Michael Andreeff, M.D., Ph.D.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Pan R, Ruvolo V, Mu H, Leverson JD, Nichols G, Reed JC, Konopleva M, Andreeff M. Synthetic Lethality of Combined Bcl-2 Inhibition and p53 Activation in AML: Mechanisms and Superior Antileukemic Efficacy. Cancer Cell 32(6):748-760.e6, 2017. PMID: 29232553.
2. Battula VL, Nguyen K, Sun J, Pitner MK, Yuan B, Bartholomeusz C, Hail N, Andreeff M. IKK Inhibition by BMS-345541 Suppresses Breast Tumorigenesis and Metastases by Targeting GD2+ Cancer Stem Cells. Oncotarget 8(23):36936-36949, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28415808.
3. Carter BZ, Mak PY, Wang X, Yang H, Garcia-Manero G, Mak DH, Mu H, Ruvolo VR, Qiu Y, Coombes K, Zhang N, Ragon B, Weaver DT, Pachter JA, Kornblau S, Andreeff M. Focal Adhesion Kinase as a Potential Target in AML and MDS. Mol Cancer Ther 16(6):1133-1144, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28270436.
4. Sekihara K, Saitoh K, Han L, Ciurea S, Yamamoto S, Kikkawa M, Kazuno S, Taka H, Kaga N, Arai H, Miida T, Andreeff M, Konopleva M, Tabe Y. Targeting mantle cell lymphoma metabolism and survival through simultaneous blockade of mTOR and nuclear transporter exportin-1. Oncotarget 8(21):34552-34564, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28388555.
5. Montalban-Bravo G, Benton CB, Wang SA, Ravandi F, Kadia T, Cortes J, Daver N, Takahashi K, DiNardo C, Jabbour E, Borthakur G, Konopleva M, Pierce S, Bueso-Ramos C, Patel K, Kornblau S, Kantarjian H, Young KH, Garcia-Manero G, Andreeff M. Greater than one TP53 abnormality is a dominant characteristic of pure erythroid leukemia. Blood 129(18):2584-2587, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28246192.
6. Ishizawa J, Sugihara E, Kuninaka S, Mogushi K, Kojima K, Benton CB, Zhao R, Chachad D, Hashimoto N, Jacamo RO, Qiu Y, Yoo SY, Okamoto S, Andreeff M, Kornblau SM, Saya H. FZR1 loss increases sensitivity to DNA damage and consequently promotes murine and human B cell acute leukemia. Blood 129(14):1958-1968, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28143883.
7. Tabe Y, Yamamoto S, Saitoh K, Sekihara K, Monma N, Ikeo K, Mogushi K, Shikami M, Ruvolo V, Ishizawa J, Hail N, Kazuno S, Igarashi M, Matsushita H, Yamanaka Y, Arai H, Nagaoka I, Miida T, Hayashizaki Y, Konopleva M, Andreeff M. Bone Marrow Adipocytes Facilitate Fatty Acid Oxidation Activating AMPK and a Transcriptional Network Supporting Survival of Acute Monocytic Leukemia Cells. Cancer Res 77(6):1453-1464, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28108519.
8. Uy GL, Rettig MP, Stone RM, Konopleva MY, Andreeff M, McFarland K, Shannon W, Fletcher TR, Reineck T, Eades W, Stockerl-Goldstein K, Abboud CN, Jacoby MA, Westervelt P, DiPersio JF. A phase 1/2 study of chemosensitization with plerixafor plus G-CSF in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Cancer J 7(3):e542, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28282031.
9. Ravandi F, Jorgensen J, Borthakur G, Jabbour E, Kadia T, Pierce S, Brandt M, Wang S, Konoplev S, Wang X, Huang X, Daver N, DiNardo C, Andreeff M, Konopleva M, Estrov Z, Garcia-Manero G, Cortes J, Kantarjian H. Persistence Of Minimal Residual Disease Assessed By Multi-Parameter Flow Cytometry Is Highly Prognostic In Younger Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer 123(3):426-435, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27657543.
10. Milella M, Falcone I, Conciatori F, Matteoni S, Sacconi A, De Luca T, Bazzichetto C, Corbo V, Simbolo M, Sperduti I, Benfante A, Del Curatolo A, Cesta Incani U, Malusa F, Eramo A, Sette G, Scarpa A, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, McCubrey JA, Blandino G, Todaro M, Stassi G, De Maria R, Cognetti F, Del Bufalo D, Ciuffreda L. PTEN status is a crucial determinant of the functional outcome of combined MEK and mTOR inhibition in cancer. Sci Rep 7:43013, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28220839.
11. Ragon BK, Kantarjian H, Jabbour E, Ravandi F, Cortes J, Borthakur G, DeBose L, Zeng Z, Schneider H, Pemmaraju N, Garcia-Manero G, Kornblau S, Wierda W, Burger J, DiNardo CD, Andreeff M, Konopleva M, Daver N. Buparlisib, a PI3K Inhibitor, Demonstrates Acceptable Tolerability and Preliminary Activity in a Phase I Trial of Patients with Advanced Leukemias. Am J Hematol 92(1):7-11, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27673440.
12. Piya S, Andreeff M, Borthakur G. Targeting autophagy to overcome chemoresistance in acute myleogenous leukemia. Autophagy 13(1):214-215, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27797294.
13. Short NJ, Benton CB, Chen HC, Qiu P, Gu L, Pierce S, Brandt M, Maiti A, Min TL, Naqvi K, Quintas-Cardama A, Konopleva M, Kadia T, Cortes J, Garcia-Manero G, Ravandi F, Jabbour E, Kantarjian H, Andreeff M. Peripheral blood blast clearance is an independent prognostic factor for survival and response to AML induction chemotherapy. Am J Hematol 91(12):1221-1226, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27474808.
14. Allen JE, Kline CL, Prabhu VV, Wagner J, Ishizawa J, Madhukar N, Lev A, Baumeister M, Zhou L, Lulla A, Stogniew M, Schalop L, Benes C, Kaufman HL, Pottorf RS, Nallaganchu BR, Olson GL, Al-Mulla F, Duvic M, Wu GS, Dicker DT, Talekar MK, Lim B, Elemento O, Oster W, Bertino J, Flaherty K, Wang ML, Borthakur G, Andreeff M, Stein M, El-Deiry WS. Discovery and clinical introduction of first-in-class imipridone ONC201. Oncotarget 7(45):74380-74392, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27602582.
15. Dany M, Gencer S, Nganga R, Thomas RJ, Oleinik N, Baron KD, Szulc ZM, Ruvolo P, Kornblau S, Andreeff M, Ogretmen B. Targeting FLT3-ITD signaling mediates ceramide-dependent mitophagy and attenuates drug resistance in AML. Blood 128(15):1944-1958, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27540013.
16. Kojima K, Ishizawa J, Andreeff M. Pharmacological activation of wild-type p53 in the therapy of leukemia. Exp Hematol 44(9):791-8, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27327543.
17. Carter BZ, Mak PY, Mu H, Zhou H, Mak DH, Schober W, Leverson JD, Zhang B, Bhatia R, Huang X, Cortes J, Kantarjian H, Konopleva M, Andreeff M. Combined targeting of BCL-2 and BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase eradicates chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells. Sci Transl Med 8(355):355ra117, 2016. PMID: 27605552.
18. Piya S, Kornblau SM, Ruvolo VR, Mu H, Ruvolo PP, McQueen T, Davis RE, Hail N, Kantarjian H, Andreeff M, Borthakur G. Atg7 suppression enhances chemotherapeutic agent sensitivity and overcomes stroma-mediated chemoresistance in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 128(9):1260-9, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27268264.
19. Tabe Y, Hatanaka Y, Nakashiro M, Sekihara K, Yamamoto S, Matsushita H, Kazuno S, Fujimura T, Ikegami T, Nakanaga K, Matsumoto H, Ueno T, Aoki J, Yokomizo T, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Miida T, Iwabuchi K, Sasai K. Integrative genomic and proteomic analyses identifies glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase as a target of low-dose ionizing radiation in EBV infected-B cells. Int J Radiat Biol 92(1):24-34, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26809544.
20. Klauschen F, Andreeff M, Keilholz U, Dietel M, Stenzinger A. The Combinatorial Complexity of Cancer Precision Medicine. Oncoscience 1(7):504-9, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25594052.
21. Mak DH, Wang RY, Schober WD, Konopleva M, Cortes J, Kantarjian H, Andreeff M, Carter BZ. Activation of Apoptosis Signaling Eliminates CD34+ Progenitor Cells in Blast Crisis CML Independent of Response to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Leukemia 26(4):788-94, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22033489.
22. Sharma M, Ravandi F, Bayraktar UD, Chiattone A, Bashir Q, Giralt S, Chen J, Qazilbash M, Kebriaei P, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Cortes J, McCue D, Kantarjian H, Champlin RE, de Lima M. Treatment of FLT3-ITD Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia Relapsing After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation with Sorafenib. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 17(12):1874-7, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21767516.
23. Konoplev S, Jorgensen JL, Thomas DA, Lin E, Burger J, Kantarjian HM, Andreeff M, Medeiros LJ, Konopleva M. Phosphorylated CXCR4 is associated with poor survival in adults with B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer doi:10.1002/cancr.26113(20):4689-95, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21456010.
24. Ruvolo PP, Zhou L, Watt JC, Ruvolo VR, Burks JK, Jiffar T, Kornblau S, Konopleva M, Andreeff M. Targeting PKC Mediated Signal Transduction pathways Using Enzastaurin to Promote Apoptosis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia-Derived Cell Lines and Blast Cells. J Cell Biochem 112(6):1696-707, 2011. PMID: 21360576.
25. Jin L, Tabe Y, Kimura S, Zhou Y, Kuroda J, Asou H, Inaba T, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Miida T. Antiproliferative and proapoptotic activity of GUT-70 mediated through potent inhibition of Hsp90 in mantle cell lymphoma. Br J Cancer 104(1):91-100, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21139584.
26. Borthakur G, Kantarjian H, Ravandi F, Zhang W, Konopleva M, Wright JJ, Faderl S, Verstovsek S, Mathews S, Andreeff M, Cortes JE. Phase 1 study of sorafenib in patients with refractory or relapsed acute leukemias. Haematologica 96(1):62-8, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20952518.
27. Carter BZ, Qiu YH, Zhang N, Coombes KR, Mak DH, Thomas DA, Ravandi F, Kantarjian HM, Koller E, Andreeff M, Kornblau SM. Expression of ARC (apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain), an antiapoptotic protein, is strongly prognostic in AML. Blood 117(3):780-787, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21041716.
28. Carter BZ, Mak DH, Morris SJ, Borthakur G, Estey E, Byrd AL, Konopleva M, Kantarjian H, Andreeff M. XIAP antisense oligonucleotide (AEG35156) achieves target knockdown and induces apoptosis preferentially in CD34+38- cells in a phase 1/2 study of patients with relapsed/refractory AML. Apoptosis 16(1):67-74, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20938744.
29. Klopp AH, Gupta A, Spaeth E, Andreeff M, Marini F. Concise review: Dissecting a discrepancy in the literature: do mesenchymal stem cells support or suppress tumor growth?. Stem Cells 29(1):11-9, 2011. PMID: 21280155.
30. Benito J, Shi Y, Szymanska B, Carol H, Boehm I, Lu H, Konoplev S, Fang W, Zweidler-McKay PA, Campana D, Borthakur G, Bueso-Ramos C, Shpall E, Thomas DA, Jordan CT, Kantarjian H, Wilson WR, Lock R, Andreeff M, Konopleva M. Pronounced Hypoxia in Models of Murine and Human Leukemia: High Efficacy of Hypoxia-Activated Prodrug PR-104. PLoS One 6(8):e23108, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21853076.
31. Saha PK, Reddy VT, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Chan L. The triterpenoid 2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-oic-acid methyl ester has potent anti-diabetic effects in diet-induced diabetic mice and Lepr(db/db) mice. J Biol Chem 285(52):40581-40592, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20956520.
32. Ling X, Marini F, Konopleva M, Schober W, Shi Y, Burks J, Clise-Dwyer K, Wang R-Y, Zhang W, Yuan X, Lu H, Caldwell L, Andreeff M. Mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing IFN-beta inhibit breast cancer growth and metastases through Stat3 signaling in a syngeneic tumor model. Cancer Microenvironment 3(1):83-95, 2010. PMID: 21209776.
33. Dasgupta SK, Argaiz ER, Mercado JE, Maul HO, Garza J, Enriquez AB, Abdel-Monem H, Prakasam A, Andreeff M, Thiagarajan P. Platelet senescence and phosphatidylserine exposure. Transfusion 50(10):2167-75, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20456701.
34. Carter BZ, Mak DH, Cortes J, Andreeff M. The elusive chronic myeloid leukemia stem cell: does it matter and how do we eliminate it?. Semin Hematol 47(4):362-370, 2010. PMID: 20875553.
35. Kang SG, Shinojima N, Hossain A, Gumin J, Yong RL, Colman H, Marini F, Andreeff M, Lang FF. Isolation and perivascular localization of mesenchymal stem cells from mouse brain. Neurosurgery 67(3):711-720, 2010. PMID: 20651630.
36. Kidd S, Caldwell L, Dietrich M, Samudio I, Spaeth EL, Watson K, Shi Y, Abbruzzese J, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Marini FC. Mesenchymal stromal cells alone or expressing interferon-beta suppress pancreatic tumors in vivo, an effect countered by anti-inflammatory treatment. Cytotherapy 12(5):615-625, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20230221.
37. Kojima K, Burks JK, Arts J, Andreeff M. The novel tryptamine derivative JNJ-26854165 induces wild-type p53- and E2F1-mediated apoptosis in acute myeloid and lymphoid leukemias. Mol Cancer Ther 9(9):2545-2557, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20736344.
38. Ahmed AA, Lu Z, Jennings NB, Etemadmoghadam D, Capalbo L, Jacamo RO, Barbosa-Morais N, Le XF, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Vivas-Mejia P, Lopez-Berestein G, Grandjean G, Bartholomeusz G, Liao W, Andreeff M, Bowtell D, Glover DM, Sood AK, Bast RC. SIK2 is a centrosome kinase required for bipolar mitotic spindle formation that provides a potential target for therapy in ovarian cancer. Cancer Cell 18(2):109-121, 2010. PMID: 20708153.
39. Battula VL, Evans KW, Hollier BG, Shi Y, Marini FC, Ayyanan A, Wang RY, Brisken C, Guerra R, Andreeff M, Mani SA. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition-derived cells exhibit multi-lineage differentiation potential similar to mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cells 28(8):1435-1445, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20572012.
40. Jutooru I, Chadalapaka G, Abdelrahim M, Basha MR, Samudio I, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Safe S. Methyl 2-Cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9-dien-28-oate (CDDO-Me) Decreases Specificity Protein (Sp) Transcription Factors and Inhibits Pancreatic Tumor Growth: Role of MicroRNA-27a. Mol Pharmacol 78(2):226-236, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20488920.
41. Thomas DA, O'Brien S, Faderl S, Garcia-Manero G, Ferrajoli A, Wierda W, Ravandi F, Verstovsek S, Jorgensen JL, Bueso-Ramos C, Andreeff M, Pierce S, Garris R, Keating MJ, Cortes J, Kantarjian HM. Chemoimmunotherapy with a modified hyper-CVAD and rituximab regimen improves outcome in de novo Philadelphia chromosome-negative precursor B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Oncol 28(24):3880-3889, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20660823.
42. Fiegl M, Samudio I, Mnjoyan Z, Korchin B, Fritsche H, Andreeff M. Physiological hypoxia promotes lipid raft and PI3K-dependent activation of MAPK 42/44 in leukemia cells. Leukemia 24(7):1364-1367, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20508615.
43. Yang JY, Chang CJ, Xia W, Wang Y, Wong KK, Engelman JA, Du Y, Andreeff M, Hortobagyi GN, Hung MC. Activation of FOXO3a Is Sufficient to Reverse Mitogen-Activated Protein/Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Kinase Inhibitor Chemoresistance in Human Cancer. Cancer Res 70(11):4709-18, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20484037.
44. Tsao T, Kornblau S, Safe S, Watt JC, Ruvolo V, Chen W, Qiu Y, Coombes KR, Ju Z, Abdelrahim M, Schober W, Ling X, Kardassis D, Meyer C, Schimmer A, Kantarjian H, Andreeff M, Konopleva M. Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-{gamma} and Its Coactivator DRIP205 in Cellular Responses to CDDO (RTA-401) in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Cancer Res 70(12):4949-60, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20501850.
45. Thompson T, Andreeff M, Studzinski GP, Vassilev LT. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Enhances the Apoptotic Activity of MDM2 Antagonist Nutlin-3a in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells Expressing Wild-type p53. Mol Cancer Ther 9(5):1158-1168, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20406950.
46. Dembinski JL, Spaeth EL, Fueyo J, Gomez-Manzano C, Studeny M, Andreeff M, Marini FC. Reduction of nontarget infection and systemic toxicity by targeted delivery of conditionally replicating viruses transported in mesenchymal stem cells. Cancer Gene Ther 17(4):1-9, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19876078.
47. Ravandi F, Cortes JE, Jones D, Faderl S, Garcia-Manero G, Konopleva MY, O'Brien S, Estrov Z, Borthakur G, Thomas D, Pierce SR, Brandt M, Byrd A, Bekele BN, Pratz K, Luthra R, Levis M, Andreeff M, Kantarjian HM. Phase I/II Study of Combination Therapy With Sorafenib, Idarubicin, and Cytarabine in Younger Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia. J Clin Oncol 28(11):1856-1862, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20212254.
48. Zhang W, Konopleva M, Burks JK, Dywer KC, Schober WD, Yang JY, McQueen TJ, Hung MC, Andreeff M. Blockade of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase/Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Kinase and Murine Double Minute Synergistically Induces Apoptosis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia via BH3-Only Proteins Puma and Bim. Cancer Res 70(6):2424-2434, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20215498.
49. Hata N, Shinojima N, Gumin J, Yong R, Marini F, Andreeff M, Lang FF. Platelet-derived growth factor BB mediates the tropism of human mesenchymal stem cells for malignant gliomas. Neurosurgery 66(1):144-156; discussion 156-157, 2010. PMID: 20023545.
50. Samudio I, Harmancey R, Fiegl M, Kantarjian H, Konopleva M, Korchin B, Kaluarachchi K, Bornmann W, Duvvuri S, Taegtmeyer H, Andreeff M. Pharmacologic inhibition of fatty acid oxidation sensitizes human leukemia cells to apoptosis induction. J Clin Invest 120(1):142-156, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 20038799.
51. Carter BZ, Mak DH, Schober WD, Koller E, Pinilla C, Vassilev LT, Reed JC, Andreeff M. Simultaneous activation of p53 and inhibition of XIAP enhance the activation of apoptosis signaling pathways in AML. Blood 115(2):306-314, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19897582.
52. Kojima K, Konopleva M, Tsao T, Andreeff M, Ishida H, Shiotsu Y, Jin L, Tabe Y, Nakakuma H. Selective FLT3 inhibitor FI-700 neutralizes Mcl-1 and enhances p53-mediated apoptosis in AML cells with activating mutations of FLT3 through Mcl-1/Noxa axis. Leukemia 24(1):33-43, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19946262.
53. Klopp AH, Lacerda L, Gupta A, Debeb BG, Solley T, Li L, Spaeth E, Xu W, Zhang X, Lewis MT, Reuben JM, Krishnamurthy S, Ferrari M, Gaspar R, Buchholz TA, Cristofanilli M, Marini F, Andreeff M, Woodward WA. Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Mammosphere Formation and Decrease E-Cadherin in Normal and Malignant Breast Cells. PLoS One 5(8 (e12180)):1-9, 2010. PMID: 20808935.
54. Garzon R, Heaphy CE, Havelange V, Fabbri M, Volinia S, Tsao T, Zanesi N, Kornblau SM, Marcucci G, Calin GA, Andreeff M, Croce CM. MicroRNA 29b functions in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 114(26):5331-5341, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19850741.
55. Yong RL, Shinojima N, Fueyo J, Gumin J, Vecil GG, Marini FC, Bogler O, Andreeff M, Lang FF. Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells for intravascular delivery of oncolytic adenovirus Delta24-RGD to human gliomas. Cancer Res 69(23):8932-8940, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19920199.
56. Kidd S, Spaeth E, Dembinski JL, Dietrich M, Watson K, Klopp A, Battula VL, Weil M, Andreeff M, Marini FC. Direct Evidence of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Tropism for Tumor and Wounding Microenvironments Using In Vivo Bioluminescence Imaging. Stem Cells 27(10):2614-2623, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19650040.
57. Schimmer AD, Estey EH, Borthakur G, Carter BZ, Schiller GJ, Tallman MS, Altman JK, Karp JE, Kassis J, Hedley DW, Brandwein J, Xu W, Mak DH, LaCasse E, Jacob C, Morris SJ, Jolivet J, Andreeff M. Phase I/II Trial of AEG35156 X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein Antisense Oligonucleotide Combined With Idarubicin and Cytarabine in Patients With Relapsed or Primary Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia. J Clin Oncol 27(28):4741-4746, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19652057.
58. Carter BZ, Mak DH, Woessner R, Gross S, Schober WD, Estrov Z, Kantarjian H, Andreeff M. Inhibition of KSP by ARRY-520 induces cell cycle block and cell death via the mitochondrial pathway in AML cells. Leukemia 23(10):1755-1762, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19458629.
59. Mak DH, Schober WD, Chen W, Konopleva M, Cortes J, Kantarjian HM, Andreeff M, Carter BZ. Triptolide induces cell death independent of cellular responses to imatinib in blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukemia cells including quiescent CD34+ primitive progenitor cells. Mol Cancer Ther 8(9):2509-2516, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19723894.
60. Zeng Z, Shi YX, Samudio IJ, Wang RY, Ling X, Frolova O, Levis M, Rubin JB, Negrin RR, Estey EH, Konoplev S, Andreeff M, Konopleva M. Targeting the leukemia microenvironment by CXCR4 inhibition overcomes resistance to kinase inhibitors and chemotherapy in AML. Blood 113(24):6215-6224, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18955566.
61. Garzon R, Liu S, Fabbri M, Liu Z, Heaphy CE, Callegari E, Schwind S, Pang J, Yu J, Muthusamy N, Havelange V, Volinia S, Blum W, Rush LJ, Perrotti D, Andreeff M, Bloomfield CD, Byrd JC, Chan K, Wu LC, Croce CM, Marcucci G. MicroRNA-29b induces global DNA hypomethylation and tumor suppressor gene reexpression in acute myeloid leukemia by targeting directly DNMT3A and 3B and indirectly DNMT1. Blood 113(25):6411-6418, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19211935.
62. Kojima K, Shimanuki M, Shikami M, Andreeff M, Nakakuma H. Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 inhibitor RO-3306 enhances p53-mediated Bax activation and mitochondrial apoptosis in AML. Cancer Sci 100(6):1128-1136, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19385969.
63. Drakos E, Atsaves V, Li J, Leventaki V, Andreeff M, Medeiros LJ, Rassidakis GZ. Stabilization and activation of p53 downregulates mTOR signaling through AMPK in mantle cell lymphoma. Leukemia 23(4):784-790, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19225536.
64. Samudio I, Fiegl M, Andreeff M. Mitochondrial uncoupling and the Warburg effect: molecular basis for the reprogramming of cancer cell metabolism. Cancer Res 69(6):2163-2166, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19258498.
65. Fiegl M, Samudio I, Clise-Dwyer K, Burks JK, Mnjoyan Z, Andreeff M. CXCR4 expression and biologic activity in acute myeloid leukemia are dependent on oxygen partial pressure. Blood 113(7):1504-1512, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18957686.
66. Lu J, Tan M, Huang WC, Li P, Guo H, Tseng LM, Su XH, Yang WT, Treekitkarnmongkol W, Andreeff M, Symmans F, Yu D. Mitotic deregulation by survivin in ErbB2-overexpressing breast cancer cells contributes to Taxol resistance. Clin Cancer Res 15(4):1326-1334, 2009. PMID: 19228734.
67. Kornblau SM, Tibes R, Qiu YH, Chen W, Kantarjian HM, Andreeff M, Coombes KR, Mills GB. Functional proteomic profiling of AML predicts response and survival. Blood 113(1):154-164, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18840713.
68. Spaeth EL, Dembinski JL, Sasser AK, Watson K, Klopp A, Hall B, Andreeff M, Marini F. Mesenchymal stem cell transition to tumor-associated fibroblasts contributes to fibrovascular network expansion and tumor progression. PLoS One 4(4):e4992, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19352430.
69. Foster AE, Okur FV, Biagi E, Lu A, Dotti G, Yvon E, Savoldo B, Carrum G, Andreeff M, Goodell MA, Heslop HE, Brenner MK. Selective depletion of a minor subpopulation of B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells is followed by a delayed but progressive loss of bulk tumor cells and disease regression. Mol Cancer 8:106, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19922650.
70. Elsawa SF, Novak AJ, Grote D, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Witzig TE, Ansell SM. CDDO-imidazolide mediated inhibition of malignant cell growth in Waldenström macroglobulinemia. Leuk Res 32(12):1895-1902, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18468679.
71. Schimmer AD, O'Brien S, Kantarjian H, Brandwein J, Cheson BD, Minden MD, Yee K, Ravandi F, Giles F, Schuh A, Gupta V, Andreeff M, Koller C, Chang H, Kamel-Reid S, Berger M, Viallet J, Borthakur G. A Phase I Study of the Pan Bcl-2 Family Inhibitor Obatoclax Mesylate in patients with Advanced Hematologic Malignancies. Clin Cancer Res 14(24):8295-8301, 2008. PMID: 19088047.
72. Andreeff M, Ruvolo V, Gadgil S, Zeng C, Coombes K, Chen W, Kornblau S, Barón AE, Drabkin HA. HOX expression patterns identify a common signature for favorable AML. Leukemia 22(11):2041-2047, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18668134.
73. Nica AF, Tsao CC, Watt JC, Jiffar T, Kurinna S, Jurasz P, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Radomski MW, Ruvolo PP. Ceramide promotes apoptosis in Chronic Myelogenous leukemia-derived K562 Cells by a mechanism involving caspase-8 and JNK. Cell Cycle 7(21):3362-3370, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18948750.
74. Kojima K, Konopleva M, Tsao T, Nakakuma H, Andreeff M. Concomitant inhibition of Mdm2-p53 interaction and Aurora kinases activates the p53-dependent postmitotic checkpoints and synergistically induces p53-mediated mitochondrial apoptosis along with reduced endoreduplication in acute myelogenous leukemia. Blood 112(7):2886-2895, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18633130.
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Abstracts

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