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Project 1: Targeting the PD-1 pathway in HCC
Kaseb AO, Hasanov E, Cao HST, Xiao L, Vauthey JN, Lee SS, Yavuz BG, Mohamed YI, Qayyum A, Jindal S, Duan F, Basu S, Yadav SS, Nicholas C, Sun JJ, Singh Raghav KP, Rashid A, Carter K, Chun YS, Tzeng CD, Sakamuri D, Xu L, Sun R, Cristini V, Beretta L, Yao JC, Wolff RA, Allison JP, Sharma P. . Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Jan 19. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00427-1. Epub 2022 Jan 20.
Mohamed YI, Duda DG, Awiwi MO, Lee SS, Altameemi L, Xiao L, Morris JS, Wolff RA, Elsayes KM, Hatia RI, Qayyum A, Chamseddine SM, Rashid A, Yao JC, Mahvash A, Hassan MM, Amin HM, Kaseb AO. Oncotarget. 2022 Dec 6;13:1314-1321. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.28322.
Gok Yavuz B, Datar S, Chamseddine S, Mohamed YI, LaPelusa M, Lee SS, Hu ZI, Koay EJ, Tran Cao HS, Jalal PK, Daniel-MacDougall C, Hassan M, Duda DG, Amin HM, Kaseb AO. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Oct 7;15(19). doi: 10.3390/cancers15194875. Review.
Chamseddine S, LaPelusa M, Xiao L, Mohamed YI, Lee SS, Hu ZI, Hatia RI, Hassan M, Yao JC, Duda DG, Datar S, Amin HM, Kaseb AO. J Hepatocell Carcinoma. 2024;11:455-461. doi: 10.2147/JHC.S452564. eCollection 2024.
Dogra P, Shinglot V, Ruiz-Ram¨ªrez J, Cave J, Butner JD, Schiavone C, Duda DG, Kaseb AO, Chung C, Koay EJ, Cristini V, Ozpolat B, Calin GA, Wang Z. Mol Cancer. 2024 Aug 2;23(1):156. doi: 10.1186/s12943-024-02060-5.
Chamseddine S, Mohamed YI, Lee SS, Yao JC, Hu ZI, Tran Cao HS, Xiao L, Sun R, Morris JS, Hatia RI, Hassan M, Duda DG, Diab M, Mohamed A, Nassar A, Datar S, Amin HM, Kaseb AO. Oncology. 2023;101(11):730-737. doi: 10.1159/000531870. Epub 2023 Aug 23.
Mohamed YI, Lee SS, Demir T, Chamseddine S, Hu ZI, Xiao L, Elsayes K, Morris JS, Wolff RA, Hiatia R, Qayyum A, Rashid A, Duda DG, Yao JC, LaPelusa M, Koay EJ, Mahvash A, Al Azzam A, Dumbrava EE, Hassan M, Amin HM, Kaseb AO. Cancer Biomark. 2024;41(1):83-91. doi: 10.3233/CBM-230431.
Rizvi S, Awasthi A, Pel¨¢ez MJ, Wang Z, Cristini V, Van Nguyen H, Dogra P. Sci Rep. 2024 Oct 2;14(1):22926. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73639-7.
Chamseddine S, Yavuz BG, Mohamed YI, Lee SS, Yao JC, Hu ZI, LaPelusa M, Xiao L, Sun R, Morris JS, Hatia RI, Hassan M, Duda DG, Diab M, Mohamed A, Nassar A, Amin HM, Kaseb AO. J Immunother Precis Oncol. 2024 Nov 1;7(4):255-262. doi: 10.36401/JIPO-24-6.
DeAzevedo R, Steiner M, Turner BX, Liu A, Newton S, Schmidt J, Fleming R, Tolentino A, Kaseb AO, Curran MA. . J Immunother Cancer. 2024 Oct 30;12(10):e009690. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-009690.
LaPelusa M, Chamseddine S, Tran Cao HS, Xiao L, Hasanov E, Bhosale P, Amin HM, Mohamed YI, Gok Yavuz B, Sakr Y, Xu L, Hu I, Lee SS, Sakamuri D, Jindal S, Nguyen V, Curran MA, Sun R, Rashid A, Duda DG, Sharma P, Qayyum A, Kaseb AO. Oncology. 2024 Oct 18:1-8. doi: 10.1159/000541250. Epub ahead of print.
Kaseb AO. . J Hepatocell Carcinoma. 2025 Mar 28;12:649-657. doi: 10.2147/JHC.S523470.
Project 2: Targeting STAT3 with an Oral Small Molecule to Treat Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Tweardy DJ. . Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2022;132:61-76.
Tsimberidou AM, Vining DJ, Arora SP, de Achaval S, Larson J, Kauh J, Cartwright C, Avritscher R, Alibhai I, Tweardy DJ, Kaseb AO. . Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Mar 17;31(6):965-974. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-2920.
Project 3: Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis stage and progression in obesity and diabetes: a Hispanic population study
Kwan SY, Jiao J, Joon A, Wei P, Petty LE, Below JE, Daniel CR, Wu X, Zhang J, Jenq RR, Futreal PA, Hawk ET, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Beretta L. . Hepatology. 2021 Oct 11;. doi: 10.1002/hep.32197.
Jiao J, Kwan SY, Sabotta CM, Tanaka H, Veillon L, Warmoes MO, Lorenzi PL, Wang Y, Wei P, Hawk ET, Almeda JL, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Beretta L. . Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Sep;30(9):1643-1651. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-0183. Epub 2021 Jun 21.
Heredia NI, Zhang X, Balakrishnan M, Daniel CR, Hwang JP, McNeill LH, Thrift AP. . Prev Med. 2022 Jan;154:106903. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106903. Epub 2021 Dec 1.
Kwan SY, Sabotta CM, Joon A, Wei P, Petty LE, Below JE, Wu X, Zhang J, Jenq RR, Hawk ET, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Beretta L. mSystems. 2022 Apr 28:e0003322. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00033-22. Epub ahead of print.
Sabotta CM, Kwan SY, Petty LE, Below JE, Joon A, Wei P, Fisher-Hoch SP, McCormick JB, Beretta L. Front Genet. 2022;13:995488. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.995488. eCollection 2022.
Zhang X, Daniel CR, Soltero V, Vargas X, Jain S, Kanwal F, Thrift AP, Balakrishnan M. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 Mar 1;119(3):505-511. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002508. Epub 2023 Sep 20.
Kwan S-Y, Sabotta CM, Cruz L, Wong M, Ajami N, McCormick J, Fisher-Hoch S, Beretta L. mSystems. 2024 Sep 17;9(9):e0043424. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00434-24. Epub 2024 Aug 21.
Kwan S-Y, Gonzales KA, Jamal MA, Stevenson HL, Tan L, Lorenzi PL, Futreal PA, Hawk ET, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Jenq RR, Beretta L. Gut Microbes. 2024 Jan-Dec;16(1):2399260. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2399260. Epub 2024 Sep 6.
Dolapchiev LI, Gonzales KA, Cruz LR, Gagea M, Stevenson HL, Kwan SY, Beretta L. J Hepatocell Carcinoma. 2024;11:1891-1905. doi: 10.2147/JHC.S485532. eCollection 2024.
Core 1: Biobank and Pathology
Moussa I, Day RS, Li R, Kaseb A, Jalal PK, Daniel-MacDougall C, Hatia RI, Abdelhakeem A, Rashid A, Chun YS, Li D, Hassan MM. . Cancer Med. 2021 Oct;10(20):7308-7319. doi: 10.1002/cam4.4256. Epub 2021 Sep 18.
Zheng J, Daniel CR, Hatia RI, Stuff J, Abdelhakeem AA, Rashid A, Chun YS, Jalal PK, Kaseb AO, Li D, Hassan MM. . Hepatology. 2021 Dec;74(6):3161-3173. doi: 10.1002/hep.32046. Epub 2021 Aug 26.
Moussa I, Day RS, Li R, Du XL, Kaseb AO, Jalal PK, Daniel-MacDougall C, Hatia RI, Abdelhakeem A, Rashid A, Chun YS, Li D, Hassan MM. . Nutrients. 2021 Jun 11;13(6). doi: 10.3390/nu13062011.
Wei P. . Emerg Top Life Sci. 2021 Dec 21;5(6):829-835. doi: 10.1042/ETLS20210218. Review.
Hatia RI, Hwang LY, Li R, Troisi C, Jalal PK, Amos CI, Gomez HF, Chun YS, Rashid A, Kaseb AO, Scheet PA, Hassan MM. . J Hepatocell Carcinoma. 2025;12:93-106. doi: 10.2147/JHC.S477141. eCollection 2025.
Core 2: Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Wang Z, Wei P. . Bioinformatics. 2021 Apr 1;36(22-23):5439-5447. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa1001.
Wei P. Emerg Top Life Sci. 2021 Dec 21;5(6):829-835. doi: 10.1042/ETLS20210218. Review.
Wang Z, Lu Y, Fornage M, Jiao L, Shen J, Li D, Wei P. Epigenetics. 2022 Nov;17(11):1357-1372. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2022.2026591. Epub 2022 Jan 14.
Singh S, Clemente LC, Parra ER, Tchakarov A, Yang C, Li Y, Long JP, Yee C, Lin JS. Oncoimmunology. 2022;11(1):2124678. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2022.2124678. eCollection 2022.
Su X, Li Y, M¨¹ller P, Hsu CW, Pan H, Do KA. Pharm Stat. 2022 Nov;21(6):1149-1166. doi: 10.1002/pst.2249. Epub 2022 Jun 24.
Chi S, Flowers CR, Li Z, Huang X, Wei P. Ann Appl Stat. 2024 Jun;18(2):1360-1377. doi: 10.1214/23-aoas1838. Epub 2024 Apr 5.
Yang C, Li Y. Stat Med. 2024 Feb 20;43(4):689-705. doi: 10.1002/sim.9980. Epub 2023 Dec 18.
Kim C, Li Y, Xu T, Liao Z. . Stat Med. 2024 Dec 30;43(30):5968-5982. doi: 10.1002/sim.10266. Epub 2024 Nov 28.
Career Enhancement Program
Saldarriaga OA, Dye B, Pham J, Wanninger TG, Millian D, Kueht M, Freiberg B, Utay N, Stevenson HL. . Sci Rep. 2021 Jul 15;11(1):14506. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93881-7.
Millian DE, Saldarriaga OA, Wanninger T, Burks JK, Rafati YN, Gosnell J, Stevenson HL. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 7;14(8). doi: 10.3390/cancers14081861. Review.
Kwan SY, Slayden AN, Coronado AR, Marquez RC, Chen H, Wei P, Savage MI, Vornik LA, Fox JT, Sei S, Liang D, Stevenson HL, Wilkerson GK, Gagea M, Brown PH, Beretta L. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2023 Jan 4;16(1):17-28. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-22-0332.
Wilhelm AB, Cunningham AG, Kassab C, Fitz EC, Dong J, Radhakrishnan RS, Ranganathan S, Tan D, Stevenson HL. Diagn Pathol. 2023 Feb 13;18(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s13000-023-01305-z.
Zhang Y, Zhao Z, Huang LA, Liu Y, Yao J, Sun C, Li Y, Zhang Z, Ye Y, Yuan F, Nguyen TK, Garlapati NR, Wu A, Egranov SD, Caudle AS, Sahin AA, Lim B, Beretta L, Calin GA, Yu D, Hung MC, Curran MA, Rezvani K, Gan B, Tan Z, Han L, Lin C, Yang L. . 2023 Aug 8;35(8):1457-1473.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.05.009. Epub 2023 Jun 16.
Gu L, Zhu Y, Lee M, Nguyen A, Ryujin NT, Huang JY, Pandit SK, Chamseddine S, Xiao L, Mohamed YI, Kaseb AO, Karin M, Shalapour S. . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 May 9;120(19):e2300706120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2300706120. Epub 2023 May 1.
Dibra D, Gagea M, Qi Y, Chau GP, Su X, Lozano G. . Cancer Res Commun. 2023 Dec 2;. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0218. [Epub ahead of print]
Tran Cao HS, Witt RG, Elsayes KM, Baiomy AA, Xiao L, Palmquist S, Lee SS, Mohamed YI, Mahvash A, Tzeng CD, Chun YS, Koay EJ, Rashid A, Hassan MM, Yao JC, Vauthey JN, Kaseb AO. Oncologist. 2024 Jun 3;29(6):e803-e810. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad329.
Yim SY, Lee SH, Baek SW, Sohn B, Jeong YS, Kang SH, Park K, Park H, Lee SS, Kaseb AO, Park YN, Leem SH, Curran MA, Kim JH, Lee JS. Clin Mol Hepatol. 2024 Oct;30(4):807-823. doi: 10.3350/cmh.2024.0333. Epub 2024 Jul 23.
Developmental Research Program
Yim SY, Lee JS. . J Hepatocell Carcinoma. 2021;8:1077-1088. doi: 10.2147/JHC.S270533. eCollection 2021. Review.
Lee SH, Jeong YS, Lee S, Sohn BH, Hwang HK, Choi GH, Kang CM, Choi JS, Lee WJ, Cheong JH, Jang HJ, Kaseb A, Roberts L, Yim SY, Chun YS, Lee JS. . Cancer Commun (Lond). 2022 Jan 15. doi: 10.1002/cac2.12251. Epub 2022 Jan 15.
Qayyum A, Bhosale P, Aslam R, Avritscher R, Ma J, Pagel MD, Sun J, Mohamed Y, Rashid A, Beretta L, Kaseb AO. . Abdom Radiol (NY). 2021 Mar;46(3):1008-1015. doi: 10.1007/s00261-020-02751-9. Epub 2020 Sep 24.
Cazoulat G, Anderson BM, McCulloch MM, Rigaud B, Koay EJ, Brock KK. Med Phys. 2021 Oct;48(10):5935-5946. doi: 10.1002/mp.15163. Epub 2021 Aug 25.
De B, Tran Cao HS, Vauthey JN, Manzar GS, Corrigan KL, Raghav KPS, Lee SS, Tzeng CD, Minsky BD, Smith GL, Holliday EB, Taniguchi CM, Koong AC, Das P, Javle M, Ludmir EB, Koay EJ. Cancer. 2022 Jul 1;128(13):2529-2539. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34223. Epub 2022 Apr 13.
Fujita M, Chen MM, Siwak DR, Sasagawa S, Oosawa-Tatsuguchi A, Arihiro K, Ono A, Miura R, Maejima K, Aikata H, Ueno M, Hayami S, Yamaue H, Chayama K, Lee JS, Lu Y, Mills GB, Liang H, Nishizuka SS, Nakagawa H. Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 29;13(1):6481. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34249-x.
Lee SH, Yim SY, Jeong YS, Li QX, Kang SH, Sohn BH, Kumar SV, Shin JH, Choi YR, Shim JJ, Kim H, Kim JH, Kim S, Guo S, Johnson RL, Kaseb A, Kang KJ, Chun YS, Jang HJ, Lee BG, Woo HG, Ha MJ, Akbani R, Roberts LR, Wheeler DA, Lee JS. Hepatology. 2022 Dec;76(6):1634-1648. doi: 10.1002/hep.32490. Epub 2022 Jun 29.
Jung J, Park S, Jang Y, Lee SH, Jeong YS, Yim SY, Lee JS. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Dec 28;15(1). doi: 10.3390/cancers15010186.
Wang CX, Elganainy D, Zaid MM, Butner JD, Agrawal A, Nizzero S, Minsky BD, Holliday EB, Taniguchi CM, Smith GL, Koong AC, Herman JM, Das P, Maitra A, Wang H, Wolff RA, Katz MHG, Crane CH, Cristini V, Koay EJ. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Sep 1;114(1):163-172. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.04.044. Epub 2022 May 26.
Engel BJ, Paolillo V, Uddin MN, Gonzales KA, McGinnis KM, Sutton MN, Patnana M, Grindel BJ, Gores GJ, Piwnica-Worms D, Beretta L, Pisaneschi F, Gammon ST, Millward SW. . Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jul 26;15(15). doi: 10.3390/cancers15153787.
Kim J, Zimmerman MA, Shin WY, Boettcher BT, Lee JS, Park JI, Ali M, Yang M, Mishra J, Hagen CE, McGraw JE, Mathison A, Woehlck HJ, Lomberk G, Camara AKS, Urrutia RA, Stowe DF, Hong JC. . Ann Surg. 2023 Feb 1;277(2):e366-e375. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005156. Epub 2023 Jan 10.
Wright T, Wang Y, Stratton SA, Sebastian M, Liu B, Johnson DG, Bedford MT. . Biochem J. 2023 Nov 29;480(22):1805-1816. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20230384.
Cazoulat G, Gupta AC, Al Taie MM, Koay EJ, Brock KK. Phys Med Biol. 2023 Oct 4;68(20):205009. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/acfa5f.
Inventions
U.S. Patent Application No. 63/155,155, March 1, 2021
Title: Methods of Detecting Advanced Liver Fibrosis or Hepatocellular Carcinoma Biomarkers in a Sample
Inventor: Laura Beretta
U.S. Patent Application No. 63/424,378, filed November 10, 2022
Title: Hepatoprotective probiotic compositions
Inventors: Laura Beretta and Suet Ying Kwan