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Jason Somarelli

Duke University
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[HTML][HTML] Plastic pollution solutions: emerging technologies to prevent and collect marine plastic pollution

…, Z Diana, EF Gunady, D Rittschof, JA Somarelli… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
As plastic waste accumulates in the ocean at alarming rates, the need for efficient and
sustainable remediation solutions is urgent. One solution is the development and mobilization of …

EMT and MET: necessary or permissive for metastasis?

MK Jolly, KE Ware, S Gilja, JA Somarelli… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition ( EMT ) and its reverse mesenchymal‐to‐epithelial
transition ( MET ) have been suggested to play crucial roles in metastatic dissemination of …

[HTML][HTML] Prospective multicenter validation of androgen receptor splice variant 7 and hormone therapy resistance in high-risk castration-resistant prostate cancer: the …

…, G Kemeny, G Galletti, JA Somarelli… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PURPOSE Androgen receptor splice variant 7 (AR-V7) results in a truncated receptor,
which leads to ligand-independent constitutive activation that is not inhibited by anti-androgen …

Hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotypes promote metastasis and therapy resistance across carcinomas

MK Jolly, JA Somarelli, M Sheth, A Biddle… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer metastasis and therapy resistance are the major unsolved clinical challenges, and
account for nearly all cancer-related deaths. Both metastasis and therapy resistance are …

Survival outcomes in cancer patients predicted by a partial EMT gene expression scoring metric

JT George, MK Jolly, S Xu, JA Somarelli, H Levine - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Metastasis is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality for many cancer patients and
remains a major obstacle for effective treatment. In many tissue types, metastasis is fueled …

[HTML][HTML] Atrx deletion impairs CGAS/STING signaling and increases sarcoma response to radiation and oncolytic herpesvirus

…, AL Lazarides, JA Somarelli… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
ATRX is one of the most frequently altered genes in solid tumors, and mutation is especially
frequent in soft tissue sarcomas. However, the role of ATRX in tumor development and …

Cellular migration and invasion uncoupled: increased migration is not an inexorable consequence of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

D Schaeffer, JA Somarelli, G Hanna… - … and cellular biology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Metastatic dissemination requires carcinoma cells to detach from the primary tumor and invade
through the basement membrane. To acquire these characteristics, epithelial tumor cells …

Mesenchymal-epithelial transition in sarcomas is controlled by the combinatorial expression of microRNA 200s and GRHL2

JA Somarelli, S Shetler, MK Jolly, X Wang… - … and cellular biology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Phenotypic plasticity involves a process in which cells transiently acquire phenotypic traits
of another lineage. Two commonly studied types of phenotypic plasticity are epithelial-…

[HTML][HTML] Limb salvage versus amputation in patients with osteosarcoma of the extremities: an update in the modern era using the National Cancer Database

DR Evans, AL Lazarides, JD Visgauss, JA Somarelli… - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background Historically, amputation was the primary surgical treatment for osteosarcoma of
the extremities; however, with advancements in surgical techniques and chemotherapies …

Alternative splicing in multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases

I Evsyukova, JA Somarelli, SG Gregory… - RNA biology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Alternative splicing is a general mechanism for regulating gene expression that affects the
RNA products of more than 90% of human genes. Not surprisingly, alternative splicing is …