James Degregori, PhD

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics


Publications

  • Marusyk A, M. Casás-Selves, C. J. Henry, V. Zaberezhnyy, J. Klawitter, U. Christians and J. DeGregori. (2009) Irradiation alters selection for oncogenic mutations in hematopoietic progenitors. Cancer Research 69, 7262-7269.
  • Schlegel J, Redzic JS, Porter CC, Yurchenko V, Bukrinsky M, Armstrong GS, Zhang F, Isern NG, DeGregori J, Hodges R, Eisenmesser EZ. (2009) “Solution characterization of the extracellular region of EMMPRIN/CD147 and its interaction with its enzyme ligand cyclophilin-A”. J Mol Biol., 391(3):518-35.
  • Alvarez D. F., K. Helm, J. DeGregori, M. Roederer, S. Majka (2010). Publishing flow cytometry data. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 298:L127-30.
  • Marusyk A, C. Porter, V. Zaberezhnyy and J. DeGregori (2010). Irradiation selects for p53 deficient hematopoietic progenitors. PLoS Biology, 8:e1000324..
  • Marusyk A, M. Casás-Selves, C. J. Henry, V. Zaberezhnyy, J. Klawitter, U. Christians and J. DeGregori. (2009) Irradiation alters selection for oncogenic mutations in hematopoietic progenitors. Cancer Research 69, 7262-7269.
  • Schlegel J, Redzic JS, Porter CC, Yurchenko V, Bukrinsky M, Armstrong GS, Zhang F, Isern NG, DeGregori J, Hodges R, Eisenmesser EZ. (2009) “Solution characterization of the extracellular region of EMMPRIN/CD147 and its interaction with its enzyme ligand cyclophilin-A”. J Mol Biol., 391(3):518-35.
  • Alvarez D. F., K. Helm, J. DeGregori, M. Roederer, S. Majka (2010). Publishing flow cytometry data. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 298:L127-30.
  • Marusyk A, C. Porter, V. Zaberezhnyy and J. DeGregori (2010). Irradiation selects for p53 deficient hematopoietic progenitors. PLoS Biology, 8:e1000324.
  • Ostrow SL, Barshir R, Degregori J, Yeger-Lotem E, Hershberg R. Cancer evolution is associated with pervasive positive selection on globally expressed genes. PLoS Genet. 2014 Mar;10(3):e1004239. PubMed PMID: 24603726
  • Le, O., F. Rodier, F. Fontaine, J-P. Coppe, J. Campisi, J. DeGregori, C. Laverdière, V. Kokta, E. Haddad and C. M. Beauséjour. Ionizing radiation-induced long-term expression of senescence markers in mice is independent of p53 and immune status. Aging Cell, 9, 398–409. Gregory, M., T. Phang, P. Neviani, F. Alvarez-Calderon, V. Zaberezhnyy, R. Williams, T. O’Hare, C. Eide, B. Druker, D. Perrotti and J. DeGregori. Wnt/Ca2+/NFAT signaling maintains survival of Ph+ leukemia cells upon inhibition of Bcr-Abl. Cancer Cell, 18, 74-87.
  • Wie SM, Adwan TS, Degregori J, Anderson SM, Reyland ME. Inhibiting Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Protein Kinase Cd (PKCd) Protects the Salivary Gland from Radiation Damage. J Biol Chem. 2014 Feb 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24569990
  • Bui, M.R., V. Hodson, T. King, D. Leopold, S. Dai, V. Fiolkoski, S. Oakes, R. Duke, D. Apelian, A. Franzusoff, and J. DeGregori (2010). Mutation Specific Control of BCR-ABL T315I Positive Leukemia with a Recombinant Yeast-Based Therapeutic Vaccine in a Murine Model. Vaccine, 28:6028-35.
  • Henry, C.J., A. Marusyk, B. Adane, V. Zaberezhnyy and J. DeGregori (2010). Declining lymphoid progenitor fitness promotes aging-associated leukemogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 107: 21713-21718.
  • Yang X, La Rosa FG, Genova EE, Huber K, Schaack J, Degregori J, Serkova NJ, Li Y, Su LJ, Kessler E, Flaig TW. Simultaneous activation of Kras and inactivation of p53 induces soft tissue sarcoma and bladder urothelial hyperplasia. PLoS One. 2013;8(9):e74809. PubMed PMID: 24058630
  • Spreafico A, Tentler JJ, Pitts TM, Tan AC, Gregory MA, Arcaroli JJ, Klauck PJ, McManus MC, Hansen RJ, Kim J, Micel LN, Selby HM, Newton TP, McPhillips KL, Gustafson DL, Degregori JV, Messersmith WA, Winn RA, Eckhardt SG. Rational combination of a MEK inhibitor, selumetinib, and the Wnt/calcium pathway modulator, cyclosporin A, in preclinical models of colorectal cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Aug 1;19(15):4149-62. PubMed PMID: 23757356
  • Schaack, J., Bennett, M.L., Shapiro, G., DeGregori, J., McManaman, J.L, and Moorhead, J.W. (2011) Strong Foreign Promoters Contribute to Innate Inflammatory Responses Induced by Adenovirus Transducing Vectors. Virology, 28:6028-35..
  • Singleton KR, Kim J, Hinz TK, Marek LA, Casás-Selves M, Hatheway C, Tan AC, DeGregori J, Heasley LE. A receptor tyrosine kinase network composed of fibroblast growth factor receptors, epidermal growth factor receptor, v-erb-b2 erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog 2, and hepatocyte growth factor receptor drives growth and survival of head and neck squamous carcinoma cell lines. Mol Pharmacol. 2013 Apr;83(4):882-93. PubMed PMID: 23371912
  • Porter, C.C., D. Baturin, R. Choudhary and J. DeGregori (2011). The relative fitness of hematopoietic progenitors influences leukemia progression. Leukemia, 25:891-5.
  • Porter, C.C., J. Kim, S. Fosmire, C. M. Gearheart, A. van Linden, D. Baturin, V. Zaberezhnyy, P. R. Patel, D. Gao, A. C. Tan, and J. DeGregori (2011). Integrated genomic analyses identify WEE1 as a critical mediator of cell fate and novel therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia, in press.
  • Fleenor, C., A. Marusyk and J. DeGregori (2010). Ionizing radiation and hematopoietic malignancies: altering the adaptive landscape. Cell Cycle, 9(15):3005-11.
  • DeGregori, J. (2011). Evolved tumor suppression: why are we so good at not getting cancer? (Perspective) Cancer Research, 71: 3739-3744.
  • Henry, C.J., A. Marusyk, and J. DeGregori (2011). Aging-Associated Changes in Hematopoiesis and Leukemogenesis: What’s the Connection? (Review) Aging 3:643-56.
  • Gore L, DeGregori J, Porter CC. Targeting developmental pathways in children with cancer: what price success?. Lancet Oncol. 2013 Feb;14(2):e70-8. PubMed PMID: 23369685
  • Alvarez-Calderon F, Gregory MA, DeGregori J. Using functional genomics to overcome therapeutic resistance in hematological malignancies. Immunol Res. 2013 Mar;55(1-3):100-15. PubMed PMID: 22941562
  • DeGregori, J. (2011). A new role for E2F1 in DNA repair: all for the greater good. (Highlight) Cell Cycle. 10:1716.
  • DeGregori J. Challenging the axiom: does the occurrence of oncogenic mutations truly limit cancer development with age?. Oncogene. 2013 Apr 11;32(15):1869-75. PubMed PMID: 22751134
  • Casás-Selves, M. and J. DeGregori (2011). How cancer shapes evolution, and how evolution shapes cancer. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 4:624–634.
  • Henry CJ, Sedjo RL, Rozhok A, Salstrom J, Ahnen D, Levin TR, D'Agostino R Jr, Haffner S, DeGregori J, Byers T. Lack of significant association between serum inflammatory cytokine profiles and the presence of colorectal adenoma. BMC Cancer. 2015;15(1):1115. PubMed PMID: 25777438
  • Casas-Selves, M., Kim, J., Zhang, Z., Helfrich, B., Gao, D., Porter, C. C., Bunn, P. A., Chan, D. C., Tan, A. C., and DeGregori, J. Genome wide shRNA screens reveal that tankyrase and the canonical Wnt pathway protects lung cancer cells from EGFR inhibition. Submitted. (provisionally accepted by Cancer Research, but may be couple of weeks before final decision)
  • Rozhok AI, Salstrom JL, DeGregori J. Stochastic modeling indicates that aging and somatic evolution in the hematopoetic system are driven by non-cell-autonomous processes. Aging (Albany NY). 2014 Dec;6(12):1033-48. PubMed PMID: 25564763
  • Casas-Selves M, Kim J, Zhang Z, Helfrich BA, Gao D, Porter CC, Scarborough HA, Bunn PA, Jr., Chan DC, Tan AC, DeGregori J (2012). Tankyrase and the canonical Wnt pathway protect lung cancer cells from EGFR inhibition. Cancer Res, 72:4154-64.
  • Alvarez-Calderon F, Gregory MA, Pham-Danis C, DeRyckere D, Stevens BM, Zaberezhnyy V, Hill AA, Gemta L, Kumar A, Kumar V, Wempe MF, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT, Serkova NJ, Graham DK, DeGregori J. Tyrosine kinase inhibition in leukemia induces an altered metabolic state sensitive to mitochondrial perturbations. Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Mar 15;21(6):1360-72. PubMed PMID: 25547679
  • Scarborough HA, Bunn PA Jr, DeGregori J. Personalized one-two punches for lung cancer. Cell Res. 2015 Mar;25(3):269-70. PubMed PMID: 25547118
  • Sullivan KD, Padilla-Just N, Henry RE, Porter CC, Kim J, Tentler JJ, Eckhardt SG, Tan AC, DeGregori J, Espinosa JM. (2012) ATM and MET kinases are synthetic lethal with nongenotoxic activation of p53. Nature Chem Biol, 8:646-54.
  • Fleenor CJ, Rozhok AI, Zaberezhnyy V, Mathew D, Kim J, Tan AC, Bernstein ID, DeGregori J. Contrasting Roles for C/EBPa and Notch in Irradiation-Induced Multipotent Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Defects. Stem Cells. 2015 Apr;33(4):1345-58. PubMed PMID: 25546133
  • Singleton, K. R., Kim, J., Hinz, T. K., Marek, L. A., Casas-Selves, M., Hatheway, C., Tan, A. C., Degregori, J., and Heasley, L. E. (2013). A Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Network Comprised of FGFRs, EGFR, ERBB2 and MET Drives Growth and Survival of Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Cell Lines. Molecular pharmacology, in press.
  • DeGregori J. (2013) Challenging the axiom: Does the occurrence of oncogenic mutations truly limit cancer development with age? Oncogene, 32, 1869–1875 (ePub, June 2012).
  • Gardner LA, Klawitter J, Gregory MA, Zaberezhnyy V, Baturin D, Pollyea DA, Takebe N, Christians U, Gore L, DeGregori J, Porter CC. Inhibition of calcineurin combined with dasatinib has direct and indirect anti-leukemia effects against BCR-ABL1( ) leukemia. Am J Hematol. 2014 Sep;89(9):896-903. PubMed PMID: 24891015
  • Alvarez-Calderon, F., Gregory, M. A., and Degregori, J. (2013). Using functional genomics to overcome therapeutic resistance in hematological malignancies. Immunologic Research 55, 100-115.
  • Aghili L, Foo J, DeGregori J, De S. Patterns of somatically acquired amplifications and deletions in apparently normal tissues of ovarian cancer patients. Cell Rep. 2014 May 22;7(4):1310-9. PubMed PMID: 24794429
  • Gore, L., Degregori, J., and Porter, C. C. (2013). Targeting developmental pathways in children with cancer: what price success? The Lancet Oncology 14, e70-78.
  • Ostrow SL, Barshir R, DeGregori J, Yeger-Lotem E, Hershberg R. Cancer evolution is associated with pervasive positive selection on globally expressed genes. PLoS Genet. 2014 Mar;10(3):e1004239. PubMed PMID: 24603726
  • Wie SM, Adwan TS, DeGregori J, Anderson SM, Reyland ME. Inhibiting tyrosine phosphorylation of protein kinase Cd (PKCd) protects the salivary gland from radiation damage. J Biol Chem. 2014 Apr 11;289(15):10900-8. PubMed PMID: 24569990
  • Rozhok AI, Salstrom JL, DeGregori J. Stochastic modeling reveals an evolutionary mechanism underlying elevated rates of childhood leukemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jan 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26755588
  • Henry CJ, Casás-Selves M, Kim J, Zaberezhnyy V, Aghili L, Daniel AE, Jimenez L, Azam T, McNamee EN, Clambey ET, Klawitter J, Serkova NJ, Tan AC, Dinarello CA, DeGregori J. Aging-associated inflammation promotes selection for adaptive oncogenic events in B cell progenitors. J Clin Invest. 2015 Dec 1;125(12):4666-80. PubMed PMID: 26551682
  • Fleenor CJ, Higa K, Weil MM, DeGregori J. Evolved Cellular Mechanisms to Respond to Genotoxic Insults: Implications for Radiation-Induced Hematologic Malignancies. Radiat Res. 2015 Oct;184(4):341-51. PubMed PMID: 26414506
  • Rozhok AI, DeGregori J. Toward an evolutionary model of cancer: Considering the mechanisms that govern the fate of somatic mutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jul 21;112(29):8914-21. PubMed PMID: 26195756
  • Zhang G, Scarborough H, Kim J, Rozhok AI, Chen YA, Zhang X, Song L, Bai Y, Fang B, Liu RZ, Koomen J, Tan AC, Degregori J, Haura EB. Coupling an EML4-ALK-centric interactome with RNA interference identifies sensitizers to ALK inhibitors. Sci Signal. 2016 Oct 18;9(450):rs12. PubMed PMID: 27811184
  • Gregory MA, D'Alessandro A, Alvarez-Calderon F, Kim J, Nemkov T, Adane B, Rozhok AI, Kumar A, Kumar V, Pollyea DA, Wempe MF, Jordan CT, Serkova NJ, Tan AC, Hansen KC, DeGregori J. ATM/G6PD-driven redox metabolism promotes FLT3 inhibitor resistance in acute myeloid leukemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Oct 25;113(43):E6669-E6678. PubMed PMID: 27791036
  • Rozhok AI, Wahl GM, DeGregori J. A Critical Examination of the "Bad Luck" Explanation of Cancer Risk. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2015 Sep;8(9):762-4. PubMed PMID: 26122457
  • Scarborough HA, Helfrich BA, Casás-Selves M, Schuller AG, Grosskurth SE, Kim J, Tan AC, Chan DC, Zhang Z, Zaberezhnyy V, Bunn PA, DeGregori J. AZ1366: An Inhibitor of Tankyrase and the Canonical Wnt Pathway that Limits the Persistence of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells Following EGFR Inhibition. Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27663586
  • Sullivan KD, Lewis HC, Hill AA, Pandey A, Jackson LP, Cabral JM, Smith KP, Liggett LA, Gomez EB, Galbraith MD, DeGregori J, Espinosa JM. Trisomy 21 consistently activates the interferon response. Elife. 2016 Jul 29;5. PubMed PMID: 27472900
  • Henry CJ, Sedjo RL, Rozhok A, Salstrom J, Ahnen D, Levin TR, D'Agostino R Jr, Haffner S, DeGregori J, Byers T. Lack of significant association between serum inflammatory cytokine profiles and the presence of colorectal adenoma. BMC Cancer. 2015 Mar 14;15:123. PubMed PMID: 25884547
  • Alvarez-Calderon F, DeGregori J. Oncogenic drivers and mitochondrial dependency. Aging (Albany NY). 2015 Mar;7(3):148-9. PubMed PMID: 25868642
  • Avasarala S, Van Scoyk M, Karuppusamy Rathinam MK, Zerayesus S, Zhao X, Zhang W, Pergande MR, Borgia JA, DeGregori J, Port JD, Winn RA, Bikkavilli RK. PRMT1 Is a Novel Regulator of Epithelial-Mesenchymal-Transition in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. J Biol Chem. 2015 May 22;290(21):13479-89. PubMed PMID: 25847239
  • Alvarez-Calderon F, Gregory MA, Pham-Danis C, DeRyckere D, Stevens BM, Zaberezhnyy V, Hill AA, Gemta L, Kumar A, Kumar V, Wempe MF, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT, Serkova NJ, Graham DK, DeGregori J. Tyrosine kinase inhibition in leukemia induces an altered metabolic state sensitive to mitochondrial perturbations. Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Mar 15;21(6):1360-72. PubMed PMID: 25547679
  • Fernández-Cabezudo MJ, Faour I, Jones K, Champagne DP, Jaloudi MA, Mohamed YA, Bashir G, Almarzooqi S, Albawardi A, Hashim MJ, Roberts TS, El-Salhat H, El-Taji H, Kassis A, O'Sullivan DE, Christensen BC, DeGregori J, Al-Ramadi BK, Rincon M. Deficiency of mitochondrial modulator MCJ promotes chemoresistance in breast cancer. JCI Insight. 2016 May 19;1(7). PubMed PMID: 27275014
  • Scarborough HA, Bunn PA Jr, DeGregori J. Personalized one-two punches for lung cancer. Cell Res. 2015 Mar;25(3):269-70. PubMed PMID: 25547118
  • Yadav VK, DeGregori J, De S. The landscape of somatic mutations in protein coding genes in apparently benign human tissues carries signatures of relaxed purifying selection. Nucleic Acids Res. 2016 Mar 18;44(5):2075-84. PubMed PMID: 26883632
  • Fleenor CJ, Rozhok AI, Zaberezhnyy V, Mathew D, Kim J, Tan AC, Bernstein ID, DeGregori J. Contrasting roles for C/EBPa and Notch in irradiation-induced multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cell defects. Stem Cells. 2015 Apr;33(4):1345-58. PubMed PMID: 25546133
  • Rozhok AI, Salstrom JL, DeGregori J. Stochastic modeling reveals an evolutionary mechanism underlying elevated rates of childhood leukemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jan 26;113(4):1050-5. PubMed PMID: 26755588
  • Gregory MA, Nemkov T, Reisz JA, Zaberezhnyy V, Hansen KC, D'Alessandro A, DeGregori J. Glutaminase inhibition improves FLT3 inhibitor therapy for acute myeloid leukemia. Exp Hematol. 2017 Sep 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28947392
  • Henry CJ, Nemkov T, Casás-Selves M, Bilousova G, Zaberezhnyy V, Higa KC, Serkova NJ, Hansen KC, D'Alessandro A, DeGregori J. Folate dietary insufficiency and folic acid supplementation similarly impair metabolism and compromise hematopoiesis. Haematologica. 2017 Dec;102(12):1985-1994. PubMed PMID: 28883079
  • DeGregori J. Connecting Cancer to Its Causes Requires Incorporation of Effects on Tissue Microenvironments. Cancer Res. 2017 Nov 15;77(22):6065-6068. PubMed PMID: 28754675
  • Liggett LA, DeGregori J. Changing mutational and adaptive landscapes and the genesis of cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017 Apr;1867(2):84-94. PubMed PMID: 28167050
  • Scarborough HA, Helfrich BA, Casás-Selves M, Schuller AG, Grosskurth SE, Kim J, Tan AC, Chan DC, Zhang Z, Zaberezhnyy V, Bunn PA, DeGregori J. AZ1366: An Inhibitor of Tankyrase and the Canonical Wnt Pathway that Limits the Persistence of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells Following EGFR Inhibition. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Mar 15;23(6):1531-1541. PubMed PMID: 27663586
  • Oliphant MUJ, Vincent MY, Galbraith MD, Pandey A, Zaberezhnyy V, Rudra P, Johnson KR, Costello JC, Ghosh D, DeGregori J, Espinosa JM, Ford HL. SIX2 Mediates Late-Stage Metastasis via Direct Regulation of SOX2 and Induction of a Cancer Stem Cell Program. Cancer Res. 2019 Feb 15;79(4):720-734. PubMed PMID: 30606720
  • 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
  • Tippimanchai DD, Nolan K, Poczobutt J, Verzosa G, Li H, Scarborough H, Huang J, Young C, DeGregori J, Nemenoff RA, Malkoski SP. Adenoviral vectors transduce alveolar macrophages in lung cancer models. Oncoimmunology. 2018;7(6):e1438105. PubMed PMID: 29872579
  • Pilling AB, Kim J, Estrada-Bernal A, Zhou Q, Le AT, Singleton KR, Heasley LE, Tan AC, DeGregori J, Doebele RC. ALK is a critical regulator of the MYC-signaling axis in ALK positive lung cancer. Oncotarget. 2018 Feb 6;9(10):8823-8835. PubMed PMID: 29507657
  • Gregory MA, Nemkov T, Reisz JA, Zaberezhnyy V, Hansen KC, D'Alessandro A, DeGregori J. Glutaminase inhibition improves FLT3 inhibitor therapy for acute myeloid leukemia. Exp Hematol. 2018 Feb;58:52-58. PubMed PMID: 28947392
  • Somarelli JA, Gardner H, Cannataro VL, Gunady EF, Boddy AM, Johnson NA, Fisk JN, Gaffney SG, Chuang JH, Li S, Ciccarelli FD, Panchenko AR, Megquier K, Kumar S, Dornburg A, DeGregori J, Townsend JP. Molecular biology and evolution of cancer: from discovery to action. Mol Biol Evol. 2019 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31642480
  • Rozhok A, DeGregori J. Somatic maintenance impacts the evolution of mutation rate. BMC Evol Biol. 2019 Aug 23;19(1):172. PubMed PMID: 31443631
  • Pham-Danis C, DeGregori J. Studying Cancer Evolution and Therapeutic Responses in Different Organs: The Pros and Cons of a Broad Focus. Cancer Res. 2019 Sep 15;79(18):4582-4584. PubMed PMID: 31439547
  • Liggett LA, Sharma A, De S, DeGregori J. FERMI: A Novel Method for Sensitive Detection of Rare Mutations in Somatic Tissue. G3 (Bethesda). 2019 Sep 4;9(9):2977-2987. PubMed PMID: 31352405
  • Guida JL, Ahles TA, Belsky D, Campisi J, Cohen HJ, DeGregori J, Fuldner R, Ferrucci L, Gallicchio L, Gavrilov L, Gavrilova N, Green PA, Jhappan C, Kohanski R, Krull K, Mandelblatt J, Ness KK, O'Mara A, Price N, Schrack J, Studenski S, Theou O, Tracy RP, Hurria A. Measuring Aging and Identifying Aging Phenotypes in Cancer Survivors. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 Dec 1;111(12):1245-1254. PubMed PMID: 31321426
  • Davizon-Castillo P, McMahon B, Aguila S, Bark D, Ashworth K, Allawzi A, Campbell RA, Montenont E, Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Clendenen N, Shih L, Sanders NA, Higa K, Cox A, Padilla-Romo Z, Hernandez G, Wartchow E, Trahan GD, Nozik-Grayck E, Jones K, Pietras EM, DeGregori J, Rondina MT, Di Paola J. TNF-a-driven inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction define the platelet hyperreactivity of aging. Blood. 2019 Aug 29;134(9):727-740. PubMed PMID: 31311815
  • 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
  • Rozhok A, DeGregori J. A generalized theory of age-dependent carcinogenesis. Elife. 2019 Apr 29;8. PubMed PMID: 31034356
  • Bilousova G, DeGregori J. Elimination of unfit cells in young and ageing skin. Nature. 2019 Apr;568(7752):318-319. PubMed PMID: 30980033
  • Gregory MA, Nemkov T, Park HJ, Zaberezhnyy V, Gehrke S, Adane B, Jordan CT, Hansen KC, D'Alessandro A, DeGregori J. Targeting Glutamine Metabolism and Redox State for Leukemia Therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Jul 1;25(13):4079-4090. PubMed PMID: 30940653
  • Higa KC, DeGregori J. Decoy fitness peaks, tumor suppression, and aging. Aging Cell. 2019 Jun;18(3):e12938. PubMed PMID: 30848555
  • Pham-Danis C, Gehrke S, Danis E, Rozhok AI, Daniels MW, Gao D, Collins C, Paola JTD, D'Alessandro A, DeGregori J. Urea Cycle Sustains Cellular Energetics upon EGFR Inhibition in EGFR-Mutant NSCLC. Mol Cancer Res. 2019 Jun;17(6):1351-1364. PubMed PMID: 30808730
  • 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. 2019 Feb 11;35(2):333-335. PubMed PMID: 30753831
  • Oliphant MUJ, Vincent MY, Galbraith MD, Pandey A, Zaberezhnyy V, Rudra P, Johnson KR, Costello JC, Ghosh D, DeGregori J, Espinosa JM, Ford HL. SIX2 Mediates Late-Stage Metastasis via Direct Regulation of SOX2 and Induction of a Cancer Stem Cell Program. Cancer Res. 2019 Feb 15;79(4):720-734. PubMed PMID: 30606720
  • De Dominici M, DeGregori J. Shedding Light on Mutant Clonal Dynamics and Cancer Risk in the Skin. Cancer Discov. 2021 Feb;11(2):227-229. PubMed PMID: 33531425
  • Hamilton JAG, Lee MY, Hunter R, Ank RS, Story JY, Talekar G, Sisroe T, Ballak DB, Fedanov A, Porter CC, Eisenmesser EZ, Dinarello CA, Raikar SS, DeGregori J, Henry CJ. Interleukin-37 improves T-cell-mediated immunity and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in aged backgrounds. Aging Cell. 2021 Jan 22;:e13309. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33480151
  • Ciccarelli FD, DeGregori J. Approaching Cancer Evolution from Different Angles. iScience. 2020 Nov 20;23(11):101661. PubMed PMID: 33134891
  • DeGregori J, Pharoah P, Sasieni P, Swanton C. Cancer Screening, Surrogates of Survival, and the Soma. Cancer Cell. 2020 Oct 12;38(4):433-437. PubMed PMID: 32946774
  • 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
  • DeGregori J. The special issue on cancer and evolution: Lessons learned. Evol Appl. 2020 Aug;13(7):1784-1790. PubMed PMID: 32821282
  • Rozhok AI, DeGregori J. The three dimensions of somatic evolution: Integrating the role of genetic damage, life-history traits, and aging in carcinogenesis. Evol Appl. 2020 Aug;13(7):1569-1580. PubMed PMID: 32821273
  • Rozhok AI, Silberman RE, Higa KC, Liggett LA, Amon A, DeGregori J. A somatic evolutionary model of the dynamics of aneuploid cells during hematopoietic reconstitution. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 22;10(1):12198. PubMed PMID: 32699207
  • DeGregori J. Aging, inflammation, and HSC. Blood. 2020 Jul 9;136(2):153-154. PubMed PMID: 32645167
  • Laconi E, Marongiu F, DeGregori J. Cancer as a disease of old age: changing mutational and microenvironmental landscapes. Br J Cancer. 2020 Mar;122(7):943-952. PubMed PMID: 32042067
  • DeGregori J. Of mice, genes and aging. Haematologica. 2020;105(2):246-248. PubMed PMID: 32005650
  • Somarelli JA, Gardner H, Cannataro VL, Gunady EF, Boddy AM, Johnson NA, Fisk JN, Gaffney SG, Chuang JH, Li S, Ciccarelli FD, Panchenko AR, Megquier K, Kumar S, Dornburg A, DeGregori J, Townsend JP. Molecular Biology and Evolution of Cancer: From Discovery to Action. Mol Biol Evol. 2020 Feb 1;37(2):320-326. PubMed PMID: 31642480
  • Evans EJ Jr, DeGregori J. Cells with Cancer-associated Mutations Overtake Our Tissues as We Age. Aging Cancer. 2021 Sep;2(3):82-97. PubMed PMID: 34888527
  • Chia SB, DeGregori J. Cancer stem cells in the gut have a bad influence on neighbouring cells. Nature. 2021 Jun;594(7863):340-341. PubMed PMID: 34079113
  • Higa KC, Goodspeed A, Chavez JS, De Dominici M, Danis E, Zaberezhnyy V, Rabe JL, Tenen DG, Pietras EM, DeGregori J. Chronic interleukin-1 exposure triggers selection for Cebpa-knockout multipotent hematopoietic progenitors. J Exp Med. 2021 Jun 7;218(6). PubMed PMID: 33914855
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