Kadriye Nehir Cosgun, PhD
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2025
Alternating cycles of quiescent and proliferative cell states determine stemness and leukemia-initiation capacity in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Cheng Z, Kume K, Shi R, Robinson M, Cosgun K, Bao Y, Chen S, Mishra P, Bewersdorf J, Xu M, Müschen M. Alternating cycles of quiescent and proliferative cell states determine stemness and leukemia-initiation capacity in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood 2025, 146: 1485-1485. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2025-1485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeukemia-initiating cellsB-ALL cellsCell state transitionsAcute myeloid leukemiaLeukemia-initiating cell populationProliferative cell statesCell statesB-ALLFusion proteinTime-lapse imagingDry massKnockin alleleClonal hierarchyIntegrated ChIP-seqCatabolic metabolismMultiplex immunofluorescenceGene expression studiesDrug resistanceCellular dry massTime-lapse fluorescence imagingQuiescent cell stateLeukemia-initiating potentialChIP-seqDegron systemProtein synthesis pathwaysTargeted hyperactivation of oncogenic STAT5-signaling in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Kume K, Cheng Z, Lin J, Xu L, Xiao G, Robinson M, Leveille E, Bramson E, Cosgun K, Geng H, Heinäniemi M, Graeber T, Abkowitz J, Chi H, Alexander W, Chiarle R, Leonard W, Müschen M. Targeted hyperactivation of oncogenic STAT5-signaling in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood 2025, 146: 433-433. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2025-433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLoss-of-functionB-ALL cellsLeukemia-initiating capacityCell statesER stressColony formationLoss of colony formationLeukemia cellsAmino acid metabolic pathwaysActivation of MYCExpression levelsGenetic deletionProliferative cell statesTime-lapse experimentsInhibitors of JAK2Oncogenic tyrosine kinasesActivation of BCL6Autophagosome biogenesisPtdEtn synthesisBCL6 target genesTCA cycleGene setsSTAT5 regulationCell-statesTranscriptional programs
2024
Identification 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 pathwayIdentification of High-Efficiency β-Catenin Protein Degradation As Critical Vulnerability in B-Cell Malignancies
Cosgun K, Robinson M, Agadzhanian N, Cheng Z, Oulghazi S, Berning P, Fonseca-Arce D, Kume K, Fontaine J, Chan L, Lee J, Yu F, Qian Z, Song J, Chan W, Chen J, Taketo M, Schjerven H, Müschen M. Identification of High-Efficiency β-Catenin Protein Degradation As Critical Vulnerability in B-Cell Malignancies. Blood 2024, 144: 4125-4125. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-208125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProtein degradation pathwaysB-ALL cellsProtein degradationRepression of MYCTranscriptional activity of MYCCell deathAcute cell deathLoss of colony formationChIP-seq analysisActive enhancer marksB-cell malignanciesSuper-enhancer regionsActivation of MYCIkaros transcription factorB-lymphoid cellsCell linesB cell identityDefective protein degradationB-cateninNon-lymphoid cell linesDegradation pathwayMantle cell lymphomaProtein levelsB-ALLChIP-seqPKCδ-Mediated Phosphorylation of CD25 Initiates Feedback Control of Oncogenic Tyrosine Kinases in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Sun R, Lee J, Artadji D, Robinson M, Kume K, Cheng Z, Cosgun K, Chan L, Leveille E, Ma N, Geng H, Paietta E, Vaidehi N, Müschen M. PKCδ-Mediated Phosphorylation of CD25 Initiates Feedback Control of Oncogenic Tyrosine Kinases in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Blood 2024, 144: 632-632. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-211038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB-ALL cellsPatient-derived xenograftsPh+ B-ALLPh-like B-ALLAntibody-drug conjugatesB-ALL casesB-ALLCre-mediated deletionOncogenic tyrosine kinasesBCR-ABL1Tyrosine kinase signalingSurface expressionColony formation capacityCD25 mRNACell surface expression of CD25Tyrosine kinaseGenetic deletionSurface expression of CD25Oncogenic tyrosine kinase signalingKinase signalingOncogene BCR-ABL1Transplant recipient miceControl ADCNegative feedback regulationExpression of CD25Mechanism 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 deathTuning 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 LettersDependence of lymphopoiesis on efficient β-catenin degradation
Cosgun K, Jumaa H, Robinson M, Klemm L, Oulghazi S, Fonseca-Arce D, Xu L, Xiao G, Khanduja D, Chan L, Lee J, Kume K, Song J, Chan W, Chen J, Taketo M, Kothari S. Dependence of lymphopoiesis on efficient β-catenin degradation. The Journal Of Immunology 2024, 212: 1195_4936-1195_4936. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.212.supp.1195.4936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIkaros zinc fingersLymphoid cellsB-cateninChIP-seq analysisSuppression of MYC expressionRegulate lineage specificationInduce cell deathConstitutively low levelsDeletion of ApcChIP-seqTCF factorsZinc fingerProteasomal degradationBinding motifNucleosome remodelingDestruction complexSpecific genesWnt/b-catenin pathwayLineage specificationCell deathMYC expressionSuperenhancersLymphoid developmentEpithelial lineageEpithelial cellsDynamic recruitment of inhibitory complexes by CD25 controls B-cell development and selection
Sun R, Lee J, Robinson M, Kume K, Ma N, Cosgun K, Chan L, Antoshkina I, Khanduja D, Leveille E, Katz S, Vaidehi N, Müschen M. Dynamic recruitment of inhibitory complexes by CD25 controls B-cell development and selection. The Journal Of Immunology 2024, 212: 1253_4618-1253_4618. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.212.supp.1253.4618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBCR signalingInhibitory complexInhibitory phosphatasesPositively charged tailITIM-bearing receptorsInitiation of BCR signalingNegatively charged residuesB cell developmentSH2 domainPhosphatase domainCytoplasmic tailITIM motifsGenetic studiesPhosphatase SHP1Co-IPBCR complexDynamic recruitmentIL2 receptorCell surfaceB cellsSHP1Surface-expressedTernary complexClonal expansionPhosphatase
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- December 09, 2025
Yale research advances presented at American Society of Hematology annual meeting
- February 26, 2025
Celebrating Yale Cancer Center Faculty, Research Scientists
- December 18, 2024
Yale research advances presented at American Society of Hematology annual meeting
- October 03, 2024
Yale Department of Internal Medicine Faculty Promotions and Appointments (October 2024)