Shalin Kothari, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology)Cards
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Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Apoptosis; Drug Resistance; Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell
Publications
2024
Outcome of an Urban Cohort of North American Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Patients
Qureshi H, Kiwan A, Foss F, Kothari S, Huntington S, Isufi I, Seropian S, Sethi T. Outcome of an Urban Cohort of North American Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Patients. Blood 2024, 144: 6421-6421. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-211850.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdult T-cell leukemia/lymphomaWhite blood cellsProgression free survivalWhite blood cell countOverall survivalHuman immunodeficiency virusComplete responseProgressive diseaseATLL patientsHD-MTXInstitutional cohortResponse to first line therapyAdult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma patientsMultivariate analysisMedian progression free survivalMedian time to relapseAllogeneic stem cell transplantationHuman T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1Median age of diagnosisMedian white blood cellMedian overall survivalHigh-dose methotrexateMulti-agent chemotherapyFirst line therapyMedian follow-upIdentification of Nuclear NAD+ Salvage As a Therapeutic Vulnerability in B-Lymphoid Malignancies
Robinson M, Li Q, Zhang C, Zhan C, Cheng Z, Kume K, Cosgun K, Kothari S, Agadzhanian N, Nakada D, Müschen M. Identification of Nuclear NAD+ Salvage As a Therapeutic Vulnerability in B-Lymphoid Malignancies. Blood 2024, 144: 4164-4164. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-205729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB-ALL cell linesB-ALLB cellsCell linesTherapeutic vulnerabilitiesGene dependenciesNAD+ synthesisMature B-cell lymphomasElimination of B cellsTreatment of B-ALLNAD+ salvageChemotherapy-based regimensEffects of NAMPT inhibitionB-cell depletionB-cell lymphomaB-lymphoid malignanciesB-ALL cellsNAMPT inhibitorsInhibition of NAMPTATP-utilizing enzymesNAD+ salvage pathwayDrug repurposing platformNAD biosynthetic pathwayNear-complete ablationDe novo pathwayMechanism of Negative Feedback Regulation of Oncogenic BCR-Signaling in Mature B-Cell Lymphoma
Sun R, Lee J, Robinson M, Kume K, Zhan C, Cheng Z, Cosgun K, Chan L, Leveille E, Kothari S, Katz S, Ma N, Vykunta V, Shy B, Hodson D, Marson A, Vaidehi N, Müschen M. Mechanism of Negative Feedback Regulation of Oncogenic BCR-Signaling in Mature B-Cell Lymphoma. Blood 2024, 144: 3003-3003. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-211693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB-cell lymphomaGC B cellsB-cell lymphoma cellsB cellsBCR signalingGerminal centersProteolytic cleavageNK cellsLymphoma cellsMantle cell lymphoma xenograftsAggressive B-cell lymphomasMature B-cell lymphomasB-cell lymphoma subtypesGerminal center B cellsSpontaneous germinal centersGlobal phosphoproteomic studiesActivation marker CD69Aggressiveness of diseaseCD25 surface expressionMechanism of negative feedback regulationB cell autoimmunityFollicular dendritic cellsHuman germinal centerCa2+ oscillationsExpressed increased levelsTargeting β-Catenin Protein Degradation in Refractory B-Cell Malignancies
Cosgun K, Robinson M, Agadzhanian N, Berning P, Fonseca-Arce D, Leveille E, Kothari S, Davids M, Jellusova J, Müschen M. Targeting β-Catenin Protein Degradation in Refractory B-Cell Malignancies. Blood 2024, 144: 1412. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-208598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProtein degradationRepression of MYCTranscriptional repression of MYCTranscriptional repressionPromote survivalProteasome inhibitorsProtein degradation pathwaysCell typesN-terminal residuesInduce cell deathRefractory B-cell malignanciesB-cateninB-cell malignanciesRNAi screenInteractome studiesB cell selectionRepressive complexesGene dependenciesProteasomal degradationB cellsChemogenomic screensProteasome inhibitor bortezomibActivated mycDeletion of Ctnnb1Cell deathMetabolic Determinants of Ferroptosis in B-Cell Lymphoma
Leveille E, Bramson E, Robinson M, Bertomeu T, Chatr-Aryamontri A, Kothari S, Müschen M. Metabolic Determinants of Ferroptosis in B-Cell Lymphoma. Blood 2024, 144: 976-976. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-209077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB-cell lymphomaB-cell malignanciesB cellsSensitivity to ferroptosisLipid membrane remodelingFerroptosis inducersMyeloid leukemiaSolid tumorsMembrane remodelingCRISPR screensGene dependenciesAssociated with significantly worse survivalTreatment of B-cell lymphomaB-cell lymphoma modelElimination of B cellsPUFA metabolismCysteine-glutamate antiporterCell deathMature splenic B cellsTherapy-resistant tumorsNon-apoptotic form of cell deathAnalysis of clinical dataDominant-negative p53Vulnerability to ferroptosisWhole-genome CRISPR screenEvaluation of prognostic factors in patients with high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma undergoing autologous transplantation
Epperla N, Huang Y, Cashen A, Vaughn J, Hanel W, Badar T, Barta S, Caimi P, Sethi T, Reddy N, Karmali R, Bello C, Chavez J, Kothari S, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Svoboda J, Lansigan F, Glenn M, Cohen J, Sorge C, Christian B, Herrera A, Hamadani M, Costa L, Xavier A. Evaluation of prognostic factors in patients with high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma undergoing autologous transplantation. Blood Advances 2024, 8: 5458-5466. PMID: 39213424, PMCID: PMC11532746, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024013743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary treatment failureAuto-HCTStable diseaseHodgkin lymphomaPartial responseCumulative incidence of non-relapse mortalityIncidence of non-relapse mortalityAssociated with inferior PFSEfficacy of auto-HCTAssociated with inferior OSAutologous hematopoietic cell transplantationEvaluation of prognostic factorsClassical Hodgkin lymphomaNon-relapse mortalityMulticenter retrospective cohortHigh-risk diseaseHematopoietic cell transplantationLong-term efficacyPatterns of failureUS medical centersProgression of diseaseInferior PFSMedian PFSInferior OSComplete responseHigh-grade B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified: CNS involvement and outcomes in a multi-institutional series
Epperla N, Zayac A, Landsburg D, Bock A, Nowakowski G, Ayers E, Girton M, Hu M, Beckman A, Li S, Medeiros L, Chang J, Kurt H, Sandoval-Sus J, Ansari-Lari M, Kothari S, Kress A, Xu M, Torka P, Sundaram S, Smith S, Naresh K, Karimi Y, Bond D, Evens A, Naik S, Kamdar M, Haverkos B, Karmali R, Farooq U, Vose J, Rubinstein P, Chaudhry A, Olszewski A. High-grade B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified: CNS involvement and outcomes in a multi-institutional series. Blood Advances 2024, 8: 5355-5364. PMID: 39189932, PMCID: PMC11568788, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024013791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBaseline CNS involvementCentral nervous system recurrenceHigh-grade B-cell lymphomaCentral nervous systemB-cell lymphomaCNS involvementCNS recurrenceIncidence of CNS recurrenceRisk of CNS recurrenceCentral nervous system involvementMulti-institutional seriesNon-GCB subtypeBone marrow involvementMulticenter retrospective studyCNS-IPIRisk factor analysisMarrow involvementMYC rearrangementNon-GCBPrimary therapyCD5 expressionAutologous transplantationSurvival outcomesNo significant differenceNOS patientsReal World Data on Efficacy and Safety of EPOCH in T-Cell Lymphoma
Straining R, Foss F, Schiffer M, Amin K, Agarwal S, Isufi I, Huntington S, Kothari S, Seropian S, Girardi M, Sethi T. Real World Data on Efficacy and Safety of EPOCH in T-Cell Lymphoma. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2024, 25: e96-e102. PMID: 39368885, DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2024.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchT-cell lymphomaHeterogeneous group of lymphoid malignanciesGroup of lymphoid malignanciesPeripheral T-cell lymphomaAggressive T-cell lymphomaCutaneous T-cell lymphomaT cellsResponse rateR/R settingComplete responseLymphoid malignanciesPoor outcomeAnaplastic large cell lymphomaFrontline treatment regimensLarge cell lymphomaCombination of prednisoneHeterogeneous groupCell lymphomaChemotherapy optionsCaucasian patientsFirst-linePositive patientsTreatment regimensGrade 3LymphomaTuning Responses to Polatuzumab Vedotin in B-cell Lymphoma.
Leveille E, Kothari S, Cosgun K, Mlynarczyk C, Müschen M. Tuning Responses to Polatuzumab Vedotin in B-cell Lymphoma. Cancer Discovery 2024, 14: 1577-1580. PMID: 39228298, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-24-0644.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersCharacterizing the authorship of phase 3 randomized clinical trials in oncology, 1960-2023.
Warner J, Bakow B, Brown A, Choe J, Fan E, Ganta T, Glover M, Hadfield M, Hilton C, Khaki A, Kothari S, Lythgoe M, Nagpal S, Nguyen R, Noyd D, Riaz I, Rooney M, Sethi T, Singhi E, Rubinstein S. Characterizing the authorship of phase 3 randomized clinical trials in oncology, 1960-2023. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 11079-11079. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.11079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhase 3 randomized clinical trialPhase 3 RCTsPrimary endpointClinical trialsEligible publicationsProlific authorsSystemic anticancer therapySuccess rateMann-Whitney U testStandard of carePositive publication biasTrial sample sizePositive resultsYear of publicationPublication biasTherapeutic advancesPrimary outcomeAuthorship patternAnticancer therapyExperimental armAuthor's outputMann-WhitneyU testInterquartile rangeAuthor information
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
A First-in-Human Study of ABBV-525 (MALT1 Inhibitor) in B-Cell Malignancies
HIC ID2000036945RolePrincipal InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date07/02/2027Recruiting ParticipantsA Phase 1, Dose Escalation, and Cohort Expansion Study Evaluating NX-5948, a Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Degrader, in Adults With Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Malignancies
HIC ID2000035675RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date01/31/2024Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18+ yearsA Randomized Phase 3 Trial of Continuous vs. Intermittent Maintenance Therapy With Zanubrutinib as Upfront Treatment in Older Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma
HIC ID2000036380RolePrincipal InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date08/31/2038Recruiting ParticipantsPhase 2 Study of Pembrolizumab and Brentuximab Vedotin in Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory CD30 Positive T-cell Lymphoma
HIC ID2000029793RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date04/30/2028Recruiting ParticipantsPhase 1b/2, Open-Label Study to Evaluate Safety and Tolerability of Epcoritamab in Combination With Anti-Neoplastic Agents in Subjects With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
HIC ID2000032539RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date05/19/2029Recruiting Participants
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Teaching & Mentoring
Teaching
Didactic Hematology/Oncology Fellow Lecture Series
LecturerLecture Setting09/01/2019 - PresentForHouse Staff10 Average Instructional Hours Per Year
Mentoring
Etienne Leveille, MD
Postdoc2022 - Present
Clinical Care
Overview
Shalin Kothari, MD, is a hematologist who treats patients with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Dr. Kothari’s research focuses on treatments for various aggressive forms of B-cell lymphomas, such as mantle cell lymphomas and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. This disease causes either circulating lymphoma cells in the blood and/or enlarged lymph nodes due to a rapid accumulation of lymphoma cells.
He is a Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) Scholar and an inductee of the ASH Advocacy Leadership Institute and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Most recently, Dr. Kothari was awarded the Gerald L. Logue Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance in Hematology/Oncology and a research funding award from The DeLuca Center for Innovation in Hematology Research.
Dr. Kothari is an assistant professor of medicine (hematology) at Yale School of Medicine.
Clinical Specialties
Hematology & Oncology; Leukemia & Lymphoma
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- March 31, 2025
Yale’s Post ASH Review: Highlights from the 2024 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
- November 14, 2024
Dr. Shalin Kothari NBC CT Interview: What You Should Know About Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, TV Actor Dave Coulier's cancer diagnosis
- July 13, 2023
Department of Internal Medicine Promotions and Appointments (July 2023)
- September 16, 2019
2019 Department of Internal Medicine Faculty Appointments and Promotions
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