Joseph N. Contessa, MD, PhD

• Abhijit Patel
• Barbara Burtness
• Fangyong Li
• Harriet Kluger
• Judith Hess
• Kimberly L. Johung
• Lucia Jilaveanu
• Marta Baro
• Ranjit S. Bindra
• Scott Gettinger
• Thomas Hayman

Neoplasms; Radiobiology; Chemicals and Drugs

• The translocon-associated protein (TRAP) complex regulates quality control of N-linked glycosylation during ER stressPhoomak C, Cui W, Hayman TJ, Yu SH, Zhao P, Wells L, Steet R, Contessa JN. The translocon-associated protein (TRAP) complex regulates quality control of N-linked glycosylation during ER stress Science Advances 2021, 7: eabc6364. PMID: 33523898, PMCID: PMC7810369, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc6364.
• Hypoxia-Guided Therapy for Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharynx CancerBurtness B, Contessa J. Hypoxia-Guided Therapy for Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharynx Cancer Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2021, 113: 652-653. PMID: 33429429, PMCID: PMC8168139, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djaa187.
• Neuregulin Signaling Is a Mechanism of Therapeutic Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaBaro M, Lopez Sambrooks C, Burtness BA, Lemmon MA, Contessa JN. Neuregulin Signaling Is a Mechanism of Therapeutic Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2019, 18: 2124-2134. PMID: 31387891, PMCID: PMC6825559, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-19-0163.
• Selective inhibition of N-linked glycosylation impairs receptor tyrosine kinase processingKlaver E, Zhao P, May M, Flanagan-Steet H, Freeze HH, Gilmore R, Wells L, Contessa J, Steet R. Selective inhibition of N-linked glycosylation impairs receptor tyrosine kinase processing Disease Models & Mechanisms 2019, 12: dmm039602. PMID: 31101650, PMCID: PMC6602306, DOI: 10.1242/dmm.039602.
• Oligosaccharyltransferase Inhibition Overcomes Therapeutic Resistance to EGFR Tyrosine Kinase InhibitorsLopez Sambrooks C, Baro M, Quijano A, Narayan A, Cui W, Greninger P, Egan R, Patel A, Benes CH, Saltzman WM, Contessa JN. Oligosaccharyltransferase Inhibition Overcomes Therapeutic Resistance to EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Cancer Research 2018, 78: canres.0505.2018. PMID: 30026325, PMCID: PMC6125176, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-0505.
• Editing N-Glycan Site Occupancy with Small-Molecule Oligosaccharyltransferase InhibitorsRinis N, Golden JE, Marceau CD, Carette JE, Van Zandt MC, Gilmore R, Contessa JN. Editing N-Glycan Site Occupancy with Small-Molecule Oligosaccharyltransferase Inhibitors Cell Chemical Biology 2018, 25: 1231-1241.e4. PMID: 30078634, PMCID: PMC6337728, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2018.07.005.
• Combining precision radiotherapy with molecular targeting and immunomodulatory agents: a guideline by the American Society for Radiation OncologyBristow RG, Alexander B, Baumann M, Bratman SV, Brown JM, Camphausen K, Choyke P, Citrin D, Contessa JN, Dicker A, Kirsch DG, Krause M, Le QT, Milosevic M, Morris ZS, Sarkaria JN, Sondel PM, Tran PT, Wilson GD, Willers H, Wong RKS, Harari PM. Combining precision radiotherapy with molecular targeting and immunomodulatory agents: a guideline by the American Society for Radiation Oncology The Lancet Oncology 2018, 19: e240-e251. PMID: 29726389, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(18)30096-2.
• A Small-Molecule Oligosaccharyltransferase Inhibitor with Pan-flaviviral ActivityPuschnik AS, Marceau CD, Ooi YS, Majzoub K, Rinis N, Contessa JN, Carette JE. A Small-Molecule Oligosaccharyltransferase Inhibitor with Pan-flaviviral Activity Cell Reports 2017, 21: 3032-3039. PMID: 29241533, PMCID: PMC5734657, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.11.054.
• Estimating Survival in Patients With Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases: An Update of the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Lung Cancer Using Molecular Markers (Lung-molGPA)Sperduto PW, Yang TJ, Beal K, Pan H, Brown PD, Bangdiwala A, Shanley R, Yeh N, Gaspar LE, Braunstein S, Sneed P, Boyle J, Kirkpatrick JP, Mak KS, Shih HA, Engelman A, Roberge D, Arvold ND, Alexander B, Awad MM, Contessa J, Chiang V, Hardie J, Ma D, Lou E, Sperduto W, Mehta MP. Estimating Survival in Patients With Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases: An Update of the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Lung Cancer Using Molecular Markers (Lung-molGPA) JAMA Oncology 2017, 3: 827-831. PMID: 27892978, PMCID: PMC5824323, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.3834.
• Management of Brain Metastases in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor–Naïve Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Multi-Institutional AnalysisMagnuson WJ, Lester-Coll NH, Wu AJ, Yang TJ, Lockney NA, Gerber NK, Beal K, Amini A, Patil T, Kavanagh BD, Camidge DR, Braunstein SE, Boreta LC, Balasubramanian SK, Ahluwalia MS, Rana NG, Attia A, Gettinger SN, Contessa JN, Yu JB, Chiang VL. Management of Brain Metastases in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor–Naïve Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Mutant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Multi-Institutional Analysis Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: jco.2016.69.714. PMID: 28113019, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.69.7144.
• Oligosaccharyltransferase inhibition induces senescence in RTK-driven tumor cellsLopez-Sambrooks C, Shrimal S, Khodier C, Flaherty DP, Rinis N, Charest JC, Gao N, Zhao P, Wells L, Lewis TA, Lehrman MA, Gilmore R, Golden JE, Contessa JN. Oligosaccharyltransferase inhibition induces senescence in RTK-driven tumor cells Nature Chemical Biology 2016, 12: 1023-1030. PMID: 27694802, PMCID: PMC5393272, DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2194.
• The Effect of Gene Alterations and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition on Survival and Cause of Death in Patients With Adenocarcinoma of the Lung and Brain MetastasesSperduto PW, Yang TJ, Beal K, Pan H, Brown PD, Bangdiwala A, Shanley R, Yeh N, Gaspar LE, Braunstein S, Sneed P, Boyle J, Kirkpatrick JP, Mak KS, Shih HA, Engelman A, Roberge D, Arvold ND, Alexander B, Awad MM, Contessa J, Chiang V, Hardie J, Ma D, Lou E, Sperduto W, Mehta MP. The Effect of Gene Alterations and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition on Survival and Cause of Death in Patients With Adenocarcinoma of the Lung and Brain Metastases International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2016, 96: 406-413. PMID: 27598807, PMCID: PMC5575932, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.006.
• Demonstration of differential radiosensitivity based upon mutation profile in metastatic melanoma treated with stereotactic radiosurgery.Rutter CE, Johung KL, Yao X, Lu AY, Jilaveanu LB, Yu JB, Contessa JN, Kluger HM, Chiang VLS, Bindra RS. Demonstration of differential radiosensitivity based upon mutation profile in metastatic melanoma treated with stereotactic radiosurgery. Journal Of Radiosurgery And SBRT 2016, 4: 97-106. PMID: 29296434, PMCID: PMC5658871.
• Extended Survival and Prognostic Factors for Patients With ALK-Rearranged Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Brain MetastasisJohung KL, Yeh N, Desai NB, Williams TM, Lautenschlaeger T, Arvold ND, Ning MS, Attia A, Lovly CM, Goldberg S, Beal K, Yu JB, Kavanagh BD, Chiang VL, Camidge DR, Contessa JN. Extended Survival and Prognostic Factors for Patients With ALK-Rearranged Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastasis Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2015, 34: 123-129. PMID: 26438117, PMCID: PMC5070549, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.62.0138.
• A Clinical Model for Identifying Radiosensitive Tumor Genotypes in Non–Small Cell Lung CancerJohung KL, Yao X, Li F, Yu JB, Gettinger SN, Goldberg S, Decker RH, Hess JA, Chiang VL, Contessa JN. A Clinical Model for Identifying Radiosensitive Tumor Genotypes in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Clinical Cancer Research 2013, 19: 5523-5532. PMID: 23897899, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-13-0836.