Adipocyte-derived lipids mediate melanoma progression via FATP proteins

…, NR Campbell, SC Baksh, T Simon-Vermot, IS Kim… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Advanced, metastatic melanomas frequently grow in subcutaneous tissues and portend a
poor prognosis. Though subcutaneous tissues are largely composed of adipocytes, the …

[HTML][HTML] Microenvironment-derived factors driving metastatic plasticity in melanoma

IS Kim, S Heilmann, ER Kansler, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Cellular plasticity is a state in which cancer cells exist along a reversible phenotypic spectrum,
and underlies key traits such as drug resistance and metastasis. Melanoma plasticity is …

A quantitative system for studying metastasis using transparent zebrafish

…, K Ratnakumar, EM Langdon, ER Kansler, IS Kim… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
Metastasis is the defining feature of advanced malignancy, yet remains challenging to study
in laboratory environments. Here, we describe a high-throughput zebrafish system for …

[PDF][PDF] The stress-like cancer cell state is a consistent component of tumorigenesis

M Baron, M Tagore, MV Hunter, IS Kim, R Moncada… - Cell systems, 2020 - cell.com
Transcriptional profiling of tumors has revealed a stress-like state among the cancer cells
with the concerted expression of genes such as fos, jun, and heat-shock proteins, though this …

Cancer modeling by transgene electroporation in adult zebrafish (TEAZ)

…, A Burger, NR Campbell, IS Kim… - Disease models & …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Transgenic animals are invaluable for modeling cancer genomics, but often require complex
crosses of multiple germline alleles to obtain the desired combinations. Zebrafish models …

A population of stress-like cancer cells in melanoma promotes tumorigenesis and confers drug resistance

M Baron, M Tagore, MV Hunter, IS Kim, R Moncada… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Tumors evolve as independent systems comprising complex survival-ensuring functions,
however the nature of these distinct processes and their recurrence across cancers is not clear. …

[PDF][PDF] Cancer archetypes co-opt and adapt the transcriptional programs of existing cellular states

M Baron, IS Kim, R Moncada, Y Yan, NR Campbell… - bioRxiv, 2018 - scholar.archive.org
13 Tumors evolve as independent systems comprising complex survival-ensuring functions,
14 however the nature of these distinct processes and their recurrence across cancers is not …

Cell state mapping reveals a role for a stress program in melanoma

M Baron, M Tagore, M Hunter, IS Kim, R Moncada… - Cancer Research, 2020 - AACR
Transcriptional profiling has revealed a diverse range of cell states in cancer, but the
function of these various states remains elusive. Using a combination of zebrafish melanoma …

Surgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord metastases: functional outcome and complications—a multicenter study

…, S Telera, M Galarza, GM Callovini, S Isabella… - Neurosurgical …, 2021 - Springer
Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (ISCM) is a rare event in the course of advanced
malignancy. Management of these lesions remains controversial. Recently, surgery for ISCM has …

Mapping neural dynamics underlying saccade preparation and execution and their relation to reaction time and direction errors

S Bells, SL Isabella, DC Brien, BC Coe… - Human brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Our ability to control and inhibit automatic behaviors is crucial for negotiating complex
environments, all of which require rapid communication between sensory, motor, and cognitive …