Department announces grants, publications

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Department faculty have been awarded six new grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated 30 manuscript publications.

New Grants

PI: Jesse Cox MD
Developing and Publishing a Process to run a Wipe Test using AlloSeq products. CareDx

PI: Kurt Fisher MD PhD
Assessment of Strategies for targeting transcriptional co-activators in colorectal cancer. NCI R37

PI: Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg, PhD
Targeting Extracellular Nucleoside Metabolism as a Strategy to Potentiate the Effects of Immunotherapy in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. CDMRP

PI: Scott Koepsell MD
Multi-site Mangement Clinical Study of HemoSIL CL ADAMTS13 Activity of the ACL TOP 970 CL and/or HemosIL AcuStar ADAMTS13 Activity on the ACL AcuStar Protocol-Sample Collection. Instrumentation Laboratory

PI: Scot Ouellette PhD
Characterizing the Function of Cyclid Di-AMP on Chlamydial Growth and Differentiation. NIAID R21

PI: Lisa Rucks, PhD
Chlamydia trachomatis manipulates (PI)CALM to carry on. NIAID R21

Publications (September-current):

Heme Oxygenase-1 and Prostate Cancer: Function, Regulation, and Implication in Cancer Therapy.
Salloom RJ, Ahmad IM, Sahtout DZ, Baine MJ, Abdalla MY. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Aug 24;25(17):9195. doi: 10.3390/ijms25179195

Synthetic hemozoin as a nanocarrier for cross-presentation. Torres-Dias L, Souza RS, Moreira JCA, Paggi DO, do Amaral JB, Bachi ALL, Augusto L, Shio MT. Immunobiology. 2024 Sep;229(5):152837. doi: 10.1016/j.imbio.2024.152837. Epub 2024 Jul 25. PMID: 39089130

Preventive Treatment with a CD73 Small Molecule Inhibitor Enhances Immune Surveillance in K-Ras Mutant Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia. Strickland LN, Liu W, Hussein U, Mardik N, Chen X, Mills T, Vornik LA, Savage MI, Sei S, Clifford J, Eltzschig HK, Brown PH, Zhao Z, McAllister F, Bailey-Lundberg JM. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2024 Oct 1;17(10):457-470. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-24-0200. PMID: 39099209

DEK::AFF2 Fusion-Associated Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case Series with Literature Review on an Emerging and Challenging Entity. Amin SE, Lewis JS Jr, Bridge JA, Hang JF, Naik U, Bishop JA, Saluja K. Head Neck Pathol. 2024 Sep 23;18(1):86. doi: 10.1007/s12105-024-01690-x. PMID: 39312022

Myxoid “pauci-hemosiderotic” fibrolipomatous tumour: a diagnostic challenge. O’Connor P, Bridge JA, Meis JM, Cloutier JM. Histopathology. 2024 Sep 9. doi: 10.1111/his.15317. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39252432

Fluorescence in-situ hybridization assessment of spindle cell-rich testicular sex cord stromal tumors demonstrates multiple chromosomal gains across histologic subtypes. Acosta AM, Fletcher CDM, Sholl LM, van Leenders GJ, Oliva E, Cornejo KM, Repetto F, Collins K, Idrees MT, Hirsch MS, Trpkov K, Ulbright TM, Bridge JA. Hum Pathol. 2024 Aug 30;153:105652. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2024.105652. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39218045

Xanthogranulomatous epithelial tumors/keratin-positive giant cell-rich tumors involving the head and neck: report of seven cases and review of the literature. Whaley RD, Agaimy A, Bridge JA, Stoehr R, Din NU, Gagan J, Rampisela D, Folpe AL, Bishop JA. Virchows Arch. 2024 Aug 20. doi: 10.1007/s00428-024-03892-8. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39162814

Renal epithelioid angiomyolipomas overexpress TFE3 and the TFE3-regulated gene TRIM63 in the absence of TFE3 rearrangement. Collins K, Bridge JA, Mehra R, Mannan R, Dickson BC, Lotan TL, Idrees MT, Ulbright TM, Acosta AM. Virchows Arch. 2024 Sep;485(3):471-478. doi: 10.1007/s00428-024-03855-z. Epub 2024 Jul 7. PMID: 38971946

Metastasis of intestinal cancer organoids requires Dickkopf-2 to generate Paneth-like cells in the tumor microenvironment. Shin, J.H., Lim, J., Jeong, J., Park, J., Dinesh, R.K, Maher, S.E., Hong, J.Y., Choi, J., Wysolmerski, J. and Bothwell, A.L.M. (2024). eLife PMID 38659853, PMC11042192

Renal cancer cells acquire immune surface protein through trogocytosis and horizontal gene transfer. Marcarian, H. Sivakoses, A., Arias, A., Ihedioha, O., Bishop, M., Lee, B.R. and Bothwell, A.L.M. (2024). 2024 Aug 9:2024.08.07.607036. eLife. in press. PMID: 39211212 PMCID: PMC11360977

Leishmania major surface components and DKK1 signaling via LRP6 promote migration and longevity of neutrophils in the infection site. Ihedioha, O.C., Marcarian, H. Sivakoses, A., Beverley, S.M., McMahon-Pratt, D. and Bothwell, A.L.M. (2024). Front. Immunol. In press.

Epithelioid angiosarcoma arising from pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, CNS WHO grade 3.
Helmink AJ, Mirchia K, Mezzacappa FM, Atiya S, Lucas CH, Lu R, Surdell D, Shonka NA, Cathcart SJ, Tang Z, DiMaio D, Perry A, Chen J. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2024 Sep 13:nlae101. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nlae101. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39271179

PAF1/HIF1α axis rewires the glycolytic metabolism to fuel aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer.
Ogunleye AO, Gayen N, Rauth S, Marimuthu S, Nimmakayala RK, Alsafwani ZW, Cox JL, Batra SK, Ponnusamy MP. Cancer Metab. 2024 Sep 6;12(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40170-024-00354-2. PMID: 39242538

A Trainee’s Guide: Crafting a Personal Statement for Laboratory Medicine Fellowship Applications. Ria C. Fyffe-Freil, Joesph R Wiencek. J Appl Lab Med 2024 Sep 3;9(5):1091-1094. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfae067. PMID: 39225458

A novel bacterial effector protein mediates ER-LD membrane contacts to regulate host lipid droplets.
Angara RK, Sadi A, Gilk SD. EMBO Rep. 2024 Sep 27. doi: 10.1038/s44319-024-00266-8. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39333627

Anti-CLL1 liposome loaded with miR-497-5p and venetoclax as a novel therapeutic strategy in acute myeloid leukemia. Pan Q, Xin X, Mahto S, Dong Y, Kumar V, Hyde RK, Gupta N, Bhatt VR, Mahato RI. Mol Ther. 2024 Oct 4:S1525-0016(24)00659-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.09.036. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39369272

Rising mortality related to cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer amongst older men across the United States. Ahad A, Ejaz A, Fatima E, Sultan W, Ahmad O, Jamil A, Iqbal J, Ullah I, Alraies MC, Minhas AMK. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2024 Nov;49(11):102785. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102785. Epub 2024 Aug 8. PMID: 39127433

New insights into the biology of T-cell lymphomas. Iqbal J, Inghirami GG, Chan WC. Blood. 2024 Aug 30:blood.2023021787. doi: 10.1182/blood.2023021787. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39213420

Aconitate decarboxylase 1 mediates the acute airway inflammatory response to environmental exposures. Schwab AD, Nelson AJ, Gleason AM, Schanze OW, Wyatt TA, Shinde DD, Xiao P, Thomas VC, Guda C, Bailey KL, Kielian T, Thiele GM, Poole JA. Front Immunol. 2024 Sep 16;15:1432334. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1432334. eCollection 2024. PMID: 39351225

CD28 Costimulation Augments CAR Signaling in NK Cells via the LCK/CD3ζ/ZAP70 Signaling Axis. Acharya S, Basar R, Daher M, Rafei H, Li P, Uprety N, Ensley E, Shanley M, Kumar B, Banerjee PP, Melo Garcia L, Lin P, Mohanty V, Kim KH, Jiang X, Pan Y, Li Y, Liu B, Nunez Cortes AK, Zhang C, Fathi M, Rezvan
A, Montalvo MJ, Cha SL, Reyes-Silva F, Shrestha R, Guo X, Kundu K, Biederstädt A, Muniz-Feliciano L, Deyter GM, Kaplan M, Jiang XR, Liu E, Jain A, Roszik J, Fowlkes NW, Solis Soto LM, Raso MG, Khoury JD, Lin P, Vega F, Varadarajan N, Chen K, Marin D, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K. Cancer Discov. 2024 Oct 4;14(10):1879-1900. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0096. PMID: 38900051

Multiplex spatial analysis reveals increased CD137 expression and m-MDSC neighboring tumor cells in refractory classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. Solórzano JL, Menéndez V, Parra E, Solis L, Salazar R, García-Cosío M, Climent F, Fernández S, Díaz E, Francisco-Cruz A, Khoury J, Jiang M, Tamegnon A, Montalbán C, Melero I, Wistuba I, De Andrea C, F García J. Oncoimmunology. 2024 Aug 10;13(1):2388304. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2024.2388304. eCollection 2024. PMID: 39135889

Identification of circulating tumor cells captured by the FDA-cleared Parsortix® PC1 system from the peripheral blood of metastatic breast cancer patients using immunofluorescence and cytopathological evaluations. Ciccioli M, Kim K, Khazan N, Khoury JD, Cooke MJ, Miller MC, O’Shannessy DJ, Pailhes-Jimenez AS, Moore RG. J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Aug 21;43(1):240. doi: 10.1186/s13046-024-03149-x. PMID: 39169412

Writing our way through academia: Our journey as young faculty and book authors.
Terrance James Lynn, Swikrity U Baskota. Cancer Cytopathol 2024 Sep 19.
doi: 10.1002/cncy.22902

Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma With Extensive Metastasis Masquerading as Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: Answer. Shaker N, Phelps R, Niedt G, Sangueza OP, Pradhan D. Am J Dermatopathol. 2024 Oct 1;46(10):715-716. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000002690. PMID: 39293668

Inguinal Mass in a Middle-Aged Woman With Coagulopathy: Challenge. Shaker N, Phelps R, Niedt G, Sangueza OP, Pradhan D. Am J Dermatopathol. 2024 Oct 1;46(10):e89-e90. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000002689. PMID: 39293671

Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Pembrolizumab in Postpartum High-Risk Basal-Type Breast Cancer. Jiang H, Cartwright S, Wagner DG, Krishnamurthy J, Santamaria-Barria JA. Cureus. 2024 Jun 13;16(6):e62338. doi: 10.7759/cureus.62338. eCollection 2024 Jun. PMID: 39006626

Origami of KR-12 Designed Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Potential Applications. Lakshmaiah Narayana J, Mechesso AF, Rather IIG, Zarena D, Luo J, Xie J, Wang G. Antibiotics (Basel). 2024 Aug 28;13(9):816. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics13090816. PMID: 39334990

Segment-Based Peptide Design Reveals the Importance of N-Terminal High Cationicity for Antimicrobial Activity Against Gram-Negative Pathogens. Mechesso AF, Zhang W, Su Y, Xie J, Wang G. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins. 2024 Oct 8. doi: 10.1007/s12602-024-10376-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39377976

Fatal meningoencephalitis associated with Ebola virus persistence in two survivors of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a case report study. Mukadi-Bamuleka D, Edidi-Atani F, Morales-Betoulle ME, Legand A, Nkuba-Ndaye A, Bulabula-Penge J, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Crozier I, Mambu-Mbika F, Whitmer S, Tshiani Mbaya O, Hensley LE, Kitenge-Omasumbu R, Davey R, Mulangu S, Fonjungo PN, Wiley MR, Klena JD, Peeters M, Delaporte E, van Griensven J, Ariën KK, Pratt C, Montgomery JM, Formenty P, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Ahuka-Mundeke S; EBOV Persistence Study Group. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Sep 2:100905. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(24)00137-X. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39236738

Clinicopathologic features and outcomes of acute leukemia harboring PICALM::MLLT10 fusion.
Wang J, Zhang W, Xu X, Buglioni A, Li P, Chen X, Liu Y, Xu M, Herrick JL, Horna P, Zhang X, Song J, Jevremovic D, He R, Shi M, Yuan J. Hum Pathol. 2024 Sep;151:105626. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2024.07.003. Epub 2024 Jul 4. PMID: 38971327

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