Michael P. Plebanek

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Also affiliated with UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

MedicineImmunology and MicrobiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Driven by 9 papers. Top paper: “A tumor-intrinsic PD-L1/NLRP3 inflammasome signaling pathway drives resistance to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy”.

A tumor-intrinsic PD-L1/NLRP3 inflammasome signaling pathway drives resistance to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2020)10.1172/jci133055

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251 citations

Kathy S. Evans, Nicholas C. DeVito, Michael P. Plebanek, Michael Sturdivant, Luke P. Wachsmuth +10 more

Role of dendritic cell metabolic reprogramming in tumor immune evasion

International Immunology(2020)10.1093/intimm/dxaa036

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32 citations

Michael Sturdivant, Nicholas C. DeVito, Brent A. Hanks, Michael P. Plebanek

Pharmacological Wnt ligand inhibition overcomes key tumor-mediated resistance pathways to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy

Cell Reports(2021)10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109071

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82 citations

Michael Sturdivant, Balamayooran Thievanthiran, Christine Xiao, Michael P. Plebanek, April K.S. Salama +6 more

Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance by Targeting the Tumor-Intrinsic NLRP3-HSP70 Signaling Axis

Cancers(2021)10.3390/cancers13194753

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18 citations

Tarek Haykal, Linda Cao, Alisha Holtzhausen, Michael P. Plebanek, Nicholas C. DeVito +2 more

Tumor-intrinsic NLRP3-HSP70-TLR4 axis drives premetastatic niche development and hyperprogression during anti–PD-1 immunotherapy

Science Translational Medicine(2022)10.1126/scitranslmed.abq7019

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55 citations

Nagendra Yarla, Tarek Haykal, Y‐Van Nguyen, Linda Cao, Michelle Ferreira +8 more

A SREBF2-dependent gene program drives an immunotolerant dendritic cell population during cancer progression

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.04.26.538456

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3 citations

Yue Xue, Y‐Van Nguyen, Nicholas C. DeVito, Xueying Wang, Alisha Holtzhausen +5 more

A lactate-SREBP2 signaling axis drives tolerogenic dendritic cell maturation and promotes cancer progression

Science Immunology(2024)10.1126/sciimmunol.adi4191

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126 citations

Yue Xue, Y‐Van Nguyen, Nicholas C. DeVito, X F Wang, Alisha Holtzhausen +4 more

Gli2 Facilitates Tumor Immune Evasion and Immunotherapeutic Resistance by Coordinating Wnt Ligand and Prostaglandin Signaling

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.03.31.587500

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1 citations

Y‐Van Nguyen, Michael Sturdivant, Michael P. Plebanek, Kaylee Howell, Nagendra Yarla +6 more

Tumor NLRP3 Amplification Promotes Immunotherapy Resistance by Suppressing MHC Class I Expression

medRxiv(2025)10.1101/2025.10.06.25337175

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Nagendra Sastry Yarla, Kaylee Villareal, Y‐Van Nguyen, Linda Cao, Ernesto Pena Calderin +9 more