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Tonix Pharmaceuticals — Technical Presentation (April 2026)
15 slides from Tonix Pharmaceuticals's technical presentation, April 2026
Slide 1: TFF2 Deficiency Amplifies IL-1β–Driven Inflammation and Promotes Aging-Associated Gastric Tumor Progression
TFF2 Deficiency Amplifies IL-1β–Driven Inflammation and Promotes Aging-Associated Gastric Tumor Progression Shuang Li, Postdoctoral Research Scientist Timothy C. Wang Lab Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
Slide 2: Disclosure Information
Disclosure Information Shuang Li I have the following relevant financial relationships to disclose: Employee of: Tonix Pharmaceuticals (Co-authors: Bruce Daugherty, Seth Lederman) Grant/Research support: Tonix Pharmaceuticals No other financial relationships to disclose.
Slide 3: Background
Background Aging is a major risk factor for gastric cancer, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly defined Chronic low-grade inflammation (“inflammaging”) is a hallmark of aging tissues The stomach undergoes profound epithelial and immune remodeling during aging TFF2 is a mucosal protec
Slide 4: Results
Results TFF2⁺epithelial cells are reduced in the aged stomach Loss of TFF2 leads to elevated IL-1β and promotes gastric inflammaging TFF2-MSA treatment suppresses aging-associated inflammation The aged stomach exhibits increased susceptibility to tumor progression MDSCs accumulate and over
Slide 5: TFF2⁺ cells decline during gastric aging
TFF2⁺cells decline during gastric aging Corpus Young Aged Young TFF2 ab TFF2 ISH DAPI DAPI TFF2 ab Aged Antrum GSII Young mice, 3 months old; Aged mice, 18 months old TFF2+ cells neck cells decline in aged stomach TFF2+ progenitors decline in aged stomach
Slide 6: TFF2 levels are reduced in aged mice
TFF2 levels are reduced in aged mice Stomach Lysate TFF2 Serum TFF2 ✱ ✱ TFF2 expression is significantly reduced in aged gastric mucosa Stomach TFF2 Reduction is consistent in both stomach lysates and circulation Indicates age-associated loss of mucosal protective signaling Young Aged
Slide 7: PMN-MDSC accumulation and gastric inflammaging during aging
PMN-MDSC accumulation and gastric inflammaging during aging Young Aged Stomach ✱ Aging induces accumulation of CD11b⁺Ly6G⁺ PMN-MDSCs in gastric tissue PMN-MDSC accumulation is also evident in blood and bone marrow Blood Bone marrow Stomach ✱ ✱ ✱ Ly6G CD11b
Slide 8: TFF2 deficiency recapitulates MDSC expansion
TFF2 deficiency recapitulates MDSC expansion PMN-MDSCs in stomach PMN-MDSCs in PB CD3+CD8+ T cells in PB ✱ TFF2 deficiency is sufficient to drive PMN-MDSC expansion and reduce circulating CD8+ T cells, partially recapitulating the aged immune phenotype.
Slide 9: TFF2-MSA suppresses inflammaging
TFF2-MSA suppresses inflammaging TFF2-MSA reduced PMN-MDSC accumulation and partially restored circulating CD8+ T cells. In parallel, it suppressed myeloid bias in the bone marrow, indicating reversal of aging-associated inflammaging. 22.5mg/kg, IP inject, biw Stomach Blood BM Young ✱ Young + TF
Slide 10: Aging promotes gastric tumor progression
Aging promotes gastric tumor progression Young Young Aged Young Aged ✱✱✱ Aged Orthotopic ACKP tumors were ACKP established in young and aged mice and harvest after 3 weeks. Aged mice showed significantly increased tumor growth and burden across both ACKP and MNU models. ✱ Young Young Aged Aged M
Slide 11: MDSC–CAF crosstalk drives tumor-promoting inflammation
MDSC–CAF crosstalk drives tumor-promoting inflammation Orthotopic ACKP tumor Stomach PMN-MDSCs ✱✱ ✱ Young Aged ✱ DAPI IL1R1 Young Tumor-free Young ACKP Young + ACKP Aged + ACKP PB PMN-MDSCs PB CD8+ T cells PDGFRα ✱✱ ✱ Ly6G Aged Tumor-free Aged ACKP CD11b PMN-MDSCs are expanded in the aged tumor mi
Slide 12: TFF2-MSA reverses tumor progression in aged stomach
TFF2-MSA reverses tumor progression in aged stomach Young Young Young + TFF2-MSA Young Aged Aged ✱✱✱ Aged + Tff2-MSA + Tff2-MSA Aged + TFF2-MSA ✱✱ ✱✱ ✱ TFF2-MSA: 40mg/kg, IP inject, every 3 weeks TFF2-MSA pre-treatment suppresses tumor growth in aged mice Tumor burden is significantly reduced in
Slide 13: TFF2-MSA reverses tumor progression in aged stomach
TFF2-MSA reverses tumor progression in aged stomach Orthotopic ACKP tumor Stomach PMN-MDSCs PB PMN-MDSCs PB CD3+CD8+ T cells ✱ DAPI ✱✱ Young ✱ ✱✱ ✱ Young + TFF2-MSA ✱✱ Aged % in CD45+ cells IL1R1 ✱ Aged + TFF2-MSA Young ACKP Young ACKP+TFF2-MSA PDGFRα Aged ACKP Aged ACKP+TFF2-MSA FACS TFF2-MSA red
Slide 14: Summary
Summary TFF2 loss amplifies gastric inflammaging during aging PMN-MDSC derived IL-1β binds with IL1R1+ CAF further amplifies the inflammatory microenvironment This cascade promotes tumor progression and is reversed by TFF2-MSA
Slide 15: Thank you for your attention
Acknowledgements Hualong Zheng Qian Jin Puran Zhang Feijing Wu Yi Zeng Biyun Zheng Juli Lin Hiroki Kobayashi Yosuke Ochiai Masahiro Hata Arai Junya Leah Zamechek Slais Bruce L. Daugherty Seth Lederman Thank you for your attention Timothy C. Wang
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