Publications

Publications from our core faculty laboratories:

In situ architecture of Opa1-dependent mitochondrial cristae remodeling.
Fry MY, Navarro PP, Qin X, Inde Z, Ananda VY, Lugo CM, Hakim P, Luce BE, Ge Y, McDonald JL, Ali I, Ha LL, Kleinstiver BP, Chan DC, Sarosiek K, Chao LH.
bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Feb 3:2023.01.16.524176. doi: 10.1101/2023.01.16.524176. PMID: 36711707; PMCID: PMC9882235.

Peptides from human BNIP5 and PXT1 and non-native binders of pro-apoptotic BAK can directly activate or inhibit BAK-mediated membrane permeabilization.
Aguilar F, Yu S, Grant RA, Swanson S, Ghose D, Su BG, Sarosiek KA, Keating AE.
Structure. 2023 Jan 23:S0969-2126(23)00001-1. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2023.01.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36706751.

Targeting TBK1 to overcome resistance to cancer immunotherapy.
Sun Y, Revach OY, Anderson S, Kessler EA, Wolfe CH, Jenney A, Mills CE, Robitschek EJ, Davis TGR, Kim S, Fu A, Ma X, Gwee J, Tiwari P, Du PP, Sindurakar P, Tian J, Mehta A, Schneider AM, Yizhak K, Sade-Feldman M, LaSalle T, Sharova T, Xie H, Liu S, Michaud WA, Saad-Beretta R, Yates KB, Iracheta-Vellve A, Spetz JKE, Qin X, Sarosiek KA, Zhang G, Kim JW, Su MY, Cicerchia AM, Rasmussen MQ, Klempner SJ, Juric D, Pai SI, Miller DM, Giobbie-Hurder A, Chen JH, Pelka K, Frederick DT, Stinson S, Ivanova E, Aref AR, Paweletz CP, Barbie DA, Sen DR, Fisher DE, Corcoran RB, Hacohen N, Sorger P K, Flaherty KT, Boland GM, Manguso RT, Jenkins RW.
Nature. 2023 Jan 12. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05704-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36634707.

p53-mediated metabolic response to low doses of ionizing radiation.
Nagpal I, Yuan ZM.
Int J Radiat Biol. 2022 Dec 2:1-7. doi: 10.1080/09553002.2022.2142983. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36357962.

Cancer risks from cosmic radiation exposure in flight: A review.
Scheibler C, Toprani SM, Mordukhovich I, Schaefer M, Staffa S, Nagel ZD, McNeely E.
Front Public Health. 2022 Nov 22;10:947068. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.947068. PMID: 36483259; PMCID: PMC9723364.

Reciprocal effects of mTOR inhibitors on pro-survival proteins dictate therapeutic responses in tuberous sclerosis complex.
McNamara MC, Hosios AM, Torrence ME, Zhao T, Fraser C, Wilkinson M, Kwiatkowski DJ, Henske EP, Wu CL, Sarosiek KA, Valvezan AJ, Manning BD.
iScience. 2022 Oct 28;25(11):105458. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105458. PMID: 36388985; PMCID: PMC9663903.

Heightened apoptotic priming of vascular cells across tissues and life span predisposes them to cancer therapy-induced toxicities.
Spetz JKE, Florido MHC, Fraser CS, Qin X, Choiniere J, Yu SJ, Singh R, Friesen M, Rubin LL, Salem JE, Moslehi JJ, Sarosiek KA.
Sci Adv. 2022 Nov 11;8(45):eabn6579. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn6579. Epub 2022 Nov 9. PMID: 36351019; PMCID: PMC9645721.

A Mesenchymal Tumor Cell State Confers Increased Dependency on the BCL-XL Antiapoptotic Protein in Kidney Cancer.
Grubb T, Maganti S, Krill-Burger JM, Fraser C, Stransky L, Radivoyevitch T, Sarosiek KA, Vazquez F, Kaelin WG, Chakraborty AA.
Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Nov 1;28(21):4689-4701. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-0669. PMID: 35776130; PMCID: PMC9633392.

Small molecule SJ572946 activates BAK to initiate apoptosis.
Sekar G, Singh G, Qin X, Guibao CD, Schwam B, Inde Z, Grace CR, Zhang W, Slavish PJ, Lin W, Chen T, Lee RE, Rankovic Z, Sarosiek K, Moldoveanu T.
iScience. 2022 Sep 6;25(10):105064. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105064. PMID: 36147946; PMCID: PMC9485059.

Exploiting endogenous and therapy-induced apoptotic vulnerabilities in immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis with BH3 mimetics.
Fraser CS, Spetz JKE, Qin X, Presser A, Choiniere J, Li C, Yu S, Blevins F, Hata AN, Miller JW, Bradshaw GA, Kalocsay M, Sanchorawala V, Sarosiek S, Sarosiek KA.
Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 2;13(1):5789. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33461-z. PMID: 36184661; PMCID: PMC9527241.

A Human MSH6 Germline Variant Associated With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Induces Lupus-like Disease in Mice.
Meas R, Nititham J, Taylor KE, Maher S, Clairmont K, Carufe KEW, Kashgarian M, Nottoli T, Cheong A, Nagel ZD, Gaffney PM, Criswell LA, Sweasy JB.
ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022 Sep;4(9):760-770. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11471. Epub 2022 Jun 16. PMID: 35708944; PMCID: PMC9469486.

An Active Learning Framework Improves Tumor Variant Interpretation.
Blee AM, Li B, Pecen T, Meiler J, Nagel ZD, Capra JA, Chazin WJ.
Cancer Res. 2022 Aug 3;82(15):2704-2715. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-3798. PMID: 35687855; PMCID: PMC9357215.

Human Variation in DNA Repair, Immune Function, and Cancer Risk.
Cheong A, Nagel ZD.
Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 22;13:899574. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.899574. PMID: 35935942; PMCID: PMC9354717.

Remnant Cholesterol and the Risk of Coronary Artery Calcium Progression: Insights From the CARDIA and MESA Study.
Hao QY, Gao JW, Yuan ZM, Gao M, Wang JF, Schiele F, Zhang SL, Liu PM.”
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Jul;15(7):e014116. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014116. Epub 2022 Jul 8. PMID: 35861979.

Modelling Chlamydia and HPV co-infection in patient-derived ectocervix organoids reveals distinct cellular reprogramming.
Koster S, Gurumurthy RK, Kumar N, Prakash PG, Dhanraj J, Bayer S, Berger H, Kurian SM, Drabkina M, Mollenkopf HJ, Goosmann C, Brinkmann V, Nagel Z, Mangler M, Meyer TF, Chumduri C.
Nat Commun. 2022 Feb 24;13(1):1030. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28569-1. PMID: 35210413; PMCID: PMC8873204.

Printer center nanoparticles alter the DNA repair capacity of human bronchial airway epithelial cells.
Bitounis D, Huang Q, Toprani SM, Setyawati MI, Oliveira N, Wu Z, Tay CY, Ng KW, Nagel ZD, Demokritou P.
NanoImpact. 2022 Jan;25:100379. doi: 10.1016/j.impact.2022.100379. Epub 2022 Jan 14. PMID: 35559885; PMCID: PMC9661631.

The Basally Expressed p53-Mediated Homeostatic Function.
Nagpal I, Yuan ZM.
Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Nov 23;9:775312. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.775312. PMID: 34888311; PMCID: PMC8650216.

CometChip analysis of human primary lymphocytes enables quantification of inter-individual differences in the kinetics of repair of oxidative DNA damage.
Ngo LP, Kaushal S, Chaim IA, Mazzucato P, Ricciardi C, Samson LD, Nagel ZD, Engelward BP.
Free Radic Biol Med. 2021 Oct;174:89-99. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.07.033. Epub 2021 Jul 26. PMID: 34324980; PMCID: PMC8477454.

Age-dependent regulation of SARS-CoV-2 cell entry genes and cell death programs correlates with COVID-19 severity.
Inde Z, Croker BA, Yapp C, Joshi GN, Spetz J, Fraser C, Qin X, Xu L, Deskin B, Ghelfi E, Webb G, Carlin AF, Zhu YP, Leibel SL, Garretson AF, Clark AE, Duran JM, Pretorius V, Crotty-Alexander LE, Li C, Lee JC, Sodhi C, Hackam DJ, Sun X, Hata AN, Kobzik L, Miller J, Park JA, Brownfield D, Jia H, Sarosiek KA.
Sci Adv. 2021 Aug 18;7(34):eabf8609. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abf8609. PMID: 34407940; PMCID: PMC8373124.

An effective human uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor targets the open pre- catalytic active site conformation.
Nguyen MT, Moiani D, Ahmed Z, Arvai AS, Namjoshi S, Shin DS, Fedorov Y, Selvik EJ, Jones DE, Pink J, Yan Y, Laverty DJ, Nagel ZD, Tainer JA, Gerson SL.
Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2021 Aug;163:143-159. doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2021.02.004. Epub 2021 Mar 3. PMID: 33675849; PMCID: PMC8722130.

Metabolic perturbations sensitize triple-negative breast cancers to apoptosis induced by BH3 mimetics.
Daniels VW, Zoeller JJ, van Gastel N, McQueeney KE, Parvin S, Potter DS, Fell GG, Ferreira VG, Yilma B, Gupta R, Spetz J, Bhola PD, Endress JE, Harris IS, Carrilho E, Sarosiek KA, Scadden DT, Brugge JS, Letai A.
Sci Signal. 2021 Jun 8;14(686):eabc7405. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abc7405. PMID: 34103421; PMCID: PMC8285073.

High-Throughput Screening Platform for Nanoparticle-Mediated Alterations of DNA Repair Capacity.
Toprani SM, Bitounis D, Huang Q, Oliveira N, Ng KW, Tay CY, Nagel ZD, Demokritou P.
ACS Nano. 2021 Mar 23;15(3):4728-4746. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09254. Epub 2021 Mar 12. PMID: 33710878; PMCID: PMC8111687.

Fluorescence Sheds Light on DNA Damage, DNA Repair, and Mutations
Owiti NA, Nagel ZD, Engelward BP.
Trends Cancer. 2021 Mar;7(3):240-248. doi: 10.1016/j.trecan.2020.10.006. Epub 2020 Nov 14. PMID: 33203608; PMCID: PMC7889721.

Differential immunomodulatory effect of PARP inhibition in BRCA1 deficient and competent tumor cells.
Alvarado-Cruz I, Mahmoud M, Khan M, Zhao S, Oeck S, Meas R, Clairmont K, Quintana V, Zhu Y, Porciuncula A, Wyatt H, Ma S, Shyr Y, Kong Y, LoRusso PM, Laverty D, Nagel ZD, Schalper KA, Krauthammer M, Sweasy JB.
Biochem Pharmacol. 2021 Feb;184:114359. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114359. Epub 2020 Dec 4. PMID: 33285109; PMCID: PMC8668236.

High-intensity ultrasound irradiation promotes the release of extracellular vesicles from C2C12 myotubes.
Maeshige N, Langston PK, Yuan ZM, Kondo H, Fujino H.
Ultrasonics. 2021 Feb;110:106243. doi: 10.1016/j.ultras.2020.106243. Epub 2020 Sep 5. PMID: 32961400.

Interplay Between Air Travel, Genome Integrity, and COVID-19 Risk vis-a-vis Flight Crew.
Toprani SM, Scheibler C, Nagel ZD.
Front Public Health. 2020 Dec 18;8:590412. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.590412. PMID: 33392133; PMCID: PMC7775589.

Exploiting DNA repair defects in triple negative breast cancer to improve cell killing.
Lee KJ, Mann E, Wright G, Piett CG, Nagel ZD, Gassman NR.
Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2020 Sep 18;12:1758835920958354. doi: 10.1177/1758835920958354. PMID: 32994807; PMCID: PMC7502856.

Age-dependent regulation of SARS-CoV-2 cell entry genes and cell death programs correlates with COVID-19 disease severity.
Inde Z, Yapp C, Joshi GN, Spetz J, Fraser C, Deskin B, Ghelfi E, Sodhi C, Hackam DJ, Kobzik L, Croker BA, Brownfield D, Jia H, Sarosiek KA.
bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2020 Sep 13:2020.09.13.276923. doi: 10.1101/2020.09.13.276923. Update in: Sci Adv. 2021 Aug 18;7(34): PMID: 32935109; PMCID: PMC7491524.

MDMX phosphorylation-dependent p53 downregulation contributes to an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.
Wang B, Lim CB, Yan J, Li L, Wang J, Little JB, Yuan ZM.
J Mol Cell Biol. 2020 Sep 1;12(9):713-722. doi: 10.1093/jmcb/mjaa038. PMID: 32706867; PMCID: PMC7749742.

Can ultrasound irradiation be a therapeutic option for prostate cancer?
Maeshige N, Kitagawa K, Yamasaki S, Ishii A, Shirakawa T, Yang YM, Sung SY, Chen KC, Yuan ZM, Shigemura K, Fujisawa M.
Prostate. 2020 Sep;80(12):986-992. doi: 10.1002/pros.24030. Epub 2020 Jun 18. PMID: 32557725.

Short-term exposure to ambient particle gamma radioactivity is associated with increased risk for all-cause non-accidental and cardiovascular mortality.
Huang S, Xiong J, Vieira CLZ, Blomberg AJ, Gold DR, Coull BA, Sarosiek K, Schwartz JD, Wolfson JM, Li J, Koutrakis P.
Sci Total Environ. 2020 Jun 15;721:137793. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137793. Epub 2020 Mar 7. PMID: 32172126.

EZH2 has a non-catalytic and PRC2-independent role in stabilizing DDB2 to promote nucleotide excision repair.
Koyen AE, Madden MZ, Park D, Minten EV, Kapoor-Vazirani P, Werner E, Pfister NT, Haji-Seyed-Javadi R, Zhang H, Xu J, Deng N, Duong DM, Pecen TJ, Frazier Z, Nagel ZD, Lazaro JB, Mouw KW, Seyfried NT, Moreno CS, Owonikoko TK, Deng X, Yu DS.
Oncogene. 2020 Jun;39(25):4798-4813. doi: 10.1038/s41388-020-1332-2. Epub 2020 May 26. PMID: 32457468; PMCID: PMC7305988.

Functional interplay between p53 and Δ133p53 in adaptive stress response.
Gong L, Pan X, Abali GK, Little JB, Yuan ZM.
Cell Death Differ. 2020 May;27(5):1618-1632. doi: 10.1038/s41418-019-0445-z. Epub 2019 Oct 28. PMID: 31659281; PMCID: PMC7206045.

The MDM2/MDMX/p53 axis in the adaptive stress response.
Wang B, Rasmussen-Ivey C, Little JB, Yuan ZM.
Transl Cancer Res. 2020 Mar;9(3):1993-1997. doi: 10.21037/tcr.2019.12.89. PMID: 35117546; PMCID: PMC8797865.

Irradiation Induces Epithelial Cell Unjamming.
O’Sullivan MJ, Mitchel JA, Das A, Koehler S, Levine H, Bi D, Nagel ZD, Park JA.
Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020 Feb 11;8:21. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00021. PMID: 32117962; PMCID: PMC7026004.

HSF1 phase transition mediates stress adaptation and cell fate decisions.
Gaglia G, Rashid R, Yapp C, Joshi GN, Li CG, Lindquist SL, Sarosiek KA, Whitesell L, Sorger PK, Santagata S.
Nat Cell Biol. 2020 Feb;22(2):151-158. doi: 10.1038/s41556-019-0458-3. Epub 2020 Feb 3. PMID: 32015439; PMCID: PMC7135912.

Adaptive mutability of colorectal cancers in response to targeted therapies.
Russo M, Crisafulli G, Sogari A, Reilly NM, Arena S, Lamba S, Bartolini A, Amodio V, Magrì A, Novara L, Sarotto I, Nagel ZD, Piett CG, Amatu A, Sartore- Bianchi A, Siena S, Bertotti A, Trusolino L, Corigliano M, Gherardi M, Lagomarsino MC, Di Nicolantonio F, Bardelli A.
Science. 2019 Dec 20;366(6472):1473-1480. doi: 10.1126/science.aav4474. Epub 2019 Nov 7. PMID: 31699882.

Selective small molecule PARG inhibitor causes replication fork stalling and cancer cell death.
Houl JH, Ye Z, Brosey CA, Balapiti-Modarage LPF, Namjoshi S, Bacolla A, Laverty D, Walker BL, Pourfarjam Y, Warden LS, Babu Chinnam N, Moiani D, Stegeman RA, Chen MK, Hung MC, Nagel ZD, Ellenberger T, Kim IK, Jones DE, Ahmed Z, Tainer JA.
Nat Commun. 2019 Dec 11;10(1):5654. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13508-4. PMID: 31827085; PMCID: PMC6906431.

p53 Protects Cells from Death at the Heatstroke Threshold Temperature.
Gong L, Zhang Q, Pan X, Chen S, Yang L, Liu B, Yang W, Yu L, Xiao ZX, Feng XH, Wang H, Yuan ZM, Peng J, Tan WQ, Chen J.
Cell Rep. 2019 Dec 10;29(11):3693-3707.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.032. PMID: 31825845.

Pooled Genomic Screens Identify Anti-apoptotic Genes as Targetable Mediators of Chemotherapy Resistance in Ovarian Cancer.
Stover EH, Baco MB, Cohen O, Li YY, Christie EL, Bagul M, Goodale A, Lee Y, Pantel S, Rees MG, Wei G, Presser AG, Gelbard MK, Zhang W, Zervantonakis IK, Bhola PD, Ryan J, Guerriero JL, Montero J, Liang FJ, Cherniack AD, Piccioni F, Matulonis UA, Bowtell DDL, Sarosiek KA, Letai A, Garraway LA, Johannessen CM, Meyerson M.
Mol Cancer Res. 2019 Nov;17(11):2281-2293. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-18-1243. Epub 2019 Aug 28. PMID: 31462500; PMCID: PMC6825578.

Safer-by-design flame-sprayed silicon dioxide nanoparticles: the role of silanol content on ROS generation, surface activity and cytotoxicity.
Rubio L, Pyrgiotakis G, Beltran-Huarac J, Zhang Y, Gaurav J, Deloid G, Spyrogianni A, Sarosiek KA, Bello D, Demokritou P.
Part Fibre Toxicol. 2019 Oct 29;16(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s12989-019-0325-1. PMID: 31665028; PMCID: PMC6819463.

Defective base excision repair in the response to DNA damaging agents in triple negative breast cancer.
Lee KJ, Piett CG, Andrews JF, Mann E, Nagel ZD, Gassman NR.
PLoS One. 2019 Oct 9;14(10):e0223725. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223725. PMID: 31596905; PMCID: PMC6785058.

Sodium sulfide selectively induces oxidative stress, DNA damage, and mitochondrial dysfunction and radiosensitizes glioblastoma (GBM) cells.
Xiao AY, Maynard MR, Piett CG, Nagel ZD, Alexander JS, Kevil CG, Berridge MV, Pattillo CB, Rosen LR, Miriyala S, Harrison L.
Redox Biol. 2019 Sep;26:101220. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2019.101220. Epub 2019 May 16. PMID: 31176262; PMCID: PMC6556549.

Mechanisms of Lymphoma Clearance Induced by High- Dose Alkylating Agents.
Lossos C, Liu Y, Kolb KE, Christie AL, Van Scoyk A, Prakadan SM, Shigemori K, Stevenson KE, Morrow S, Plana OD, Fraser C, Jones KL, Liu H, Pallasch CP, Modiste R, Nguyen QD, Craig JW, Morgan EA, Vega F, Aster JC, Sarosiek KA, Shalek AK, Hemann MT, Weinstock DM.
Cancer Discov. 2019 Jul;9(7):944-961. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-18-1393. Epub 2019 Apr 30. PMID: 31040105; PMCID: PMC6606344.

WRN helicase is a synthetic lethal target in microsatellite unstable cancers.
Chan EM, Shibue T, McFarland JM, Gaeta B, Ghandi M, Dumont N, Gonzalez A, McPartlan JS, Li T, Zhang Y, Bin Liu J, Lazaro JB, Gu P, Piett CG, Apffel A, Ali SO, Deasy R, Keskula P, Ng RWS, Roberts EA, Reznichenko E, Leung L, Alimova M, Schenone M, Islam M, Maruvka YE, Liu Y, Roper J, Raghavan S, Giannakis M, Tseng YY, Nagel ZD, D’Andrea A, Root DE, Boehm JS, Getz G, Chang S, Golub TR, Tsherniak A, Vazquez F, Bass AJ.
Nature. 2019 Apr;568(7753):551-556. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1102-x. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PMID: 30971823; PMCID: PMC6580861.

Regulation of apoptosis in health and disease: the balancing act of BCL-2 family proteins.
Singh R, Letai A, Sarosiek K.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2019 Mar;20(3):175-193. doi: 10.1038/s41580-018-0089-8. PMID: 30655609; PMCID: PMC7325303.

Fluorescent reporter assays provide direct, accurate, quantitative measurements of MGMT status in human cells.
Nagel ZD, Beharry AA, Mazzucato P, Kitange GJ, Sarkaria JN, Kool ET, Samson LD.
PLoS One. 2019 Feb 27;14(2):e0208341. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208341. PMID: 30811507; PMCID: PMC6392231.

The CHD6 chromatin remodeler is an oxidative DNA damage response factor.
Moore S, Berger ND, Luijsterburg MS, Piett CG, Stanley FKT, Schräder CU, Fang S, Chan JA, Schriemer DC, Nagel ZD, van Attikum H, Goodarzi AA.
Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 16;10(1):241. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08111-y. PMID: 30651562; PMCID: PMC6335469.

T Cells and Regulated Cell Death: Kill or Be Killed.
Spetz J, Presser AG, Sarosiek KA.
Int Rev Cell Mol Biol. 2019;342:27-71. doi: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2018.07.004. Epub 2018 Aug 29. PMID: 30635093; PMCID: PMC7325157.

BH3 Profiling: A Functional Assay to Measure Apoptotic Priming and Dependencies.
Fraser C, Ryan J, Sarosiek K.
Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1877:61-76. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8861-7_4. PMID: 30535998; PMCID: PMC7325165.

Exploiting MCL1 Dependency with Combination MEK + MCL1 Inhibitors Leads to Induction of Apoptosis and Tumor Regression in <i>KRAS</i>-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Nangia V, Siddiqui FM, Caenepeel S, Timonina D, Bilton SJ, Phan N, Gomez- Caraballo M, Archibald HL, Li C, Fraser C, Rigas D, Vajda K, Ferris LA, Lanuti M, Wright CD, Raskin KA, Cahill DP, Shin JH, Keyes C, Sequist LV, Piotrowska Z, Farago AF, Azzoli CG, Gainor JF, Sarosiek KA, Brown SP, Coxon A, Benes CH, Hughes PE, Hata AN.
Cancer Discov. 2018 Dec;8(12):1598-1613. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-18-0277. Epub 2018 Sep 25. PMID: 30254092; PMCID: PMC6279543.

Transaminase Inhibition by 2-Hydroxyglutarate Impairs Glutamate Biosynthesis and Redox Homeostasis in Glioma.
McBrayer SK, Mayers JR, DiNatale GJ, Shi DD, Khanal J, Chakraborty AA, Sarosiek KA, Briggs KJ, Robbins AK, Sewastianik T, Shareef SJ, Olenchock BA, Parker SJ, Tateishi K, Spinelli JB, Islam M, Haigis MC, Looper RE, Ligon KL, Bernstein BE, Carrasco RD, Cahill DP, Asara JM, Metallo CM, Yennawar NH, Vander Heiden MG, Kaelin WG Jr.
Cell. 2018 Sep 20;175(1):101-116.e25. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.08.038. Epub 2018 Sep 13. PMID: 30220459; PMCID: PMC6219629.

ZBTB7A governs estrogen receptor alpha expression in breast cancer.
Molloy ME, Lewinska M, Williamson AK, Nguyen TT, Kuser-Abali G, Gong L, Yan J, Little JB, Pandolfi PP, Yuan ZM.J Mol Cell Biol. 2018 Aug 1;10(4):273-284. doi: 10.1093/jmcb/mjy020. PMID: 30265334; PMCID: PMC6161408.

Nitric oxide induced S-nitrosation causes base excision repair imbalance.
Parrish MC, Chaim IA, Nagel ZD, Tannenbaum SR, Samson LD, Engelward BP.
DNA Repair (Amst). 2018 Aug;68:25-33. doi: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2018.04.008. Epub 2018 May 5. PMID: 29929044; PMCID: PMC6436541.

Epigenetic mechanisms behind cellular sensitivity to DNA damage.
Williamson AK, Zhu Z, Yuan ZM.
Cell Stress. 2018 Jun 12;2(7):176-180. doi: 10.15698/cst2018.07.145. PMID: 31225484; PMCID: PMC6551799.

ARID1A deficiency promotes mutability and potentiates therapeutic antitumor immunity unleashed by immune checkpoint blockade.
Shen J, Ju Z, Zhao W, Wang L, Peng Y, Ge Z, Nagel ZD, Zou J, Wang C, Kapoor P, Ma X, Ma D, Liang J, Song S, Liu J, Samson LD, Ajani JA, Li GM, Liang H, Shen X, Mills GB, Peng G.
Nat Med. 2018 May;24(5):556-562. doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0012-z. Epub 2018 May 7. PMID: 29736026; PMCID: PMC6076433.

Diminished apoptotic priming and ATM signalling confer a survival advantage onto aged haematopoietic stem cells in response to DNA damage.
Gutierrez-Martinez P, Hogdal L, Nagai M, Kruta M, Singh R, Sarosiek K, Nussenzweig A, Beerman I, Letai A, Rossi DJ.
Nat Cell Biol. 2018 Apr;20(4):413-421. doi: 10.1038/s41556-018-0054-y. Epub 2018 Mar 12. PMID: 29531308; PMCID: PMC6067675.

A functional interplay between Δ133p53 and ΔNp63 in promoting glycolytic metabolism to fuel cancer cell proliferation.
Gong L, Pan X, Lim CB, de Polo A, Little JB, Yuan ZM.
Oncogene. 2018 Apr;37(16):2150-2164. doi: 10.1038/s41388-017-0117-8. Epub 2018 Jan 26. PMID: 29371679.

An EZH2-mediated epigenetic mechanism behind p53-dependent tissue sensitivity to DNA damage.
Kuser-Abali G, Gong L, Yan J, Liu Q, Zeng W, Williamson A, Lim CB, Molloy ME, Little JB, Huang L, Yuan ZM.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Mar 27;115(13):3452-3457. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1719532115. Epub 2018 Mar 14. PMID: 29540569; PMCID: PMC5879692.

Radiation-Induced Cardiovascular Toxicity: Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment.
Spetz J, Moslehi J, Sarosiek K.
Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2018 Mar 20;20(4):31. doi: 10.1007/s11936-018-0627-x. PMID: 29556748; PMCID: PMC7325164.

Glycemic load is associated with diabetes and prediabetes among middle-aged and elderly adults in Guangzhou, China.
He FY, Chen CG, Lin DZ, Li F, Lin XH, Yuan ZM, Yan L.
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2018;27(3):655-661. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.042017.05. PMID: 29737814.

In vivo measurements of interindividual differences in DNA glycosylases and APE1 activities.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Nov 28;114(48):E10379-E10388. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1712032114. Epub 2017 Nov 9. PMID: 29122935; PMCID: PMC5715766.

BCL-X<sub>L</sub> directly modulates RAS signalling to favour cancer cell stemness.
Carné Trécesson S, Souazé F, Basseville A, Bernard AC, Pécot J, Lopez J, Bessou M, Sarosiek KA, Letai A, Barillé-Nion S, Valo I, Coqueret O, Guette C, Campone M, Gautier F, Juin PP.
Nat Commun. 2017 Oct 24;8(1):1123. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01079-1. PMID: 29066722; PMCID: PMC5654832.

Towards precision prevention: Technologies for identifying healthy individuals with high risk of disease.
Nagel ZD, Engelward BP, Brenner DJ, Begley TJ, Sobol RW, Bielas JH, Stambrook PJ, Wei Q, Hu JJ, Terry MB, Dilworth C, McAllister KA, Reinlib L, Worth L, Shaughnessy DT.
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Epigenetics make transient states of cancer therapy resistance permanent.
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Sci Transl Med. 2017 Jun 28;9(396):eaan6729. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan6729. PMID: 28659441.

Inhibition of MAPKinase pathway sensitizes thyroid cancer cells to ABT-737 induced apoptosis.
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Sci Transl Med. 2017 May 17;9(390):eaan4289. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan4289. PMID: 28515339.

Double trouble for CML.
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Sci Transl Med. 2017 Apr 5;9(384):e2773. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan2773. PMID: 28381535.

AXL receptor signalling suppresses p53 in melanoma through stabilization of the MDMX-MDM2 complex.
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Developmental Regulation of Mitochondrial Apoptosis by c-Myc Governs Age- and Tissue-Specific Sensitivity to Cancer Therapeutics.
Sarosiek KA, Fraser C, Muthalagu N, Bhola PD, Chang W, McBrayer SK, Cantlon A, Fisch S, Golomb-Mello G, Ryan JA, Deng J, Jian B, Corbett C, Goldenberg M, Madsen JR, Liao R, Walsh D, Sedivy J, Murphy DJ, Carrasco DR, Robinson S, Moslehi J, Letai A.
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DNA Repair Capacity in Multiple Pathways Predicts Chemoresistance in Glioblastoma Multiforme.
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Cancer Res. 2017 Jan 1;77(1):198-206. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1151. Epub 2016 Oct 28. PMID: 27793847; PMCID: PMC6100738.

Interleukin 21 – its potential role in the therapy of B-cell lymphomas.
Bhatt S, Sarosiek KA, Lossos IS.
Leuk Lymphoma. 2017 Jan;58(1):17-29. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2016.1201568. Epub 2016 Jul 13. PMID: 27405876.

Tight Sequestration of BH3 Proteins by BCL-xL at Subcellular Membranes Contributes to Apoptotic Resistance.
Pécot J, Maillet L, Le Pen J, Vuillier C, Trécesson SC, Fétiveau A, Sarosiek KA, Bock FJ, Braun F, Letai A, Tait SWG, Gautier F, Juin PP.
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Human epidermal growth factor receptor 4 (Her4) Suppresses p53 Protein via Targeting the MDMX-MDM2 Protein Complex: IMPLICATION OF A NOVEL MDMX SER-314 PHOSPHOSITE.
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CDK12 Inhibition Reverses De Novo and Acquired PARP Inhibitor Resistance in BRCA Wild- Type and Mutated Models of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
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Directly targeting the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis for cancer therapy using BH3 mimetics – recent successes, current challenges and future promise.
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FEBS J. 2016 Oct;283(19):3523-3533. doi: 10.1111/febs.13714. PMID: 26996748; PMCID: PMC5031512.

Musashi1 Impacts Radio-Resistance in Glioblastoma by Controlling DNA-Protein Kinase Catalytic Subunit.
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Clonal evolution in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia developing resistance to BTK inhibition.
Burger JA, Landau DA, Taylor-Weiner A, Bozic I, Zhang H, Sarosiek K, Wang L, Stewart C, Fan J, Hoellenriegel J, Sivina M, Dubuc AM, Fraser C, Han Y, Li S, Livak KJ, Zou L, Wan Y, Konoplev S, Sougnez C, Brown JR, Abruzzo LV, Carter SL, Keating MJ, Davids MS, Wierda WG, Cibulskis K, Zenz T, Werner L, Dal Cin P, Kharchencko P, Neuberg D, Kantarjian H, Lander E, Gabriel S, O’Brien S, Letai A, Weitz DA, Nowak MA, Getz G, Wu CJ.
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Fluorogenic Real-Time Reporters of DNA Repair by MGMT, a Clinical Predictor of Antitumor Drug Response.
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PLoS One. 2016 Apr 1;11(4):e0152684. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152684. PMID: 27035132; PMCID: PMC4818092.

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p53-based strategy to reduce hematological toxicity of chemotherapy: A proof of principle study.
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Minor Changes in Expression of the Mismatch Repair Protein MSH2 Exert a Major Impact on Glioblastoma Response to Temozolomide.
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ZBTB7A Suppresses Melanoma Metastasis by Transcriptionally Repressing MCAM.
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Multiplexed DNA repair assays for multiple lesions and multiple doses via transcription inhibition and transcriptional mutagenesis.
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A low-dose arsenic-induced p53 protein-mediated metabolic mechanism of radiotherapy protection.
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Mitochondria: gatekeepers of response to chemotherapy.
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Stabilization of mutant BRCA1 protein confers PARP inhibitor and platinum resistance.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Oct 15;110(42):17041-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1305170110. Epub 2013 Oct 1. PMID: 24085845; PMCID: PMC3801063.

BID preferentially activates BAK while BIM preferentially activates BAX, affecting chemotherapy response.
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HGAL, a germinal center specific protein, decreases lymphoma cell motility by modulation of the RhoA signaling pathway.
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Novel IL-21 signaling pathway up-regulates c-Myc and induces apoptosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas.
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c-Abl regulates early growth response protein (EGR1) in response to oxidative stress.
Stuart JR, Kawai H, Tsai KK, Chuang EY, Yuan ZM.
Oncogene. 2005 Dec 8;24(55):8085-92. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208953. PMID: 16091742.

Cellular mechanisms for low-dose ionizing radiation-induced perturbation of the breast tissue microenvironment.
Tsai KK, Chuang EY, Little JB, Yuan ZM.
Cancer Res. 2005 Aug 1;65(15):6734-44. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-0703. PMID: 16061655.

Multiple mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) fusion proteins suppress p53-mediated response to DNA damage.
Wiederschain D, Kawai H, Shilatifard A, Yuan ZM.
J Biol Chem. 2005 Jul 1;280(26):24315-21. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M412237200. Epub 2005 Apr 25. PMID: 15851483.

Transcription-independent suppression of DNA synthesis by p53 in sperm- irradiated mouse zygotes.
Toyoshima M, Shimura T, Adiga SK, Taga M, Shiraishi K, Inoue M, Yuan ZM, Niwa O.
Oncogene. 2005 May 5;24(20):3229-35. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208514. PMID: 15735681.

Phosphorylation by aurora kinase A induces Mdm2-mediated destabilization and inhibition of p53.
Katayama H, Sasai K, Kawai H, Yuan ZM, Bondaruk J, Suzuki F, Fujii S, Arlinghaus RB, Czerniak BA, Sen S.
Nat Genet. 2004 Jan;36(1):55-62. doi: 10.1038/ng1279. Epub 2003 Dec 14. PMID: 14702041.

DNA damage- induced MDMX degradation is mediated by MDM2.
Kawai H, Wiederschain D, Kitao H, Stuart J, Tsai KK, Yuan ZM.
J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 14;278(46):45946-53. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M308295200. Epub 2003 Sep 8. PMID: 12963717.

Critical contribution of the MDM2 acidic domain to p53 ubiquitination.
Kawai H, Wiederschain D, Yuan ZM.
Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Jul;23(14):4939-47. doi: 10.1128/MCB.23.14.4939-4947.2003. PMID: 12832479; PMCID: PMC162226.

c-Abl stabilizes p73 by a phosphorylation-augmented interaction.
Tsai KK, Yuan ZM.
Cancer Res. 2003 Jun 15;63(12):3418-24. PMID: 12810679.

Molecular basis of p53 functional inactivation by the leukemic protein MLL-ELL.
Wiederschain D, Kawai H, Gu J, Shilatifard A, Yuan ZM.
Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Jun;23(12):4230-46. doi: 10.1128/MCB.23.12.4230-4246.2003. PMID: 12773566; PMCID: PMC156137.

Regulation of ionizing radiation-induced Rad52 nuclear foci formation by c-Abl-mediated phosphorylation.
Kitao H, Yuan ZM.
J Biol Chem. 2002 Dec 13;277(50):48944-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M208151200. Epub 2002 Oct 11. PMID: 12379650.

Inactivation of NF-kappaB-dependent cell survival, a novel mechanism for the proapoptotic function of c-Abl.
Kawai H, Nie L, Yuan ZM.
Mol Cell Biol. 2002 Sep;22(17):6079-88. doi: 10.1128/MCB.22.17.6079-6088.2002. PMID: 12167702; PMCID: PMC134000.

Mutual dependence of MDM2 and MDMX in their functional inactivation of p53.
Gu J, Kawai H, Nie L, Kitao H, Wiederschain D, Jochemsen AG, Parant J, Lozano G, Yuan ZM.
J Biol Chem. 2002 May 31;277(22):19251-4. doi: 10.1074/jbc.C200150200. Epub 2002 Apr 12. PMID: 11953423.

p53-dependent S-phase damage checkpoint and pronuclear cross talk in mouse zygotes with X-irradiated sperm.
Shimura T, Inoue M, Taga M, Shiraishi K, Uematsu N, Takei N, Yuan ZM, Shinohara T, Niwa O.
Mol Cell Biol. 2002 Apr;22(7):2220-8. doi: 10.1128/MCB.22.7.2220-2228.2002. PMID: 11884608; PMCID: PMC133678.