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Overview

Vassiliki A. Boussiotis is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, as well as Medicine. Their research covers several subfields including Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of core topics such as Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Immune cells in cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, CAR-T cell therapy research, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Recent notable papers by Vassiliki A. Boussiotis include:

  • The complex role of tumor-infiltrating macrophages, 2022, Nature Immunology
  • The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) in immune responses, 2020, Metabolism
  • Revisiting the PD-1 pathway, 2020, Science Advances
  • Targeted deletion of PD-1 in myeloid cells induces antitumor immunity, 2020, Science Immunology
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals evolution of immune landscape during glioblastoma progression, 2022, Nature Immunology

Vassiliki A. Boussiotis has frequently collaborated with several other researchers, including:

  • Anthos Christofides
  • Nikolaos Patsoukis
  • Rinku Pal
  • Halil-Ibrahim Aksoylar
  • Rushil Shah

The scientist's publications appear often in venues such as Blood, Nature Immunology, The Journal of Immunology, Immunometabolism, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), highlighting an engagement with prominent journals in immunology and related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • PD-L2 is a second ligand for PD-1 and inhibits T cell activation

    Yvette Latchman;Clive R. Wood;Tatyana Chernova;Divya Chaudhary

  • Molecular and Biochemical Aspects of the PD-1 Checkpoint Pathway

    Vassiliki A. Boussiotis

  • Cloning of B7-2: A CTLA-4 counter-receptor that costimulates human T cell proliferation

    Gordon J. Freeman;John G. Gribben;Vassiliki A. Boussiotis;Judy W. Ng

  • PD-1 alters T-cell metabolic reprogramming by inhibiting glycolysis and promoting lipolysis and fatty acid oxidation.

    Nikolaos Patsoukis;Kankana Bardhan;Pranam Chatterjee;Duygu Sari

  • The complex role of tumor-infiltrating macrophages

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  • B7-1 and B7-2 do not deliver identical costimulatory signals, since B7-2 but not B7-1 preferentially costimulates the initial production of IL-4

    Gordon J. Freeman;Vassiliki A. Boussiotis;Anukanth Anumanthan;Gregory M. Bernstein

  • The PD1:PD-L1/2 Pathway from Discovery to Clinical Implementation.

    Kankana Bardhan;Theodora Anagnostou;Vassiliki A. Boussiotis

  • The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) in immune responses.

    Anthos Christofides;Eirini Konstantinidou;Chinmay Jani;Vassiliki A. Boussiotis;Vassiliki A. Boussiotis

  • Selective Effects of PD-1 on Akt and Ras Pathways Regulate Molecular Components of the Cell Cycle and Inhibit T Cell Proliferation

    Nikolaos Patsoukis;Julia Brown;Victoria Petkova;Fang Liu

  • Mouse Inducible Costimulatory Molecule (ICOS) Expression Is Enhanced by CD28 Costimulation and Regulates Differentiation of CD4+ T Cells

    Alexander J. McAdam;Alexander J. McAdam;Tammy T. Chang;Anna E. Lumelsky;Edward A. Greenfield

  • Transplantation of anergic histoincompatible bone marrow allografts.

    Eva C. Guinan;Vassiliki A. Boussiotis;Donna Neuberg;Lisa LaVita Brennan

  • IL-10–producing T cells suppress immune responses in anergic tuberculosis patients

    Vassiliki A. Boussiotis;Eunice Y. Tsai;Edmond J. Yunis;Sok Thim

  • Reconstructing and Deconstructing Agonist-Induced Activation of Integrin αIIbβ3

    Jaewon Han;Chinten James Lim;Naohide Watanabe;Alessandra Soriani

  • CTLA-4 regulates induction of anergy in vivo.

    Rebecca J. Greenwald;Vassiliki A. Boussiotis;Robert B. Lorsbach;Abul K. Abbas

  • Maintenance of Human T Cell Anergy: Blocking of IL-2 Gene Transcription by Activated Rap1

    Vassiliki A. Boussiotis;Gordon J. Freeman;Gordon J. Freeman;Alla Berezovskaya;Alla Berezovskaya;Dwayne L. Barber;Dwayne L. Barber

  • Revisiting the PD-1 pathway

    Nikolaos Patsoukis;Qi Wang;Laura Strauss;Vassiliki A. Boussiotis

  • RIAM, an Ena/VASP and Profilin Ligand, Interacts with Rap1-GTP and Mediates Rap1-Induced Adhesion

    Esther M. Lafuente;André A.F.L. van Puijenbroek;Matthias Krause;Christopher V. Carman

  • Targeted deletion of PD-1 in myeloid cells induces antitumor immunity.

    Laura Strauss;Mohamed A. A. Mahmoud;Jessica D. Weaver;Natalia M. Tijaro-Ovalle

  • T cell anergy and costimulation

    Leonard J. Appleman;Vassiliki A. Boussiotis

  • CTLA4 mediates antigen-specific apoptosis of human T cells.

    J G Gribben;G J Freeman;V A Boussiotis;P Rennert

  • Prevention of T cell anergy by signaling through the gamma c chain of the IL-2 receptor.

    Vassiliki A. Boussiotis;Dwayne L. Barber;Takayuki Nakarai;Gordon J. Freeman

  • Lamellipodin, an Ena/VASP ligand, is implicated in the regulation of lamellipodial dynamics.

    Matthias Krause;Jonathan D. Leslie;Mary Stewart;Esther M. Lafuente

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon J. Freeman
Gordon J. Freeman Harvard University
Lee M. Nadler
Lee M. Nadler Harvard University
Corey Cutler
Corey Cutler Harvard University
Joseph H. Antin
Joseph H. Antin Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jerome Ritz
Jerome Ritz Harvard University
Haesook T. Kim
Haesook T. Kim Harvard University
John G. Gribben
John G. Gribben Queen Mary University of London
Donald Kufe
Donald Kufe Harvard University
Robert J. Soiffer
Robert J. Soiffer Harvard University
Vincent T. Ho
Vincent T. Ho Harvard University

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