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Katie L. Hwang

Resident Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Yap reprograms glutamine metabolism to increase nucleotide biosynthesis and enable liver growth

AG Cox, KL Hwang, KK Brown, KJ Evason, S Beltz… - Nature cell …, 2016 - nature.com
The Hippo pathway is an important regulator of organ size and tumorigenesis. It is unclear,
however, how Hippo signalling provides the cellular building blocks required for rapid growth…

Clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic lung cancer treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and thoracic radiotherapy

WL Hwang, A Niemierko, KL Hwang… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| We performed a retrospective cohort study (2013-2016) of patients with metastatic
lung cancer treated with PD-1/PD-L1 (programmed cell death 1/programmed cell death 1 …

Yap regulates glucose utilization and sustains nucleotide synthesis to enable organ growth

AG Cox, A Tsomides, D Yimlamai, KL Hwang… - The EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
The Hippo pathway and its nuclear effector Yap regulate organ size and cancer formation.
While many modulators of Hippo activity have been identified, little is known about the Yap …

Selenoprotein H is an essential regulator of redox homeostasis that cooperates with p53 in development and tumorigenesis

…, AJ Kim, D Saunders, KL Hwang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Selenium, an essential micronutrient known for its cancer prevention properties, is incorporated
into a class of selenocysteine-containing proteins (selenoproteins). Selenoprotein H (…

[PDF][PDF] Prostaglandin E2 regulates liver versus pancreas cell-fate decisions and endodermal outgrowth

…, V Esain, KJ Carroll, GM Frechette, AJ Kim, KL Hwang… - Developmental cell, 2014 - cell.com
The liver and pancreas arise from common endodermal progenitors. How these distinct cell
fates are specified is poorly understood. Here we describe prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ) as a …

[HTML][HTML] The role of radiotherapy in the management of high-grade meningiomas

KL Hwang, WL Hwang, MR Bussière… - Chinese clinical …, 2017 - cco.amegroups.org
Meningiomas account for approximately one-third of primary central nervous system tumors
with a subset that are aggressive and carry significant morbidity and mortality. Treatment of …

The promise of circulating tumor cells for precision cancer therapy

WL Hwang, KL Hwang, DT Miyamoto - Biomarkers in Medicine, 2016 - Future Medicine
The rapidly growing array of therapeutic options in cancer requires informative biomarkers
to guide the rational selection and precision application of appropriate therapies. Circulating …

Baiting for cancer: using the zebrafish as a model in liver and pancreatic cancer

KL Hwang, W Goessling - Cancer and Zebrafish: Mechanisms …, 2016 - Springer
Liver and pancreatic cancers are amongst the leading causes of cancer death. In recent
years, genetic and chemical approaches in zebrafish have elucidated cellular and molecular …

Revisiting MET: Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic, MET‐Amplified Esophagogastric Cancers

SP Chaudhary, EL Kwak, KL Hwang… - The …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Metastatic esophagogastric cancers (EGCs) have a poor prognosis with an
approximately 5% 5‐year survival. Additional treatment approaches are needed. c‐MET gene‐…

Yap reprograms glutamine metabolism and supports growth during liver development and tumorigenesis: 1280

AG Cox, KL Hwang, S Beltz, K Evason, K O'Connor… - Hepatology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The Hippo pathway has recently emerged as a key regulator of organ size and tumor formation;
however, the exact molecular mechanisms leading to enlarged organ size are not well …