Neutrophil extracellular traps contribute to immunothrombosis in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome

…, AF Caulin, A Iovino, LM Abegglen… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
COVID-19 affects millions of patients worldwide, with clinical presentation ranging from
isolated thrombosis to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring ventilator support. …

Potential mechanisms for cancer resistance in elephants and comparative cellular response to DNA damage in humans

LM Abegglen, AF Caulin, A Chan, K Lee, R Robinson… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Evolutionary medicine may provide insights into human physiology and
pathophysiology, including tumor biology. Objective To identify mechanisms for cancer resistance in …

[PDF][PDF] Comparative oncology: New insights into an ancient disease

AM Boddy, TM Harrison, LM Abegglen - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer has deep evolutionary roots and is an important source of selective pressure in
organismal evolution. Yet, we find a great deal of variation in cancer vulnerabilities across the …

Elephant genomes reveal accelerated evolution in mechanisms underlying disease defenses

…, C Gregg, JD Schiffman, LM Abegglen - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Disease susceptibility and resistance are important factors for the conservation of endangered
species, including elephants. We analyzed pathology data from 26 zoos and report that …

[HTML][HTML] DNA copy number analysis of Grade II–III and Grade IV gliomas reveals differences in molecular ontogeny including chromothripsis associated with IDH …

…, L Heathcock, ST South, LM Abegglen… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation status and grade define subgroups of
diffuse gliomas differing based on age, tumor location, presentation, and prognosis. While …

Evolutionary determinants of curability in cancer

…, NM deSouza, R Natrajan, LM Abegglen… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
The emergence of drug-resistant cells, most of which have a mutated TP53 gene, prevents
curative treatment in most advanced and common metastatic cancers of adults. Yet, a few, …

[HTML][HTML] Bridging clinic and wildlife care with AI-powered pan-species computational pathology

…, H Davidson, AM Boddy, LM Abegglen, L Minoli… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
… In the cohort 0, the round-cell tumour types were identified in the dog (Canis l. familiaris),
the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophillus harrisii), the pygmy goat (Capra hircus), and the ring-tailed …

Lifetime cancer prevalence and life history traits in mammals

AM Boddy, LM Abegglen, AP Pessier… - … medicine, and public …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… Other discrepancies in our dataset compared with the Abegglen 2015 study include
differences in data interpretation (eg at-risk groups, refining the case definition) and new trends in …

[HTML][HTML] Germline TP53 mutations undergo copy number gain years prior to tumor diagnosis

…, H Agarwal, L Waldman, LM Abegglen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome associated
with germline TP53 pathogenic variants. Here, we perform whole-genome sequence (WGS) …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and Biochemical Function of Polymorphic NR0B1 GGAA-Microsatellites in Ewing Sarcoma: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group

MJ Monument, KM Johnson, E McIlvaine, L Abegglen… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background The genetics involved in Ewing sarcoma susceptibility and prognosis are poorly
understood. EWS/FLI and related EWS/ETS chimeras upregulate numerous gene targets …