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2023
- Metge BJ, Alsheikh HA, Chen D, Elhamamsy AR, Hinshaw DC, Chen BR, Sleckman BP, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Ribosome biosynthesis and Hedgehog activity are cooperative actionable signaling mechanisms in breast cancer following radiotherapy. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2023 Jun 28;7(1):61. PMID: 37380890
- Hinshaw DC, Benavides GA, Metge BJ, Swain CA, Kammerud SC, Alsheikh HA, Elhamamsy A, Chen D, Darley-Usmar V, Rathmell JC, Welner RS, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Hedgehog Signaling Regulates Treg to Th17 Conversion Through Metabolic Rewiring in Breast Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res . 2023 May 3;11(5):687-702. PMID: 37058110
2022
- Elhamamsy AR, Metge BJ, Alsheikh HA, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Ribosome biogenesis: a central player in cancer metastasis and therapeutic resistance. Cancer Res. 2022 Mar. PMID: 35303060.
- Lama-Sherpa TD, Das S, Hinshaw DC, Kammerud SC, Song PN, Alsheikh HA, Sorace AG, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Quantitative Longitudinal Imaging Reveals that Inhibiting Hedgehog Activity Alleviates the Hypoxic Tumor Landscape. Mol Cancer Res. 2022 Jan;20(1):150-160. PMID: 34593607.
2021
- Mota M, Metge BJ, Hinshaw DC, Alsheikh HA, Chen D, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Merlin deficiency alters the redox management program in breast cancer. Mol Oncol. 2021 Jan 7. PMID: 33410252.
- Metge BJ, Kammerud SC, Pruitt HC, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Hypoxia re-programs 2′-O-Me modifications on ribosomal RNA. iScience. 2020 Dec 30;24(1):102010. PMID: 33490918.
- Weeks SE, Kammerud SC, Metge BJ, AlSheikh HA, Schneider DA, Chen D, Wei S, Mobley JA, Ojesina AI, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Inhibiting β-catenin disables nucleolar functions in triple-negative breast cancer. Cell Death Dis. 2021 Mar 4;12(3):242. PMID: 33664239.
- Weeks SE, Samant RS. Isolation of Nucleoli for Characterization of Nucleolar Contents to Uncover Clues to Metastatic Progression. Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2294:269-274. PMID: 33742408.
- Alsheikh HAM, Metge BJ, Ha CM, Hinshaw DC, Mota MSV, Kammerud SC, Lama-Sherpa T, Sharafeldin N, Wende AR, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Normalizing glucose levels reconfigures the mammary tumor immune and metabolic microenvironment and decreases metastatic seeding. Cancer Lett. 2021 May 27:S0304-3835(21)00246-9. PMID: 34052331.
- Alsheikh HAM, Metge BJ, Pruitt HC, Kammerud SC, Chen D, Wei S, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Disruption of STAT5A and NMI signaling axis leads to ISG20-driven metastatic mammary tumors. Oncogenesis. 2021 Jun 2. PMID: 34078871.
- Kammerud SC, Metge BJ, Elhamamsy AR, Weeks SE, Alsheikh HA, Mattheyses AL, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Novel role of the dietary flavonoid fisetin in suppressing rRNA biogenesis. Lab Invest. 2021 Jul 15. PMID: 34267320.
- Hinshaw DC, Hanna A, Lama-Sherpa T, Metge B, Kammerud SC, Benavides GA, Kumar A, Alsheikh HA, Mota M, Chen D, Ballinger SW, Rathmell JC, Ponnazhagan S, Darley-Usmar V, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Hedgehog signaling regulates metabolism and polarization of mammary tumor-associated macrophages. Cancer Res. 2021 Jul 21. PMID: 34289986.
2020
- Lama-Sherpa TD, Lin VTG, Metge BJ, Weeks SE, Chen D, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Hedgehog signaling enables repair of ribosomal DNA double-strand breaks. Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Oct 9;48(18):10342-10352. PMID: 32894284
2019
- Weeks SE, Metge BJ, Samant RS. The nucleolus: a central response hub for the stressors that drive cancer progression. Cell Mol Life Sci. 76(22):4511‐4524. PMID: 31338556
2018
- Hanna A, Metge BJ, Bailey SK, Chen D, Chandrashekar DS, Varambally S, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Inhibition of Hedgehog signaling reprograms the dysfunctional immune microenvironment in breast cancer. Oncoimmunology. 8(3):1548241. PMID: 30723576
- Jones KM, Karanam B, Jones-Triche J, Sandey M, Henderson HJ, Samant RS, Temesgen S, Yates C, Bedi D. Phage Ligands for Identification of Mesenchymal-Like Breast Cancer Cells and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts. Front Oncol. 8:625. PMID: 30619759
- Das S, Bailey SK, Metge BJ, Hanna A, Hinshaw DC, Mota M, Forero-Torres A, Chatham JC, Samant RS, Shevde LA. O-GlcNAcylation of GLI transcription factors in hyperglycemic conditions augments Hedgehog activity. Lab Invest. 99(2):260-270. PMID: 30420690
- Mota MSV, Jackson WP, Bailey SK, Vayalil P, Landar A, Rostas JW 3rd, Mulekar MS, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Deficiency of tumor suppressor Merlin facilitates metabolic adaptation by co-operative engagement of SMAD-Hippo signaling in breast cancer. Carcinogenesis. 39(9):1165-1175. PMID: 29893810
- Arend RC, Londoño-Joshi AI, Gangrade A, Katre AA, Kurpad C, Li Y, Samant RS, Li PK, Landen CN, Yang ES, Hidalgo B, Alvarez RD, Straughn JM, Forero A, Buchsbaum DJ. Correction: Niclosamide and its analogs are potent inhibitors of Wnt/β-catenin, mTOR and STAT3 signaling in ovarian cancer. Oncotarget. 9(27):19459. PMID: 29721216
- Pruitt HC, Metge BJ, Weeks SE, Chen D, Wei S, Kesterson RA, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Conditional knockout of N-Myc and STAT interactor disrupts normal mammary development and enhances metastatic ability of mammary tumors. Version 2. Oncogene. 37(12):1610-1623. PMID: 29326438
2017
- Fingleton B, Lange K, Caldwell B, Bankaitis KV; Board of the Metastasis Research Society. Perspective on the interpretation of research and translation to clinical care with therapy-associated metastatic breast cancer progression as an example. Clin Exp Metastasis. 34(8):443-447. PMID: 29484519
- Henderson HJ, Karanam B, Samant R, Vig K, Singh SR, Yates C, Bedi D. Neuroligin 4X overexpression in human breast cancer is associated with poor relapse-free survival. PLoS One. 12(12):e0189662. PMID: 29244827
- Goliwas KF, Richter JR, Pruitt HC, Araysi LM, Anderson NR, Samant RS, Lobo-Ruppert SM, Berry JL, Frost AR. Methods to Evaluate Cell Growth, Viability, and Response to Treatment in a Tissue Engineered Breast Cancer Model. Sci Rep. 7(1):14167. PMID: 29074857
- Lin VTG, Pruitt HC, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Developing Cures: Targeting Ontogenesis in Cancer. Trends Cancer. 3(2):126-136. PMID: 28718443
- Das S, Jackson WP, Prasain JK, Hanna A, Bailey SK, Tucker JA, Bae S, Wilson LS, Samant RS, Barnes S, Shevde LA. Loss of Merlin induces metabolomic adaptation that engages dependence on Hedgehog signaling. Sci Rep. 7:40773. PMID: 28112165
2016
- Arend RC, Londoño-Joshi AI, Gangrade A, Katre AA, Kurpad C, Li Y, Samant RS, Li PK, Landen CN, Yang ES, Hidalgo B, Alvarez RD, Straughn JM, Forero A, Buchsbaum DJ. Niclosamide and its analogs are potent inhibitors of Wnt/β-catenin, mTOR and STAT3 signaling in ovarian cancer. Oncotarget. 7(52):86803-86815. PMID: 27888804
- Meng E, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Emerging roles and underlying molecular mechanisms of DNAJB6 in cancer. Oncotarget. 7(33):53984-53996. PMID: 27276715
- Morrow KA, Das S, Meng E, Menezes ME, Bailey SK, Metge BJ, Buchsbaum DJ, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Loss of tumor suppressor Merlin results in aberrant activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in cancer. Oncotarget. 7(14):17991-8005. PMID: 26908451
- Pruitt HC, Devine DJ, Samant RS. Roles of N-Myc and STAT interactor in cancer: From initiation to dissemination. Version 2. Int J Cancer. 139(3):491-500. PMID: 26874464
2015
- Yu VZ, Wong VC, Dai W, Ko JM, Lam AK, Chan KW, Samant RS, Lung HL, Shuen WH, Law S, Chan YP, Lee NP, Tong DK, Law TT, Lee VH, Lung ML. Nuclear Localization of DNAJB6 Is Associated With Survival of Patients With Esophageal Cancer and Reduces AKT Signaling and Proliferation of Cancer Cells. Gastroenterology. 149(7):1825-1836.e5. PMID: 26302489.
- Meng E, Hanna A, Samant RS, Shevde LA. The Impact of Hedgehog Signaling Pathway on DNA Repair Mechanisms in Human Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 7(3):1333-48. PMID: 26197339
- Metge BJ, Mitra A, Chen D, Shevde LA, Samant RS. N-Myc and STAT Interactor regulates autophagy and chemosensitivity in breast cancer cells. Sci Rep. 5:11995. PMID: 26146406
2014
- Samant RS, Shevde LA. NMI and EMT. Oncoscience. 1(7):476-7. PMID: 25594046
- Rostas JW 3rd, Pruitt HC, Metge BJ, Mitra A, Bailey SK, Bae S, Singh KP, Devine DJ, Dyess DL, Richards WO, Tucker JA, Shevde LA, Samant RS. microRNA-29 negatively regulates EMT regulator N-myc interactor in breast cancer. Mol Cancer. 13:200. PMID: 25174825
- Arend RC, Londoño-Joshi AI, Samant RS, Li Y, Conner M, Hidalgo B, Alvarez RD, Landen CN, Straughn JM, Buchsbaum DJ. Inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin pathway by niclosamide: a therapeutic target for ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 134(1):112-20. PMID: 24736023
- Li Y, Li PK, Roberts MJ, Arend RC, Samant RS, Buchsbaum DJ. Multi-targeted therapy of cancer by niclosamide: A new application for an old drug. Cancer Lett. 349(1):8-14. PMID: 24732808
- Shevde LA, Samant RS. Role of osteopontin in the pathophysiology of cancer. Matrix Biol. 37:131-41. PMID: 24657887
- Londoño-Joshi AI, Arend RC, Aristizabal L, Lu W, Samant RS, Metge BJ, Hidalgo B, Grizzle WE, Conner M, Forero-Torres A, Lobuglio AF, Li Y, Buchsbaum DJ. Effect of niclosamide on basal-like breast cancers. Mol Cancer Ther. 13(4):800-11. PMID: 24552774
- Shevde LA, Samant RS. Nonclassical hedgehog-GLI signaling and its clinical implications. Int J Cancer. 135(1):1-6. PMID: 23929208.
2013
- Das S, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Nonclassical activation of Hedgehog signaling enhances multidrug resistance and makes cancer cells refractory to Smoothened-targeting Hedgehog inhibition. J Biol Chem. 288(17):11824-33. PMID: 23508962
2012
- Vincent AJ, Ren S, Harris LG, Devine DJ, Samant RS, Fodstad O, Shevde LA. Cytoplasmic translocation of p21 mediates NUPR1-induced chemoresistance: NUPR1 and p21 in chemoresistance. FEBS Lett. 586(19):3429-34. PMID: 22858377.
- Mitra A, Rostas JW, Dyess DL, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Micro-RNA-632 downregulates DNAJB6 in breast cancer. Lab Invest. 92(9):1310-7. PMID: 22710984
- Frost AR, Hurst DR, Shevde LA, Samant RS. The influence of the cancer microenvironment on the process of metastasis. Int J Breast Cancer. 2012:756257. PMID: 22570792
- Andrews JF, Sykora LJ, Letostak TB, Menezes ME, Mitra A, Barik S, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Cellular stress stimulates nuclear localization signal (NLS) independent nuclear transport of MRJ. Exp Cell Res. 318(10):1086-93. PMID: 22504047
- Das S, Tucker JA, Khullar S, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Hedgehog signaling in tumor cells facilitates osteoblast-enhanced osteolytic metastases. PLoS One. 7(3):e34374. PMID: 22479615
- Menezes ME, Mitra A, Shevde LA, Samant RS. DNAJB6 governs a novel regulatory loop determining Wnt/β-catenin signalling activity. Biochem J. 444(3):573-80. PMID: 22455953
- Riker AI, Samant RS. Location, location, location: the BRMS1 protein and melanoma progression. BMC Med. 10:19. PMID: 22356729
- Das S, Samant RS, Shevde LA. The hedgehog pathway conditions the bone microenvironment for osteolytic metastasis of breast cancer. Int J Breast Cancer. 2012:298623. PMID: 22295244
- Menezes ME, Devine DJ, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Dickkopf1: a tumor suppressor or metastasis promoter? Int J Cancer. 130(7):1477-83. PMID: 21953410
2011
- Morrow KA, Das S, Metge BJ, Ye K, Mulekar MS, Tucker JA, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Loss of tumor suppressor Merlin in advanced breast cancer is due to post-translational regulation. J Biol Chem. 286(46):40376-85. PMID: 21965655
- Harris LG, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Hedgehog signaling: networking to nurture a promalignant tumor microenvironment. Mol Cancer Res. 9(9):1165-74. PMID: 21775419
- Das S, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Hedgehog signaling induced by breast cancer cells promotes osteoclastogenesis and osteolysis. J Biol Chem. 286(11):9612-22. PMID: 21169638
- Samant RS, Shevde LA. Recent advances in anti-angiogenic therapy of cancer. Oncotarget. 2(3):122-34. PMID: 21399234
2010
- Mitra A, Menezes ME, Shevde LA, Samant RS. DNAJB6 induces degradation of beta-catenin and causes partial reversal of mesenchymal phenotype. J Biol Chem. 285(32):24686-94. PMID: 20522561
- Metge BJ, Liu S, Riker AI, Fodstad O, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Elevated osteopontin levels in metastatic melanoma correlate with epigenetic silencing of breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1. Oncology. 78(1):75-86. PMID: 20215788
- Ren S, Liu S, Howell PM Jr, Zhang G, Pannell L, Samant R, Shevde-Samant L, Tucker JA, Fodstad O, Riker AI. Functional characterization of the progestagen-associated endometrial protein gene in human melanoma. J Cell Mol Med. 14(6B):1432-42. PMID: 19799645
- Shevde LA, Metge BJ, Mitra A, Xi Y, Ju J, King JA, Samant RS. Spheroid-forming subpopulation of breast cancer cells demonstrates vasculogenic mimicry via hsa-miR-299-5p regulated de novo expression of osteopontin. J Cell Mol Med. 14(6B):1693-706. PMID: 19538464
2009
- Das S, Harris LG, Metge BJ, Liu S, Riker AI, Samant RS, Shevde LA. The hedgehog pathway transcription factor GLI1 promotes malignant behavior of cancer cells by up-regulating osteopontin. J Biol Chem. 284(34):22888-97. PMID: 19556240
- Liu S, Howell P, Ren S, Fodstad O, Zhang G, Samant R, Shevde L, Xi Y, Pannell LK, Riker AI. Expression and functional analysis of the WAP four disulfide core domain 1 gene in human melanoma. Clin Exp Metastasis. 26(7):739-49. PMID: 19488830
- Fillmore RA, Mitra A, Xi Y, Ju J, Scammell J, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Nmi (N-Myc interactor) inhibits Wnt/beta-catenin signaling and retards tumor growth. Int J Cancer. 125(3):556-64. PMID: 19358268
- Mitra A, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Multi-faceted role of HSP40 in cancer. Clin Exp Metastasis. 26(6):559-67. PMID: 19340594
- Chowdhury UR, Samant RS, Fodstad O, Shevde LA. Emerging role of nuclear protein 1 (NUPR1) in cancer biology. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 28(1-2):225-32. PMID: 19153668.
2008
- Clark DW, Mitra A, Fillmore RA, Jiang WG, Samant RS, Fodstad O, Shevde LA. NUPR1 interacts with p53, transcriptionally regulates p21 and rescues breast epithelial cells from doxorubicin-induced genotoxic stress. Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 8(5):421-30. PMID: 18690848
- Metge BJ, Frost AR, King JA, Dyess DL, Welch DR, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Epigenetic silencing contributes to the loss of BRMS1 expression in breast cancer. Clin Exp Metastasis. 25(7):753-63. PMID: 18566899
- Riker AI, Enkemann SA, Fodstad O, Liu S, Ren S, Morris C, Xi Y, Howell P, Metge B, Samant RS, Shevde LA, Li W, Eschrich S, Daud A, Ju J, Matta J. The gene expression profiles of primary and metastatic melanoma yields a transition point of tumor progression and metastasis. BMC Med Genomics. 1:13. PMID: 18442402
- Xi Y, Riker A, Shevde-Samant L, Samant R, Morris C, Gavin E, Fodstad O, Ju J. Global comparative gene expression analysis of melanoma patient samples, derived cell lines and corresponding tumor xenografts. Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 5(1):1-35. PMID: 18359977
- Mitra A, Fillmore RA, Metge BJ, Rajesh M, Xi Y, King J, Ju J, Pannell L, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Large isoform of MRJ (DNAJB6) reduces malignant activity of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 10(2):R22. PMID: 18328103
- Golden T, Aragon IV, Rutland B, Tucker JA, Shevde LA, Samant RS, Zhou G, Amable L, Skarra D, Honkanen RE. Elevated levels of Ser/Thr protein phosphatase 5 (PP5) in human breast cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1782(4):259-70. PMID: 18280813
- Hurst DR, Xie Y, Vaidya KS, Mehta A, Moore BP, Accavitti-Loper MA, Samant RS, Saxena R, Silveira AC, Welch DR. Alterations of BRMS1-ARID4A interaction modify gene expression but still suppress metastasis in human breast cancer cells. J Biol Chem. 283(12):7438-44. PMID: 18211900
2007
- Bauer NN, Chen YW, Samant RS, Shevde LA, Fodstad O. Rac1 activity regulates proliferation of aggressive metastatic melanoma. Exp Cell Res. 313(18):3832-9. PMID: 17904119
- Samant RS, Clark DW, Fillmore RA, Cicek M, Metge BJ, Chandramouli KH, Chambers AF, Casey G, Welch DR, Shevde LA. Breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (BRMS1) inhibits osteopontin transcription by abrogating NF-kappaB activation. Mol Cancer. 6:6. PMID: 17227585
2006
- Hurst DR, Mehta A, Moore BP, Phadke PA, Meehan WJ, Accavitti MA, Shevde LA, Hopper JE, Xie Y, Welch DR, Samant RS. Breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (BRMS1) is stabilized by the Hsp90 chaperone. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 348(4):1429-35. PMID: 16919237
- Shevde LA, Samant RS, Paik JC, Metge BJ, Chambers AF, Casey G, Frost AR, Welch DR. Osteopontin knockdown suppresses tumorigenicity of human metastatic breast carcinoma, MDA-MB-435. Clin Exp Metastasis. 23(2):123-33. PMID: 16830223
- Samant RS, Debies MT, Hurst DR, Moore BP, Shevde LA, Welch DR. Suppression of murine mammary carcinoma metastasis by the murine ortholog of breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (Brms1). Cancer Lett. 235(2):260-5. PMID: 15978719
2005
- DeWald DB, Torabinejad J, Samant RS, Johnston D, Erin N, Shope JC, Xie Y, Welch DR. Metastasis suppression by breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 involves reduction of phosphoinositide signaling in MDA-MB-435 breast carcinoma cells. Cancer Res. 65(3):713-7. PMID: 15705865
2004
- Kapoor P, Saunders MM, Li Z, Zhou Z, Sheaffer N, Kunze EL, Samant RS, Welch DR, Donahue HJ. Breast cancer metastatic potential: correlation with increased heterotypic gap junctional intercellular communication between breast cancer cells and osteoblastic cells. Int J Cancer. 111(5):693-7. PMID: 15252837
- Cicek M, Samant RS, Kinter M, Welch DR, Casey G. Identification of metastasis-associated proteins through protein analysis of metastatic MDA-MB-435 and metastasis-suppressed BRMS1 transfected-MDA-MB-435 cells. Clin Exp Metastasis. 21(2):149-57. PMID: 15168732
- Harms JF, Welch DR, Samant RS, Shevde LA, Miele ME, Babu GR, Goldberg SF, Gilman VR, Sosnowski DM, Campo DA, Gay CV, Budgeon LR, Mercer R, Jewell J, Mastro AM, Donahue HJ, Erin N, Debies MT, Meehan WJ, Jones AL, Mbalaviele G, Nickols A, Christensen ND, Melly R, Beck LN, Kent J, Rader RK, Kotyk JJ, Pagel MD, Westlin WF, Griggs DW. A small molecule antagonist of the alpha(v)beta3 integrin suppresses MDA-MB-435 skeletal metastasis. Clin Exp Metastasis. 21(2):119-28. PMID: 15168729
- Jaeger EB, Chekmareva MA, Tennant TR, Luu HH, Hickson JA, Chen SL, Samant RS, Sokoloff MH, Rinker-Schaeffer CW. Inhibition of prostate cancer metastatic colonization by approximately 4.2 Mb of human chromosome 12. Int J Cancer. 108(1):15-22. PMID: 14618610
- Meehan WJ, Samant RS, Hopper JE, Carrozza MJ, Shevde LA, Workman JL, Eckert KA, Verderame MF, Welch DR. Breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (BRMS1) forms complexes with retinoblastoma-binding protein 1 (RBP1) and the mSin3 histone deacetylase complex and represses transcription. J Biol Chem. 279(2):1562-9. PMID: 14581478
2002
- Park YG, Lukes L, Yang H, Debies MT, Samant RS, Welch DR, Lee M, Hunter KW. Comparative sequence analysis in eight inbred strains of the metastasis modifier QTL candidate gene Brms1. Mamm Genome. 13(6):289-92. PMID: 12115030
- Manni A, Washington S, Griffith JW, Verderame MF, Mauger D, Demers LM, Samant RS, Welch DR. Influence of polyamines on in vitro and in vivo features of aggressive and metastatic behavior by human breast cancer cells. Clin Exp Metastasis. 19(2):95-105. PMID: 11964084
- Shevde LA, Samant RS, Goldberg SF, Sikaneta T, Alessandrini A, Donahue HJ, Mauger DT, Welch DR. Suppression of human melanoma metastasis by the metastasis suppressor gene, BRMS1. Exp Cell Res. 273(2):229-39. PMID: 11822878
- Samant RS, Debies MT, Shevde LA, Verderame MF, Welch DR. Identification and characterization of the murine ortholog (brms1) of breast-cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (BRMS1). Int J Cancer. 97(1):15-20. PMID: 11774238