The Fan Lab

Publications:

Fan X* (*: Corresponding Author). Gamma-Secretase inhibitor-resistant glioblastoma stem cells require RBPJ to propagate. Journal of Clinical Investigation. Jul 1;126(7):2415-8, 2016. PMID: 27322058; PMCID: PMC4922718.

Ramaswamy V, Hielscher T, Mack SC, Lassaletta A, Lin T, Pajtler KW, Jones DTW, Luu B, Cavalli FMG, Aldape K, Remke M, Mynarek M, Rutkowski S, Gururangan S, McLendon RE, Lipp ES, Dunham C, Hukin J, Eisenstat DD, Fulton D, van Landeghem FKH, Santi M, van Veelen MLC, Van Meir EG, Osuka S, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Tirapelli DPC, Oba-Shinjo SM, Marie SKN, Carlotti CG, Lee JY, Rao AAN, Giannini C, Faria CC, Nunes S, Mora J, Hamilton RL, Hauser P, Jabado N, Petrecca K, Jung S, Massimi L, Zollo M, Cinalli G, Laszlo B, Klekner A, Hortobagyi T, Leary S, Ermoian RP, Olson JM, Leonard JR, Gardner C, Grajkowska WA, Chambless LB, Cain J, Eberhart CG, Ahsan S, Massimino M, Giangaspero F, Buttarelli FR, Packer RJ, Emery L, Yong WH, Soto H, Liau LM, Everson R, Grossbach A, Shalaby T, Grotzer M, Karajannis MA, Zagzag D,Wheeler H, von Hoff K, Alonso MM, Tunon T, Schuller U, Zitterbart K, Sterba J, Chan JA, Guzman M, Elbabaa SK, Colman H, Dhall G, Fisher PG, Fouladi M, Gajjar A, Goldman S, Hwang E, Kool M, Ladha H, Vera-Bolanos E, Wani K, Lieberman F, Metellus P, Mikkelsen T, Omuro AM, Pollack IF, Prados M, Robins HI, Soffietti R, Wu J, Metellus P,Tabori U, Bartels U, Bouffet E, Hawkins CE, Rutka JT, Dirks P, Pfister SM, Merchant T, Gilbert MR, Armstrong TS, Korshunov A, Ellison DW, Taylor MD. Therapeutic impact of cytoreductive surgery and irradiation of posterior fossa ependymoma in the molecular era: A retrospective multicohort analysis. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Jul 20;34(21):2468-77, 2016. PMID: 27269943.

Thompson EM, Hielscher T, Bouffet E, Remke M, Luu B, Gururangan S, McLendon RE, Bigner DD, Lipp ES, Perreault S, Cho YJ, Grant G, Kim S, Lee J, Rao AA, Giannini C, Li KKW, Ng HK, Yao Y, Kumabe T, Tominaga T, Grajkowska WA, Perek-Polnik M, Low DCY, Seow WT, Chang KTE, Mora J, Pollack IF, Hamilton RL, Leary S, Moore AS, Ingram W, Hallahan AR, Jouvet A, Fvre-Montange M, Vasiljevic A, Faure-Conter C, Shofuda T, Kagawa N, Hashimoto N, Jabado N, Weil AG, Gayden T, Wataya T, Shalaby T, Grotzer M, Zitterbart K, Sterba J, Kren L, Hortobgyi T, Klekner A, Laszlo B, Pocza T, Hauser P, Schuller U, Jung S, Jang WY, French PJ, Kros JM, van Veelen MLC, Massimi L, Leonard JR, Rubin JB, Vibhakar R, Cooper MK, Thompson RC, Faria CC, Carvalho A, Nunes S, Pimentel J, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Lopez-Aguilar E, Lyden D, Shih DJ, Kijima N, Schneider C, Adamski J, Northcott PA, Kool M, Jones DT, Chan JA, Nikolic A, Garre ML, Van Meir EG, Osuka S, Olson JJ, Jahangiri A, Castro BA, Gupta N, Weiss WA, Moxon-Emre I, Mabbott DJ, Lassaletta A, Hawkins CE, Tabori U, Drake J, Kulkarni A, Dirks P, Rutka JT, Korshunov A, Pfister SM, Packer RJ, Ramaswamy V, Taylor MD. Prognostic value of medulloblastoma extent of resection after accounting for molecular subgroup: a retrospective integrated clinical and molecular analysis.The LANCET Oncology, Apr;17(4):484-95, 2016. PMID: 26976201; PMCID: PMC4907853.

Kahlert UD, Cheng M, Koch K, Marchionni L, Fan X, Raabe EH, Maciaczyk J, Glunde K, Eberhart CG. Alterations in cellular metabolome after pharmacological inhibition of Notch in glioblastoma cells. International Journal of Cancer. Mar 1;138(5):1246-55, 2016. PMID: 26422827; PMCID: PMC4772139.

Nie S, Gurrea M, Zhu J, Thakolwiboon S, Heth JA, Muraszko KM, Fan X*, Lubman DM*. Tenascin-C: A Novel Candidate Marker for Cancer Stem Cells in Glioblastoma Identified by Tissue Microarrays. Journal of Proteome Research, Feb 6;14(2):814-22, 2015 (*: Corresponding Author).

Lim KJ, Brandt WD, Heth JA, Muraszko KM, Fan X, Bar EE, and Eberhart CG. Lateral inhibition of Notch signaling in neoplastic cells. Oncotarget, Jan 30;6(3):1666-77, 2015.

Baxter PA, Li Q, Mao H, Kogiso M, Zhao X, Liu Z, Huang Y, Voicu H, Gurusiddappa S, Su JM, Adesina AM, Perlaky L, Dauser RC, Leung HE, Muraszko KM, Heth JA, Fan X, Lau CC, Man TK, Chintagumpala M, and Li XN. Silencing BMI1 Eliminates Tumor Formation of Pediatric Glioma CD133+ Cells Not by Affecting Known Targets But by Down-regulating a Novel Set of Core Genes. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, Dec 20;2:160. 2014.

Spence T, Sin-Chan P, Picard D, Barszczyk M, Hoss K, Lu M, Kim S, Ra Y, Nakamura H, Fangusaro J, Hwang E, Kiehna E, Toledano H, Wang Y, Shi Q, Johnston D, Michaud J, La Spina M, Buccoliero A, Adamek D, Camelo-Piragu S, Collins VP, Jones C, Kabbara N, Jurdi N, Varlet P, Perry A, Scharnhorst D, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Eberhart C, Ng HK, Gururangan S, Van Meter T, Remke M, Lafay-Cousin L, Chan J, Sirachainan N, Pomeroy S, Clifford SC, Gajjar A, Shago M, Halliday W, Taylor MD, Grundy R, Lau CC, Phillips J, Bouffet E, Dirks P, Hawkins CE, Huang AA.CNS-PNETs with C19MC amplification and/or LIN28 expressioncomprise a distinct histogenetic diagnostic and therapeutic entity. Acta Neuropathologica, Aug;128(2):291-303, 2014.

Mack SC, Witt H, Piro RM, Gu L, Zuyderduyn S, Stutz AM, Wang X, Gallo M, Garzia L, Zayne K, Zhang X, Ramaswamy V, Jager N, Jones, DTW, Sill M, Pugh TJ, Ryzhova M, Wani, KM, Shih DJH, Head R, Remke M, Bailey SD, Zichner T, Faria CC, Barszczyk M, Stark S, Seker-Cin H, Hutter S, Johann P, Bender S, Hovestadt V, Tzaridis T, Dubuc AM, Northcott PA, Peacock J, Bertrand KC, Agnihotri S, Cavalli FMG, Clarke I, Nethery-Brokx, K, Creasy CL, Verma SK, Koster J, Wu X, Yao Y, Milde T, Sin-Chan P, Zuccaro J, Lau L, Pereira S, Castelo-Branco P, Hirst M, Marra MA, Roberts SS, Fults D, Massimi L, Cho YJ, Van Meter T, Grajkowska W, Lach B, Kulozik AE, von Deimling A, Witt O, Scherer SW, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Kool M, Pomeroy SL, Gupta N, Phillips J, Huang A, Tabori U1, Hawkins C, Malkin D, Kongkham PN, Weiss WA, Jabado N, Rutka JT, Bouffet E, Korbel JO, Lupien M, Aldape KD, Bader GD, Eils R, Lichter P, Dirks PB, Pfister SM, Korshunov A, Taylor MD. Epigenomic Alterations Define Lethal CIMP positive Ependymomas of Infancy. Nature, Feb 27;506(7489):445-450, 2014.

Shih DJ, Northcott PA, Remke M, Korshunov A, Ramaswamy V, Kool M, Luu B, Yao Y, Wang X, Dubuc A, Garzia L, Peacock J, Mack S, Wu X, Rolider A, Morrissy S, Cavalli F, Jones DT, Zitterbart K, Faria CC, Schuller U, Kren L, Kumabe T, Tominaga T, Ra YS, Garami M, Hauser P, Chan JA, Robinson S, Bogn‡r L, Klekner A, Saad AG, Liau LM, Albrecht S, Fontebasso A, Cinalli G, Iolascon A, Zollo M, Cooper MK, Thompson RC, Bailey S, Lindsey JC, Di Rocco C, Massimi L, Michiels EM, Scherer SW, Gupta N, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Vibhakar R, Eberhart CG, Fouladi M, Lach B, Jung S, Wechsler-Reya RJ, Fvre-Montange M, Jouvet A, Jabado N, Pollack IF, Weiss WA, Cho B, Kim S, Wang K, Leonard JR, Rubin JB, de Torres C, Lavarino C, Mora J, Cho Y, Tabori U, Olson JM, Gajjar A, Packer RJ, Rutkowski S, Pomeroy SL, French PJ, Kloosterhof NK, Kros JM, Van Meir EG, Clifford SC, Delattre O, Doz FF, Reynaud SS, Hawkins CE, Malkin D, Grajkowska WA, Perek-Polnik M, Bouffet E, Rutka JT, Pfister SM, Taylor MD. Cytogenetic Prognostication within Medulloblastoma Subgroups. Journal of Clinical Oncology, [Epub ahead of print], Feb 18, 2014.

Hervey-Jumper SL, Altshuler DB, Wang AC, He X, Maher CO, Robertson PL, Garton HJ, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Camelo-Piragua S. The Role of CD133+ Cells in a Recurrent Embryonal Tumor with Abundant Neuropil and True Rosettes (ETANTR). Brain Pathology, Jan;24(1):45-51, 2014.

He J, Liu Y, Zhu J, Wu J, Nie S, Heth JA, Muraszko KM, Fan X, and Lubman DM. Immunohistochemical Staining, Laser Capture Microdissection and FASP Assisted Proteomic Analysis of Target Cell Populations within Tissue Samples. Electrophoresis, Jun;34(11):1627-36, 2013.

Northcott PA, Shih DJ, Peacock J, Garzia L, Sorana Morrissy A, Zichner T, StŸtz AM, Korshunov A, Reimand J, Schumacher SE, Beroukhim R, Ellison DW, Marshall CR, Lionel AC, Mack S, Dubuc A, Yao Y, Ramaswamy V, Luu B, Rolider A, Cavalli FM, Wang X, Remke M, Wu X, Chiu RY, Chu A, Chuah E, Corbett RD, Hoad GR, Jackman SD, Li Y, Lo A, Mungall KL, Ming Nip K, Qian JQ, Raymond AG, Thiessen N, Varhol RJ, Birol I, Moore RA, Mungall AJ, Holt R, Kawauchi D, Roussel MF, Kool M, Jones DT, Witt H, Fernandez-L A, Kenney AM, Wechsler-Reya RJ, Dirks P, Aviv T, Grajkowska WA, Perek-Polnik M, Haberler CC, Delattre O, Reynaud SS, Doz FF, Pernet-Fattet SS, Cho BK, Kim SK, Wang KC, Scheurlen W, Eberhart CG, Fvre-Montange M, Jouvet A, Pollack IF, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Yancey Gillespie G, Di Rocco C, Massimi L, Michiels EM, Kloosterhof NK, French PJ, Kros JM, Olson JM, Ellenbogen RG, Zitterbart K, Kren L, Thompson RC, Cooper MK, Lach B, McLendon RE, Bigner DD, Fontebasso A, Albrecht S, Jabado N, Lindsey JC, Bailey S, Gupta N, Weiss WA, Bognar L, Klekner A, Van Meter TE, Kumabe T, Tominaga T, Elbabaa SK, Leonard JR, Rubin JB, Liau LM, Van Meir EG, Fouladi M, Nakamura H, Cinalli G, Garami M, Hauser P, Saad AG, Iolascon A, Jung S, Carlotti CG, Vibhakar R, Shin Ra Y, Robinson S, Zollo M, Faria CC, Chan JA, Levy ML, Sorensen PH, Meyerson M, Pomeroy SL, Cho YJ, Bader GD, Tabori U, Hawkins CE, Bouffet E, Scherer SW, Rutka JT, Malkin D, Clifford SC, Jones SJ, Korbel JO, Pfister SM, Marra MA, Taylor MD. Subgroup specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes. Nature, Aug 2;488(7409):49-56, 2012.

Picard D, Miller S, Hawkins CE, Bouffet E, Rogers HA, Chan TS, Kim SK, Ra YS, Fangusaro J, Korshunov A, Toledano H, Nakamura H, Hayden JT, Chan J, Lafay-Cousin L, Hu P, Fan X, Muraszko KM, Pomeroy SL, Lau CC, Ng HK, Jones C, Van Meter T, Clifford SC, Eberhart C, Gajjar A, Pfister SM, Grundy RG, Huang A. Markers of survival and metastatic potential in childhood CNS primitive neuro-ectodermal brain tumours: an integrative genomic analysis. LANCET Oncology. Aug;13(8):838-48, 2012.

He J, Liu Y, Zhu T, Zhu J, Dimeco F, Vescovi AL, Heth JA, Muraszko KM, Fan X*, Lubman DM*. CD90 is identified as a marker for cancer stem cells in primary high-grade gliomas using tissue microarrays. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, Jun;11(6):M111.010744, 2012. (*: Corresponding Author).

Zhu TS, Costello MA, Talsma CE, Flack CG, Crowley JG, Hamm LL, He X, Hervey-Jumper SL, Heth JA, Muraszko KM, DiMeco F, Vescovi AL, and Fan X*. Endothelial cells create a stem cell niche in glioblastoma by providing Notch ligands that nurture self-renewal of cancer stem-like cells. Cancer Research, Sep 15;71(18):6061-72, 2011. (*: Corresponding Author).

Dai L, He J, Liu Y, Byun J, Vivekanandan A, Pennathur S, Fan X*, Lubman DM*. Dose-dependent proteomic analysis of glioblastoma cancer stem cells upon treatment with gamma-secretase inhibitor. Proteomics. Dec;11(23):4529-40, 2011. (*: Corresponding Author).

Dai L, Liu Y, He J, Flack CG, Talsma CE, Crowley JG, Muraszko KM, Fan X*, Lubman DM. Differential profiling studies of N-linked glycoproteins in glioblastoma cancer stem cells upon treatment with gamma-secretase inhibitor. Proteomics. Oct;11(20):4021-8, 2011. (*: Corresponding Author).

Enguita-German M, Gurrea M, Schiapparellia P, Zhu TS, Crowley JG, Hamm LL, Costello MA, He X, Talsma CE, Flack CG, Hervey-Jumper SL, Heth JA, Muraszko KM, Rey JA, Fan X*, and Javier S. Castresana*. KIT expression and methylation in medulloblastoma and PNET cell lines and tumors. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Jun;103(2):247-53, 2011. (*: Corresponding Author).

Shahi MH, Afzal M, Sinha S, Eberhart CG, Rey JA, Fan X, and Castresana JS. Human Hedgehog Interacting protein (HHIP) expression and promoter methylation in medulloblastoma cell lines and primary tumor samples. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Jun;103(2):287-96, 2011.

He J, Liu Y, Zhu TS, Xie X, Costello MA, Talsma CE, Flack CG, Crowley JG, DiMeco F, Vescovi AL, Fan X*, and Lubman DM*. Glycoproteomic Analysis of Glioblastoma Stem Cell Differentiation. Journal of Proteome Research, Jan 7;10(1):330-338, 2011 (*: Corresponding Author).

Shahi MH, Afzal M, Sinha S, Eberhart CG, Rey JA, Fan X, and Castresana JS. Regulation of sonic hedgehog-GLI1 downstream target genes PTCH1, Cyclin D2, Plakoglobin, PAX6 and NKX2.2 and their epigenetic status in major brain tumors. BMC Cancer, Nov 8;10:614, 2010.

He J, Liu Y, Xie X, Zhu T, Soules M, DiMeco F, Vescovi AL, Fan X*, and Lubman DM*. Identification of cell surface glycoprotein markers for glioblastoma-derived stem-like cells using a lectin microarray and LC-MS/MS approach. Journal of Proteome Research, May 7;9(5):2565-72, 2010. (*: Corresponding Author).

Fan X*, Khaki L, Zhu TS, Soules ME, Talsma CE, Gul N, Koh C, Zhang J, Li YM, Maciaczyk J, Nikkhah G, DiMeco F, Piccirillo S, Vescovi AL, Eberhart CG. Notch Pathway Blockade Depletes CD133-Positive Glioblastoma Cells and Inhibits Growth of Tumor Neurospheres and Xenografts. Stem Cells, Jan;28(1):5-16, 2010. (*: Corresponding Author).

Mullendore ME, Koorstra J, Li YM, Offerhaus GJ, Fan X, Henderson CM, Matsui W, Eberhart CG, Maitra A, Feldmann G. Ligand-dependent Notch signaling is involved in tumor initiation and tumor maintenance in pancreatic cancer. Clinical Cancer Research, Apr 1;15(7):2291-301, 2009.

Li Y, Fan X, Goodwin CR, Laterra J, Xia S. Hepatocyte growth factor enhances death receptor-induced apoptosis by up-regulating DR5. BMC Cancer, Nov 7;8(1):325, 2008.

Fan X*, Eberhart CG*. Medulloblastoma Stem Cells. Journal of Clinical Oncology, (Invited Review), Jun 10;26(17):2821-7, 2008. (*: Corresponding Author).

Li T, Wen H, Brayton C, Das P, Smithson LA, Fauq A, Fan X, Crain BJ, Price DL, Golde TE, Eberhart CG, Wong PC. EGFR and notch pathways participate in the tumor suppressor function of gamma -secretase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nov 2;282(44):32264-73, 2007.

Bar EE, Chaudhry A, Lin A, Fan X, Schreck K, Matsui W, Vescovi AL, Piccirillo S, Dimeco F, Olivi A, Eberhart CG. Growth Inhibition of GBM and Glioma-Associated Cancer Stem Cells by Cyclopamine. Stem Cells, Oct;25(10):2524-33, 2007.

Dang L, Fan X (co-first author), Chaudhry A, Wang M, Gaiano N, Eberhart CG. Notch3 Signaling Initiates Choroid Plexus Tumor Formation. Oncogene, Jan 19;25(3):487-91, 2006.

Fan X, Matsui W, Khaki L, Stearns D, Chun J, Li YM, Eberhart CG. Notch Pathway Inhibition Depletes Stem-Like Cells and Blocks Engraftment in Embryonal Brain Tumors. Cancer Research, August 1; 66(15):7445-52, 2006.

Li Y, Lal B, Kwon S, Fan X, Saldanha U, Reznik TE, Kuchner EB, Eberhart C, Laterra J, Abounader R. The scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor: c-met pathway in human embryonal central nervous system tumor malignancy. Cancer Research, Oct 15; 65(20):9355-62, 2005.

Inda MM, Perot C, Guillaud-Bataille M, Danglot G, Rey JA, Bello MJ, Fan X, Eberhart C, Zazpe I, Portillo E, Tunon T, Martinez-Penuela JM, Bernheim A, Castresana JS. Genetic heterogeneity in supratentorial and infratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumours of the central nervous system. Histopathology, Dec; 47(6):631-7, 2005.

Fan X, Mikolaenko I, Elhassan I, Ni X, Wang Y, Ball D, Brat DJ, Perry A, Eberhart CG. Notch1 and Notch2 have opposite effects on embryonal brain tumor growth. Cancer Research, Nov 1;64 (21):7787-93, 2004. (Featured on cover).

Fan X, Wang Y, Kratz J, Brat DJ, Robitaille Y, Moghrabi A, Perlman EJ, Dang CV, Burger PC, Eberhart CG. hTERT gene amplification and increased mRNA expression in central nervous system embryonal tumors. American Journal of Pathology, Jun;162 (6):1763-9, 2003.

Inda MM, Fan X, Munoz J, Perot C, Fauvet D, Danglot G, Palacio A, Madero P, Zazpe I, Portillo E, Tunon T, Martinez-Penuela JM, Alfaro J, Eiras J, Bernheim A, Castresana JS. Chromosomal abnormalities in human glioblastomas: gain in chromosome 7p correlating with loss in chromosome 10q. Molecular Carcinogenesis, Jan;36(1):6-14, 2003.

Fan X, Aalto Y, Sanko SG, Knuutila S, Klatzmann D, Castresana JS.  Genetic profile, PTEN mutation and therapeutic role of PTEN in glioblastomas. International Journal of Oncology, Nov;21(5):1141-50, 2002.

Fan X, Munoz J, Sanko SG, Castresana JS. PTEN, DMBT1, and p16 alterations in diffusely infiltrating astrocytomas. International Journal of Oncology, Sep;21(3):667-74, 2002.

Mercapide J, Zhang SY, Fan X, Furio-Bacete V, Schneider J, Lopez de la Osa I, Patchefsky AS, Klein-Szanto AJ, Castresana JS. CCND1- and ERBB2-gene deregulation and PTEN mutation analyses in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast. Molecular Carcinogenesis, Sep;35(1):6-12, 2002.

Fan X, Inda MM, Tunon T, Castresana JS. Improvement of the methylation specific PCR technical conditions for the detection of p16 promoter hypermethylation in small amounts of tumor DNA. Oncology Reports, 9(1):181-3, 2002.

Fan X, Paetau A, Aalto Y, Valimaki M, Sane T, Poranen A, Castresana JS, Knuutila S. Gain of chromosome 3 and loss of 13q are frequent alterations in pituitary adenomas. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics, 15;128(2):97-103, 2001.

Fan X, Furnari FB, Cavenee WK, Castresana JS. Non-isotopic silver-stained SSCP is more sensitive than automated direct sequencing for the detection of PTEN mutations in a mixture of DNA extracted from normal and tumor cells. International Journal of Oncology, 18(5):1023-6, 2001.

Fan X, Gomez L, Sierrasesumaga L, Nistal M, Castresana JS. Lack of gene amplification as a mechanism of CDK4 activation in human neuroblastoma. Oncology Reports, 6(3):647-650,1999.

Fan X, Gomez L, Nistal M, Sierrasesumaga L, Castresana JS. Differential polymerase chain reaction: a technical comparison of three methods for the detection of CDK4 gene amplification in glioblastomas. International Journal of Oncology, 13(5):963-966,1998.