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Roddie C, Dias J, O'Reilly MA, Abbasian M, Cadinanos-Garai A, Vispute K, Bosshard-Carter L, Mitsikakou M, Mehra V, Roddy H, Hartley JA, Spanswick V, Lowe H, Popova B, Clifton-Hadley L, Wheeler G, Olejnik J, Bloor A, Irvine D, Wood L, Marzolini MAV, Domning S, Farzaneh F, Lowdell MW, Linch DC, Pule MA, Peggs KS. Durable Responses and Low Toxicity After Fast Off-Rate CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T Therapy in Adults With Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:3352-3363. [PMID: 34464155 PMCID: PMC8791810 DOI: 10.1200/jco.21.00917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Prognosis for adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is poor, and there are currently no licensed CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapeutics. We developed a novel second-generation CD19-CAR (CAT19-41BB-Z) with a fast off rate, designed for more physiologic T-cell activation to reduce toxicity and improve engraftment. We describe the multicenter phase I ALLCAR19 (NCT02935257) study of autologous CAT19-41BB-Z CAR T cells (AUTO1) in relapsed or refractory (r/r) adult B-ALL. METHODS Patients age ≥ 16 years with r/r B-ALL were eligible. Primary outcomes were toxicity and manufacturing feasibility. Secondary outcomes were depth of response at 1 and 3 months, persistence of CAR-T, incidence and duration of hypogammaglobulinemia and B-cell aplasia, and event-free survival and overall survival at 1 and 2 years. RESULTS Twenty-five patients were leukapheresed, 24 products were manufactured, and 20 patients were infused with AUTO1. The median age was 41.5 years; 25% had prior blinatumomab, 50% prior inotuzumab ozogamicin, and 65% prior allogeneic stem-cell transplantation. At the time of preconditioning, 45% had ≥ 50% bone marrow blasts. No patients experienced ≥ grade 3 cytokine release syndrome; 3 of 20 (15%) experienced grade 3 neurotoxicity that resolved to ≤ grade 1 within 72 hours with steroids. Seventeen of 20 (85%) achieved minimal residual disease–negative complete response at month 1, and 3 of 17 underwent allogeneic stem-cell transplantation while in remission. The event-free survival at 6 and 12 months was 68.3% (42.4%-84.4%) and 48.3% (23.1%-69.7%), respectively. High-level expansion (Cmax 127,152 copies/µg genomic DNA) and durable CAR-T persistence were observed with B-cell aplasia ongoing in 15 of 20 patients at last follow-up. CONCLUSION AUTO1 demonstrates a tolerable safety profile, high remission rates, and excellent persistence in r/r adult B-ALL. Preliminary data support further development of AUTO1 as a stand-alone treatment for r/r adult B-ALL. Low toxicity & high durability CD19CAR T without allo-SCT offers new possibility for refractory adult B-ALL![]()
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- Claire Roddie
- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Haematology, UCLH, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Royal Free Hospital London, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,UCL Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre Good Clinical Laboratory Practice Facility, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,UCL Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre Good Clinical Laboratory Practice Facility, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,UCL Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre Good Clinical Laboratory Practice Facility, London, United Kingdom
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- CRUK UCL Cancer Trials Centre, London, United Kingdom.,Current address: Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- The Christie Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Department of Haematology, UCLH, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Cell and Gene Therapy - King's (CGTK), School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Rayne Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, Cell and Gene Therapy - King's (CGTK), School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Rayne Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Royal Free Hospital London, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Autolus Ltd, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Department of Haematology, UCLH, London, United Kingdom
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Rauer C, Sen N, Waman VP, Abbasian M, Orengo CA. Computational approaches to predict protein functional families and functional sites. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2021; 70:108-122. [PMID: 34225010 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2021.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the mechanisms of protein function is indispensable for many biological applications, such as protein engineering and drug design. However, experimental annotations are sparse, and therefore, theoretical strategies are needed to fill the gap. Here, we present the latest developments in building functional subclassifications of protein superfamilies and using evolutionary conservation to detect functional determinants, for example, catalytic-, binding- and specificity-determining residues important for delineating the functional families. We also briefly review other features exploited for functional site detection and new machine learning strategies for combining multiple features.
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- Clemens Rauer
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Sillitoe I, Bordin N, Dawson N, Waman VP, Ashford P, Scholes HM, Pang CSM, Woodridge L, Rauer C, Sen N, Abbasian M, Le Cornu S, Lam SD, Berka K, Varekova I, Svobodova R, Lees J, Orengo CA. CATH: increased structural coverage of functional space. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:D266-D273. [PMID: 33237325 PMCID: PMC7778904 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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CATH (https://www.cathdb.info) identifies domains in protein structures from wwPDB and classifies these into evolutionary superfamilies, thereby providing structural and functional annotations. There are two levels: CATH-B, a daily snapshot of the latest domain structures and superfamily assignments, and CATH+, with additional derived data, such as predicted sequence domains, and functionally coherent sequence subsets (Functional Families or FunFams). The latest CATH+ release, version 4.3, significantly increases coverage of structural and sequence data, with an addition of 65,351 fully-classified domains structures (+15%), providing 500 238 structural domains, and 151 million predicted sequence domains (+59%) assigned to 5481 superfamilies. The FunFam generation pipeline has been re-engineered to cope with the increased influx of data. Three times more sequences are captured in FunFams, with a concomitant increase in functional purity, information content and structural coverage. FunFam expansion increases the structural annotations provided for experimental GO terms (+59%). We also present CATH-FunVar web-pages displaying variations in protein sequences and their proximity to known or predicted functional sites. We present two case studies (1) putative cancer drivers and (2) SARS-CoV-2 proteins. Finally, we have improved links to and from CATH including SCOP, InterPro, Aquaria and 2DProt.
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- Ian Sillitoe
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor 43600, Malaysia
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc 771 46, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic| National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Lam SD, Bordin N, Waman VP, Scholes HM, Ashford P, Sen N, van Dorp L, Rauer C, Dawson NL, Pang CSM, Abbasian M, Sillitoe I, Edwards SJL, Fraternali F, Lees JG, Santini JM, Orengo CA. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein predicted to form complexes with host receptor protein orthologues from a broad range of mammals. Sci Rep 2020; 10:16471. [PMID: 33020502 PMCID: PMC7536205 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71936-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 has a zoonotic origin and was transmitted to humans via an undetermined intermediate host, leading to infections in humans and other mammals. To enter host cells, the viral spike protein (S-protein) binds to its receptor, ACE2, and is then processed by TMPRSS2. Whilst receptor binding contributes to the viral host range, S-protein:ACE2 complexes from other animals have not been investigated widely. To predict infection risks, we modelled S-protein:ACE2 complexes from 215 vertebrate species, calculated changes in the energy of the complex caused by mutations in each species, relative to human ACE2, and correlated these changes with COVID-19 infection data. We also analysed structural interactions to better understand the key residues contributing to affinity. We predict that mutations are more detrimental in ACE2 than TMPRSS2. Finally, we demonstrate phylogenetically that human SARS-CoV-2 strains have been isolated in animals. Our results suggest that SARS-CoV-2 can infect a broad range of mammals, but few fish, birds or reptiles. Susceptible animals could serve as reservoirs of the virus, necessitating careful ongoing animal management and surveillance.
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- S D Lam
- Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, 411008, India
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- UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, Guy's Campus, New Hunt's House, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 OBP, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Mohammad-Rezaei R, Massoumi B, Eskandani M, Abbasian M, Jaymand M. A new strategy for the synthesis of modified novolac resin and its polymer/clay nanocomposite. EXPRESS POLYM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2019.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Jaffer S, Goh P, Abbasian M, Nathwani AC. Mbd3 Promotes Reprogramming of Primary Human Fibroblasts. Int J Stem Cells 2018; 11:235-241. [PMID: 30497130 PMCID: PMC6285286 DOI: 10.15283/ijsc18036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Mbd3 (Methyl-CpG binding domain protein), a core member of NuRD (nucleosome remodelling and deacetylation) is essential for embryogenesis. However, its role in reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) remains controversial. Some reports suggest that Mbd3 inhibits pluripotency, whilst others show that it greatly enhances reprogramming efficiency. Our study is the first to assess the role of Mbd3 on reprogramming of primary human fibroblasts using Yamanaka episomal plasmids (Reprogramming factors (RF) under feeder-free conditions. We showed that shRNA-mediated partial depletion of Mbd3 resulted in >5-fold reduction in the efficiency of reprogramming of primary human fibroblasts. Furthermore, iPSC that emerged after knock-down of Mbd3 were incapable of trilineage differentiation even though they expressed all markers of pluripotency. In contrast, over-expression of the Mbd3b isoform along with the Yamanaka episomal plasmids increased the number of fibroblast derived iPSC colonies by at least two-fold. The resulting colonies were capable of trilineage differentiation. Our results, therefore, suggest that Mbd3 appears to play an important role in reprogramming of primary human fibroblasts, which provides further insight into the biology of reprogramming but also has direct implication for translation of iPSC to clinic.
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- Sajjida Jaffer
- Department of Haematology, University College London, Cancer Institute, London,
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- Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Royal Free NHS Trust, London,
UK
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- Centre for Paediatrics, Barts and The London Medical School, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London,
UK
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- Department of Haematology, University College London, Cancer Institute, London,
UK
- Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Royal Free NHS Trust, London,
UK
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- Department of Haematology, University College London, Cancer Institute, London,
UK
- Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Royal Free NHS Trust, London,
UK
- National Health Services Blood and Transplant, Oak House, Reeds Crescent, Watford, Hertfordshire,
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Chapman MA, Sive J, Ambrose J, Roddie C, Counsell N, Lach A, Abbasian M, Popat R, Cavenagh JD, Oakervee H, Streetly MJ, Schey S, Koh M, Willis F, Virchis AE, Crowe J, Quinn MF, Cook G, Crawley CR, Pratt G, Cook M, Braganza N, Adedayo T, Smith P, Clifton-Hadley L, Owen RG, Sonneveld P, Keats JJ, Herrero J, Yong K. RNA-seq of newly diagnosed patients in the PADIMAC study leads to a bortezomib/lenalidomide decision signature. Blood 2018; 132:2154-2165. [PMID: 30181174 PMCID: PMC6310235 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-05-849893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Improving outcomes in multiple myeloma will involve not only development of new therapies but also better use of existing treatments. We performed RNA sequencing on samples from newly diagnosed patients enrolled in the phase 2 PADIMAC (Bortezomib, Adriamycin, and Dexamethasone Therapy for Previously Untreated Patients with Multiple Myeloma: Impact of Minimal Residual Disease in Patients with Deferred ASCT) study. Using synthetic annealing and the large margin nearest neighbor algorithm, we developed and trained a 7-gene signature to predict treatment outcome. We tested the signature in independent cohorts treated with bortezomib- and lenalidomide-based therapies. The signature was capable of distinguishing which patients would respond better to which regimen. In the CoMMpass data set, patients who were treated correctly according to the signature had a better progression-free survival (median, 20.1 months vs not reached; hazard ratio [HR], 0.40; confidence interval [CI], 0.23-0.72; P = .0012) and overall survival (median, 30.7 months vs not reached; HR, 0.41; CI, 0.21-0.80; P = .0049) than those who were not. Indeed, the outcome for these correctly treated patients was noninferior to that for those treated with combined bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone, arguably the standard of care in the United States but not widely available elsewhere. The small size of the signature will facilitate clinical translation, thus enabling more targeted drug regimens to be delivered in myeloma.
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- Michael A Chapman
- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Haematology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haemato-oncology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Bill Lyons Informatics Centre, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haemato-oncology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haemato-oncology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, Guys and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, St. George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, St. George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, Royal Free London, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, Royal United Hospitals Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Haematology, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Haematology, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service, St. James' University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Integrated Cancer Genomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ
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- Bill Lyons Informatics Centre, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Chachi L, Abbasian M, Gavrila A, Alzahrani A, Tliba O, Bradding P, Wardlaw AJ, Brightling C, Amrani Y. Protein phosphatase 5 mediates corticosteroid insensitivity in airway smooth muscle in patients with severe asthma. Allergy 2017; 72:126-136. [PMID: 27501780 DOI: 10.1111/all.13003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The mechanisms driving glucocorticoid (GC) insensitivity in patients with severe asthma are still unknown. Recent evidence suggests the existence of GC-insensitive pathways in airway smooth muscle (ASM) caused by a defect in GC receptor (GRα) function. We examined whether other mechanisms could potentially explain the reduced sensitivity of ASM cells to GC in severe asthmatics. METHODS Airway smooth muscle cells from healthy and severe asthmatic subjects were treated with TNF-α and responses to corticosteroids in both cohorts were compared by ELISA, immunoblot, immunohistochemistry and real-time PCR. Immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry assays were used to assess the expression of the protein phosphatase PP5 in endobronchial biopsies and ASM cells. RESULTS The production of CCL11 and CCL5 by TNF-α was insensitive to both fluticasone and dexamethasone in ASM cells from severe asthmatic compared to that in healthy subjects. Fluticasone-induced GRα nuclear translocation, phosphorylation at serine 211 and expression of GC-induced leucine zipper (GILZ) were significantly reduced in ASM cells from severe asthmatics compared to responses in healthy subjects. Levels of PP5 were increased in ASM cells from severe asthmatics and PP5 knockdown using siRNA restored fluticasone repressive action on chemokine production and its ability to induce GRα nuclear translocation and GRE-dependent GILZ expression. In vivo PP5 expression was also increased in the ASM bundles in endobronchial biopsies in severe asthmatics. CONCLUSIONS PP5-dependent impairment of GRα function represents a novel mechanism driving GC insensitivity in ASM in severe asthma.
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- L. Chachi
- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Jefferson School of Pharmacy; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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Khalili Z, Sadrollahi A, Aseman E, Gholipour F, Abbasian M. valuation of Sleep Quality and Related Factors In Hospitalized Elderly People in Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Kashan. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.21859/jgn.2.3.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite its limitations, citation analysis remains one of the best currently available tools for quantifying the impact of articles. Bibliometric studies list the "best-sellers" in a single location, and they have been published frequently in many fields during recent years. The purpose of the present study was to report the qualities and characteristics of citation classics in orthopaedic knee research. METHODS The database of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was utilized for identification of articles published from 1945 to March 2014. All knee articles that had been published in sixty-five orthopaedic and twenty-nine rheumatology journals and that had been cited at least 200 times were identified. The top 100 were selected for further analysis of authorship, source journal, number of citations, citation rate (both since publication and in 2013), geographic origin, article type, and level of evidence. RESULTS The publication dates of the 100 most-cited articles ranged from 1948 to 2007, with the greatest number of articles published in the 1980s. Citations per article ranged from 2640 to 287. All articles were published in eleven of the ninety-four journals. The leading countries of origin were the U.S. followed by the U.K. and Sweden. The two main focus areas were sports traumatology and degenerative disease. The number of citations per article was also greatest for articles published in the 1980s. Basic research articles were cited more quickly, but not more often, than clinical articles. Most articles represented Level-IV evidence, followed by Levels II, III, and I. CONCLUSIONS This bibliometric study is likely to include a list of intellectual milestones in orthopaedic knee research. It is apparent that a high level of evidence is not mandatory for an article to gain a large number of citations. Bibliometric reports provide a reflection of the quality of cited research published in a specific field and should therefore provoke thinking within the scientific community.
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- Sufian S Ahmad
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail address for S.S. Ahmad:
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail address for S.S. Ahmad:
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail address for S.S. Ahmad:
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- Institute for Evaluative Research in Medicine, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse, 3007 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail address for S.S. Ahmad:
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Mortensen D, Fultz K, Xu W, Tsuji T, Hickman M, Abbasian M, Khambatta G, Cathers B, Worland P, Moghaddam M, Apuy J, Richardson S, Elsner J, Shevlin G, Perrin-Ninkovic S, Canan S, Raymon H, Narla R, Peng S, Sankar S. 459 Preclinical characterization of CC-115, a novel inhibitor of DNA-PK and mTOR kinase currently under clinical investigation. Eur J Cancer 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(14)70585-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sattari A, Bonab SES, AmirMahmoodi S, Abbasian M. ELECTROCHEMICAL RECOVERY OF CHLORINE AND HYDROGEN FROM HYDROGEN CHLORIDE BY-PRODUCT PRODUCED IN THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY. CHEM ENG COMMUN 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2012.749248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Arbabzadeh F, Birang E, Nazem R, Abbasian M, Koosha F, Birang R. A Comparative Study on Micro Hardness and Structural Changes of Dentin Floor Cavity Prepared by Er: YAG Laser Irradiation and Mechanical Bur. J Dent (Shiraz) 2013; 14:73-7. [PMID: 24724123 PMCID: PMC3977546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Laser irradiation makes structural and chemical changes on the dental hard tissues. These changes alter the level of solubility and permeability of dentin. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the microhardness and the structural changes in the dentin cavity floor prepared with Er: YAG laser and bur. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this experimental study, fifteen intact human molars were selected. Two square cavities were prepared on the buccal and lingual surfaces of each tooth. One side was randomly prepared by Er:YAG laser and the other side by bur. The specimens were divided into two halves. Consequently, there were 30 samples in every group. One half was assigned for the Vickers's hardness test and the other one, for determination of Ca and P percentage and atomic elements analysis. The data were analyzed by Paired T-tests through SPSS16 (α≤o.o5). RESULTS The means and the standard deviation of the microhardness were 69.77±25.62 and 51.33±9.31 Kg/mm(2) in the laser and bur groups, respectively. Statistical analysis showed significant differences between the two groups (p=0.017). Weight percentage of calcium in the laser cavity (65.5) was less than the bur cavities (68.21) and the difference was significant (p= 0.037). CONCLUSION The hardness of dentin in laser group was higher than the bur group because of the higher mineral content of the dentin. The hardness and the mineral content of dentin are important factors in the bonding effectiveness of the dental materials so with laser cavity preparation, good mineral substrate are available for a better bonding.
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- F Arbabzadeh
- Dental Materials Research Center, Dept. of Operative Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Dental Student, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Torabinejad Dental Research Center, Dept. of Operative Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Dentist, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
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- Dental Student Research Center, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Dental Implant Research Center, Dept. of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Lopez-Girona A, Mendy D, Ito T, Miller K, Gandhi AK, Kang J, Karasawa S, Carmel G, Jackson P, Abbasian M, Mahmoudi A, Cathers B, Rychak E, Gaidarova S, Chen R, Schafer PH, Handa H, Daniel TO, Evans JF, Chopra R. Erratum: Cereblon is a direct protein target for immunomodulatory and antiproliferative activities of lenalidomide and pomalidomide. Leukemia 2012. [PMCID: PMC3868310 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2012.235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Abbasian M, Shoja SE. Nitroxide mediated and atom transfer radical graft polymerization of atactic polymers onto syndiotactic polystyrene. Braz J Chem Eng 2012. [DOI: 10.1590/s0104-66322012000200009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Abbasian M, Sattari A. Cell voltage and chlorine current efficiency of aqueous HCl electrolysis: artificial neural network modeling. ASIA-PAC J CHEM ENG 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/apj.1660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Abbasian
- Department of Basic Science; Payame Noor University; PO Box: 19395-3697; Tehran; Iran
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- Chemistry and Petrochemicals Division, Fertilizer and Inorganic Research Department; Research Institute of Petroleum Industry; Tehran; 1485733111; Iran
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Lopez-Girona A, Mendy D, Ito T, Miller K, Gandhi AK, Kang J, Karasawa S, Carmel G, Jackson P, Abbasian M, Mahmoudi A, Cathers B, Rychak E, Gaidarova S, Chen R, Schafer PH, Handa H, Daniel TO, Evans JF, Chopra R. Cereblon is a direct protein target for immunomodulatory and antiproliferative activities of lenalidomide and pomalidomide. Leukemia 2012; 26:2326-35. [PMID: 22552008 PMCID: PMC3496085 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2012.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 586] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Thalidomide and the immunomodulatory drug, lenalidomide, are therapeutically active in hematological malignancies. The ubiquitously expressed E3 ligase protein cereblon (CRBN) has been identified as the primary teratogenic target of thalidomide. Our studies demonstrate that thalidomide, lenalidomide and another immunomodulatory drug, pomalidomide, bound endogenous CRBN and recombinant CRBN–DNA damage binding protein-1 (DDB1) complexes. CRBN mediated antiproliferative activities of lenalidomide and pomalidomide in myeloma cells, as well as lenalidomide- and pomalidomide-induced cytokine production in T cells. Lenalidomide and pomalidomide inhibited autoubiquitination of CRBN in HEK293T cells expressing thalidomide-binding competent wild-type CRBN, but not thalidomide-binding defective CRBNYW/AA. Overexpression of CRBN wild-type protein, but not CRBNYW/AA mutant protein, in KMS12 myeloma cells, amplified pomalidomide-mediated reductions in c-myc and IRF4 expression and increases in p21WAF-1 expression. Long-term selection for lenalidomide resistance in H929 myeloma cell lines was accompanied by a reduction in CRBN, while in DF15R myeloma cells resistant to both pomalidomide and lenalidomide, CRBN protein was undetectable. Our biophysical, biochemical and gene silencing studies show that CRBN is a proximate, therapeutically important molecular target of lenalidomide and pomalidomide.
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Chamberlain P, Bahmanyar S, Pagarigan B, Patel P, Muir J, Abbasian M, Mahmoudi A, Zhu D, Riggs JR. Potent triazolopyridine and pyrazolopyrimidine inhibitors of PLK1 and the structural basis for divergent SAR between the series. Acta Crystallogr A 2011. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767311079323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Edjlali L, Vessally E, Abbasian M. Solar energy absorption in norbornadiene-quadricyclane system through electron donating or withdrawing substituents1. Russ J Phys Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024411050104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Vessally E, Abbasian M, Ramazani A, Heravi ARP. Heteroatom Effects on Singlet–Triplet Energy Gaps of Divalent Five-Membered Ring X 2C 2H 2C (X = N, P, As, and Sb). PHOSPHORUS SULFUR 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/10426500902922925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- E. Vessally
- a Payame Noor University (PNU) , Zanjan, Iran
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- b Payame Noor University (PNU) , Tabriz, Iran
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- c Department of Chemistry , University of Zanjan , Zanjan, Iran
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