FCCC Faculty Publications

Kelsen JR, Dawany N, Conrad MA, Karakasheva TA, Maurer K, Wei JM, Uman S, Dent MH, Behera R, Bryant LM, Ma X, Moreira L, Chatterji P, Shraim R, Merz A, Mizuno R, Simon LA, Muir AB, Giraudo C, Behrens EM, Whelan KA, Devoto M, Russo PA, Andres SF, Sullivan KE, Hamilton KE. Colonoids From Patients With Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Exhibit Decreased Growth Associated With Inflammation Severity and Durable Upregulation of Antigen Presentation Genes. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2021 Jun 19;27(2) :256-267. PMC ID:PMC7813751.

Karakasheva TA, Kijima T, Shimonosono M, Maekawa H, Sahu V, Gabre JT, Cruz-Acuna R, Giroux V, Sangwan V, Whelan KA, Natsugoe S, Yoon AJ, Philipone E, Klein-Szanto AJ, Ginsberg GG, Falk GW, Abrams JA, Que J, Basu D, Ferri L, Diehl JA, Bass AJ, Wang TC, Rustgi AK, Nakagawa H. Generation and Characterization of Patient-Derived Head and Neck, Oral, and Esophageal Cancer Organoids. Curr Protoc Stem Cell Biol. 2020 Jun;53(1) :e109. PMC ID:PMC7350550.

Whelan KA, Godwin BC, Wilkins B, Elci OU, Benitez A, DeMarshall M, Sharma M, Gross J, Klein-Szanto AJ, Liacouras CA, Dellon ES, Spergel JM, Falk GW, Muir AB, Nakagawa H. Persistent Basal Cell Hyperplasia Is Associated With Clinical and Endoscopic Findings in Patients With Histologically Inactive Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Jun;18(7) :1475-1482 e1. PMC ID:PMC7058491.

Nakagawa H, Kasagi Y, Karakasheva TA, Hara T, Aaron B, Shimonosono M, Kijima T, Giroux V, Bailey D, Wilkins B, Abrams JA, Falk GW, Aceves SS, Spergel JM, Hamilton KE, Whelan KA, Muir AB. Modeling Epithelial Homeostasis and Reactive Epithelial Changes in Human and Murine Three-Dimensional Esophageal Organoids. Curr Protoc Stem Cell Biol. 2020 Mar;52(1) :e106. PMC ID:PMC7288850.

Muir AB, Whelan KA, Dougherty MK, Aaron B, Navarre B, Aceves SS, Dellon ES, Jensen ET. The potential for malignancy from atopic disorders and allergic inflammation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Exp Allergy. 2020 Feb;50(2) :147-159. PMC ID:PMC6994341.

Chandramouleeswaran PM, Guha M, Shimonosono M, Whelan KA, Maekawa H, Sachdeva UM, Ruthel G, Mukherjee S, Engel N, Gonzalez MV, Garifallou J, Ohashi S, Klein-Szanto AJ, Mesaros CA, Blair IA, Pellegrino da Silva R, Hakonarson H, Noguchi E, Baur JA, Nakagawa H. Autophagy mitigates ethanol-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in esophageal keratinocytes. PLoS One. 2020 ;15(9) :e0239625. PMC ID:PMC7510980.

Saxena R, Klochkova A, Murray MG, Kabir MF, Samad S, Beccari T, Gang J, Patel K, Hamilton KE, Whelan KA. Roles for Autophagy in Esophageal Carcinogenesis: Implications for Improving Patient Outcomes. Cancers (Basel). 2019 Oct 31;11(11) . PMC ID:PMC6895837.

Whelan KA, Godwin BC, Wilkins B, Elci OU, Benitez A, DeMarshall M, Sharma M, Gross J, Klein-Szanto AJ, Liacouras CA, Dellon ES, Spergel JM, Falk GW, Muir AB, Nakagawa H. Persistent Basal Cell Hyperplasia is Associated with Clinical and Endoscopic Findings in Patients With Histologically Inactive Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Sep 6 . PMC ID:PMC7058491.

Kasagi Y, Dods K, Wang JX, Chandramouleeswaran PM, Benitez AJ, Gambanga F, Kluger J, Ashorobi T, Gross J, Tobias JW, Klein-Szanto AJ, Spergel JM, Cianferoni A, Falk GW, Whelan KA, Nakagawa H, Muir AB. Fibrostenotic eosinophilic esophagitis might reflect epithelial lysyl oxidase induction by fibroblast-derived TNF-alpha. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Jul;144(1) :171-182. PMC ID:PMC6586527.

Chatterji P, Williams PA, Whelan KA, Samper FC, Andres SF, Simon LA, Parham LR, Mizuno R, Lundsmith ET, Lee DS, Liang S, Wijeratne HS, Marti S, Chau L, Giroux V, Wilkins BJ, Wu GD, Shah P, Tartaglia GG, Hamilton KE. Posttranscriptional regulation of colonic epithelial repair by RNA binding protein IMP1/IGF2BP1. EMBO Rep. 2019 Jun;20(6) . PMC ID:PMC6549032.

Reichenbach ZW, Murray MG, Saxena R, Farkas D, Karassik EG, Klochkova A, Patel K, Tice C, Hall TM, Gang J, Parkman HP, Ward SJ, Tetreault MP, Whelan KA. Clinical and translational advances in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Adv Cancer Res. 2019 ;144 :95-135.

Parham LR, Williams PA, Chatterji P, Whelan KA, Hamilton KE. RNA regulons are essential in intestinal homeostasis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2019 Jan 1;316(1) :G197-G204. PMC ID:PMC6383383.

Kijima T, Nakagawa H, Shimonosono M, Chandramouleeswaran PM, Hara T, Sahu V, Kasagi Y, Kikuchi O, Tanaka K, Giroux V, Muir AB, Whelan KA, Ohashi S, Naganuma S, Klein-Szanto AJ, Shinden Y, Sasaki K, Omoto I, Kita Y, Muto M, Bass AJ, Diehl JA, Ginsberg GG, Doki Y, Mori M, Uchikado Y, Arigami T, Avadhani NG, Basu D, Rustgi AK, Natsugoe S. Three-Dimensional Organoids Reveal Therapy Resistance of Esophageal and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 ;7(1) :73-91. PMC ID:PMC6260338.

Hall TM, Tetreault MP, Hamilton KE, Whelan KA. Autophagy as a cytoprotective mechanism in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2018 Aug;41 :12-19. PMC ID:PMC6108938.

Kasagi Y, Chandramouleeswaran PM, Whelan KA, Tanaka K, Giroux V, Sharma M, Wang J, Benitez AJ, DeMarshall M, Tobias JW, Hamilton KE, Falk GW, Spergel JM, Klein-Szanto AJ, Rustgi AK, Muir AB, Nakagawa H. The Esophageal Organoid System Reveals Functional Interplay Between Notch and Cytokines in Reactive Epithelial Changes. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Mar;5(3) :333-352. PMC ID:PMC5852293.

Whelan KA, Muir AB, Nakagawa H. Esophageal 3D Culture Systems as Modeling Tools in Esophageal Epithelial Pathobiology and Personalized Medicine. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Jan;5(4) :461-478. PMC ID:PMC5924738.

Natsuizaka M, Whelan KA, Kagawa S, Tanaka K, Giroux V, Chandramouleeswaran PM, Long A, Sahu V, Darling DS, Que J, Yang Y, Katz JP, Wileyto EP, Basu D, Kita Y, Natsugoe S, Naganuma S, Klein-Szanto AJ, Diehl JA, Bass AJ, Wong KK, Rustgi AK, Nakagawa H. Interplay between Notch1 and Notch3 promotes EMT and tumor initiation in squamous cell carcinoma. Nat Commun. 2017 Nov 24;8(1) :1758. PMC ID:PMC5700926.

Whelan KA, Merves JF, Giroux V, Tanaka K, Guo A, Chandramouleeswaran PM, Benitez AJ, Dods K, Que J, Masterson JC, Fernando SD, Godwin BC, Klein-Szanto AJ, Chikwava K, Ruchelli ED, Hamilton KE, Muir AB, Wang ML, Furuta GT, Falk GW, Spergel JM, Nakagawa H. Autophagy mediates epithelial cytoprotection in eosinophilic oesophagitis. Gut. 2017 Jul;66(7) :1197-1207. PMC ID:PMC4987278.

Giroux V, Lento AA, Islam M, Pitarresi JR, Kharbanda A, Hamilton KE, Whelan KA, Long A, Rhoades B, Tang Q, Nakagawa H, Lengner CJ, Bass AJ, Wileyto EP, Klein-Szanto AJ, Wang TC, Rustgi AK. Long-lived keratin 15+ esophageal progenitor cells contribute to homeostasis and regeneration. J Clin Invest. 2017 Jun 01;127(6) :2378-2391. PMC ID:PMC5451220.

Whelan KA, Chandramouleeswaran PM, Tanaka K, Natsuizaka M, Guha M, Srinivasan S, Darling DS, Kita Y, Natsugoe S, Winkler JD, Klein-Szanto AJ, Amaravadi RK, Avadhani NG, Rustgi AK, Nakagawa H. Autophagy supports generation of cells with high CD44 expression via modulation of oxidative stress and Parkin-mediated mitochondrial clearance. Oncogene. 2017 Apr 17;36(34) :4843-4858. PMC ID:PMC5570661.

Tanaka K, Whelan KA, Chandramouleeswaran PM, Kagawa S, Rustgi SL, Noguchi C, Guha M, Srinivasan S, Amanuma Y, Ohashi S, Muto M, Klein-Szanto AJ, Noguchi E, Avadhani NG, Nakagawa H. ALDH2 modulates autophagy flux to regulate acetaldehyde-mediated toxicity thresholds. Am J Cancer Res. 2016 Mar;6(4) :781-96. PMC ID:PMC4859883.

Long A, Giroux V, Whelan KA, Hamilton KE, Tétreault MP, Tanaka K, Lee JS, Klein-Szanto AJ, Nakagawa H, Rustgi AK. WNT10A promotes an invasive and self-renewing phenotype in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Carcinogenesis. 2015 May;36(5) :598-606. PMC ID:PMC4498148.

Kagawa S, Natsuizaka M, Whelan KA, Facompre N, Naganuma S, Ohashi S, Kinugasa H, Egloff AM, Basu D, Gimotty PA, Klein-Szanto AJ, Bass AJ, Wong KK, Diehl JA, Rustgi AK, Nakagawa H. Cellular senescence checkpoint function determines differential Notch1-dependent oncogenic and tumor-suppressor activities. Oncogene. 2015 Apr 30;34(18) :2347-59. PMC ID:PMC4268095.

Natsuizaka M, Kinugasa H, Kagawa S, Whelan KA, Naganuma S, Subramanian H, Chang S, Nakagawa KJ, Rustgi NL, Kita Y, Natsugoe S, Basu D, Gimotty PA, Klein-Szanto AJ, Diehl JA, Nakagawa H. IGFBP3 promotes esophageal cancer growth by suppressing oxidative stress in hypoxic tumor microenvironment. Am J Cancer Res. 2014 ;4(1) :29-41. PMC ID:PMC3902230.

Haenssen KK, Caldwell SA, Shahriari KS, Jackson SR, Whelan KA, Klein-Szanto AJ, Reginato MJ. ErbB2 requires integrin alpha 5 for anoikis resistance via Src regulation of receptor activity in human mammary epithelial cells. Journal of Cell Science. 2010 Apr;123(8) :1373-1382.

Whelan KA (25 publications)