Etienne Danis, PhD

Sr. Research Instructor, Biomedical Informatics


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Languages
English, French
Department
Biomedical Informatics

Publications

  • Boulton DP, Hughes CJ, Vaira V, Del Gobbo A, Palleschi A, Locatelli M, Danis E, Raza M, Neumann AJ, Purdy SC, Lerma R, Meshki J, Ford HL, Prekeris R, Morrissey C, Caino MC. MIRO2 promotes cancer invasion and metastasis via MYO9B suppression of RhoA activity. Cell Rep. 2024 Dec 24;44(1):115120. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39723893
  • Wang D, Ritz C, Pierce A, Veo B, Luo Y, Brunt B, Dahl N, Suresh A, Serkova N, Venkataraman S, Danis E, Kus K, Mazan M, Rzymski T, Vibhakar R. Transcriptional Regulation of Protein Synthesis by Mediator Kinase Represents a Therapeutic Vulnerability in MYC-driven Medulloblastoma. Res Sq. 2024 Nov 1. PubMed PMID: 39574899
  • Mills TS, Kain B, Burchill MA, Danis E, Lucas ED, Culp-Hill R, Cowan CM, Schleicher WE, Patel SB, Tran BT, Cao R, Goodspeed A, Ferrara S, Bevers S, Jirón Tamburini BA, Roede JR, D'Alessandro A, King KY, Pietras EM. A distinct metabolic and epigenetic state drives trained immunity in HSC-derived macrophages from autoimmune mice. Cell Stem Cell. 2024 Nov 7;31(11):1630-1649.e8. PubMed PMID: 39413777
  • Iwanaga R, Yamamoto TM, Gomez K, Nguyen LL, Woodruff ER, Post MD, Mikeska RG, Danis E, Danhorn T, Boorgula MP, Mitra SS, Marjon NA, Bitler BG, Brubaker LW. Tumor-Intrinsic Activity of Chromobox 2 Remodels the Tumor Microenvironment in High-grade Serous Carcinoma. Cancer Res Commun. 2024 Aug 1;4(8):1919-1932. PubMed PMID: 38984891
  • Rodriguez-Blanco J, Salvador AD, Suter RK, Swiderska-Syn M, Palomo-Caturla I, Kliebe V, Shahani P, Peterson K, Turos-Cabal M, Vieira ME, Wynn DT, Howell AJ, Yang F, Ban Y, McCrea HJ, Zindy F, Danis E, Vibhakar R, Jermakowicz A, Martin V, Coss CC, Harris BT, de Cubas A, Chen XS, Barnoud T, Roussel MF, Ayad NG, Robbins DJ. Triptolide and its prodrug Minnelide target high-risk MYC-amplified medulloblastoma in preclinical models. J Clin Invest. 2024 Jun 17;134(15). PubMed PMID: 38885332
  • Walker FM, Sobral LM, Danis E, Sanford B, Donthula S, Balakrishnan I, Wang D, Pierce A, Karam SD, Kargar S, Serkova NJ, Foreman NK, Venkataraman S, Dowell R, Vibhakar R, Dahl NA. Rapid P-TEFb-dependent transcriptional reorganization underpins the glioma adaptive response to radiotherapy. Nat Commun. 2024 May 30;15(1):4616. PubMed PMID: 38816355
  • Wang D, Ritz C, Pierce A, Brunt B, Luo Y, Dahl N, Venkataraman S, Danis E, Kus K, Mazan M, Rzymski T, Veo B, Vibhakar R. Transcriptional Regulation of Protein Synthesis by Mediator Kinase in MYC-driven Medulloblastoma. bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 13. PubMed PMID: 38559100
  • Pham-Danis C, Chia SB, Scarborough HA, Danis E, Nemkov T, Kleczko EK, Navarro A, Goodspeed A, Bonney EA, Dinarello CA, Marchetti C, Nemenoff RA, Hansen K, DeGregori J. Inflammation promotes aging-associated oncogenesis in the lung. bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 5. PubMed PMID: 38496448
  • Goodspeed A, Bodlak A, Duffy AB, Nelson-Taylor S, Oike N, Porfilio T, Shirai R, Walker D, Treece A, Black J, Donaldson N, Cost C, Garrington T, Greffe B, Luna-Fineman S, Demedis J, Lake J, Danis E, Verneris M, Adams DL, Hayashi M. Characterization of transcriptional heterogeneity and novel therapeutic targets using single cell RNA-sequencing of primary and circulating Ewing sarcoma cells. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 20. PubMed PMID: 38293103
  • Fry T, DeGolier K, Danis E, D'Antonio M, Cimons J, Yarnell M, Kedl R, Kohler M, Scott-Browne J. Antigen experience history directs distinct functional states of CD8 CAR T cells during the anti-leukemia response. Res Sq. 2023 Dec 21. PubMed PMID: 38196657
  • Wolin AR, Vincent MY, Hotz T, Purdy SC, Rosenbaum SR, Hughes CJ, Hsu JY, Oliphant MUJ, Armstrong B, Wessells V, Varella-Garcia M, Galbraith MD, Pierce A, Wang D, Venkataraman S, Danis E, Veo B, Serkova N, Espinosa JM, Gustafson DL, Vibhakar R, Ford HL. EYA2 tyrosine phosphatase inhibition reduces MYC and prevents medulloblastoma progression. Neuro Oncol. 2023 Dec 8;25(12):2287-2301. PubMed PMID: 37486991
  • Hughes CJ, Fields KM, Danis EP, Hsu JY, Neelakantan D, Vincent MY, Gustafson AL, Oliphant MJ, Sreekanth V, Zaberezhnyy V, Costello JC, Jedlicka P, Ford HL. SIX1 and EWS/FLI1 co-regulate an anti-metastatic gene network in Ewing Sarcoma. Nat Commun. 2023 Jul 19;14(1):4357. PubMed PMID: 37468459
  • Jolly AJ, Lu S, Dubner AM, Strand KA, Mutryn MF, Pilotti-Riley A, Danis EP, Nemenoff RA, Moulton KS, Majesky MW, Weiser-Evans MC. Redistribution of the chromatin remodeler Brg1 directs smooth muscle-derived adventitial progenitor-to-myofibroblast differentiation and vascular fibrosis. JCI Insight. 2023 May 8;8(9). PubMed PMID: 36976650
  • Walker FM, Sobral LM, Danis E, Sanford B, Balakrishnan I, Wang D, Pierce A, Karam SD, Serkova NJ, Foreman NK, Venkataraman S, Dowell R, Vibhakar R, Dahl NA. Rapid PTEFb-dependent transcriptional reorganization underpins the glioma adaptive response to radiotherapy. bioRxiv. 2023 Jan 25. PubMed PMID: 36747867

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Volunteer Activities
Creation and management of the Academia Industry Alliance, an association of graduate students and postdocs organization large networking events between scientists and entrepreneurs from academia and industry. Largest events organized so far: Rocky Mountain BioTechnology Symposium 2015-2016 (250-300 attendees), Life Science Industry Showcase 2016 (300+ attendees), monthly Brews & Biotech Happy Hour 2015-2016 (70-80 attendees).

Public Speaking
Yes