Publications by Manuel Andreas Fankhauser

Lymphatic vessel density is associated with CD8(+) T cell infiltration and immunosuppressive factors in human melanoma

Melody Swartz, Olivier Michielin, Natacha Anne-Sophie Bordry, Manuel Andreas Fankhauser, Esther Danenberg, Maria Anna Sofia Broggi, Timothy Murray

Increased density of tumor-associated lymphatic vessels correlates with poor patient survival in melanoma and other cancers, yet lymphatic drainage is essential for initiating an immune response. Here we asked whether and how lymphatic vessel density (LVD) ...

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC2018

Tumor lymphangiogenesis promotes T cell infiltration and potentiates immunotherapy in melanoma

Melody Swartz, Olivier Michielin, Lambert Charles François Potin, Marcela Rincón-Restrepo, Amanda Waite Lund, Laura Jeanbart, Douglas Hanahan, Sylvie Hauert, Krisztian Homicsko, Natacha Anne-Sophie Bordry, Christopher Claude Giuseppe Tremblay, Manuel Andreas Fankhauser, Maria Anna Sofia Broggi, Elodie Da Costa

In melanoma, vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C) expression and consequent lymphangiogenesis correlate with metastasis and poor prognosis. VEGF-C also promotes tumor immunosuppression, suggesting that lymphangiogenesis inhibitors may be clinicall ...

Amer Assoc Advancement Science2017

Local induction of lymphangiogenesis with engineered fibrin-binding VEGF-C promotes wound healing by increasing immune cell trafficking and matrix remodeling

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Melody Swartz, Priscilla Suhasna Maithili Briquez, Witold Waldemar Kilarski, Esra Güç, Manuel Andreas Fankhauser

Lymphangiogenesis occurs in inflammation and wound healing, yet its functional roles in these processes are not fully understood. Consequently, clinically relevant strategies for therapeutic lymphangiogenesis remain underdeveloped, particularly using growt ...

2017

Lymphatic vessels regulate immune microenvironments in human and murine melanoma

Melody Swartz, Amanda Waite Lund, Manuel Andreas Fankhauser, Maria Anna Sofia Broggi

Lymphatic remodeling in tumor microenvironments correlates with progression and metastasis, and local lymphatic vessels play complex and poorly understood roles in tumor immunity. Tumor lymphangiogenesis is associated with increased immune suppression, yet ...

Amer Soc Clinical Investigation Inc2016

Engineering Lymphangiogenesis : Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy and Beyond

Manuel Andreas Fankhauser

Melanoma causes the vast majority of skin cancer deaths, and there is currently no conventional treatment available that is able to cure metastatic melanoma patients. However, a novel treatment modality has recently emerged: cancer immunotherapy. Cancer im ...

EPFL2016

Dermal lymphatic vessels are required for the induction of local inflammation in a B16 F10 murine melanoma

Melody Swartz, Amanda Waite Lund, Manuel Andreas Fankhauser

Amer Assoc Cancer Research2015

Long-term Intravital Immunofluorescence Imaging of Tissue Matrix Components with Epifluorescence and Two-photon Microscopy

Melody Swartz, Witold Waldemar Kilarski, Amanda Waite Lund, Manuel Andreas Fankhauser

Besides being a physical scaffold to maintain tissue morphology, the extracellular matrix (ECM) is actively involved in regulating cell and tissue function during development and organ homeostasis. It does so by acting via biochemical, biomechanical, and b ...

Journal Of Visualized Experiments2014