Shanshan Pei, PhD
Assistant Adjoint Professor, Medicine-Hematology

Publications

• Pei S, Pollyea DA, Gustafson A, Stevens BM, Minhajuddin M, Fu R, Riemondy KA, Gillen AE, Sheridan RM, Kim J, Costello JC, Amaya ML, Inguva A, Winters A, Ye H, Krug A, Jones CL, Adane B, Khan N, Ponder J, Schowinsky J, Abbott D, Hammes A, Myers JR, Ashton JM, Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Gutman JA, Ramsey HE, Savona MR, Smith CA, Jordan CT. Monocytic Subclones Confer Resistance to Venetoclax-Based Therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients. Cancer Discov. 2020 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31974170
• Ye H, Minhajuddin M, Krug A, Pei S, Chou CH, Culp-Hill R, Ponder J, De Bloois E, Schniedewind B, Amaya ML, Inguva A, Stevens BM, Pollyea DA, Christians U, Grimes HL, D'Alessandro A, Jordan CT. The Hepatic Microenvironment Uniquely Protects Leukemia Cells through Induction of Growth and Survival Pathways Mediated by LIPG. Cancer Discov. 2020 Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33028621
• Jones CL, Stevens BM, Pollyea DA, Culp-Hill R, Reisz JA, Nemkov T, Gehrke S, Gamboni F, Krug A, Winters A, Pei S, Gustafson A, Ye H, Inguva A, Amaya M, Minhajuddin M, Abbott D, Becker MW, DeGregori J, Smith CA, D'Alessandro A, Jordan CT. Nicotinamide Metabolism Mediates Resistance to Venetoclax in Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2020 Nov 5;27(5):748-764.e4. PubMed PMID: 32822582
• Stevens BM, Jones CL, Pollyea DA, Culp-Hill R, D’Alessandro A, Winters A, Krug A, Abbott D, Goosman M, Pei S, Gillen AE, Savona MR, Smith C, Jordan CT*. Fatty acid metabolism underlies venetoclax resistance in acute myeloid leukemia stem cells. Nature Cancer. 2020. 1176–1187(2020)
• Gasparetto M, Pei S, Minhajuddin M, Stevens B, Smith CA, Seligman P. Low ferroportin expression in AML is correlated with good risk cytogenetics, improved outcomes and increased sensitivity to chemotherapy. Leuk Res. 2019 May;80:1-10. PubMed PMID: 30852438
• Adane B, Ye H, Khan N, Pei S, Minhajuddin M, Stevens BM, Jones CL, D'Alessandro A, Reisz JA, Zaberezhnyy V, Gasparetto M, Ho TC, Kelly KK, Myers JR, Ashton JM, Siegenthaler J, Kume T, Campbell EL, Pollyea DA, Becker MW, Jordan CT. The Hematopoietic Oxidase NOX2 Regulates Self-Renewal of Leukemic Stem Cells. Cell Rep. 2019 Apr 2;27(1):238-254.e6. PubMed PMID: 30943405
• Jones CL, Stevens BM, D'Alessandro A, Culp-Hill R, Reisz JA, Pei S, Gustafson A, Khan N, DeGregori J, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT. Cysteine depletion targets leukemia stem cells through inhibition of electron transport complex II. Blood. 2019 Jul 25;134(4):389-394. PubMed PMID: 31101624
• Jones CL, Stevens BM, D'Alessandro A, Reisz JA, Culp-Hill R, Nemkov T, Pei S, Khan N, Adane B, Ye H, Krug A, Reinhold D, Smith C, DeGregori J, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT. Inhibition of Amino Acid Metabolism Selectively Targets Human Leukemia Stem Cells. Cancer Cell. 2018 Nov 12;34(5):724-740.e4. PubMed PMID: 30423294
• Pollyea DA, Stevens BM, Jones CL, Winters A, Pei S, Minhajuddin M, D'Alessandro A, Culp-Hill R, Riemondy KA, Gillen AE, Hesselberth JR, Abbott D, Schatz D, Gutman JA, Purev E, Smith C, Jordan CT. Venetoclax with azacitidine disrupts energy metabolism and targets leukemia stem cells in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Nat Med. 2018 Dec;24(12):1859-1866. PubMed PMID: 30420752
• Wang B, Lyu H, Pei S, Song D, Ni J, Liu B. Cladribine in combination with entinostat synergistically elicits anti-proliferative/anti-survival effects on multiple myeloma cells. Cell Cycle. 2018;17(8):985-996. PubMed PMID: 29969371
• Pei S, Minhajuddin M, Adane B, Khan N, Stevens BM, Mack SC, Lai S, Rich JN, Inguva A, Shannon KM, Kim H, Tan AC, Myers JR, Ashton JM, Neff T, Pollyea DA, Smith CA, Jordan CT. AMPK/FIS1-Mediated Mitophagy Is Required for Self-Renewal of Human AML Stem Cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2018 Jul 5;23(1):86-100.e6. PubMed PMID: 29910151