Garris, Christopher, PhD

Assistant Professor

Phone:
Email: cgarris@mgh.harvard.edu
Lab: Garris, Christopher

Publications

  • Gungabeesoon J, Gort-Freitas NA, Kiss M, Bolli E, Messemaker M, Siwicki M, Hicham M, Bill R, Koch P, Cianciaruso C, Duval F, Pfirschke C, Mazzola M, Peters S, Homicsko K, Garris C, Weissleder R, Klein AM, Pittet MJ A neutrophil response linked to tumor control in immunotherapy. Cell. 2023;186(7):1448-1464.e20 - PMID: 37001504 - PMCID: PMC10132778 - DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.032

  • Lugani S*, Halabi EA*, Oh J, Kohler R, Peterson H, Breakefield XO, Chiocca EAA, Miller MA, Garris C, Weissleder R Dual Immunostimulatory Pathway Agonism through a Synthetic Nanocarrier Triggers Robust Anti-Tumor Immunity in Murine Glioblastoma. Adv Mater. 2022;35(7):e2208782 - PMID: 36427266 - PMCID: PMC10197197 - DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208782

  • Algazi AP, Twitty CG, Tsai KK, Le M, Pierce R, Browning E, Hermiz R, Canton DA, Bannavong D, Oglesby A, Francisco M, Fong L, Pittet MJ, Arlauckas SP, Garris C, Levine LP, Bifulco C, Ballesteros-Merino C, Bhatia S, Gargosky S, Andtbacka RHI, Fox BA, Rosenblum MD, Daud AI Phase II Trial of IL-12 Plasmid Transfection and PD-1 Blockade in Immunologically Quiescent Melanoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2020;26(12):2827-2837 - PMID: 32376655 - PMCID: PMC9354653 - DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-2217

  • Garris CS*, Arlauckas SP*, Kohler RH, Trefny MP, Garren S, Piot C, Engblom C, Pfirschke C, Siwicki M, Gungabeesoon J, Freeman GJ, Warren SE, Ong S, Browning E, Twitty CG, Pierce RH, Le MH, Algazi AP, Daud AI, Pai SI, Zippelius A, Weissleder R, Pittet MJ Successful Anti-PD-1 Cancer Immunotherapy Requires T Cell-Dendritic Cell Crosstalk Involving the Cytokines IFN-γ and IL-12. Immunity. 2018;49:1-14 - PMID: 30552023 - PMCID: PMC6301092 - DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.09.024

  • Arlauckas SP*, Garren SB*, Garris CS, Kohler RH, Oh J, Pittet MJ, Weissleder R Arg1 expression defines immunosuppressive subsets of tumor-associated macrophages. Theranostics. 2018;8(21):5842-5854 - PMID: 30613266 - PMCID: PMC6299430 - DOI: 10.7150/thno.26888

  • Pittet MJ, Garris CS, Arlauckas SP, Weissleder R Recording the wild lives of immune cells. Sci Immunol. 2018;3(27):ePub - PMID: 30194240 - PMCID: PMC6771424 - DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aaq0491

  • Rodell CB, Arlauckas SP, Cuccarese MF, Garris CS, Li R, Ahmed MS, Kohler RH, Pittet MJ, Weissleder R TLR7/8-agonist-loaded nanoparticles promote the polarization of tumour-associated macrophages to enhance cancer immunotherapy. Nat Biomed Eng. 2018;2:578-588 - PMID: 31015631 - PMCID: PMC6192054 - DOI: 10.1038/s41551-018-0236-8

  • Engblom C*, Pfirschke C*, Zilionis R, Da Silva Martins J, Bos SA, Courties G, Rickelt S, Severe N, Baryawno N, Faget J, Savova V, Zemmour D, Kline J, Siwicki M, Garris C, Pucci F, Liao HW, Lin YJ, Newton A, Yaghi OK, Iwamoto Y, Tricot B, Wojtkiewicz GR, Nahrendorf M, Cortez-Retamozo V, Meylan E, Hynes RO, Demay M, Klein A, Bredella MA, Scadden DT, Weissleder R, Pittet MJ Osteoblasts remotely supply lung tumors with cancer-promoting SiglecFhigh neutrophils. Science. 2017;358:eaal5081 - PMID: 29191879 - PMCID: PMC6343476 - DOI: 10.1126/science.aal5081

  • Arlauckas SP*, Garris CS*, Kohler RH, Kitaoka M, Cuccarese MF, Yang KS, Miller MA, Carlson JC, Freeman GJ, Anthony RM, Weissleder R, Pittet MJ In vivo imaging reveals a tumor-associated macrophage–mediated resistance pathway in anti–PD-1 therapy. Sci Transl Med. 2017;9(389):eaal3604 - PMID: 28490665 - PMCID: PMC5734617 - DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal3604

  • Cuccarese MF, Dubach JM, Pfirschke C, Engblom C, Garris C, Miller MA, Pittet MJ, Weissleder R Heterogeneity of macrophage infiltration and therapeutic response in lung carcinoma revealed by 3D organ imaging. Nat Commun. 2017;8:14293 - PMID: 28176769 - PMCID: PMC5309815 - DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14293

  • Pucci F, Rickelt S, Newton AP, Garris C, Nunes E, Evavold C, Pfirschke C, Engblom C, Mino-Kenudson M, Hynes RO, Weissleder R, Pittet MJ PF4 Promotes Platelet Production and Lung Cancer Growth. Cell Rep. 2016;17(7):1764-1772 - PMID: 27829148 - PMCID: PMC5108525 - DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.10.031

  • Pucci F, Garris C, Lai CP, Newton A, Pfirschke C, Engblom C, Alvarez D, Sprachman M, Evavold C, Magnuson A, von Andrian UH, Glatz K, Breakefield XO, Mempel TR, Weissleder R, Pittet MJ SCS macrophages suppress melanoma by restricting tumor-derived vesicle–B cell interactions. Science. 2016;352(6282):242-246 - PMID: 26989197 - PMCID: PMC4960636 - DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf1328

  • Pfirschke C, Engblom C, Rickelt S, Cortez-Retamozo V, Garris C, Pucci F, Yamasaki T, Poirier-Colame V, Newton A, Redouane Y, Lin YJ, Wojtkiewicz G, Iwamoto Y, Mino-Kenudson M, Huynh TG, Hynes RO, Freeman GJ Kroemer G, Zitvogel L, Weissleder R, Pittet MJ Immunogenic Chemotherapy Sensitizes Tumors to Checkpoint Blockade Therapy. Immunity. 2016;44:1-12 - PMID: 26872698 - PMCID: PMC4758865 - DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.11.024

  • Garris CS, Pittet MJ ER Stress in Dendritic Cells Promotes Cancer. Cell. 2015;161(7):1492-3 - PMID: 26091029 - DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.006

  • Pfirschke C, Garris C, Pittet MJ Common TLR5 Mutations Control Cancer Progression. Cancer Cell. 2015;27(1):1-3 - PMID: 25584886 - DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.12.008

  • Garris C, Pittet MJ Therapeutically reeducating macrophages to treat GBM. Nature Med. 2013;19(10):1207-1208 - PMID: 24100977 - DOI: 10.1038/nm.3355