Publications

1. Hawn MT, Matthews JB, Bumgardner GL, Economou J, Itani K, Kelz R, Tracy T, Zeiger MA. Roadmap for Research and Scholarship in General Surgery Residency Training: Report of the Research Subcommittee of Blue Ribbon Committee II on Surgical Education and Training.. Annals of surgery, 2024.
2. Economou JS. One of the Most Important Phone Calls of My Career.. Annals of surgery, 2021.
3. Paz H, Tsoi J, Kalbasi A, Grasso CS, McBride WH, Schaue D, Butterfield LH, Maurer DM, Ribas A, Graeber TG, Economou JS. Interleukin 32 expression in human melanoma.. Journal of translational medicine, 2019.
4. Mehta A, Kim YJ, Robert L, Tsoi J, Comin-Anduix B, Berent-Maoz B, Cochran AJ, Economou JS, Tumeh PC, Puig-Saus C, Ribas A. Immunotherapy Resistance by Inflammation-Induced Dedifferentiation.. Cancer discovery, 2018.
5. Nowicki TS, Escuin-Ordinas H, Avramis E, Chmielowski B, Chodon T, Berent-Maoz B, Wang X, Kaplan-Lefko P, Yang L, Baltimore D, Economou JS, Ribas A, Comin-Anduix B. Characterization of Postinfusion Phenotypic Differences in Fresh Versus Cryopreserved TCR Engineered Adoptive Cell Therapy Products.. Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997), 2018.
6. Economou JS, Slamon DJ, Ribas A, Phelps ME. Cancer Research in the 21st Century.. Annals of surgery, 2016.
7. Economou JS. Engines of Discovery and Innovation.. Annals of surgery, 2016.
8. Economou JS. Gender bias in biomedical research.. Surgery, 2014.
9. Butterfield LH, Economou JS, Gamblin TC, Geller DA. Alpha fetoprotein DNA prime and adenovirus boost immunization of two hepatocellular cancer patients.. Journal of translational medicine, 2014.
10. Jazirehi AR, Kurdistani SK, Economou JS. Histone deacetylase inhibitor sensitizes apoptosis-resistant melanomas to cytotoxic human T lymphocytes through regulation of TRAIL/DR5 pathway.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2014.
11. Chodon T, Comin-Anduix B, Chmielowski B, Koya RC, Wu Z, Auerbach M, Ng C, Avramis E, Seja E, Villanueva A, McCannel TA, Ishiyama A, Czernin J, Radu CG, Wang X, Gjertson DW, Cochran AJ, Cornetta K, Wong DJ, Kaplan-Lefko P, Hamid O, Samlowski W, Cohen PA, Daniels GA, Mukherji B, Yang L, Zack JA, Kohn DB, Heath JR, Glaspy JA, Witte ON, Baltimore D, Economou JS, Ribas A. Adoptive transfer of MART-1 T-cell receptor transgenic lymphocytes and dendritic cell vaccination in patients with metastatic melanoma.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2014.
12. Jazirehi AR, Nazarian R, Torres-Collado AX, Economou JS. Aberrant apoptotic machinery confers melanoma dual resistance to BRAF(V600E) inhibitor and immune effector cells: immunosensitization by a histone deacetylase inhibitor.. American journal of clinical and experimental immunology, 2014.
13. Ma C, Cheung AF, Chodon T, Koya RC, Wu Z, Ng C, Avramis E, Cochran AJ, Witte ON, Baltimore D, Chmielowski B, Economou JS, Comin-Anduix B, Ribas A, Heath JR. Multifunctional T-cell analyses to study response and progression in adoptive cell transfer immunotherapy.. Cancer discovery, 2013.
14. Giannoni F, Hardee CL, Wherley J, Gschweng E, Senadheera S, Kaufman ML, Chan R, Bahner I, Gersuk V, Wang X, Gjertson D, Baltimore D, Witte ON, Economou JS, Ribas A, Kohn DB. Allelic exclusion and peripheral reconstitution by TCR transgenic T cells arising from transduced human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells.. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2013.
15. Economou JS. A society in transition: presidential remarks at the 65th Annual SSO Cancer Symposium.. Annals of surgical oncology, 2012.
16. Quatromoni JG, Wang Y, Vo DD, Morris LF, Jazirehi AR, McBride W, Chatila T, Koya RC, Economou JS. T cell receptor (TCR)-transgenic CD8 lymphocytes rendered insensitive to transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) signaling mediate superior tumor regression in an animal model of adoptive cell therapy.. Journal of translational medicine, 2012.
17. Jazirehi AR, Economou JS. Proteasome inhibition blocks NF-κB and ERK1/2 pathways, restores antigen expression, and sensitizes resistant human melanoma to TCR-engineered CTLs.. Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2012.
18. Quatromoni JG, Morris LF, Donahue TR, Wang Y, McBride W, Chatila T, Economou JS. T cell receptor transgenic lymphocytes infiltrating murine tumors are not induced to express foxp3.. Journal of hematology & oncology, 2011.
19. Narayan R, Nguyen H, Bentow JJ, Moy L, Lee DK, Greger S, Haskell J, Vanchinathan V, Chang PL, Tsui S, Konishi T, Comin-Anduix B, Dauphine C, Vargas HI, Economou JS, Ribas A, Bruhn KW, Craft N. Immunomodulation by imiquimod in patients with high-risk primary melanoma.. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 2011.
20. Huang RR, Jalil J, Economou JS, Chmielowski B, Koya RC, Mok S, Sazegar H, Seja E, Villanueva A, Gomez-Navarro J, Glaspy JA, Cochran AJ, Ribas A. CTLA4 blockade induces frequent tumor infiltration by activated lymphocytes regardless of clinical responses in humans.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2011.
21. Jazirehi AR, Baritaki S, Koya RC, Bonavida B, Economou JS. Molecular mechanism of MART-1+/A*0201+ human melanoma resistance to specific CTL-killing despite functional tumor-CTL interaction.. Cancer research, 2010.
22. Kachikwu EL, Iwamoto KS, Liao YP, DeMarco JJ, Agazaryan N, Economou JS, McBride WH, Schaue D. Radiation enhances regulatory T cell representation.. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2010.
23. Ray S, Chhabra A, Chakraborty NG, Hegde U, Dorsky DI, Chodon T, von Euw E, Comin-Anduix B, Koya RC, Ribas A, Economou JS, Rosenberg SA, Mukherji B, UCLA-CALTECH-CHLA-USC-UCONN Consortium on Translational Program in Engineered Immunity. MHC-I-restricted melanoma antigen specific TCR-engineered human CD4+ T cells exhibit multifunctional effector and helper responses, in vitro.. Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.), 2010.
24. Baltimore D, Witte ON, Yang L, Economou J, Ribas A. Overcoming barriers to programming a therapeutic cellular immune response to fight melanoma.. Pigment cell & melanoma research, 2010.
25. Ray S, Chhabra A, Mehrotra S, Chakraborty NG, Ribas A, Economou J, Mukherji B. Obstacles to and opportunities for more effective peptide-based therapeutic immunization in human melanoma.. Clinics in dermatology, 2009.
26. Vo DD, Prins RM, Begley JL, Donahue TR, Morris LF, Bruhn KW, de la Rocha P, Yang MY, Mok S, Garban HJ, Craft N, Economou JS, Marincola FM, Wang E, Ribas A. Enhanced antitumor activity induced by adoptive T-cell transfer and adjunctive use of the histone deacetylase inhibitor LAQ824.. Cancer research, 2009.
27. Ribas A, Comin-Anduix B, Chmielowski B, Jalil J, de la Rocha P, McCannel TA, Ochoa MT, Seja E, Villanueva A, Oseguera DK, Straatsma BR, Cochran AJ, Glaspy JA, Hui L, Marincola FM, Wang E, Economou JS, Gomez-Navarro J. Dendritic cell vaccination combined with CTLA4 blockade in patients with metastatic melanoma.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2009.
28. Ribas A, Comin-Anduix B, Economou JS, Donahue TR, de la Rocha P, Morris LF, Jalil J, Dissette VB, Shintaku IP, Glaspy JA, Gomez-Navarro J, Cochran AJ. Intratumoral immune cell infiltrates, FoxP3, and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in patients with melanoma undergoing CTLA4 blockade.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2009.
29. Chhabra A, Yang L, Wang P, Comin-Anduix B, Das R, Chakraborty NG, Ray S, Mehrotra S, Yang H, Hardee CL, Hollis R, Dorsky DI, Koya R, Kohn DB, Ribas A, Economou JS, Baltimore D, Mukherji B. CD4+CD25- T cells transduced to express MHC class I-restricted epitope-specific TCR synthesize Th1 cytokines and exhibit MHC class I-restricted cytolytic effector function in a human melanoma model.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2008.
30. Comin-Anduix B, Lee Y, Jalil J, Algazi A, de la Rocha P, Camacho LH, Bozon VA, Bulanhagui CA, Seja E, Villanueva A, Straatsma BR, Gualberto A, Economou JS, Glaspy JA, Gomez-Navarro J, Ribas A. Detailed analysis of immunologic effects of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4-blocking monoclonal antibody tremelimumab in peripheral blood of patients with melanoma.. Journal of translational medicine, 2008.
31. Butterfield LH, Comin-Anduix B, Vujanovic L, Lee Y, Dissette VB, Yang JQ, Vu HT, Seja E, Oseguera DK, Potter DM, Glaspy JA, Economou JS, Ribas A. Adenovirus MART-1-engineered autologous dendritic cell vaccine for metastatic melanoma.. Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997), 2008.
32. Butterfield LH, Ribas A, Potter DM, Economou JS. Spontaneous and vaccine induced AFP-specific T cell phenotypes in subjects with AFP-positive hepatocellular cancer.. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2007.
33. Straatsma BR, Nusinowitz S, Young TA, Gordon LK, Chun MW, Rosen C, Seja E, Economou JS, Glaspy JA, Bozon V, Gomez-Navarro J, Ribas A. Surveillance of the eye and vision in clinical trials of CP-675,206 for metastatic melanoma.. American journal of ophthalmology, 2007.
34. Prins RM, Vo DD, Khan-Farooqi H, Yang MY, Soto H, Economou JS, Liau LM, Ribas A. NK and CD4 cells collaborate to protect against melanoma tumor formation in the brain.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2006.
35. Butterfield LH, Ribas A, Dissette VB, Lee Y, Yang JQ, De la Rocha P, Duran SD, Hernandez J, Seja E, Potter DM, McBride WH, Finn R, Glaspy JA, Economou JS. A phase I/II trial testing immunization of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with dendritic cells pulsed with four alpha-fetoprotein peptides.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2006.
36. Schumacher LY, Vo DD, Garban HJ, Comin-Anduix B, Owens SK, Dissette VB, Glaspy JA, McBride WH, Bonavida B, Economou JS, Ribas A. Immunosensitization of tumor cells to dendritic cell-activated immune responses with the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib (PS-341, Velcade).. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2006.
37. Comin-Anduix B, Gualberto A, Glaspy JA, Seja E, Ontiveros M, Reardon DL, Renteria R, Englahner B, Economou JS, Gomez-Navarro J, Ribas A. Definition of an immunologic response using the major histocompatibility complex tetramer and enzyme-linked immunospot assays.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2006.
38. Ribas A, Vo DD, Weeks DL, Comin-Anduix B, Schumacher LY, Garban HJ, McLean C, Yang J, Dissette VB, Peraza P, Owens SK, McBride WH, Glaspy JA, Economou JS. Broad antitumor protection by dendritic cells administered to CD8alpha knock out mice.. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2005.
39. Wargo JA, Schumacher LY, Comin-Anduix B, Dissette VB, Glaspy JA, McBride WH, Butterfield LH, Economou JS, Ribas A. Natural killer cells play a critical role in the immune response following immunization with melanoma-antigen-engineered dendritic cells.. Cancer gene therapy, 2005.
40. Mehrotra S, Chhabra A, Chakraborty A, Chattopadhyay S, Slowik M, Stevens R, Zengou R, Mathias C, Butterfield LH, Dorsky DI, Economou JS, Mukherji B, Chakraborty NG. Antigen presentation by MART-1 adenovirus-transduced interleukin-10-polarized human monocyte-derived dendritic cells.. Immunology, 2004.
41. Ribas A, Glaspy JA, Lee Y, Dissette VB, Seja E, Vu HT, Tchekmedyian NS, Oseguera D, Comin-Anduix B, Wargo JA, Amarnani SN, McBride WH, Economou JS, Butterfield LH. Role of dendritic cell phenotype, determinant spreading, and negative costimulatory blockade in dendritic cell-based melanoma immunotherapy.. Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997), 2004.
42. Liao YP, Wang CC, Butterfield LH, Economou JS, Ribas A, Meng WS, Iwamoto KS, McBride WH. Ionizing radiation affects human MART-1 melanoma antigen processing and presentation by dendritic cells.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2004.
43. Gordon LK, Ribas A, Nusinowitz S, Butterfield LH, Glaspy JA, Economou JS, Straatsma BR. Surveillance of the eye and vision in a clinical trial of MART1-transformed dendritic cells for metastatic melanoma.. Controlled clinical trials, 2004.
44. Schumacher L, Ribas A, Dissette VB, McBride WH, Mukherji B, Economou JS, Butterfield LH. Human dendritic cell maturation by adenovirus transduction enhances tumor antigen-specific T-cell responses.. Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997), 2004.
45. Ribas A, Wargo JA, Comin-Anduix B, Sanetti S, Schumacher LY, McLean C, Dissette VB, Glaspy JA, McBride WH, Butterfield LH, Economou JS. Enhanced tumor responses to dendritic cells in the absence of CD8-positive cells.. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2004.
46. Butterfield LH, Ribas A, Meng WS, Dissette VB, Amarnani S, Vu HT, Seja E, Todd K, Glaspy JA, McBride WH, Economou JS. T-cell responses to HLA-A*0201 immunodominant peptides derived from alpha-fetoprotein in patients with hepatocellular cancer.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2003.
47. Lu DS, Raman SS, Limanond P, Aziz D, Economou J, Busuttil R, Sayre J. Influence of large peritumoral vessels on outcome of radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors.. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 2003.
48. Mehrotra S, Stevens R, Zengou R, Chakraborty NG, Butterfield LH, Economou JS, Dorsky DI, Mukherji B. Regulation of melanoma epitope-specific cytolytic T lymphocyte response by immature and activated dendritic cells, in vitro.. Cancer research, 2003.
49. Ribas A, Butterfield LH, Glaspy JA, Economou JS. Current developments in cancer vaccines and cellular immunotherapy.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2003.
50. Butterfield LH, Ribas A, Dissette VB, Amarnani SN, Vu HT, Oseguera D, Wang HJ, Elashoff RM, McBride WH, Mukherji B, Cochran AJ, Glaspy JA, Economou JS. Determinant spreading associated with clinical response in dendritic cell-based immunotherapy for malignant melanoma.. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2003.
51. Ribas A, Timmerman JM, Butterfield LH, Economou JS. Determinant spreading and tumor responses after peptide-based cancer immunotherapy.. Trends in immunology, 2003.
52. Ribas A, Amarnani SN, Buga GM, Butterfield LH, Dissette VB, McBride WH, Glaspy JA, Ignarro LJ, Economou JS. Immunosuppressive effects of interleukin-12 coexpression in melanoma antigen gene-modified dendritic cell vaccines.. Cancer gene therapy, 2002.
53. Ribas A, Butterfield LH, Glaspy JA, Economou JS. Cancer immunotherapy using gene-modified dendritic cells.. Current gene therapy, 2002.
54. Wargo JA, Economou JS. The status of gene therapy for surgical disease.. Advances in surgery, 2002.