George A Calin, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Co-Director, The RNA Interference and non-codingRNA Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Co-Director, MD/PhD Program, The University of Texas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor, Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Dr. Calin's main research interests are: 1) the involvement of non-coding RNAs in human diseases in general and of microRNAs in human cancers in particular, 2) the study of familial predisposition to human cancers, 3) the identification of ncRNA biomarkers in body fluids, and 4) the development of new RNA-basedtherapeutic options for cancer patients.
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Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2000 | Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, ROM, PHD, Faculty of Medicine |
1992 | Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, ROM, MD, Faculty of Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2020
Associate Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2013
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2006 - 2007
Research Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2005 - 2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Carol Davila University, Bucharest, 1996 - 2002
Honors & Awards
2017 | Outstanding Educator Award, School of Health Professions |
2016 | Excellence in Research of Romanian Scientists from Abroad, Premiile Ad Astra |
2016 | Outstanding Clinical Teaching Faculty, School of Health Professions at University of Texas, Houston |
2015 | ASCI Membership, American Society for Clinical Investigation |
2014 | Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Clinical Medicine (among 411 nominees worldwide), Thomson Reuters |
2013 | Julie and Ben Rogers Award for Excellence in the Area of Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2013 | Celgene Awards for Clinical Research in Hematology, Celgene |
2012 | Potu N. Rao Award for Excellence in Basic Science, Division of Cancer Medicine Faculty Excellence Awards, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2011 | The Alan M. Gerwitz Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society |
2007 | Fellow of The University of Texas MD Anderson Research Trust, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2007 | The University of Texas System Regents' Research Scholar Program Award Recipient, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2004 | Kimmel Foundation Scholar, Kimmel Foundation |
1998 | International Research Training Fellowship, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (Lyon), University of Ferrara, Italy |
1997 | The Yamagiwa-Yoshida memorial International Cancer Study Grant, The International Union Against Cancer (Geneva), University of Ferrara, Italy |
1988 | Award at the National Competition on Human Physiology, Romania |
1987 | Award at the National Competition on Human Anatomy, Romania |
1985 | Award at the National Competition on Human Anatomy, Romania |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Iqbal MA, Arora S, Prakasam G, Calin GA, Syed MA. MicroRNA in lung cancer: role, mechanisms, pathways and therapeutic relevance. Mol Aspects Med 70:3-20, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30102929.
- Van Roosbroeck K, Bayraktar R, Calin S, Bloehdorn J, Dragomir MP, Okubo K, Bertilaccio MTS, Zupo S, You MJ, Gaidano G, Rossi D, Chen SS, Chiorazzi N, Thompson PA, Ferrajoli A, Bertoni F, Stilgenbauer S, Keating MJ, Calin GA. miRNAs involvement in the pathogenesis of Richter's syndrome. Haematologica 104(5):1004-1015, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30409799.
- Li Z, Wong KY, Calin GA, Chng WJ, Chan GC, Chim CS. Epigenetic silencing of miR-340-5p in multiple myeloma: mechanisms and prognostic impact. Clin Epigenetics 11(1):71, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31064412.
- Calin GA. Preface for GCC Special Issue on non-coding RNAs, non-coding DNAs and genome editing. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 58(4):189-190, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30474323.
- Cortez MA, Anfossi S, Ramapriyan R, Menon H, Atalar SC, Aliru M, Welsh J, Calin GA. Role of miRNAs in Immune Responses and Immunotherapy in Cancer. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 58(4):244-253, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30578699.
- Diniz MG, França JA, Vilas-Boas FAS, de Souza FTA, Calin GA, Gomez RS, de Sousa SF, Gomes CC. The long noncoding RNA KIAA0125 is upregulated in ameloblastomas. Pathol Res Pract 215(3):466-469, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30595406.
- Mokhlis HA, Bayraktar R, Kabil NN, Caner A, Kahraman N, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Zambalde EP, Sheng J, Karagoz K, Kanlikilicer P, Abdel Aziz AAH, Abdelghany TM, Ashour AA, Wong S, Gatza ML, Calin GA, Lopez-Berestein G, Ozpolat B. The Modulatory Role of MicroRNA-873 in the Progression of KRAS-Driven Cancers. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids 14:301-317, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30654191.
- Gulei D, Raduly L, Berindan-Neagoe I, Calin GA. CRISPR based RNA editing: diagnostic applications and therapeutic options. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 19(2):1-6, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30632384.
- Varkaris A, Katsiampoura A, Davis JS, Shah N, Lam M, Frias RL, Ivan C, Shimizu M, Morris J, Menter D, Overman M, Tran H, Heymach J, Chun YS, Vauthey JN, Calin G, Kopetz S. Circulating inflammation signature predicts overall survival and relapse-free survival in metastatic colorectal cancer. Br J Cancer 120(3):340-345, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30636774.
- Lujambio A, Portela A, Liz J, Melo SA, Rossi S, Spizzo R, Croce CM, Calin GA, Esteller M. Correction: CpG island hypermethylation-associated silencing of non-coding RNAs transcribed from ultraconserved regions in human cancer. Oncogene 38(5):765-766, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30397238.
- Braicu C, Gulei D, Cojocneanu R, Raduly L, Jurj A, Knutsen E, Calin GA, Berindan-Neagoe I. MiRNAs-181a/b therapy in lung cancer: reality or myth?. Mol Oncol 13(1):9-25, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30548184.
- Mitra K, Feist WN, Anfossi S, Fuentes-Mattei E, Almeida MI, Kim JJ, Calin GA, Warmflash A. S-MiRAGE: A quantitative, secreted RNA-based reporter of gene expression and cell persistence. ACS Synth Biol 8(1):25-33, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30550267.
- Van Roosbroeck K, Bayraktar R, Calin GA. Measurement of miRNAs in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patient Samples by Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR. Methods Mol Biol 1881:267-276, 2019. PMID: 30350212.
- Calin GA. The noncoding RNA revolution-three decades and still going strong!. Mol Oncol 13(1):3, 2019. PMID: 30614645.
- Abruzzo LV, Herling CD, Calin GA, Oakes C, Barron LL, Banks HE, Katju V, Keating MJ, Coombes KR. Trisomy 12 chronic lymphocytic leukemia expresses a unique set of activated and targetable pathways. Haematologica 103(12):2069-2078, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29976738.
- Foßelteder J, Calin GA, Pichler M. Long non-coding RNA CCAT2 as a therapeutic target in colorectal cancer. Expert Opin Ther Targets 22(12):1-4, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30365347.
- Kanlikilicer P, Bayraktar R, Denizli M, Rashed MH, Ivan C, Aslan B, Mitra R, Karagoz K, Bayraktar E, Zhang X, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, El-Arabey AA, Kahraman N, Baydogan S, Ozkayar O, Gatza ML, Ozpolat B, Calin GA, Sood AK, Lopez-Berestein G. Exosomal miRNA confers chemo resistance via targeting Cav1/p-gp/M2-type macrophage axis in ovarian cancer. EBioMedicine 38:100-112, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30487062.
- Shen P, Reineke LC, Knutsen E, Chen M, Pichler M, Ling H, Calin GA. Metformin blocks MYC protein synthesis in colorectal cancer via mTOR-4EBP-eIF4E and MNK-1-eIF4G-eIF4E signaling. Mol Oncol 12(11):1856-1870, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30221473.
- Fu X, Calin GA. miR-122 and hepatocellular carcinoma: from molecular biology to therapeutics. EBioMedicine 37:17-18, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30337246.
- Kabil N, Bayraktar R, Kahraman N, Mokhlis HA, Calin GA, Lopez-Berestein G, Ozpolat B. Thymoquinone inhibits cell proliferation, migration, and invasion by regulating the elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF-2K) signaling axis in triple-negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 171(3):593-605, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29971628.
- Wu X, Tudoran OM, Calin GA, Ivan M. The Many Faces of Long Noncoding RNAs in Cancer. Antioxid Redox Signal 29(9):922-935, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28793797.
- Bayraktar R, Ivan C, Bayraktar E, Kanlikilicer P, Kabil NN, Kahraman N, Mokhlis HA, Karakas D, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Arslan A, Sheng J, Wong S, Lopez-Berestein G, Calin GA, Ozpolat B. Dual suppressive effect of microRNA-34a on the FOXM1/eEF2-kinase axis regulates triple-negative breast cancer growth and invasion. Clin Cancer Res 24(17):4225-4241, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29748184.
- Anfossi S, Babayan A, Pantel K, Calin GA. Clinical utility of circulating non-coding RNAs - an update. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 15(9):541-563, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29784926.
- Dragomir MP, Calin GA. CpG island hypermethylation go circular (RNA). Oncotarget 9(69):33052-33053, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30237846.
- Xiao H, Shiu PKT, Shu J, Santulli G, Gheybi MK, Conn SJ, Bogard B, Hubé F, Taube JH, Mani SA, Song L, Calin GA, Zhang S. The Non-Coding RNA Journal Club: Highlights on Recent Papers-6. Noncoding RNA 4(3), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30231579.
- Ultimo S, Martelli AM, Zauli G, Vitale M, Calin GA, Neri LM. ROLES AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MicroRNAs IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA. J Cell Physiol 233(8):5642-5654, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29154447.
- Chaganty BKR, Qiu S, Gest A, Lu Y, Ivan C, Calin GA, Weiner LM, Fan Z. Trastuzumab upregulates PD-L1 as a potential mechanism of trastuzumab resistance through engagement of immune effector cells and stimulation of IFNγ secretion. Cancer Lett 430:47-56, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29746929.
- Dragomir MP, Knutsen E, Calin GA. SnapShot: Unconventional miRNA Functions. Cell 174(4):1038-1038.e1, 2018. PMID: 30096304.
- Monroig-Bosque PDC, Shah MY, Fu X, Fuentes-Mattei E, Ling H, Ivan C, Nouraee N, Huang B, Chen L, Pileczki V, Redis RS, Jung EJ, Zhang X, Lehrer M, Nagvekar R, Mafra ACP, Monroig-Bosque MDM, Irimie A, Rivera C, Dan Dumitru C, Berindan-Neagoe I, Nikonowicz EP, Zhang S, Calin GA. OncomiR-10b hijacks the small molecule inhibitor linifanib in human cancers. Sci Rep 8(1):13106, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30166612.
- Malpeli G, Barbi S, Tosadori G, Greco C, Zupo S, Pedron S, Brunelli M, Bertolaso A, Scupoli MT, Krampera M, Kamga PT, Croce CM, Calin GA, Scarpa A, Zamò A. MYC-related microRNAs signatures in non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphomas and their relationships with core cellular pathways. Oncotarget 9(51):29753-29771, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30038718.
- Manga G, Calin GA, Manuc M, Droc G, Tudor S. New Definitions of Sepsis and the Quest for Specific Biomarkers. Are the miRNAs the Answer?. Chirurgia (Bucur) 113(4):464-468, 2018. PMID: 30183576.
- Calin GA. Featuring the Special Issue Guest Editor. Cancer Lett 423:27, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29330106.
- Dragomir M, Mafra ACP, Dias SMG, Vasilescu C, Calin GA. Using microRNA Networks to Understand Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 19(7), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29949872.
- Del Vecchio F, Lee GH, Hawezi J, Bhome R, Pugh S, Sayan E, Thomas G, Packham G, Primrose J, Pichler M, Mirnezami A, Calin G, Bullock M. Long non-coding RNAs within the tumour microenvironment and their role in tumour-stroma cross-talk. Cancer Lett 421:94-102, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29458141.
- Dragomir M, Chen B, Fu X, Calin GA. Key questions about the checkpoint blockade-are microRNAs an answer?. Cancer Biol Med 15(2):103-115, 2018. PMID: 29951335.
- Peng Y, Calin GA. Crucial role of non-coding RNAs in disease. Cancer Lett 420:127-128, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29425682.
- Shah MY, Ferracin M, Pileczki V, Chen B, Redis R, Fabris L, Zhang X, Ivan C, Shimizu M, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Dragomir M, Van Roosbroeck K, Almeida MI, Ciccone M, Nedelcu D, Cortez MA, Manshouri T, Calin S, Muftuoglu M, Banerjee PP, Badiwi MH, Parker-Thornburg J, Multani A, Welsh JW, Estecio MR, Ling H, Tomuleasa C, Dima D, Yang H, Alvarez H, You MJ, Radovich M, Shpall E, Fabbri M, Rezvani K, Girnita L, Berindan-Neagoe I, Maitra A, Verstovsek S, Fodde R, Bueso-Ramos C, Gagea M, Manero GG, Calin GA. Cancer-associated rs6983267 SNP and its accompanying long noncoding RNACCAT2induce myeloid malignancies via unique SNP-specific RNA mutations. Genome Res 28(4):432-447, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29567676.
- Calin GA, Van Roosbroeck K. Preface. Cancer Metastasis Rev 37(1):3-4, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29285656.
- Pop-Bica C, Pintea S, Cojocneanu-Petric R, Del Sal G, Piazza S, Wu ZH, Alencar AJ, Lossos IS, Berindan-Neagoe I, Calin GA. MiR-181 family-specific behavior in different cancers: a meta-analysis view. Cancer Metastasis Rev 37(1):17-32, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29327093.
- Dragomir M, Chen B, Calin GA. Exosomal lncRNAs as new players in cell-to-cell communication. Transl Cancer Res 7(Suppl 2):S243-S252, 2018. PMID: 30148073.
- Ferreira AF, Calin GA, Picanço-Castro V, Kashima S, Covas DT, de Castro FA. Hematopoietic stem cells from induced pluripotent stem cells - considering the role of microRNA as a cell differentiation regulator. J Cell Sci 131(4), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29467236.
- Bellido F, Sowada N, Mur P, Lázaro C, Pons T, Valdés-Mas R, Pineda M, Aiza G, Iglesias S, Soto JL, Urioste M, Caldés T, Balbín M, Blay P, Rueda D, Durán M, Valencia A, Moreno V, Brunet J, Blanco I, Navarro M, Calin GA, Borck G, Puente XS, Capellá G, Valle L. Association Between Germline Mutations in BRF1, a subunit of the RNA Polymerase III Transcription Complex, and Hereditary Colorectal Cancer. Gastroenterology 154(1):181-194.e20, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28912018.
- Shen J, Hodges TR, Song R, Gong Y, Calin GA, Heimberger AB, Zhao H. Serum HOTAIR and GAS5 levels as predictors of survival in patients with glioblastoma. Mol Carcinog 57(1):137-141, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28926136.
- Jacobs DI, Liu Y, Gabrusiewicz K, Tsavachidis S, Armstrong GN, Zhou R, Wei J, Ivan C, Calin G, Molinaro AM, Rice T, Bracci PM, Hansen HM, Wiencke JK, Wrensch MR, Heimberger AB, Bondy ML. Germline polymorphisms in myeloid-associated genes are not associated with survival in glioma patients. J Neurooncol 136(1):33-39, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28965162.
- Vannini I, Wise PM, Challagundla KB, Plousiou M, Raffini M, Bandini E, Fanini F, Paliaga G, Crawford M, Ferracin M, Ivan C, Fabris L, Davuluri RV, Guo Z, Cortez MA, Zhang X, Chen L, Zhang S, Fernandez-Cymering C, Han L, Carloni S, Salvi S, Ling H, Murtadha M, Neviani P, Gitlitz BJ, Laird-Offringa IA, Nana-Sinkam P, Negrini M, Liang H, Amadori D, Cimmino A, Calin GA, Fabbri M. Publisher Correction: Transcribed ultraconserved region 339 promotes carcinogenesis by modulating tumor suppressor microRNAs. Nat Commun 9(1):160, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29311577.
- Velazquez-Torres G, Shoshan E, Ivan C, Huang L, Fuentes-Mattei E, Paret H, Kim SJ, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Xie V, Brooks D, Jones SJM, Robertson AG, Calin G, Lopez-Berenstein G, Sood A, Bar-Eli M. A-to-I miR-378a-3p editing can prevent melanoma progression via regulation of PARVA expression. Nat Commun 9(1):461, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29386624.
- Anfossi S, Fu X, Nagvekar R, Calin GA. MicroRNAs, Regulatory Messengers Inside and Outside Cancer Cells. Adv Exp Med Biol 1056:87-108, 2018. PMID: 29754176.
- Dragomir M, Calin GA. Circular RNAs in Cancer - Lessons Learned From microRNAs. Front Oncol 8:179, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29911069.
- Marks DL, Olson RL, Urrutia R, Billadeau DD, Roy N, Calin GA, Fabbri M, Koutsioumpa M, Iliopoulos D, Ordog T, Huebert R, Sarmento O, Bamidele AO, Faubion W, Lomberk GL, Siveke J, Ahuja N, Iovanna J, Hlady RA, Robertson K, Kisiel J, Pin CL, Fernandez-Zapico ME. Epigenetics of gastrointestinal diseases: notes from a workshop. Epigenetics 13(4):449-457, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30056798.
- Silva AM, Almeida MI, Teixeira JH, Ivan C, Oliveira J, Vasconcelos D, Neves N, Ribeiro-Machado C, Cunha C, Barbosa MA, Calin GA, Santos SG. Profiling the circulating miRnome reveals a temporal regulation of the bone injury response. Theranostics 8(14):3902-3917, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30083269.
- Dragomir M, Calin GA. Corrigendum: Circular RNAs in Cancer - Lessons Learned From microRNAs. Front Oncol 8:307, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30280089.
- Terracciano D, Terreri S, de Nigris F, Costa V, Calin GA, Cimmino A. The role of a new class of long noncoding RNAs transcribed from ultraconserved regions in cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 1868(2):449-455, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28916343.
- Nassar FJ, Talhouk R, Zgheib NK, Tfayli A, El Sabban M, El Saghir NS, Boulos F, Jabbour MN, Chalala C, Boustany RM, Kadara H, Zhang Z, Zheng Y, Joyce B, Hou L, Bazarbachi A, Calin G, Nasr R. microRNA Expression in Ethnic Specific Early Stage Breast Cancer: an Integration and Comparative Analysis. Sci Rep 7(1):16829, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29203780.
- Yuan T, Yang Y, Chen J, Li W, Li W, Zhang Q, Mi Y, Goswami RS, You JQ, Lin D, Qian MD, Calin S, Liang Y, Miranda RN, Calin GA, Zhou X, Ma L, Zweidler-McKay PA, Liu B, Weng AP, Medeiros LJ, Zhang Y, You MJ. Regulation of PI3K signaling in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A novel PTEN/Ikaros/miR-26b mechanism reveals a critical targetable role for PIK3CD. Leukemia 31(11):2355-2364, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28280276.
- D'Abundo L, Callegari E, Bresin A, Chillemi A, Elamin BK, Guerriero P, Huang X, Saccenti E, Hussein EMAA, Casciano F, Secchiero P, Zauli G, Calin GA, Russo G, Lee LJ, Croce CM, Marcucci G, Sabbioni S, Malavasi F, Negrini M. Anti-leukemic activity of microRNA-26a in a chronic lymphocytic leukemia mouse model. Oncogene 36(47):6617-6626, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28783166.
- Figueroa J, Phillips LM, Shahar T, Hossain A, Gumin J, Kim H, Bean AJ, Calin GA, Fueyo J, Walters ET, Kalluri R, Verhaak RG, Lang FF. Exosomes from Glioma-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Increase the Tumorigenicity of Glioma Stem-like Cells via Transfer of miR-1587. Cancer Res 77(21):5808-5819, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28855213.
- Vannini I, Wise PM, Challagundla KB, Plousiou M, Raffini M, Bandini E, Fanini F, Paliaga G, Crawford M, Ferracin M, Ivan C, Fabris L, Davuluri RV, Guo Z, Cortez MA, Zhang X, Chen L, Zhang S, Fernandez-Cymering C, Han L, Carloni S, Salvi S, Ling H, Murtadha M, Neviani P, Gitlitz BJ, Laird-Offringa IA, Nana-Sinkam P, Negrini M, Liang H, Amadori D, Cimmino A, Calin GA, Fabbri M. Transcribed ultraconserved region 339 promotes carcinogenesis by modulating tumor suppressor microRNAs. Nat Commun 8(1):1801, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29180617.
- Kalariya N, Brassil K, Calin G. MicroRNAs: Clinical Trials and Potential Applications?. Clin J Oncol Nurs 21(5):554-559, 2017. PMID: 28945717.
- Berrout J, Kyriakopoulou E, Moparthi L, Hogea AS, Berrout L, Ivan C, Lorger M, Boyle J, Peers C, Muench S, Gomez JE, Hu X, Hurst C, Hall T, Umamaheswaran S, Wesley L, Gagea M, Shires M, Manfield I, Knowles MA, Davies S, Suhling K, Gonzalez YT, Carragher N, Macleod K, Abbott NJ, Calin GA, Gamper N, Zygmunt PM, Timsah Z. TRPA1-FGFR2 binding event is a regulatory oncogenic driver modulated by miRNA-142-3p. Nat Commun 8(1):947, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29038531.
- Amorim MG, Valieris R, Drummond RD, Pizzi MP, Freitas VM, Sinigaglia-Coimbra R, Calin GA, Pasqualini R, Arap W, Silva IT, Dias-Neto E, Nunes DN. A total transcriptome profiling method for plasma-derived extracellular vesicles: applications for liquid biopsies. Sci Rep 7(1):14395, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29089558.
- Stiegelbauer V, Vychytilova-Faltejskova P, Karbiener M, Pehserl AM, Reicher A, Resel M, Heitzer E, Ivan C, Bullock M, Ling H, Deutsch A, Wulf-Goldenberg A, Adiprasito JB, Stoeger H, Haybaeck J, Svoboda M, Stotz M, Hoefler G, Slaby O, Calin GA, Gerger A, Pichler M. MicroRNA-196b-5p regulates colorectal cancer cell migration and metastases through interaction of HOXB7 and GALNT5. Clin Cancer Res 23(17):5255-5266, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28533224.
- Shen P, Pichler M, Chen M, Calin GA, Ling H. To Wnt or Lose: The Missing Non-Coding Linc in Colorectal Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 18(9), 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28930145.
- Ozawa T, Matsuyama T, Toiyama Y, Takahashi N, Ishikawa T, Uetake H, Yamada Y, Kusunoki M, Calin G, Goel A. CCAT1 and CCAT2 long noncoding RNAs, located within the 8q.24.21 'gene desert', serve as important prognostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer. Ann Oncol 28(8):1882-1888, 2017. PMID: 28838211.
- Van Roosbroeck K, Fanini F, Setoyama T, Ivan C, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Fuentes-Mattei E, Xiao L, Vannini I, Redis RS, D'Abundo L, Zhang X, Nicoloso MS, Rossi S, Gonzalez-Villasana V, Rupaimoole R, Ferracin M, Morabito F, Neri A, Ruvolo PP, Ruvolo VR, Pecot CV, Amadori D, Abruzzo L, Calin S, Wang X, You MJ, Ferrajoli A, Orlowski R, Plunkett W, Lichtenberg TM, Davuluri RV, Berindan-Neagoe I, Negrini M, Wistuba II, Kantarjian HM, Sood AK, Lopez-Berestein G, Keating MJ, Fabbri M, Calin GA. Combining anti-miR-155 with chemotherapy for the treatment of lung cancers. Clin Cancer Res 23(11):2891-2904, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27903673.
- Gladek I, Ferdin J, Horvat S, Calin GA, Kunej T. HIF1A gene polymorphisms and human diseases: Graphical review of 97 association studies. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 56(6):439-452, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28165644.
- Fuentes-Mattei E, Giza DE, Shimizu M, Ivan C, Manning JT, Tudor S, Ciccone M, Kargin OA, Zhang X, Mur P, do Amaral NS, Chen M, Tarrand JJ, Lupu F, Ferrajoli A, Keating MJ, Vasilescu C, Yeung SJ, Calin GA. Plasma Viral miRNAs Indicate a High Prevalence of Occult Viral Infections. EBioMedicine 20:182-192, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28465156.
- Marini A, Lena AM, Panatta E, Ivan C, Han L, Liang H, Annicchiarico-Petruzzelli M, Di Daniele N, Calin GA, Candi E, Melino G. Ultraconserved long non-coding RNA uc.63 in breast cancer. Oncotarget 8(22):35669-35680, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27447964.
- Bucay N, Sekhon K, Yang T, Majid S, Shahryari V, Hsieh C, Mitsui Y, Deng G, Tabatabai ZL, Yamamura S, Calin GA, Dahiya R, Tanaka Y, Saini S. MicroRNA-383 located in frequently deleted chromosomal locus 8p22 regulates CD44 in prostate cancer. Oncogene 36(19):2667-2679, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27893706.
- Silva AM, Almeida MI, Teixeira JH, Maia AF, Calin GA, Barbosa MA, Santos SG. Dendritic Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles mediate Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell recruitment. Sci Rep 7(1):1667, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28490808.
- Rigoutsos I, Lee SK, Nam SY, Anfossi S, Pasculli B, Pichler M, Jing Y, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Telonis AG, Rossi S, Ivan C, Catela Ivkovic T, Fabris L, Clark PM, Ling H, Shimizu M, Redis RS, Shah MY, Zhang X, Okugawa Y, Jung EJ, Tsirigos A, Huang L, Ferdin J, Gafà R, Spizzo R, Nicoloso MS, Paranjape AN, Shariati M, Tiron A, Yeh JJ, Teruel-Montoya R, Xiao L, Melo SA, Menter D, Jiang ZQ, Flores ER, Negrini M, Goel A, Bar-Eli M, Mani SA, Liu CG, Lopez-Berestein G, Berindan-Neagoe I, Esteller M, Kopetz S, Lanza G, Calin GA. N-BLR, a primate-specific non-coding transcript leads to colorectal cancer invasion and migration. Genome Biol 18(1):98, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28535802.
- Pichler M, Stiegelbauer V, Vychytilova-Faltejskova P, Ivan C, Ling H, Winter E, Zhang X, Goblirsch M, Wulf-Goldenberg A, Ohtsuka M, Haybaeck J, Svoboda M, Okugawa Y, Gerger A, Hoefler G, Goel A, Slaby O, Calin GA. Genome-wide microRNA analysis identifies miR-188-3p as novel prognostic marker and molecular factor involved in colorectal carcinogenesis. Clin Cancer Res 23(5):1323-1333, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27601590.
- Rashed MH, Kanlikilicer P, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Pichler M, Bayraktar R, Bayraktar E, Ivan C, Filant J, Silva A, Aslan B, Denizli M, Mitra R, Ozpolat B, Calin GA, Sood AK, Abd-Ellah MF, Helal GK, Berestein GL. Exosomal miR-940 maintains SRC-mediated oncogenic activity in cancer cells: a possible role for exosomal disposal of tumor suppressor miRNAs. Oncotarget 8(12):20145-20164, 2017. PMID: 28423620.
- Gomes CC, de Sousa SF, Calin GA, Gomez RS. The emerging role of long noncoding RNAs in oral cancer. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 123(2):235-241, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27989708.
- Bayraktar R, Pichler M, Kanlikilicer P, Ivan C, Bayraktar E, Kahraman N, Aslan B, Oguztuzun S, Ulasli M, Arslan A, Calin G, Lopez-Berestein G, Ozpolat B. MicroRNA 603 acts as a tumor suppressor and inhibits triple-negative breast cancer tumorigenesis by targeting elongation factor 2 kinase. Oncotarget 8(7):11641-11658, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28036267.
- Smolle MA, Bauernhofer T, Pummer K, Calin GA, Pichler M. Current Insights into Long Non-Coding RNAs (LncRNAs) in Prostate Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 18(2), 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28241429.
- Redis RS, Calin GA. SnapShot: Non-coding RNAs and Metabolism. Cell Metab 25(1):220-220.e1, 2017. PMID: 28076764.
- Lee NK, Lee JH, Ivan C, Ling H, Zhang X, Park CH, Calin GA, Lee SK. MALAT1 promoted invasiveness of gastric adenocarcinoma. BMC Cancer 17(1):46, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28077118.
- Vasilescu C, Dragomir M, Tanase M, Giza D, Purnichescu-Purtan R, Chen M, Yeung SJ, Calin GA. Circulating miRNAs in sepsis-A network under attack: An in-silico prediction of the potential existence of miRNA sponges in sepsis. PLoS One 12(8):e0183334, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28820886.
- Van Roosbroeck K, Calin GA. Cancer Hallmarks and MicroRNAs: The Therapeutic Connection. Adv Cancer Res 135:119-149, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28882220.
- Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Monroig PDC, Redis RS, Bayraktar E, Almeida MI, Ivan C, Fuentes-Mattei E, Rashed MH, Chavez-Reyes A, Ozpolat B, Mitra R, Sood AK, Calin GA, Lopez-Berestein G. Regulation of hnRNPA1 by microRNAs controls the miR-18a-K-RAS axis in chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer. Cell Discov 3:17029, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28904816.
- Bras JP, Silva AM, Calin GA, Barbosa MA, Santos SG, Almeida MI. miR-195 inhibits macrophages pro-inflammatory profile and impacts the crosstalk with smooth muscle cells. PLoS One 12(11):e0188530, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29166412.
- Redis RS, Vela LE, Lu W, Ferreira de Oliveira J, Ivan C, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Adamoski D, Pasculli B, Taguchi A, Chen Y, Fernandez AF, Valledor L, Van Roosbroeck K, Chang S, Shah M, Kinnebrew G, Han L, Atlasi Y, Cheung LH, Huang GY, Monroig P, Ramirez MS, Catela Ivkovic T, Van L, Ling H, Gafà R, Kapitanovic S, Lanza G, Bankson JA, Huang P, Lai SY, Bast RC, Rosenblum MG, Radovich M, Ivan M, Bartholomeusz G, Liang H, Fraga MF, Widger WR, Hanash S, Berindan-Neagoe I, Lopez-Berestein G, Ambrosio ALB, Gomes Dias SM, Calin GA. Allele-Specific Reprogramming of Cancer Metabolism by the Long Non-coding RNA CCAT2. Mol Cell 61(4):520-34, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26853146.
- Melo SA, Sugimoto H, O'Connell JT, Kato N, Villanueva A, Vidal A, Qiu L, Vitkin E, Perelman LT, Melo CA, Lucci A, Ivan C, Calin GA, Kalluri R. Cancer Exosomes Perform Cell-Independent MicroRNA Biogenesis and Promote Tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell 26(5):707-21, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25446899.
- Ling H, Spizzo R, Atlasi Y, Nicoloso M, Shimizu M, Redis RS, Nishida N, Gafà R, Song J, Guo Z, Ivan C, Barbarotto E, De Vries I, Zhang X, Ferracin M, Churchman M, van Galen JF, Beverloo BH, Shariati M, Haderk F, Estecio MR, Garcia-Manero G, Patijn GA, Gotley DC, Bhardwaj V, Shureiqi I, Sen S, Multani AS, Welsh J, Yamamoto K, Taniguchi I, Song MA, Gallinger S, Casey G, Thibodeau SN, Le Marchand L, Tiirikainen M, Mani SA, Zhang W, Davuluri RV, Mimori K, Mori M, Sieuwerts AM, Martens JW, Tomlinson I, Negrini M, Berindan-Neagoe I, Foekens JA, Hamilton SR, Lanza G, Kopetz S, Fodde R, Calin GA. CCAT2, a novel noncoding RNA mapping to 8q24, underlies metastatic progression and chromosomal instability in colon cancer. Genome Res 23(9):1446-61, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23796952.
- Almeida MI, Nicoloso MS, Zeng L, Ivan C, Spizzo R, Gafà R, Xiao L, Zhang X, Vannini I, Fanini F, Fabbri M, Lanza G, Reis RM, Zweidler-McKay PA, Calin GA. Strand-Specific miR-28-5p and miR-28-3p Have Distinct Effects in Colorectal Cancer Cells. Gastroenterology 142(4):886-896.e9, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22240480.
- Fabbri M, Bottoni A, Shimizu M, Spizzo R, Nicoloso MS, Rossi S, Barbarotto E, Cimmino A, Adair B, Wojcik SE, Valeri N, Calore F, Sampath D, Fanini F, Vannini I, Musuraca G, Dell'Aquila M, Alder H, Davuluri RV, Rassenti LZ, Negrini M, Nakamura T, Amadori D, Kay NE, Rai KR, Keating MJ, Kipps TJ, Calin GA, Croce CM. Association of a microRNA/TP53 feedback circuitry with pathogenesis and outcome of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. JAMA 305(1):59-67, 2011. PMID: 21205967.
- Eiring AM, Harb JG, Neviani P, Garton C, Oaks JJ, Spizzo R, Liu S, Schwind S, Santhanam R, Hickey CJ, Becker H, Chandler JC, Andino R, Cortes J, Hokland P, Huettner CS, Bhatia R, Roy DC, Liebhaber SA, Caligiuri MA, Marcucci G, Garzon R, Croce CM, Calin GA, Perrotti D. miR-328 functions as an RNA decoy to modulate hnRNP E2 regulation of mRNA translation in leukemic blasts. Cell 140(5):652-65, 2010. PMID: 20211135.
- Calin GA, Liu CG, Ferracin M, Hyslop T, Spizzo R, Sevignani C, Fabbri M, Cimmino A, Lee EJ, Wojcik SE, Shimizu M, Tili E, Rossi S, Taccioli C, Pichiorri F, Liu X, Zupo S, Herlea V, Gramantieri L, Lanza G, Alder H, Rassenti L, Volinia S, Schmittgen TD, Kipps TJ, Negrini M, Croce CM. Ultraconserved regions encoding ncRNAs are altered in human leukemias and carcinomas. Cancer Cell 12(3):215-29, 2007. PMID: 17785203.
- Calin GA, Ferracin M, Cimmino A, Di Leva G, Shimizu M, Wojcik SE, Iorio MV, Visone R, Sever NI, Fabbri M, Iuliano R, Palumbo T, Pichiorri F, Roldo C, Garzon R, Sevignani C, Rassenti L, Alder H, Volinia S, Liu CG, Kipps TJ, Negrini M, Croce CM. A MicroRNA signature associated with prognosis and progression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. N Engl J Med 353(17):1793-801, 2005. PMID: 16251535.
- Calin GA, Trapasso F, Shimizu M, Dumitru CD, Yendamuri S, Godwin AK, Ferracin M, Bernardi G, Chatterjee D, Baldassarre G, Rattan S, Alder H, Mabuchi H, Shiraishi T, Hansen LL, Overgaard J, Herlea V, Mauro FR, Dighiero G, Movsas B, Rassenti L, Kipps T, Baffa R, Fusco A, Mori M, Russo G, Liu CG, Neuberg D, Bullrich F, Negrini M, Croce CM. Familial cancer associated with a polymorphism in ARLTS1. N Engl J Med 352(16):1667-76, 2005. PMID: 15843669.
- Calin GA, Dumitru CD, Shimizu M, Bichi R, Zupo S, Noch E, Aldler H, Rattan S, Keating M, Rai K, Rassenti L, Kipps T, Negrini M, Bullrich F, Croce CM. Frequent deletions and down-regulation of micro- RNA genes miR15 and miR16 at 13q14 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99(24):15524-9, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12434020.
Abstracts
- Harada K, Song S, Xu Y, Bagewell BD, Pizzi MP, Jin J, Wang Y, Scott AW, Ma L, Amlashi FG, Kobayashi M, Vykoukal JV, Ivan C, Estrella JS, Chowdhuri SR, Calin GA, Hanash S, Lee J-S, Liu B, Ajani JA. Genomic profiling of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma. 2018 AACR Annual Meeting, 2018.
- Kabil NN, Bayraktar R, Ivan C, Kahraman N, Mokhlis HA, Calin GA, Lopez-Berestein G, Ozpolat B. miR-484 acts as an “oncomiR” in triple negative breast cancer cells to promote tumor growth and progression by targeting HOXA5. 2018 AACR Annual Meeting, 2018.
- Mokhlis HA, Bayraktar R, Kabil NN, Kahraman N, Bouchard R, Abdelghany T, Ashour A, Abdel-Aziz AAH, Calin GA, Lopez-Berestein G, Ozpolat B. MiR-873 functions as a potential tumor suppressor in pancreatic cancer by targeting KRAS. 2018 AACR Annual Meeting, 2018.
- Ruiz Calderon JF, Cruz-Correa M, Calin GA, Castillo-Pichardo L, Dharmawardhane S. New targeted therapeutics for gastric cancer. 2018 AACR Annual Meeting, 2018.
- Cortez MA, Niknam S, Cuko E, Schoenhals JE, Barsoumian H, Younes AIA, Li A, Vykoukal JV, Ivan C, Calin GA, Hwu P, Welsh JW. Lipid metabolic reprogramming drives resistance to PD1 blockage. 2017 AACR Annual Meeting, 2017.
Book Chapters
- Fabris L, Calin GA. Understanding the Genomic Ultraconservations: T-UCRs and Cancer. In: Int Rev Cell Mol Biol, 159-172, 2017.
Grant & Contract Support
Title: | Protein-Coding and Non-Coding RNA Biomarkers for Early Detection Of CLL |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Discover Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Peritoneal Metastases from Gastric Adenocarcinoma |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
Role: | Co-Investigator |