-faceted organizers, regulators, and effectors of anti-tumor immunity" (2023) published in Cancer Cell
  • "Report on computational assessment of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes from the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group" (2020) published in npj Breast Cancer
  • "B cells and cancer" (2021) published in Cancer Cell
  • "The genomic and immune landscape of long-term survivors of high-grade serous ovarian cancer" (2022) published in Nature Genetics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Nelson include:

  • Katy Milne
  • Christian Steidl
  • Tomohiro Aoki
  • Phineas T. Hamilton
  • Katsuyoshi Takata

Brad H. Nelson's studies have been published repeatedly in various notable venues. The top publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Cell
  • Blood
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • The Journal of Pathology

Best Publications

  • Rethinking ovarian cancer II: Reducing mortality from high-grade serous ovarian cancer

    David D. Bowtell;David D. Bowtell;Steffen Böhm;Ahmed A. Ahmed;Paul Joseph Aspuria

  • Assessing Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method from the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers Working Group Part 2 TILs in Melanoma, Gastrointestinal Tract Carcinomas, Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Mesothelioma, Endometrial and Ovarian Carcinomas, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck, Genitourinary Carcinomas, and Primary Brain Tumors

    Shona Hendry;Roberto Salgado;Thomas Gevaert;Prudence A. Russell;Prudence A. Russell

  • Assessing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes in Solid Tumors: A Practical Review for Pathologists and Proposal for a Standardized Method from the International Immunooncology Biomarkers Working Group: Part 1: Assessing the Host Immune Response, TILs in Invasive Breast Carcinoma and Ductal Carcinoma in Situ, Metastatic Tumor Deposits and Areas for Further Research

    Shona Hendry;Roberto Salgado;Thomas Gevaert;Prudence A. Russell;Prudence A. Russell

  • IL-2, Regulatory T Cells, and Tolerance

    Brad H. Nelson

  • Neo-antigens predicted by tumor genome meta-analysis correlate with increased patient survival

    Scott D. Brown;Scott D. Brown;Rene L. Warren;Ewan A. Gibb;Ewan A. Gibb;Spencer D. Martin;Spencer D. Martin

  • Biology of the interleukin-2 receptor.

    Brad H. Nelson;Dennis M. Willerford;Dennis M. Willerford

  • Tumor-Infiltrating Plasma Cells Are Associated with Tertiary Lymphoid Structures, Cytolytic T-Cell Responses, and Superior Prognosis in Ovarian Cancer

    David R. Kroeger;Katy Milne;Brad H. Nelson

  • Cancer stemness, intratumoral heterogeneity, and immune response across cancers.

    Alex Miranda;Phineas T. Hamilton;Allen W. Zhang;Swetansu Pattnaik

  • Uncoupling IL-2 Signals that Regulate T Cell Proliferation, Survival, and Fas-Mediated Activation-Induced Cell Death

    Luk Van Parijs;Yosef Refaeli;James D. Lord;Brad H. Nelson

  • CD20+ Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Have an Atypical CD27− Memory Phenotype and Together with CD8+ T Cells Promote Favorable Prognosis in Ovarian Cancer

    Julie S. Nielsen;Rob A. Sahota;Katy Milne;Sara E. Kost

  • Low and variable tumor reactivity of the intratumoral TCR repertoire in human cancers

    Wouter Scheper;Sander Kelderman;Lorenzo F. Fanchi;Carsten Linnemann

  • Tumour-infiltrating B cells: immunological mechanisms, clinical impact and therapeutic opportunities

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  • The Prognostic Value of FoxP3+ Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Cancer: A Critical Review of the Literature

    Ronald J. deLeeuw;Sara E. Kost;Juzer A. Kakal;Brad H. Nelson

  • CD20+ B Cells: The Other Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes

    Brad H. Nelson

  • Profiling the T-cell receptor beta-chain repertoire by massively parallel sequencing

    J. Douglas Freeman;René L. Warren;John R. Webb;Brad H. Nelson

  • Systematic Analysis of Immune Infiltrates in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Reveals CD20, FoxP3 and TIA-1 as Positive Prognostic Factors

    Katy Milne;Martin Köbel;Steven E. Kalloger;Rebecca O. Barnes

  • Prognostic significance of tumor-infiltrating B cells and plasma cells in human cancer

    Maartje C.A. Wouters;Brad H. Nelson;Brad H. Nelson

  • Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes expressing the tissue resident memory marker CD103 are associated with increased survival in high-grade serous ovarian cancer

    John R. Webb;Katy Milne;Peter Watson;Ronald J. deLeeuw

  • Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes predict response to anthracycline-based chemotherapy in estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer

    Nathan R West;Katy Milne;Pauline T Truong;Nicol Macpherson

  • Cytoplasmic domains of the interleukin-2 receptor β and γ chains mediate the signal for T-cell proliferation

    Brad H. Nelson;James D. Lord;James D. Lord;Philip D. Greenberg;Philip D. Greenberg

  • New Role for Shc in Activation of the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway

    Haihua Gu;Hiroyuki Maeda;James J. Moon;James D. Lord

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Watson
Peter H. Watson University of British Columbia
Robert A. Holt
Robert A. Holt BC Cancer Research Institute
Philip D. Greenberg
Philip D. Greenberg Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Sohrab P. Shah
Sohrab P. Shah Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Martin Köbel
Martin Köbel University of Calgary
David D.L. Bowtell
David D.L. Bowtell Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Christian Steidl
Christian Steidl University of British Columbia
Ryan D. Morin
Ryan D. Morin Simon Fraser University
Randy D. Gascoyne
Randy D. Gascoyne BC Cancer Agency
James J. Moon
James J. Moon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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