Michael S Nakazawa, MD, PhD

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Nasr LF, Zoghbi M, Lazcano R, Nakazawa M, Bishop AJ, Farooqi A, Mitra D, Guadagnolo BA, Benjamin R, Patel S, Ravi V, Araujo DM, Livingston A, Zarzour MA, Conley AP, Ratan R, Somaiah N, Lazar AJ, Roland C, Keung EZ, Nassif Haddad EF. High-Grade Pleomorphic Sarcomas Treated with Immune Checkpoint Blockade: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience. Cancers (Basel) 16(9):None, 2024. PMID: 38730715.
2. Denu RA, Joseph CP, Urquiola ES, Byrd PS, Yang RK, Ratan R, Zarzour MA, Conley AP, Araujo DM, Ravi V, Nassif Haddad EF, Nakazawa MS, Patel S, Wang W, Lazar AJ, Somaiah N. Utility of Clinical Next Generation Sequencing Tests in KIT/PDGFRA/SDH Wild-Type Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Cancers (Basel) None(None):None, 2024. PMID: 38730662.
3. Nakazawa MS, Silverman IM, Rimkunas V, Veloso A, Glodzik D, Johnson A, Ohsumi TK, Patel SR, Conley AP, Roland CL, Soliman PT, Beird HC, Wu CC, Ingram DR, Lazcano R, Song D, Wani KM, Lazar AJ, Yap TA, Wang WL, Livingston JA. Loss of the DNA Repair Gene RNase H2 Identifies a Unique Subset of DDR-Deficient Leiomyosarcomas. Mol Cancer Ther None(None):None, 2024. PMID: 38561019.
4. Thirasastr, P, Sutton, TL, Joseph, CP, Lin, Y, Amini, B, Mayo, SC, Araujo, DM, Benjamin, RS, Conley, AP, Livingston, JA, Ludwig, JA, Patel, S, Ratan, R, Ravi, V, Zarzour, MA, Nassif Haddad, EF, Nakazawa, MS, Zhou, X, Heinrich, MC, Somaiah, N. Outcomes of Late-Line Systemic Treatment in GIST. Cancers 16(5), 2024. PMID: 38473266.
5. Nakazawa, MS, Livingston, JA, Zarzour, MA, Bishop, AJ, Ratan, R, Ludwig, JA, Araujo, DM, Somaiah, N, Ravi, V, Nassif, EF, Roland, CL, Lazar, A, Guadagnolo, BA, Harrison, DJ, Benjamin, RS, Patel, S, Conley, AP. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of adult alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma patients on first-line systemic therapies. Rare Tumors 16, 2024. PMID: 39105190.
6. Beird H*, Wu C*, Nakazawa MS, Ingram D, Daniele J, Little L, Daw NB, Wani K, Lazcano R, Song X, Gumbs C, Zhang J, Rubin B, Conley AP, Flanaga A, Lazar AJ, FA*. Complete loss of TP53 and RB1 is associated with complex genome and low immune infiltrate in pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma. HGG Adv 4(4):None, 2023. PMID: 37593416.
7. Gade TPF, Tucker E, Nakazawa MS, Hunt SJ, Wong W, Krock B, Weber CN, Nadolski GJ, Clark TWI, Soulen MC, Furth EE, Winkler JD, Amaravadi RK, Simon MC. Ischemia Induces Quiescence and Autophagy Dependence in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Radiology 283(3):702-710, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28253108.
8. Nakazawa MS, Eisinger-Mathason TS, Sadri N, Ochocki JD, Gade TP, Amin RK, Simon MC. Epigenetic re-expression of HIF-2α suppresses soft tissue sarcoma growth. Nat Commun 7:10539, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26837714.
9. Eisinger-Mathason TS, Mucaj V, Biju KM, Nakazawa MS, Gohil M, Cash TP, Yoon SS, Skuli N, Park KM, Gerecht S, Simon MC. Deregulation of the Hippo pathway in soft-tissue sarcoma promotes FOXM1 expression and tumorigenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112(26):E3402-11, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26080399.
10. Krock BL, Eisinger-Mathason TS, Giannoukos DN, Shay JE, Gohil M, Lee DS, Nakazawa MS, Sesen J, Skuli N, Simon MC. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator is an essential regulator of murine hematopoietic stem cell viability. Blood 125(21):3263-72, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25855602.
11. Mucaj V, Lee SS, Skuli N, Giannoukos DN, Qiu B, Eisinger-Mathason TS, Nakazawa MS, Shay JE, Gopal PP, Venneti S, Lal P, Minn AJ, Simon MC, Mathew LK. MicroRNA-124 expression counteracts pro-survival stress responses in glioblastoma. Oncogene 34(17):2204-14, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24954504.
12. Rader J, Russell MR, Hart LS, Nakazawa MS, Belcastro LT, Martinez D, Li Y, Carpenter EL, Attiyeh EF, Diskin SJ, Kim S, Parasuraman S, Caponigro G, Schnepp RW, Wood AC, Pawel B, Cole KA, Maris JM. Dual CDK4/CDK6 inhibition induces cell-cycle arrest and senescence in neuroblastoma. Clin Cancer Res 19(22):6173-82, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24045179.
13. Eisinger-Mathason TS, Zhang M, Qiu Q, Skuli N, Nakazawa MS, Karakasheva T, Mucaj V, Shay JE, Stangenberg L, Sadri N, Puré E, Yoon SS, Kirsch DG, Simon MC. Hypoxia-dependent modification of collagen networks promotes sarcoma metastasis. Cancer Discov 3(10):1190-205, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23906982.
14. Wong WJ, Qiu B, Nakazawa MS, Qing G, Simon MC. MYC degradation under low O2 tension promotes survival by evading hypoxia-induced cell death. Mol Cell Biol 33(17):3494-504, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23816886.
15. Kim YJ, Lee HJ, Kim TM, Eisinger-Mathason TS, Zhang AY, Schmidt B, Karl DL, Nakazawa MS, Park PJ, Simon MC, Yoon SS. Overcoming evasive resistance from vascular endothelial growth factor a inhibition in sarcomas by genetic or pharmacologic targeting of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α. Int J Cancer 132(1):29-41, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22684860.

Other Articles

1. Denu, RA, Dann, AM, Keung, EZ, Nakazawa, MS, Nassif Haddad, EF The Future of Targeted Therapy for Leiomyosarcoma. Cancers 16(5), 2024. PMID: 38473300.
2. Nakazawa MS, Keith B, Simon MC Oxygen availability and metabolic adaptations. Nat Rev Cancer 16(10):663-73, 2016. PMID: 27658636.

Abstracts

1. Nakazawa MS, Cheng L, Ahmed M, Lazcano R, Wani K, Veiseh O, Kwong LN. Detecting and intervening on rare pre-existing resistant subclones to BRAF/MEK inhibitors in metastatic melanoma. AACR, 2023. PMID: None.
2. Nakazawa MS, Silverman IM, Rimkunas V, Johnson A, Veloso A, Glodzik D, Zimmermann M, Yap T, Wang W, Livingston JA. Loss of the DNA Repair Gene RNase H2 Identifies a Unique Subset of DDR-Deficient Leiomyosarcomas. ASCO, 2023. PMID: None.
3. Nakazawa MS, Grogan T, Nichols N, Reiter R, Rettig M. Randomized, Open Label, Neoadjuvent Phase 2 Study Comparing the Effects of AR Inhibition with and without SRC or MEK Inhibition on the Development of EMT in Prostate Cancer. UCLA DOM Research Day, 2018. PMID: None.
4. Nakazawa MS. The role of epigenetic therapy in the treatment of sarcoma. University of Pennsylvania Combined Degree Program Annual Retreat, 2015. PMID: None.
5. Nakazawa MS, Eisinger-Mathason TS, Sadri N, Ochocki JD, Gade TP, Amin RK, Simon MC. Epigenetic re-expression of HIF-2α suppresses soft tissue sarcoma growth. Keystone Hypoxia Meeting, 2015. PMID: None.