# Immune Analysis Shared Resource

> **NIH NIH P30** · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · 2020 · $83,379

## Abstract

The mission of the Immune Analysis Shared Resource (IASR) is to provide comprehensive and serial
monitoring of tumor-specific immune functions in patients with cancer, including patients who are treated with
immunotherapies at Roswell Park or other institutions. The IASR provides a broad range of state-of-the-art
immunologic assays performed under a rigorous quality control program. The IASR also offers consultation
regarding optimal immunologic assessment, assay development, and assistance in processing and storage of
patient samples. The IASR assesses spontaneous and therapy-induced tumor antigen-specific antibody and T
cell responses using advanced technologies, such as ELISA, ELISPOT, and CyTOF. Moreover, if needed, the
IASR helps investigators establish tumor antigen-specific T cell lines from patients' blood and/or tumor
samples, which can be utilized for additional downstream analyses. The IASR currently serves members from
all CCSG programs, provides blood-to-data services, with an expert technical staff performing all aspects of
consultation, sample processing and preparation, QC, assay design, assay, analysis and data interpretation.
All assays are validated in the IASR and implemented in accordance with established Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs). In the reporting period (2013-2017), the IASR served a total of 45 Roswell users, of which
39 (87%) were CCSG members. The IASR plays a critical role in the translational research on clinical trials
within the Roswell Park and across multiple cancer centers such as Roswell Park-UPCI Ovarian Cancer
SPORE (5P50CA15998-04). Since 2012, the IASR has been involved in 33 clinical trials for processing
samples and analyzing the immune responses in blood and tumor tissues. The specific Aims of the IASR are:
1) To provide Roswell Park CCSG members access to state-of-the-art monitoring of immune responses of
cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy clinical trials; 2) To provide expertise required for the development
of new immune monitoring assays; 3) To provide expert support for study design and data preparation for
Peer-review grant submission and clinical trial development. The IASR maintains a wide range of state-of-the-
art instruments that are typically outside the reach of individual investigators in a single laboratory setting.
IASR has established SOPs for method development and validation. IASR continues to optimize the use of
recently acquired instrumentation such as Seahorse, Fluidigm Helios CyTOF and Hyperion Imaging Mass
Cytometer. The goal of the IASR is to assist bench to bedside research in order to understand the impact of
immunotherapeutic approaches on cancer patients. ISAR plans to enhance technical capabilities of “deep
phenotyping” of immunosuppressive or functional immune cells in peripheral and tumor microenvironment by
completing the optimization and validation of assays, also enhance the immune assay flow rate/ throughput
speed and feasibility by introducing automated ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9923574
- **Project number:** 5P30CA016056-43
- **Recipient organization:** ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP
- **Principal Investigator:** Junko Matsuzaki
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $83,379
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9923574

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9923574, Immune Analysis Shared Resource (5P30CA016056-43). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9923574. Licensed CC0.

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