Alexis Ramos

Biography

Research Description

Tumor Hypoxia Regulates Antigen Processing Machinery 

Awards

  • Pharmacological Sciences T32 Student Representative, 2023-2024
  • Predoctoral Training Grant in the Pharmacological Sciences (T32 GM144636), 2022-2024

Publications

  • Smith MG, Ramos AR, Panchal H, Cerkezi NH, Garcia C, Spruce L, Fazalinia H, Maggi LB Jr, Mailloux AW. Hypoxic stress granules trigger immunogenic dormancy in lung cancer. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 Feb 20:2026.02.18.706626. doi: 10.64898/2026.02.18.706626. PMID: 41756967; PMCID: PMC12934956

  • Coleman MF, Cotul EK, Pfeil AJ, Devericks EN, Safdar MH, Monteiro M, Chen H, Ho AN, Attaar N, Malian HM, Kiesel VA, Ramos A, Smith M, Panchal H, Mailloux A, Teegarden D, Hursting SD, Wendt MK. Hypoxia-mediated repression of pyruvate carboxylase drives immunosuppression. Breast Cancer Res. 2024 Jun 7;26(1):96. doi: 10.1186/s13058-024-01854-1. PMID: 38849928; PMCID: PMC11161980

  • Bi J, Witt E, Voltarelli VA, Feig VR, Venkatachalam V, Boyce H, McGovern M, Gutierrez WR, Rytlewski JD, Bowman KR, Rhodes AC, Cook AN, Muller BN, Smith MG, Ramos AR, Panchal H, Dodd RD, Henry MD, Mailloux A, Traverso G, Otterbein LE, Byrne JD. Low-Cost, High-Pressure-Synthesized Oxygen-Entrapping Materials to Improve Treatment of Solid Tumors. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2023 Apr;10(10):e2205995. doi: 10.1002/advs.202205995. Epub 2023 Feb 2. PMID: 36727291; PMCID: PMC10074083

  • Alexis Rebecca Ramos, Matthew Smith, Heena Panchal, Adam Mailloux; Abstract 2997: Tumor hypoxia blocks the induction of antigen processing machinery. Cancer Res 1 April 2023; 83 (7_Supplement): 2997. doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2023-2997

Alexis Ramos
Education
Undergraduate Institution: University of Kansas
Graduate Program: Microbiology and Immunology
Year Entered into Program: 2021