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Nilay Sethi, MD, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Phone: (617) 632-3693


nilay_sethi@dfci.harvard.edu

Nilay Sethi, MD, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Physician, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Associate Physician, Medical Oncology, Brigham And Women's Hospital

DF/HCC PROGRAM AFFILIATION

Research Abstract

I am a dedicated physician-scientist who treats patients with gastrointestinal cancer in the clinic and conducts basic and translational research in the laboratory. We are particularly committed to better understanding the specific genomic alterations and fundamental molecular mechanisms that promote gastrointestinal cancers with the hope that such insight will translate into clinical advances. Our passion for investigative research is fundamentally dependent on its power to impact our understanding of human disease and ultimately improve patient care. We are determined to improve the outcomes in these patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

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  • Prosz A, Sahgal P, Huffman BM, Sztupinszki Z, Morris CX, Chen D, Börcsök J, Diossy M, Tisza V, Spisak S, Likasitwatanakul P, Rusz O, Csabai I, Cecchini M, Baca Y, Elliott A, Enzinger P, Singh H, Ubellaker J, Lazaro JB, Cleary JM, Szallasi Z, Sethi NS. Mutational signature-based identification of DNA repair deficient gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas for therapeutic targeting. NPJ Precis Oncol 2024; 8:87. PubMed
  • Spisak S, Chen D, Likasitwatanakul P, Doan P, Li Z, Bala P, Vizkeleti L, Tisza V, De Silva P, Giannakis M, Wolpin B, Qi J, Sethi NS. Identifying regulators of aberrant stem cell and differentiation activity in colorectal cancer using a dual endogenous reporter system. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2230. PubMed
  • Singh H, Sahgal P, Kapner K, Corsello SM, Gupta H, Gujrathi R, Li YY, Cherniack AD, El Alam R, Kerfoot J, Andrews E, Lee A, Nambiar C, Hannigan AM, Remland J, Brais L, Leahy ME, Rubinson DA, Schlechter BL, Meyerson M, Kuang Y, Paweletz CP, Lee JK, Quintanilha JCF, Aguirre AJ, Perez KJ, Huffman BM, Rossi H, Abrams TA, Kabraji S, Trusolino L, Bertotti A, Sicinska ET, Parikh AR, Wolpin BM, Schrock AB, Giannakis M, Ng K, Meyerhardt JA, Hornick JL, Sethi NS, Cleary JM. RAS/RAF co-mutation and ERBB2 copy number modulates HER2 heterogeneity and responsiveness to HER2-directed therapy in colorectal cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2024. PubMed
  • Sahgal P, Patil DT, Bala P, Sztupinszki ZM, Tisza V, Spisak S, Luong AG, Huffman B, Prosz A, Singh H, Lazaro JB, Szallasi Z, Cleary JM, Sethi NS. Replicative stress in gastroesophageal cancer is associated with chromosomal instability and sensitivity to DNA damage response inhibitors. iScience 2023; 26:108169. PubMed
  • Bala P, Rennhack JP, Aitymbayev D, Morris C, Moyer SM, Duronio GN, Doan P, Li Z, Liang X, Hornick JL, Yurgelun MB, Hahn WC, Sethi NS. Aberrant cell state plasticity mediated by developmental reprogramming precedes colorectal cancer initiation. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadf0927. PubMed
  • Chatila WK, Walch H, Hechtman JF, Moyer SM, Sgambati V, Faleck DM, Srivastava A, Tang L, Benhamida J, Ismailgeci D, Campos C, Wu F, Chang Q, Vakiani E, de Stanchina E, Weiser MR, Widmar M, Yantiss RK, Shah MA, Bass AJ, Stadler ZK, Katz LH, Mellinghoff IK, Sethi NS, Schultz N, Ganesh K, Kelsen D, Yaeger R. Integrated clinical and genomic analysis identifies driver events and molecular evolution of colitis-associated cancers. Nat Commun 2023; 14:110. PubMed
  • Kim M, Ly SH, Xie Y, Duronio GN, Ford-Roshon D, Hwang JH, Sulahian R, Rennhack JP, So J, Gjoerup O, Talamas JA, Grandclaudon M, Long HW, Doench JG, Sethi NS, Giannakis M, Hahn WC. YAP1 and PRDM14 converge to promote cell survival and tumorigenesis. Dev Cell 2022; 57:212-227.e8. PubMed
  • Sahgal P, Huffman BM, Patil DT, Chatila WK, Yaeger R, Cleary JM, Sethi NS. Early Alterations Shape Gastric and Esophageal Cancer Development. Cancers (Basel) 2021. PubMed
  • Liang X, Duronio GN, Yang Y, Bala P, Hebbar P, Spisak S, Sahgal P, Singh H, Zhang Y, Xie Y, Cejas P, Long HW, Bass AJ, Sethi NS. An Enhancer-Driven Stem Cell-Like Program Mediated by SOX9 Blocks Intestinal Differentiation in Colorectal Cancer. Gastroenterology 2021. PubMed
  • Cleary JM, Wolpin BM, Dougan SK, Raghavan S, Singh H, Huffman B, Sethi NS, Nowak JA, Shapiro GI, Aguirre AJ, D'Andrea AD. Opportunities for Utilization of DNA Repair Inhibitors in Homologous Recombination Repair-Deficient and Proficient Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 2021. PubMed
  • Sethi NS, Kikuchi O, Duronio GN, Stachler MD, McFarland JM, Ferrer-Luna R, Zhang Y, Bao C, Bronson R, Patil D, Sanchez-Vega F, Liu JB, Sicinska E, Lazaro JB, Ligon KL, Beroukhim R, Bass AJ. Early TP53 alterations engage environmental exposures to promote gastric premalignancy in an integrative mouse model. Nat Genet 2020; 52:219-230. PubMed
  • Sethi N, Kikuchi O, McFarland J, Zhang Y, Chung M, Kafker N, Islam M, Lampson B, Chakraborty A, Kaelin WG, Bass AJ. Mutant p53 induces a hypoxia transcriptional program in gastric and esophageal adenocarcinoma. JCI Insight 2019. PubMed
  • Liu Y, Sethi NS, Hinoue T, Schneider BG, Cherniack AD, Sanchez-Vega F, Seoane JA, Farshidfar F, Bowlby R, Islam M, Kim J, Chatila W, Akbani R, Kanchi RS, Rabkin CS, Willis JE, Wang KK, McCall SJ, Mishra L, Ojesina AI, Bullman S, Pedamallu CS, Lazar AJ, Sakai R, , Thorsson V, Bass AJ, Laird PW. Comparative Molecular Analysis of Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinomas. Cancer Cell 2018; 33:721-735.e8. PubMed
  • Sethi N, Sedighi Manesh R, Sperling A, Bresler SC, Connell NT, Tierney LM. Factoring in the missing link. Am J Hematol 2017; 92:110-113. PubMed
  • Hayakawa Y, Sethi N, Sepulveda AR, Bass AJ, Wang TC. Oesophageal adenocarcinoma and gastric cancer: should we mind the gap? Nat Rev Cancer 2016; 16:305-18. PubMed
  • Marmarelis ME, Davis MR, Sethi NS, Krajewksi KM, McKay RR, Choueiri TK, Ott PA. Tumor control with PD-1 inhibition in a patient with concurrent metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma. J Immunother Cancer 2016; 4:26. PubMed
  • Sethi N, Kang Y. Notch signaling: mediator and therapeutic target of bone metastasis. Bonekey Rep 2012; 1:3. PubMed
  • Sethi N, Kang Y. Unravelling the complexity of metastasis - molecular understanding and targeted therapies. Nat Rev Cancer 2011; 11:735-48. PubMed
  • Sethi N, Dai X, Winter CG, Kang Y. Tumor-derived JAGGED1 promotes osteolytic bone metastasis of breast cancer by engaging notch signaling in bone cells. Cancer Cell 2011; 19:192-205. PubMed
  • Sethi N, Kang Y. Dysregulation of developmental pathways in bone metastasis. Bone 2011; 48:16-22. PubMed
  • Sethi N, Yan Y, Quek D, Schupbach T, Kang Y. Rabconnectin-3 is a functional regulator of mammalian Notch signaling. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:34757-64. PubMed
  • Gandhi G, Londoño D, Whetstine CR, Sethi N, Kim KS, Zückert WR, Cadavid D. Interaction of variable bacterial outer membrane lipoproteins with brain endothelium. PLoS ONE 2010; 5:e13257. PubMed
  • Deshpande G, Sethi N, Schedl P. toutvelu, a regulator of heparan sulfate proteoglycan biosynthesis, controls guidance cues for germ-cell migration. Genetics 2007; 176:905-12. PubMed
  • Sethi N, Sondey M, Bai Y, Kim KS, Cadavid D. Interaction of a neurotropic strain of Borrelia turicatae with the cerebral microcirculation system. Infect Immun 2006; 74:6408-18. PubMed
  • Wolansky LJ, Haghighi MH, Sevdalis E, Cook SD, Sethi N, Liu J, Joseph G, Tulloch K, Cadavid D. Safety of serial monthly administration of triple-dose gadopentetate dimeglumine in multiple sclerosis patients: preliminary results of the BECOME trial. J Neuroimaging 2005; 15:289-90. PubMed
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