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David J Cole, MD
Professor of Surgery
General Surgery
College of Medicine
MUSC

Email: coledj@musc.edu
 
 
 
 
   

David J Cole, MD

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Research Interest:

Tumor immunology/cancer vaccine development, T-Cell recognition of tumor antigen; Breast and GI cancers

Honors:
McKoy Rose Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery

Positions:
Chair, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina

Selected Publications:

1.Camp ER, Wang C, Little EC, Watson PM, Pirollo KF, Rait A, Cole DJ, Chang EH, Watson DK. Transferrin receptor targeting nanomedicine delivering wild-type p53 gene sensitizes pancreatic cancer to gemcitabine therapy. Cancer Gene Ther. .20(4):222-8, 2013.
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2.Mehrotra S, Al-Khami AA, Klarquist J, Husain S, Naga O, Eby JM, Murali AK, Lyons GE, Li M, Spivey ND, Norell H, Martins da Palma T, Onicescu G, Diaz-Montero CM, Garrett-Mayer E, Cole DJ, Le Poole IC, Nishimura MI. A coreceptor-independent transgenic human TCR mediates anti-tumor and anti-self immunity in mice. J Immunol. .189(4):1627-38, 2012.
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3.Cole DJ, Rubinstein MP. Soluble IL-15/IL-15Ra complexes in human serum. Blood. .120(1):1-2, 2012.
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4.Wright S, Armeson K, Hill EG, Streck C, Leddy L, Cole D, Esnaola N, Camp ER. The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in select sarcoma patients: a meta-analysis. Am J Surg. .204(4):428-33, 2012.
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5.Salem ML, Al-Khami AA, El-Nagaar SA, Zidan AA, Al-Sharkawi IM, Marcela Díaz-Montero C, Cole DJ. Kinetics of rebounding of lymphoid and myeloid cells in mouse peripheral blood, spleen and bone marrow after treatment with cyclophosphamide. Cell Immunol. .276(1-2):67-74, 2012.
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6.Kohlhapp FJ, Zloza A, O'Sullivan JA, Moore TV, Lacek AT, Jagoda MC, McCracken J, Cole DJ, Guevara-Patiño JA. CD8(+) T cells sabotage their own memory potential through IFN-?-dependent modification of the IL-12/IL-15 receptor a axis on dendritic cells. J Immunol. .188(8):3639-47, 2012. PMCID: PMC3436124
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7.Rubinstein MP, Cloud CA, Garrett TE, Moore CJ, Schwartz KM, Johnson CB, Craig DH, Salem ML, Paulos CM, Cole DJ. Ex vivo interleukin-12-priming during CD8(+) T cell activation dramatically improves adoptive T cell transfer antitumor efficacy in a lymphodepleted host. J Am Coll Surg. .214(4):700-7; discussion 707-8, 2012. PMCID: PMC3429131
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8.Little EC, Wang C, Watson PM, Watson DK, Cole DJ, Camp ER. Novel immunocompetent murine models representing advanced local and metastatic pancreatic cancer. J Surg Res. .176(2):359-66, 2011. PMCID: PMC3406409
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9.Díaz-Montero CM, Naga O, Zidan AA, Salem ML, Pallin M, Parmigiani A, Walker G, Wieder E, Komanduri K, Cole DJ, Montero AJ, Lichtenheld MG. Synergy of brief activation of CD8 T-cells in the presence of IL-12 and adoptive transfer into lymphopenic hosts promotes tumor clearance and anti-tumor memory. Am J Cancer Res. .1(7):882-96, 2011. PMCID: PMC3170749
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10.Esnaola NF, Cole DJ. Perioperative normothermia during major surgery: is it important? Adv Surg. .45:249-63, 2011.
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11.Lehtinen SJ, Onicescu G, Kuhn KM, Cole DJ, Esnaola NF. Normothermia to prevent surgical site infections after gastrointestinal surgery: holy grail or false idol? Ann Surg. .252(4):696-704, 2010. PMCID: PMC3398839
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12.Salem ML, Demcheva M, Gillanders WE, Cole DJ, Vournakis JN. Poly-N-acetyl glucosamine gel matrix as a non-viral delivery vector for DNA-based vaccination. Anticancer Res. .30(10):3889-94, 2010. PMCID: PMC3398836
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13.Fisher CS, Cole DJ, Mitas M, Garrett-Meyer E, Metcalf JS, Gillanders WE, Mikhitarian K, Urist MM, Mann GB, Doherty G, Herrmann VM, Hill AD, Eremin O, El-Sheemy M, Orr RK, Valle AA, Henderson MA, Dewitty RL, Sugg SL, Frykberg E, Yeh K, Bell RM, Baker MK. Molecular detection of micrometastatic breast cancer in histopathology-negative axillary lymph nodes fails to predict breast cancer recurrence: a final analysis of a prospective multi-institutional cohort study. Ann Surg Oncol. .17 Suppl 3:312-20, 2010.
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14.Crawford FA, Cole DJ. The Department of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina (1824-2010). Am Surg. .76(9):925-32, 2010.
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15.Salem ML, Al-Khami AA, El-Naggar SA, Díaz-Montero CM, Chen Y, Cole DJ. Cyclophosphamide induces dynamic alterations in the host microenvironments resulting in a Flt3 ligand-dependent expansion of dendritic cells. J Immunol. .184(4):1737-47, 2010. PMCID: PMC3066076
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16.Salem ML, El-Naggar SA, Cole DJ. Cyclophosphamide induces bone marrow to yield higher numbers of precursor dendritic cells in vitro capable of functional antigen presentation to T cells in vivo. Cell Immunol. .261(2):134-43, 2009. PMCID: PMC2821961
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17.Salem ML, Cole DJ. Dendritic cell recovery post-lymphodepletion: a potential mechanism for anti-cancer adoptive T cell therapy and vaccination. Cancer Immunol Immunother. .59(3):341-53, 2009. PMCID: PMC3070377
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18.Harper JL, Watkins JM, Zauls AJ, Wahlquist AE, Garrett-Mayer E, Baker MK, Cole DJ, Dragun AE, Jenrette JM. Six-year experience: long-term disease control outcomes for partial breast irradiation using MammoSite balloon brachytherapy. Am J Surg. .199(2):204-9, 2009.
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19.Hughes SJ, Xi L, Gooding WE, Cole DJ, Mitas M, Metcalf J, Bhargava R, Dabbs D, Ching J, Kozma L, McMillan W, Godfrey TE. A quantitative reverse transcription-PCR assay for rapid, automated analysis of breast cancer sentinel lymph nodes. J Mol Diagn. .11(6):576-82, 2009. PMCID: PMC2765757
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20.Salem ML, Díaz-Montero CM, Al-Khami AA, El-Naggar SA, Naga O, Montero AJ, Khafagy A, Cole DJ. Recovery from cyclophosphamide-induced lymphopenia results in expansion of immature dendritic cells which can mediate enhanced prime-boost vaccination antitumor responses in vivo when stimulated with the TLR3 agonist poly(I:C). J Immunol. .182(4):2030-40, 2009. PMCID: PMC3066095
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21.Salem ML, Diaz-Montero CM, El-Naggar SA, Chen Y, Moussa O, Cole DJ. The TLR3 agonist poly(I:C) targets CD8+ T cells and augments their antigen-specific responses upon their adoptive transfer into naïve recipient mice. Vaccine. .27(4):549-57, 2008. PMCID: PMC3072892
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22.Watkins JM, Harper JL, Dragun AE, Ashenafi MS, Sinha D, Li J, Cole DJ, Jenrette JM. Incidence and prognostic factors for seroma development after MammoSite breast brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. .7(4):305-9, 2008. PMCID: PMC2720760
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23.Blum C, Graham A, Yousefzadeh M, Shrout J, Benjamin K, Krishna M, Hoda R, Hoda R, Cole DJ, Garrett-Mayer E, Reed C, Wallace M, Mitas M. The expression ratio of Map7/B2M is prognostic for survival in patients with stage II colon cancer. Int J Oncol. .33(3):579-84, 2008. PMCID: PMC3399116
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24.Rubinstein MP, Salem ML, Kadima AN, Nguyen CL, Gillanders WE, Nishimura MI, Cole DJ. Loss of T cell-mediated antitumor immunity after construct-specific downregulation of retrovirally encoded T-cell receptor expression in vivo. Cancer Gene Ther. .16(2):171-83, 2008. PMCID: PMC3065370
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25.Diaz-Montero CM, Salem ML, Nishimura MI, Garrett-Mayer E, Cole DJ, Montero AJ. Increased circulating myeloid-derived suppressor cells correlate with clinical cancer stage, metastatic tumor burden, and doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide chemotherapy. Cancer Immunol Immunother. .58(1):49-59, 2008. PMCID: PMC3401888
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26.Mikhitarian K, Martin RH, Ruppel MB, Gillanders WE, Hoda R, Schutte del H, Callahan K, Mitas M, Cole DJ. Detection of mammaglobin mRNA in peripheral blood is associated with high grade breast cancer: interim results of a prospective cohort study. BMC Cancer. .8:55, 2008. PMCID: PMC2292197
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27.Watson PM, Miller SW, Fraig M, Cole DJ, Watson DK, Boylan AM. CaSm (LSm-1) overexpression in lung cancer and mesothelioma is required for transformed phenotypes. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. .38(6):671-8, 2008. PMCID: PMC2396246
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28.Díaz-Montero CM, El Naggar S, Al Khami A, El Naggar R, Montero AJ, Cole DJ, Salem ML. Priming of naive CD8+ T cells in the presence of IL-12 selectively enhances the survival of CD8+CD62Lhi cells and results in superior anti-tumor activity in a tolerogenic murine model. Cancer Immunol Immunother. .57(4):563-72, 2007. PMCID: PMC3406410
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29.Salem ML, Kadima AN, El-Naggar SA, Rubinstein MP, Chen Y, Gillanders WE, Cole DJ. Defining the ability of cyclophosphamide preconditioning to enhance the antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell response to peptide vaccination: creation of a beneficial host microenvironment involving type I IFNs and myeloid cells. J Immunother. .30(1):40-53, 2007.
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30.Salem ML, El-Naggar SA, Kadima A, Gillanders WE, Cole DJ. The adjuvant effects of the toll-like receptor 3 ligand polyinosinic-cytidylic acid poly (I:C) on antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses are partially dependent on NK cells with the induction of a beneficial cytokine milieu. Vaccine. .24(24):5119-32, 2006.
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31.Hughes SJ, Xi L, Raja S, Gooding W, Cole DJ, Gillanders WE, Mikhitarian K, McCarty K, Silver S, Ching J, McMillan W, Luketich JD, Godfrey TE. A rapid, fully automated, molecular-based assay accurately analyzes sentinel lymph nodes for the presence of metastatic breast cancer. Ann Surg. .243(3):389-98, 2006. PMCID: PMC1448944
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32.Yan Y, Rubinchik S, Wood AL, Gillanders WE, Dong JY, Watson DK, Cole DJ. Bystander effect contributes to the antitumor efficacy of CaSm antisense gene therapy in a preclinical model of advanced pancreatic cancer. Mol Ther. .13(2):357-65, 2005.
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33.Mikhitarian K, Martin RH, Mitas M, Mauldin PD, Palesch Y, Metcalf JS, Cole DJ, Gillanders WE. Molecular analysis improves sensitivity of breast sentinel lymph node biopsy: results of a multi-institutional prospective cohort study. Surgery. .138(3):474-81, 2005.
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34.Fraser MM, Watson PM, Fraig MM, Kelley JR, Nelson PS, Boylan AM, Cole DJ, Watson DK. CaSm-mediated cellular transformation is associated with altered gene expression and messenger RNA stability. Cancer Res. .65(14):6228-36, 2005.
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35.Mikhitarian K, Gillanders WE, Almeida JS, Hebert Martin R, Varela JC, Metcalf JS, Cole DJ, Mitas M. An innovative microarray strategy identities informative molecular markers for the detection of micrometastatic breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res. .11(10):3697-704, 2005.
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36.Salem ML, Kadima AN, Cole DJ, Gillanders WE. Defining the antigen-specific T-cell response to vaccination and poly(I:C)/TLR3 signaling: evidence of enhanced primary and memory CD8 T-cell responses and antitumor immunity. J Immunother. .28(3):220-8, 2005.
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37.Mitas M, Almeida JS, Mikhitarian K, Gillanders WE, Lewin DN, Spyropoulos DD, Hoover L, Graham A, Glenn T, King P, Cole DJ, Hawes R, Reed CE, Hoffman BJ. Accurate discrimination of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma using a quantitative three-tiered algorithm and multimarker real-time reverse transcription-PCR. Clin Cancer Res. .11(6):2205-14, 2005.
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38.Yan Y, Rubinchik S, Watson PM, Kelley JR, Fraser MM, Wood AL, Dong JY, Gillanders WE, Boylan AM, Watson DK, Cole DJ. Establishing a murine pancreatic cancer CaSm model: up-regulation of CaSm is required for the transformed phenotype of murine pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Mol Ther. .11(3):363-72, 2005.
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39.Wallace MB, Block MI, Gillanders W, Ravenel J, Hoffman BJ, Reed CE, Fraig M, Cole D, Mitas M. Accurate molecular detection of non-small cell lung cancer metastases in mediastinal lymph nodes sampled by endoscopic ultrasound-guided needle aspiration. Chest. .127(2):430-7, 2005.
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40.Osta WA, Chen Y, Mikhitarian K, Mitas M, Salem M, Hannun YA, Cole DJ, Gillanders WE. EpCAM is overexpressed in breast cancer and is a potential target for breast cancer gene therapy. Cancer Res. .64(16):5818-24, 2004.
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41.Gillanders WE, Mikhitarian K, Hebert R, Mauldin PD, Palesch Y, Walters C, Urist MM, Mann GB, Doherty G, Herrmann VM, Hill AD, Eremin O, El-Sheemy M, Orr RK, Valle AA, Henderson MA, Dewitty RL, Sugg SL, Frykberg E, Yeh K, Bell RM, Metcalf JS, Elliott BM, Brothers T, Robison J, Mitas M, Cole DJ. Molecular detection of micrometastatic breast cancer in histopathology-negative axillary lymph nodes correlates with traditional predictors of prognosis: an interim analysis of a prospective multi-institutional cohort study. Ann Surg. .239(6):828-37; discussion 837-40, 2004. PMCID: PMC1356291
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42.Salem ML, Kadima AN, Zhou Y, Nguyen CL, Rubinstein MP, Demcheva M, Vournakis JN, Cole DJ, Gillanders WE. Paracrine release of IL-12 stimulates IFN-gamma production and dramatically enhances the antigen-specific T cell response after vaccination with a novel peptide-based cancer vaccine. J Immunol. .172(9):5159-67, 2004.
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43.Mikhitarian K, Reott S, Hoover L, Allen A, Cole DJ, Gillanders WE, Mitas M. Enhanced detection of RNA from paraffin-embedded tissue using a panel of truncated gene-specific primers for reverse transcription. Biotechniques. .36(3):474-8, 2004.
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44.Mitas M, Hoover L, Silvestri G, Reed C, Green M, Turrisi AT, Sherman C, Mikhitarian K, Cole DJ, Block MI, Gillanders WE. Lunx is a superior molecular marker for detection of non-small cell lung cancer in peripheral blood [corrected]. J Mol Diagn. .5(4):237-42, 2003. PMCID: PMC1907342
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45.Baker MK, Mikhitarian K, Osta W, Callahan K, Hoda R, Brescia F, Kneuper-Hall R, Mitas M, Cole DJ, Gillanders WE. Molecular detection of breast cancer cells in the peripheral blood of advanced-stage breast cancer patients using multimarker real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and a novel porous barrier density gradient centrifugation technology. Clin Cancer Res. .9(13):4865-71, 2003.
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46.Baker M, Gillanders WE, Mikhitarian K, Mitas M, Cole DJ. The molecular detection of micrometastatic breast cancer. Am J Surg. .186(4):351-8, 2003.
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47.Nguyen CL, Salem ML, Rubinstein MP, Demcheva M, Vournakis JN, Cole DJ, Gillanders WE. Mechanisms of enhanced antigen-specific T cell response following vaccination with a novel peptide-based cancer vaccine and systemic interleukin-2 (IL-2). Vaccine. .21(19-20):2318-28, 2003.
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48.Kelley JR, Fraser MM, Hubbard JM, Watson DK, Cole DJ. CaSm antisense gene therapy: a novel approach for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Anticancer Res. .23(3A):2007-13, 2003.
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49.Roszkowski JJ, Yu DC, Rubinstein MP, McKee MD, Cole DJ, Nishimura MI. CD8-independent tumor cell recognition is a property of the T cell receptor and not the T cell. J Immunol. .170(5):2582-9, 2003.
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50.Rubinstein MP, Kadima AN, Salem ML, Nguyen CL, Gillanders WE, Nishimura MI, Cole DJ. Transfer of TCR genes into mature T cells is accompanied by the maintenance of parental T cell avidity. J Immunol. .170(3):1209-17, 2003.
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51.Mitas M, Cole DJ, Hoover L, Fraig MM, Mikhitarian K, Block MI, Hoffman BJ, Hawes RH, Gillanders WE, Wallace MB. Real-time reverse transcription-PCR detects KS1/4 mRNA in mediastinal lymph nodes from patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Chem. .49(2):312-5, 2003.
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52.Rubinstein MP, Kadima AN, Salem ML, Nguyen CL, Gillanders WE, Cole DJ. Systemic administration of IL-15 augments the antigen-specific primary CD8+ T cell response following vaccination with peptide-pulsed dendritic cells. J Immunol. .169(9):4928-35, 2002.
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53.Mitas M, Mikhitarian K, Hoover L, Lockett MA, Kelley L, Hill A, Gillanders WE, Cole DJ. Prostate-Specific Ets (PSE) factor: a novel marker for detection of metastatic breast cancer in axillary lymph nodes. Br J Cancer. .86(6):899-904, 2002. PMCID: PMC2364139
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54.Mitas M, Mikhitarian K, Walters C, Baron PL, Elliott BM, Brothers TE, Robison JG, Metcalf JS, Palesch YY, Zhang Z, Gillanders WE, Cole DJ. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR detection of breast cancer micrometastasis using a multigene marker panel. Int J Cancer. .93(2):162-71, 2001.
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55.Cole DJ, Baron PL, O'Brien P, Reed CE, Schlom J, Tsang KY. Phase I study of recombinant carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) vaccinia virus vaccine with post vaccination carcinoembryonic antigen peptide (CAP-1) boost. Clin Lung Cancer. .1(3):227-9, 2000.
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56.Maitre N, Brown JM, Demcheva M, Kelley JR, Lockett MA, Vournakis J, Cole DJ. Primary T-cell and activated macrophage response associated with tumor protection using peptide/poly-N-acetyl glucosamine vaccination. Clin Cancer Res. .5(5):1173-82, 1999.
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57.Lockett MA, Baron PL, O'Brien PH, Elliott BM, Robison JG, Maitre N, Metcalf JS, Cole DJ. Detection of occult breast cancer micrometastases in axillary lymph nodes using a multimarker reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction panel. J Am Coll Surg. .187(1):9-16, 1998.
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58.Lockett MA, Metcalf JS, Baron PL, O'Brien PH, Elliott BM, Robison JG, Cole DJ. Efficacy of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction screening for micrometastic disease in axillary lymph nodes of breast cancer patients. Am Surg. .64(6):539-43; discussion 543-4, 1998.
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59.Cole DJ, Wilson MC, Rivoltini L, Custer M, Nishimura MI. T-cell receptor repertoire in matched MART-1 peptide-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Cancer Res. .57(23):5320-7, 1997.
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60.Shilyansky J, Yang JC, Custer MC, Spiess P, Mixon A, Cole DJ, Mulé JJ, Rosenberg SA, Nishimura MI. Identification of a T-cell receptor from a therapeutic murine T-cell clone. J Immunother. .20(4):247-55, 1997.
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61.Cole DJ, Gattoni-Celli S, McClay EF, Metcalf JS, Brown JM, Nabavi N, Newton DA, Woolhiser CB, Wilson MC, Vournakis JN. Characterization of a sustained-release delivery system for combined cytokine/peptide vaccination using a poly-N-acetyl glucosamine-based polymer matrix. Clin Cancer Res. .3(6):867-73, 1997.
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62.Cole DJ, Wilson MC, Baron PL, O'Brien P, Reed C, Tsang KY, Schlom J. Phase I study of recombinant CEA vaccinia virus vaccine with post vaccination CEA peptide challenge. Hum Gene Ther. .7(11):1381-94, 1996.
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63.Cole DJ, Weil DP, Shilyansky J, Custer M, Kawakami Y, Rosenberg SA, Nishimura MI. Characterization of the functional specificity of a cloned T-cell receptor heterodimer recognizing the MART-1 melanoma antigen. Cancer Res. .55(4):748-52, 1995.
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64.Cole DJ, Weil DP, Shamamian P, Rivoltini L, Kawakami Y, Topalian S, Jennings C, Eliyahu S, Rosenberg SA, Nishimura MI. Identification of MART-1-specific T-cell receptors: T cells utilizing distinct T-cell receptor variable and joining regions recognize the same tumor epitope. Cancer Res. .54(20):5265-8, 1994.
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65.Yang JC, Topalian SL, Parkinson D, Schwartzentruber DJ, Weber JS, Ettinghausen SE, White DE, Steinberg SM, Cole DJ, Kim HI, et al. Randomized comparison of high-dose and low-dose intravenous interleukin-2 for the therapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: an interim report. J Clin Oncol. .12(8):1572-6, 1994.
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66.Cole DJ, Taubenberger JK, Pockaj BA, Yannelli JR, Carter C, Carrasquillo J, Leitman S, Steinberg SM, Rosenberg SA, Yang YC. Histopathological analysis of metastatic melanoma deposits in patients receiving adoptive immunotherapy with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Cancer Immunol Immunother. .38(5):299-303, 1994.
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67.Cole DJ, Sanda MG, Yang JC, Schwartzentruber DJ, Weber J, Ettinghausen SE, Pockaj BA, Kim HI, Levin RD, Pogrebniak HW, et al. Phase I trial of recombinant human macrophage colony-stimulating factor administered by continuous intravenous infusion in patients with metastatic cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. .86(1):39-45, 1994.
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68.Hesse DG, Cole DJ, Van Epps DE, Williams RC. Decreased T lymphocyte migration in patients with malignancy mediated by a suppressor cell population. J Clin Invest. .73(4):1078-85, 1984. PMCID: PMC425121
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