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Cara Lunn Shirai

Washington University in St. Louis
Verified email at wustl.edu
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Resolution of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis after treatment with the JAK1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinib

SR Goldsmith, SSU Rehman, CL Shirai, K Vij… - Blood Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Discussion These 2 cases illustrate the potential role of ruxolitinib as salvage therapy for
refractory HLH exhibiting a rapid and durable clinical benefit. To date, one of the patients has …

[PDF][PDF] Mutant U2AF1-induced alternative splicing of H2afy (macroH2A1) regulates B-lymphopoiesis in mice

SP Kim, SN Srivatsan, M Chavez, CL Shirai, BS White… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Somatic mutations in spliceosome genes are found in ∼50% of patients with myelodysplastic
syndromes (MDS), a myeloid malignancy associated with low blood counts. Expression of …

[HTML][HTML] U2af1 is a haplo-essential gene required for hematopoietic cancer cell survival in mice

…, J Bradley, J Shao, T Ahmed, CL Shirai… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Somatic mutations in the spliceosome gene U2AF1 are common in patients with myelodysplastic
syndromes. U2AF1 mutations that code for the most common amino acid substitutions …

U2AF1 is a haplo-essential gene required for cancer cell survival

…, S Grieb, J Bradley, J Shao, T Ahmed, CL Shirai… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Somatic mutations in the spliceosome gene U2AF1 are common in patients with myelodysplastic
syndromes. U2AF1 mutations that code for the most common amino acid substitutions …

[PDF][PDF] Supplemental Materials for “U2AF1 is a haplo-essential gene required for hematopoietic cancer cell survival in mice”

…, J Liu, S Grieb, J Bradley, J Shao, T Ahmed, CL Shirai… - digitalcommons.wustl.edu
… Fei DL, Zhen T, Durham B, Ferrarone J, Zhang T, Garrett L, et al. Impaired hematopoiesis
and leukemia development in mice with a conditional knock-in allele of a mutant splicing …

[PDF][PDF] Mutant U2AF1 expression alters hematopoiesis and pre-mRNA splicing in vivo

CL Shirai, JN Ley, BS White, S Kim, J Tibbitts, J Shao… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
Heterozygous somatic mutations in the spliceosome gene U2AF1 occur in ∼11% of patients
with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), the most common adult myeloid malignancy. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Mutant U2AF1-expressing cells are sensitive to pharmacological modulation of the spliceosome

CL Shirai, BS White, M Tripathi, R Tapia, JN Ley… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Somatic mutations in spliceosome genes are detectable in ∼50% of patients with myelodysplastic
syndromes (MDS). We hypothesize that cells harbouring spliceosome gene mutations …

[HTML][HTML] Sequencing-based measurable residual disease testing in acute myeloid leukemia

JM Yoest, CL Shirai, EJ Duncavage - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Next generation sequencing (NGS) methods have allowed for unprecedented genomic
characterization of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) over the last several years. Further advances …

Technological features of blast identification in the cerebrospinal fluid: a systematic review of flow cytometry and laboratory haematology methods

JL Frater, CL Shirai, JR Brestoff - International journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) by acute leukemias (ALs) has
important implications for risk stratification and disease outcome. The clinical laboratory …

Preclinical activity of splicing modulators in U2AF1 mutant MDS/AML

CL Shirai, M Tripathi, JN Ley, M Ndonwi, BS White… - Blood, 2015 - Elsevier
Mutations in spliceosome genes are detectable in ~50% of patients with myelodysplastic
syndromes (MDS), making this cellular pathway the most commonly mutated in MDS and …