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Manore, S., Zhuang, C., Najjar, M. K., Wong, G. L., Bindal, S., Watabe, K., Lin, J., & Lo, H. W. (2024). Co-Inhibition of tGLI1 and GP130 Using FDA-Approved Ketoconazole and Bazedoxifene Is Synergistic Against the Growth and Metastasis of HER2-Enriched and Triple-Negative Breast Cancers. Cells, 13(24), 2087. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13242087

Shi, C., Bopp, T., Lo, H. W., Tkaczuk, K., & Lin, J. (2024). Bazedoxifene as a Potential Cancer Therapeutic Agent Targeting IL-6/GP130 Signaling. Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)31(10), 5737–5751. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31100426

Najjar, M. K., Khan, M. S., Zhuang, C., Chandra, A., & Lo, H. W. (2024). Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 1 in Cancer Metastasis and Therapeutic Resistance: Mechanistic Insights and Translational Advances. Cells13(20), 1690. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13201690 

Regua, A. T., Aguayo, N. R., Jalboush, S. A., Doheny, D. L., Manore, S. G., Zhu, D., Wong, G. L., Arrigo, A., Wagner, C. J., Yu, Y., Thomas, A., Chan, M. D., Ruiz, J., Jin, G., Strowd, R., Sun, P., Lin, J., & Lo, H. W. (2024). Correction: Regua et al. TrkA Interacts with and Phosphorylates STAT3 to Enhance Gene Transcription and Promote Breast Cancer Stem Cells in Triple-Negative and HER2-Enriched Breast Cancers. Cancers 2021, 13, 2340. Cancers16(19), 3409. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16193409

Rimkus, T. K., Carpenter, R. L., Sirkisoon, S., Zhu, D., Pasche, B. C., Chan, M. D., Lesser, G. J., Tatter, S. B., Watabe, K., Debinski, W., & Lo, H. W. (2024). Editor's Note: Truncated Glioma-Associated Oncogene Homolog 1 (tGLI1) Mediates Mesenchymal Glioblastoma via Transcriptional Activation of CD44. Cancer research84(19), 3310. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-2889

Khan, M. S., Wong, G. L., Zhuang, C., Najjar, M. K., & Lo, H. W. (2024). Crosstalk between breast cancer-derived microRNAs and brain microenvironmental cells in breast cancer brain metastasis. Frontiers in oncology14, 1436942. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1436942

Sirkisoon, S. R., Carpenter, R. L., Rimkus, T., Anderson, A., Harrison, A., Lange, A. M., Jin, G., Watabe, K., & Lo, H. W. (2024). Correction: Interaction between STAT3 and GLI1/tGLI1 oncogenic transcription factors promotes the aggressiveness of triple-negative breast cancers and HER2-enriched breast cancer. Oncogene43(30), 2371. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-024-03084-3

Regua, A. T., Bindal, S., Najjar, M. K., Zhuang, C., Khan, M., Arrigo, A. B. J., Gonzalez, A. O., Zhang, X. R., Zhu, J. J., Watabe, K., & Lo, H. W. (2024). Dual inhibition of the TrkA and JAK2 pathways using entrectinib and pacritinib suppresses the growth and metastasis of HER2-positive and triple-negative breast cancers. Cancer letters597, 217023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2024.217023

Doheny, D., Sirkisoon, S., Carpenter, R. L., Aguayo, N. R., Regua, A. T., Anguelov, M., Manore, S. G., Arrigo, A., Jalboush, S. A., Wong, G. L., Yu, Y., Wagner, C. J., Chan, M., Ruiz, J., Thomas, A., Strowd, R., Lin, J., & Lo, H. W. (2024). Correction: Combined inhibition of JAK2-STAT3 and SMO-GLI1/tGLI1 pathways suppresses breast cancer stem cells, tumor growth, and metastasis. Oncogene43(23), 1811. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-024-03046-9

Abdulhaleem, M., Hunting, J. C., Wang, Y., Smith, M. R., Agostino, R. J., Lycan, T., Farris, M. K., Ververs, J., Lo, H. W., Watabe, K., Topaloglu, U., Li, W., Whitlow, C., Su, J., Wang, G., Chan, M. D., Xing, F., & Ruiz, J. (2023). Use of comprehensive genomic profiling for biomarker discovery for the management of non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases. Frontiers in oncology13, 1214126. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1214126

Mackert, J. D., Stirling, E. R., Wilson, A. S., Westwood, B., Zhao, D., Lo, H. W., Metheny-Barlow, L., Cook, K. L., Lesser, G. J., & Soto-Pantoja, D. R. (2023). Anti-CD47 immunotherapy as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of breast cancer brain metastasis. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2023.07.25.550566. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.25.550566

Song, Q., Ruiz, J., Xing, F., Lo, H. W., Craddock, L., Pullikuth, A. K., Miller, L. D., Soike, M. H., O'Neill, S. S., Watabe, K., Chan, M. D., & Su, J. (2023). Single-cell sequencing reveals the landscape of the human brain metastatic microenvironment. Communications biology6(1), 760. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05124-2

Arrigo, A., Regua, A. T., Najjar, M. K., & Lo, H. W. (2023). Tumor Suppressor Candidate 2 (TUSC2): Discovery, Functions, and Cancer Therapy. Cancers15(9), 2455. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092455 

Lo, H. W., & Tapinos, N. (2023). Editorial: Epigenetics and cellular plasticity in glioblastoma. Frontiers in oncology13, 1179214. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1179214

Pearce, J. B., Hsu, F. C., Lanier, C. M., Cramer, C. K., Ruiz, J., Lo, H. W., Xing, F., Smith, M., Li, W., Whitlow, C., White, J. J., Tatter, S. B., Laxton, A. W., & Chan, M. D. (2022). Five-year survivors from brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery: Biology, improving treatments, or just plain luck?. Neuro-oncology practice10(2), 195–202. https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npac095

Najjar, M. K., Manore, S. G., Regua, A. T., & Lo, H. W. (2022). Antibody-Drug Conjugates for the Treatment of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. Genes13(11), 2065. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13112065

Lanier, C. M., Pearce, J., Isom, S., Xing, F., Lo, H. W., Whitlow, C. T., Ruiz, J., White, J. J., Laxton, A. W., Tatter, S. B., Cramer, C. K., & Chan, M. D. (2022). Long term survivors of stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: do distant brain failures reach a plateau and what factors are associated with a brain metastasis velocity of zero?. Journal of neuro-oncology160(3), 643–648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-022-04183-5

Abdulhaleem, M., Scott, E., Johnston, H., Isom, S., Lanier, C., LeCompte, M., Cramer, C. K., Ruiz, J., Lo, H. W., Watabe, K., O'Neill, S., Whitlow, C., Tatter, S. B., W Laxton, A., Su, J., & Chan, M. D. (2022). Upfront immunotherapy leads to lower brain metastasis velocity in patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases. Journal of radiosurgery and SBRT8(2), 77–83.

Helis, C. A., Prim, S. N., Cramer, C. K., Strowd, R., Lesser, G. J., White, J. J., Tatter, S. B., Laxton, A. W., Whitlow, C., Lo, H. W., Debinski, W., Ververs, J. D., Black, P. J., & Chan, M. D. (2022). Clinical outcomes of dose-escalated re-irradiation in patients with recurrent high-grade glioma. Neuro-oncology practice9(5), 390–401. https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npac032

Doheny, D., Manore, S., Sirkisoon, S. R., Zhu, D., Aguayo, N. R., Harrison, A., Najjar, M., Anguelov, M., Cox, A. O., Furdui, C. M., Watabe, K., Hollis, T., Thomas, A., Strowd, R., & Lo, H. W. (2022). An FDA-Approved Antifungal, Ketoconazole, and Its Novel Derivative Suppress tGLI1-Mediated Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis by Inhibiting the DNA-Binding Activity of Brain Metastasis-Promoting Transcription Factor tGLI1. Cancers14(17), 4256. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14174256

Wong, G. L., Manore, S. G., Doheny, D. L., & Lo, H. W. (2022). STAT family of transcription factors in breast cancer: Pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities and challenges. Seminars in cancer biology86(Pt 3), 84–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcancer.2022.08.003

Regua, A. T., Najjar, M., & Lo, H. W. (2022). RET signaling pathway and RET inhibitors in human cancer. Frontiers in oncology12, 932353. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.932353

Agyemang, K., Johansen, A. M., Barker, G. W., Pennison, M. J., Sheffield, K., Jimenez, H., Blackman, C., Sharma, S., Fordjour, P. A., Singh, R., Cook, K. L., Lin, H. K., Zhang, W., Lo, H. W., Watabe, K., Sun, P., Langefeld, C. D., & Pasche, B. (2022). TGFBR1*6A as a modifier of breast cancer risk and progression: advances and future prospects. NPJ breast cancer8(1), 84. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-022-00446-6

Sirkisoon, S. R., Wong, G. L., Aguayo, N. R., Doheny, D. L., Zhu, D., Regua, A. T., Arrigo, A., Manore, S. G., Wagner, C., Thomas, A., Singh, R., Xing, F., Jin, G., Watabe, K., & Lo, H. W. (2022). Breast cancer extracellular vesicles-derived miR-1290 activates astrocytes in the brain metastatic microenvironment via the FOXA2→CNTF axis to promote progression of brain metastases. Cancer letters540, 215726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2022.215726 

Rimkus, T. K., Arrigo, A. B., Zhu, D., Carpenter, R. L., Sirkisoon, S., Doheny, D., Regua, A. T., Wong, G. L., Manore, S., Wagner, C., Lin, H. K., Jin, G., Ruiz, J., Chan, M., Debinski, W., & Lo, H. W. (2022). NEDD4 degrades TUSC2 to promote glioblastoma progression. Cancer letters531, 124–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2022.01.029

Lo, H. W., & Ali-Osman, F. (2002). Cyclic AMP mediated GSTP1 gene activation in tumor cells involves the interaction of activated CREB-1 with the GSTP1 CRE: a novel mechanism of cellular GSTP1 gene regulation. Journal of cellular biochemistry87(1), 103–116. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.10275