Thazin Nwe Aung, PhD
Associate Research Scientist in PathologyCards
About
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Drug Resistance; Immunotherapy; Melanoma; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
Public Health Interests
Immunology; Bioinformatics; Biomarkers
Publications
2025
Quantitative Protein Expression of Antibody-Drug Conjugate Targets in EGFR Mutated and Wild-Type Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Trontzas I, He M, Wurtz A, Robbins C, Robinson N, Bates K, Liu M, Aung T, Scott L, Chan N, Burela S, Schillo J, Liebler D, Hill S, Morrison R, Vathiotis I, Syrigos K, Goldberg S, Politi K, Rimm D. Quantitative Protein Expression of Antibody-Drug Conjugate Targets in EGFR Mutated and Wild-Type Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2025 PMID: 40047548, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-24-3347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerAntibody-drug conjugatesAntibody-drug conjugate targetsEGFR mutationsCell lung cancerEGFR expressionQuantitative immunofluorescenceWild-type non-small cell lung cancerLung cancerAssociated with EGFR mutationsAssociated with EGFR expressionTissue microarray cohortAssociation of HER2Management of patientsAssay limitProportion of casesMutation statusTROP2 expressionMicroarray cohortEGFRQuantitative protein expressionTreatment sequencePatientsCell linesWild-type
2024
A novel sensitizer reduces EGFR-TKI resistance by regulating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway and autophagy
Zhang J, Qu Z, Xiao X, Adelson D, Wang F, Wei A, Harata-Lee Y, Cui J, He D, Xie L, Sun L, Li J, Huang Z, Aung T, Yao H, Lin L. A novel sensitizer reduces EGFR-TKI resistance by regulating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway and autophagy. Heliyon 2024, 11: e41104. PMID: 39844968, PMCID: PMC11750466, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsEGFR-TKI-resistant cell linesNon-small cell lung cancerInhibition of drug resistanceLung cancerEpidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistanceDrug resistanceGrowth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsCell linesReceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsEGFR-TKI resistanceResistance to gefitinibCell lung cancerFirst-line treatmentPI3K/AKT/mTOR pathwayMortality of lung cancerEGFR mutationsTreatment failureMolecular mechanismsDose-dependentlyKinase inhibitorsFlow cytometryAnticancer effectsGefitinibH1650 cells215P Differential spatial gene expression and clinicopathologic characteristics are associated with exceptional response to immune checkpoint inhibition in recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer
Gavrielatou N, Spathis A, Anastasiou M, Economopoulou P, Foukas G, Lelegiannis I, Aung T, Kotsantis I, Vagia E, Panayiotides I, Rimm D, Foukas P, Psyrri A. 215P Differential spatial gene expression and clinicopathologic characteristics are associated with exceptional response to immune checkpoint inhibition in recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer. Immuno-Oncology Technology 2024, 24: 100968. DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2024.100968.Peer-Reviewed Original Research109 Development of a novel immuno-metabolic spatial signature to predict response and resistance to immunotherapy in NSCLC patients
Markovits E, Monkman J, Aung T, Reeves J, O’Byrne K, Czertock R, Puig O, Rimm D, Kulasinghe A. 109 Development of a novel immuno-metabolic spatial signature to predict response and resistance to immunotherapy in NSCLC patients. 2024, a119-a119. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2024-sitc2024.0109.Peer-Reviewed Original Research127 Digital pathology prognostic biomarkers- time for clinical application in melanoma
Saenger Y, Zhang C, Espinoza G, Bracero Y, Kenchappa D, Moon J, Matteo A, Bioh L, Sultana S, Singh A, Aung T, Gartrell R, Leung L, Ferringer T, Chang R, Horst B, Nastiuk K, Rimm D, Geskin L. 127 Digital pathology prognostic biomarkers- time for clinical application in melanoma. 2024, a140-a141. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2024-sitc2024.0127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBCAM (basal cell adhesion molecule) protein expression in different tumor populations
Burela S, He M, Trontzas I, Gavrielatou N, Schalper K, Langermann S, Flies D, Rimm D, Aung T. BCAM (basal cell adhesion molecule) protein expression in different tumor populations. Discover Oncology 2024, 15: 381. PMID: 39207605, PMCID: PMC11362396, DOI: 10.1007/s12672-024-01244-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPD-L1 expressionBasal cell adhesion moleculePD-L1Quantitative immunofluorescenceAssociated with better OSPD-L1 protein expressionCancer typesBladder urothelial tumorsProtein expressionMultiple immune checkpointsHead and neckMultiple tumor typesEvidence of hypermethylationImmune checkpointsImmunotherapy responseCell adhesion moleculesTumor typesValidation cohortTumor populationCancer patientsTumorPredictive valueAdhesion moleculesNovel biomarkersWidespread expressionHigh-throughput transcriptome profiling indicates ribosomal RNAs to be associated with resistance to immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Moutafi M, Bates K, Aung T, Milian R, Xirou V, Vathiotis I, Gavrielatou N, Angelakis A, Schalper K, Salichos L, Rimm D. High-throughput transcriptome profiling indicates ribosomal RNAs to be associated with resistance to immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2024, 12: e009039. PMID: 38857914, PMCID: PMC11168162, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2024-009039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerImmune checkpoint inhibitorsProgrammed cell death protein 1Associated with OSCell lung cancerTissue microarray spotsTissue microarrayValidation cohortLung cancerNon-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitorsAssociated with resistance to immunotherapyCell death protein 1Resistance to immunotherapyAssociated with PFSProgression-free survivalSecreted frizzled-related protein 2Cox proportional-hazards model analysisCheckpoint inhibitorsImmunotherapy strategiesTumor compartmentsRetrospective cohortDiscovery cohortLong-term benefitsPatientsCD68Spatially Informed Gene Signatures for Response to Immunotherapy in Melanoma.
Aung T, Warrell J, Martinez-Morilla S, Gavrielatou N, Vathiotis I, Yaghoobi V, Kluger H, Gerstein M, Rimm D. Spatially Informed Gene Signatures for Response to Immunotherapy in Melanoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2024, 30: 3520-3532. PMID: 38837895, PMCID: PMC11326985, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-23-3932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGene signatureResistance to immunotherapyResponse to immunotherapyPrediction of treatment outcomeResistant to treatmentAccurate prediction of treatment outcomePredictive of responseImmunotherapy outcomesMelanoma patientsMelanoma specimensValidation cohortPatient stratificationDiscovery cohortTreatment outcomesImmunotherapyMelanomaTumorPatientsCohortS100BOutcomesGene expression dataGenesCD68+macrophagesExpression dataCorrelation of eTILs with recurrence free survival (RFS) in stage IIB-IIIA melanoma and use as biomarker for stratification for clinical trials.
Aung T, Zhang C, Espinoza G, Leung L, Moon J, Horst B, Ferringer T, Nastiuk K, Rimm D, Saenger Y. Correlation of eTILs with recurrence free survival (RFS) in stage IIB-IIIA melanoma and use as biomarker for stratification for clinical trials. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 9567-9567. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.9567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesRecurrence free survivalAmerican Joint Committee on CancerFree survivalInfiltrating lymphocytesRetrospective cohortClinical trialsQuantify tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesStage II-III melanomaTumor-infiltrating lymphocytes groupDiagnostic slidesIIb-IIIaRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterEarly-stage melanoma patientsCox modelStage IIB-IIICAdjuvant clinical trialsKaplan-Meier curvesMultivariate Cox modelUnivariate Cox modelCox proportional hazards modelsClinical pathological featuresGeisinger Medical CenterProportional hazards modelClinical trial designHigh-Plex Assessment of Biomarkers in Tumors
Aung T, Bates K, Rimm D. High-Plex Assessment of Biomarkers in Tumors. Modern Pathology 2024, 37: 100425. PMID: 38219953, DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2024.100425.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
News
News
- December 06, 2024
Thazin Nwe Aung, PhD, Selected for Patterson Mentored Research Award
- June 26, 2024
Yale Study Finds Potential in Predicting Immunotherapy Outcomes in Patients with Melanoma
- April 12, 2024
Yale Cancer Center Faculty and Trainees Present at AACR Annual Meeting
- July 22, 2022
Rimm Lab Validates Objective Prognostic Marker in Patients With Early-stage Melanoma
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