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Overview

Catherine M. Bollard is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research spans multiple dimensions within medicine, with a significant focus on immunology and oncology. The scientist has primarily contributed to oncology, immunology, epidemiology, genetics, and infectious diseases across numerous publications.

The main areas of study include:

  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immunotherapy and immune responses
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Lymphoma diagnosis and treatment
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • HIV research and treatment

Catherine M. Bollard has published in several notable scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Blood
  • Blood Advances
  • Cytotherapy
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Neuro-Oncology

The scientist's recent papers illustrate the scope and topics of their research:

  • "Rituximab for High-Risk, Mature B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Children", 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells are rapidly expanded for therapeutic use and target conserved regions of the membrane protein", 2020, Blood
  • "Children's Oncology Group Trial AALL1231: A Phase III Clinical Trial Testing Bortezomib in Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma", 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • "BCL-2 antagonism sensitizes cytotoxic T cell-resistant HIV reservoirs to elimination ex vivo", 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Virus-specific T-cell therapy to treat BK polyomavirus infection in bone marrow and solid organ transplant recipients.", 2020, PubMed

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues, including:

  • Patrick J. Hanley
  • Michael D. Keller
  • Carolina Colli Cruz
  • Haili Lang
  • Christopher A. Lazarski

The breadth of publication topics and consistent contributions to multiple fields highlight varied areas of study. Among them, immunotherapy and immune response mechanisms, especially in relation to cancer and viral infections, stand out within their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • CD28 costimulation improves expansion and persistence of chimeric antigen receptor–modified T cells in lymphoma patients

    Barbara Savoldo;Carlos Almeida Ramos;Carlos Almeida Ramos;Enli Liu;Martha P. Mims

  • Long-term outcome of EBV-specific T-cell infusions to prevent or treat EBV-related lymphoproliferative disease in transplant recipients

    Helen E. Heslop;Karen S. Slobod;Martin A. Pule;Gregory A. Hale

  • Monoculture-derived T lymphocytes specific for multiple viruses expand and produce clinically relevant effects in immunocompromised individuals.

    Ann M. Leen;G. Doug Myers;Uluhan Sili;M. Helen Huls

  • Multicenter study of banked third-party virus-specific T cells to treat severe viral infections after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    Ann M. Leen;Catherine M. Bollard;Adam M. Mendizabal;Elizabeth J. Shpall

  • Infusion of donor-derived CD19-redirected virus-specific T cells for B-cell malignancies relapsed after allogeneic stem cell transplant: a phase 1 study

    Conrad Russell Y. Cruz;Kenneth P. Micklethwaite;Barbara Savoldo;Carlos A. Ramos

  • Cord-blood engraftment with ex vivo mesenchymal-cell coculture.

    Marcos J.G. de Lima;Ian McNiece;Simon N. Robinson;Mark Munsell

  • Sustained Complete Responses in Patients With Lymphoma Receiving Autologous Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Targeting Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Membrane Proteins

    Catherine M. Bollard;Catherine M. Bollard;Stephen Gottschalk;Stephen Gottschalk;Vicky Torrano;Vicky Torrano;Oumar Diouf;Oumar Diouf

  • Cytotoxic T lymphocyte therapy for epstein-barr virus+ Hodgkin's disease

    Catherine M. Bollard;Catherine M. Bollard;Laura Aguilar;Karin C. Straathof;Benedikt Gahn

  • Cytotoxic T lymphocyte therapy with donor T cells prevents and treats adenovirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections after haploidentical and matched unrelated stem cell transplantation

    Ann M. Leen;Anne Christin;Gary D. Myers;Hao Liu

  • Treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with Epstein-Barr virus–specific T lymphocytes

    Karin C M Straathof;Catherine M. Bollard;Catherine M. Bollard;Catherine M. Bollard;Uday R Popat;M. Helen Huls;M. Helen Huls;M. Helen Huls

  • Clinical and immunological responses after CD30-specific chimeric antigen receptor–redirected lymphocytes

    Carlos A. Ramos;Brandon Ballard;Huimin Zhang;Olga Dakhova

  • Characterization and treatment of chronic active Epstein-Barr virus disease: a 28-year experience in the United States

    Jeffrey I. Cohen;Elaine S. Jaffe;Janet K. Dale;Stefania Pittaluga

  • International Working Group consensus response evaluation criteria in lymphoma (RECIL 2017)

    A Younes;P Hilden;B Coiffier;A Hagenbeek

  • Adapting a transforming growth factor β–related tumor protection strategy to enhance antitumor immunity

    Catherine M. Bollard;Catherine M. Bollard;Claudia Rössig;Claudia Rössig;M. Julia Calonge;M. Julia Calonge;M. Helen Huls;M. Helen Huls

  • Complete responses of relapsed lymphoma following genetic modification of tumor-antigen presenting cells and T-lymphocyte transfer.

    Catherine M. Bollard;Stephen Gottschalk;Ann M. Leen;Heidi Weiss

  • Functionally active virus-specific T-cells that target CMV, adenovirus and EBV can be expanded from naive T-cell populations in cord blood and will target a range of viral epitopes

    Patrick J. Hanley;Conrad Russell Young Cruz;Barbara Savoldo;Ann M. Leen

  • T-cell therapy in the treatment of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease

    Catherine M. Bollard;Cliona M. Rooney;Helen E. Heslop

  • Rituximab for High-Risk, Mature B-Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in Children

    Véronique Minard-Colin;Anne Aupérin;Marta Pillon;G.A. Amos Burke

  • Ultra low-dose IL-2 for GVHD prophylaxis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation mediates expansion of regulatory t cells without diminishing antiviral and antileukemic activity

    Alana A. Kennedy-Nasser;Stephanie Ku;Paul Castillo-Caro;Yasmin Hazrat

  • Adoptive transfer of EBV-specific T cells results in sustained clinical responses in patients with locoregional nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Chrystal U. Louis;Karin Straathof;Karin Straathof;Catherine M. Bollard;Catherine M. Bollard;Sravya Ennamuri;Sravya Ennamuri

  • Epstein-Barr virus-specific human T lymphocytes expressing antitumor chimeric T-cell receptors: potential for improved immunotherapy.

    Claudia Rossig;Catherine M. Bollard;Jed G. Nuchtern;Cliona M. Rooney

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen E. Heslop
Helen E. Heslop Baylor College of Medicine
Cliona M. Rooney
Cliona M. Rooney Baylor College of Medicine
Malcolm K. Brenner
Malcolm K. Brenner Baylor College of Medicine
Elizabeth J. Shpall
Elizabeth J. Shpall The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Adrian P. Gee
Adrian P. Gee Baylor College of Medicine
Ann M. Leen
Ann M. Leen Baylor College of Medicine
Stephen Gottschalk
Stephen Gottschalk St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Barbara Savoldo
Barbara Savoldo University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gianpietro Dotti
Gianpietro Dotti University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hao Liu
Hao Liu Indiana University

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