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Leif W. Ellisen, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital


lellisen@mgh.harvard.edu

Leif W. Ellisen, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Associate Physician, MGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

DF/HCC PROGRAM AFFILIATION

DF/HCC ASSOCIATIONS

  • Member, Center Scientific Council

Research Abstract

Our group is broadly interested in how genetic abnormalities within cancer cells influence their biology, and how that biology can in turn be exploited to therapeutic advantage. We address these questions through basic research studies of key tumor cell signaling pathways, complemented by genetic analysis of patient tumor samples conducted through our companion laboratory, the MGH Translational Research Laboratory (TRL). Our ability to work at the interface of basic tumor biology and therapeutic application is strongly supported by our network of collaborators and by the research and clinical infrastructure of the MGH Cancer Center.

The p53 Network in Cancer Biology and Therapy

The p53 tumor suppressor functions as a key nodal point for integrating cellular responses to DNA damage. As such, p53 regulates genes involved in diverse cellular processes including cell cycle progression, apoptosis, and angiogenesis. Our recent work has defined roles for the p53-related transcription factors p63 and p73 in breast, ovarian, and squamous cancers, including the refractory “triple-negative” breast cancer subtype which occurs commonly in BRCA1 mutation carriers. Our success in defining novel functional interactions within the p53 family provides new therapeutic possibilities for these treatment-refractory malignancies.

TOR Signaling and the p53-Regulated Stress Response

One gene to emerge from our efforts to identify new pathways regulated by p53 family members is REDD1, a critical negative regulator of the TOR kinase that modulates the activity of the Tuberous Sclerosis tumor suppressor complex. Most human tumors exhibit abnormalities of p53 and/or TOR signaling, and indeed our biochemical and in vivo studies have demonstrated that REDD1 itself functions in a novel tumor suppressor pathway. We are currently using animal models, in vitro studies and biochemical approaches to understand the mechanisms of REDD1-mediated tumor suppression.

Tumor Genotyping to Drive Personalized Cancer Therapy

Activation of diverse oncogenes (e.g. RAS, RAF, EGFR) through somatic mutation not only causes cancer, but is now known to be an important determinant of the clinical response to targeted therapeutics. Until recently, identifying such abnormalities was restricted to research settings, as the technologies required for routine, high-performance tumor genotyping were not available. At the MGH TRL we have developed and validated high-throughput clinical diagnostic platforms for broad-based tumor genetic analysis. The availability of tumor genotyping for our large cancer patient population is accelerating the clinical trials process and is providing remarkable new opportunities for translational research.

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  • Dai C, Ellisen LW. Revisiting Androgen Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer. Oncologist 2023; 28:383-391. PubMed
  • Brett JO, Dubash TD, Johnson GN, Niemierko A, Mariotti V, Kim LSL, Xi J, Pandey A, Dunne S, Nasrazadani A, Lloyd MR, Kambadakone A, Spring LM, Micalizzi DS, Onozato ML, Che D, Nayar U, Brufsky A, Kalinsky K, Ma CX, O'Shaughnessy J, Han HS, Iafrate AJ, Ryan LY, Juric D, Moy B, Ellisen LW, Maheswaran S, Wagle N, Haber DA, Bardia A, Wander SA. A Gene Panel Associated With Abemaciclib Utility in -Mutated Breast Cancer After Prior Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/6-Inhibitor Progression. JCO Precis Oncol 2023; 7:e2200532. PubMed
  • Vidula N, Niemierko A, Hesler K, Ryan L, Moy B, Isakoff S, Ellisen L, Juric D, Bardia A. Utilizing cell-free DNA to predict risk of developing brain metastases in patients with metastatic breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer 2023; 9:29. PubMed
  • Medford AJ, Oshry L, Boyraz B, Kiedrowski L, Menshikova S, Butusova A, Dai CS, Gogakos T, Keenan JC, Occhiogrosso RH, Ryan P, Lennerz JK, Spring LM, Moy B, Ellisen LW, Bardia A. TRK inhibitor in a patient with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer and fusions identified cell-free DNA analysis. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2023; 15:17588359231152844. PubMed
  • Brett JO, Ritterhouse LL, Newman ET, Irwin KE, Dawson M, Ryan LY, Spring LM, Rivera MN, Lennerz JK, Dias-Santagata D, Ellisen LW, Bardia A, Wander SA. Clinical Implications and Treatment Strategies for ESR1 Fusions in Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Case Series. Oncologist 2022. PubMed
  • Lehman CD, Mercaldo S, Lamb LR, King TA, Ellisen LW, Specht M, Tamimi RM. Deep Learning vs Traditional Breast Cancer Risk Models to Support Risk-Based Mammography Screening. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2022. PubMed
  • Spring LM, Han H, Liu MC, Hamilton E, Irie H, Santa-Maria CA, Reeves J, Pan P, Shan M, Tang Y, Graham JR, Hazard S, Ellisen LW, Isakoff SJ. Neoadjuvant study of niraparib in patients with HER2-negative, BRCA-mutated, resectable breast cancer. 2022. PubMed
  • Denault E, Nakajima E, Naranbhai V, Hutchinson JA, Mortensen L, Neihoff E, Barabell C, Comander A, Juric D, Kuter I, Mulvey T, Peppercorn J, Rosenstock AS, Shin J, Vidula N, Wander SA, Moy B, Ellisen LW, Isakoff SJ, Iafrate AJ, Gainor JF, Bardia A, Spring LM. Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with breast cancer. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2022; 14:17588359221119370. PubMed
  • Coates JT, Sun S, Leshchiner I, Thimmiah N, Martin EE, McLoughlin D, Danysh BP, Slowik K, Jacobs RA, Rhrissorrakrai K, Utro F, Levovitz C, Denault E, Walmsley CS, Kambadakone A, Stone JR, Isakoff SJ, Parida L, Juric D, Getz G, Bardia A, Ellisen LW. Parallel Genomic Alterations of Antigen and Payload Targets Mediate Polyclonal Acquired Clinical Resistance to Sacituzumab Govitecan in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. 2021; 11:2436-2445. PubMed
  • Xu J, Keenan TE, Overmoyer B, Tung NM, Gelman RS, Habin K, Garber JE, Ellisen LW, Winer EP, Goss PE, Yeap BY, Chabner BA, Isakoff SJ. Phase II trial of veliparib and temozolomide in metastatic breast cancer patients with and without BRCA1/2 mutations. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2021; 189:641-651. PubMed
  • Koh SB, Dontchos BN, Bossuyt V, Edmonds C, Cristea S, Melkonjan N, Mortensen L, Ma A, Beyerlin K, Denault E, Niehoff E, Hirz T, Sykes DB, Michor F, Specht M, Lehman C, Ellisen LW, Spring LM. Systematic tissue collection during clinical breast biopsy is feasible, safe and enables high-content translational analyses. NPJ Precis Oncol 2021; 5:85. PubMed
  • Mortensen L, Ordulu Z, Dagogo-Jack I, Bossuyt V, Winters L, Taghian A, Smith BL, Ellisen LW, Kiedrowski LA, Lennerz JK, Bardia A, Spring LM. Locally Recurrent Secretory Carcinoma of the Breast with NTRK3 Gene Fusion. Oncologist 2021. PubMed
  • Koh SB, Ross K, Isakoff SJ, Melkonjan N, He L, Matissek KJ, Schultz A, Mayer EL, Traina TA, Carey LA, Rugo HS, Liu MC, Stearns V, Langenbucher A, Saladi SV, Ramaswamy S, Lawrence MS, Ellisen LW. RASAL2 Confers Collateral MEK/EGFR Dependency in Chemoresistant Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2021. PubMed
  • Wander SA, Han HS, Zangardi ML, Niemierko A, Mariotti V, Kim LSL, Xi J, Pandey A, Dunne S, Nasrazadani A, Kambadakone A, Stein C, Lloyd MR, Yuen M, Spring LM, Juric D, Kuter I, Sanidas I, Moy B, Mulvey T, Vidula N, Dyson NJ, Ellisen LW, Isakoff S, Wagle N, Brufsky A, Kalinsky K, Ma CX, O'Shaughnessy J, Bardia A. Clinical Outcomes With Abemaciclib After Prior CDK4/6 Inhibitor Progression in Breast Cancer: A Multicenter Experience. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2021. PubMed
  • Vidula N, Niemierko A, Malvarosa G, Yuen M, Lennerz JK, Iafrate AJ, Wander SA, Spring LM, Juric D, Isakoff SJ, Younger J, Moy B, Ellisen LW, Bardia A. Tumor tissue- versus plasma-based genotyping for selection of matched therapy and impact on clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2021. PubMed
  • Vidula N, Ellisen LW, Bardia A. Clinical application of liquid biopsies to detect somatic mutations and guide potential therapeutic intervention for patients with metastatic breast cancer. 2021; 12:63-65. PubMed
  • Beyerlin K, Jimenez R, Zangardi M, Fell GG, Edmonds C, Johnson A, Bossuyt V, Specht M, Mulvey TM, Moy B, Ellisen LW, Isakoff SJ, Bardia A, Spring LM. The adjuvant use of capecitabine for residual disease following pre-operative chemotherapy for breast cancer: Challenges applying CREATE-X to a US population. J Oncol Pharm Pract 2020. PubMed
  • Vidula N, Dubash TD, Lawrence MS, Simoneau A, Niemierko A, Blouch EL, Nagy RJ, Roh W, Chirn B, Reeves B, Malvarosa G, Lennerz JK, Isakoff SJ, Juric D, Micalizzi DS, Wander SA, Spring LM, Moy B, Shannon KM, Younger J, Lanman RB, Toner M, Iafrate AJ, Getz G, Zou L, Ellisen LW, Maheswaran S, Haber DA, Bardia A. Identification of somatically acquired BRCA1/2 mutations by cfDNA analysis in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2020. PubMed
  • Qiao S, Koh SB, Vivekanandan V, Salunke D, Patra KC, Zaganjor E, Ross K, Mizukami Y, Jeanfavre S, Chen A, Mino-Kenudson M, Ramaswamy S, Clish C, Haigis M, Bardeesy N, Ellisen LW. REDD1 loss reprograms lipid metabolism to drive progression of mutant tumors. Genes Dev 2020; 34:751-766. PubMed
  • Millar DG, Ramjiawan RR, Kawaguchi K, Gupta N, Chen J, Zhang S, Nojiri T, Ho WW, Aoki S, Jung K, Chen I, Shi F, Heather JM, Shigeta K, Morton LT, Sepulveda S, Wan L, Joseph R, Minogue E, Khatri A, Bardia A, Ellisen LW, Corcoran RB, Hata AN, Pai SI, Jain RK, Fukumura D, Duda DG, Cobbold M. Antibody-mediated delivery of viral epitopes to tumors harnesses CMV-specific T cells for cancer therapy. Nat Biotechnol 2020. PubMed
  • Vidula N, Ellisen LW, Bardia A. Novel Agents for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Finding the Positive in the Negative. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2020. PubMed
  • Guhan SM, Artomov M, McCormick S, Njauw C-, Stratigos AJ, Shannon K, Ellisen LW, Tsao H. Cancer risks associated with the germline MITF(E318K) variant. Sci Rep 2020; 10:17051. PubMed
  • Karaayvaz-Yildirim M, Silberman RE, Langenbucher A, Saladi SV, Ross KN, Zarcaro E, Desmond A, Yildirim M, Vivekanandan V, Ravichandran H, Mylavagnanam R, Specht MC, Ramaswamy S, Lawrence M, Amon A, Ellisen LW. Aneuploidy and a deregulated DNA damage response suggest haploinsufficiency in breast tissues of mutation carriers. Sci Adv 2020; 6:eaay2611. PubMed
  • Wang H, Wan X, Pilch PF, Ellisen LW, Fried SK, Liu L. An AMPK-dependent, non-canonical p53 pathway plays a key role in adipocyte metabolic reprogramming. Elife 2020. PubMed
  • Nagayama A, Vidula N, Ellisen L, Bardia A. Novel antibody-drug conjugates for triple negative breast cancer. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2020; 12:1758835920915980. PubMed
  • Costa C, Wang Y, Ly A, Hosono Y, Murchie E, Walmsley CS, Huynh T, Healy C, Peterson R, Yanase S, Jakubik CT, Henderson LE, Damon LJ, Timonina D, Sanidas I, Pinto CJ, Mino-Kenudson M, Stone JR, Dyson NJ, Ellisen LW, Bardia A, Ebi H, Benes CH, Engelman JA, Juric D. PTEN Loss Mediates Clinical Cross-Resistance to CDK4/6 and PI3Kα Inhibitors in Breast Cancer. 2019. PubMed
  • Drago JZ, Formisano L, Juric D, Niemierko A, Servetto A, Wander SA, Spring LM, Vidula N, Younger J, Peppercorn J, Yuen M, Malvarosa G, Sgroi D, Isakoff SJ, Moy B, Ellisen LW, Iafrate AJ, Arteaga CL, Bardia A. Amplification Mediates Endocrine Resistance but Retains TORC Sensitivity in Metastatic Hormone Receptor-Positive (HR) Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2019. PubMed
  • Artomov M, Joseph V, Tiao G, Thomas T, Schrader K, Klein RJ, Kiezun A, Gupta N, Margolin L, Stratigos AJ, Kim I, Shannon K, Ellisen LW, Haber D, Getz G, Tsao H, Lipkin SM, Altshuler D, Offit K, Daly MJ. Case-control analysis identifies shared properties of rare germline variation in cancer predisposing genes. Eur J Hum Genet 2019; 27:824-828. PubMed
  • Tanaka S, Batchelor TT, Iafrate AJ, Dias-Santagata D, Borger DR, Ellisen LW, Yang D, Louis DN, Cahill DP, Chi AS. PIK3CA activating mutations are associated with more disseminated disease at presentation and earlier recurrence in glioblastoma. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2019; 7:66. PubMed
  • Duchamp M, Liu T, van Genderen AM, Kappings V, Oklu R, Ellisen LW, Zhang YS. Sacrificial Bioprinting of A Mammary Ductal Carcinoma Model. Biotechnol J 2019. PubMed
  • Medford AJ, Dubash TD, Juric D, Spring L, Niemierko A, Vidula N, Peppercorn J, Isakoff S, Reeves BA, LiCausi JA, Wesley B, Malvarosa G, Yuen M, Wittner BS, Lawrence MS, Iafrate AJ, Ellisen L, Moy B, Toner M, Maheswaran S, Haber DA, Bardia A. Blood-based monitoring identifies acquired and targetable driver mutations in endocrine-resistant metastatic breast cancer. NPJ Precis Oncol 2019; 3:18. PubMed
  • Karaayvaz M, Cristea S, Gillespie SM, Patel AP, Mylvaganam R, Luo CC, Specht MC, Bernstein BE, Michor F, Ellisen LW. Unravelling subclonal heterogeneity and aggressive disease states in TNBC through single-cell RNA-seq. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3588. PubMed
  • Tata PR, Chow RD, Saladi SV, Tata A, Konkimalla A, Bara A, Montoro D, Hariri LP, Shih AR, Mino-Kenudson M, Mou H, Kimura S, Ellisen LW, Rajagopal J. Developmental History Provides a Roadmap for the Emergence of Tumor Plasticity. Dev Cell 2018; 44:679-693.e5. PubMed
  • Ellisen LW. Cognitive Computing to Guide Molecular-Based Therapy Selection: Steps Forward amid Abundant Need. Oncologist 2018; 23:145-146. PubMed
  • Matissek KJ, Onozato ML, Sun S, Zheng Z, Schultz A, Lee J, Patel K, Jerevall PL, Saladi SV, MacLeay A, Tavallai M, Badovinac-Crnjevic T, Barrios C, Beşe N, Chan A, Chavarri-Guerra Y, Debiasi M, Demirdogen E, Egeli U, Gökgöz S, Gomez H, Liedke P, Tasdelen I, Tolunay S, Werutsky G, St Louis J, Horick N, Finkelstein DM, Le LP, Bardia A, Goss PE, Sgroi DC, Iafrate AJ, Ellisen LW. Expressed Gene Fusions as Frequent Drivers of Poor Outcomes in Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer. 2017. PubMed
  • Nagayama A, Ellisen LW, Chabner B, Bardia A. Antibody-Drug Conjugates for the Treatment of Solid Tumors: Clinical Experience and Latest Developments. Target Oncol 2017; 12:719-739. PubMed
  • Ellisen LW. A wound-healing program is hijacked to promote cancer metastasis. J Exp Med 2017; 214:2813-2815. PubMed
  • Polak P, Kim J, Braunstein LZ, Karlic R, Haradhavala NJ, Tiao G, Rosebrock D, Livitz D, Kübler K, Mouw KW, Kamburov A, Maruvka YE, Leshchiner I, Lander ES, Golub TR, Zick A, Orthwein A, Lawrence MS, Batra RN, Caldas C, Haber DA, Laird PW, Shen H, Ellisen LW, D'Andrea AD, Chanock SJ, Foulkes WD, Getz G. A mutational signature reveals alterations underlying deficient homologous recombination repair in breast cancer. Nat Genet 2017; 49:1476-1486. PubMed
  • Spring L, Greenup R, Niemierko A, Schapira L, Haddad S, Jimenez R, Coopey S, Taghian A, Hughes KS, Isakoff SJ, Ellisen LW, Smith BL, Specht M, Moy B, Bardia A. Pathologic Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Long-Term Outcomes Among Young Women With Breast Cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2017; 15:1216-1223. PubMed
  • Saladi SV, Ross K, Karaayvaz M, Tata PR, Mou H, Rajagopal J, Ramaswamy S, Ellisen LW. ACTL6A Is Co-Amplified with p63 in Squamous Cell Carcinoma to Drive YAP Activation, Regenerative Proliferation, and Poor Prognosis. Cancer Cell 2017. PubMed
  • Rheinbay E, Parasuraman P, Grimsby J, Tiao G, Engreitz JM, Kim J, Lawrence MS, Taylor-Weiner A, Rodriguez-Cuevas S, Rosenberg M, Hess J, Stewart C, Maruvka YE, Stojanov P, Cortes ML, Seepo S, Cibulskis C, Tracy A, Pugh TJ, Lee J, Zheng Z, Ellisen LW, Iafrate AJ, Boehm JS, Gabriel SB, Meyerson M, Golub TR, Baselga J, Hidalgo-Miranda A, Shioda T, Bernards A, Lander ES, Getz G. Recurrent and functional regulatory mutations in breast cancer. Nature 2017; 547:55-60. PubMed
  • Spring LM, Gupta A, Reynolds KL, Gadd MA, Ellisen LW, Isakoff SJ, Moy B, Bardia A. Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Oncol 2016. PubMed
  • Rodriguez Calleja L, Jacques C, Lamoureux F, Baud'huin M, Tellez Gabriel M, Quillard T, Sahay D, Perrot P, Amiaud J, Charrier C, Brion R, Lecanda F, Verrecchia F, Heymann D, Ellisen LW, Ory B. ΔNp63α silences a microRNA program to aberrantly initiate a wound healing program that promotes TGFβ-induced metastasis. Cancer Res 2016. PubMed
  • Sabatini ME, Ellisen LW. Women's Health Issues for BRCA Mutation Carriers. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2016; 35:14-7. PubMed
  • Keenan T, Moy B, Mroz EA, Ross K, Niemierko A, Rocco JW, Isakoff S, Ellisen LW, Bardia A. Comparison of the Genomic Landscape Between Primary Breast Cancer in African American Versus White Women and the Association of Racial Differences With Tumor Recurrence. J Clin Oncol 2015. PubMed
  • Desmond A, Kurian AW, Gabree M, Mills MA, Anderson MJ, Kobayashi Y, Horick N, Yang S, Shannon KM, Tung N, Ford JM, Lincoln SE, Ellisen LW. Clinical Actionability of Multigene Panel Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Assessment. JAMA Oncol 2015; 1:943-51. PubMed
  • Lincoln SE, Kobayashi Y, Anderson MJ, Yang S, Desmond AJ, Mills MA, Nilsen GB, Jacobs KB, Monzon FA, Kurian AW, Ford JM, Ellisen LW. A Systematic Comparison of Traditional and Multigene Panel Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genes in More Than 1000 Patients. J Mol Diagn 2015; 17:533-44. PubMed
  • Isakoff SJ, Mayer EL, He L, Traina TA, Carey LA, Krag KJ, Rugo HS, Liu MC, Stearns V, Come SE, Timms KM, Hartman AR, Borger DR, Finkelstein DM, Garber JE, Ryan PD, Winer EP, Goss PE, Ellisen LW. TBCRC009: A Multicenter Phase II Clinical Trial of Platinum Monotherapy With Biomarker Assessment in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol 2015. PubMed
  • Tung N, Battelli C, Allen B, Kaldate R, Bhatnagar S, Bowles K, Timms K, Garber JE, Herold C, Ellisen L, Krejdovsky J, DeLeonardis K, Sedgwick K, Soltis K, Roa B, Wenstrup RJ, Hartman AR. Frequency of mutations in individuals with breast cancer referred for BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing using next-generation sequencing with a 25-gene panel. Cancer 2015. PubMed
  • Qiao S, Dennis M, Song X, Vadysirisack DD, Salunke D, Nash Z, Yang Z, Liesa M, Yoshioka J, Matsuzawa S, Shirihai OS, Lee RT, Reed JC, Ellisen LW. A REDD1/TXNIP pro-oxidant complex regulates ATG4B activity to control stress-induced autophagy and sustain exercise capacity. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7014. PubMed
  • McBride SM, Rothenberg SM, Faquin WC, Chan AW, Clark JR, Ellisen LW, Wirth LJ. Mutation frequency in 15 common cancer genes in high-risk head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck 2014. PubMed
  • Zhao R, Fallon TR, Saladi SV, Pardo-Saganta A, Villoria J, Mou H, Vinarsky V, Gonzalez-Celeiro M, Nunna N, Hariri LP, Camargo F, Ellisen LW, Rajagopal J. Yap tunes airway epithelial size and architecture by regulating the identity, maintenance, and self-renewal of stem cells. Dev Cell 2014; 30:151-65. PubMed
  • Dienstmann R, Dong F, Borger D, Dias-Santagata D, Ellisen LW, Le LP, Iafrate AJ. Standardized decision support in next generation sequencing reports of somatic cancer variants. Mol Oncol 2014. PubMed
  • Wakimoto H, Tanaka S, Curry WT, Loebel F, Zhao D, Tateishi K, Chen J, Klofas LK, Lelic N, Kim JC, Dias-Santagata D, Ellisen LW, Borger DR, Fendt SM, Vander Heiden MG, Batchelor TT, Iafrate AJ, Cahill DP, Chi AS. Targetable signaling pathway mutations are associated with malignant phenotype in IDH-mutant gliomas. Clin Cancer Res 2014. PubMed
  • Russo AL, Borger DR, Szymonifka J, Ryan DP, Wo JY, Blaszkowsky LS, Kwak EL, Allen JN, Wadlow RC, Zhu AX, Murphy JE, Faris JE, Dias-Santagata D, Haigis KM, Ellisen LW, Iafrate AJ, Hong TS. Mutational analysis and clinical correlation of metastatic colorectal cancer. Cancer 2014. PubMed
  • Borger DR, Goyal L, Yau T, Poon RT, Ancukiewicz M, Deshpande V, Christiani DC, Liebman HM, Yang H, Kim H, Yen K, Faris JE, Iafrate AJ, Kwak EL, Clark JW, Allen JN, Blaszkowsky LS, Murphy JE, Saha SK, Hong TS, Wo JY, Ferrone CR, Tanabe KK, Bardeesy N, Straley KS, Agresta S, Schenkein DP, Ellisen LW, Ryan DP, Zhu AX. Circulating oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate is a potential surrogate biomarker in patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 2014; 20:1884-90. PubMed
  • Forster N, Saladi SV, van Bragt M, Sfondouris ME, Jones FE, Li Z, Ellisen LW. Basal cell signaling by p63 controls luminal progenitor function and lactation via NRG1. Dev Cell 2014; 28:147-60. PubMed
  • Akhavanfard S, Vargas SO, Han M, Nitta M, Chang CB, Le LP, Fazlollahi L, Nguyen Q, Ma Y, Cosper A, Dias-Santagata D, Han JY, Bergethon K, Borger DR, Ellisen LW, Pomeroy SL, Haber DA, Iafrate AJ, Rivera MN. Inactivation of the tumor suppressor WTX in a subset of pediatric tumors. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2014; 53:67-77. PubMed
  • Patenaude AF, Tung N, Ryan PD, Ellisen LW, Hewitt L, Schneider KA, Tercyak KP, Aldridge J, Garber JE. Young adult daughters of BRCA1/2 positive mothers: what do they know about hereditary cancer and how much do they worry? 2013. PubMed
  • Ramsey MR, Wilson C, Ory B, Rothenberg SM, Faquin W, Mills AA, Ellisen LW. FGFR2 signaling underlies p63 oncogenic function in squamous cell carcinoma. J Clin Invest 2013; 123:3525-38. PubMed
  • Chabner BA, Ellisen LW, Iafrate AJ. Personalized medicine: hype or reality. Oncologist 2013; 18:640-3. PubMed
  • Chi AS, Batchelor TT, Yang D, Dias-Santagata D, Borger DR, Ellisen LW, Iafrate AJ, Louis DN. BRAF V600E mutation identifies a subset of low-grade diffusely infiltrating gliomas in adults. J Clin Oncol 2013; 31:e233-6. PubMed
  • He L, Torres-Lockhart K, Forster N, Ramakrishnan S, Greninger P, Garnett MJ, McDermott U, Rothenberg SM, Benes CH, Ellisen LW. Mcl-1 and FBW7 control a dominant survival pathway underlying HDAC and Bcl-2 inhibitor synergy in squamous cell carcinoma. 2013; 3:324-37. PubMed
  • Ibrahim YH, García-García C, Serra V, He L, Torres-Lockhart K, Prat A, Anton P, Cozar P, Guzmán M, Grueso J, Rodríguez O, Calvo MT, Aura C, Díez O, Rubio IT, Pérez J, Rodón J, Cortés J, Ellisen LW, Scaltriti M, Baselga J. PI3K inhibition impairs BRCA1/2 expression and sensitizes BRCA-proficient triple-negative breast cancer to PARP inhibition. 2012; 2:1036-47. PubMed
  • Gallant-Behm CL, Ramsey MR, Bensard CL, Nojek I, Tran J, Liu M, Ellisen LW, Espinosa JM. ΔNp63α represses anti-proliferative genes via H2A.Z deposition. Genes Dev 2012; 26:2325-36. PubMed
  • Chi AS, Batchelor TT, Dias-Santagata D, Borger D, Stiles CD, Wang DL, Curry WT, Wen PY, Ligon KL, Ellisen L, Louis DN, Iafrate AJ. Prospective, high-throughput molecular profiling of human gliomas. J. Neurooncol. 2012; 110:89-98. PubMed
  • Rothenberg SM, Ellisen LW. The molecular pathogenesis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. J Clin Invest 2012; 122:1951-7. PubMed
  • Ramsey MR, He L, Forster N, Ory B, Ellisen LW. Physical association of HDAC1 and HDAC2 with p63 mediates transcriptional repression and tumor maintenance in squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Res 2011; 71:4373-9. PubMed
  • Ellisen LW. PARP inhibitors in cancer therapy: promise, progress, and puzzles. Cancer Cell 2011; 19:165-7. PubMed
  • Ory B, Ramsey MR, Wilson C, Vadysirisack DD, Forster N, Rocco JW, Rothenberg SM, Ellisen LW. A microRNA-dependent program controls p53-independent survival and chemosensitivity in human and murine squamous cell carcinoma. J Clin Invest 2011; 121:809-20. PubMed
  • Yang C, Hayashida T, Forster N, Li C, Shen D, Maheswaran S, Chen L, Anderson KS, Ellisen LW, Sgroi D, Schmidt EV. The integrin alpha(v)beta(3-5) ligand MFG-E8 is a p63/p73 target gene in triple-negative breast cancers but exhibits suppressive functions in ER(+) and erbB2(+) breast cancers. Cancer Res 2011; 71:937-45. PubMed
  • Ibrahim N, He L, Leong CO, Xing D, Karlan BY, Swisher EM, Rueda BR, Orsulic S, Ellisen LW. BRCA1-associated epigenetic regulation of p73 mediates an effector pathway for chemosensitivity in ovarian carcinoma. Cancer Res 2010; 70:7155-65. PubMed
  • Ellisen LW. Smoking and emphysema: the stress connection. Nat Med 2010; 16:754-5. PubMed
  • Dias-Santagata D, Akhavanfard S, David SS, Vernovsky K, Kuhlmann G, Boisvert SL, Stubbs H, McDermott U, Settleman J, Kwak EL, Clark JW, Isakoff SJ, Sequist LV, Engelman JA, Lynch TJ, Haber DA, Louis DN, Ellisen LW, Borger DR, Iafrate AJ. Rapid targeted mutational analysis of human tumours: a clinical platform to guide personalized cancer medicine. EMBO Mol Med 2010; 2:146-58. PubMed
  • Horak P, Crawford AR, Vadysirisack DD, Nash ZM, DeYoung MP, Sgroi D, Ellisen LW. Negative feedback control of HIF-1 through REDD1-regulated ROS suppresses tumorigenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:4675-80. PubMed
  • Silver DP, Richardson AL, Eklund AC, Wang ZC, Szallasi Z, Li Q, Juul N, Leong CO, Calogrias D, Buraimoh A, Fatima A, Gelman RS, Ryan PD, Tung NM, De Nicolo A, Ganesan S, Miron A, Colin C, Sgroi DC, Ellisen LW, Winer EP, Garber JE. Efficacy of neoadjuvant Cisplatin in triple-negative breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:1145-53. PubMed
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