2016
A 71-year-old woman with decreased vision, nyctalopia, and peripheral vision loss
Parikh R, Materin MA, Lesser R, Baehring J, Sznol M, Galvin JA. A 71-year-old woman with decreased vision, nyctalopia, and peripheral vision loss. Digital Journal Of Ophthalmology 2016, 22: 85. PMID: 28924411, PMCID: PMC5596905, DOI: 10.5693/djo.02.2016.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Role of Chitinase 3–like-1 and Semaphorin 7a in Pulmonary Melanoma Metastasis
Ma B, Herzog EL, Lee CG, Peng X, Lee CM, Chen X, Rockwell S, Koo JS, Kluger H, Herbst RS, Sznol M, Elias JA. Role of Chitinase 3–like-1 and Semaphorin 7a in Pulmonary Melanoma Metastasis. Cancer Research 2015, 75: 487-496. PMID: 25511377, PMCID: PMC4321965, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-3339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMelanoma lung metastasisPulmonary melanoma metastasesPulmonary metastasesLung metastasesMelanoma metastasesGenetic deletionBreast cancer cellsPlexin C1 receptorsPulmonary microenvironmentPoor prognosisSemaphorin 7AMelanoma spreadChitinase 3MetastasisCHI3L1Cancer progressionSema7AInhibitory wayCancer cellsReceptorsSignificant reductionΒ1 integrinNovel pathwayCritical roleIL13Rα2
2013
A Melanoma Brain Metastasis with a Donor-Patient Hybrid Genome following Bone Marrow Transplantation: First Evidence for Fusion in Human Cancer
Lazova R, LaBerge GS, Duvall E, Spoelstra N, Klump V, Sznol M, Cooper D, Spritz RA, Chang JT, Pawelek JM. A Melanoma Brain Metastasis with a Donor-Patient Hybrid Genome following Bone Marrow Transplantation: First Evidence for Fusion in Human Cancer. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e66731. PMID: 23840523, PMCID: PMC3694119, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow-derived cellsBone marrow transplantationMarrow-derived cellsTumor cellsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationMelanoma brain metastasesGeneration of metastasesHuman cancersBlood lymphocyte DNATumor cell fusionsTumor initiating cellsBrain metastasesMarrow transplantationMetastatic melanomaSame patientAnimal studiesMetastasisLymphocyte DNATumorsCancer metastasisInitiating cellsTransplantationCancerPatient allelesLaser microdissection
2012
Chitinase-like Proteins in Lung Injury, Repair, and Metastasis
Lee CG, Dela Cruz CS, Ma B, Ahangari F, Zhou Y, Halaban R, Sznol M, Elias JA. Chitinase-like Proteins in Lung Injury, Repair, and Metastasis. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2012, 9: 57-61. PMID: 22550243, PMCID: PMC3359113, DOI: 10.1513/pats.201112-056ms.Peer-Reviewed Original Research