Publications

  1. Ghassemi S, Martinez-Becerra FJ, Master AM, Richman SA, Heo D, Leferovich J, Tu Y, García-Cañaveras JC, Ayari A, Lu Y, Wang A, Rabinowitz JD, Milone MC, June CH, O'Connor RS. Enhancing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Anti-tumor Function through Advanced Media Design. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2020 Sep 11;18:595-606. PMID: 32775494; PMCID: PMC7397397.
  1. Ghassemi S, Milone MC. Manufacturing Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy. J Vis Exp. 2019 Dec 17;(154). PMID: 31904011.
  1. Ghassemi S, Nunez-Cruz S, O'Connor RS, Fraietta JA, Patel PR, Scholler J, Barrett DM, Lundh SM, Davis MM, Bedoya F, Zhang C, Leferovich J, Lacey SF, Levine BL, Grupp SA, June CH, Melenhorst JJ, Milone MC. Reducing Ex Vivo Culture Improves the Antileukemic Activity of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells. Cancer Immunol Res. 2018 Sep;6(9):1100-1109. PMID: 30030295.
  1. O'Connor RS, Guo L, Ghassemi S, Snyder NW, Worth AJ, Weng L, Kam Y, Philipson B, Trefely S, Nunez-Cruz S, Blair IA, June CH, Milone MC. The CPT1a inhibitor, etomoxir induces severe oxidative stress at commonly used concentrations. Sci Rep. 2018 Apr 19;8(1):6289. PMID: 29674640; PMCID: PMC5908836.
  1. June CH, O'Connor RS, Kawalekar OU, Ghassemi S, Milone MC. CAR T cell immunotherapy for human cancer. Science. 2018 Mar 23;359(6382):1361-1365. PMID: 29567707.
  1. Ghassemi S, Carreno BM. Heating up cancer vaccines. Sci Immunol. 2017 Nov 10;2(17). PMID: 29127107.
  1. Meacci G, Wolfenson H, Liu S, Stachowiak MR, Iskratsch T, Mathur A, Ghassemi S, Gauthier N, Tabdanov E, Lohner J, Gondarenko A, Chander AC, Roca-Cusachs P, O'Shaughnessy B, Hone J, Sheetz MP. α-Actinin links extracellular matrix rigidity-sensing contractile units with periodic cell-edge retractions. Mol Biol Cell. 2016 Nov 7;27(22):3471-3479. PMID: 27122603; PMCID: PMC5221581.
  1. Chronopoulos A, Robinson B, Sarper M, Cortes E, Auernheimer V, Lachowski D, Attwood S, García R, Ghassemi S, Fabry B, Del Río Hernández A. ATRA mechanically reprograms pancreatic stellate cells to suppress matrix remodelling and inhibit cancer cell invasion. Nat Commun. 2016 Sep 7;7:12630. PMID: 27600527; l PMCID: PMC5023948.
  1. Hu J, Gondarenko AA, Dang AP, Bashour KT, O'Connor RS, Lee S, Liapis A, Ghassemi S, Milone MC, Sheetz MP, Dustin ML, Kam LC, Hone JC. High-Throughput Mechanobiology Screening Platform Using Micro- and Nanotopography. Nano Lett. 2016 Apr 13;16(4):2198-204. PMID: 26990380; PMCID: PMC5403373.
  1. Wolfenson H, Meacci G, Liu S, Stachowiak MR, Iskratsch T, Ghassemi S, Roca-Cusachs P, O'Shaughnessy B, Hone J, Sheetz MP. Tropomyosin controls sarcomere-like contractions for rigidity sensing and suppressing growth on soft matrices. Nat Cell Biol. 2016 Jan;18(1):33-42. PMID: 26619148; PMCID: PMC5296190.
  1. Rangamani P, Lipshtat A, Azeloglu EU, Calizo RC, Hu M, Ghassemi S, Hone J, Scarlata S, Neves SR, Iyengar R. Decoding information in cell shape. Cell. 2013 Sep 12;154(6):1356-69. PMID: 24034255; PMCID: PMC3874130.
  1. Ghassemi S, Meacci G, Liu S, Gondarenko AA, Mathur A, Roca-Cusachs P, Sheetz MP, Hone J. Cells test substrate rigidity by local contractions on submicrometer pillars. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2012 Apr 3;109(14):5328-33. PMID: 22431603; PMCID: PMC3325713.
  1. Ron A, Hyoung Lee G, Amar L, Ghassemi S, Hone J. Adjacent Assembly of Self-Assembled Monolayers for the Construction of Selective Bio-Platforms. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2011 November; 159(1):75-81. Doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.06.051
  1. Ghassemi S, Hammonds JS. Thermally Driven Sensitive Surface Phonon Polariton Modes in Thin-Film SiC. Phys Lett A. 2010 Nov; 374(48):4945-4949. Doi: 10.1016/j.physleta.2010.09.074
  1. Rossier OM, Gauthier N, Biais N, Vonnegut W, Fardin MA, Avigan P, Heller ER, Mathur A, Ghassemi S, Koeckert MS, Hone JC, Sheetz MP. Force generated by actomyosin contraction builds bridges between adhesive contacts. EMBO J. 2010 Mar 17;29(6):1055-68. PMID: 20150894; PMCID: PMC2845274.
  1. Shi P, Shen K, Ghassemi S, Hone J, Kam LC. Dynamic Force Generation by Neural Stem Cells. Cell Mol Bioeng. 2009 Dec 2;2(4):464-474. PMID: 20401168; PMCID: PMC2853951.
  1. Ghassemi S, Rossier O, Sheetz MP, Wind SJ, Hone J. Gold-Tipped Elastomeric Pillars for Cellular Mechanotransduction. J Vac Sci Technol B Microelectron Nanometer Struct Process Meas Phenom. 2009 Nov 1;27(6):3088-3091. PMID: 20526428; PMCID: PMC2880520.
  1. Ghassemi S, Biais N, Maniura K, Wind SJ, Sheetz MP, Hone J. Fabrication of elastomer Pillar Arrays with Modulated Stiffness for Cellular Force Measurements. J Vac Sci Technol B Microelectron Nanometer Struct Process Meas Phenom. 2008 Nov 1;26(6):2549-2553. PMID: 20526426; PMCID: PMC2880518.

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