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Combinatorial drug screening of mammary cells with induced mesenchymal transformation to identify drug combinations for triple-negative breast cancer
Colavito SA, Platt JT, Held MA, Liu Z, Sokup R, Stern DF. Combinatorial drug screening of mammary cells with induced mesenchymal transformation to identify drug combinations for triple-negative breast cancer. Oncotarget 2019, 10: 4822-4839. PMID: 31448050, PMCID: PMC6690678, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.27104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancerDrug combinationsB-cell lymphoma-2 inhibitorTriple-negative breast cancerEffective treatment strategiesBreast cancer cellsEffective drug combinationsCombination regimenPoor prognosisCombination therapyTreatment optionsTreatment strategiesBCL2 inhibitorsEffective treatmentSelf-renewal capabilityCancerTumor cellsDifferent dosesCancer cellsMammary cellsCheckpoint kinase 1 inhibitorsKinase 1 inhibitorMesenchymal characteristicsMesenchymal transformationUntreated cells
2021
Treatment scheduling effects on the evolution of drug resistance in heterogeneous cancer cell populations
Patwardhan GA, Marczyk M, Wali VB, Stern DF, Pusztai L, Hatzis C. Treatment scheduling effects on the evolution of drug resistance in heterogeneous cancer cell populations. Npj Breast Cancer 2021, 7: 60. PMID: 34040000, PMCID: PMC8154902, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-021-00270-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeterogeneous cancer cell populationsCancer cell populationsTriple-negative breast cancerSingle-cell RNA sequencingCell populationsFitness advantageRNA sequencingMDA-MB-231 TNBC cellsDrug resistanceMechanisms of resistanceVitro screening assaysClonal dynamicsTNBC cellsScreening assaysResistant clonesPatterns of resistanceConcomitant treatmentTherapy combinationsBreast cancerClinical studiesTreatment doseTreatment scheduleBarcodesSequencingTreatment
2017
Systematic Drug Screening Identifies Tractable Targeted Combination Therapies in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Wali VB, Langdon CG, Held MA, Platt JT, Patwardhan GA, Safonov A, Aktas B, Pusztai L, Stern DF, Hatzis C. Systematic Drug Screening Identifies Tractable Targeted Combination Therapies in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 2017, 77: 566-578. PMID: 27872098, PMCID: PMC5582957, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-1901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerTNBC cell linesPairwise drug combinationsClinical translationAggressive diseaseCombination therapyBreast cancerPreclinical proofDrug combinationsCombination treatmentInvestigational drugsSingle agentSensitivity patternCell sensitivityCell linesTherapyApoptotic activityAnticancer activityDownregulated genesMitogenic signalingCrizotinibBlockadeClinicAgentsCancer