Else Marit Inderberg
- Senior Scientist; PhD
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Group leader & Head of Immunomonitoring
Education:
2008-2011: PhD in Tumour Immunology (Faculty of Medicine,University of Oslo, Norway) Cancer vaccines and cancer-specific T-cell receptors; Development of novel immunotherapies
2002-2005 : Diplôme EPHE Immunology (LEcole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris, France) «Development of an inducible melanoma model expressing a defined tumour antigen and its immunological characterisation »
1996-1998: BSc (Honours) Biochemistry University of Reading, UK
Research interests/projects:
Immunomonitoring facility for verification of treatment effects and mechanisms as well as biomarker discovery and development of novel immunotherapies
- Detection of immune responses in patient samples pre- and post immunotherapy treatment.
- Detection and discovery of immunotherapy biomarkers
- Therapeutic TCR discovery and pre-clinical validation
- Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CAR) discovery and pre-clinical validation
- Discovery and pre-clinical validation of vaccination targets
- Development of novel technologies to improve cell-based therapy
Work experience
2013-present: Head of Immunomonitoring and Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Cellular Therapy, OUS-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway
2011-2012: Research Fellow, Institute for Cancer Research, OUS- Radiumhospitalet, Norway
2008-2011: PhD student, Section for Immunotherapy, Institute for Cancer Research, OUS- Radiumhospitalet, Norway
2005-2008: Research assistant, Dept. of Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, OUS-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway
2002- 2005: Research assistant, Centre of Immunology Marseille-Luminy, France
2001- 2002: Research assistant, Institute for Cancer Research, Radiumhospitalet, Norway
1999- 2001: Research Assistant/Laboratory manager Dept. of Immunology, Rayne Institute, Kings College School of Medicine, London, UK
Awards
- F1000Research prize 2015 for outstanding presentation at PIVAC‐15 conference
- Inven2 Innovation award 2014: "A universal killer-T cell for personalized medicine"
Publications 2024
CD20 expression regulates CD37 levels in B-cell lymphoma - implications for immunotherapies
Oncoimmunology, 13 (1), 2362454
DOI 10.1080/2162402X.2024.2362454, PubMed 38846084
Efficient CAR T cell targeting of the CA125 extracellular repeat domain of MUC16
J Immunother Cancer, 12 (4)
DOI 10.1136/jitc-2023-008179, PubMed 38604812
CD37 is a safe chimeric antigen receptor target to treat acute myeloid leukemia
Cell Rep Med, 5 (6), 101572
DOI 10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101572, PubMed 38754420
Transient TCR-based T cell therapy in a patient with advanced treatment-resistant MSI-high colorectal cancer
Mol Ther, 32 (6), 2021-2029
DOI 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.04.009, PubMed 38582964
Publications 2023
Efficient chimeric antigen receptor targeting of a central epitope of CD22
J Biol Chem, 299 (7), 104883
DOI 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104883, PubMed 37269947
WT1 and PRAME RNA-loaded dendritic cell vaccine as maintenance therapy in de novo AML after intensive induction chemotherapy
Leukemia, 37 (9), 1842-1849
DOI 10.1038/s41375-023-01980-3, PubMed 37507426
Determination of CAR T cell metabolism in an optimized protocol
Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 11, 1207576
DOI 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1207576, PubMed 37409169
In vitro re-challenge of CAR T cells
Methods Cell Biol, 183, 335-353
DOI 10.1016/bs.mcb.2023.06.003, PubMed 38548418
Impact of human telomerase reverse transcriptase peptide vaccine combined with androgen deprivation therapy and radiotherapy in de novo metastatic prostate cancer: Long-term clinical monitoring
Int J Cancer, 152 (10), 2166-2173
DOI 10.1002/ijc.34448, PubMed 36715014
ALPL-1 is a target for chimeric antigen receptor therapy in osteosarcoma
Nat Commun, 14 (1), 3375
DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-39097-x, PubMed 37291203
Publications 2022
Characterization of the T cell receptor repertoire and melanoma tumor microenvironment upon combined treatment with ipilimumab and hTERT vaccination
J Transl Med, 20 (1), 419
DOI 10.1186/s12967-022-03624-z, PubMed 36089578
Durable and dynamic hTERT immune responses following vaccination with the long-peptide cancer vaccine UV1: long-term follow-up of three phase I clinical trials
J Immunother Cancer, 10 (5)
DOI 10.1136/jitc-2021-004345, PubMed 35613827
T cell receptor repertoire sequencing reveals chemotherapy-driven clonal expansion in colorectal liver metastases
Gigascience, 12
DOI 10.1093/gigascience/giad032, PubMed 37161965
A phase I/II escalation trial design T-RAD: Treatment of metastatic lung cancer with mRNA-engineered T cells expressing a T cell receptor targeting human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT)
Front Oncol, 12, 1031232
DOI 10.3389/fonc.2022.1031232, PubMed 36439452
Emerging Biomarkers for Immunotherapy in Glioblastoma
Cancers (Basel), 14 (8)
DOI 10.3390/cancers14081940, PubMed 35454848
Publications 2021
The mitochondrial DNA constitution shaping T-cell immunity in patients with rectal cancer at high risk of metastatic progression
Clin Transl Oncol, 24 (6), 1157-1167
DOI 10.1007/s12094-021-02756-w, PubMed 34961902
Targeting KRAS mutations with HLA class II-restricted TCRs for the treatment of solid tumors
Oncoimmunology, 10 (1), 1936757
DOI 10.1080/2162402X.2021.1936757, PubMed 34235003
Peptide vaccine targeting mutated GNAS: a potential novel treatment for pseudomyxoma peritonei
J Immunother Cancer, 9 (10)
DOI 10.1136/jitc-2021-003109, PubMed 34711663
In vivo experimental mouse model to test CD19CAR T cells generated with different methods
Methods Cell Biol, 167, 149-161
DOI 10.1016/bs.mcb.2021.11.001, PubMed 35152992
Circulating Tumor Cell Persistence Associates with Long-Term Clinical Outcome to a Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine in Prostate Cancer
J Pers Med, 11 (7)
DOI 10.3390/jpm11070605, PubMed 34206815
"Built-in" PD-1 blocker to rescue NK-92 activity from PD-L1-mediated tumor escape mechanisms
FASEB J, 35 (9), e21750
DOI 10.1096/fj.202100025R, PubMed 34424568
Long-term first-in-man Phase I/II study of an adjuvant dendritic cell vaccine in patients with high-risk prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy
Prostate, 82 (2), 245-253
DOI 10.1002/pros.24267, PubMed 34762317
Combining a Universal Telomerase Based Cancer Vaccine With Ipilimumab in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma - Five-Year Follow Up of a Phase I/IIa Trial
Front Immunol, 12, 663865
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.663865, PubMed 34046035
Publications 2020
SJI 2020 special issue: A catalogue of Ovarian Cancer targets for CAR therapy
Scand J Immunol, 92 (4), e12917
DOI 10.1111/sji.12917, PubMed 32557659
Long-Term Outcomes of a Phase I Study With UV1, a Second Generation Telomerase Based Vaccine, in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Front Immunol, 11, 572172
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2020.572172, PubMed 33324397
Targeting Telomerase with an HLA Class II-Restricted TCR for Cancer Immunotherapy
Mol Ther, 29 (3), 1199-1213
DOI 10.1016/j.ymthe.2020.11.019, PubMed 33212301
Colorectal cysts as a validating tool for CAR therapy
BMC Biotechnol, 20 (1), 30
DOI 10.1186/s12896-020-00623-0, PubMed 32487146
Long-term surviving cancer patients as a source of therapeutic TCR
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 69 (5), 859-865
DOI 10.1007/s00262-019-02468-9, PubMed 31915853
Sympathetic improvement of cancer vaccine efficacy
Hum Vaccin Immunother, 16 (8), 1888-1890
DOI 10.1080/21645515.2019.1703456, PubMed 31977269
Combinatorial CAR design improves target restriction
J Biol Chem, 296, 100116
DOI 10.1074/jbc.RA120.016234, PubMed 33234592
Correction to: Preclinical assessment of transiently TCR redirected T cells for solid tumour immunotherapy
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 69 (1), 159-161
DOI 10.1007/s00262-019-02409-6, PubMed 31776597
Posttransplantation Lymphoproliferative Disease Treated by Retransplantation
Case Reports Immunol, 2020, 9403123
DOI 10.1155/2020/9403123, PubMed 32158568
T cell receptor therapy against melanoma-Immunotherapy for the future?
Scand J Immunol, 92 (4), e12927
DOI 10.1111/sji.12927, PubMed 32640053
Publications 2019
Immune stimulatory effect of anti-EpCAM immunotoxin - improved overall survival of metastatic colorectal cancer patients
Acta Oncol, 59 (4), 404-409
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2019.1704864, PubMed 31876430
Chimeric antigen receptor preparation from hybridoma to T-cell expression
Antib Ther, 2 (2), 56-63
DOI 10.1093/abt/tbz007, PubMed 33928223
Preclinical development of CD37CAR T-cell therapy for treatment of B-cell lymphoma
Blood Adv, 3 (8), 1230-1243
DOI 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018029678, PubMed 30979721
Treating osteosarcoma with CAR T cells
Scand J Immunol, 89 (3), e12741
DOI 10.1111/sji.12741, PubMed 30549299
NK cells specifically TCR-dressed to kill cancer cells
EBioMedicine, 40, 106-117
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.01.031, PubMed 30665853
Antigen-delivery through invariant chain (CD74) boosts CD8 and CD4 T cell immunity
Oncoimmunology, 8 (3), 1558663
DOI 10.1080/2162402X.2018.1558663, PubMed 30723591
Preclinical assessment of transiently TCR redirected T cells for solid tumour immunotherapy
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 68 (8), 1235-1243
DOI 10.1007/s00262-019-02356-2, PubMed 31214732
Simultaneous defeat of MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 resistances by a hypericin PDT-tamoxifen hybrid therapy
NPJ Breast Cancer, 5, 13
DOI 10.1038/s41523-019-0108-8, PubMed 30993194
Publications 2018
A Spheroid Killing Assay by CAR T Cells
J Vis Exp (142)
DOI 10.3791/58785, PubMed 30596389
Artesunate shows potent anti-tumor activity in B-cell lymphoma
J Hematol Oncol, 11 (1), 23
DOI 10.1186/s13045-018-0561-0, PubMed 29458389
Publications 2017
Human c-SRC kinase (CSK) overexpression makes T cells dummy
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 67 (4), 525-536
DOI 10.1007/s00262-017-2105-9, PubMed 29248956
T cell therapy targeting a public neoantigen in microsatellite instable colon cancer reduces in vivo tumor growth
Oncoimmunology, 6 (4), e1302631
DOI 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1302631, PubMed 28507809
T Cells Expressing Checkpoint Receptor TIGIT Are Enriched in Follicular Lymphoma Tumors and Characterized by Reversible Suppression of T-cell Receptor Signaling
Clin Cancer Res, 24 (4), 870-881
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-2337, PubMed 29217528
Phase I/IIa clinical trial of a novel hTERT peptide vaccine in men with metastatic hormone-naive prostate cancer
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 66 (7), 891-901
DOI 10.1007/s00262-017-1994-y, PubMed 28391357
A TCR-based Chimeric Antigen Receptor
Sci Rep, 7 (1), 10713
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-11126-y, PubMed 28878363
Publications 2016
T-helper cell receptors from long-term survivors after telomerase cancer vaccination for use in adoptive cell therapy
Oncoimmunology, 5 (12), e1249090
DOI 10.1080/2162402X.2016.1249090, PubMed 28123886
Immune response and long-term clinical outcome in advanced melanoma patients vaccinated with tumor-mRNA-transfected dendritic cells
Oncoimmunology, 5 (11), e1232237
DOI 10.1080/2162402X.2016.1232237, PubMed 27999747
Publications 2015
Inclusion of an IgG1-Fc spacer abrogates efficacy of CD19 CAR T cells in a xenograft mouse model
Gene Ther, 22 (5), 391-403
DOI 10.1038/gt.2015.4, PubMed 25652098
Publications 2014
First epidemiologic study in Argentina of the prevalence of BK viruria in kidney transplant patients
Transplant Proc, 46 (9), 3010-4
DOI 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.07.009, PubMed 25420812
Publications 2013
Therapeutic vaccination against autologous cancer stem cells with mRNA-transfected dendritic cells in patients with glioblastoma
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 62 (9), 1499-509
DOI 10.1007/s00262-013-1453-3, PubMed 23817721
Publications 2012
Widespread CD4+ T-cell reactivity to novel hTERT epitopes following vaccination of cancer patients with a single hTERT peptide GV1001
Oncoimmunology, 1 (5), 670-686
DOI 10.4161/onci.20426, PubMed 22934259
Publications 2011
Minimal tolerance to a tumor antigen encoded by a cancer-germline gene
J Immunol, 188 (1), 111-21
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1002612, PubMed 22140254
hTERT mRNA dendritic cell vaccination: complete response in a pancreatic cancer patient associated with response against several hTERT epitopes
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 60 (6), 809-18
DOI 10.1007/s00262-011-0991-9, PubMed 21365467
Publications 2007
CD8 T cell help for innate antitumor immunity
J Immunol, 179 (10), 6651-62
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.179.10.6651, PubMed 17982055
Publications 2006
An inducible mouse model of melanoma expressing a defined tumor antigen
Cancer Res, 66 (6), 3278-86
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-3216, PubMed 16540681
Publications 2003
CD8+ immunoregulatory cells in the graft-versus-host reaction: CD8 T cells activate dendritic cells to secrete interleukin-12/interleukin-18 and induce T helper 1 autoantibody
Immunology, 109 (4), 476-86
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01687.x, PubMed 12871213