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Kesarwani M, Huber E, Kincaid Z, Evelyn CR, Biesiada J, Rance M, Thapa MB, Shah NP, Meller J, Zheng Y, Azam M. Targeting substrate-site in Jak2 kinase prevents emergence of genetic resistance. Sci Report. 2015. In press.

Konstantinidis DG, Giger KM, Risinger M, Pushkaran S, Zhou P, Dexheimer P, Yerneni S, Andreassen P, Klingmüller U, Palis J, Zheng Y, Kalfa TA. Cytokinesis failure in RhoA-deficient mouse erythroblasts involves actomyosin and midbody dysregulation and triggers p53 activation. Blood. 2015 Jul 30. [Epub ahead of print]

Barry DM, Xu K, Meadows SM, Zheng Y, Norden PR, Davis GE, Cleaver O.  Cdc42 is required for cytoskeletal support of endothelial cell adhesion during blood vessel formation. Development. 2015 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print]

Yang JQ, Kalim KW, Li Y, Zhang S, Hinge A, Filippi MD, Zheng Y, Guo F. RhoA orchestrates glycolysis for TH2 cell differentiation and allergic airway inflammation. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Lin Y, Zheng Y. Approaches for targeting Rho GTPases in cancer drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov. 2015 Sep;10(9):991-1010.

Zandvakili I, Davis AK, Hu G, Zheng Y. Loss of RhoA exacerbates, rather than dampens, oncogenic K-Ras induced lung adenoma formation in mice. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 1;10(6):e0127923.

Evelyn CR, Biesiada J, Duan X, Tang H, Shang X, Nelson S, Seibel WL, Meller J, Zheng Y. Combined rational design and a high throughput screening platform for identifying chemical inhibitors of a Ras-activating enzyme. J Biol Chem. 2015 May 15;290(20):12879-98.

Mikelis CM, Simaan M, Ando K, Fukuhara S, Sakurai A, Amornphimoltham P, Masedunskas A, Weigert R, Chavakis T, Adams RH, Offermanns S, Mochizuki N, Zheng Y, Gutkind JS. RhoA and ROCK mediate histamine-induced vascular leakage and anaphylactic shock. Nat Commun. 2015 Apr 10;6:6725.

Li J, Zhang L, Chen Z, Xie M, Huang L, Xue J, Liu Y, Liu N, Guo F, Zheng Y, Kong J, Zhang L. Cocaine activates Rac1 to control structural and behavioral plasticity in caudate putamen. Neurobiol Dis. 2015 Mar;75:159-76.

Chang KH, Nayak RC, Roy S, Perumbeti A, Wellendorf AM, Bezold KY, Pirman M, Hill SE, Starnes J, Loberg A, Zhou X, Inagami T, Zheng Y, Malik P, Cancelas JA. Vasculopathy-associated hyperangiotensinemia mobilizes haematopoietic stem cells/progenitors through endothelial AT₂R and cytoskeletal dysregulation. Nat Commun. 2015 Jan 9;6:5914.

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Zhang J, Adrián FJ, Jahnke W, Cowan-Jacob SW, Li AG, Iacob RE, Sim T, Powers J, Dierks C, Sun F, Guo GR, Ding Q, Okram B, Choi Y, Wojciechowski A, Deng X, Liu G, Fendrich G, Strauss A, Vajpai N, Grzesiek S, Tuntland T, Liu Y, Bursulaya B, Azam M, Manley PW, Engen JR, Daley GQ, Warmuth M, Gray NS. Targeting Bcr-Abl by combining allosteric with ATP-binding-site inhibitors. Nature. 2010 Jan 28;463(7280):501-6.

Nardi V, Azam M, Neverias O, Daley GQ. Immune-Mediated Protection Against BCR/ABL-Induced Leukemia: A Common Pathway Shared between IRF8/ICSBP and IFN alpha and beta. Blood. 2009.

Viswanathan SR, Powers JT, Einhorn W, Hoshida Y, Ng TL, Toffanin S, O'Sullivan M, Lu J, Phillips LA, Lockhart VL, Shah SP, Tanwar PS, Mermel CH, Beroukhim R, Azam M, Teixeira J, Meyerson M, Hughes TP, Llovet JM, Radich J, Mullighan CG, Golub TR, Sorensen PH, Daley GQ. Lin28 promotes transformation and is associated with advanced human malignancies. Nature Genetics. 2009 Jul;41(7):843-8.

Azam M, Seeliger M, Gray S, Kuriyan J, Daley GQ. Activation of tyrosine kinases by the mutation of gatekeeper residue. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Oct;15(10):1109-18.

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Azam M, Nardi V, Shakespeare WC, Metcalf CA 3rd, Bohacek RS, Wang Y, Sundaramoorthi R, Sliz P, Veach DR, Bornmann WG, Clarkson B, Dalgarno DC, Sawyer TK, Daley GQ. Activity of dual SRC-ABL inhibitors highlights role of BCR/ABL kinase dynamics in drug resistance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jun 13;103(24):9244-9.  

Azam M, and Daley GQ. Anticipating Clinical Resistance to Target-directed Agents: BCR-ABL an example. Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy. 2006;10(2):67-76.

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Boscolo E, Limaye N, Huang L, Kang KT, Soblet J, Uebelhoer M, Mendola A, Natynki M, Seront E, Dupont S, Hammer J, Legrand C, Brugnara C, Eklund L, Vikkula M, Bischoff J, Boon LM. Rapamycin improves TIE2-mutated venous malformation in murine model and human subjects. J Clin Invest. 2015 Aug 10. 

Boscolo E, Coma S, Luks VL, Greene AK, Klagsbrun M, Warman ML, Bischoff J. AKT hyper-phosphorylation associated with PI3K mutations in lymphatic endothelial cells from a patient with lymphatic malformation. Angiogenesis. 2014 Nov 26.

Lee D, Boscolo E, Durham JT, Mulliken JB, Herman IM, Bischoff J. Propranolol Targets Contractility of Infantile Hemangioma-derived Pericytes. Br J Dermatol. 2014 Nov;171(5):1129-37.

Smadja DM, Guerin CL, Boscolo E, Bieche I, Mulliken JB, Bischoff J. α6-integrin is required for the adhesion and vasculogenic potential of hemangioma stem cells. Stem Cells. 2014; 32(3):684-93.

Boscolo E, Mulliken JB, Bischoff J.  Pericytes from Infantile Hemangioma Display Pro-angiogenic Properties and Dysregulated Angiopoietin-1. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013 Mar;33(3):501-9.

Stahl A, Joyal JS, Chen J, Sapieha P, Juan AM, Hatton CJ, Pei DT, Hurst CG, Seaward MR, Krah NM, Dennison RJ, Greene ER, Boscolo E, Panigrahy D, Smith LE. SOCS3 is an endogenous Inhibitor of pathologic angiogenesis. Blood. 2012; 120(14):2925-9.

Boscolo E, Mulliken JB, Bischoff J. VEGFR-1 mediates endothelial differentiation and formation of blood vessels in a murine model of infantile hemangioma. Am J Pathol. 2011 Nov;179(5):2266-77.

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Boscolo E, Stewart CL, Greenberger S, Wu JK, Durham JT, Herman IM, Mulliken JB, Kitajewski J, Bischoff J. JAGGED1 Signaling Regulates Hemangioma Stem Cell-to-Pericyte/Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2011 Oct; 31(10):2181-92.          

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Dumont LJ*, Cancelas JA*, Graminske S, Friedman KD, Vassallo RR, Whitley PH, Rugg N, Dumont DF, Herschel L, Siegal AH, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Fender L, Razatos A. In vitro and in vivo quality of leukocyte-reduced apheresis platelets stored in a new platelet additive solution. Transfusion. 2012. (*both authors contributed equally).

Prada CE, Jousma E, Rizvi TA, Wu J, Dunn RS, Mayes DA, Cancelas JA, Dombi E, Kim MO, West BL, Bollag G, Ratner N. Neurofibroma-associated macrophages play roles in tumor growth and response to pharmacological inhibition. Acta Neuropathol. 2013 Jan;125(1):159-68.

Dumont LJ, Cancelas J, Dumont DF, Siegel AH, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Rugg R, Pratt PG, Worsham DN, Hartman EL, Dunn SK, O’Leary M, Ransom JH, Michael RA, Macdonald VW. A randomized controlled trial evaluating recovery and survival of 6% dimethyl sulfoxide-frozen autologous platelets in healthy volunteers. Transfusion. 2013 Jan;53(1):128-37.

Taniguchi Ishikawa E, Cancelas JA. Lack of communication rusts and ages stem cells. Cell Cycle. 2012 Sep 1;11(17):3149-3150.

Geiger H, Pawar SA, Kerschen EJ, Nattamai KJ, Hernandez I, Liang HP, Fernández JA, Cancelas JA, Ryan MA, Kustikova O, Schambach A, Fu Q, Wang J, Fink LM, Petersen KU, Zhou D, Griffin JH, Baum C, Weiler H, Hauer-Jensen M. Pharmacological targeting of the thrombomodulin-activated protein C pathway mitigates radiation toxicity. Nat Med. 2012 Jul;18(7):1123-9.

Chang KH, Sanchez-Aguilera A, Shen S, Sengupta A, Madhu MN, Ficker AM, Dunn SK, Kuenzi AM, Anrett JL, Santho RA, Agirre X, Perentesis JP, Deininger MW, Zheng Y, Bustelo XR, Williams DA, Cancelas JA. Vav3 collaborates with p190-BCR-ABL in lymphoid progenitor leukemogenesis, proliferation and survival. Blood. 2012 Jul 26;120(4):800-11.

Taniguchi Ishikawa E, Gonzalez-Nieto D, Ghiaur G, Dunn SK, Ficker AM, Murali B, Madhu M, Gutstein DE, Fishman GI, Barrio LC, Cancelas JA. Connexin-43 prevents hematopoietic stem cell senescence through transfer of reactive oxygen species to bone marrow stromal cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2012 Jun 5;109(23):9071-6.

Konstantinidis DG, Pushkaran S, Johnson JF, Cancelas JA, Manganaris S, Harris CE, Williams DA, Zheng Y, Kalfa TA. Signaling and cytoskeletal requirements in erythroblast enucleation. Blood. 2012 Jun 21;119(25):6118-27.

Gonzalez-Nieto D, Li L, Köhler A, Ghiaur G, Ishikawa E, Sengupta A, Madhu M, Arnett J, Santho R, Dunn S, Fishman G, Gutstein D, Civitelli R, Barrio L, Gunzer M, Cancelas J. Connexin-43 in the osteogenic BM niche regulates its cellular composition and the bidirectional traffic of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitors. Blood. 2012 May 31;119(22):5144-54.

Sengupta A, Ficker A, Dunn S, Madhu M, Cancelas JA. Bmi1 reprograms chronic myelogenous leukemia B-lymphoid progenitors to become B-ALL-initiating cells. Blood. 2012 Jan 12;119(2):494-502.

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Hummel, TR, Chow, LML, Fouladi, M, and Franz, D. Pharmacotherapeutic management of pediatric astrocytomas: current and upcoming strategies. Pediatric Drugs 2013; 15:29-42. 

Joshi, K, Banasavadi-Siddegowda, Y, Mo, X, Kim, SH, Mao, P, Kig, C, Nardini, D, Sobol, RW, Chow, LML, Kornblum, HI, Waclaw, R, Beullens, M, and Nakano, I. MELK-dependent FOXM1 phosphorylation is essential for proliferation of glioma stem cells. Stem Cells 2013; 31:1051-1063. 

Zhong, Y, Wan, Y-W, Pang, K, Chow, LML, and Liu, Z. Digital sorting of complex tissues for cell type-specific gene expression profiles. BMC Bioinformatics 2013; 14:89. 

Rafalski, VA, Ho, PP, Brett, JO, Ucar, D, Dugas, JC, Pollina, EA, Chow, LML, Ibrahim, A, Baker, SJ, Barres, BA, Steinman, L, and Brunet, A. Expansion of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells upon SIRT1 inactivation in the adult brain. Nature Cell Biol. 2013; 15:614-624. 

Wojton, J, Chu, Z, Mathsyaraja, H, Meisen, WH, Denton, N, Kwon, C-H, Chow, LML, Palascak, M, Franco, R, Bourdeau, T, Thornton, S, Ostrowski, MC,  Kaur, B, and Qi, X. Systemic delivery of SapC-DOPS has antiangiogenic and antitumor effects against glioblastoma. Mol. Ther. 2013; 21:1517-1525. 

Chow LML, Endersby R, Zhu X, Rankin S, Qu C, Zhang J, Broniscer A, Ellison DW, Baker SJ. Cooperativity within and among Pten, p53 and Rb pathways induces high-grade astrocytoma in adult brain. Cancer Cell. 2011;19:305-316.

Lavado A, Lagutin O, Chow LML, Baker SJ, Oliver G. Prox1 is required for granule cell maturation and intermediate progenitor maintenance during brain neurogenesis. PLoS Biol. 2010;8:e1000460.

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Weber T, Corbett MK, Chow LML, Valentine MB, Baker SJ, Zuo J. Rapid cell-cycle reentry and cell death after acute inactivation of the retinoblastoma gene product in postnatal cochlear hair cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008;105(2):781-5.

Chow LML, Zhang J, Baker SJ. Inducible Cre recombinase activity in mouse mature astrocytes and adult neural precursor cells. Transgenic Res. 2008;17(5):919-28. 

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Xiaona Liu, Rishi Raj Chhipa and Biplab Dasgupta*. The Selective AMPK inhibitor Compound C is a potent AMPK-independent anti-glioma agent. Mol Cancer Ther. *Corresponding author. 2014 Mar:13(3):596-605

Xiaona Liu, Rishi Raj Chhipa, Shabnam Pooya, Matthew Wortman, Sara Yachishin, Ashish Kumar, Lionel Chow, Xuan Zhou, Ying Sun, Brian Quinn, Christopher McPherson, Ronald Warnick, Adi Kendler, Sailendra Giri, Jeroen Poels, Koennard Nogra, Benoit Viollet, Gregory A. Grabowski and Biplab Dasgupta*. Novel mechanisms of mTOR and cdc25c regulation by AMPK agonists independent of AMPK. Proc Natl Acad Sc U S A. *Corresponding author. 2014 Jan 28;111(4):E435-44.

Karkare S, Chhipa RR, Anderson J, Liu X, Henry H, Gasilina A, Nassar N, Roychoudhury J, Clark JP, Kumar A, Pauletti GM, Ghosh PK, Dasgupta B*. Direct inhibition of Retinoblastoma phosphorylation by Nimbolide causes cell cycle arrest and suppresses glioblastoma growth. Clin Cancer Research. 2014 Jan 1:20(1):199-212.

Dasgupta B, Ju JS, Sasaki Y, Liu X, Jung SR, Higashida K, Lindquist D, Milbrandt J. The AMPK beta2 subunit is required for energy homeostasis during metabolic stress. Mol Cell Biol. 2012; 32: 2837-48. Cover article. *Corresponding author.

Dasgupta B, Milbrandt J. AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylates retinoblastoma protein to control mammalian brain development. Dev Cell. 2009 Feb;16(2):256-70.

Dasgupta B, Milbrandt J. Resveratrol stimulates AMP kinase activity in neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr;24;104(17):7217-22.

Hegedus B, Dasgupta B, Shin JE, Emnett RJ, Hart-Mahon EK, Elghazi L, Bernal-Mizrachi E, Gutmann DH. Neurofibromatosis-1 regulates neuronal and glial cell differentiation from neuroglial progenitors in vivo by both cAMP- and Ras-dependent mechanisms. Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Oct 11;1(4):443-57.

Dasgupta B, Gutmann DH. Neurofibromin regulates neural stem cell proliferation, survival, and astroglial differentiation in vitro and in vivo. J Neurosci. 2005 Jun 8;25(23):5584-94.

Dasgupta B, Yi Y, Chen DY, Weber JD, Gutmann DH. Proteomic analysis reveals hyperactivation of the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway in neurofibromatosis 1-associated human and mouse brain tumors. Cancer Res. 2005 Apr 1;65(7):2755-60.

Dasgupta B, Li W, Perry A, Gutmann DH. Glioma formation in neurofibromatosis 1 reflects preferential activation of K-RAS in astrocytes. Cancer Res. 2005 Jan 1;65(1):236-45.

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Mulloy JC, Cancelas JA, Filippi MD, Kalfa TA, Guo F, Zheng Y. Rho GTPases in hematopoiesis and hemopathies. Blood. 2010 Feb 4;115(5):936-47.

Szczur K, Zheng Y, Filippi MD. The small Rho GTPase Cdc42 regulates neutrophil polarity via CD11b integrin signaling. Blood. 2009 Nov 12;114(20):4527-37.

Xu H, Eleswarapu S, Geiger H, Szczur K, Daria D, Zheng Y, Settleman J, Srour EF, Williams DA, Filippi MD. Loss of the Rho GTPase activating protein p190-B enhances hematopoietic stem cell engraftment potential. Blood. 2009 Oct 22;114(17):3557-66.

Gu Y, Harley IT, Henderson LB, Aronow BJ, Vietor I, Huber LA, Harley JB, Kilpatrick JR, Langefeld CD, Williams AH, Jegga AG, Chen J, Wills-Karp M, Arshad SH, Ewart SL, Thio CL, Flick LM, Filippi MD, Grimes HL, Drumm ML, Cutting GR, Knowles MR, Karp CL. Identification of IFRD1 as a modifier gene for cystic fibrosis lung disease. Nature. 2009 Apr 23;458(7241):1039-42.

Monk KR, Wu J, Williams JP, Finney BA, Fitzgerald ME, Filippi MD, Ratner N. Mast cells can contribute to axon-glial dissociation and fibrosis in peripheral nerve. Neuron Glia Biol. 2007 Aug;3(3):233-44.

Daria D, Filippi MD, Knudsen ES, Faccio R, Li Z, Kalfa T, Geiger H. The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor is a critical intrinsic regulator for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells under stress. Blood. 2008 Feb 15;111(4):1894-902.

Uchida K, Beck DC, Yamamoto T, Berclaz PY, Abe S, Staudt MK, Carey BC, Filippi MD, Wert SE, Denson LA, Puchalski JT, Hauck DM, Trapnell BC. GM-CSF autoantibodies and neutrophil dysfunction in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 8;356(6):567-79.

Filippi MD, Szczur K, Harris CE, Berclaz PY. Rho GTPase Rac1 is critical for neutrophil migration into the lung. Blood. 2007 Feb 1;109(3):1257-64.

Szczur K, Xu H, Atkinson S, Zheng Y, Filippi MD. Rho GTPase CDC42 regulates directionality and random movement via distinct MAPK pathways in neutrophils. Blood. 2006 Dec 15;108(13):4205-13.

Wang L, Yang L, Filippi MD, Williams DA, Zheng Y. Genetic deletion of Cdc42GAP reveals a role of Cdc42 in erythropoiesis and hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell survival, adhesion, and engraftment. Blood. 2006 Jan 1;107(1):98-105.

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Shaw MA, Kombrinck KW, McElhinney KE, Sweet DR, Flick MJ, Palumbo JS, Cheng M, Esmon NL, Esmon CT, Brill A, Wagner DD, Degen JL, Mullins ES. Limiting prothrombin activation to meizothrombin is compatible with survival but significantly alters hemostasis in mice. Blood. 2016 Aug 4;128(5):721-31.

Ko YP, Flick MJ. Fibrinogen Is at the Interface of Host Defense and Pathogen Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Infection. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2016 Jun;42(4):408-21.

Joshi N, Kopec AK, Ray JL, Cline-Fedewa H, Nawabi A, Schmitt T, Nault R, Zacharewski TR, Rockwell CE, Flick MJ, Luyendyk JP. Fibrin deposition following bile duct injury limits fibrosis through an αMβ2-dependent mechanism. Blood. 2016 Jun 2;127(22):2751-62.

Motley MP, Madsen DH, Jürgensen HJ, Spencer DE, Szabo R, Holmbeck K, Flick MJ, Lawrence DA, Castellino FJ, Weigert R, Bugge TH. A CCR2 macrophage endocytic pathway mediates extravascular fibrin clearance in vivo. Blood. 2016 Mar 3;127(9):1085-96.

Yuasa M, Mignemi NA, Nyman JS, Duvall CL, Schwartz HS, Okawa A, Yoshii T, Bhattacharjee G, Zhao C, Bible JE, Obremskey WT, Flick MJ, Degen JL, Barnett JV, Cates JM, Schoenecker JG. Fibrinolysis is essential for fracture repair and prevention of heterotopic ossification. J Clin Invest. 2015 Sep;125(9):3723.

Adams GN, Rosenfeldt L, Frederick M, Miller W, Waltz D, Kombrinck K, McElhinney KE, Flick MJ, Monia BP, Revenko AS, Palumbo JS. Colon Cancer Growth and Dissemination Relies upon Thrombin, Stromal PAR-1, and Fibrinogen. Cancer Res. 2015 Oct 1;75(19):4235-43.

Prasad JM, Gorkun OV, Raghu H, Thornton S, Mullins ES, Palumbo JS, Ko YP, Höök M, David T, Coughlin SR, Degen JL, Flick MJ. Mice expressing a mutant form of fibrinogen that cannot support fibrin formation exhibit compromised antimicrobial host defense. Blood. 2015 Oct 22;126(17):2047-58.

Yuasa M, Mignemi NA, Nyman JS, Duvall CL, Schwartz HS, Okawa A, Yoshii T, Bhattacharjee G, Zhao C, Bible JE, Obremskey WT, Flick MJ, Degen JL, Barnett JV, Cates JM, Schoenecker JG. Fibrinolysis is essential for fracture repair and prevention of heterotopic ossification. J Clin Invest. 2015 Aug 3;125(8):3117-31.

Joshi N, Kopec AK, O'Brien KM, Towery KL, Cline-Fedewa H, Williams KJ, Copple BL, Flick MJ, Luyendyk JP. Coagulation-driven platelet activation reduces cholestatic liver injury and fibrosis in mice. J Thromb Haemost. 2015 Jan;13(1):57-71.

Raghu H, Cruz C, Rewerts CL, Frederick MD, Thornton S, Mullins ES, Schoenecker JG, Degen JL, Flick MJ. Transglutaminase factor XIII promotes arthritis through mechanisms linked to inflammation and bone erosion. Blood. 2015 Jan 15;125(3):427-37.

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Ryan MA, Nattamai KJ, Xing E, Schleimer D, Daria D, Sengupta A, Köhler A, Liu W, Gunzer M, Jansen M, Ratner N, Le Cras TD, Waterstrat A, Van Zant G, Cancelas JA, Zheng Y, Geiger H. Pharmacological inhibition of EGFR signaling enhances G-CSF-induced hematopoietic stem cell mobilization. Nat Med. 2010 Oct;16(10):1141-6.

Kalfa TA, Pushkaran S, Zhang X, Johnson JF, Pan D, Daria D, Geiger H, Cancelas JA, Williams DA, Zheng Y. Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases are necessary for early erythropoietic expansion in the bone marrow but not in the spleen. Haematologica. 2010 Jan;95(1):27-35.

Xu H, Eleswarapu S, Geiger H, Szczur K, Daria D, Zheng Y, Settleman J, Srour EF, Williams DA, Filippi MD. Loss of the Rho GTPase activating protein p190-B enhances hematopoietic stem cell engraftment potential. Blood. 2009 Oct 22;114(17):3557-66.

Geiger H, Rudolph KL. Aging in the lymphohematopoietic stem cell compartment. Trends Immunol. 2009 Jul;30(7):360-5. Review.

Geiger H, David S, Nattamai KJ, Jan V. Quantification of genomic mutations in murine hematopoietic cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2009;506:423-36.

Williams JP, Wu J, Johansson G, Rizvi TA, Miller SC, Geiger H, Malik P, Li W, Mukouyama YS, Cancelas JA, Ratner N. Nf1 mutation expands an EGFR-dependent peripheral nerve progenitor that confers neurofibroma tumorigenic potential. Cell Stem Cell. 2008 Dec 4;3(6):658-69.

Bhatla D, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Conner H, Ross JA, Meshinchi S, Zhai X, Zamzow T, Mehta PA, Geiger H, Perentesis J, Davies SM. Cytidine deaminase genotype and toxicity of cytosine arabinoside therapy in children with acute myeloid leukemia. Br J Haematol. 2009 Feb;144(3):388-94.

Milsom MD, Jerabek-Willemsen M, Harris CE, Schambach A, Broun E, Bailey J, Jansen M, Schleimer D, Nattamai K, Wilhelm J, Watson A, Geiger H, Margison GP, Moritz T, Baum C, Thomale J, Williams DA. Reciprocal relationship between O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase P140K expression level and chemoprotection of hematopoietic stem cells. Cancer Res. 2008 Aug 1;68(15):6171-80.

Diwan A, Koesters AG, Capella D, Geiger H, Kalfa TA, Dorn GW 2nd. Targeting erythroblast-specific apoptosis in experimental anemia. Apoptosis. 2008 Aug;13(8):1022-30.

Daria D, Filippi MD, Knudsen ES, Faccio R, Li Z, Kalfa T, Geiger H. The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor is a critical intrinsic regulator for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells under stress. Blood. 2008 Feb 15;111(4):1894-902.

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Meyer SE, Qin T, Muench DE, Masuda K, Venkatasubramanian M, Orr E, Suarez L, Gore SD, Delwel R, Paietta E, Tallman MS, Fernandez H, Melnick A, Le Beau MM, Kogan S, Salomonis N, Figueroa ME, Grimes HL. DNMT3A Haploinsufficiency Transforms FLT3ITD Myeloproliferative Disease into a Rapid, Spontaneous, and Fully Penetrant Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Discovery. 2016; May;6(5):501-15.

Muench DE, Grimes HL. Transcriptional Control of Stem and Progenitor Potential. Curr Stem Cell Rep. 2015 Sep;1(3):139-150.

Nayak RC, Trump LR, Aronow BJ, Myers K, Mehta P, Kalfa T, Wellendorf AM, Valencia CA, Paddison PJ, Horwitz MS, Grimes HL#, Lutzko C#, Cancelas JA#. Pathogenesis of ELANE-mutant severe neutropenia revealed by induced pluripotent stem cells. J Clin Invest. 2015 Aug 3;125(8):3103-16. # shared corresponding author.

Cumaraswamy AA, Lewis AM, Geletu M, Todic A, Diaz DB, Cheng XR, Brown CE, Laister RC, Muench D, Kerman K, Grimes HL, Minden MD, Gunning PT. Nanomolar-Potency Small Molecule Inhibitor of STAT5 Protein. ACS Med Chem Lett. 2014 Sep 19;5(11):1202-1206.

Velu CS, Chaubey A, Phelan JD, Horman SR, Wunderlich M, Guzman ML, Jegga AG, Zeleznik-Le NJ, Chen J, Mulloy JC, Cancelas JA, Jordan CT, Aronow BJ, Marcucci G, Bhat B, Gebelein B, Grimes HL. Therapeutic antagonists of microRNAs deplete leukemia-initiating cell activity. J Clin Invest. 2014 Jan;124(1):222-36.

Phelan JD, Saba AI, Olsson A, Zeng H, Kosan C, Messer MS, Hildeman D, Aronow B, Möröy T, Grimes HL. Growth factor independent-1 maintains Notch1-dependent transcriptional programming of lymphoid precursors. PLoS Genetics. 2013;9(9):e1003713.

Khandanpour C*, Phelan JD*, Vassen L, Schutte J, Chen R, Horman SR, Gaudreau MC, Krongold J, Zhu J, Paul WE, Duhrsen U, Gottgens B, Grimes HL# Moroy T#.  Growth factor independence 1 (Gfi1) antagonizes a p53-induced DNA damage response pathway in lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Cell. 2013 Feb 11;23(2):200-14. * equal first author, # shared corresponding author.

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Zhang S, Konstantinidis DG, Yang JQ, Mizukawa B, Kalim K, Lang RA, Kalfa TA, Zheng Y, Guo F. Gene targeting RhoA reveals its essential role in coordinating mitochondrial function and thymocyte development. Journal of Immunology. 2014;193(12):5973.

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El-Amouri SS, Dai D, Han JF, Brady RO, Pan D. Normalization and improvement of CNS deficits of mice with Hurler syndrome after long-term peripheral delivery of BBB-targeted Iduronidase. Mol Ther. 2014;22(12):2028-37.

Dai M, Han J, El-Amouri SS, Brady RO, Pan D. Platelets are efficient and protective depots for storage, distribution and delivery of lysosomal enzyme in mice with Hurler Syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014;111:2680-2685.

Wang D, El-Amouri SS, Dai M, Kuan A, Hui D, Brady RO, Pan D. Engineering a lysosomal enzyme with receptor-binding domain of ApoE enables delivery across the blood-brain barrier. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110:2999-3004.  

El-Amouri SS, Cao P, Miao CH, Pan D. Secreted luciferase for in vivo evaluation of systemic protein delivery in mice. Mol Biotech. 2013;53:63-73.

Pan D*, Kalfa TA, Wang D, Risinger M, Crable S, Ottlinger A, Mount DB, Hubner CA, Franco RS, Joiner CH*. KCl cotransporter gene expression during human and murine erythroid differentiation. J Biol Chem. 2011;286(35): 30492-30503. *co-correspondent authors.

Wang D, Zhang W, Kalfa TA, Grabowski G, Davies S, Malik P, Pan D. Reprogramming Erythroid Cells for Lysosomal Enzyme Production Leads to Visceral and CNS Cross-correction in Mice with Hurler Syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106:19958-63.

Worsham N, Scheusler T, von Kalle C, Pan D. In vivo gene transfer into adult stem cells in non-conditioned mice by in situ delivery of a lentiviral vector. Mol Ther. 2006;14(4): 514-524.

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Du W, Amarachintha S., Sipple J, Schick J., Steinbrecher K. and Pang Q. Inflammation-mediated Notch signaling skews Fanconi anemia hematopoietic stem cell differentiation. J. Immunol., 2013 Sep 1;191(5):2806-17.

Guo F, Li J, Zhang S, Du W, Sipple J, Phelan J, Grimes HL, Zheng Y, and Pang Q. mTOR kinase inhibitor sensitizes T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia for chemotherapy-induced DNA damage via suppressing FANCD2 expression. Leukemia. 2014 Jan;28(1):203-6.

Du W, Erden O, Pang Q. TNF-α signaling in Fanconi anemia. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2014 Jan:52(1):2-11.

Guo F, Li J, Du W, Zhang S, O'Connor M, Thomas G, Kozma S, Zingarelli B, Pang Q, Zheng Y. mTOR regulates DNA damage response through NF-κB-mediated FANCD2 pathway in hematopoietic cells. Leukemia. 2013 Oct:27(10):2040-6.

Shen C, Oswald D, Phelps D, Cam H, Pelloski CE, Pang Q, Houghton PJ. (2013) Regulation of FANCD2 by the mTOR Pathway Contributes to the Resistance of Cancer Cells to DNA Double-Strand Breaks. Cancer Res. 73(11):3393-401.

Guo F, Zhang S, Grogg M, Cancelas JA, Varney ME, Starczynowski DT, Du W, Yang JQ, Liu W, Zhu W, Thomas G, Kozma S, Pang Q, Zheng Y. Mouse gene targeting reveals an essential role of mTOR in hematopoietic stem cell engraftment and hematopoiesis. Haematologica. 2013 Sep;98(9):1353-8.

Li X, Sipple J, Pang Q, and Du W. Salidroside stimulates DNA repair enzyme Parp-1 activity in HSC maintenance. Blood. 2012 119 4162-73.

Du W, Rani R, Sipple J, Schick J, Myers KC, Mehta P, Andreassen PA, Davies SM, and Pang Q. The FA pathway counteracts oxidative stress through selective protection of antioxidant defense gene promoters. Blood. 2012 119(18):4142-51. 2012.

Ali AM, Pradhan A, Singh TR, Du C, Li J, Wahengbam K, Grassman E, Auerbach AD, Pang Q, Meetei AR. FAAP20: a novel ubiquitin-binding FA nuclear core complex protein required for functional integrity of the FA-BRCA DNA repair pathway. Blood. 2012 119(14):3285-94.

Li J, Sipple J, Maynard S, Mehta PA, Rose SR, Davies SM, Pang Q. Fanconi Anemia Links Reactive Oxygen Species to Insulin Resistance and Obesity. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2012 17(8):1083-98.

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Mayes DA, Rizvi TA, Titus-Mitchell HA, Oberst R, Ciraolo GM, Vorhees CV, Robinson AP, Miller SD, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Ratner N. Nf1 loss and Ras activation in Oligodendrocytes induce NOS-driven Defects in Myelin and Vasculature. Cell Reports. 2013 Sep 26;4(6):1197-212.

Rahrmann EP, Watson AL, Keng VW, Choi K, Moriarity B, Beckmann DA, Wolf N, Sarver A, Collins MH, Moertel CL, Wallace MR, Gel B, Serra S, Ratner N, Largaespada DA. Forward genetic screen for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor formation identifies novel genes and genetic pathways driving tumorigenesis. Nature Genetics. 2013;45(7):756-66.

Watson AL, Rahrmann EP, Moriarity B, Choi K, Conboy C, Greeley A, Halfond A, Anderson L, Wahl B, Keng VW, Rizzardi A, Forser C, Collins MH, Sarver A, Wallace M, Schmechel S, Ratner N, Largaespada DA. Canonical Wnt/β-catenin Signaling Drives Human Schwann Cell Transformation, Progression, and Tumor Maintenance. Cancer Discov. 2013 Jun;3(6):674-689.

Prada CE, Jousma E, Rizvi TA, Wu J, Dunn RS, Mayes DA, Cancelas JA, Dombi E, West BL, Bollag G, Ratner N. Neurofibroma associated macrophages play roles in tumor growth and response to pharmacological inhibition. Acta Neurpathol. 2013;125(1):159-68.

Jessen WJ, Miller SJ, Jousma E, Rizvi TA, Eaves D, Wu J, Widemann B, Kim M-O, Dombi E, Dudley AH, Niwa-Kawakita M, Page GP, Giovannini M, Aronow BJ, Cripe TP, Ratner N. MEK Inhibition Exhibits Efficacy in Human and Mouse Neurofibromatosis Tumors Despite Transcriptional Feedback onto ERK. J Clin. Invest. 2013 Jan 2;123(1):340-7.

Patel AV, Eaves D, Jessen WJ, Rizvi TA, Ecsedy JA, Qian MG, Aronow BJ, Perentesis JP, Serra E, Cripe TP, Miller SJ, Ratner N. Ras-Driven Transcriptome Analysis Identifies Aurora Kinase A as a Potential Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Therapeutic Target. Clin Canc Res. 2012 Sep 15;18(18):5020-30.

Hennigan RF, Moon CO, Parysek LM, Monk KR, Morfini G, Berth S, Brady ST, Ratner N. Merlin Modulates Microtubule-Based Vesicle Trafficking via Rac, MLK and p38SAPK. Oncogene. 2012;29(3):368-79.

Mayes DA, Rizvi TA, Cancelas JA, Kolasinski NT, Ciraolo GM, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Ratner N. Perinatal or Adult Nf1 Inactivation Using Tamoxifen-Inducible PlpCre Each Cause Neurofibroma Formation. Cancer Res. 2011 Jul 1;71(13):4675-85.

Hummel TR, Jessen WJ, Miller SC, Kluwe L, Mautner VF, Wallace MR, Lázaro C, Page G, Worley P, Aronow BJ, Schorry E, Ratner N. Gene expression analysis identifies potential biomarkers of neurofibromatosis type 1 including adrenomedullin. Clin Cancer Res. 2010;16 5048-57.

Miller SJ, Jessen WJ, Mehta T, Hardiman A, Sites E, Kaiser S, Jegga A, Li H, Upadhyaya M, Giovannini M, Muir D, Wallace MR, Lopez E,  Serra E, Lazaro C, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Page G, Aronow BJ, Ratner N. Integrative genomic analyses of neurofibromatosis tumors identify SOX9 as biomarker and survival gene. EMBO Mol Medicine. 2009 1(4): 236-48.

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Warr MR, Binnewies M, Flach J, Reynaud D, Garg T, Malhotra R, Debnath J, Passegué E. FOXO3A directs a protective autophagy program in haematopoietic stem cells. Nature. 2013 Feb 21;494(7437):323-7.

Reynaud D*, Pietras EM, Barry-Holson K, Mir A, Binnewies M, Jeanne M, Sala-Torra O, Radich JP, Passegué E*. IL-6 controls leukemic multipotent progenitor cell fate and contributes to chronic myelogenous leukemia development. Cancer Cell. 2011 Nov 15;20(5): 661-673. (*co-corresponding authors).

Reynaud D, Demarco IA, Reddy KL, Schjerven H, Bertolino E, Chen Z, Smale ST, Winandy S, Singh H. Regulation of B cell fate commitment and VH gene rearrangements by Ikaros. Nature Immunology. 2008 Aug; 9(8): 927-36.

Reynaud D*, Ravet E*, Titeux M, Mazurier F, Renia L, Dubart-Kupperschmitt A, Romeo PH, Pflumio F. SCL/TAL1 expression level regulates human hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and engraftment. Blood. 2005 Oct 1;106(7): 2318-28. (*co-first author).

Ravet E*, Reynaud D*, Titeux M, Izac B, Fichelson S, Romeo PH, Dubart-Kupperschmitt A, Pflumio F. Characterization of DNA-binding dependent and independent functions of SCL/TAL1 during human erythropoiesis. Blood. 2004 May 1; 103(9): 3326-35. (*co-first author).

Reynaud D, Lefort N, Manie E, Coulombel L, Levy Y. In vitro identification of human Pro-B cells which give rise to macrophages, NK and T cells. Blood. 2003 Jun 1; 101(11): 4313-21.

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Varney ME, Niederkorn M, Konno H, Matsumura T, Gohda J, Yoshida N, Akiyama T, Christie S, Fang J, Miller D, Jerez A, Karsan A, Maciejewski JP, Meetei RA, Inoue J, Starczynowski DT. Loss of Tifab, a del(5q) MDS gene, alters hematopoiesis through derepression of Toll-like receptor-TRAF6 signaling. J Exp Med. 2015 Oct 19;212(11):1967-85.

Varney ME, Melgar K, Niederkorn M, Smith MA, Barreyro L, Starczynowski DT. Deconstructing innate immune signaling in myelodysplastic syndromes. Exp Hematol. 2015 Aug;43(8):587-98.

Fang J, Barker B, Bolanos L, Liu X, Jerez A, Makishima H, Christie S, Chen X, Rao DS, Grimes HL, Komurov K, Weirauch MT, Cancelas JA, Maciejewski JP, Starczynowski DT. Myeloid malignancies with chromosome 5q deletions acquire a dependency on an intrachromosomal NF-κB gene network. Cell Rep. 2014 Sep 11;8(5):1328-38.

Zhao JL, Starczynowski DT. Role of microRNA-146a in normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cell function. Front Genet. 2014 Jul 9;5:219.

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Rhyasen GW, Bolanos L, Fang J, Jerez A, Wunderlich M, Rigolino C, Mathews L, Ferrer M, Southall N, Guha R, Keller J, Thomas C, Beverly LJ, Cortelezzi A, Oliva EN, Cuzzola M, Maciejewski JP, Mulloy JC, Starczynowski DT. Targeting IRAK1 as a therapeutic approach for myelodysplastic syndrome. Cancer Cell. 2013 Jul 8;24(1):90-104.

Fang J, Rhyasen G, Bolanos L, Rasch C, Varney M, Wunderlich M, Goyama S, Jansen G, Cloos J, Rigolino C, Cortelezzi A, Mulloy JC, Oliva EN, Cuzzola M, Starczynowski DT. Cytotoxic effects of bortezomib in myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia depend on autophagy-mediated lysosomal degradation of TRAF6 and repression of PSMA1. Blood. 2012 Jul 26;120(4):858-67.

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Starczynowski DT, Morin R, McPherson A, Lam J, Chari R, Wegrzyn J, Kuchenbauer F, Hirst M, Tohyama K, Humphries RK, Lam WL, Marra M, Karsan A. Genome-wide identification of human microRNAs located in leukemia-associated genomic alterations. Blood. 2011 Jan 13;117(2):595-607.

Starczynowski DT, Kuchenbauer F, Argiropoulos B, Sung S, Morin R, Muranyi A, Hirst M, Hogge D, Marra M, Wells RA, Buckstein R, Lam W, Humphries RK, Karsan A. Identification of miR-145 and miR-146a as mediators of the 5q- syndrome phenotype. Nat Med. 2010 Jan;16(1):49-58.

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Waclaw RR, Ehrman LA, Pierani A, Campbell K. Developmental origin of the neuronal subtypes that comprise the amygdalar fear circuit in the mouse. J Neurosci. 2010 May 19;30(20):6944-53.

Xu Q, Guo L, Moore H, Waclaw RR, Campbell K, Anderson SA. Sonic Hedgehog confers ventral telencephalic progenitors with distinct cortical interneuron fates. Neuron. 2010 Feb;65(3):328-340.

Waclaw RR, Campbell K. Regional control of cortical lamination. Nat Neurosci. 2009 Oct;12(10):1211-2.

Waclaw RR, Wang B, Pei Z, Ehrman LA, Campbell K. Distinct temporal requirements for the homeobox gene Gsx2 in specifying striatal and olfactory bulb neuronal fates. Neuron. 2009 Aug 27;63(4):451-65.

Wang B, Waclaw RR, Allen ZJ 2nd, Guillemot F, Campbell K. Ascl1 is a required downstream effector of Gsx gene function in the embryonic mouse telencephalon. Neural Dev. 2009 Feb 10;4:5.

Allen ZJ 2nd, Waclaw RR, Colbert MC, Campbell K. Molecular identity of olfactory bulb interneurons: transcriptional codes of periglomerular neuron subtypes. J Mol Histol. 2007 Dec;38(6):517-25.

Chen L, Liao G, Waclaw RR, Burns KA, Linquist D, Campbell K, Zheng Y, Kuan CY. Rac1 controls the formation of midline commissures and the competency of tangential migration in ventral telencephalic neurons. J Neurosci. 2007 Apr 4;27(14):3884-93.

Waclaw RR, Allen ZJ 2nd, Bell SM, Erdélyi F, Szabó G, Potter SS, Campbell K. The zinc finger transcription factor Sp8 regulates the generation and diversity of olfactory bulb interneurons. Neuron. 2006 Feb 16;49(4):503-16.

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Bahassi M, Li YQ, Wise-Draper TM, Deng L, Wang J, Darnell CN, Wilson KM, Wells SI, Stambrook PJ. Rixe O.  A patient-derived somatic mutation in the epidural growth factor ligand-binding domain confers increased sensitivity to cetuximab in heck and neck cancer. European J Cancer. 2013 Jul:49(10):2345-55.

Privette Vinnedge LM, Ho SM. Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Wells SI. The DEK oncogene is a target of steroid hormone receptor signaling in breast cancer. PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e46985.

Hoskins EE, Morreale RJ, Werner SP, Higginbotham JM, Laimins LA, Lambert PF, Brown DR, Gillison ML, Nuovo GJ, Witte DP, Kim MO, Davies SM, Mehta PA, Butsch Kovacic M, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Wells SI. The Fanconi anemia pathway limits human papillomavirus replication. J Virol. 2012 Aug;86(15);8131-8.

Wise-Draper TM, Draper DJ, Gutkind JS, Molinolo AA, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Wells SI, Future directions  and treatment strategies for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Transl Res. 2012 Sep;160(3):167-77.

Morrison MA, Morreale RJ, Akunuru S, Kofron M, Zheng Y, Wells SI. Targeting the human papillomavirus E6 and E7 oncogenes through  expression of the BPV1 E2 protein stimulates cellular motility. J Virol. 2011 Oct;85(20):10487-98.

Myers KC, Bleesing JJ, Davies SM, Zhang X, Martin LJ, Mueller R, Harris RE, Filipovich AH, Kovacic MB, Wells SI, Mehta PA.  Impaired immune function in children with Fanconi anaemia. Br J Haematol. 2011 Jul;154(2):234-40.

Kavanaugh GM, Wise-Draper TM, Morreale RJ, Morrison MA, Gole B, Schwemberger S, Tichy ED, Lu L, Babcock GF, Wells JM, Drissi R, Bissler JJ, Stambrook PJ, Andreassen PR, Wiesmuller L, Wells SI. The human DEK oncogene regulates DNA damage response signaling and repair. Nucl Acids Res. 2011 Sep 1;39(17):7465-76.

Privette Vinnedge LM, McClaine R, Wagh PK, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Waltz SE, Wells SI. The human DEK oncogene stimulates β-catenin signaling, invasion and mammosphere formation in breast cancer. Oncogene. 2011 Jun 16;30:2741-52.

Spence JR, Mayhew CN, Rankin SA, Kuhar MF, Vallance JE, Toile K, Hoskins EE, Kalinichenko VV, Wells SI, Zorn AM, Shroyer NF, Wells JM. Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into intestinal tissue in vitro. Nature. 2011 Feb 3;470(733):105-9.

Meyer SE, Peace BE, Bahassi el M, Kavanaugh GM, Wagh PK, Robbins SB, Yin M,Wells SI, Zinser GM, Stambrook PJ, Waltz SE. Chk2*1100delC Acts in synergy with the Ron receptor tyrosine kinase to accelerate mammary tumorigenesis in mice. Cancer Lett. 2010 Oct 28;296(2):186-93.

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Wu J, Keng WV, Patmore DM, Kendall JK, Patel AV, Jousma E, Jessen WJ, Choi K, Tschida BR, Fan D, et al. Insertional mutagenesis identifies a STAT3/Arid1b/β-catenin pathway driving neurofibroma initiation. Cell Reports. 2016;14(8):1979-90.

Li H, Zhao X, Yan X, Jessen WJ, Kim M-O, Dombi E, Liu PP, Huang G, Wu J. Runx1 contributes to neurofibromatosis type1 neurofibroma formation. Oncogene. 2016;35(11):1468-74.

Wu J*, Huang G, Ratner N. Runx1: a new driver in neurofibromagenesis. Oncoscience. 2015;2(11):904-5. (*Corresponding author)

Jousma E, Rizvi TA, Wu J, Janhofer D, Dombi E, Dunn RS, Kim M, Masters AR, Jones DA, Cripe TP, Ratner N, Jousma E. Preclinical assessments of the MEK inhibitor PD-0325901 in a mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015;62(10):1709-16.

Wu J, Patmore DM, Jousma E, Eaves DW, Schwartz EB, Fuchs JR, Cripe TP, Stemmer- Rachamimov A, Ratner N. EGFR-STAT3 signaling promotes formation of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Oncogene. 2014;33(2):173-80. 

Jessen W, Miller S,  Jousma  E, Wu  J,  Rizvi  T, Eaves D,  Widemann B,  Dombi E,  Dudley A,  Niwa-Kawakita M, et al.  MEK Inhibition Exhibits Efficacy in Human and Mouse Neurofibromatosis Tumors. J Clin Invest. 2013;123(1):340-7.

Prada CE, Jousma E, Rizvi TA, Wu J, Dunn RS, Mayes DA, Cancelas JA, Dombi E, Kim MO, West BL, Bollag G, and Ratner N. Neurofibroma-associated macrophages play roles in tumor growth and response to pharmacological inhibition. Acta Neuropathol. 2013;125(1):159-68.

Patmore DM, Welch S, Fulkerson PC, Wu J, Choi K, Eaves D, Kordich JJ, Collins MH, Cripe TP, Ratner N. In vivo regulation of TGFβ by R-Ras2 revealed through loss of the RasGAP protein Nf1. Cancer Res. 2012;72(20):5317-27.

Wu J, Williams JP, Rizvi TA, Kordich JJ, Witte D, Meijer D, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO,  Cancelas JA, Ratner N. Plexiform and dermal neurofibromas and pigmentation are caused by Nf1 loss in desert hedgehog expressing cells. Cancer Cell. 2008;13(2):105-116.

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Zhao C, Deng Y, Liu L, Yu K, Zhang L, Wang H, He X, Wang J, Lu C, Wu LN, Weng Q, Mao M, Li J, van Es JH, Xin M, Parry L, Goldman SA, Clevers H, Lu QR. Dual regulatory switch through interactions of Tcf7l2/Tcf4 with stage-specific partners propels oligodendroglial maturation. Nat Commun. 2016 Mar 9;7:10883.

Zhang L, He X, Liu L, Jiang M, Zhao C, Wang H, He D, Zheng T, Zhou X, Hassan A, Ma Z, Xin M, Sun Z, Lazar MA, Goldman SA, Olson EN, Lu QR. Hdac3 Interaction with p300 Histone Acetyltransferase Regulates the Oligodendrocyte and Astrocyte Lineage Fate Switch. Dev Cell. 2016 Feb 8;36(3):316-30.

Das M, Tanigawa S, Karner CM, Xin M, McNeil H, Lum L, Chen C, Olson EN, Alan O. Perantoni AO, Carroll TJ. Stromal-epithelial crosstalk regulates kidney progenitor cell differentiation. Nature Cell Biology. 2013 Oct 1;15(10):1260.

Xin M, Sutherland LB, Qi X, McAnally J, Richardson JA, Sadek H., Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN. Yap Controls heart regeneration and repair. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2013 Aug 20;110(34):13839-44.

Xin M, Bassel-Duby R and Olson EN. Cardiac Development as a Foundation for Adult Heart Regeneration and Repair. (Invited review) Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 2013 Aug;14(8):529-41.

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