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Judith Agudo, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Phone: (617) 582-9410


judith_agudo@dfci.harvard.edu

Judith Agudo, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Assistant Professor, Immunology, Harvard Medical School

DF/HCC PROGRAM AFFILIATION

Research Abstract

The Agudo lab is interested in dissecting how the immune system interacts with cancer stem cells with a main focus on antigen-specific CD8 T cells. More specifically, we study immunity during tumor initiation and immune surveillance of dormant disseminated and pre-metastatic stem cells to understand how they evade cellular immunity. Our ultimate goal is identifying mechanisms of immune evasion to improve cancer immunotherapy approaches.

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  • Baldominos P, Barbera-Mourelle A, Barreiro O, Huang Y, Wight A, Cho JW, Zhao X, Estivill G, Adam I, Sanchez X, McCarthy S, Schaller J, Khan Z, Ruzo A, Pastorello R, Richardson ET, Dillon D, Montero-Llopis P, Barroso-Sousa R, Forman J, Shukla SA, Tolaney SM, Mittendorf EA, von Andrian UH, Wucherpfennig KW, Hemberg M, Agudo J. Quiescent cancer cells resist T cell attack by forming an immunosuppressive niche. Cell 2022. PubMed
  • Roehle K, Qiang L, Ventre KS, Heid D, Ali LR, Lenehan P, Heckler M, Crowley SJ, Stump CT, Ro G, Godicelj A, Bhuiyan AM, Yang A, Quiles Del Rey M, Biary T, Luoma AM, Bruck PT, Tegethoff JF, Nopper SL, Li J, Byrne KT, Pelletier M, Wucherpfennig KW, Stanger BZ, Akin JJ, Mancias JD, Agudo J, Dougan M, Dougan SK. cIAP1/2 antagonism eliminates MHC class I-negative tumors through T cell-dependent reprogramming of mononuclear phagocytes. Sci Transl Med 2021. PubMed
  • Bagati A, Kumar S, Jiang P, Pyrdol J, Zou AE, Godicelj A, Mathewson ND, Cartwright ANR, Cejas P, Brown M, Giobbie-Hurder A, Dillon D, Agudo J, Mittendorf EA, Liu XS, Wucherpfennig KW. Integrin αvβ6-TGFβ-SOX4 Pathway Drives Immune Evasion in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Cell 2021; 39:54-67.e9. PubMed
  • Keenan TE, Guerriero JL, Barroso-Sousa R, Li T, O'Meara T, Giobbie-Hurder A, Tayob N, Hu J, Severgnini M, Agudo J, Vaz-Luis I, Anderson L, Attaya V, Park J, Conway J, He MX, Reardon B, Shannon E, Wulf G, Spring LM, Jeselsohn R, Krop I, Lin NU, Partridge A, Winer EP, Mittendorf EA, Liu D, Van Allen EM, Tolaney SM. Molecular correlates of response to eribulin and pembrolizumab in hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5563. PubMed
  • Goldberg J, Pastorello RG, Vallius T, Davis J, Cui YX, Agudo J, Waks AG, Keenan T, McAllister SS, Tolaney SM, Mittendorf EA, Guerriero JL. The Immunology of Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer. 2021; 12:674192. PubMed
  • Schaller J, Agudo J. Metastatic Colonization: Escaping Immune Surveillance. Cancers (Basel) 2020. PubMed
  • Agudo J. Immune privilege of skin stem cells: What do we know and what can we learn? Exp Dermatol 2020. PubMed
  • Sherman SE, Agudo J. Immune-Mediated Specific Depletion of Intestinal Stem Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2171:25-39. PubMed
  • Agudo J, Park ES, Rose SA, Alibo E, Sweeney R, Dhainaut M, Kobayashi KS, Sachidanandam R, Baccarini A, Merad M, Brown BD. Quiescent Tissue Stem Cells Evade Immune Surveillance. Immunity 2018; 48:271-285.e5. PubMed
  • Agudo J, Ayuso E, Jimenez V, Salavert A, Casellas A, Tafuro S, Haurigot V, Ruberte J, Segovia JC, Bueren J, Bosch F. IGF-I mediates regeneration of endocrine pancreas by increasing beta cell replication through cell cycle protein modulation in mice .
  • Greter M, Helft J, Chow A, Hashimoto D, Mortha A, Agudo-Cantero J, Bogunovic M, Gautier EL, Miller J, Leboeuf M, Lu G, Aloman C, Brown BD, Pollard JW, Xiong H, Randolph GJ, Chipuk JE, Frenette PS, Merad M. GM-CSF controls nonlymphoid tissue dendritic cell homeostasis but is dispensable for the differentiation of inflammatory dendritic cells Immunity .
  • Judith Agudo, Eun Sook Park, Samuel A Rose, Eziwoma Alibo, Robert Sweeney, Maxime Dhainaut, Koichi S. Kobayashi, Ravi Sachidanandam, Alessia Baccarini, Miriam Merad & Brian D Brown. Quiescent tissue stem cells evade immune surveillance Immunity .
  • Agudo J, Ruzo A, Tung N, Salmon H, Leboeuf M, Hashimoto D, Becker C, Garrett-Sinha LA, Baccarini A, Merad M, Brown BD. The miR-126-VEGFR2 axis controls the innate response to pathogen-associated nucleic acids Nat Immunol .
  • Agudo J, Ruzo A, Park ES, Sweeney R, Kana V, Wu M, Zhao Y, Egli D, Merad M, Brown BD. GFP-specific CD8 T cells enable targeted cell depletion and visualization of T-cell interactions Nat Biotechnol .
  • Kidd BA, Wroblewska A, Boland MR, Agudo J, Merad M, Tatonetti NP, Brown BD, Dudley JT. Mapping the effects of drugs on the immune system Nat Biotechnol .
  • Israelow B, Mullokandov G, Agudo J, Sourisseau M, Bashir A, Maldonado AY, Dar AC, Brown BD, Evans MJ. Hepatitis C virus genetics affects miR-122 requirements and response to miR-122 inhibitors .
  • Anguela XM, Tafuro S, Roca C, Callejas D, Agudo J, Obach M, Ribera A, Ruzo A, Mann CJ, Casellas A, Bosch F. Nonviral-mediated hepatic expression of IGF-I increases Treg levels and suppresses autoimmune diabetes in mice Diabetes .
  • Agudo J, Ruzo A, Kitur K, Sachidanandam R, Blander JM, Brown BD. A TLR and non-TLR mediated innate response to lentiviruses restricts hepatocyte entry and can be ameliorated by pharmacological blockade Mol Ther .
  • Chia G, Agudo J, Treff N, Sauer MV, Billing D, Brown BD, Baer R, Egli D. Genomic instability during reprogramming by nuclear transfer is DNA replication dependent Nat Cell Biol .
  • Salmon H, Idoyaga J, Rahman A, Leboeuf M, Remark R, Jordan S, Casanova-Acebes M, Khudoynazarova M, Agudo J, Tung N, Chakarov S, Rivera C, Hogstad B, Bosenberg M, Hashimoto D, Gnjatic S, Bhardwaj N, Palucka AK, Brown BD, Brody J, Ginhoux F, Merad M. Expansion and Activation of CD103(+) Dendritic Cell Progenitors at the Tumor Site Enhances Tumor Responses to Therapeutic PD-L1 and BRAF Inhibition Immunity .
  • Agudo J, Ayuso E, Jimenez V, Casellas A, Mallol C, Salavert A, Tafuro S, Obach M, Ruzo A, Moya M, Pujol A, Bosch F. Vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated islet hypervascularization and inflammation contribute to progressive reduction of β-cell mass Diabetes .
  • Helft J, Manicassamy B, Guermonprez P, Hashimoto D, Silvin A, Agudo J, Brown BD, Schmolke M, Miller JC, Leboeuf M, Murphy KM, García-Sastre A, Merad M. Cross-presenting CD103+ dendritic cells are protected from influenza virus infection J Clin Invest .
  • Casellas A, Mallol C, Salavert A, Jimenez V, Garcia M, Agudo J, Obach M, Haurigot V, Vilà L, Molas M, Lage R, Morró M, Casana E, Ruberte J, Bosch F. Insulin-like Growth Factor 2 Overexpression Induces β-Cell Dysfunction and Increases Beta-cell Susceptibility to Damage J Biol Chem .
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