Publications by authors named "Patrick J Quinn"

A major limitation of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies is the poor persistence of these cells in vivo. The expression of memory-associated genes in CAR T cells is linked to their long-term persistence in patients and clinical efficacy, suggesting that memory programs may underpin durable CAR T cell function. Here we show that the transcription factor FOXO1 is responsible for promoting memory and restraining exhaustion in human CAR T cells.

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CRISPR technologies have begun to revolutionize T cell therapies; however, conventional CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing tools are limited in their safety, efficacy, and scope. To address these challenges, we developed multiplexed effector guide arrays (MEGA), a platform for programmable and scalable regulation of the T cell transcriptome using the RNA-guided, RNA-targeting activity of CRISPR-Cas13d. MEGA enables quantitative, reversible, and massively multiplexed gene knockdown in primary human T cells without targeting or cutting genomic DNA.

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Article Synopsis
  • - Poor persistence of CAR T cells limits their effectiveness against B cell malignancies and solid tumors, and memory-associated genes like TCF1 play a role in enhancing long-term patient response.
  • - The study identifies FOXO1 as a key transcription factor that promotes memory programs in CAR T cells, helping prevent cell exhaustion and improving antitumor activity when expressed at higher levels.
  • - Enhancing FOXO1 in CAR T cells leads to better functionality, memory potential, and persistence, indicating its clinical importance for improving cancer immunotherapy outcomes.
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T cells are the major arm of the immune system responsible for controlling and regressing cancers. To identify genes limiting T cell function, we conducted genome-wide CRISPR knockout screens in human chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Top hits were and , components of the Mediator kinase module.

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This open-label, non-randomized, multicenter trial (Registration: NCT03661736) aimed to assess if an amino acid-based formula (AAF) supplemented with two human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) supports normal growth and is well tolerated in infants with a cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA). Term infants aged 1-8 months with moderate-to-severe CMPA were enrolled. The study formula was an AAF supplemented with 2'-fucosyllactose (2'-FL) and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT).

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Context: Workplace-based learning remains the cornerstone of clinical training. Teaching in the clinical environment promotes active engagement as trainees are required to combine their competencies (e.g.

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Purpose: In undergraduate medical education, peer-teaching has become an established and common method to enhance student learning. Evidence suggests that peer-teaching provides learning benefits for both learners and tutors. We aimed to describe the outcomes for medical students taught by peers through systematic review and meta-analysis of existing literature.

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Objective: To investigate P- and E-selectin ligand coexpression with chemokine receptors (CKRs) on T cells in the synovial fluid (SF) and blood of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Methods: Sixteen patients with polyarticular or persistent oligoarticular JIA (ages 5.3-15.

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Secondary bacterial infection is a frequent complication in lesional skin of dogs with immunomodulatory-responsive lymphocytic-plasmacytic pododermatitis (ImR-LPP). However, the influence of skin pH and temperature in determining the composition of the cutaneous microflora at lesional sites has not been investigated. The association between ImR-LPP and pedal skin temperature, pH and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolates was thus evaluated.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the site, extent, and resolution of tissue involvement when extensive limb swelling occurred in the injected limb for children who received diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis or reduced-antigen content diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine at 4 to 6 years of age.

Methods: Children who had experienced an injection site reaction at 18 months of age were assigned randomly to receive an intramuscular injection of either reduced-antigen content diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine or diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine between 4 and 6 years of age. Children who developed extensive limb swelling were recruited for assessment by clinical examination; ultrasound studies of the affected and opposite (control) arms were performed 24 to 48 hours after immunization and 48 to 96 hours later.

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Chronic bronchopneumonia in lambs, also known as 'atypical' or 'chronic, non-progressive' pneumonia is a common, frequently sub-clinical disease affecting animals under 12-months-old in intensive production systems. Infection with both Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Mannheimia haemolytica have been implicated in the aetiology of this condition and a variety of pulmonary lesions can result. In this study, detailed laboratory examination of 30 abattoir-derived lungs with the characteristic gross features of atypical pneumonia (AP) was carried out with a view to refining and correlating the histopathological and microbiological criteria required for the diagnosis of this disease.

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Clinical, immunological and histopathological findings in 20 adult dogs of varying breeds with chronic (>or=6 months) inflammation confined to the pedal skin were compared over a 2-year period with those of a group of age-matched controls (n=20). All affected dogs were pruritic but systemically well. Lesions were present on all four feet in 18/20 cases.

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