Jianjun Gao, MD, PhD

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Msaouel P, Oromendia C, Siefker-Radtke AO, Tannir NM, Subudhi SK, Gao J, Wang Y, Siddiqui BA, Shah AY, Aparicio AM, Campbell MT, Zurita AJ, Shaw LK, Lopez LP, McCord H, Chakraborty SN, Perales J, Lu C, Van Alstine ML, Elashoff M, Logothetis C. Evaluation of Technology-Enabled Monitoring of Patient-Reported Outcomes to Detect and Treat Toxic Effects Linked to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. JAMA Netw Open 4(8):e2122998, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34459906.
2. Brooks NA, Kokorovic A, Xiao L, Matulay JT, Li R, Ranasinghe WKB, Nagaraju S, Shen Y, Gao J, Navai N, Dinney CPN, Grossman HB, Kamat AM. The Obesity Paradox: Defining the impact of Body Mass Index and Diabetes Mellitus for patients with Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. BJU Int 128(1):65-71, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33210440.
3. Alhalabi O, Hasanov E, Wilson NR, Araujo J, Wang J, Campbell MT, Goswami S, Shah AY, Gao J, Msaouel P, Tannir NM. Outcomes of patients with intermediate- or poor-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma who received their first cycle of nivolumab and ipilimumab in the hospital because of symptomatic disease: The MD Anderson Cancer Center experience. Int J Cancer 149(2):387-393, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33739450.
4. Siddiqui BA, Gheeya JS, Goswamy R, Bathala TK, Surasi DS, Gao J, Shah A, Campbell MT, Msaouel P, Goswami S, Wang J, Zurita AJ, Jonasch E, Corn PG, Aparicio AM, Siefker-Radtke AO, Sharma P, Subudhi SK, Tannir N. Durable responses in patients with genitourinary cancers following immune checkpoint therapy rechallenge after moderate-to-severe immune-related adverse events. J Immunother Cancer 9(7), 2021. PMID: 34326169.
5. Viscuse PV, Marques-Piubelli ML, Heberton MM, Parra ER, Shah AY, Siefker-Radtke A, Gao J, Goswami S, Ivan D, Curry JL, Campbell MT. Case Report: Enfortumab Vedotin for Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: A Case Series on the Clinical and Histopathologic Spectrum of Adverse Cutaneous Reactions From Fatal Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis to Dermal Hypersensitivity Reaction. Front Oncol 11:621591, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33747934.
6. Chang KY, Chiang NJ, Wu SY, Yen CJ, Chen SH, Yeh YM, Li CF, Feng X, Wu K, Johnston A, Bomalaski JS, Wu BW, Gao J, Subudhi SK, Kaseb AO, Blando JM, Yadav SS, Szlosarek PW, Chen LT. Phase 1b study of pegylated arginine deiminase (ADI-PEG 20) plus Pembrolizumab in advanced solid cancers. Oncoimmunology 10(1):1943253, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34290906.
7. Hasanov E, Gao J, Tannir NM. The Immunotherapy Revolution in Kidney Cancer Treatment: Scientific Rationale and First-Generation Results. Cancer J 26(5):419-431, 2020. PMID: 32947310.
8. Guo CC, Bondaruk J, Yao H, Wang Z, Zhang L, Lee S, Lee JG, Cogdell D, Zhang M, Yang G, Dadhania V, Choi W, Wei P, Gao J, Theodorescu D, Logothetis C, Dinney C, Kimmel M, Weinstein JN, McConkey DJ, Czerniak B. Assessment of Luminal and Basal Phenotypes in Bladder Cancer. Sci Rep 10(1):9743, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32546765.
9. Alhalabi O, Campbell M, Shah A, Siefker-Radtke A, Gao J. Emerging treatments in advanced urothelial cancer. Curr Opin Oncol 32(3):232-239, 2020. PMID: 32209822.
10. Chahoud J, Msaouel P, Campbell MT, Bathala T, Xiao L, Gao J, Zurita AJ, Shah AY, Jonasch E, Sharma P, Tannir NM. Nivolumab for the Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Non-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (nccRCC): A Single-Institutional Experience and Literature Meta-Analysis. Oncologist 25(3):252-258, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 32162795.
11. Lu T, Wang S, Xu L, Zhou Q, Singla N, Gao J, Manna S, Pop L, Xie Z, Chen M, Luke JJ, Brugarolas J, Hannan R, Wang T. Tumor neoantigenicity assessment with CSiN score incorporates clonality and immunogenicity to predict immunotherapy outcomes. Science Immunology 5(44), 2020.
12. Helmink BA, Reddy SM, Gao J, Zhang S, Basar R, Thakur R, Yizhak K, Sade-Feldman M, Blando J, Han G, Gopalakrishnan V, Xi Y, Zhao H, Amaria RN, Tawbi HA, Cogdill AP, Liu W, LeBleu VS, Kugeratski FG, Patel S, Davies MA, Hwu P, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Lucci A, Arora R, Woodman S, Keung EZ, Gaudreau PO, Reuben A, Spencer CN, Burton EM, Haydu LE, Lazar AJ, Zapassodi R, Hudgens CW, Ledesma DA, Ong S, Bailey M, Warren S, Rao D, Krijgsman O, Rozeman EA, Peeper D, Blank CU, Schumacher TN, Butterfield LH, Zelazowska MA, McBride KM, Kalluri R, Allison J, Petitprez F, Fridman WH, Sautès-Fridman C, Hacohen N, Rezvani K, Sharma P, Tetzlaff MT, Wang L, Wargo JA. B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures promote immunotherapy response. Nature 577(7791):549-555, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31942075.
13. Abu-Sbeih H, Ali FS, Naqash AR, Owen DH, Patel S, Otterson GA, Kendra K, Ricciuti B, Chiari R, De Giglio A, Sleiman J, Funchain P, Wills B, Zhang J, Naidoo J, Philpott J, Gao J, Subudhi SK, Wang Y. Resumption of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy After Immune-Mediated Colitis. J Clin Oncol 37(30):JCO1900320, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31163011.
14. Tahir SA, Gao J, Miura Y, Blando J, Tidwell RSS, Zhao H, Subudhi SK, Tawbi H, Keung E, Wargo J, Allison JP, Sharma P. Autoimmune antibodies correlate with immune checkpoint therapy-induced toxicities. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 116(44):22246-22251, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31611368.
15. Guo CC, Majewski T, Zhang L, Yao H, Bondaruk J, Wang Y, Zhang S, Wang Z, Lee JG, Lee S, Cogdell D, Zhang M, Wei P, Grossman HB, Kamat A, Duplisea JJ, Ferguson JE, Huang H, Dadhania V, Gao J, Dinney C, Weinstein JN, Baggerly K, McConkey D, Czerniak B. Dysregulation of EMT Drives the Progression to Clinically Aggressive Sarcomatoid Bladder Cancer. Cell Rep 27(6):1781-1793.e4, 2019. PMID: 31067463.
16. Ye Y, Hu Q, Chen H, Liang K, Yuan Y, Xiang Y, Ruan H, Zhang Z, Song A, Zhang H, Liu L, Diao L, Lou Y, Zhou B, Wang L, Zhou S, Gao JJ, Jonasch E, Lin S, Xia Y, Lin C, Yang L, Mills G, Liang H, and Han L. Characterization of Hypoxia-associated Molecular Features to Aid Hypoxia-Targeted Therapy. Nat Metab, 2019.
17. Choi K, Abu-Sbeih H, Samdani R, Gonzalez GN, Raju GS, Richards DM, Gao J, Subudhi S, Stroehlein J, Wang Y. Can Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Induce Microscopic Colitis or a Brand New Entity?. Inflamm Bowel Dis, 2019. PMID: 30169584.
18. Wang Y, Wiesnoski DH, Helmink BA, Gopalakrishnan V, Choi K, DuPont HL, Jiang ZD, Abu-Sbeih H, Sanchez CA, Chang CC, Parra ER, Francisco-Cruz A, Raju GS, Stroehlein JR, Campbell MT, Gao J, Subudhi SK, Maru DM, Blando JM, Lazar AJ, Allison JP, Sharma P, Tetzlaff MT, Wargo JA, Jenq RR. Fecal microbiota transplantation for refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated colitis. Nat Med 24(12):1804-1808, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30420754.
19. Mmeje CO, Benson CR, Nogueras-González GM, Jayaratna IS, Gao J, Siefker-Radtke AO, Kamat AM, Dinney CP, Navai N, Shah JB. Determining the optimal time for radical cystectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. BJU Int 122(1):89-98, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29569824.
20. Reuben A, Gittelman R, Gao J, Zhang J, Yusko EC, Wu CJ, Emerson R, Zhang J, Tipton C, Li J, Quek K, Gopalakrishnan V, Chen R, Vence LM, Cascone T, Vignali M, Fujimoto J, Rodriguez-Canales J, Parra ER, Little LD, Gumbs C, Forget MA, Federico L, Haymaker C, Behrens C, Benzeno S, Bernatchez C, Sepesi B, Gibbons DL, Wargo JA, William WN, Swisher S, Heymach JV, Robins H, Lee JJ, Sharma P, Allison JP, Futreal PA, Wistuba II, Zhang J. TCR Repertoire Intratumor Heterogeneity in Localized Lung Adenocarcinomas: an Association with Predicted Neoantigen Heterogeneity and Postsurgical Recurrence. Cancer Discov 7(10):1088-1097, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28733428.
21. Gao J, Ward JF, Pettaway CA, Shi LZ, Subudhi SK, Vence LM, Zhao H, Chen J, Chen H, Efstathiou E, Troncoso P, Allison JP, Logothetis CJ, Wistuba II, Sepulveda MA, Sun J, Wargo J, Blando J, Sharma P. VISTA is an inhibitory immune checkpoint that is increased after ipilimumab therapy in patients with prostate cancer. Nat Med 23(5):551-555, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28346412.
22. Biebighauser KC, Gao J, Rao P, Landon G, Pagliaro L, Dinney CPN, Karam J, Navai N. Non-seminomatous germ cell tumor with bone metastasis only at diagnosis: A rare clinical presentation. Asian J Urol 4(2):124-127, 2017. PMID: 29264217.
23. Gao J, Shi LZ, Zhao H, Chen J, Xiong L, He Q, Chen T, Roszik J, Bernatchez C, Woodman SE, Chen PL, Hwu P, Allison JP, Futreal A, Wargo JA, Sharma P. Loss of IFN-γ Pathway Genes in Tumor Cells as a Mechanism of Resistance to Anti-CTLA-4 Therapy. Cell 167(2):397-404.e9, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27667683.
24. Subudhi SK, Aparicio A, Gao J, Zurita AJ, Araujo JC, Logothetis CJ, Tahir SA, Korivi BR, Slack RS, Vence L, Emerson RO, Yusko E, Vignali M, Robins HS, Sun J, Allison JP, Sharma P. Clonal expansion of CD8 T cells in the systemic circulation precedes development of ipilimumab-induced toxicities. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113(42):11919-11924, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27698113.
25. Kim C, Gao J, Shannon VR, Siefker-Radtke A. Systemic sarcoidosis first manifesting in a tattoo in the setting of immune checkpoint inhibition. BMJ Case Rep 2016, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27797838.
26. Shi LZ, Fu T, Guan B, Chen J, Blando JM, Allison JP, Xiong L, Subudhi SK, Gao J, Sharma P. Interdependent IL-7 and IFN-γ signalling in T-cell controls tumour eradication by combined α-CTLA-4+α-PD-1 therapy. Nat Commun 7:12335, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27498556.
27. Bilen MA, Subudhi SK, Gao J, Tannir NM, Tu SM, Sharma P. Acute rhabdomyolysis with severe polymyositis following ipilimumab-nivolumab treatment in a cancer patient with elevated anti-striated muscle antibody. J Immunother Cancer 4:36, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27330809.
28. Liu XD, Hoang A, Zhou L, Kalra S, Yetil A, Sun M, Ding Z, Zhang X, Bai S, German P, Tamboli P, Rao P, Karam JA, Wood C, Matin S, Zurita A, Bex A, Griffioen AW, Gao J, Sharma P, Tannir N, Sircar K, Jonasch E. Resistance to Antiangiogenic Therapy Is Associated with an Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Cancer Immunol Res 3(9):1017-29, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26014097.
29. Malouf GG, Su X, Yao H, Gao J, Xiong L, He Q, Compérat E, Couturier J, Molinié V, Escudier B, Camparo P, Doss DJ, Thompson EJ, Khayat D, Wood CG, Yu W, Teh BT, Weinstein J, Tannir NM. Next-generation sequencing of translocation renal cell carcinoma reveals novel RNA splicing partners and frequent mutations of chromatin-remodeling genes. Clin Cancer Res 20(15):4129-40, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24899691.
30. Chen H, Fu T, Suh WK, Tsavachidou D, Wen S, Gao J, Ng Tang D, He Q, Sun J, Sharma P. CD4 cells require ICOS-mediated P13K-signaling to increase T-bet expression in the setting of anti-CTLA therapy. Cancer Immunol Res 2(2):167-76, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24778280.
31. Gou HF, Li X, Qiu M, Cheng K, Li LH, Dong H, Chen Y, Tang Y, Gao F, Zhao F, Men HT, Ge J, Su JM, Xu F, Bi F, Gao JJ, Liu JY. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-RAS signaling pathway in penile squamous cell carcinoma. PLoS One 8(4):e62175, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23637996.
32. Gao JJ, Maricque BB, Morse MD, Huang W, McNeel DG. Identification of autoantibodies in a patient with testicular cancer and concurrent inflammatory bowel disease. J Clin Oncol 28(33):e680-3, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20805455.
33. Gao JJ, Shen J, Kolbert C, Raghavakaimal S, Papasian CJ, Qureshi AA, Vogel SN, Morrison DC, Qureshi N. The proteasome regulates bacterial CpG DNA-induced signaling pathways in murine macrophages. Shock 34(4):390-401, 2010. PMID: 20160661.
34. Shen J, Gao JJ, Zhang G, Tan X, Morrison DC, Papasian C, Vogel SN, Qureshi N. Proteasome-mediated regulation of CpG DNA- and peptidoglycan-induced cytokines, inflammatory genes, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. Shock 25(6):594-9, 2006. PMID: 16721267.
35. Gao JJ, Diesl V, Wittmann T, Morrison DC, Ryan JL, Vogel SN, Follettie MT. Bacterial LPS and CpG DNA differentially induce gene expression profiles in mouse macrophages. J Endotoxin Res 9(4):237-43, 2003. PMID: 12935354.
36. Gao JJ, Diesl V, Wittmann T, Morrison DC, Ryan JL, Vogel SN, Follettie MT. Regulation of gene expression in mouse macrophages stimulated with bacterial CpG-DNA and lipopolysaccharide. J Leukoc Biol 72(6):1234-45, 2002. PMID: 12488506.
37. Gao JJ, Xue Q, Papasian CJ, Morrison DC. Bacterial DNA and lipopolysaccharide induce synergistic production of TNF-alpha through a post-transcriptional mechanism. J Immunol 166(11):6855-60, 2001. PMID: 11359845.
38. Chi L, Li Y, Stehno-Bittel L, Gao J, Morrison DC, Stechschulte DJ, Dileepan KN. Interleukin-6 production by endothelial cells via stimulation of protease-activated receptors is amplified by endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. J Interferon Cytokine Res 21(4):231-40, 2001. PMID: 11359654.
39. Gao JJ, Xue Q, Zuvanich EG, Haghi KR, Morrison DC. Commercial preparations of lipoteichoic acid contain endotoxin that contributes to activation of mouse macrophages in vitro. Infect Immun 69(2):751-7, 2001. PMID: 11159964.
40. Gao JJ, Filla MB, Lorsbach RB, Pace JL, Crespo A, Russell SW, Murphy WJ. Prolonged exposure of mouse macrophages to IFN-beta suppresses transcription of the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene: altered availability of transcription factor Stat1alpha. Eur J Immunol 30(6):1551-61, 2000. PMID: 10898490.
41. Chu W, Gao J, Murphy WJ, Hunt JS. A candidate interferon-gamma activated site (GAS element) in the HLA-G promoter does not bind nuclear proteins. Hum Immunol 60(11):1113-8, 1999. PMID: 10600009.
42. Gao JJ, Zuvanich EG, Xue Q, Horn DL, Silverstein R, Morrison DC. Cutting edge: bacterial DNA and LPS act in synergy in inducing nitric oxide production in RAW 264.7 macrophages. J Immunol 163(8):4095-9, 1999. PMID: 10510342.
43. Gao JJ, Filla MB, Fultz MJ, Vogel SN, Russell SW, Murphy WJ. Autocrine/paracrine IFN-alphabeta mediates the lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of transcription factor Stat1alpha in mouse macrophages: pivotal role of Stat1alpha in induction of the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene. J Immunol 161(9):4803-10, 1998. PMID: 9794412.
44. Gao J, Morrison DC, Parmely TJ, Russell SW, Murphy WJ. An interferon-gamma-activated site (GAS) is necessary for full expression of the mouse iNOS gene in response to interferon-gamma and lipopolysaccharide. J Biol Chem 272(2):1226-30, 1997. PMID: 8995425.
45. Shah AY, Karam JA, Malouf GG, Rao P, Lim ZD, Jonasch E, Xiao L, Gao J, Vaishampayan UN, Heng DY, Plimack ER, Guancial EA, Fung C, Lowas SR, Tamboli P, Sircar K, Matin SF, Kimryn Rathmell W, Wood CG, Tannir NM. Management and outcomes of patients with renal medullary carcinoma: a multicentre collaborative study. BJU Int. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27860149.
46. Msaouel P, Malouf GG, Su X, Yao H, Tripathi DN, Soeung M, Gao J, Rao P, Coarfa C, Creighton CJ, Bertocchio JP, Kunnimalaiyaan S, Multani AS, Blando J, He R, Shapiro DD, Perelli L, Srinivasan S, Carbone F, Pilié PG, Karki M, Seervai RNH, Vokshi BH, Lopez-Terrada D, Cheng EH, Tang X, Lu W, Wistuba II, Thompson TC, Davidson I, Giuliani V, Schlacher K, Carugo A, Heffernan TP, Sharma P, Karam JA, Wood CG, Walker CL, Genovese G, Tannir NM. Comprehensive Molecular Characterization Identifies Distinct Genomic and Immune Hallmarks of Renal Medullary Carcinoma. Cancer Cell. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32359397.
47. Lobo N, Shariat SF, Guo CC, Fernandez MI, Kassouf W, Choudhury A, Gao J, Williams SB, Galsky MD, Taylor JA, Roupret M, Kamat AM. What Is the Significance of Variant Histology in Urothelial Carcinoma?. Eur Urol Focus. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31530497.
48. Shi LZ, Goswami S, Fu T, Guan B, Chen J, Xiong L, Zhang J, Ng Tang D, Zhang X, Vence L, Blando J, Allison JP, Collazo R, Gao J, Sharma P. Blockade of CTLA-4 and PD-1 Enhances Adoptive T-cell Therapy Efficacy in an ICOS-Mediated Manner. Cancer Immunol Res. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31466995.
49. Shah AY, Kotecha RR, Lemke EA, Chandramohan A, Chaim JL, Msaouel P, Xiao L, Gao J, Campbell MT, Zurita AJ, Wang J, Corn PG, Jonasch E, Motzer RJ, Sharma P, Voss MH, Tannir NM. Outcomes of patients with metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma treated with second-line VEGFR-TKI after first-line immune checkpoint inhibitors. Eur J Cancer 114:67-75. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31075726.
50. Alhalabi O, Hahn AW, Msaouel P, Meric-Bernstam F, Wilson N, Naing A, Piha-Paul S, Janku F, Pant S, Yap TA, Hong DS, Fu S, Karp D, Beltran K, Campbell E, Le H, Campbell MT, Shah A, Tannir NM, Siefker-Radtke A, Gao J, Roszik J, Subbiah V. Validation of Prognostic Scores in Patients With Metastatic Urothelial Cancer Enrolling in Phase I Targeted Therapy or Next Generation Immunotherapy Trials. Clin Genitourin Cancer. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34362693.
51. Hensley PJ, Bree KK, Campbell MT, Alhalabi O, Kokorovic A, Miest T, Nogueras-Gonzalez GM, Gao J, Siefker-Radtke AO, Guo CC, Navai N, Dinney CP, Kamat AM. Progression of Disease after Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy: Refining Patient Selection for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy before Radical Cystectomy. J Urol:101097JU0000000000001943. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34184926.
52. Laccetti AL, Garmezy B, Xiao L, Economides M, Venkatesan A, Gao J, Jonasch E, Corn P, Zurita-Saavedra A, Brown LC, Kao C, Kinsey EN, Gupta RT, Harrison MR, Armstrong AJ, George DJ, Tannir N, Msaouel P, Shah A, Zhang T, Campbell MT. Combination antiangiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibition and anti-PD1 immunotherapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: A retrospective analysis of safety, tolerance, and clinical outcomes. Cancer Med. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33650321.
53. Msaouel P, Genovese G, Gao J, Sen S, Tannir NM. TAM kinase inhibition and immune checkpoint blockade- a winning combination in cancer treatment?. Expert Opin Ther Targets:1-11. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33356674.
54. Alhalabi O, Hahn AW, Msaouel P, Andreev-Drakhlin AY, Meric-Bernstam F, Naing A, Piha-Paul S, Filip J, Pant S, Yap TA, Hong DS, Fu S, Karp D, Campbell E, Le H, Campbell MT, Shah AY, Tannir NM, Siefker-Radtke AO, Gao J, Roszik J, Subbiah V. Molecular profiling of metastatic bladder cancer early-phase clinical trial participants predicts patient outcomes. Mol Cancer Res. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33323389.
55. Chahoud J, Msaouel P, Ross JA, McCormick BZ, Bathala TK, Gao J, Horn R, Xiao L, Sircar K, Campbell MT, Shah AY, Goswami S, Zurita AJ, Jonasch E, Matin SF, Wood CG, Karam JA, Sharma P, Tannir NM. Outcomes of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid dedifferentiation to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Urol Oncol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33187886.
56. Gao J, Navai N, Alhalabi O, Siefker-Radtke A, Campbell MT, Tidwell RS, Guo CC, Kamat AM, Matin SF, Araujo JC, Shah AY, Msaouel P, Corn P, Wang J, Papadopoulos JN, Yadav SS, Blando JM, Duan F, Basu S, Liu W, Shen Y, Zhang Y, Macaluso MD, Wang Y, Chen J, Zhang J, Futreal A, Dinney C, Allison JP, Goswami S, Sharma P. Neoadjuvant PD-L1 plus CTLA-4 blockade in patients with cisplatin-ineligible operable high-risk urothelial carcinoma. Nat Med. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33046869.
57. Yang G, Bondaruk J, Cogdell D, Wang Z, Lee S, Lee JG, Zhang S, Choi W, Wang Y, Liang Y, Wang G, Wang Y, Yao H, Dadhania V, Gao J, Logothetis C, Siefker-Radtke A, Kamat A, Dinney C, Theodorescu D, Kimmel M, Wei P, Guo CC, Weinstein JN, McConkey DJ, Czerniak B. Urothelial-to-Neural Plasticity Drives Progression to Small Cell Bladder Cancer. iScience 23(6):101201. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32521509.

Invited Articles

1. Andreev-Drakhlin AY, Egoryan G, Shah AY, Msaouel P, Alhalabi O, Gao J. The evolving treatment landscape of advanced urothelial carcinoma. Curr Opin Oncol 33(3):221-230, 2021. PMID: 33818541.
2. Alhalabi O, Shah AY, Lemke EA, Gao J. Current and future landscape of immunotherapy in urothelial cancer. Oncology 33(1):11-8, 2019. PMID: 30731013.
3. Tabayoyong W, Li R, Gao J, Kamat A. Optimal Timing of Chemotherapy and Surgery in Patients with Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer and Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. Urol Clin North Am 45(2):155-167, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29650132.
4. Tabayoyong W, Gao J. The emerging role of immunotherapy in advanced urothelial cancers. Curr Opin Oncol 30(3):172-180, 2018. PMID: 29553950.
5. Shah AY, Gao J, Siefker-Radtke AO. Five new therapies or just one new treatment? A critical look at immune checkpoint inhibition in urothelial cancer. Immunotherapy 9(10):781-784, 2017. PMID: 28877627.
6. Campbell MT, Siefker-Radtke AO, Gao J. The state of immune check point inhibition in urothelial carcinoma: current evidence and future areas of exploration. Cancer J 22(2):96-100, 2016. PMID: 27111904.
7. Gao J, He Q, Subudhi S, Aparicio A, Zurita-Saavedra A, Lee DH, Jimenez C, Suarez-Almazor M, Sharma P. Review of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Ipilimumab: MD Anderson Experience. Oncogene 34(43):5411-7, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25659583.
8. Siefker-Radtke AO, Gao J. Towards effective adjuvant treatment for urothelial cancer. Lancet Oncol 16(1):9-10, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25498220.
9. Jonasch E, Gao J, Rathmell WK. Renal cell carcinoma. BMJ 349(10):g4797, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25385470.
10. Gao J, Bernatchez C, Sharma P, Radvanyi LG, Hwu P. Advances in the development of cancer immunotherapies. Trends Immunol 34(2):90-8, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23031830.
11. Lizée G, Overwijk WW, Radvanyi L, Gao J, Sharma P, Hwu P. Harnessing the power of the immune system to target cancer. Annu Rev Med 64:71-90, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23092383.
12. Lei MG, Gao JJ, Morrison DC, Qureshi N. Pathogenesis of sepsis: current concepts and emerging therapies. Mo Med 100(5):524-9, 2003. PMID: 14601445.

Other Articles

1. Hensley PJ, Bree KK, Campbell MT, Alhalabi O, Kokorovic A, Miest T, Nogueras-Gonzalez GM, Gao J, Siefker-Radtke AO, Guo CC, Navai N, Dinney CP, Kamat AM Reply by Authors. J Urol:101097JU000000000000194302. PMID: 34372685.

Abstracts

1. Msaouel P, Van Alstine ML, Oromendia C, Gao J, Wang Y, Siddiqui BA, Siefker-Ratke AO, Shah AY, Shaw L, Lopez L, Laccetti AL, Tannir NM, Elashoff M, Logothetis C. Technology-enabled longitudinal monitoring of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to individualize care of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in patients (pts) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Journal of Clinical Oncology 38(15_suppl), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
2. Msaouel P, Thall PF, Yuan Y, Wang X, Jonasch E, Gao J. Campbell MT, Shah AY, Corn PG, Tam A, Ahrar K, Rao P, Sircar K, Der-Torossian H, Tannir NM. A phase I/II trial of sitravatinib (sitra) combined with nivolumab (nivo) in patients (pts) with advanced clear cell renal cell cancer (aCCRCC) that progressed on prior VEGF-targeted therapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology 38(6_ suppl):612-612, 2020.
3. Gao J, Ward JF, Pettaway CA, Subudhi SK, Vence LM, Zhao H, Chen J, Chen H, Efstathiou E, Troncoso P, Allison JP, Logothetis C, Wistuba II, Wargo JA, Blando JM, Sepulveda MA, Sun JJ, Sharma P. Investigation of mechanisms of resistance to ipilimumab therapy with a pre-surgical trial in patients with high-risk, localized prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol, 2017.
4. Subudhi SK, Aparicio A, Troncoso P, Zhang Jianhua, Gumbs C, Wu CJ, Gao J, Vence LM, Blando JM, Corn PG, Araujo JC, Zurita AJ, Prokhorova IN, Van Alstine M, Logothetis C, Futreal A, Allison JP, Sharma P. Linking tumor mutational load to clinical responses to ipilimumab (IPI) in men with advanced prostate cancer (PCa). J Clin Oncol 35(15_suppl):5065-5065, 2017.
5. Gao J, Karam JA, Wood CG, Matin S, Ahrar K, Jonasch E, Tannir N, Campbell M, Ng C, Slack R, Rao P, Allison JP, Blando JM, Vence LM, Basu S, Zhao H, Chen T, Chen H, Sharma P. Clinical activity, immune and molecular correlates of nivolumab vs. nivolumab plus bevacizumab vs nivolumab plus ipilimumab in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. AACR Annual Meeting, 2017.
6. Shah AY, Gao J, Lemke ES, Campbell MT, Zurita AJ, Wang J, Corn PG, Jonasch E, Sharma P, Tannir NM. Responses to second-line tyrosine kinase inhibitors after first-line immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced renal cell carcinoma, 2017.
7. Subudhi SK, Aparicio A, Gao J, Zurita-Saavedra A, Araujo J, Logothetis CJ, Brinda KR, Allison JP, Vence L, Emerson RO, Yusko E, Vignali M, Robins HS, Sung J, Sharma P. Exploratory biomarkers that predict for clinical outcomes in a Phase II trial with ipilimumab plus finite androgen deprivation therapy for metastatic non-castrate prostate cancer. Cancer Res 76(14_suppl):1402, 2016.
8. Gao J, Malouf GG, Su X, Yao H, Rao P, He R, Xiong L, Karam JA, Matin SF, Mouawad R, Comperat E, Khayat D, Wood CG, Tannir N. Molecular profiling of renal medullary carcinoma to reveal frequent alterations in chromatin remodeling genes and to identify EZH2 as a relevant therapeutic target. J Clin Oncol 34(15_suppl):4566-4566, 2016.
9. Mmeje CO, Slade A, Slack R, Navai N, Gao J, Siefker-Radtke AO, Kamat AM, Dinner CPN, Shah JB. The utility of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in determining survival outcomes in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical cystectomy for high-risk bladder cancer. J Clin Oncol 34(2_suppl):419-419, 2016.
10. Campbell MT, McConkey DJ, Matin SF, Kamat AM, Dinner CPN, Wang J, Gao JJ, Siefker-Radtke AO. The hotspot mutational landscape of upper tract and bladder urothelial cancers and correlation to survival. J Clin Oncol 34(2_suppl):466-466, 2016.
11. Shah AY, Karam JA, Malouf GG, Rao P, Lim ZD, Jonasch E, Xiao L, Gao J, Vaishampayan UN, Heng DYC, Plimack ER, Guancial EA, Fung C, Lowas SR, Tamboli P, Sircar K, Matin SF, Rathemell K, Wood CG, Tannir NM. Management and outcomes of patients with renal medullary carcinoma (RMC): A collaborative multi-center study of 52 patients. J Clin Oncol 34(15_suppl):e16111-e16111, 2016.
12. Gao J, Shi LZ, Xiong L, He Q, Chen J, Shen DY, Sharma P. Expression of IFNgR on tumor cells impact response to anti-CTLA-4. AAI Annual Meeting, 2015.
13. Liu X, Hoang A, Zhou L, Kalra S, Yetil A, Sun M, Ding Z, Tamboli P, Rao P, Karam JA, Wood CG, Matin SF, Zurita AJ, Bex A, Griffioen AW, Gao J, Sharma P, Tannir NM, Sircar K, Jonasch E. Association of resistance to antiangiogenic therapy with an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 33(7_suppl):419-419, 2015.
14. Mmeje CO, Benson CR, Nogueras-Gonzalez GM, Jayaratna IS, Gao J, Siefker-Radtke AO, Kamat AM, Dinney CP, Navai N, Shay JB. Determining the optimal timing for radical cystectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. BJU Int 122(1):89-98, 2015.
15. Gao J, Yao H, Su X, Xiong L, Rao P, Sharma P, Karam JA, Wood C, Tannir NM. Molecular characterization of renal medullary carcinoma (RMC). J Clin Oncol 32(15_suppl):4586-4586, 2014.

Book Chapters

1. Sharma P, Subudhi S, Peggs K, Goswami S, Gao J, Quezada S, Allison JP. Cancer Immunotherapy. In: Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine. 9th. Wiley Blackwell, 2017.
2. Shnyra A, Luchi M, Gao JJ et al. Endotoxin in human disease and its endogenious control. In: Multiple Organ Failure. Springer-Verlag New York Inc: New York, 114-130, 2000.