Karakashev S, Zhu H, Yokoyama Y, Zhao B, Fatkhutdinov N, Kossenkov AV, Wilson AJ, Simpkins F, Speicher D, Khabele D, Bitler BG, Zhang R. BET Bromodomain Inhibition Synergizes with PARP Inhibitor in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Cell Rep. 2017 Dec 19;21(12):3398-3405. PubMed PMID: 29262321
Bitler BG, Watson ZL, Wheeler LJ, Behbakht K. PARP inhibitors: Clinical utility and possibilities of overcoming resistance. Gynecol Oncol. 2017 Dec;147(3):695-704. PubMed PMID: 29037806
Bitler BG, Wu S, Park PH, Hai Y, Aird KM, Wang Y, Zhai Y, Kossenkov AV, Vara-Ailor A, Rauscher FJ III, Zou W, Speicher DW, Huntsman DG, Conejo-Garcia JR, Cho KR, Christianson DW, Zhang R. ARID1A-mutated ovarian cancers depend on HDAC6 activity. Nat Cell Biol. 2017 Aug;19(8):962-973. PubMed PMID: 28737768
Wheeler LJ, Watson ZL, Qamar L, Yamamoto TM, Post MD, Berning AA, Spillman MA, Behbakht K, Bitler BG. CBX2 identified as driver of anoikis escape and dissemination in high grade serous ovarian cancer. Oncogenesis. 2018 Nov 26;7(11):92. PubMed PMID: 30478317
Wu S, Fatkhutdinov N, Fukumoto T, Bitler BG, Park PH, Kossenkov AV, Trizzino M, Tang HY, Zhang L, Gardini A, Speicher DW, Zhang R. SWI/SNF catalytic subunits' switch drives resistance to EZH2 inhibitors in ARID1A-mutated cells. Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 8;9(1):4116. PubMed PMID: 30297712
Gordon MA, Babbs B, Cochrane DR, Bitler BG, Richer JK. The long non-coding RNA MALAT1 promotes ovarian cancer progression by regulating RBFOX2-mediated alternative splicing. Mol Carcinog. 2018 Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30294913
Singha B, Harper SL, Goldman AR, Bitler BG, Aird KM, Borowsky ME, Cadungog MG, Liu Q, Zhang R, Jean S, Drapkin R, Speicher DW. CLIC1 and CLIC4 complement CA125 as a diagnostic biomarker panel for all subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer. Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 3;8(1):14725. PubMed PMID: 30282979
Fukumoto T, Park PH, Wu S, Fatkhutdinov N, Karakashev S, Nacarelli T, Kossenkov AV, Speicher DW, Jean S, Zhang L, Wang TL, Shih IM, Conejo-Garcia JR, Bitler BG, Zhang R. Repurposing Pan-HDAC Inhibitors for ARID1A-Mutated Ovarian Cancer. Cell Rep. 2018 Mar 27;22(13):3393-3400. PubMed PMID: 29590609
Karakashev S, Zhu H, Wu S, Yokoyama Y, Bitler BG, Park PH, Lee JH, Kossenkov AV, Gaonkar KS, Yan H, Drapkin R, Conejo-Garcia JR, Speicher DW, Ordog T, Zhang R. CARM1-expressing ovarian cancer depends on the histone methyltransferase EZH2 activity. Nat Commun. 2018 Feb 12;9(1):631. PubMed PMID: 29434212
Fukumoto T, Zhang R, Bitler BG. Epigenetic inhibitors for the precision treatment of ARID1A-mutant ovarian cancers: what are the next steps?. Expert Review of Precision Medicine and Drug Development. ePub 2018 25 Jul.
Yamamoto TM, McMellen A, Watson ZL, Aguilera J, Sikora MJ, Ferguson R, Nurmemmedov E, Thakar T, Moldovan GL, Kim H, Cittelly DM, Wilson H, Behbakht K and Bitler BG. Targeting Wnt Signaling To Overcome PARP Inhibitor Resistance. BioArchive. Epub 2018 Jul 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/378463
Rao DM, Ferguson RL, Yamamoto TM, Bitler BG, and Sikora MJ. WNT4 and WNT3A activate cell autonomous Wnt signaling independent of secretion. Bioarchive. 2018 Sept. 14.
Dahl E, Buj R, Leon K, Newell J, Bitler BG, Snyder N, and Aird KM. Targeting IDH1 as a pro-senescent therapy in high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Bioarchive. 2018 Nov 17.
Watson ZL, Yamamoto TM, McMellen A, Kim H, Hughes CJ, Wheeler LJ, Post MD, Behbakht K, Bitler BG. Histone methyltransferases EHMT1 and EHMT2 (GLP/G9A) maintain PARP inhibitor resistance in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. Clin Epigenetics. 2019 Nov 27;11(1):165. PubMed PMID: 31775874
Rao DM, Shackleford MT, Bordeaux EK, Sottnik JL, Ferguson RL, Yamamoto TM, Wellberg EA, Bitler BG, Sikora MJ. Wnt family member 4 (WNT4) and WNT3A activate cell-autonomous Wnt signaling independent of porcupine O-acyltransferase or Wnt secretion. J Biol Chem. 2019 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31740580
Smith LP, Bitler BG, Richer JK, Christenson JL. Tryptophan catabolism in epithelial ovarian carcinoma. Trends Cancer Res. 2019;14:1-9. PubMed PMID: 31736606
Park PH, Yamamoto TM, Li H, Alcivar AL, Xia B, Wang Y, Bernhardy AJ, Turner KM, Kossenkov AV, Watson ZL, Behbakht K, Casadei S, Swisher EM, Mischel PS, Johnson N, Bitler BG. Amplification of the mutation-carrying BRCA2 allele promotes RAD51 loading and PARP inhibitor resistance in the absence of reversion mutations. Mol Cancer Ther. 2019 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31575654
Wheeler LJ, Watson ZL, Qamar L, Yamamoto TM, Sawyer BT, Sullivan KD, Khanal S, Joshi M, Ferchaud-Roucher V, Smith H, Vanderlinden LA, Brubaker SW, Caino CM, Kim H, Espinosa JM, Richer JK, Bitler BG. Multi-Omic Approaches Identify Metabolic and Autophagy Regulators Important in Ovarian Cancer Dissemination. iScience. 2019 Sep 27;19:474-491. PubMed PMID: 31437751
Ramzan AA, Bitler BG, Hicks D, Barner K, Qamar L, Behbakht K, Powell T, Jansson T, Wilson H. Adiponectin receptor agonist AdipoRon induces apoptotic cell death and suppresses proliferation in human ovarian cancer cells. Mol Cell Biochem. 2019 Nov;461(1-2):37-46. PubMed PMID: 31292831
Yamamoto TM, McMellen A, Watson ZL, Aguilera J, Ferguson R, Nurmemmedov E, Thakar T, Moldovan GL, Kim H, Cittelly DM, Joglar AM, Brennecke EP, Wilson H, Behbakht K, Sikora MJ, Bitler BG. Activation of Wnt signaling promotes olaparib resistant ovarian cancer. Mol Carcinog. 2019 Oct;58(10):1770-1782. PubMed PMID: 31219654
Dahl ES, Buj R, Leon KE, Newell JM, Imamura Y, Bitler BG, Snyder NW, Aird KM. Targeting IDH1 as a Prosenescent Therapy in High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. Mol Cancer Res. 2019 Aug;17(8):1710-1720. PubMed PMID: 31110157
Breed C, Hicks DA, Webb PG, Galimanis CE, Bitler BG, Behbakht K, Baumgartner HK. Ovarian Tumor Cell Expression of Claudin-4 Reduces Apoptotic Response to Paclitaxel. Mol Cancer Res. 2019 Mar;17(3):741-750. PubMed PMID: 30606772
Watson ZL, Bitler BG. Type I Protein Arginine Methyltransferases Overexpression Promotes Transformation and Potentiates Her2/Neu-Driven Tumorigenesis. Cancer Res. 2019 Jan 1;79(1):3-4. PubMed PMID: 30602621
Jordan KR, Sikora MJ, Slansky JE, Minic A, Richer JK, Moroney MR, Hu J, Wolsky RJ, Watson ZL, Yamamoto TM, Costello JC, Clauset A, Behbakht K, Kumar TR, Bitler BG. The Capacity of the Ovarian Cancer Tumor Microenvironment to Integrate Inflammation Signaling Conveys a Shorter Disease-free Interval. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Dec 1;26(23):6362-6373. PubMed PMID: 32928797
McMellen A, Woodruff ER, Corr BR, Bitler BG, Moroney MR. Wnt Signaling in Gynecologic Malignancies. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Jun 16;21(12). PubMed PMID: 32560059
Sawyer BT, Qamar L, Yamamoto TM, McMellen A, Watson ZL, Richer JK, Behbakht K, Schlaepfer IR, Bitler BG. Targeting Fatty Acid Oxidation to Promote Anoikis and Inhibit Ovarian Cancer Progression. Mol Cancer Res. 2020 Jul;18(7):1088-1098. PubMed PMID: 32198139
Li J, Wang W, Zhang Y, Cieslik M, Guo J, Tan M, Green MD, Wang W, Lin H, Li W, Wei S, Zhou J, Li G, Jing X, Vatan L, Zhao L, Bitler B, Zhang R, Cho KR, Dou Y, Kryczek I, Chan TA, Huntsman D, Chinnaiyan AM, Zou W. Epigenetic driver mutations in ARID1A shape cancer immune phenotype and immunotherapy. J Clin Invest. 2020 May 1;130(5):2712-2726. PubMed PMID: 32027624
Clauset A, Behbakht K, Bitler BG. Decoding the dynamic tumor microenvironment. Sci Adv. 2021 Jun;7(23). PubMed PMID: 34088677
Sanders BE, Ku L, Walker P, Bitler BG. Assessing Genetic Variants in Matched Biocompartments From Patients With Serous Ovarian Cancer. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Jan-Dec;20:15330338211027917. PubMed PMID: 34169762
Llerena Cari E, Hagen-Lillevik S, Giornazi A, Post M, Komar AA, Appiah L, Bitler B, Polotsky AJ, Santoro N, Kieft J, Lai K, Johnson J. Integrated stress response control of granulosa cell translation and proliferation during normal ovarian follicle development. Mol Hum Reprod. 2021 Aug 7;27(8). PubMed PMID: 34314477
Steinhart B, Jordan KR, Bapat J, Post MD, Brubaker LW, Bitler BG, Wrobel J. The Spatial Context of Tumor-Infiltrating Immune Cells Associates with Improved Ovarian Cancer Survival. Mol Cancer Res. 2021 Dec;19(12):1973-1979. PubMed PMID: 34615692
Lin J, Guo D, Liu H, Zhou W, Wang C, Müller I, Kossenkov AV, Drapkin R, Bitler BG, Helin K, Zhang R. The SETDB1-TRIM28 Complex Suppresses Antitumor Immunity. Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 Dec;9(12):1413-1424. PubMed PMID: 34848497
Bapat J and Bitler BG. (2021). Chapter: The intersection of anoikis resistance and fatty acid metabolism in cancer. Book - Anoikis - How the extracellular matrix regulates life-or-death decisions. Editor, Frisch S. Publisher, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Sanders BE, Wolsky R, Doughty ES, Wells KL, Ghosh D, Ku L, Pressey JG, Bitler BB, Brubaker LW. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT): A review and novel case with dual germline SMARCA4 and BRCA2 mutations. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2022 Dec;44:101077. PubMed PMID: 36249907
Huang TT, Burkett SS, Tandon M, Yamamoto TM, Gupta N, Bitler BG, Lee JM, Nair JR. Distinct roles of treatment schemes and BRCA2 on the restoration of homologous recombination DNA repair and PARP inhibitor resistance in ovarian cancer. Oncogene. 2022 Nov;41(46):5020-5031. PubMed PMID: 36224341
Holmberg R, Robinson M, Gilbert SF, Lujano-Olazaba O, Waters JA, Kogan E, Velasquez CLR, Stevenson D, Cruz LS, Alexander LJ, Lara J, Mu EM, Camillo JR, Bitler BG, Huxford T, House CD. TWEAK-Fn14-RelB signaling cascade promotes stem cell-like features that contribute to post-chemotherapy ovarian cancer relapse. Mol Cancer Res. 2022 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36214671
McMellen A, Yamamoto TM, Qamar L, Sanders BE, Nguyen LL, Ortiz Chavez D, Bapat J, Berning A, Post MD, Johnson J, Behbakht K, Nurmemmedov E, Chuong EB, Bitler BG. ATF6-mediated signaling contributes to PARP Inhibitor Resistance in Ovarian Cancer. Mol Cancer Res. 2022 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36149636
Liu H, Lin J, Zhou W, Moses R, Dai Z, Kossenkov AV, Drapkin R, Bitler BG, Karakashev S, Zhang R. KDM5A Inhibits Antitumor Immune Responses Through Downregulation of the Antigen-Presentation Pathway in Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res. 2022 Aug 3;10(8):1028-1038. PubMed PMID: 35726891
Seal S, Wrobel J, Johnson AM, Nemenoff RA, Schenk EL, Bitler BG, Jordan KR, Ghosh D. On clustering for cell-phenotyping in multiplex immunohistochemistry (mIHC) and multiplexed ion beam imaging (MIBI) data. BMC Res Notes. 2022 Jun 20;15(1):215. PubMed PMID: 35725622
Vu T, Wrobel J, Bitler BG, Schenk EL, Jordan KR, Ghosh D. SPF: A spatial and functional data analytic approach to cell imaging data. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Jun;18(6):e1009486. PubMed PMID: 35704658
Sanders BE, Yamamoto TM, McMellen A, Woodruff ER, Berning A, Post MD, Bitler BG. Targeting DUSP Activity as a Treatment for High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma. Mol Cancer Ther. 2022 Aug 2;21(8):1285-1295. PubMed PMID: 35587258
Yamamoto TM, Webb PG, Davis DM, Baumgartner HK, Woodruff ER, Guntupalli SR, Neville M, Behbakht K, Bitler BG. Loss of Claudin-4 Reduces DNA Damage Repair and Increases Sensitivity to PARP Inhibitors. Mol Cancer Ther. 2022 Apr 1;21(4):647-657. PubMed PMID: 35373300
Haag JG, Wolsky RJ, Moroney MR, Sheren J, Sheeder J, Bitler BG, Corr BR. Clinicopathologic Evaluation of CTNNB1 Mutations in High-Intermediate Risk Endometrial Endometrioid Carcinoma. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2022 Mar 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35283443
Johnson J, Kim SY, Sam PK, Asokan R, Cari EL, Bales ES, Luu TH, Perez L, Kallen AN, Nel-Themaat L, Polotsky AJ, Post MD, Orlicky DJ, Jordan KR, Bitler BG. Expression and T cell Regulatory Action of the PD-1 Immune Checkpoint in the Ovary and Fallopian Tube. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2022 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36394352
Callaway CS, Mouchantat LM, Bitler BG, Bonetto A. Mechanisms of Ovarian Cancer-Associated Cachexia. Endocrinology. 2023 Nov 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37980602
Seal S, Bitler BG, Ghosh D. SMASH: Scalable Method for Analyzing Spatial Heterogeneity of genes in spatial transcriptomics data. PLoS Genet. 2023 Oct;19(10):e1010983. PubMed PMID: 37862362
Ahmadian M, Rickert C, Minic A, Wrobel J, Bitler BG, Xing F, Angelo M, Hsieh EWY, Ghosh D, Jordan KR. A platform-independent framework for phenotyping of multiplex tissue imaging data. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 Sep;19(9):e1011432. PubMed PMID: 37733781
Bapat J, Yamamoto TM, Woodruff ER, Qamar L, Mikeska RG, Aird KM, Watson ZL, Brubaker LW, Bitler BG. CASC4/GOLM2 drives high grade serous carcinoma anoikis resistance through the recycling of EGFR. Cancer Gene Ther. 2023 Nov 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38030811
Bitler BG, Bailey CA, Yamamoto TM, McMellen A, Kim H, Watson ZL. Targeting BRPF3 moderately reverses olaparib resistance in high grade serous ovarian carcinoma. Mol Carcinog. 2023 Nov;62(11):1717-1730. PubMed PMID: 37493106
Pasquesi GIM, Allen H, Ivancevic A, Barbachano-Guerrero A, Joyner O, Guo K, Simpson DM, Gapin K, Horton I, Nguyen L, Yang Q, Warren CJ, Florea LD, Bitler BG, Santiago ML, Sawyer SL, Chuong EB. Regulation of human interferon signaling by transposon exonization. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 37745311
Corr BR, Moroney MR, Woodruff E, Watson ZL, Jordan KR, Danhorn T, Bailey C, Wolsky RJ, Bitler BG. Combination CDC-like kinase inhibition (CLK)/Dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase (DYRK) and taxane therapy in CTNNB1-mutated endometrial cancer. bioRxiv. 2023 Apr 6. PubMed PMID: 37066339
Johnson J, Kim SY, Sam PK, Asokan R, Cari EL, Bales ES, Luu TH, Perez L, Kallen AN, Nel-Themaat L, Polotsky AJ, Post MD, Orlicky DJ, Jordan KR, Bitler BG. Expression and T cell regulatory action of the PD-1 immune checkpoint in the ovary and fallopian tube. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2023 Mar;89(3):e13649. PubMed PMID: 36394352
Nguyen LL, Watson ZL, Ortega R, Woodruff ER, Jordan KR, Iwanaga R, Yamamoto TM, Bailey CA, Jeong AD, Guntupalli SR, Behbakht K, Gbaja V, Arnoult N, Chuong EB, Bitler BG. Combinatory EHMT and PARP inhibition induces an interferon response and a CD8 T cell-dependent tumor regression in PARP inhibitor-resistant models. bioRxiv. 2023 Feb 23. PubMed PMID: 36865165
Haag JG, Wolsky RJ, Moroney MR, Sheren J, Sheeder J, Bitler BG, Corr BR. Clinicopathologic Evaluation of CTNNB1 Mutations in High-Intermediate Risk Endometrial Endometrioid Carcinoma. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2023 Jan 1;42(1):43-53. PubMed PMID: 35283443
Holmberg R, Robinson M, Gilbert SF, Lujano-Olazaba O, Waters JA, Kogan E, Velasquez CLR, Stevenson D, Cruz LS, Alexander LJ, Lara J, Mu EM, Camillo JR, Bitler BG, Huxford T, House CD. TWEAK-Fn14-RelB Signaling Cascade Promotes Stem Cell-like Features that Contribute to Post-Chemotherapy Ovarian Cancer Relapse. Mol Cancer Res. 2023 Feb 1;21(2):170-186. PubMed PMID: 36214671
Sanders BE, Wolsky R, Doughty ES, Wells KL, Ghosh D, Ku L, Pressey JG, Bitler BB, Brubaker LW. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT): A review and novel case with dual germline SMARCA4 and BRCA2 mutations. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2022 Dec;44:101077. PubMed PMID: 36249907
McMellen A, Yamamoto TM, Qamar L, Sanders BE, Nguyen LL, Ortiz Chavez D, Bapat J, Berning A, Post MD, Johnson J, Behbakht K, Nurmemmedov E, Chuong EB, Bitler BG. ATF6-Mediated Signaling Contributes to PARP Inhibitor Resistance in Ovarian Cancer. Mol Cancer Res. 2023 Jan 3;21(1):3-13. PubMed PMID: 36149636