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Marsha A. Moses, PhD

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital

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Marsha A. Moses, PhD

Boston Children's Hospital

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Julia Dyckman Andrus Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Research Abstract

Dr. Marsha A. Moses is the Julia Dyckman Andrus Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children's Hospital. She is internationally recognized for her significant contributions to our understanding of the biochemical and molecular mechanisms that underlie the regulation of tumor development and progression. Dr. Moses and her laboratory have discovered several inhibitors of these processes that function at both the transcriptional and translational level, some of which are being developed for potential clinical use in a variety of human diseases. Named a pioneer in the field of Biomarker Medicine by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, she created a Proteomics Initiative at Boston Children’s Hospital, has utilized its resources, including an extensive human biorepository and has leveraged her significant expertise in proteomics, to discover and validate a number of novel, non-invasive biomarkers for a variety of human cancers and non-neoplastic diseases. Several of these biomarkers are currently being used in clinical trials. Dr. Moses and her team have engineered novel, actively targeted, precision nanomedicines for the treatment of human cancers and their metastases. A number of these therapeutics and diagnostics are included in Dr. Moses’ significant patent portfolio composed of both US and foreign patents.

Dr. Moses’ basic and translational work has been published in such journals as Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, Cell, PNAS and Nature Communications, among others. She received a Ph.D.in Biochemistry from Boston University and completed a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital and MIT in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Langer. Dr. Moses is the recipient of a number of NIH and foundation grants and numerous awards and honors. She has been recognized with both of Harvard Medical School's mentoring awards, the A. Clifford Barger Mentoring Award and the Joseph B. Martin Dean’s Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women Faculty. Marsha has received the Excellence in Mentoring Award from the Postdoc Association of Boston Children’s Hospital and has also received their Award for Exceptional Mentorship. She has also received the Honorary Member Mentoring Award from the Association of Women Surgeons of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Moses has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Medicine) of the National Academies of the United States, the National Academy of Inventors, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is the 2021 recipient of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Lectureship.

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  • Busatto S, Morad G, Guo P, Moses MA. The role of extracellular vesicles in the physiological and pathological regulation of the blood-brain barrier. FASEB Bioadv 2021; 3:665-675. PubMed
  • Huang J, Agoston AT, Guo P, Moses MA. A Rationally Designed ICAM1 Antibody Drug Conjugate for Pancreatic Cancer. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2020; 7:2002852. PubMed
  • Guo P, Huang J, Moses MA. Cancer Nanomedicines in an Evolving Oncology Landscape. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2020; 41:730-742. PubMed
  • French SL, Butov KR, Allaeys I, Canas J, Morad G, Davenport P, Laroche A, Trubina NM, Italiano JE, Moses MA, Sola-Visner M, Boilard E, Panteleev MA, Machlus KR. Platelet-derived extracellular vesicles infiltrate and modify the bone marrow during inflammation. Blood Adv 2020; 4:3011-3023. PubMed
  • Morad G, Daisy CC, Otu HH, Libermann TA, Dillon ST, Moses MA. Cdc42-Dependent Transfer of mir301 from Breast Cancer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Regulates the Matrix Modulating Ability of Astrocytes at the Blood-Brain Barrier. Int J Mol Sci 2020. PubMed
  • Huang J, Guo P, Moses MA. Rationally Designed Antibody Drug Conjugates Targeting the Breast Cancer-Associated Endothelium. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:2563-2569. PubMed
  • Yang J, Zaman MM, Vlasakov I, Roy R, Huang L, Martin CR, Freedman SD, Serhan CN, Moses MA. Adipocytes promote ovarian cancer chemoresistance. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13316. PubMed
  • Morad G, Carman CV, Hagedorn EJ, Perlin JR, Zon LI, Mustafaoglu N, Park TE, Ingber DE, Daisy CC, Moses MA. Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Breach the Intact Blood-Brain Barrier Transcytosis. ACS Nano 2019. PubMed
  • Guo P, Yang J, Huang J, Auguste DT, Moses MA. Therapeutic genome editing of triple-negative breast tumors using a noncationic and deformable nanolipogel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:18295-18303. PubMed
  • Guo P, Huang J, Moses-Gardner A, Smith ER, Moses MA. Quantitative Analysis of Different Cell Entry Routes of Actively Targeted Nanomedicines Using Imaging Flow Cytometry. Cytometry A 2019; 95:843-853. PubMed
  • Roy R, Morad G, Jedinak A, Moses MA. Metalloproteinases and their roles in human cancer. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2019. PubMed
  • Guo P, Moses-Gardner A, Huang J, Smith ER, Moses MA. ITGA2 as a potential nanotherapeutic target for glioblastoma. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6195. PubMed
  • Guo P, Yang J, Liu D, Huang L, Fell G, Huang J, Moses MA, Auguste DT. Dual complementary liposomes inhibit triple-negative breast tumor progression and metastasis. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaav5010. PubMed
  • Morad G, Moses MA. Brainwashed by extracellular vesicles: the role of extracellular vesicles in primary and metastatic brain tumour microenvironment. J Extracell Vesicles 2019; 8:1627164. PubMed
  • Jedinak A, Loughlin KR, Moses MA. Approaches to the discovery of non-invasive urinary biomarkers of prostate cancer. 2018; 9:32534-32550. PubMed
  • Huang J, Guo P, Moses MA. A Time-lapse, Label-free, Quantitative Phase Imaging Study of Dormant and Active Human Cancer Cells. 2018. PubMed
  • Guo P, Liu D, Subramanyam K, Wang B, Yang J, Huang J, Auguste DT, Moses MA. Nanoparticle elasticity directs tumor uptake. Nat Commun 2018; 9:130. PubMed
  • Roy R, Dagher A, Butterfield C, Moses MA. ADAM12 Is a Novel Regulator of Tumor Angiogenesis via STAT3 Signaling. Mol Cancer Res 2017. PubMed
  • Shimura T, Ebi M, Yamada T, Yamada T, Katano T, Nojiri Y, Iwasaki H, Nomura S, Hayashi N, Mori Y, Kataoka H, Moses MA, Joh T. Urinary kallikrein 10 predicts the incurability of gastric cancer. 2017; 8:29247-29257. PubMed
  • Guo P, Yang J, Bielenberg DR, Dillon D, Zurakowski D, Moses MA, Auguste DT. A quantitative method for screening and identifying molecular targets for nanomedicine. J Control Release 2017. PubMed
  • Guo P, Huang J, Moses MA. Characterization of dormant and active human cancer cells by quantitative phase imaging. Cytometry A 2017. PubMed
  • Lin RZ, Lee CN, Moreno-Luna R, Neumeyer J, Piekarski B, Zhou P, Moses MA, Sachdev M, Pu WT, Emani S, Melero-Martin JM. Host non-inflammatory neutrophils mediate the engraftment of bioengineered vascular networks. Nat Biomed Eng 2017. PubMed
  • Guo P, Yang J, Jia D, Moses MA, Auguste DT. ICAM-1-Targeted, Lcn2 siRNA-Encapsulating Liposomes are Potent Anti-angiogenic Agents for Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Theranostics 2016; 6:1-13. PubMed
  • Hofmann NA, Yang J, Trauger SA, Nakayama H, Huang L, Strunk D, Moses MA, Klagsbrun M, Bischoff J, Graier WF. The GPR 55 agonist, L-α-lysophosphatidylinositol, mediates ovarian carcinoma cell-induced angiogenesis. Br J Pharmacol 2015. PubMed
  • Jia D, Huang L, Bischoff J, Moses MA. The endogenous zinc finger transcription factor, ZNF24, modulates the angiogenic potential of human microvascular endothelial cells. FASEB J. 2015; 29:1371-82. PubMed
  • Shimura T, Dagher A, Sachdev M, Ebi M, Yamada T, Yamada T, Joh T, Moses MA. Urinary ADAM12 and MMP-9/NGAL complex detect the presence of gastric cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila Pa) 2015; 8:240-8. PubMed
  • Jedinak A, Curatolo A, Zurakowski D, Dillon S, Bhasin MK, Libermann TA, Roy R, Sachdev M, Loughlin KR, Moses MA. Novel non-invasive biomarkers that distinguish between benign prostate hyperplasia and prostate cancer. BMC Cancer 2015; 15:259. PubMed
  • Guo P, Huang J, Wang L, Jia D, Yang J, Dillon DA, Zurakowski D, Mao H, Moses MA, Auguste DT. ICAM-1 as a molecular target for triple negative breast cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:14710-5. PubMed
  • Pelton K, Coticchia CM, Curatolo AS, Schaffner CP, Zurakowski D, Solomon KR, Moses MA. Hypercholesterolemia induces angiogenesis and accelerates growth of breast tumors in vivo. Am J Pathol 2014; 184:2099-110. PubMed
  • Foradori MJ, Chen Q, Fernandez CA, Harper J, Li X, Tsang PC, Langer R, Moses MA. Matrilin-1 is an inhibitor of neovascularization. J Biol Chem 2014. PubMed
  • Guo P, You JO, Yang J, Jia D, Moses MA, Auguste DT. Inhibiting metastatic breast cancer cell migration via the synergy of targeted, pH-triggered siRNA delivery and chemokine axis blockade. Mol Pharm 2014. PubMed
  • Sreenivasan AK, Bachur CD, Lanier KE, Curatolo AS, Connors SM, Moses MA, Comi AM. Urine vascular biomarkers in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Vasc Med 2013; 18:122-8. PubMed
  • Jia D, Hasso SM, Chan J, Filingeri D, D'Amore PA, Rice L, Pampo C, Siemann DW, Zurakowski D, Rodig SJ, Moses MA. Transcriptional repression of VEGF by ZNF24: mechanistic studies and vascular consequences in vivo. Blood 2013; 121:707-15. PubMed
  • Yang J, McNeish B, Butterfield C, Moses MA. Lipocalin 2 is a novel regulator of angiogenesis in human breast cancer. FASEB J. 2013. PubMed
  • Di Vizio D, Morello M, Dudley AC, Schow PW, Adam RM, Morley S, Mulholland D, Rotinen M, Hager MH, Insabato L, Moses MA, Demichelis F, Lisanti MP, Wu H, Klagsbrun M, Bhowmick NA, Rubin MA, D'Souza-Schorey C, Freeman MR. Large oncosomes in human prostate cancer tissues and in the circulation of mice with metastatic disease. Am J Pathol 2012; 181:1573-84. PubMed
  • Guo P, You JO, Yang J, Moses MA, Auguste DT. Using breast cancer cell CXCR4 surface expression to predict liposome binding and cytotoxicity. Biomaterials 2012; 33:8104-10. PubMed
  • Roy R, Moses MA. ADAM12 induces estrogen-independence in breast cancer cells. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2012. PubMed
  • Govindarajan B, Willoughby L, Band H, Curatolo AS, Veledar E, Chen S, Bonner MY, Abel MG, Moses MA, Arbiser JL. Cooperative benefit for the combination of rapamycin and imatinib in tuberous sclerosis complex neoplasia. 2012; 4:11. PubMed
  • Mannelqvist M, Stefansson IM, Wik E, Kusonmano K, Raeder MB, Øyan AM, Kalland KH, Moses MA, Salvesen HB, Akslen LA. Lipocalin 2 expression is associated with aggressive features of endometrial cancer. BMC Cancer 2012; 12:169. PubMed
  • Fernandez CA, Roy R, Lee S, Yang J, Panigrahy D, Van Vliet KJ, Moses MA. The anti-angiogenic peptide, Loop 6, binds IGF-IR. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:41886-95. PubMed
  • Becker CM, Louis G, Exarhopoulos A, Mechsner S, Ebert AD, Zurakowski D, Moses MA. Matrix metalloproteinases are elevated in the urine of patients with endometriosis. Fertil Steril 2010; 94:2343-6. PubMed
  • Dudley AC, Udagawa T, Melero-Martin JM, Shih SC, Curatolo A, Moses MA, Klagsbrun M. Bone marrow is a reservoir for pro-angiogenic myelomonocytic cells but not endothelial cells in spontaneous tumors. Blood 2010; 116:3367-71. PubMed
  • Batchelor TT, Duda DG, di Tomaso E, Ancukiewicz M, Plotkin SR, Gerstner E, Eichler AF, Drappatz J, Hochberg FH, Benner T, Louis DN, Cohen KS, Chea H, Exarhopoulos A, Loeffler JS, Moses MA, Ivy P, Sorensen AG, Wen PY, Jain RK. Phase II study of cediranib, an oral pan-vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:2817-23. PubMed
  • Lee PS,Tsang SW,Moses MA,Trayes-Gibson Z,Hsiao LL,Jensen R,Squillace R,Kwiatkowski DJ. Rapamycin-insensitive Up-regulation of MMP2 and Other Genes in TSC2-deficient LAM-like Cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2010; 42:227-34. PubMed
  • Roy R, Yang J, Moses MA. Matrix metalloproteinases as novel biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets in human cancer. J Clin Oncol 2009; 27:5287-97. PubMed
  • Yang J, Moses MA. Lipocalin 2: a multifaceted modulator of human cancer. Cell Cycle 2009; 8:2347-52. PubMed
  • Chang SH,Kanasaki K,Gocheva V,Blum G,Harper J,Moses MA,Shih SC,Nagy JA,Joyce J,Bogyo M,Kalluri R,Dvorak HF. VEGF-A induces angiogenesis by perturbing the cathepsin-cysteine protease inhibitor balance in venules, causing basement membrane degradation and mother vessel formation. Cancer Res 2009; 69:4537-44. PubMed
  • Manfredi MA,Fox VL,Zurakowski D,Kutok JL,Glickman JN,Moses MA. Matrix metalloproteinases in the urine and tissue of patients with juvenile polyps: potential biomarkers for the presence of polyps. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2009; 48:405-11. PubMed
  • Yang J,Bielenberg DR,Rodig SJ,Doiron R,Clifton MC,Kung AL,Strong RK,Zurakowski D,Moses MA. Lipocalin 2 promotes breast cancer progression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:3913-8. PubMed
  • Roy R,Louis G,Loughlin KR,Wiederschain D,Kilroy SM,Lamb CC,Zurakowski D,Moses MA. Tumor-specific urinary matrix metalloproteinase fingerprinting: identification of high molecular weight urinary matrix metalloproteinase species. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:6610-7. PubMed
  • Manfredi MA, Zurakowski D, Rufo PA, Walker TR, Fox VL, Moses MA. Increased incidence of urinary matrix metalloproteinases as predictors of disease in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2008; 14:1091-6. PubMed
  • Smith ER, Zurakowski D, Saad A, Scott RM, Moses MA. Urinary biomarkers predict brain tumor presence and response to therapy. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:2378-86. PubMed
  • Alwayn IP, Verbesey JE, Kim S, Roy R, Arsenault DA, Greene AK, Novak K, Laforme A, Lee S, Moses MA, Puder M. A critical role for matrix metalloproteinases in liver regeneration. J Surg Res 2008; 145:192-8. PubMed
  • Klagsbrun M, Moses MA. Obituary: M. Judah Folkman (1933-2008). Nature 2008; 451:781. PubMed
  • Rickert D, Franke RP, Lendlein A, Kelch S, Moses MA. Influence of the surface structure of a multiblock copolymer on the cellular behavior of primary cell cultures of the upper aerodigestive tract in vitro. J Biomed Mater Res A 2007; 83:558-69. PubMed
  • Harper J, Yan L, Loureiro RM, Wu I, Fang J, D'Amore PA, Moses MA. Repression of vascular endothelial growth factor expression by the zinc finger transcription factor ZNF24. Cancer Res 2007; 67:8736-41. PubMed
  • Ge G, Fernandez CA, Moses MA, Greenspan DS. Bone morphogenetic protein 1 processes prolactin to a 17-kDa antiangiogenic factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:10010-5. PubMed
  • Smith ER, Manfredi M, Scott RM, Black PM, Moses MA. A recurrent craniopharyngioma illustrates the potential usefulness of urinary matrix metalloproteinases as noninvasive biomarkers: case report. Neurosurgery 2007; 60:E1148-9; discussion E1149. PubMed
  • Yang J, Roy R, Jedinak A, Moses MA. Mining the Human Proteome: Biomarker Discovery for Human Cancer and Metastases. Cancer J ; 21:327-36. PubMed
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