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Francesca Alvarez Calderon

Boston Children's HospitalORCID 0000-0001-5620-8431Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:non-human primate· 2 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Marlana Winschel· 4 shared Ulrike GerdemanniD· 4 shared Leslie S. KeaniD· 3 shared Lorenzo S CagniniD· 3 shared Victor TkacheviD· 3 shared Elisa Rojas PalatoiD· 2 shared James KaminskiiD· 2 shared Jennifer F. LaneiD· 2 shared

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2024-2026 · peak 2/yr

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ImmunologyBlood Immunology & Cellular TherapyPeer-reviewedApr 20, 2026

Precision Editing of Cyclophilin A Generates Cyclosporine and Voclosporin Resistant Cellular Therapies

Holly Wobma, Francesca Alvarez Calderon, Jiayi Dong…·Leslie S. Kean

This study edits Cyclophilin A's C-terminus using CRISPR/Cas9 to create cell therapies resistant to cyclosporine and voclosporin, preserving function in immune suppression settings.

DOI 10.1016/j.bict.2026.100054

mousegenetic perturbation / CRISPR

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ImmunologybioRxivPreprintSep 17, 2025

PTPN2-KO CAR-T Cells Demonstrate Enhanced Effector Function, CNS Infiltration, and Toxicity in a Non-Human Primate CAR-T Model

Francesca Alvarez Calderon, Ryan A. Fleming, Marlana Winschel…·Ulrike Gerdemann

DOI 10.1101/2025.09.17.676426

non-human primatebulk RNA-seq

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 1, 2025

KAT6A/B inhibition synergizes with retinoic acid and enhances the efficacy of GD2-targeted immunotherapy in neuroblastoma

Nina Weichert‐Leahey, Alla Berezovskaya, Mark W. Zimmerman…·Alfred Thomas Look

This study shows that inhibiting KAT6A/B with PF-9363 enhances retinoid efficacy and improves GD2-targeted immunotherapy in neuroblastoma.

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ImmunologyBloodPeer-reviewedApr 1, 2024

B cell directed CAR-T cell therapy results in activation of CD8+ cytotoxic CAR-negative bystander T cells in both non-human primates and patients

James Kaminski, Ryan A. Fleming, Francesca Alvarez Calderon…·Ulrike Gerdemann

The paper identifies a novel mechanism where CAR-T cell therapy activates CD8+ cytotoxic bystander T cells in non-human primates and patients, showing they can kill leukemic cells independently of TCR.

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