2020
Identifying predictors of HPV‐related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma progression and survival through patient‐derived models
Facompre 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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesErbB ReceptorsExome SequencingFemaleGenetic Association StudiesHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiceMutationNeoplasm TransplantationPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus E7 ProteinsPapillomavirus InfectionsPatient-Specific ModelingPrognosisSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckSurvival AnalysisTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 3ConceptsPatient-derived xenograftsTumor mutational burdenPreclinical modelsMutational burdenHuman papilloma virus-related headHigh tumor mutational burdenNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinoma progressionNeck squamous cell carcinoma progressionInadequate preclinical modelsSquamous cell carcinomaDisease recurrence riskPatient-derived modelsLow engraftment rateWhole-exome sequencingViral oncogene functionPrognostic alterationsLocal progressionHPV- patientsCancer Genome AtlasCell carcinomaHPV casesPIK3CA mutationsEngraftment rateLethal outcome
2018
Comprehensive pharmacogenomic profiling of human papillomavirus-positive and -negative squamous cell carcinoma identifies sensitivity to aurora kinase inhibition in KMT2D mutants
Kalu 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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosisArea Under CurveAurora Kinase ABenzamidesBiomarkersCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell CycleCell LineCell ProliferationDNA-Binding ProteinsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceMutationNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasm TransplantationPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsPharmacogeneticsPyrazolesUterine Cervical NeoplasmsConceptsAurora kinase inhibitorsDrug sensitivityWild-type cellsPolo-like kinasesInhibitor-induced apoptosisHigh-throughput drug screensNeck squamous cell carcinomaKinase inhibitorsHPV-negative cell linesSquamous cell carcinomaEffective drug classAurora kinase inhibitionG2-M arrestAurora kinasesHistone deacetylaseAurora inhibitorsCervical cancerTumor sizeCell carcinomaHuman papillomavirusCancer DatabaseDrug classesPharmacogenomic profilingXenograft modelM arrest
2017
Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal
Morris 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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsAnus NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Squamous CellClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesDNA-Binding ProteinsExome SequencingFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasm TransplantationPapillomavirus InfectionsPatient-Specific ModelingTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsMetastatic SCCAHuman papillomavirusMutation burdenPatient-derived xenograft modelsAvailable frozen tissueDistinct tumor subpopulationsAnti-EGFR treatmentTumor mutation burdenRare gastrointestinal malignancySquamous cell carcinomaNovel therapeutic approachesComprehensive molecular profilingLow mutation burdenComprehensive genomic characterizationMajority of casesWhole-exome sequencingGene mutation frequencyGastrointestinal malignanciesAdditional patientsAnal canalAnnual incidenceValidation cohortCell carcinomaStandard treatmentPrior infection