
Zhen Lu, MD
Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine
About Dr. Lu
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1997 | University of Memphis, Memphis, US, Biology, M.S |
1991 | Suzhou Medical College, Suzhou, CN, Pathology, M.S |
1985 | Suzhou Medical College, Suzhou, CN, MD |
Postgraduate Training
1984-1985 | Clinical Residency, Suzhou Medical College, Suzhou |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 2016 - 2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2012 - 2016
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Suzhou Medical College, Suzhou, 1991 - 1993
Lecturer, Department of Pathology, Suzhou Medical College, Suzhou, 1985 - 1991
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Lab Manager, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2012
Sr. Research Scientist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2006
Research Scientist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2003 - 2004
Sr. Research Assistant, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2002 - 2003
Sr. Research Assistant, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 2000 - 2001
Sr. Research Assistant, st.jude children’s research hospital, Memphis, 1998 - 2000
Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 1995 - 1997
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Institutional PTC RFA Panel, 2024 - Present
Member, Academic Review Committee for the Division of Educatin & Training, 2020 - Present
Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee, 2018 - 2024
Honors & Awards
2022 | Service Award, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Experimental Therapeutics |
2012 | Service award, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Experimental Therapeutics |
2005 - 2007 | Performance award, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Experimental Therapeutics |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Grimm SL, Karki M, Blum KA, Bertocchio JP, He R, Tripathi DN, Zacharias NM, Lebenthal JM, Sheth RA, Rao P, Genovese G, Lu Z, Bast RC, Ingram DR, Lazcano R, Wani KM, Wang WL, Lazar AJ, Tannir NM, Walker CL, Coarfa C, Msaouel P. CA-125 as a Biomarker in Renal Medullary Carcinoma: Integrated Molecular Profiling, Functional Characterization, and Prospective Clinical Validation. Clin Cancer Res 31(6):1057-1068, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39836407.
- Santiago-O'Farrill JM, Blessing Bollu A, Yang H, Orellana V, Pina M, Zhang X, Liu J, Bast RC Jr, Lu Z. Crizotinib Enhances PARP Inhibitor Efficacy in Ovarian Cancer Cells and Xenograft Models by Inducing Autophagy. Mol Cancer Res 22(9):840-851, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38780897.
- Guo J, Wang C, Luo N, Wu Y, Huang W, Zhu J, Shi W, Ding J, Ge Y, Liu C, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr, Ai G, Yang W, Wang R, Li C, Chen R, Liu S, Jin H, Zhao B, Cheng Z. IL-2-free tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy with PD-1 blockade demonstrates potent efficacy in advanced gynecologic cancer. BMC Med 22(1):207, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38769543.
- Wang F, Yu X, Qian J, Cao Y, Dong S, Zhan S, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr, Song Q, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Zhou J. A novel SIK2 inhibitor SIC-19 exhibits synthetic lethality with PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer. Drug Resist Updat 74:101077, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38518726.
- Bildik G, Gray JP, Mao W, Yang H, Ozyurt R, Orellana VR, De Wever O, Carey MS, Bast RC, Lu Z. DIRAS3 induces autophagy and enhances sensitivity to anti-autophagic therapy in KRAS-driven pancreatic and ovarian carcinomas. Autophagy 20(3):675-691, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38169324.
- Young Han C, Bedia JS, Yang WL, Hawley SJ, Bergan L, Hopper M, Celestino J, Guo J, Gornet TG, Soosaipillai A, Yang H, Doskocil SD, Lokshin AE, Handy BC, Diamandis EP, Moore RG, Lu KH, Lu Z, Anderson KS, Drescher CW, Skates SJ, Bast RC Jr. Autoantibodies, antigen-autoantibody complexes and antigens complement CA125 for early detection of ovarian cancer. Br J Cancer 130(5):861-868, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38195887.
- Liang X, Jung SY, Fong LW, Bildik G, Gray JP, Mao W, Zhang S, Millward SW, Gorfe AA, Zhou Y, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. Membrane anchoring of the DIRAS3 N-terminal extension permits tumor suppressor function. iScience 26(11):108151, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37915607.
- Irajizad E, Han CY, Celestino J, Wu R, Murage E, Spencer R, Dennison JB, Vykoukal J, Long JP, Do KA, Drescher C, Lu K, Lu Z, Bast RC, Hanash S, Fahrmann JF. A Blood-Based Metabolite Panel for Distinguishing Ovarian Cancer from Benign Pelvic Masses. Clin Cancer Res 28(21):4669-4676, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36037307.
- Handley KF, Sims TT, Bateman NW, Glassman D, Foster KI, Lee S, Yao J, Yao H, Fellman BM, Liu J, Lu Z, Conrads KA, Hood BL, Barakat W, Zhao L, Zhang J, Westin SN, Celestino J, Rangel KM, Badal S, Pereira I, Ram PT, Maxwell GL, Eberlin LS, Futreal PA, Bast RC Jr, Fleming ND, Conrads TP, Sood AK. Classification of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Using Tumor Morphologic Characteristics. JAMA Netw Open 5(10):e2236626, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36239936.
- Brown H, Chung M, Uffing A, Batistatou N, Tsang T, Doskocil S, Mao W, Willbold D, Bast RC Jr, Lu Z, Weiergraber OH, Kritzer JA. Structure-Based Design of Stapled Peptides That Bind GABARAP and Inhibit Autophagy. J Am Chem Soc 144(32):14687-14697, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35917476.
- Shi X, Yu X, Wang J, Bian S, Li Q, Fu F, Zou X, Zhang L, Bast RC Jr, Lu Z, Guo L, Chen Y, Zhou J. SIK2 promotes ovarian cancer cell motility and metastasis by phosphorylating MYLK. Mol Oncol 16(13):2558-2574, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35278271.
- Lu Z, Mao W, Yang H, Santiago-O'Farrill JM, Rask PJ, Mondal J, Chen H, Ivan C, Liu X, Liu CG, Xi Y, Masuda K, Carrami EM, Chen M, Tang Y, Pang L, Lakomy DS, Calin GA, Liang H, Ahmed AA, Vankayalapati H, Bast RC Jr. SIK2 inhibition enhances PARP inhibitor activity synergistically in ovarian and triple-negative breast cancers. J Clin Invest 132(11), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35642638.
- Bildik G, Liang X, Sutton MN, Bast RC Jr, Lu Z. DIRAS3: An Imprinted Tumor Suppressor Gene that Regulates RAS and PI3K-driven Cancer Growth, Motility, Autophagy, and Tumor Dormancy. Mol Cancer Ther 21(1):25-37, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34667114.
- Han CY, Patten DA, Kim SI, Lim JJ, Chan DW, Siu MKY, Han Y, Carmona E, Parks RJ, Lee C, Di LJ, Lu Z, Chan KKL, Ku JL, Macdonald EA, Vanderhyden BC, Mes-Masson AM, Ngan HYS, Cheung ANY, Song YS, Bast RC Jr, Harper ME, Tsang BK. Nuclear HKII-P-p53 (Ser15) Interaction is a Prognostic Biomarker for Chemoresponsiveness and Glycolytic Regulation in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 13(14), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34298618.
- Artibani M, Masuda K, Hu Z, Rauher PC, Mallett G, Wietek N, Morotti M, Chong K, KaramiNejadRanjbar M, Zois CE, Dhar S, El-Sahhar S, Campo L, Blagden SP, Damato S, Pathiraja PN, Nicum S, Gleeson F, Laios A, Alsaadi A, Santana Gonzalez L, Motohara T, Albukhari A, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr, Harris AL, Ejsing CS, Klemm RW, Yau C, Sauka-Spengler T, Ahmed AA. Adipocyte-like signature in ovarian cancer minimal residual disease identifies metabolic vulnerabilities of tumor-initiating cells. JCI Insight 6(11), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33945502.
- Fahrmann JF, Irajizad E, Kobayashi M, Vykoukal J, Dennison JB, Murage E, Wu R, Long JP, Do KA, Celestino J, Lu KH, Lu Z, Bast RC, Hanash S. A MYC-Driven Plasma Polyamine Signature for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 13(4), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33671595.
- Fan D, Yang H, Mao W, Rask PJ, Pang L, Xu C, Vankayalapat H, Ahmed AA, Bast RC Jr, Lu Z. A Novel Salt Inducible Kinase 2 Inhibitor, ARN-3261, Sensitizes Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines and Xenografts to Carboplatin. Cancers (Basel) 13(3), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33503955.
- Gray JP, Uddin MN, Chaudhari R, Sutton MN, Yang H, Rask P, Locke H, Engel BJ, Batistatou N, Wang J, Grindel BJ, Bhattacharya P, Gammon ST, Zhang S, Piwnica-Worms D, Kritzer JA, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr, Millward SW. Directed evolution of cyclic peptides for inhibition of autophagy. Chem Sci 12(10):3526-3543, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34163626.
- Bast RC, Han CY, Lu Z, Lu KH. Next steps in the early detection of ovarian cancer. Commun Med (Lond) 1, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34676377.
- Bast RC Jr, Lu Z, Han CY, Lu KH, Anderson KS, Drescher CW, Skates SJ. Biomarkers and Strategies for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 29(12):2504-2512, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33051337.
- Blessing AM, Santiago-O'Farrill JM, Mao W, Pang L, Ning J, Pak D, Bollu LR, Rask P, Iles L, Yang H, Tran S, Elmir E, Bartholomeusz G, Langley R, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. Elimination of dormant, autophagic ovarian cancer cells and xenografts through enhanced sensitivity to anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibition. Cancer 126(15):3579-3592, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32484926.
- Kobayashi M, Katayama H, Irajizad E, Vykoukal JV, Fahrmann JF, Kundnani DL, Yu CY, Cai Y, Hsiao FC, Yang WL, Lu Z, Celestino J, Long JP, Do KA, Lu KH, Ladd JJ, Urban N, Bast RC Jr, Hanash SM. Proteome Profiling Uncovers an Autoimmune Response Signature That Reflects Ovarian Cancer Pathogenesis. Cancers (Basel) 12(2), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32092936.
- Santiago-O'Farrill JM, Weroha SJ, Hou X, Oberg AL, Heinzen EP, Maurer MJ, Pang L, Rask P, Amaravadi RK, Becker SE, Romero I, Rubio MJ, Matias-Guiu X, Santacana M, Llombart-Cussac A, Poveda A, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. Poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase inhibitors induce autophagy-mediated drug resistance in ovarian cancer cells, xenografts, and patient-derived xenograft models. Cancer 126(4):894-907, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31714594.
- Yang WL, Lu Z, Guo J, Fellman BM, Ning J, Lu KH, Menon U, Kobayashi M, Hanash SM, Celestino J, Skates SJ, Bast RC Jr. Human epididymis protein 4 antigen-autoantibody complexes complement cancer antigen 125 for detecting early-stage ovarian cancer. Cancer 126(4):725-736, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31714597.
- Sutton MN, Lu Z, Li YC, Zhou Y, Huang T, Reger AS, Hurwitz AM, Palzkill T, Logsdon C, Liang X, Gray JW, Nan X, Hancock J, Wahl GM, Bast RC Jr. DIRAS3 (ARHI) Blocks RAS/MAPK Signaling by Binding Directly to RAS and Disrupting RAS Clusters. Cell Rep 29(11):3448-3459.e6, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31825828.
- Guo J, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. Reply to Comment on "Osteopontin, Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor and Anti-Interleukin-8 Autoantibodies Complement CA125 for Detection of Early Stage Ovarian Cancer" Cancers 2019, 11, 596: Markers for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 11(9), 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31540545.
- Yang H, Shu Z, Jiang Y, Mao W, Pang L, Redwood A, Jeter-Jones SL, Jennings NB, Ornelas A, Zhou J, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Bartholomeusz G, Iles LR, Zacharias NM, Millward SW, Lopez-Berestein G, Le XF, Ahmed AA, Piwnica-Worms H, Sood AK, Bast RC, Lu Z. 6-Phosphofructo-2-Kinase/Fructose-2,6-Biphosphatase-2 Regulates TP53-Dependent Paclitaxel Sensitivity in Ovarian and Breast Cancers. Clin Cancer Res 25(18):5702-5716, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31391192.
- Bast RC Jr, Matulonis UA, Sood AK, Ahmed AA, Amobi AE, Balkwill FR, Wielgos-Bonvallet M, Bowtell DDL, Brenton JD, Brugge JS, Coleman RL, Draetta GF, Doberstein K, Drapkin RI, Eckert MA, Edwards RP, Elias KM, Ennis D, Futreal A, Gershenson DM, Greenberg RA, Huntsman DG, Ji JXY, Kohn EC, Iavarone C, Lengyel ER, Levine DA, Lord CJ, Lu Z, Mills GB, Modugno F, Nelson BH, Odunsi K, Pilsworth JA, Rottapel RK, Powell DJ Jr, Shen L, Shih IM, Spriggs DR, Walton J, Zhang K, Zhang R, Zou L. Critical questions in ovarian cancer research and treatment: Report of an American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference. Cancer 125(12):1963-1972, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30835824.
- Sutton MN, Huang GY, Zhou J, Mao W, Langley R, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. Amino Acid Deprivation-Induced Autophagy Requires Upregulation of DIRAS3 through Reduction of E2F1 and E2F4 Transcriptional Repression. Cancers (Basel) 11(5), 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31052266.
- Guo J, Yang WL, Pak D, Celestino J, Lu KH, Ning J, Lokshin AE, Cheng Z, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. Osteopontin, Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor and Anti-Interleukin-8 Autoantibodies Complement CA125 for Detection of Early Stage Ovarian Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 11(5), 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31035430.
- Sutton MN, Huang GY, Liang X, Sharma R, Reger AS, Mao W, Pang L, Rask PJ, Lee K, Gray JP, Hurwitz AM, Palzkill T, Millward SW, Kim C, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. DIRAS3-Derived Peptide Inhibits Autophagy in Ovarian Cancer Cells by Binding to Beclin1. Cancers (Basel) 11(4), 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31003488.
- Mao W, Peters HL, Sutton MN, Orozco AF, Pang L, Yang H, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. The role of vascular endothelial growth factor, interleukin 8, and insulinlike growth factor in sustaining autophagic DIRAS3-induced dormant ovarian cancer xenografts. Cancer 125(8):1267-1280, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30620384.
- Yang H, Mao W, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Mangala LS, Bartholomeusz G, Iles LR, Jennings NB, Ahmed AA, Sood AK, Lopez-Berestein G, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. Paclitaxel Sensitivity of Ovarian Cancer Can be Enhanced by Knocking Down Pairs of Kinases that Regulate MAP4 Phosphorylation and Microtubule Stability. Clin Cancer Res 24(20):5072-5084, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30084832.
- Sutton MN, Yang H, Huang GY, Fu C, Pontikos M, Wang Y, Mao W, Pang L, Yang M, Liu J, Parker-Thornburg J, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. RAS-related GTPases DIRAS1 and DIRAS2 induce autophagic cancer cell death and are required for autophagy in murine ovarian cancer cells. Autophagy 14(4):637-653, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29368982.
- Yang WL, Gentry-Maharaj A, Simmons A, Ryan A, Fourkala EO, Lu Z, Baggerly KA, Zhao Y, Lu KH, Bowtell D, Jacobs I, Skates SJ, He WW, Menon U, Bast RC Jr. Elevation of TP53 Autoantibody Before CA125 in Preclinical Invasive Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 23(19):5912-5922, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28637689.
- Yang WL, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. The role of biomarkers in the management of epithelial ovarian cancer. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 17(6):577-591, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28468520.
- Zhou J, Alfraidi A, Zhang S, Santiago-O'Farrill JM, Yerramreddy Reddy VK, Alsaadi A, Ahmed AA, Yang H, Liu J, Mao W, Wang Y, Takemori H, Vankayalapati H, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. A Novel Compound ARN-3236 Inhibits Salt-Inducible Kinase 2 and Sensitizes Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines and Xenografts to Paclitaxel. Clin Cancer Res 23(8):1945-1954, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27678456.
- Ornelas A, McCullough CR, Lu Z, Zacharias NM, Kelderhouse LE, Gray J, Yang H, Engel BJ, Wang Y, Mao W, Sutton MN, Bhattacharya PK, Bast RC Jr, Millward SW. Induction of autophagy by ARHI (DIRAS3) alters fundamental metabolic pathways in ovarian cancer models. BMC Cancer 16(1):824, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27784287.
- Simmons AR, Clarke CH, Badgwell DB, Lu Z, Sokoll LJ, Lu KH, Zhang Z, Bast RC Jr, Skates SJ. Validation of a Biomarker Panel and Longitudinal Biomarker Performance for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer 26(6):1070-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27206285.
- Ejaz A, Mitterberger MC, Lu Z, Mattesich M, Zwierzina ME, Horl S, Kaiser A, Viertler HP, Rostek U, Meryk A, Khalid S, Pierer G, Bast RC Jr, Zwerschke W. Weight Loss Upregulates the Small GTPase DIRAS3 in Human White Adipose Progenitor Cells, Which Negatively Regulates Adipogenesis and Activates Autophagy via Akt-mTOR Inhibition. EBioMedicine 6:149-161, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27211557.
- Morgado M, Sutton MN, Simmons M, Warren CR, Lu Z, Constantinou PE, Liu J, Francis LL, Conlan RS, Bast RC Jr, Carson DD. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma stimulate MUC16 (CA125) expression in breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers through NFkappaB. Oncotarget 7(12):14871-84, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26918940.
- Yang H, Das P, Yu Y, Mao W, Wang Y, Baggerly K, Wang Y, Marquez RT, Bedi A, Liu J, Fishman D, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. NDN is an imprinted tumor suppressor gene that is downregulated in ovarian cancers through genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. Oncotarget 7(3):3018-32, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26689988.
- Washington MN, Suh G, Orozco AF, Sutton MN, Yang H, Wang Y, Mao W, Millward S, Ornelas A, Atkinson N, Liao W, Bast RC Jr, Lu Z. ARHI (DIRAS3)-mediated autophagy-associated cell death enhances chemosensitivity to cisplatin in ovarian cancer cell lines and xenografts. Cell Death Dis 6(8):e1836, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26247722.
- Zhang S, Lu Z, Unruh AK, Ivan C, Baggerly KA, Calin GA, Li Z, Bast RC Jr, Le XF. Clinically relevant microRNAs in ovarian cancer. Mol Cancer Res 13(3):393-401, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25304686.
- Zhang S, Lu Z, Mao W, Ahmed AA, Yang H, Zhou J, Jennings N, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Lopez-Berestein G, Miranda R, Qiao W, Baladandayuthapani V, Li Z, Sood AK, Liu J, Le XF, Bast RC Jr. CDK5 Regulates Paclitaxel Sensitivity in Ovarian Cancer Cells by Modulating AKT Activation, p21Cip1- and p27Kip1-Mediated G1 Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis. PLoS One 10(7):e0131833, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26146988.
- Lu Z, Yang H, Sutton MN, Yang M, Clarke CH, Liao WS, Bast RC Jr. ARHI (DIRAS3) induces autophagy in ovarian cancer cells by downregulating the epidermal growth factor receptor, inhibiting PI3K and Ras/MAP signaling and activating the FOXo3a-mediated induction of Rab7. Cell Death Differ 21(8):1275-89, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24769729.
- Lu Z, Baquero MT, Yang H, Yang M, Reger AS, Kim C, Levine DA, Clarke CH, Liao WS, Bast RC Jr. DIRAS3 regulates the autophagosome initiation complex in dormant ovarian cancer cells. Autophagy 10(6):1071-92, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24879154.
- Lyu T, Jia N, Wang J, Yan X, Yu Y, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr, Hua K, Feng W. Expression and epigenetic regulation of angiogenesis-related factors during dormancy and recurrent growth of ovarian carcinoma. Epigenetics 8(12):1330-46, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24135786.
- Lu Z, Bast RC Jr. The tumor suppressor gene ARHI (DIRAS3) inhibits ovarian cancer cell migration through multiple mechanisms. Cell Adh Migr 7(2):232-6, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23357870.
- Klionsky DJ, Abdalla FC, Abeliovich H, Abraham RT, Acevedo-Arozena A, Adeli K, Agholme L, Agnello M, Agostinis P, Aguirre-Ghiso JA, Ahn HJ, Ait-Mohamed O, Ait-Si-Ali S, Akematsu T, Akira S, Al-Younes HM, Al-Zeer MA, Albert ML, Albin RL, Alegre-Abarrategui J, Aleo MF, Alirezaei M, Almasan A, Almonte-Becerril M, Amano A, Amaravadi R, Amarnath S, Amer AO, Andrieu-Abadie N, Anantharam V, Ann DK, Anoopkumar-Dukie S, Aoki H, Apostolova N, Arancia G, Aris JP, Asanuma K, Asare NY, Ashida H, Askanas V, Askew DS, Auberger P, Baba M, Backues SK, Baehrecke EH, Bahr BA, Bai XY, Bailly Y, Baiocchi R, Baldini G, Balduini W, Ballabio A, Bamber BA, Bampton ET, Banhegyi G, Bartholomew CR, Bassham DC, Bast RC Jr, Batoko H, Bay BH, Beau I, Bechet DM, Begley TJ, Behl C, Behrends C, Bekri S, Bellaire B, Bendall LJ, Benetti L, Berliocchi L, Bernardi H, Bernassola F, Besteiro S, Bhatia-Kissova I, Bi X, Biard-Piechaczyk M, Blum JS, Boise LH, Bonaldo P, Boone DL, Bornhauser BC, Bortoluci KR, Bossis I, Bost F, 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AJ, Wileman T, Wiley JW, Wilkinson S, Willbold D, Williams RL, Williamson PR, Wouters BG, Wu C, Wu DC, Wu WK, Wyttenbach A, Xavier RJ, Xi Z, Xia P, Xiao G, Xie Z, Xie Z, Xu DZ, Xu J, Xu L, Xu X, Yamamoto A, Yamamoto A, Yamashina S, Yamashita M, Yan X, Yanagida M, Yang DS, Yang E, Yang JM, Yang SY, Yang W, Yang WY, Yang Z, Yao MC, Yao TP, Yeganeh B, Yen WL, Yin JJ, Yin XM, Yoo OJ, Yoon G, Yoon SY, Yorimitsu T, Yoshikawa Y, Yoshimori T, Yoshimoto K, You HJ, Youle RJ, Younes A, Yu L, Yu L, Yu SW, Yu WH, Yuan ZM, Yue Z, Yun CH, Yuzaki M, Zabirnyk O, Silva-Zacarin E, Zacks D, Zacksenhaus E, Zaffaroni N, Zakeri Z, Zeh HJ 3rd, Zeitlin SO, Zhang H, Zhang HL, Zhang J, Zhang JP, Zhang L, Zhang L, Zhang MY, Zhang XD, Zhao M, Zhao YF, Zhao Y, Zhao ZJ, Zheng X, Zhivotovsky B, Zhong Q, Zhou CZ, Zhu C, Zhu WG, Zhu XF, Zhu X, Zhu Y, Zoladek T, Zong WX, Zorzano A, Zschocke J, Zuckerbraun B. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy. Autophagy 8(4):445-544, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22966490.
- Badgwell DB, Lu Z, Le K, Gao F, Yang M, Suh GK, Bao JJ, Das P, Andreeff M, Chen W, Yu Y, Ahmed AA, S-L Liao W, Bast RC Jr. The tumor-suppressor gene ARHI (DIRAS3) suppresses ovarian cancer cell migration through inhibition of the Stat3 and FAK/Rho signaling pathways. Oncogene 31(1):68-79, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 21643014.
- Auzenne EJ, Klostergaard J, Mandal PK, Liao WS, Lu Z, Gao F, Bast RC Jr, Robertson FM, McMurray JS. A phosphopeptide mimetic prodrug targeting the SH2 domain of Stat3 inhibits tumor growth and angiogenesis. J Exp Ther Oncol 10(2):155-62, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23350355.
- Chen MY, Liao WS, Lu Z, Bornmann WG, Hennessey V, Washington MN, Rosner GL, Yu Y, Ahmed AA, Bast RC Jr. Decitabine and suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) inhibit growth of ovarian cancer cell lines and xenografts while inducing expression of imprinted tumor suppressor genes, apoptosis, G2/M arrest, and autophagy. Cancer 117(19):4424-38, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21491416.
- Ahmed AA, Wang X, Lu Z, Goldsmith J, Le XF, Grandjean G, Bartholomeusz G, Broom B, Bast RC Jr. Modulating microtubule stability enhances the cytotoxic response of cancer cells to Paclitaxel. Cancer Res 71(17):5806-17, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21775522.
- Mandal PK, Gao F, Lu Z, Ren Z, Ramesh R, Birtwistle JS, Kaluarachchi KK, Chen X, Bast RC Jr, Liao WS, McMurray JS. Potent and selective phosphopeptide mimetic prodrugs targeted to the Src homology 2 (SH2) domain of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3. J Med Chem 54(10):3549-63, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21486047.
- Zou CF, Jia L, Jin H, Yao M, Zhao N, Huan J, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr, Feng Y, Yu Y. Re-expression of ARHI (DIRAS3) induces autophagy in breast cancer cells and enhances the inhibitory effect of paclitaxel. BMC Cancer 11:22, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21244707.
- Le XF, Mao W, Lu Z, Carter BZ, Bast RC Jr. Dasatinib induces autophagic cell death in human ovarian cancer. Cancer 116(21):4980-90, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20629079.
- Ahmed AA, Lu Z, Jennings NB, Etemadmoghadam D, Capalbo L, Jacamo RO, Barbosa-Morais N, Le XF, Vivas-Mejia P, Lopez-Berestein G, Grandjean G, Bartholomeusz G, Liao W, Andreeff M, Bowtell D, Glover DM, Sood AK, Bast RC Jr. 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):109-21, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20708153.
- Huang S, Chang IS, Lin W, Ye W, Luo RZ, Lu Z, Lu Y, Zhang K, Liao WS, Tao T, Bast RC Jr, Chen X, Yu Y. ARHI (DIRAS3), an imprinted tumour suppressor gene, binds to importins and blocks nuclear import of cargo proteins. Biosci Rep 30(3):159-68, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19435463.
- Xie X, Hsu JL, Choi MG, Xia W, Yamaguchi H, Chen CT, Trinh BQ, Lu Z, Ueno NT, Wolf JK, Bast RC Jr, Hung MC. A novel hTERT promoter-driven E1A therapeutic for ovarian cancer. Mol Cancer Ther 8(8):2375-82, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19671744.
- Cheon DJ, Wang Y, Deng JM, Lu Z, Xiao L, Chen CM, Bast RC, Behringer RR. CA125/MUC16 is dispensable for mouse development and reproduction. PLoS One 4(3):e4675, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19262696.
- Lu Z, Luo RZ, Lu Y, Zhang X, Yu Q, Khare S, Kondo S, Kondo Y, Yu Y, Mills GB, Liao WS, Bast RC Jr. The tumor suppressor gene ARHI regulates autophagy and tumor dormancy in human ovarian cancer cells. J Clin Invest 118(12):3917-29, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19033662.
- Wang Y, Cheon DJ, Lu Z, Cunningham SL, Chen CM, Luo RZ, Xing D, Orsulic S, Bast RC Jr, Behringer RR. MUC16 expression during embryogenesis, in adult tissues, and ovarian cancer in the mouse. Differentiation 76(10):1081-92, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18637025.
- Moore RG, Brown AK, Miller MC, Badgwell D, Lu Z, Allard WJ, Granai CO, Bast RC Jr, Lu K. Utility of a novel serum tumor biomarker HE4 in patients with endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterus. Gynecol Oncol 110(2):196-201, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18495222.
- Feng W, Marquez RT, Lu Z, Liu J, Lu KH, Issa JP, Fishman DM, Yu Y, Bast RC Jr. Imprinted tumor suppressor genes ARHI and PEG3 are the most frequently down-regulated in human ovarian cancers by loss of heterozygosity and promoter methylation. Cancer 112(7):1489-502, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18286529.
- Badgwell D, Lu Z, Cole L, Fritsche H, Atkinson EN, Somers E, Allard J, Moore RG, Lu KH, Bast RC Jr. Urinary mesothelin provides greater sensitivity for early stage ovarian cancer than serum mesothelin, urinary hCG free beta subunit and urinary hCG beta core fragment. Gynecol Oncol 106(3):490-7, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17532030.
- Feng W, Lu Z, Luo RZ, Zhang X, Seto E, Liao WS, Yu Y. Multiple histone deacetylases repress tumor suppressor gene ARHI in breast cancer. Int J Cancer 120(8):1664-8, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17230502.
- Bast RC Jr, Brewer M, Zou C, Hernandez MA, Daley M, Ozols R, Lu K, Lu Z, Badgwell D, Mills GB, Skates S, Zhang Z, Chan D, Lokshin A, Yu Y. Prevention and early detection of ovarian cancer: mission impossible?. Recent Results Cancer Res 174:91-100, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17302189.
- Le XF, Bedrosian I, Mao W, Murray M, Lu Z, Keyomarsi K, Lee MH, Zhao J, Bast RC Jr. Anti-HER2 antibody trastuzumab inhibits CDK2-mediated NPAT and histone H4 expression via the PI3K pathway. Cell Cycle 5(15):1654-61, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16861913.
- Lu Z, Luo RZ, Peng H, Rosen DG, Atkinson EN, Warneke C, Huang M, Nishmoto A, Liu J, Liao WS, Yu Y, Bast RC Jr. Transcriptional and posttranscriptional down-regulation of the imprinted tumor suppressor gene ARHI (DRAS3) in ovarian cancer. Clin Cancer Res 12(8):2404-13, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16638845.
- Lu Z, Luo RZ, Peng H, Huang M, Nishmoto A, Hunt KK, Helin K, Liao WS, Yu Y. E2F-HDAC complexes negatively regulate the tumor suppressor gene ARHI in breast cancer. Oncogene 25(2):230-9, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16158053.
- Yu Y, Luo R, Lu Z, Wei Feng W, Badgwell D, Issa JP, Rosen DG, Liu J, Bast RC Jr. Biochemistry and biology of ARHI (DIRAS3), an imprinted tumor suppressor gene whose expression is lost in ovarian and breast cancers. Methods Enzymol 407:455-68, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16757345.
- Bast RC Jr, Badgwell D, Lu Z, Marquez R, Rosen D, Liu J, Baggerly KA, Atkinson EN, Skates S, Zhang Z, Lokshin A, Menon U, Jacobs I, Lu K. New tumor markers: CA125 and beyond. Int J Gynecol Cancer 15 Suppl 3:274-81, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16343244.
- Nishimoto A, Yu Y, Lu Z, Mao X, Ren Z, Watowich SS, Mills GB, Liao WS, Chen X, Bast RC Jr, Luo RZ. A Ras homologue member I directly inhibits signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 translocation and activity in human breast and ovarian cancer cells. Cancer Res 65(15):6701-10, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16061651.
- Wang L, Hoque A, Luo RZ, Yuan J, Lu Z, Nishimoto A, Liu J, Sahin AA, Lippman SM, Bast RC Jr, Yu Y. Loss of the expression of the tumor suppressor gene ARHI is associated with progression of breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 9(10 Pt 1):3660-6, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14506155.
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Other Articles
- Yang H, Mao W, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Mangala LS, Bartholomeusz G, Iles LR, Jennings NB, Ahmed AA, Sood AK, Lopez-Berestein G, Lu Z, Bast RC Jr Correction: Paclitaxel Sensitivity of Ovarian Cancer Can be Enhanced by Knocking Down Pairs of Kinases that Regulate MAP4 Phosphorylation and Microtubule Stability. Clin Cancer Res 26(18):5050, 2020. PMID: 32934031.
- Santiago J, Lu Z, Bast RC Autophagy and Cancer Chemotherapy: Inhibition or Enhancement? 5(3):1000145, 2016.
Book Chapters
- Sutton MN, Lu Z, Bast RC. The Role of Angiogenesis, Growth Arrest and Autophagy in Human Ovarian Cancer Xenograft Models for Tumor Dormancy. In: Tumor Dormancy, Quiescence, and Senescence. 1. Springer Netherlands, 99-109, 2014.
- Lu Z, Bast RC. Tumor suppressor genes. In: Cancer Treat Res, 109-29, 2009.
- Lu Z, Feng W, Luo RZ, Liao WSL, Jr BR, Yu Y. E2F-HADC complexes regulate tumor suppressor gene in cancer. In: Control of Cellular Physiology by E2F Transcription Factors, 303-307, 2008.
Letters to the Editor
- Fahrmann JF, Ghasemi SM, Han CY, Wu R, Dennison JB, Vykoukal J, Celestino J, Lu K, Lu Z, Drescher C, Do KA, Hanash S, Bast RC, Irajizad E. A metabolite-based liquid biopsy for detection of ovarian cancer. Biomark Res 12: 91, 2024.
Selected Presentations & Talks
Regional Presentations
- 2018. Metabolic Regulation of TP53-Dependent Paclitaxel Sensitivity by Phosphofructokinase FB2 (PFKFB2) in Ovarian and Breast Cancers. Conference. MDACC, US.
- 2016. Kinase Mediated Modulation of Paclitaxel Sensitivity. Conference. MDACC, US.
- 2014. ARHI (DIRAS3) is a Master Switch which induces Autophagy and Tumor Dormancy in Epithelial Ovarian Cancers. Conference. MDACC, US.
National Presentations
- 2023. DIRAS3 inhibits oncogenic RAS signaling and RAS-dependent cell growth driven by prevalent KRAS hot spot mutations. Invited. Cell and Experimental Biology, US.
- 2023. DIRAS3 inhibits oncogenic RAS signaling and RAS-dependent cell growth driven by prevalent KRAS hot spot mutations. Conference. AACR. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2022. SIK2 Inhibition Synergistically Enhances PARP Inhibitor Activity in Ovarian and Triple-Negative Breast Cancers. Invited. 3rd Cell and Experimental Biology. Boston, US.
- 2020. Novel SIK2 inhibitors sensitize ovarian and breast cancer to PARP1 inhibitors. Invited. AACR, US.
- 2017. KINASE-MEDIATED MODULATION OF PACLITAXEL SENSITVITY IN OVARIAN CANCER. Invited. AACR. Pittsbergh, PA, US.
- 2015. Survival of dormant ovarian cancer cells from ARHI-induced autophagic cell death requires permissive levels of VEGF, IL8 and IGF-1 in the tumor microenvironment. Invited. AACR (Advances in Ovarian Cancer Research: Exploiting Vulnerabilities), US.
- 2009. Re-expression of the tumor suppressor gene ARHI suppresses ovarian cancer cell motility through inhibition of Stat3 and the Rho/Rock signaling. Invited. AACR, US.
International Presentations
- 2021. DIRAS3 disrupts KRAS clustering and signaling, enhancing autophagy and responses to autophagy inhibition. Invited. Second International Conference on Cell and Experimental Biology, US.
Grant & Contract Support
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Ovarian Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Program Leader |
ID: | 1P 50CA281701-01 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | Blood-Based Biomarkers for Personalized Risk Assessment of Breast and Ovarian Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | FP00017837 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | MD Anderson Cancer Center EDRN- Clinical Validation Center for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer with a multiple marker algorithm |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 2U01CA200462 |
Date: | 2023 - 2027 |
Title: | The SIK2 Inhibitor GRN-300 Enhances Olaparib Sensitivity and T-Cell Functions in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | BC220820 |
Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
Title: | MD Anderson Cancer Center EDRN - CVC for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer with Multiple Biomarkers – Bridge Funding |
Funding Source: | MD Anderson Cancer Center Bridge Funding |
Role: | Co-I |
Date: | 2022 - 2025 |
Title: | A SIK2 Inhibitor, GRN-300, enhances Response to Paclitaxel and PARP Inhibitors and induces PD-L1 expression in Triple Negative Breast Cancer |
Funding Source: | American Cancer Society (ACS) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | Specialized Research Assessment |
Date: | 2022 - 2027 |
Title: | DIRAS3 Disrupts K-RAS Clustering and Signaling, Enhancing Autophagy and Response to Autophagy Inhibition |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | R01 CA266187-02 |
Date: | 2020 - 2025 |
Title: | Development of Novel Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers for Early Detection Algorithms |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | R01CA247220 |
Date: | 2020 - 2022 |
Title: | DIRAS3 Induces Autophagy and Enhances Sensitivity to Anti-Autophagic Therapy by Inhibiting KRAS Signaling in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma |
Funding Source: | Emerson Collective |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | Emerson Collective |
Date: | 2020 - 2023 |
Title: | Targeted Inhibition of Autophagy for Treatment of Dormant Ovarian Cancer |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | R-20.1-IIRA |
Date: | 2017 - 2023 |
Title: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Ovarian Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | P50 CA 83639 |
Date: | 2017 - 2017 |
Title: | TP53 autoantibody multiplex immunoassay for detection of stage ovarain cancer |
Funding Source: | National Foundation for Cancer Research |
Role: | Co-PI |
Date: | 2016 - 2018 |
Title: | Targeted Molecular Imaging of Cell Death in Ovarian Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | 1 R21 CA181994-01A1 |
Date: | 2015 - 2020 |
Title: | ARHI (DIRAS 3) in Autophagy and Dormancy of Ovarian Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
Date: | 2014 - 2015 |
Title: | Eliminating Dormant Autophagic Ovarian Cancer Cells |
Funding Source: | UTMDACC SPORE in Ovarian Cancer Developmental Research Award (DRP) |
Role: | Co-PI |
Date: | 2014 - 2017 |
Title: | The Role of DIRAS3 in Initiating Autophagy and Tumor Dormancy |
Funding Source: | The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Co-I |
Date: | 2013 - 2014 |
Title: | The Imaging Cell Death |
Funding Source: | MDACC Moonshot Knowledge Gap |
Role: | Co-I |
Date: | 2009 - 2014 |
Title: | Autophagy and Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Research |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1R01 CA135354-01 |
Date: | 2001 - 2007 |
Title: | Novel Tumor Suppressor Genes in Ovarian Cancer, National Foundation for Cancer Research |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | PO1 CA 64602 |
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