Curtis R. Pickering, PhD
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Research Summary
The Pickering Lab studies the translational genomics of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and other squamous tumors. Our goal is to improve outcomes for head and neck cancer patients. Our approach is to try to understand the HNSCC genome and use that knowledge to identify genes and pathways that are key to the biology of HNSCC. That biological understanding can then be used to identify biomarkers and/or therapeutic targets which can be translated back to the clinic to improve patient care. We use genomic, computational, and cell and molecular biology techniques in human tissue and cell line models.
Extensive Research Description
The Pickering lab approach to translational genomics is to start with interesting genomic findings, understand the biology of those findings, and then identify approaches to translate them to improved patient care. Below are examples of recent or ongoing projects in the lab
Sensitizing HNSCC to necroptosis
Caspase 8 (CASP8) mutations are found in about 10% of all HNSCC and 15% of tumors in the oral cavity subsite. CASP8 mutant tumors have increased HRAS mutations, a quiet copy number profile, and increased expression of cytolytic immune genes. These and other markers suggested that CASP8 mutations are relevant to HNSCC biology and should be investigated further. CASP8 sits at the nexus of extrinsic apoptotic death and necroptosis. CASP8 stimulates apoptosis while inhibiting necroptosis. We found that inhibition of CASP8 function can promote a nectoptotic death in HNSCC models with functional RIP3. Adding an IAP inhibitor to radiotherapy enhances the treatment response, particularly in tumors with reduced CASP8 function. The IAP inhibitor xevinapant is currently in clinical trials in HNSCC in combination with chemoradiotherapy and theses studies could identify if CASP8 mutation status or other alterations sensitize to IAP inhibition in patients. (PMID: 33108350)
Oncogenic CREBBP/EP300 mutations alter DNA repair
Mutations to the acetyltransferases CREBBP and EP300 are found in about 17% of HNSCC and are associated with worse outcomes in radiation treated patients. In an in vivo shRNA library screen for radiosensitizers, we found that knock-down of CREBBP/EP300 sensitized to radiation in cell lines with mutations in CREBBP/EP300. Mechanistically, some of the CREBBP/EP300 mutations function as activating mutations and increase histone and protein acetylation. They also increase homologous recombination DNA repair functions. Inhibition of CREBBP/EP300 with shRNA or the small molecule A485 can sensitize to radiation in CREBBP/EP300 mutant models. This project has identified new biology of the genes CREBBP/EP300 and a potential therapeutic approach to radiosensitize tumors with specific genomic alterations. This work is in collaboration with the Skinner lab at UPMC. (PMID: 34732714)
Improving biomarkers for oral leukoplakia
Oral leukoplakia is a common type of plaque in the oral cavity that indicates an increased risk of oral cancer. Oral leukoplakia is identified by a visual inspection and diagnosed by a combination of clinical and histological features. Many leukoplakia exhibit dysplasia that can be graded as mild, moderate, or severe by an oral pathologist. However, the grading is highly variable between pathologists, so the prognostic power is low. The only treatments for oral leukoplakia are laser ablation and surgical removal. Since these lesions can cover large areas of the oral cavity and persist for many years without progression to cancer, they are usually not treated until they progress to severe dysplasia or cancer. Improved prognostic biomarkers are needed for this disease. We have found that machine learning tools can be used on H&E stained histologic images of oral leukoplakia to identify the patients at highest risk of progression to oral cancer. It should be possible to further improve these models with the addition of genomic and immune markers. Together, these tools should be able to improve our ability to identify both low and high-risk oral leukoplakia. This could reduce the morbidity of frequent biopsies for patients with low-risk leukoplakia and more quickly identify useful therapeutics for high-risk leukoplakia. This work is in collaboration with the Xiao lab at UTSW.
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Research Interests
Acetylation; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Leukoplakia; Radiobiology; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; Cell Death; Genomics; Caspase 8; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
Selected Publications
- A Deep Learning Onion Peeling Approach to Measure Oral Epithelium Layer NumberZhang X, Gleber-Netto F, Wang S, Jin K, Yang D, Gillenwater A, Myers J, Ferrarotto R, Pickering C, Xiao G. A Deep Learning Onion Peeling Approach to Measure Oral Epithelium Layer Number. Cancers 2023, 15: 3891. PMID: 37568707, PMCID: PMC10416878, DOI: 10.3390/cancers15153891.
- Deep learning‐based pathology image analysis predicts cancer progression risk in patients with oral leukoplakiaZhang X, Gleber‐Netto F, Wang S, Martins‐Chaves R, Gomez R, Vigneswaran N, Sarkar A, William W, Papadimitrakopoulou V, Williams M, Bell D, Palsgrove D, Bishop J, Heymach J, Gillenwater A, Myers J, Ferrarotto R, Lippman S, Pickering C, Xiao G. Deep learning‐based pathology image analysis predicts cancer progression risk in patients with oral leukoplakia. Cancer Medicine 2023, 12: 7508-7518. PMID: 36721313, PMCID: PMC10067069, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5478.
- HRAS Mutations Define a Distinct Subgroup in Head and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaColeman N, Marcelo K, Hopkins J, Khan N, Du R, Hong L, Park E, Balsara B, Leoni M, Pickering C, Myers J, Heymach J, Albacker L, Hong D, Gillison M, Le X. HRAS Mutations Define a Distinct Subgroup in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JCO Precision Oncology 2023, 7: e2200211. PMID: 36603172, PMCID: PMC9928766, DOI: 10.1200/po.22.00211.
- Prognostic Significance of p16 and Its Relationship with Human Papillomavirus Status in Patients with Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Results of 5 Years Follow-UpChahoud J, Zacharias N, Pham R, Qiao W, Guo M, Lu X, Alaniz A, Segarra L, Martinez-Ferrer M, Gleber-Netto F, Pickering C, Rao P, Pettaway C. Prognostic Significance of p16 and Its Relationship with Human Papillomavirus Status in Patients with Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Results of 5 Years Follow-Up. Cancers 2022, 14: 6024. PMID: 36551510, PMCID: PMC9775956, DOI: 10.3390/cancers14246024.
- Mildly dysplastic oral lesions with optically-detectable abnormalities share genetic similarities with severely dysplastic lesionsBrenes D, Nipper A, Tan M, Gleber-Netto F, Schwarz R, Pickering C, Williams M, Vigneswaran N, Gillenwater A, Sikora A, Richards-Kortum R. Mildly dysplastic oral lesions with optically-detectable abnormalities share genetic similarities with severely dysplastic lesions. Oral Oncology 2022, 135: 106232. PMID: 36335817, PMCID: PMC9881670, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2022.106232.
- Clinical Trial Development in TP53-Mutated Locally Advanced and Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Rodriguez CP, Kang H, Geiger JL, Burtness B, Chung CH, Pickering CR, Fakhry C, Le QT, Yom SS, Galloway TJ, Golemis E, Li A, Shoop J, Wong S, Mehra R, Skinner H, Saba NF, Flores ER, Myers JN, Ford JM, Karchin R, Ferris RL, Kunos C, Lynn JM, Malik S. Clinical Trial Development in TP53-Mutated Locally Advanced and Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2022, 114: 1619-1627. PMID: 36053203, PMCID: PMC9745425, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djac163.
- Combined TRIP13 and Aurora Kinase Inhibition Induces Apoptosis in Human Papillomavirus-Driven Cancers.Ghosh S, Mazumdar T, Xu W, Powell RT, Stephan C, Shen L, Shah PA, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Wang J, Frederick MJ, Johnson FM. Combined TRIP13 and Aurora Kinase Inhibition Induces Apoptosis in Human Papillomavirus-Driven Cancers. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 28: 4479-4493. PMID: 35972731, PMCID: PMC9588713, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-1627.
- Mutant p53 drives an immune cold tumor immune microenvironment in oral squamous cell carcinomaShi Y, Xie T, Wang B, Wang R, Cai Y, Yuan B, Gleber-Netto FO, Tian X, Rodriguez-Rosario AE, Osman AA, Wang J, Pickering CR, Ren X, Sikora AG, Myers JN, Rangel R. Mutant p53 drives an immune cold tumor immune microenvironment in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Communications Biology 2022, 5: 757. PMID: 35902768, PMCID: PMC9334280, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03675-4.
- High enhancer activity is an epigenetic feature of HPV negative atypical head and neck squamous cell carcinomaCallahan SC, Kochat V, Liu Z, Raman AT, Divenko M, Schulz J, Terranova CJ, Ghosh AK, Tang M, Johnson FM, Wang J, Skinner HD, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Rai K. High enhancer activity is an epigenetic feature of HPV negative atypical head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology 2022, 10: 936168. PMID: 35927986, PMCID: PMC9343809, DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.936168.
- Fusobacterium is enriched in oral cancer and promotes induction of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)Michikawa C, Gopalakrishnan V, Harrandah AM, Karpinets TV, Garg RR, Chu RA, Park YP, Chukkapallia SS, Yadlapalli N, Erikson-Carter KC, Gleber-Netto FO, Sayour E, Progulske-Fox A, Chan , Wu X, Zhang J, Jobin C, Wargo JA, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Silver N. Fusobacterium is enriched in oral cancer and promotes induction of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1). Neoplasia 2022, 31: 100813. PMID: 35834946, PMCID: PMC9287628, DOI: 10.1016/j.neo.2022.100813.
- Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Analysis in Pathologically High-Risk Human Papillomavirus-Negative Head and Neck Cancer From a Phase 2 Clinical Trial: NRG Oncology Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0234Michikawa C, Torres-Saavedra P, Silver N, Harari P, Kies M, Rosenthal D, Le Q, Jordan R, Duose D, Mallampati S, Trivedi S, Luthra R, Wistuba I, Osman A, Lichtarge O, Foote R, Parvathaneni U, Hayes D, Pickering C, Myers J. Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Analysis in Pathologically High-Risk Human Papillomavirus-Negative Head and Neck Cancer From a Phase 2 Clinical Trial: NRG Oncology Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0234. Advances In Radiation Oncology 2022, 7: 100989. PMID: 36420184, PMCID: PMC9677209, DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.100989.
- Induction chemotherapy with or without erlotinib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma amenable for surgical resection.Le X, Gleber-Netto FO, Rubin ML, Qing Y, Du R, Kies M, Blumenschein G, Lu C, Johnson FM, Bell D, Lewis J, Zhang J, Feng L, Wilson K, Marcelo-Lewis K, Wang J, Ginsberg L, Gillison M, Lee JJ, Meric-Bernstam F, Mills GB, William WN, Myers JN, Pickering CR. Induction chemotherapy with or without erlotinib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma amenable for surgical resection. Clinical Cancer Research 2022 PMID: 35443062, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-3239.
- A general calculus of fitness landscapes finds genes under selection in cancersHsu TK, Asmussen J, Koire A, Choi BK, Gadhikar M, Huh E, Lin CH, Konecki D, Kim YW, Pickering C, Kimmel M, Donehower L, Frederick M, Myers JN, Katsonis P, Lichtarge O. A general calculus of fitness landscapes finds genes under selection in cancers. Genome Research 2022, 32: gr.275811.121. PMID: 35301263, PMCID: PMC9104707, DOI: 10.1101/gr.275811.121.
- p16 Represses DNA Damage Repair via a Novel Ubiquitin-Dependent Signaling CascadeMolkentine DP, Molkentine JM, Bridges KA, Valdecanas DR, Dhawan A, Bahri R, Hefner AJ, Kumar M, Yang L, Abdelhakiem M, Pifer PM, Sandulache V, Sheth A, Beadle BM, Thames HD, Mason KA, Pickering CR, Meyn RE, Skinner HD. p16 Represses DNA Damage Repair via a Novel Ubiquitin-Dependent Signaling Cascade. Cancer Research 2022, 82: 916-928. PMID: 34965932, PMCID: PMC9136619, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-21-2101.
- Genetic Changes Driving Immunosuppressive Microenvironments in Oral PremalignancyRangel R, Pickering CR, Sikora AG, Spiotto MT. Genetic Changes Driving Immunosuppressive Microenvironments in Oral Premalignancy. Frontiers In Immunology 2022, 13: 840923. PMID: 35154165, PMCID: PMC8829003, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.840923.
- Inhibition of histone acetyltransferase function radiosensitizes CREBBP/EP300 mutants via repression of homologous recombination, potentially targeting a gain of functionKumar M, Molkentine D, Molkentine J, Bridges K, Xie T, Yang L, Hefner A, Gao M, Bahri R, Dhawan A, Frederick MJ, Seth S, Abdelhakiem M, Beadle BM, Johnson F, Wang J, Shen L, Heffernan T, Sheth A, Ferris RL, Myers JN, Pickering CR, Skinner HD. Inhibition of histone acetyltransferase function radiosensitizes CREBBP/EP300 mutants via repression of homologous recombination, potentially targeting a gain of function. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 6340. PMID: 34732714, PMCID: PMC8566594, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26570-8.
- Biology of the Radio- and Chemo-Responsiveness in HPV MalignanciesSpiotto MT, Taniguchi CM, Klopp AH, Colbert LE, Lin SH, Wang L, Frederick MJ, Osman AA, Pickering CR, Frank SJ. Biology of the Radio- and Chemo-Responsiveness in HPV Malignancies. Seminars In Radiation Oncology 2021, 31: 274-285. PMID: 34455983, PMCID: PMC8689584, DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2021.02.009.
- Lung Cancer Models Reveal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2–Induced Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Contributes to Coronavirus Disease 2019 PathophysiologyStewart CA, Gay CM, Ramkumar K, Cargill KR, Cardnell RJ, Nilsson MB, Heeke S, Park EM, Kundu ST, Diao L, Wang Q, Shen L, Xi Y, Zhang B, Della Corte CM, Fan Y, Kundu K, Gao B, Avila K, Pickering CR, Johnson FM, Zhang J, Kadara H, Minna JD, Gibbons DL, Wang J, Heymach JV, Byers LA. Lung Cancer Models Reveal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2–Induced Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Contributes to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pathophysiology. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2021, 16: 1821-1839. PMID: 34274504, PMCID: PMC8282443, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.07.002.
- Low doses of methylnaltrexone inhibits head and neck squamous cell carcinoma growth in vitro and in vivo by acting on the mu‐opioid receptorGorur A, Patiño M, Shi T, Corrales G, Takahashi H, Rangel R, Gleber‐Netto F, Pickering C, Myers JN, Cata JP. Low doses of methylnaltrexone inhibits head and neck squamous cell carcinoma growth in vitro and in vivo by acting on the mu‐opioid receptor. Journal Of Cellular Physiology 2021, 236: 7698-7710. PMID: 34038587, DOI: 10.1002/jcp.30421.
- Mu-opioid receptor activation promotes in vitro and in vivo tumor growth in head and neck squamous cell carcinomaGorur A, Patiño M, Takahashi H, Corrales G, Pickering CR, Gleber-Netto FO, Myers JN, Cata JP. Mu-opioid receptor activation promotes in vitro and in vivo tumor growth in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Life Sciences 2021, 278: 119541. PMID: 33930368, DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119541.
- Targeting resistance to radiation-immunotherapy in cold HNSCCs by modulating the Treg-dendritic cell axisKnitz MW, Bickett TE, Darragh LB, Oweida AJ, Bhatia S, Van Court B, Bhuvane S, Piper M, Gadwa J, Mueller AC, Nguyen D, Nangia V, Osborne DG, Bai X, Ferrara SE, Boss MK, Goodspeed A, Burchill MA, Tamburini BAJ, Chan ED, Pickering CR, Clambey ET, Karam SD. Targeting resistance to radiation-immunotherapy in cold HNSCCs by modulating the Treg-dendritic cell axis. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2021, 9: e001955. PMID: 33883256, PMCID: PMC8061827, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001955.
- Whole-exome Sequencing in Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma Uncovers Novel Prognostic Categorization and Drug Targets Similar to Head and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaClinical Implications of WES in Penile Squamous CarcinomaChahoud J, Gleber-Netto FO, McCormick BZ, Rao P, Lu X, Guo M, Morgan MB, Chu RA, Martinez-Ferrer M, Eterovic AK, Pickering CR, Pettaway CA. Whole-exome Sequencing in Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma Uncovers Novel Prognostic Categorization and Drug Targets Similar to Head and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaClinical Implications of WES in Penile Squamous Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: 2560-2570. PMID: 33441293, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-20-4004.
- Caspase 8 loss radiosensitizes head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to SMAC mimetic induced necroptosisUzunparmak B, Gao M, Lindemann A, Erikson K, Wang L, Lin E, Frank SJ, Gleber-Netto FO, Zhao M, Skinner HD, Newton JM, Sikora AG, Myers JN, Pickering CR. Caspase 8 loss radiosensitizes head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to SMAC mimetic induced necroptosis. JCI Insight 2020, 5: e139837. PMID: 33108350, PMCID: PMC7714407, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.139837.
- The mutational landscape of early‐ and typical‐onset oral tongue squamous cell carcinomaCampbell BR, Chen Z, Faden DL, Agrawal N, Li RJ, Hanna GJ, Iyer NG, Boot A, Rozen SG, Vettore AL, Panda B, Krishnan NM, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Guo X, Kuhs K. The mutational landscape of early‐ and typical‐onset oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer 2020, 127: 544-553. PMID: 33146897, PMCID: PMC7891879, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33309.
- Functionally impactful TP53 mutations are associated with increased risk of extranodal extension in clinically advanced oral squamous cell carcinomaGleber‐Netto F, Neskey D, de Mattos Costa A, Kataria P, Rao X, Wang J, Kowalski LP, Pickering CR, Dias‐Neto E, Myers JN. Functionally impactful TP53 mutations are associated with increased risk of extranodal extension in clinically advanced oral squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer 2020, 126: 4498-4510. PMID: 32797678, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33101.
- Identifying predictors of HPV‐related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma progression and survival through patient‐derived modelsFacompre ND, Rajagopalan P, Sahu V, Pearson AT, Montone KT, James CD, Gleber‐Netto F, Weinstein GS, Jalaly J, Lin A, Rustgi AK, Nakagawa H, Califano JA, Pickering CR, White EA, Windle BE, Morgan IM, Cohen RB, Gimotty PA, Basu D. Identifying predictors of HPV‐related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma progression and survival through patient‐derived models. International Journal Of Cancer 2020, 147: 3236-3249. PMID: 32478869, PMCID: PMC7554059, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33125.
- SARS-CoV-2 infection induces EMT-like molecular changes, including ZEB1-mediated repression of the viral receptor ACE2, in lung cancer models.Stewart CA, Gay CM, Ramkumar K, Cargill KR, Cardnell RJ, Nilsson MB, Heeke S, Park EM, Kundu ST, Diao L, Wang Q, Shen L, Xi Y, Maria Della Corte C, Fan Y, Kundu K, Pickering CR, Johnson FM, Zhang J, Kadara H, Minna JD, Gibbons DL, Wang J, Heymach JV, Byers LA. SARS-CoV-2 infection induces EMT-like molecular changes, including ZEB1-mediated repression of the viral receptor ACE2, in lung cancer models. BioRxiv : The Preprint Server For Biology 2020 PMID: 32577652, PMCID: PMC7302206, DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.28.122291.
- Targeting DNA damage response in head and neck cancers through abrogation of cell cycle checkpointsMolkentine JM, Molkentine DP, Bridges KA, Xie T, Yang L, Sheth A, Heffernan TP, Clump DA, Faust AZ, Ferris RL, Myers JN, Frederick MJ, Mason KA, Meyn RE, Pickering CR, Skinner HD. Targeting DNA damage response in head and neck cancers through abrogation of cell cycle checkpoints. International Journal Of Radiation Biology 2020, 97: 1121-1128. PMID: 32073931, PMCID: PMC7483862, DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2020.1730014.
- Loss of p53 drives neuron reprogramming in head and neck cancerAmit M, Takahashi H, Dragomir MP, Lindemann A, Gleber-Netto FO, Pickering CR, Anfossi S, Osman AA, Cai Y, Wang R, Knutsen E, Shimizu M, Ivan C, Rao X, Wang J, Silverman DA, Tam S, Zhao M, Caulin C, Zinger A, Tasciotti E, Dougherty PM, El-Naggar A, Calin GA, Myers JN. Loss of p53 drives neuron reprogramming in head and neck cancer. Nature 2020, 578: 449-454. PMID: 32051587, PMCID: PMC9723538, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-1996-3.
- Genetics and penile cancer: recent developments and implications.Chahoud J, Pickering CR, Pettaway CA. Genetics and penile cancer: recent developments and implications. Current Opinion In Urology 2019, 29: 364-370. PMID: 31045928, DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000640.
- PDK1 Mediates NOTCH1-Mutated Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Vulnerability to Therapeutic PI3K/mTOR InhibitionSambandam V, Frederick MJ, Shen L, Tong P, Rao X, Peng S, Singh R, Mazumdar T, Huang C, Li Q, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Wang J, Johnson FM. PDK1 Mediates NOTCH1-Mutated Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Vulnerability to Therapeutic PI3K/mTOR Inhibition. Clinical Cancer Research 2019, 25: 3329-3340. PMID: 30770351, PMCID: PMC6548600, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-3276.
- Disruption of TP63-miR-27a* Feedback Loop by Mutant TP53 in Head and Neck Cancer.Chari NS, Ivan C, Le X, Li J, Mijiti A, Patel AA, Osman AA, Peterson CB, Williams MD, Pickering CR, Caulin C, Myers JN, Calin GA, Lai SY. Disruption of TP63-miR-27a* Feedback Loop by Mutant TP53 in Head and Neck Cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2019, 112: 266-277. PMID: 31124563, PMCID: PMC7073912, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djz097.
- Identification of novel diagnostic markers for sinonasal undifferentiated carcinomaTakahashi Y, Gleber‐Netto F, Bell D, Roberts D, Xie T, Abdelmeguid AS, Pickering C, Myers JN, Hanna EY. Identification of novel diagnostic markers for sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. Head & Neck 2019, 41: 2688-2695. PMID: 30932264, DOI: 10.1002/hed.25748.
- Predicting Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer: miRNAs with Potentially Big EffectsClump DA, Pickering CR, Skinner HD. Predicting Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer: miRNAs with Potentially Big Effects. Clinical Cancer Research 2019, 25: 1441-1442. PMID: 30413524, PMCID: PMC6415532, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-3078.
- Weekly paclitaxel, carboplatin, cetuximab, and cetuximab, docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil, followed by local therapy in previously untreated, locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinomaHaddad RI, Massarelli E, Lee JJ, Lin HY, Hutcheson K, Lewis J, Garden AS, Blumenschein GR, William WN, Pharaon RR, Tishler RB, Glisson BS, Pickering C, Gold KA, Johnson FM, Rabinowits G, Ginsberg LE, Williams MD, Myers J, Kies MS, Papadimitrakopoulou V. Weekly paclitaxel, carboplatin, cetuximab, and cetuximab, docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil, followed by local therapy in previously untreated, locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Annals Of Oncology 2019, 30: 471-477. PMID: 30596812, PMCID: PMC7360148, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy549.
- Variations in HPV function are associated with survival in squamous cell carcinomaGleber-Netto FO, Rao X, Guo T, Xi Y, Gao M, Shen L, Erikson K, Kalu NN, Ren S, Xu G, Fisch KM, Akagi K, Seiwert T, Gillison M, Frederick MJ, Johnson FM, Wang J, Myers JN, Califano J, Skinner HD, Pickering CR. Variations in HPV function are associated with survival in squamous cell carcinoma. JCI Insight 2019, 4: e124762. PMID: 30626753, PMCID: PMC6485353, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.124762.
- Literature-based automated discovery of tumor suppressor p53 phosphorylation and inhibition by NEK2Choi BK, Dayaram T, Parikh N, Wilkins AD, Nagarajan M, Novikov IB, Bachman BJ, Jung SY, Haas PJ, Labrie JL, Pickering CR, Adikesavan AK, Regenbogen S, Kato L, Lelescu A, Buchovecky CM, Zhang H, Bao SH, Boyer S, Weber G, Scott KL, Chen Y, Spangler S, Donehower LA, Lichtarge O. Literature-based automated discovery of tumor suppressor p53 phosphorylation and inhibition by NEK2. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: 10666-10671. PMID: 30266789, PMCID: PMC6196525, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1806643115.
- Mutation allele frequency threshold does not affect prognostic analysis using next-generation sequencing in oral squamous cell carcinomaMa J, Fu Y, Tu YY, Liu Y, Tan YR, Ju WT, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Zhang ZY, Zhong LP. Mutation allele frequency threshold does not affect prognostic analysis using next-generation sequencing in oral squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Cancer 2018, 18: 758. PMID: 30041611, PMCID: PMC6057048, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-018-4481-8.
- Comprehensive pharmacogenomic profiling of human papillomavirus-positive and -negative squamous cell carcinoma identifies sensitivity to aurora kinase inhibition in KMT2D mutantsKalu NN, Mazumdar T, Peng S, Tong P, Shen L, Wang J, Banerjee U, Myers JN, Pickering CR, Brunell D, Stephan CC, Johnson FM. Comprehensive pharmacogenomic profiling of human papillomavirus-positive and -negative squamous cell carcinoma identifies sensitivity to aurora kinase inhibition in KMT2D mutants. Cancer Letters 2018, 431: 64-72. PMID: 29807113, DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2018.05.029.
- High-Risk TP53 Mutations Are Associated with Extranodal Extension in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell CarcinomaSandulache VC, Michikawa C, Kataria P, Gleber-Netto FO, Bell D, Trivedi S, Rao X, Wang J, Zhao M, Jasser S, Myers JN, Pickering CR. High-Risk TP53 Mutations Are Associated with Extranodal Extension in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2018, 24: 1727-1733. PMID: 29330202, PMCID: PMC5884733, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-0721.
- Genomic, Pathway Network, and Immunologic Features Distinguishing Squamous CarcinomasCampbell JD, Yau C, Bowlby R, Liu Y, Brennan K, Fan H, Taylor AM, Wang C, Walter V, Akbani R, Byers LA, Creighton CJ, Coarfa C, Shih J, Cherniack AD, Gevaert O, Prunello M, Shen H, Anur P, Chen J, Cheng H, Hayes DN, Bullman S, Pedamallu CS, Ojesina AI, Sadeghi S, Mungall KL, Robertson AG, Benz C, Schultz A, Kanchi RS, Gay CM, Hegde A, Diao L, Wang J, Ma W, Sumazin P, Chiu HS, Chen TW, Gunaratne P, Donehower L, Rader JS, Zuna R, Al-Ahmadie H, Lazar AJ, Flores ER, Tsai KY, Zhou JH, Rustgi AK, Drill E, Shen R, Wong CK, Network T, Caesar-Johnson S, Demchok J, Felau I, Kasapi M, Ferguson M, Hutter C, Sofia H, Tarnuzzer R, Wang Z, Yang L, Zenklusen J, Zhang J, Chudamani S, Liu J, Lolla L, Naresh R, Pihl T, Sun Q, Wan Y, Wu Y, Cho J, DeFreitas T, Frazer S, Gehlenborg N, Getz G, Heiman D, Kim J, Lawrence M, Lin P, Meier S, Noble M, Saksena G, Voet D, Zhang H, Bernard B, Chambwe N, Dhankani V, Knijnenburg T, 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- Risk Stratification of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders in Fanconi Anemia Patients Using Autofluorescence Imaging and Cytology-On-A Chip AssayAbram TJ, Pickering CR, Lang AK, Bass NE, Raja R, Meena C, Alousi AM, Myers JN, McDevitt JT, Gillenwater AM, Vigneswaran N. Risk Stratification of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders in Fanconi Anemia Patients Using Autofluorescence Imaging and Cytology-On-A Chip Assay. Translational Oncology 2018, 11: 477-486. PMID: 29481998, PMCID: PMC5884187, DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2018.01.014.
- The Integrated Genomic Landscape of Thymic Epithelial TumorsRadovich M, Pickering CR, Felau I, Ha G, Zhang H, Jo H, Hoadley KA, Anur P, Zhang J, McLellan M, Bowlby R, Matthew T, Danilova L, Hegde AM, Kim J, Leiserson MDM, Sethi G, Lu C, Ryan M, Su X, Cherniack AD, Robertson G, Akbani R, Spellman P, Weinstein JN, Hayes DN, Raphael B, Lichtenberg T, Leraas K, Zenklusen JC, Network T, Ally A, Appelbaum E, Auman J, Balasundaram M, Balu S, Behera M, Beroukhim R, Berrios M, Blandino G, Bodenheimer T, Bootwalla M, Bowen J, Brooks D, Carcano F, Carlsen R, Carvalho A, Castro P, Chalabreysse L, Chin L, Cho J, Choe G, Chuah E, Chudamani S, Cibulskis C, Cope L, Cordes M, Crain D, Curley E, Defreitas T, Demchok J, Detterbeck F, Dhalla N, Dienemann H, Edenfield W, Facciolo F, Ferguson M, Frazer S, Fronick C, Fulton L, Fulton R, Gabriel S, Gardner J, Gastier-Foster J, Gehlenborg N, Gerken M, Getz G, Heiman D, Hobensack S, Holbrook A, Holt R, Hoyle A, Hutter C, Ittmann M, Jefferys S, Jones C, Jones S, Kasaian K, Kim J, Kimes P, Lai P, Laird P, Lawrence M, Lin P, Liu J, Lolla L, Lu Y, Ma Y, Maglinte D, Mallery D, Mardis E, Marra M, Martin J, Mayo M, Meier S, Meister M, Meng S, Meyerson M, Mieczkowski P, Miller C, Mills G, Moore R, Morris S, Mose L, Muley T, Mungall A, Mungall K, Naresh R, Newton Y, Noble M, Owonikoko T, Parker J, Paulaskis J, Penny R, Perou C, Perrin C, Pihl T, Radenbaugh A, Ramalingam S, Ramirez N, Rieker R, Roach J, Sadeghi S, Saksena G, Schein J, Schmidt H, Schumacher S, Shelton C, Shelton T, Shi Y, Shih J, Sica G, Silveira H, Simons J, Sipahimalani P, Skelly T, Sofia H, Soloway M, Stuart J, Sun Q, Tam A, Tan D, Tarnuzzer R, Thiessen N, Van Den Berg D, Vasef M, Veluvolu U, Voet D, Walter V, Wan Y, Wang Z, Warth A, Weis C, Weisenberger D, Wilkerson M, Wise L, Wong T, Wu H, Wu Y, Yang L, Zhang J, Zmuda E, Fujimoto J, Scapulatempo-Neto C, Moreira A, Hwang D, Huang J, Marino M, Korst R, Giaccone G, Gokmen-Polar Y, Badve S, Rajan A, Ströbel P, Girard N, Tsao M, Marx A, Tsao A, Loehrer P. The Integrated Genomic Landscape of Thymic Epithelial Tumors. Cancer Cell 2018, 33: 244-258.e10. PMID: 29438696, PMCID: PMC5994906, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.01.003.
- CDKN2A/p16 deletion in head and neck cancer cells is associated with Cdk2 activation, replication stress, and vulnerability to Chk1 inhibitionGadhikar MA, Zhang J, Shen L, Rao X, Wang J, Zhao M, Kalu NN, Johnson FM, Byers LA, Heymach J, Hittelman WN, Udayakumar D, Pandita RK, Pandita TK, Pickering CR, Redwood AB, Piwnica-Worms H, Schlacher K, Frederick MJ, Myers JN. CDKN2A/p16 deletion in head and neck cancer cells is associated with Cdk2 activation, replication stress, and vulnerability to Chk1 inhibition. Cancer Research 2018, 78: canres.2802.2017. PMID: 29229598, PMCID: PMC5811346, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-2802.
- Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal CanalMorris V, Rao X, Pickering C, Foo WC, Rashid A, Eterovic K, Kim T, Chen K, Wang J, Shaw K, Eng C. Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal. Molecular Cancer Research 2017, 15: 1542-1550. PMID: 28784613, PMCID: PMC5991496, DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-17-0060.
- Replication Stress Leading to Apoptosis within the S-phase Contributes to Synergism between Vorinostat and AZD1775 in HNSCC Harboring High-Risk TP53 MutationTanaka N, Patel AA, Tang L, Silver NL, Lindemann A, Takahashi H, Jaksik R, Rao X, Kalu NN, Chen TC, Wang J, Frederick MJ, Johnson F, Gleber-Netto FO, Fu S, Kimmel M, Wang J, Hittelman WN, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Osman AA. Replication Stress Leading to Apoptosis within the S-phase Contributes to Synergism between Vorinostat and AZD1775 in HNSCC Harboring High-Risk TP53 Mutation. Clinical Cancer Research 2017, 23: 6541-6554. PMID: 28790110, PMCID: PMC5724758, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-0947.
- Distinct pattern of TP53 mutations in human immunodeficiency virus–related head and neck squamous cell carcinomaGleber‐Netto F, Zhao M, Trivedi S, Wang J, Jasser S, McDowell C, Kadara H, Zhang J, Wang J, William WN, Lee JJ, Nguyen ML, Pai SI, Walline HM, Shin DM, Ferris RL, Carey TE, Myers JN, Pickering CR, Consortium F. Distinct pattern of TP53 mutations in human immunodeficiency virus–related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer 2017, 124: 84-94. PMID: 29053175, PMCID: PMC5785080, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31063.
- Genomic characterization of human papillomavirus-positive and -negative human squamous cell cancer cell linesKalu NN, Mazumdar T, Peng S, Shen L, Sambandam V, Rao X, Xi Y, Li L, Qi Y, Gleber-Netto FO, Patel A, Wang J, Frederick MJ, Myers JN, Pickering CR, Johnson FM. Genomic characterization of human papillomavirus-positive and -negative human squamous cell cancer cell lines. Oncotarget 2017, 5: 86369-86383. PMID: 29156801, PMCID: PMC5689691, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.21174.
- APOBEC3A is an oral cancer prognostic biomarker in Taiwanese carriers of an APOBEC deletion polymorphismChen TW, Lee CC, Liu H, Wu CS, Pickering CR, Huang PJ, Wang J, Chang IY, Yeh YM, Chen CD, Li HP, Luo JD, Tan BC, Chan TEH, Hsueh C, Chu LJ, Chen YT, Zhang B, Yang CY, Wu CC, Hsu CW, See LC, Tang P, Yu JS, Liao WC, Chiang WF, Rodriguez H, Myers JN, Chang KP, Chang YS. APOBEC3A is an oral cancer prognostic biomarker in Taiwanese carriers of an APOBEC deletion polymorphism. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 465. PMID: 28878238, PMCID: PMC5587710, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00493-9.
- Integrative Analysis Identifies a Novel AXL–PI3 Kinase–PD-L1 Signaling Axis Associated with Radiation Resistance in Head and Neck CancerSkinner HD, Giri U, Yang LP, Kumar M, Liu Y, Story MD, Pickering CR, Byers LA, Williams MD, Wang J, Shen L, Yoo SY, Fan YH, Molkentine DP, Beadle BM, Meyn RE, Myers JN, Heymach JV. Integrative Analysis Identifies a Novel AXL–PI3 Kinase–PD-L1 Signaling Axis Associated with Radiation Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2017, 23: 2713-2722. PMID: 28476872, PMCID: PMC5457365, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-2586.
- Prevalence of promoter mutations in the TERT gene in oral cavity squamous cell carcinomaChang K, Wang C, Pickering CR, Huang Y, Tsai C, Tsang N, Kao H, Cheng M, Myers JN. Prevalence of promoter mutations in the TERT gene in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Head & Neck 2017, 39: 1131-1137. PMID: 28230921, DOI: 10.1002/hed.24728.
- Mutations of the LIM protein AJUBA mediate sensitivity of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to treatment with cell-cycle inhibitorsZhang M, Singh R, Peng S, Mazumdar T, Sambandam V, Shen L, Tong P, Li L, Kalu NN, Pickering CR, Frederick M, Myers JN, Wang J, Johnson FM. Mutations of the LIM protein AJUBA mediate sensitivity of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to treatment with cell-cycle inhibitors. Cancer Letters 2017, 392: 71-82. PMID: 28126323, PMCID: PMC5404895, DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2017.01.024.
- Proteomic Profiling Identifies PTK2/FAK as a Driver of Radioresistance in HPV-negative Head and Neck CancerSkinner HD, Giri U, Yang L, Woo SH, Story MD, Pickering CR, Byers LA, Williams MD, El-Naggar A, Wang J, Diao L, Shen L, Fan YH, Molkentine DP, Beadle BM, Meyn RE, Myers JN, Heymach JV. Proteomic Profiling Identifies PTK2/FAK as a Driver of Radioresistance in HPV-negative Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2016, 22: 4643-4650. PMID: 27036135, PMCID: PMC5061056, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-2785.
- Cross-species identification of genomic drivers of squamous cell carcinoma development across preneoplastic intermediatesChitsazzadeh V, Coarfa C, Drummond JA, Nguyen T, Joseph A, Chilukuri S, Charpiot E, Adelmann CH, Ching G, Nguyen TN, Nicholas C, Thomas VD, Migden M, MacFarlane D, Thompson E, Shen J, Takata Y, McNiece K, Polansky MA, Abbas HA, Rajapakshe K, Gower A, Spira A, Covington KR, Xiao W, Gunaratne P, Pickering C, Frederick M, Myers JN, Shen L, Yao H, Su X, Rapini RP, Wheeler DA, Hawk ET, Flores ER, Tsai KY. Cross-species identification of genomic drivers of squamous cell carcinoma development across preneoplastic intermediates. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 12601. PMID: 27574101, PMCID: PMC5013636, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12601.
- Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2/neu as a novel therapeutic target in sinonasal undifferentiated carcinomaTakahashi Y, Lee J, Pickering C, Bell D, Jiffar TW, Myers JN, Hanna EY, Kupferman ME. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2/neu as a novel therapeutic target in sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma. Head & Neck 2016, 38: e1926-e1934. PMID: 26752332, PMCID: PMC6453572, DOI: 10.1002/hed.24350.
- Mechanisms for the Generation of Two Quadruplications Associated with Split‐Hand MalformationGu S, Posey JE, Yuan B, Carvalho CM, Luk HM, Erikson K, Lo IF, Leung GK, Pickering CR, Chung BH, Lupski JR. Mechanisms for the Generation of Two Quadruplications Associated with Split‐Hand Malformation. Human Mutation 2015, 37: 160-164. PMID: 26549411, PMCID: PMC4718869, DOI: 10.1002/humu.22929.
- New DNA Methylation Markers and Global DNA Hypomethylation Are Associated with Oral Cancer DevelopmentFoy JP, Pickering CR, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Jelinek J, Lin SH, William WN, Frederick MJ, Wang J, Lang W, Feng L, Zhang L, Kim ES, Fan YH, Hong WK, El-Naggar AK, Lee JJ, Myers JN, Issa JP, Lippman SM, Mao L, Saintigny P. New DNA Methylation Markers and Global DNA Hypomethylation Are Associated with Oral Cancer Development. Cancer Prevention Research 2015, 8: 1027-1035. PMID: 26342026, PMCID: PMC4777304, DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-14-0179.
- Predicting Future Scientific Discoveries Based on a Networked Analysis of the Past LiteratureNagarajan M, Wilkins A, Bachman B, Novikov I, Bao S, Haas P, Terrón-Díaz M, Bhatia S, Adikesavan A, Labrie J, Regenbogen S, Buchovecky C, Pickering C, Kato L, Lisewski A, Lelescu A, Zhang H, Boyer S, Weber G, Chen Y, Donehower L, Spangler S, Lichtarge O. Predicting Future Scientific Discoveries Based on a Networked Analysis of the Past Literature. 2015, 2019-2028. DOI: 10.1145/2783258.2788609.
- Down‐regulation of malic enzyme 1 and 2: Sensitizing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells to therapy‐induced senescenceWoo SH, Yang LP, Chuang HC, Fitzgerald A, Lee HY, Pickering C, Myers JN, Skinner HD. Down‐regulation of malic enzyme 1 and 2: Sensitizing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells to therapy‐induced senescence. Head & Neck 2015, 38: e934-e940. PMID: 25994759, DOI: 10.1002/hed.24129.
- Detection of somatic mutations and HPV in the saliva and plasma of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomasWang Y, Springer S, Mulvey CL, Silliman N, Schaefer J, Sausen M, James N, Rettig EM, Guo T, Pickering CR, Bishop JA, Chung CH, Califano JA, Eisele DW, Fakhry C, Gourin CG, Ha PK, Kang H, Kiess A, Koch WM, Myers JN, Quon H, Richmon JD, Sidransky D, Tufano RP, Westra WH, Bettegowda C, Diaz LA, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Agrawal N. Detection of somatic mutations and HPV in the saliva and plasma of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Science Translational Medicine 2015, 7: 293ra104. PMID: 26109104, PMCID: PMC4587492, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa8507.
- Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Identifies High-Risk Mutations Associated with Decreased Survival and Increased Distant Metastases in Head and Neck CancerNeskey DM, Osman AA, Ow TJ, Katsonis P, McDonald T, Hicks SC, Hsu TK, Pickering CR, Ward A, Patel A, Yordy JS, Skinner HD, Giri U, Sano D, Story MD, Beadle BM, El-Naggar AK, Kies MS, William WN, Caulin C, Frederick M, Kimmel M, Myers JN, Lichtarge O. Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Identifies High-Risk Mutations Associated with Decreased Survival and Increased Distant Metastases in Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer Research 2015, 75: 1527-1536. PMID: 25634208, PMCID: PMC4383697, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-2735.
- Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Coding Variants Is Predictive of Platinum Response in Head and Neck Cancer PatientsOsman AA, Neskey DM, Katsonis P, Patel AA, Ward AM, Hsu TK, Hicks SC, McDonald TO, Ow TJ, Alves MO, Pickering CR, Skinner HD, Zhao M, Sturgis EM, Kies MS, El-Naggar A, Perrone F, Licitra L, Bossi P, Kimmel M, Frederick MJ, Lichtarge O, Myers JN. Evolutionary Action Score of TP53 Coding Variants Is Predictive of Platinum Response in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. Cancer Research 2015, 75: 1205-1215. PMID: 25691460, PMCID: PMC4615655, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-2729.
- Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomasLawrence M, Sougnez C, Lichtenstein L, Cibulskis K, Lander E, Gabriel S, Getz G, Ally A, Balasundaram M, Birol I, Bowlby R, Brooks D, Butterfield Y, Carlsen R, Cheng D, Chu A, Dhalla N, Guin R, Holt R, Jones S, Lee D, Li H, Marra M, Mayo M, Moore R, Mungall A, Gordon Robertson A, Schein J, Sipahimalani P, Tam A, Thiessen N, Wong T, Protopopov A, Santoso N, Lee S, Parfenov M, Zhang J, Mahadeshwar H, Tang J, Ren X, Seth S, Haseley P, Zeng D, Yang L, Xu A, Song X, Pantazi A, Bristow C, Hadjipanayis A, Seidman J, Chin L, Park P, Kucherlapati R, Akbani R, Casasent T, Liu W, Lu Y, Mills G, Motter T, Weinstein J, Diao L, Wang J, Hong Fan Y, Liu J, Wang K, Todd Auman J, Balu S, Bodenheimer T, Buda E, Neil Hayes D, Hoadley K, Hoyle A, Jefferys S, Jones C, Kimes P, Liu Y, Marron J, Meng S, Mieczkowski P, Mose L, Parker J, Perou C, Prins J, Roach J, Shi Y, Simons J, Singh D, Soloway M, Tan D, Veluvolu U, Walter V, Waring S, Wilkerson M, Wu J, Zhao N, Cherniack A, Hammerman P, Tward A, Sekhar Pedamallu C, Saksena G, Jung J, Ojesina A, Carter S, Zack T, Schumacher S, Beroukhim R, Freeman S, Meyerson M, Cho J, Chin L, Getz G, Noble M, DiCara D, Zhang H, Heiman D, Gehlenborg N, Voet D, Lin P, Frazer S, Stojanov P, Liu Y, Zou L, Kim J, Sougnez C, Gabriel S, Lawrence M, Muzny D, Doddapaneni H, Kovar C, Reid J, Morton D, Han Y, Hale W, Chao H, Chang K, Drummond J, Gibbs R, Kakkar N, Wheeler D, Xi L, Ciriello G, Ladanyi M, Lee W, Ramirez R, Sander C, Shen R, Sinha R, Weinhold N, Taylor B, Arman Aksoy B, Dresdner G, Gao J, Gross B, Jacobsen A, Reva B, Schultz N, Onur Sumer S, Sun Y, Chan T, Morris L, Stuart J, Benz S, Ng S, Benz C, Yau C, Baylin S, Cope L, Danilova L, Herman J, Bootwalla M, Maglinte D, Laird P, Triche T, Weisenberger D, Van Den Berg D, Agrawal N, Bishop J, Boutros P, Bruce J, Averett Byers L, Califano J, Carey T, Chen Z, Cheng H, Chiosea S, Cohen E, Diergaarde B, Marie Egloff A, El-Naggar A, Ferris R, Frederick M, Grandis J, Guo Y, Haddad R, Hammerman P, Harris T, Neil Hayes D, Hui A, Jack Lee J, Lippman S, Liu F, McHugh J, Myers J, Kwok Shing Ng P, Perez-Ordonez B, Pickering C, Prystowsky M, Romkes M, Saleh A, Sartor M, Seethala R, Seiwert T, Si H, Tward A, Van Waes C, Waggott D, Wiznerowicz M, Yarbrough W, Zhang J, Zuo Z, Burnett K, Crain D, Gardner J, Lau K, Mallery D, Morris S, Paulauskis J, Penny R, Shelton C, Shelton T, Sherman M, Yena P, Black A, Bowen J, Frick J, Gastier-Foster J, Harper H, Leraas K, Lichtenberg T, Ramirez N, Wise L, Zmuda E, Baboud J, Jensen M, Kahn A, Pihl T, Pot D, Srinivasan D, Walton J, Wan Y, Burton R, Davidsen T, Demchok J, Eley G, Ferguson M, Mills Shaw K, Ozenberger B, Sheth M, Sofia H, Tarnuzzer R, Wang Z, Yang L, Claude Zenklusen J, Saller C, Tarvin K, Chen C, Bollag R, Weinberger P, Golusiński W, Golusiński P, Ibbs M, Korski K, Mackiewicz A, Suchorska W, Szybiak B, Wiznerowicz M, Burnett K, Curley E, Gardner J, Mallery D, Penny R, Shelton T, Yena P, Beard C, Mitchell C, Sandusky G, Agrawal N, Ahn J, Bishop J, Califano J, Khan Z, Bruce J, Hui A, Irish J, Liu F, Perez-Ordonez B, Waldron J, Boutros P, Waggott D, Myers J, William W, Lippman S, Egea S, Gomez-Fernandez C, Herbert L, Bradford C, Carey T, Chepeha D, Haddad A, Jones T, Komarck C, Malakh M, McHugh J, Moyer J, Nguyen A, Peterson L, Prince M, Rozek L, Sartor M, Taylor E, Walline H, Wolf G, Boice L, Chera B, Funkhouser W, Gulley M, Hackman T, Neil Hayes D, Hayward M, Huang M, Kimryn Rathmell W, Salazar A, Shockley W, Shores C, Thorne L, Weissler M, Wrenn S, Zanation A, Chiosea S, Diergaarde B, Marie Egloff A, Ferris R, Romkes M, Seethala R, Brown B, Guo Y, Pham M, Yarbrough W. Comprehensive genomic characterization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Nature 2015, 517: 576-582. PMID: 25631445, PMCID: PMC4311405, DOI: 10.1038/nature14129.
- Mutational Landscape of Aggressive Cutaneous Squamous Cell CarcinomaPickering CR, Zhou JH, Lee JJ, Drummond JA, Peng SA, Saade RE, Tsai KY, Curry JL, Tetzlaff MT, Lai SY, Yu J, Muzny DM, Doddapaneni H, Shinbrot E, Covington KR, Zhang J, Seth S, Caulin C, Clayman GL, El-Naggar AK, Gibbs RA, Weber RS, Myers JN, Wheeler DA, Frederick MJ. Mutational Landscape of Aggressive Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2014, 20: 6582-6592. PMID: 25303977, PMCID: PMC4367811, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-1768.
- How will we recruit, train, and retain physicians and scientists to conduct translational cancer research?Pickering CR, Bast RC, Keyomarsi K. How will we recruit, train, and retain physicians and scientists to conduct translational cancer research? Cancer 2014, 121: 806-816. PMID: 25355050, PMCID: PMC4352128, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29033.
- Characterization of HPV and host genome interactions in primary head and neck cancersParfenov M, Pedamallu CS, Gehlenborg N, Freeman SS, Danilova L, Bristow CA, Lee S, Hadjipanayis AG, Ivanova EV, Wilkerson MD, Protopopov A, Yang L, Seth S, Song X, Tang J, Ren X, Zhang J, Pantazi A, Santoso N, Xu AW, Mahadeshwar H, Wheeler DA, Haddad RI, Jung J, Ojesina AI, Issaeva N, Yarbrough WG, Hayes DN, Grandis JR, El-Naggar AK, Meyerson M, Park PJ, Chin L, Seidman JG, Hammerman PS, Kucherlapati R, Ally A, Balasundaram M, Birol I, Bowlby R, Butterfield Y, Carlsen R, Cheng D, Chu A, Dhalla N, Guin R, Holt R, Jones S, Lee D, Li H, Marra M, Mayo M, Moore R, Mungall A, Robertson A, Schein J, Sipahimalani P, Tam A, Thiessen N, Wong T, Protopopov A, Santoso N, Lee S, Parfenov M, Zhang J, Mahadeshwar H, Tang J, Ren X, Seth S, Haseley P, Zeng D, Yang L, Xu A, Song X, Pantazi A, Bristow C, Hadjipanayis A, Seidman J, Chin L, Park P, Kucherlapati R, Akbani R, Casasent T, Liu W, Lu Y, Mills G, Motter T, Weinstein J, Diao L, Wang J, Fan Y, Liu J, Wang K, Auman J, Balu S, Bodenheimer T, Buda E, Hayes D, Hoadley K, Hoyle A, Jefferys S, Jones C, Kimes P, Marron J, Meng S, Mieczkowski P, Mose L, Parker J, Perou C, Prins J, Roach J, Shi Y, Simons J, Singh D, Soloway M, Tan D, Veluvolu U, Walter V, Waring S, Wilkerson M, Wu J, Zhao N, Cherniack A, Hammerman P, Tward A, Pedamallu C, Saksena G, Jung J, Ojesina A, Carter S, Zack T, Schumacher S, Beroukhim R, Freeman S, Meyerson M, Cho J, Chin L, Getz G, Noble M, DiCara D, Zhang H, Heiman D, Gehlenborg N, Voet D, Lin P, Frazer S, Stojanov P, Liu Y, Zou L, Kim J, Lawrence M, Sougnez C, Lichtenstein L, Cibulskis K, Lander E, Gabriel S, Muzny D, Doddapaneni H, Kovar C, Reid J, Morton D, Han Y, Hale W, Chao H, Chang K, Drummond J, Gibbs R, Kakkar N, Wheeler D, Xi L, Ciriello G, Ladanyi M, Lee W, Ramirez R, Sander C, Shen R, Sinha R, Weinhold N, Taylor B, Aksoy B, Dresdner G, Gao J, Gross B, Jacobsen A, Reva B, Schultz N, Sumer S, Sun Y, Chan T, Morris L, Stuart J, Benz S, Ng S, Benz C, Yau C, Baylin S, Cope L, Danilova L, Herman J, Bootwalla M, Maglinte D, Laird P, Triche T, Weisenberger D, Van Den Berg D, Agrawal N, Bishop J, Boutros P, Bruce J, Byers L, Califano J, Carey T, Chen Z, Cheng H, Chiosea S, Cohen E, Diergaarde B, Egloff A, El-Naggar A, Ferris R, Frederick M, Grandis J, Guo Y, Haddad R, Hammerman P, Harris T, Hayes D, Hui A, Lee J, Lippman S, Liu F, McHugh J, Myers J, Ng P, Perez-Ordonez B, Pickering C, Prystowsky M, Romkes M, Saleh A, Sartor M, Seethala R, Seiwert T, Si H, Tward A, Van Waes C, Waggott D, Wiznerowicz M, Yarbrough W, Zhang J, Zuo Z, Burnett K, Crain D, Gardner J, Lau K, Mallery D, Morris S, Paulauskis J, Penny R, Shelton C, Shelton T, Sherman M, Yena P, Black A, Bowen J, Frick J, Gastier-Foster J, Harper H, Lichtenberg T, Ramirez N, Wise L, Zmuda E, Baboud J, Jensen M, Kahn A, Pihl T, Pot D, Srinivasan D, Walton J, Wan Y, Burton R, Davidsen T, Demchok J, Eley G, Ferguson M, Shaw K, Ozenberger B, Sheth M, Sofia H, Tarnuzzer R, Wang Z, Yang L, Zenklusen J, Saller C, Tarvin K, Chen C, Bollag R, Weinberger P, Golusiński W, Golusiński P, Ibbs M, Korski K, Mackiewicz A, Suchorska W, Szybiak B, Wiznerowicz M, Burnett K, Curley E, Gardner J, Mallery D, Penny R, Shelton T, Yena P, Beard C, Mitchell C, Sandusky G, Agrawal N, Ahn J, Bishop J, Califano J, Khan Z, Bruce J, Hui A, Irish J, Liu F, Perez-Ordonez B, Waldron J, Boutros P, Waggott D, Myers J, Lippman S, Egea S, Gomez-Fernandez C, Herbert L, Bradford C, Carey T, Chepeha D, Haddad A, Jones T, Komarck C, Malakh M, McHugh J, Moyer J, Nguyen A, Peterson L, Prince M, Rozek L, Sartor M, Taylor E, Walline H, Wolf G, Boice L, Chera B, Funkhouser W, Gulley M, Hackman T, Hayes D, Hayward M, Huang M, Rathmell W, Salazar A, Shockley W, Shores C, Thorne L, Weissler M, Wrenn S, Zanation A, Chiosea S, Diergaarde B, Egloff A, Ferris R, Romkes M, Seethala R, Brown B, Guo Y, Pham M, Yarbrough W. Characterization of HPV and host genome interactions in primary head and neck cancers. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 15544-15549. PMID: 25313082, PMCID: PMC4217452, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416074111.
- Automated hypothesis generation based on mining scientific literatureSpangler S, Wilkins A, Bachman B, Nagarajan M, Dayaram T, Haas P, Regenbogen S, Pickering C, Comer A, Myers J, Stanoi I, Kato L, Lelescu A, Labrie J, Parikh N, Lisewski A, Donehower L, Chen Y, Lichtarge O. Automated hypothesis generation based on mining scientific literature. 2014, 1877-1886. DOI: 10.1145/2623330.2623667.
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Tongue in Young Non-Smokers Is Genomically Similar to Tumors in Older SmokersPickering CR, Zhang J, Neskey DM, Zhao M, Jasser SA, Wang J, Ward A, Tsai CJ, Alves M, Zhou JH, Drummond J, El-Naggar AK, Gibbs R, Weinstein JN, Wheeler DA, Wang J, Frederick MJ, Myers JN. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Tongue in Young Non-Smokers Is Genomically Similar to Tumors in Older Smokers. Clinical Cancer Research 2014, 20: 3842-3848. PMID: 24874835, PMCID: PMC4102633, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-0565.
- Key tumor suppressor genes inactivated by “greater promoter” methylation and somatic mutations in head and neck cancerGuerrero-Preston R, Michailidi C, Marchionni L, Pickering CR, Frederick MJ, Myers JN, Yegnasubramanian S, Hadar T, Noordhuis MG, Zizkova V, Fertig E, Agrawal N, Westra W, Koch W, Califano J, Velculescu VE, Sidransky D. Key tumor suppressor genes inactivated by “greater promoter” methylation and somatic mutations in head and neck cancer. Epigenetics 2014, 9: 1031-1046. PMID: 24786473, PMCID: PMC4143405, DOI: 10.4161/epi.29025.
- Sequencing HNC: Emergence of Notch SignalingPickering C, Ow T, Myers J. Sequencing HNC: Emergence of Notch Signaling. 2014, 303-323. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8815-6_15.
- HRAS mutations and resistance to the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cellsHah JH, Zhao M, Pickering CR, Frederick MJ, Andrews GA, Jasser SA, Fooshee DR, Milas ZL, Galer C, Sano D, William WN, Kim E, Heymach J, Byers LA, Papadimitrakopoulou V, Myers JN. HRAS mutations and resistance to the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells. Head & Neck 2014, 36: 1547-1554. PMID: 24123531, PMCID: PMC4010580, DOI: 10.1002/hed.23499.
- FXR silencing in human colon cancer by DNA methylation and KRAS signalingBailey AM, Zhan L, Maru D, Shureiqi I, Pickering CR, Kiriakova G, Izzo J, He N, Wei C, Baladandayuthapani V, Liang H, Kopetz S, Powis G, Guo GL. FXR silencing in human colon cancer by DNA methylation and KRAS signaling. AJP Gastrointestinal And Liver Physiology 2013, 306: g48-g58. PMID: 24177031, PMCID: PMC3920083, DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00234.2013.
- Chk1/2 Inhibition Overcomes the Cisplatin Resistance of Head and Neck Cancer Cells Secondary to the Loss of Functional p53Gadhikar MA, Sciuto MR, Alves MV, Pickering CR, Osman AA, Neskey DM, Zhao M, Fitzgerald AL, Myers JN, Frederick MJ. Chk1/2 Inhibition Overcomes the Cisplatin Resistance of Head and Neck Cancer Cells Secondary to the Loss of Functional p53. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2013, 12: 1860-1873. PMID: 23839309, PMCID: PMC3955083, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-13-0157.
- Coordinated Targeting of the EGFR Signaling Axis by MicroRNA-27a*Wu X, Bhayani MK, Dodge CT, Nicoloso MS, Chen Y, Yan X, Adachi M, Thomas L, Galer CE, Jiffar T, Pickering CR, Kupferman ME, Myers JN, Calin GA, Lai SY. Coordinated Targeting of the EGFR Signaling Axis by MicroRNA-27a*. Oncotarget 2013, 4: 1388-1398. PMID: 23963114, PMCID: PMC3824521, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.1239.
- Integrative Genomic Characterization of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Identifies Frequent Somatic DriversPickering CR, Zhang J, Yoo SY, Bengtsson L, Moorthy S, Neskey DM, Zhao M, Alves M, Chang K, Drummond J, Cortez E, Xie TX, Zhang D, Chung W, Issa JP, Zweidler-McKay PA, Wu X, El-Naggar AK, Weinstein JN, Wang J, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Wheeler DA, Myers JN, Frederick MJ. Integrative Genomic Characterization of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Identifies Frequent Somatic Drivers. Cancer Discovery 2013, 3: 770-781. PMID: 23619168, PMCID: PMC3858325, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-12-0537.
- CT Imaging Correlates of Genomic Expression for Oral Cavity Squamous Cell CarcinomaPickering CR, Shah K, Ahmed S, Rao A, Frederick MJ, Zhang J, Unruh AK, Wang J, Ginsberg LE, Kumar AJ, Myers JN, Hamilton JD. CT Imaging Correlates of Genomic Expression for Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma. American Journal Of Neuroradiology 2013, 34: 1818-1822. PMID: 23764725, PMCID: PMC7965627, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3635.
- High intratumor genetic heterogeneity is related to worse outcome in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomaMroz EA, Tward AD, Pickering CR, Myers JN, Ferris RL, Rocco JW. High intratumor genetic heterogeneity is related to worse outcome in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer 2013, 119: 3034-3042. PMID: 23696076, PMCID: PMC3735618, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28150.
- Bcl-2 Inhibition or FBXW7 Mutation Sensitizes Solid Tumor Cells to HDAC Inhibition In Vitro but Could Prove Difficult to Validate in PatientsPickering CR, Myers JN. Bcl-2 Inhibition or FBXW7 Mutation Sensitizes Solid Tumor Cells to HDAC Inhibition In Vitro but Could Prove Difficult to Validate in Patients. Cancer Discovery 2013, 3: 258-259. PMID: 23475877, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-13-0019.
- Lessons learned from next‐generation sequencing in head and neck cancerLoyo M, Li RJ, Bettegowda C, Pickering CR, Frederick MJ, Myers JN, Agrawal N. Lessons learned from next‐generation sequencing in head and neck cancer. Head & Neck 2012, 35: 454-463. PMID: 22907887, PMCID: PMC3715072, DOI: 10.1002/hed.23100.
- Assembly and Initial Characterization of a Panel of 85 Genomically Validated Cell Lines from Diverse Head and Neck Tumor SitesZhao M, Sano D, Pickering CR, Jasser SA, Henderson YC, Clayman GL, Sturgis EM, Ow TJ, Lotan R, Carey TE, Sacks PG, Grandis JR, Sidransky D, Heldin NE, Myers JN. Assembly and Initial Characterization of a Panel of 85 Genomically Validated Cell Lines from Diverse Head and Neck Tumor Sites. Clinical Cancer Research 2011, 17: 7248-7264. PMID: 21868764, PMCID: PMC3229662, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-11-0690.
- Disruptive TP53 Mutation Is Associated with Aggressive Disease Characteristics in an Orthotopic Murine Model of Oral Tongue CancerSano D, Xie TX, Ow TJ, Zhao M, Pickering CR, Zhou G, Sandulache VC, Wheeler DA, Gibbs RA, Caulin C, Myers JN. Disruptive TP53 Mutation Is Associated with Aggressive Disease Characteristics in an Orthotopic Murine Model of Oral Tongue Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2011, 17: 6658-6670. PMID: 21903770, PMCID: PMC3207013, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-11-0046.
- Exome Sequencing of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reveals Inactivating Mutations in NOTCH1Agrawal N, Frederick MJ, Pickering CR, Bettegowda C, Chang K, Li RJ, Fakhry C, Xie TX, Zhang J, Wang J, Zhang N, El-Naggar AK, Jasser SA, Weinstein JN, Treviño L, Drummond JA, Muzny DM, Wu Y, Wood LD, Hruban RH, Westra WH, Koch WM, Califano JA, Gibbs RA, Sidransky D, Vogelstein B, Velculescu VE, Papadopoulos N, Wheeler DA, Kinzler KW, Myers JN. Exome Sequencing of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reveals Inactivating Mutations in NOTCH1. Science 2011, 333: 1154-1157. PMID: 21798897, PMCID: PMC3162986, DOI: 10.1126/science.1206923.
- Individualizing antimetabolic treatment strategies for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma based on TP53 mutational statusSandulache VC, Skinner HD, Ow TJ, Zhang A, Xia X, Luchak JM, Wong L, Pickering CR, Zhou G, Myers JN. Individualizing antimetabolic treatment strategies for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma based on TP53 mutational status. Cancer 2011, 118: 711-721. PMID: 21720999, PMCID: PMC3188683, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26321.
- Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Signaling Pathways in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patient SamplesFrederick MJ, VanMeter AJ, Gadhikar MA, Henderson YC, Yao H, Pickering CC, Williams MD, El-Naggar AK, Sandulache V, Tarco E, Myers JN, Clayman GL, Liotta LA, Petricoin EF, Calvert VS, Fodale V, Wang J, Weber RS. Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Signaling Pathways in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patient Samples. American Journal Of Pathology 2011, 178: 548-571. PMID: 21281788, PMCID: PMC3070553, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.10.044.
- Glucose, not glutamine, is the dominant energy source required for proliferation and survival of head and neck squamous carcinoma cellsSandulache VC, Ow TJ, Pickering CR, Frederick MJ, Zhou G, Fokt I, Davis‐Malesevich M, Priebe W, Myers JN. Glucose, not glutamine, is the dominant energy source required for proliferation and survival of head and neck squamous carcinoma cells. Cancer 2011, 117: 2926-2938. PMID: 21692052, PMCID: PMC3135768, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25868.
- DNA Damage Drives an Activin A–Dependent Induction of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Premalignant Cells and LesionsFordyce C, Fessenden T, Pickering C, Jung J, Singla V, Berman H, Tlsty T. DNA Damage Drives an Activin A–Dependent Induction of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Premalignant Cells and Lesions. Cancer Prevention Research 2010, 3: 190-201. PMID: 20028875, PMCID: PMC2954106, DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-09-0229.
- Unique training brings young scientists up to speed in translational researchPickering C. Unique training brings young scientists up to speed in translational research. Disease Models & Mechanisms 2009, 2: 211-211. PMID: 19407325, PMCID: PMC2675812, DOI: 10.1242/dmm.003202.
- p16INK4a Modulates p53 in Primary Human Mammary Epithelial CellsZhang J, Pickering CR, Holst CR, Gauthier ML, Tlsty TD. p16INK4a Modulates p53 in Primary Human Mammary Epithelial Cells. Cancer Research 2006, 66: 10325-10331. PMID: 17079452, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-1594.
- p38 Regulates Cyclooxygenase-2 in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells and Is Activated in Premalignant TissueGauthier ML, Pickering CR, Miller CJ, Fordyce CA, Chew KL, Berman HK, Tlsty TD. p38 Regulates Cyclooxygenase-2 in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells and Is Activated in Premalignant Tissue. Cancer Research 2005, 65: 1792-1799. PMID: 15753376, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-3507.
- Is p53 Haploinsufficient for Tumor Suppression? Implications for the p53+/- Mouse Model in Carcinogenicity TestingVenkatachalam S, Tyner S, Pickering C, Boley S, Recio L, French J, Donehower L. Is p53 Haploinsufficient for Tumor Suppression? Implications for the p53+/- Mouse Model in Carcinogenicity Testing. Toxicologic Pathology 2001, 29: 147-154. PMID: 11695551, DOI: 10.1080/019262301753178555.