The Wnt5a-β-catenin Pathway Triggers a Metabolic Switch That Drives Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase Activity and Dendritic Cell Tolerization in the Melanoma Microenvironment.

We are interested in understanding the mechanisms that cancers have evolved to suppress the generation of tumor antigen-specific immune responses and how this knowledge can be exploited for the development of novel and more effective cancer immunotherapy strategies. This work involves the utilization of both autochthonous transgenic tumor model systems as well as clinical specimens to develop novel strategies to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapies while also developing predictive biomarkers