Warren Fiskus, Ph.D
Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine
About Warren Fiskus
Dr. Fiskus is an assistant professor of Leukemia, at MDACC. Dr. Fiskus received his undergraduate degree from Valdosta State University, doctorate at Georgia State University, and completed post-doctoral fellowships at Moffitt Cancer Center then Medical College of Georgia. He received an American Cancer Society’s Career Development and LLS Fellow and Scholar Awards. Dr. Fiskus has authored more than 60 scientific publications and for approximately 12 years, conducted basic-translational preclinical research related to the biology and molecular mechanisms involving the actions of novel anti-cancer agents, utilizing in vitro and in vivo models of acute myeloid leukemia and B-cell lymphomas to determine the effects of targeted therapy against novel “druggable” molecular targets, as well as other epigenetic mechanisms. His research has elucidated the deregulated activities of chromatin modifying enzymes, including histone deacetylases, the histone methyltransferase EZH2, the histone demethylase KDM1A and the BET bromodomain containing protein family and oncoprotein kinases in leukemia and lymphoma cells. Focusing on novel combinations of BET inhibitor with other epigenetically targeted agents or with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in preclinical models, and also strategize to overcome resistance to oncoprotein tyrosine kinase inhibitors utilizing combinations of agents that target epigenetic mechanisms to exert synergistic lethality in preclinical models. Most recently concentrating on illuminating the epigenetic landscape and molecular dependencies in AML expressing somatic or germline mutant RUNX1. Dr. Fiskus has developed expertise in cutting edge, novel molecular techniques, including ChIP-Seq, ATAC-Seq, RNA-Seq, RPPA, CyTOF and Confocal microscopic analyses, as well as CRISPR/Cas9 technology.
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Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Leukemia - Research, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2003 | Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA, PHD, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry |
| 1997 | Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, USA, BS, Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2006-2010 | Research Fellowship, Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA |
| 2004-2006 | Research Fellowship, Molecular Biology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL |
Honors & Awards
| 2021 | Waun Ki Hong Award for Excellence in Team Science, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2015 | Abstract Reviewer, American Society of Hematology |
| 2011 | Faculty Research Award, University of Kansas Cancer Center |
| 1996 | Generalist Physician Outreach Program, Medical College of Georgia |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Saenz DT, Fiskus W, Mill CP, Perera D, Manshouri T, Lara BH, Karkhanis V, Sharma S, Horrigan SK, Bose P, Kadia TM, Masarova L, DiNardo CD, Borthakur G, Khoury JD, Takahashi K, Bhaskara S, Lin CY, Green MR, Coarfa C, Crews CM, Verstovsek S, Bhalla KN. Mechanistic basis and efficacy of targeting the β-catenin-TCF7L2-JMJD6-c-Myc axis to overcome resistance to BET inhibitors. Blood 135(15):1255-1269, 2020. PMID: 32068780.
- Mill CP, Fiskus W, DiNardo CD, Qian Y, Raina K, Rajapakshe K, Perera D, Coarfa C, Kadia TM, Khoury JD, Saenz DT, Saenz DN, Illendula A, Takahashi K, Kornblau SM, Green MR, Futreal AP, Bushweller JH, Crews CM, Bhalla KN. RUNX1 Targeted Therapy for AML expressing somatic or germline mutation in RUNX1. Blood 134(1):59-73, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31023702.
- Saenz DT, Fiskus W, Manshouri T, Mill CP, Qian Y, Raina K, Rajapakshe K, Coarfa C, Soldi R, Bose P, Borthakur G, Kadia TM, Khoury JD, Masarova L, Nowak AJ, Sun B, Saenz DN, Kornblau SM, Horrigan S, Sharma S, Qiu P, Crews CM, Verstovsek S, Bhalla KN. Targeting nuclear β-catenin as therapy for post-myeloproliferative neoplasm secondary AML. Leukemia 33(6):1373-1386, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30575820.
- Jain N, Hartert K, Tadros S, Fiskus W, Havranek O, Ma MCJ, Bouska A, Heavican T, Kumar D, Deng Q, Moore D, Pak C, Liu CL, Gentles AJ, Hartmann E, Kridel R, Smedby KE, Juliusson G, Rosenquist R, Gascoyne RD, Rosenwald A, Giancotti F, Neelapu SS, Westin J, Vose JM, Lunning MA, Greiner T, Rodig S, Iqbal J, Alizadeh AA, Davis RE, Bhalla K, Green MR. Targetable genetic alterations of TCF4 (E2-2) drive immunoglobulin expression in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Sci Transl Med 11(497), 2019. PMID: 31217338.
- Short NJ, Jabbour E, Naqvi K, Patel A, Ning J, Sasaki K, Nogueras-Gonzalez GM, Bose P, Kornblau SM, Takahashi K, Andreeff M, Sanchez-Petitto G, Estrov Z, Dinardo CD, Montalban-Bravo G, Konopleva M, Alvarado Y, Bhalla KN, Fiskus W, Khouri M, Islam R, Kantarjian H, Garcia-Manero G. A phase II study of omacetaxine mepesuccinate for patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia after failure of hypomethylating agents. Am J Hematol 94(1):74-79, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30328139.
- Fiskus W, Cai T, DiNardo CD, Kornblau SM, Borthakur G, Kadia TM, Pemmaraju N, Bose P, Masarova L, Rajapakshe K, Perera D, Coarfa C, Mill CP, Saenz DT, Saenz DN, Sun B, Khoury JD, Shen Y, Konopleva M, Bhalla KN. Superior efficacy of cotreatment with BET protein inhibitor and BCL2 or MCL1 inhibitor against AML blast progenitor cells. Blood Cancer J 9(2):4, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30647404.
- Sun B, Fiskus W, Qian Y, Rajapakshe K, Raina K, Coleman KG, Crew AP, Shen A, Saenz DT, Mill CP, Nowak AJ, Jain N, Zhang L, Wang M, Khoury JD, Coarfa C, Crews CM, Bhalla KN. BET protein proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) exerts potent lethal activity against mantle cell lymphoma cells. Leukemia 32(2):343-352, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28663582.
- Saenz DT, Fiskus W, Qian Y, Manshouri T, Rajapakshe K, Raina K, Coleman KG, Crew AP, Shen A, Mill CP, Sun B, Qiu P, Kadia TM, Pemmaraju N, DiNardo C, Kim MS, Nowak AJ, Coarfa C, Crews CM, Verstovsek S, Bhalla KN. Novel BET protein proteolysis-targeting chimera exerts superior lethal activity than bromodomain inhibitor (BETi) against post-myeloproliferative neoplasm secondary (s) AML cells. Leukemia 31(9):1951-1961, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28042144.
- Fiskus W, Sharma S, Shah B, Portier BP, Devaraj SGT, Liu K, Iyer SP, Bearss D, Bhalla KN. Highly effective combination of LSD1 (KDM1A) antagonist and pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor against human AML cells. Leukemia 31(7):1658, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28322226.
- Saenz DT, Fiskus W, Manshouri T, Rajapakshe K, Krieger S, Sun B, Mill CP, DiNardo C, Pemmaraju N, Kadia T, Parmar S, Sharma S, Coarfa C, Qiu P, Verstovsek S, Bhalla KN. BET protein bromodomain inhibitor-based combinations are highly active against post-myeloproliferative neoplasm secondary AML cells. Leukemia 31(3):678-687, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27677740.
- Fiskus W, Coothankandaswamy V, Chen J, Ma H, Ha K, Saenz DT, Krieger SS, Mill CP, Sun B, Huang P, Mumm JS, Melnick AM, Bhalla KN. SIRT2 Deacetylates and Inhibits the Peroxidase Activity of Peroxiredoxin-1 to Sensitize Breast Cancer Cells to Oxidant Stress-Inducing Agents. Cancer Res 76(18):5467-78, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27503926.
- Coarfa C, Fiskus W, Eedunuri VK, Rajapakshe K, Foley C, Chew SA, Shah SS, Geng C, Shou J, Mohamed JS, O'Malley BW, Mitsiades N. Comprehensive proteomic profiling identifies the androgen receptor axis and other signaling pathways as targets of microRNAs suppressed in metastatic prostate cancer. Oncogene 35(18):2345-56, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26364608.
- Bhalla KN, Fiskus W. NEDD8 and HDACs: promising cotargets in AML. Blood 127(18):2168-70, 2016. PMID: 27151736.
- Devaraj SG, Fiskus W, Shah B, Qi J, Sun B, Iyer SP, Sharma S, Bradner JE, Bhalla KN. HEXIM1 induction is mechanistically involved in mediating anti-AML activity of BET protein bromodomain antagonist. Leukemia 30(2):504-8, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26148704.
- Fiskus W, Mitsiades N. B-Raf Inhibition in the Clinic: Present and Future. Annu Rev Med 67:29-43, 2016. PMID: 26768236.
- Sun B, Shah B, Fiskus W, Qi J, Rajapakshe K, Coarfa C, Li L, Devaraj SG, Sharma S, Zhang L, Wang ML, Saenz DT, Krieger S, Bradner JE, Bhalla KN. Synergistic activity of BET protein antagonist-based combinations in mantle cell lymphoma cells sensitive or resistant to ibrutinib. Blood 126(13):1565-74, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26254443.
- Eedunuri VK, Rajapakshe K, Fiskus W, Geng C, Chew SA, Foley C, Shah SS, Shou J, Mohamed JS, Coarfa C, O'Malley BW, Mitsiades N. miR-137 Targets p160 Steroid Receptor Coactivators SRC1, SRC2, and SRC3 and Inhibits Cell Proliferation. Mol Endocrinol 29(8):1170-83, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26066330.
- Fiskus W, Sharma S, Saha S, Shah B, Devaraj SG, Sun B, Horrigan S, Leveque C, Zu Y, Iyer S, Bhalla KN. Pre-clinical efficacy of combined therapy with novel β-catenin antagonist BC2059 and histone deacetylase inhibitor against AML cells. Leukemia 29(6):1267-78, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25482131.
- He B, Lanz RB, Fiskus W, Geng C, Yi P, Hartig SM, Rajapakshe K, Shou J, Wei L, Shah SS, Foley C, Chew SA, Eedunuri VK, Bedoya DJ, Feng Q, Minami T, Mitsiades CS, Frolov A, Weigel NL, Hilsenbeck SG, Rosen DG, Palzkill T, Ittmann MM, Song Y, Coarfa C, O'Malley BW, Mitsiades N. GATA2 facilitates steroid receptor coactivator recruitment to the androgen receptor complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111(51):18261-6, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25489091.
- Fiskus W, Sharma S, Shah B, Portier BP, Devaraj SG, Liu K, Iyer SP, Bearss D, Bhalla KN. Highly effective combination of LSD1 (KDM1A) antagonist and pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor against human AML cells. Leukemia 28(11):2155-64, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24699304.
- Fiskus W, Sharma S, Qi J, Shah B, Devaraj SG, Leveque C, Portier BP, Iyer S, Bradner JE, Bhalla KN. BET protein antagonist JQ1 is synergistically lethal with FLT3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) and overcomes resistance to FLT3-TKI in AML cells expressing FLT-ITD. Mol Cancer Ther 13(10):2315-27, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25053825.
- Geng C, Rajapakshe K, Shah SS, Shou J, Eedunuri VK, Foley C, Fiskus W, Rajendran M, Chew SA, Zimmermann M, Bond R, He B, Coarfa C, Mitsiades N. Androgen receptor is the key transcriptional mediator of the tumor suppressor SPOP in prostate cancer. Cancer Res 74(19):5631-43, 2014. PMID: 25274033.
- Tu Y, Hershman DL, Bhalla K, Fiskus W, Pellegrino CM, Andreopoulou E, Makower D, Kalinsky K, Fehn K, Fineberg S, Negassa A, Montgomery LL, Wiechmann LS, Alpaugh RK, Huang M, Sparano JA. A phase I-II study of the histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat plus sequential weekly paclitaxel and doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide in locally advanced breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 146(1):145-52, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24903226.
- Ha K, Fiskus W, Choi DS, Bhaskara S, Cerchietti L, Devaraj SG, Shah B, Sharma S, Chang JC, Melnick AM, Hiebert S, Bhalla KN. Histone deacetylase inhibitor treatment induces 'BRCAness' and synergistic lethality with PARP inhibitor and cisplatin against human triple negative breast cancer cells. Oncotarget 5(14):5637-50, 2014. PMID: 25026298.
- Fiskus W, Sharma S, Qi J, Valenta JA, Schaub LJ, Shah B, Peth K, Portier BP, Rodriguez M, Devaraj SG, Zhan M, Sheng J, Iyer SP, Bradner JE, Bhalla KN. Highly active combination of BRD4 antagonist and histone deacetylase inhibitor against human acute myelogenous leukemia cells. Mol Cancer Ther 13(5):1142-54, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24435446.
- Fiskus W, Saba N, Shen M, Ghias M, Liu J, Gupta SD, Chauhan L, Rao R, Gunewardena S, Schorno K, Austin CP, Maddocks K, Byrd J, Melnick A, Huang P, Wiestner A, Bhalla KN. Auranofin induces lethal oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress and exerts potent preclinical activity against chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer Res 74(9):2520-32, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24599128.
- Williams CB, Kambhampati S, Fiskus W, Wick J, Dutreix C, Ganguly S, Aljitawi O, Reyes R, Fleming A, Abhyankar S, Bhalla KN, McGuirk JP. Preclinical and phase I results of decitabine in combination with midostaurin (PKC412) for newly diagnosed elderly or relapsed/refractory adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Pharmacotherapy 33(12):1341-52, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23798029.
- DeAngelo DJ, Mesa RA, Fiskus W, Tefferi A, Paley C, Wadleigh M, Ritchie EK, Snyder DS, Begna K, Ganguly S, Ondovik MS, Rine J, Bhalla KN. Phase II trial of panobinostat, an oral pan-deacetylase inhibitor in patients with primary myelofibrosis, post-essential thrombocythaemia, and post-polycythaemia vera myelofibrosis. Br J Haematol 162(3):326-35, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23701016.
- Fiskus W, Verstovsek S, Manshouri T, Smith JE, Peth K, Abhyankar S, McGuirk J, Bhalla KN. Dual PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitor BEZ235 synergistically enhances the activity of JAK2 inhibitor against cultured and primary human myeloproliferative neoplasm cells. Mol Cancer Ther 12(5):577-88, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23445613.
- Yang Y, Fiskus W, Yong B, Atadja P, Takahashi Y, Pandita TK, Wang HG, Bhalla KN. Acetylated hsp70 and KAP1-mediated Vps34 SUMOylation is required for autophagosome creation in autophagy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(17):6841-6, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23569248.
- Venkannagari S, Fiskus W, Peth K, Atadja P, Hidalgo M, Maitra A, Bhalla KN. Superior efficacy of co-treatment with dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor NVP-BEZ235 and pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor against human pancreatic cancer. Oncotarget 3(11):1416-27, 2012. PMID: 23232026.
- Fiskus W, Rao R, Balusu R, Ganguly S, Tao J, Sotomayor E, Mudunuru U, Smith JE, Hembruff SL, Atadja P, Marquez VE, Bhalla K. Superior efficacy of a combined epigenetic therapy against human mantle cell lymphoma cells. Clin Cancer Res 18(22):6227-38, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22932665.
- Fiskus W, Ganguly S, Kambhampati S, Bhalla KN. Role of additional novel therapies in myeloproliferative neoplasms. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 26(5):959-80, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23009932.
- Zhang X, Zhao X, Fiskus W, Lin J, Lwin T, Rao R, Zhang Y, Chan JC, Fu K, Marquez VE, Chen-Kiang S, Moscinski LC, Seto E, Dalton WS, Wright KL, Sotomayor E, Bhalla K, Tao J. Coordinated silencing of MYC-mediated miR-29 by HDAC3 and EZH2 as a therapeutic target of histone modification in aggressive B-Cell lymphomas. Cancer Cell 22(4):506-23, 2012. PMID: 23079660.
- Fiskus W, Hembruff SL, Rao R, Sharma P, Balusu R, Venkannagari S, Smith JE, Peth K, Peiper SC, Bhalla KN. Co-treatment with vorinostat synergistically enhances activity of Aurora kinase inhibitor against human breast cancer cells. Breast Cancer Res Treat 135(2):433-44, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22825030.
- Rao R, Balusu R, Fiskus W, Mudunuru U, Venkannagari S, Chauhan L, Smith JE, Hembruff SL, Ha K, Atadja P, Bhalla KN. Combination of pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor and autophagy inhibitor exerts superior efficacy against triple-negative human breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther 11(4):973-83, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22367781.
- Ramaswamy B, Fiskus W, Cohen B, Pellegrino C, Hershman DL, Chuang E, Luu T, Somlo G, Goetz M, Swaby R, Shapiro CL, Stearns V, Christos P, Espinoza-Delgado I, Bhalla K, Sparano JA. Phase I-II study of vorinostat plus paclitaxel and bevacizumab in metastatic breast cancer: evidence for vorinostat-induced tubulin acetylation and Hsp90 inhibition in vivo. Breast Cancer Res Treat 132(3):1063-72, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22200869.
- Rao R, Fiskus W, Ganguly S, Kambhampati S, Bhalla KN. HDAC inhibitors and chaperone function. Adv Cancer Res 116:239-62, 2012. PMID: 23088873.
- Fiskus W, Verstovsek S, Manshouri T, Rao R, Balusu R, Venkannagari S, Rao NN, Ha K, Smith JE, Hembruff SL, Abhyankar S, McGuirk J, Bhalla KN. Heat shock protein 90 inhibitor is synergistic with JAK2 inhibitor and overcomes resistance to JAK2-TKI in human myeloproliferative neoplasm cells. Clin Cancer Res 17(23):7347-58, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21976548.
- Balusu R, Fiskus W, Rao R, Chong DG, Nalluri S, Mudunuru U, Ma H, Chen L, Venkannagari S, Ha K, Abhyankar S, Williams C, McGuirk J, Khoury HJ, Ustun C, Bhalla KN. Targeting levels or oligomerization of nucleophosmin 1 induces differentiation and loss of survival of human AML cells with mutant NPM1. Blood 118(11):3096-106, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21719597.
- Ha K, Fiskus W, Rao R, Balusu R, Venkannagari S, Nalabothula NR, Bhalla KN. Hsp90 inhibitor-mediated disruption of chaperone association of ATR with hsp90 sensitizes cancer cells to DNA damage. Mol Cancer Ther 10(7):1194-206, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21566061.
- Mandawat A, Fiskus W, Buckley KM, Robbins K, Rao R, Balusu R, Navenot JM, Wang ZX, Ustun C, Chong DG, Atadja P, Fujii N, Peiper SC, Bhalla K. Pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor panobinostat depletes CXCR4 levels and signaling and exerts synergistic antimyeloid activity in combination with CXCR4 antagonists. Blood 116(24):5306-15, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20810927.
- Rao R, Nalluri S, Fiskus W, Savoie A, Buckley KM, Ha K, Balusu R, Joshi A, Coothankandaswamy V, Tao J, Sotomayor E, Atadja P, Bhalla KN. Role of CAAT/enhancer binding protein homologous protein in panobinostat-mediated potentiation of bortezomib-induced lethal endoplasmic reticulum stress in mantle cell lymphoma cells. Clin Cancer Res 16(19):4742-54, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20647473.
- Hu Y, Lu W, Chen G, Zhang H, Jia Y, Wei Y, Yang H, Zhang W, Fiskus W, Bhalla K, Keating M, Huang P, Garcia-Manero G. Overcoming resistance to histone deacetylase inhibitors in human leukemia with the redox modulating compound β-phenylethyl isothiocyanate. Blood 116(15):2732-41, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20566897.
- Rao R, Nalluri S, Fiskus W, Balusu R, Joshi A, Mudunuru U, Buckley KM, Robbins K, Ustun C, Reuther GW, Bhalla KN. Heat shock protein 90 inhibition depletes TrkA levels and signaling in human acute leukemia cells. Mol Cancer Ther 9(8):2232-42, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20663926.
- Rao R, Nalluri S, Kolhe R, Yang Y, Fiskus W, Chen J, Ha K, Buckley KM, Balusu R, Coothankandaswamy V, Joshi A, Atadja P, Bhalla KN. Treatment with panobinostat induces glucose-regulated protein 78 acetylation and endoplasmic reticulum stress in breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther 9(4):942-52, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20371724.
- Wang Y, Fiskus W, Chong DG, Buckley KM, Natarajan K, Rao R, Joshi A, Balusu R, Koul S, Chen J, Savoie A, Ustun C, Jillella AP, Atadja P, Levine RL, Bhalla KN. Cotreatment with panobinostat and JAK2 inhibitor TG101209 attenuates JAK2V617F levels and signaling and exerts synergistic cytotoxic effects against human myeloproliferative neoplastic cells. Blood 114(24):5024-33, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19828702.
- Fiskus W, Wang Y, Sreekumar A, Buckley KM, Shi H, Jillella A, Ustun C, Rao R, Fernandez P, Chen J, Balusu R, Koul S, Atadja P, Marquez VE, Bhalla KN. Combined epigenetic therapy with the histone methyltransferase EZH2 inhibitor 3-deazaneplanocin A and the histone deacetylase inhibitor panobinostat against human AML cells. Blood 114(13):2733-43, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19638619.
- Rao R, Lee P, Fiskus W, Yang Y, Joshi R, Wang Y, Buckley K, Balusu R, Chen J, Koul S, Joshi A, Upadhyay S, Tao J, Sotomayor E, Bhalla KN. Co-treatment with heat shock protein 90 inhibitor 17-dimethylaminoethylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (DMAG) and vorinostat: a highly active combination against human mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) cells. Cancer Biol Ther 8(13):1273-80, 2009. PMID: 19440035.
- Ustun C, Corless CL, Savage N, Fiskus W, Manaloor E, Heinrich MC, Lewis G, Ramalingam P, Kepten I, Jillella A, Bhalla K. Chemotherapy and dasatinib induce long-term hematologic and molecular remission in systemic mastocytosis with acute myeloid leukemia with KIT D816V. Leuk Res 33(5):735-41, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18986703.
- Fiskus W, Buckley K, Rao R, Mandawat A, Yang Y, Joshi R, Wang Y, Balusu R, Chen J, Koul S, Joshi A, Upadhyay S, Atadja P, Bhalla KN. Panobinostat treatment depletes EZH2 and DNMT1 levels and enhances decitabine mediated de-repression of JunB and loss of survival of human acute leukemia cells. Cancer Biol Ther 8(10):939-50, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19279403.
- Buckley K, Fiskus W, Bhalla K. Activation of mTOR: A new mechanism "PIMed". Cancer Biol Ther 8(9):854-5, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19363296.
- Chen J, Fiskus W, Eaton K, Fernandez P, Wang Y, Rao R, Lee P, Joshi R, Yang Y, Kolhe R, Balusu R, Chappa P, Natarajan K, Jillella A, Atadja P, Bhalla KN. Cotreatment with BCL-2 antagonist sensitizes cutaneous T-cell lymphoma to lethal action of HDAC7-Nur77-based mechanism. Blood 113(17):4038-48, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19074726.
- Fiskus W, Rao R, Fernandez P, Herger B, Yang Y, Chen J, Kolhe R, Mandawat A, Wang Y, Joshi R, Eaton K, Lee P, Atadja P, Peiper S, Bhalla K. Molecular and biologic characterization and drug sensitivity of pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor-resistant acute myeloid leukemia cells. Blood 112(7):2896-905, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18660379.
- Fiskus W, Wang Y, Joshi R, Rao R, Yang Y, Chen J, Kolhe R, Balusu R, Eaton K, Lee P, Ustun C, Jillella A, Buser CA, Peiper S, Bhalla K. Cotreatment with vorinostat enhances activity of MK-0457 (VX-680) against acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia cells. Clin Cancer Res 14(19):6106-15, 2008. PMID: 18829489.
- Rao R, Fiskus W, Yang Y, Lee P, Joshi R, Fernandez P, Mandawat A, Atadja P, Bradner JE, Bhalla K. HDAC6 inhibition enhances 17-AAG--mediated abrogation of hsp90 chaperone function in human leukemia cells. Blood 112(5):1886-93, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18591380.
- Yang Y, Rao R, Shen J, Tang Y, Fiskus W, Nechtman J, Atadja P, Bhalla K. Role of acetylation and extracellular location of heat shock protein 90alpha in tumor cell invasion. Cancer Res 68(12):4833-42, 2008. PMID: 18559531.
- Fiskus W, Ren Y, Mohapatra A, Bali P, Mandawat A, Rao R, Herger B, Yang Y, Atadja P, Wu J, Bhalla K. Hydroxamic acid analogue histone deacetylase inhibitors attenuate estrogen receptor-alpha levels and transcriptional activity: a result of hyperacetylation and inhibition of chaperone function of heat shock protein 90. Clin Cancer Res 13(16):4882-90, 2007. PMID: 17699868.
- Fiskus W, Pranpat M, Balasis M, Herger B, Rao R, Chinnaiyan A, Atadja P, Bhalla K. Histone deacetylase inhibitors deplete enhancer of zeste 2 and associated polycomb repressive complex 2 proteins in human acute leukemia cells. Mol Cancer Ther 5(12):3096-104, 2006. PMID: 17172412.
- Fiskus W, Pranpat M, Balasis M, Bali P, Estrella V, Kumaraswamy S, Rao R, Rocha K, Herger B, Lee F, Richon V, Bhalla K. Cotreatment with vorinostat (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid) enhances activity of dasatinib (BMS-354825) against imatinib mesylate-sensitive or imatinib mesylate-resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia cells. Clin Cancer Res 12(19):5869-78, 2006. PMID: 17020995.
- Fiskus W, Pranpat M, Bali P, Balasis M, Kumaraswamy S, Boyapalle S, Rocha K, Wu J, Giles F, Manley PW, Atadja P, Bhalla K. Combined effects of novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor AMN107 and histone deacetylase inhibitor LBH589 against Bcr-Abl-expressing human leukemia cells. Blood 108(2):645-52, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16537804.
- Guo F, Rocha K, Bali P, Pranpat M, Fiskus W, Boyapalle S, Kumaraswamy S, Balasis M, Greedy B, Armitage ES, Lawrence N, Bhalla K. Abrogation of heat shock protein 70 induction as a strategy to increase antileukemia activity of heat shock protein 90 inhibitor 17-allylamino-demethoxy geldanamycin. Cancer Res 65(22):10536-44, 2005. PMID: 16288046.
- Bali P, Pranpat M, Swaby R, Fiskus W, Yamaguchi H, Balasis M, Rocha K, Wang HG, Richon V, Bhalla K. Activity of suberoylanilide hydroxamic Acid against human breast cancer cells with amplification of her-2. Clin Cancer Res 11(17):6382-9, 2005. PMID: 16144943.
- Bali P, Pranpat M, Bradner J, Balasis M, Fiskus W, Guo F, Rocha K, Kumaraswamy S, Boyapalle S, Atadja P, Seto E, Bhalla K. Inhibition of histone deacetylase 6 acetylates and disrupts the chaperone function of heat shock protein 90: a novel basis for antileukemia activity of histone deacetylase inhibitors. J Biol Chem 280(29):26729-34, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15937340.
- Guo F, Sigua C, Bali P, George P, Fiskus W, Scuto A, Annavarapu S, Mouttaki A, Sondarva G, Wei S, Wu J, Djeu J, Bhalla K. Mechanistic role of heat shock protein 70 in Bcr-Abl-mediated resistance to apoptosis in human acute leukemia cells. Blood 105(3):1246-55, 2005. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15388581.
- George P, Bali P, Annavarapu S, Scuto A, Fiskus W, Guo F, Sigua C, Sondarva G, Moscinski L, Atadja P, Bhalla K. Combination of the histone deacetylase inhibitor LBH589 and the hsp90 inhibitor 17-AAG is highly active against human CML-BC cells and AML cells with activating mutation of FLT-3. Blood 105(4):1768-76, 2005. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15514006.
- Bali P, George P, Cohen P, Tao J, Guo F, Sigua C, Vishvanath A, Scuto A, Annavarapu S, Fiskus W, Moscinski L, Atadja P, Bhalla K. Superior activity of the combination of histone deacetylase inhibitor LAQ824 and the FLT-3 kinase inhibitor PKC412 against human acute myelogenous leukemia cells with mutant FLT-3. Clin Cancer Res 10(15):4991-7, 2004. PMID: 15297399.
- George P, Bali P, Cohen P, Tao J, Guo F, Sigua C, Vishvanath A, Fiskus W, Scuto A, Annavarapu S, Moscinski L, Bhalla K. Cotreatment with 17-allylamino-demethoxygeldanamycin and FLT-3 kinase inhibitor PKC412 is highly effective against human acute myelogenous leukemia cells with mutant FLT-3. Cancer Res 64(10):3645-52, 2004. PMID: 15150124.
- Fiskus W, Padmalayam I, Kelly T, Guibao C, Baumstark BR. Identification and characterization of the DdlB, FtsQ and FtsA genes upstream of FtsZ in Bartonella bacilliformis and Bartonella henselae. DNA Cell Biol 22(11):743-52, 2003. PMID: 14659047.
- Padmalayam I, Fiskus W, Massung RF, Baumstark BR. Molecular cloning and analysis of a region of the Bartonella bacilliformis genome encoding NlpD, L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase and YajC homologs. DNA Cell Biol 22(5):347-53, 2003. PMID: 12941162.
Other Articles
- Fiskus WC, Manning TJ. Effects of humic acid on the solubility product constants of some environmentally significant calcium compounds. Florida Scientist 61:46-51, 1998.
Editorials
- Verstovsek S, Fiskus W, Manshouri T, Bhalla KN. Targeting cistrome and dysregulated transcriptome of post-MPN sAML. Oncotarget 8(55):93301-93302, 2017. PMID: 29212143.
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | BET protein antagonist-based targeted therapy of Mantle Cell Lymphoma |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Therapeutic targeting of dysregulated epigenome in Post-Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MPN) sAML |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Leukemia SPORE Career Enhancement Award |
| Funding Source: | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Biology and novel therapy of AML expressing somatic or germline mutant RUNX1 |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Novel combination therapy for AML expressing mutant RUNX1 |
| Funding Source: | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society |
| Role: | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Novel combination therapy for AML expressing mutant RUNX1 |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Molecular Basis and Preclinical Efficacy of targeting LSD1 (KDM1A) in post-MPN secondary AML |
| Funding Source: | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
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