[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: therapeutics and their toxicities

MA Chary, AF Barbuto, S Izadmehr, BD Hayes… - Journal of Medical …, 2020 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus that emerged in 2019 and is causing the COVID-19
pandemic. There is no current standard of care. Clinicians need to be mindful of the toxicity of a …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 therapeutics: use, mechanism of action, and toxicity (vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and immunotherapeutics)

M Chary, AF Barbuto, S Izadmehr, M Tarsillo… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 emerged in December 2019 and led to the COVID-19 pandemic. Efforts to
develop therapeutics have led to innovations such as mRNA vaccines and oral antivirals. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Gemcitabine and cisplatin plus nivolumab as organ-sparing treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a phase 2 trial

MD Galsky, S Daneshmand, S Izadmehr… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Cystectomy is a standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), but it is life-altering.
We initiated a phase 2 study in which patients with MIBC received four cycles of …

Blocking FSH induces thermogenic adipose tissue and reduces body fat

…, VE DeMambro, S Dhawan, W Abu-Amer, S Izadmehr… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Menopause is associated with bone loss and enhanced visceral adiposity. A polyclonal
antibody that targets the β-subunit of the pituitary hormone follicle-stimulating hormone (Fsh) …

Mechanisms of osteoblastic bone metastasis in prostate cancer: role of prostatic acid phosphatase

M Quiroz-Munoz, S Izadmehr… - Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) preferentially metastasizes to bone, leading to complications including
severe pain, fractures, spinal cord compression, bone marrow suppression, and a mortality …

[PDF][PDF] NKG2A and HLA-E define an alternative immune checkpoint axis in bladder cancer

…, R Banchereau, AM Farkas, DF Ruan, S Izadmehr… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)-blockade
immunotherapies have limited efficacy in the treatment of bladder cancer. Here, we show that …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of tumor suppressor protein PP2A inhibits KRAS-driven tumor growth

…, DB Kastrinsky, N Zaware, S Izadmehr… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Targeted cancer therapies, which act on specific cancer-associated molecular targets, are
predominantly inhibitors of oncogenic kinases. While these drugs have achieved some …

PP2A inhibition is a druggable MEK inhibitor resistance mechanism in KRAS-mutant lung cancer cells

…, J Sangodkar, A Aakula, S Izadmehr… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Kinase inhibitor resistance constitutes a major unresolved clinical challenge in cancer.
Furthermore, the role of serine/threonine phosphatase deregulation as a potential cause for …

[PDF][PDF] Selective PP2A enhancement through biased heterotrimer stabilization

D Leonard, W Huang, S Izadmehr, CM O'Connor… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Impairment of protein phosphatases, including the family of serine/threonine phosphatases
designated PP2A, is essential for the pathogenesis of many diseases, including cancer. The …

[HTML][HTML] Factor XII and uPAR upregulate neutrophil functions to influence wound healing

…, MM Mumaw, S Izadmehr… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Coagulation factor XII (FXII) deficiency is associated with decreased neutrophil migration,
but the mechanisms remain uncharacterized. Here, we examine how FXII contributes to the …