Nadia Mensali

  • Researcher; MSc, PhD
  • +47 22 78 23 19

kreftforeningen (GLIOSELECT)

ERA PerMed (IPerGlio)

Education

2015/-:            Postdoc in Cellular Therapy (CAR, TCR, vaccines and NK-TCR)

2008/2015 :     Ph.D. in Tumour Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway  

2003/2004:      Master in Clinic and Experimental Citometry, University of Urbino, Italy

1995/2001:      Laurea in Biology, section Physiopathology, University of Urbino, Italy

 

Research interests/projects

 Adoptive T-cell therapy

  • pre-clinical validation of TCRs for therapeutic use
  • pre-clinical validation of universal killer T cells
  • development of novel technologies to improve cell-based therapy

 Antigen presentation

  • validation of novel methods to improve antigen presentation in the context of vaccination
  • invariant chain as a tool for patient vaccination

 

Work experiences

2016/present:  Postdoc Fellow, Dept of Cellular Therapy, OUS Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway

2014/2015:      Researcher, Dept of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

2008/2014:     PhD Student, Department of Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, OUS-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway

2007/2008:     Laboratory Research Analyst II, Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, US

2005/2007:     Laboratory Research Analyst I, Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, US

2002/2004:     Biologist, Laboratory of Onco-Hematology, Flow Cytometry Laboratory, at the Center for Bone Marrow Transplant, “San Salvatore” Hospital, Pesaro, Italy.

1999/2001:      Internship, Center of Cytometry and Cytomorphology, University of Urbino, Italy

 

Publications 2025

Skourti E, Seip K, Mensali N, Jabeen S, Juell S, Øynebråten I, Pettersen S, Engebraaten O, Corthay A, Inderberg EM, Dolznig H, Mælandsmo GM, Egeland EV, Prasmickaite L (2025)
Chemoresistant tumor cell secretome potentiates immune suppression in triple negative breast cancer
Breast Cancer Res, 27 (1), 131
DOI 10.1186/s13058-025-02082-x, PubMed 40660361

Publications 2024

Maggadottir SM, Dueland S, Mensali N, Hamre H, Andresen PA, Myhre MR, Juul HV, Bigalke I, Lundby M, Hønnåshagen TK, Sæbøe-Larssen S, Josefsen D, Hagtvedt T, Wälchli S, Kvalheim G, Inderberg EM (2024)
Transient TCR-based T cell therapy in a patient with advanced treatment-resistant MSI-high colorectal cancer
Mol Ther, 32 (6), 2021-2029
DOI 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.04.009, PubMed 38582964

Publications 2023

Mensali N, Köksal H, Joaquina S, Wernhoff P, Casey NP, Romecin P, Panisello C, Rodriguez R, Vimeux L, Juzeniene A, Myhre MR, Fåne A, Ramírez CC, Maggadottir SM, Duru AD, Georgoudaki AM, Grad I, Maturana AD, Gaudernack G, Kvalheim G, Carcaboso AM, de Alava E, Donnadieu E, Bruland ØS, Menendez P et al. (2023)
ALPL-1 is a target for chimeric antigen receptor therapy in osteosarcoma
Nat Commun, 14 (1), 3375
DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-39097-x, PubMed 37291203

Publications 2022

Ellingsen EB, Aamdal E, Guren T, Lilleby W, Brunsvig PF, Mangsbo SM, Aamdal S, Hovig E, Mensali N, Gaudernack G, Inderberg EM (2022)
Durable and dynamic hTERT immune responses following vaccination with the long-peptide cancer vaccine UV1: long-term follow-up of three phase I clinical trials
J Immunother Cancer, 10 (5)
DOI 10.1136/jitc-2021-004345, PubMed 35613827

Mensali N, Inderberg EM (2022)
Emerging Biomarkers for Immunotherapy in Glioblastoma
Cancers (Basel), 14 (8)
DOI 10.3390/cancers14081940, PubMed 35454848

Publications 2021

Flatmark K, Torgunrud A, Fleten KG, Davidson B, Juul HV, Mensali N, Lund-Andersen C, Inderberg EM (2021)
Peptide vaccine targeting mutated GNAS: a potential novel treatment for pseudomyxoma peritonei
J Immunother Cancer, 9 (10)
DOI 10.1136/jitc-2021-003109, PubMed 34711663

Mensali N, Dillard P, Fayzullin A, Köksal H, Gaudernack G, Kvalheim G, Inderberg EM, Wälchli S (2021)
"Built-in" PD-1 blocker to rescue NK-92 activity from PD-L1-mediated tumor escape mechanisms
FASEB J, 35 (9), e21750
DOI 10.1096/fj.202100025R, PubMed 34424568

Vestre K, Persiconi I, Borg Distefano M, Mensali N, Guadagno NA, Bretou M, Wälchli S, Arnold-Schrauf C, Bakke O, Dalod M, Lennon-Dumenil AM, Progida C (2021)
Rab7b regulates dendritic cell migration by linking lysosomes to the actomyosin cytoskeleton
J Cell Sci, 134 (18)
DOI 10.1242/jcs.259221, PubMed 34494097

Publications 2020

Mensali N, Myhre MR, Dillard P, Pollmann S, Gaudernack G, Kvalheim G, Wälchli S, Inderberg EM (2020)
Correction to: Preclinical assessment of transiently TCR redirected T cells for solid tumour immunotherapy
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 69 (1), 159-161
DOI 10.1007/s00262-019-02409-6, PubMed 31776597

Weum Abrahamsen I, Grønvold BC, Inderberg EM, Mensali N, Mattsson J, Gedde-Dahl T (2020)
Posttransplantation Lymphoproliferative Disease Treated by Retransplantation
Case Reports Immunol, 2020, 9403123
DOI 10.1155/2020/9403123, PubMed 32158568

Publications 2019

Mensali N, Dillard P, Hebeisen M, Lorenz S, Theodossiou T, Myhre MR, Fåne A, Gaudernack G, Kvalheim G, Myklebust JH, Inderberg EM, Wälchli S (2019)
NK cells specifically TCR-dressed to kill cancer cells
EBioMedicine, 40, 106-117
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.01.031, PubMed 30665853

Mensali N, Grenov A, Pati NB, Dillard P, Myhre MR, Gaudernack G, Kvalheim G, Inderberg EM, Bakke O, Wälchli S (2019)
Antigen-delivery through invariant chain (CD74) boosts CD8 and CD4 T cell immunity
Oncoimmunology, 8 (3), 1558663
DOI 10.1080/2162402X.2018.1558663, PubMed 30723591

Mensali N, Myhre MR, Dillard P, Pollmann S, Gaudernack G, Kvalheim G, Wälchli S, Inderberg EM (2019)
Preclinical assessment of transiently TCR redirected T cells for solid tumour immunotherapy
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 68 (8), 1235-1243
DOI 10.1007/s00262-019-02356-2, PubMed 31214732

Publications 2017

Inderberg EM, Mensali N, Oksvold MP, Fallang LE, Fåne A, Skorstad G, Stenvik GE, Progida C, Bakke O, Kvalheim G, Myklebust JH, Wälchli S (2017)
Human c-SRC kinase (CSK) overexpression makes T cells dummy
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 67 (4), 525-536
DOI 10.1007/s00262-017-2105-9, PubMed 29248956

Publications 2016

Mensali N, Ying F, Sheng VO, Yang W, Walseng E, Kumari S, Fallang LE, Kolstad A, Uckert W, Malmberg KJ, Wälchli S, Olweus J (2016)
Targeting B-cell neoplasia with T-cell receptors recognizing a CD20-derived peptide on patient-specific HLA
Oncoimmunology, 5 (5), e1138199
DOI 10.1080/2162402X.2016.1138199, PubMed 27467957

Publications 2015

Tadesse FG, Mensali N, Fallang LE, Walseng E, Yang W, Olweus J, Wälchli S (2015)
Unpredicted phenotypes of two mutants of the TcR DMF5
J Immunol Methods, 425, 37-44
DOI 10.1016/j.jim.2015.06.006, PubMed 26079729

Publications 2011

Abrahamsen IW, Kjellevoll S, Greve-Isdahl M, Mensali N, Wälchli S, Kumari S, Loland BF, Egeland T, Kolstad A, Olweus J (2011)
T cells raised against allogeneic HLA-A2/CD20 kill primary follicular lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells
Int J Cancer, 130 (8), 1821-32
DOI 10.1002/ijc.26209, PubMed 21630262

Publications 2008

Gasper-Smith N, Crossman DM, Whitesides JF, Mensali N, Ottinger JS, Plonk SG, Moody MA, Ferrari G, Weinhold KJ, Miller SE, Reich CF, Qin L, Self SG, Shaw GM, Denny TN, Jones LE, Pisetsky DS, Haynes BF (2008)
Induction of plasma (TRAIL), TNFR-2, Fas ligand, and plasma microparticles after human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission: implications for HIV-1 vaccine design
J Virol, 82 (15), 7700-10
DOI 10.1128/JVI.00605-08, PubMed 18508902

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