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Functional neuronal circuits promote disease progression in cancer.
Restaino, A. C., Walz, A., Vermeer, S. J., Barr, J., Kovács, A., Fettig, R. R., Vermeer, D. W., Reavis, H., Williamson, C. S., Lucido, C. T., Eichwald, T., Omran, D. K., Jung, E., Schwartz, L. E., Bell, M., Muirhead, D. M., Hooper, J. E., Spanos, W. C., Drapkin R., Talbot, S., Vermeer, P. D. (2023).
Sci Adv. 2023;9(19):eade4443. doi:10.1126/sciadv.ade4443

LINE-1 ORF1p as a candidate biomarker in high grade serous ovarian carcinoma.
Sato S, Gillette M, de Santiago PR, Kuhn E, Burgess M, Doucette K, Feng Y, Mendez-Dorantes C, Ippoliti PJ, Hobday S, Mitchell MA, Doberstein K, Gysler SM, Hirsch MS, Schwartz L, Birrer MJ, Skates SJ, Burns KH, Carr SA, Drapkin R.
Scientific Reports 2023 Jan 27; 13(1): 1537.

Targeting NaPi2b in ovarian cancer.
Banerjee S, Drapkin R, Richardson DL, Birrer M.
Cancer Treatment Reviews 2023 Jan; 112: 102489.

L1CAM is required for early dissemination of fallopian tube carcinoma precursors to the ovary.
Doberstein K, Spivak R, Reavis HD, Hooda J, Feng Y, Kroeger PT Jr, Stuckelberger S, Mills GB, Devins KM, Schwartz LE, Iwanicki MP, Fogel M, Altevogt P, Drapkin R.
Communications Biology 2022 Dec 12; 5(1): 1362

Nociceptor neurons affect cancer immunosurveillance.
Balood M, Ahmadi M, Eichwald T, Ahmadi A, Majdoubi A, Roversi K, Roversi K, Lucido CT, Restaino AC, Huang S, Ji L, Huang KC, Semerena E, Thomas SC, Trevino AE, Merrison H, Parrin A, Doyle B, Vermeer DW, Spanos WC, Williamson CS, Seehus CR, Foster SL, Dai H, Shu CJ, Rangachari M, Thibodeau J, V Del Rincon S, Drapkin R, Rafei M, Ghasemlou N, Vermeer PD, Woolf CJ, Talbot S.
Nature 2022 Nov; 611(7935): 405-412.

Cell competition in carcinogenesis.
Madan E, Palma AM, Vudatha V, Trevino JG, Natarajan KN, Winn RA, Won KJ, Graham TA, Drapkin R, McDonald SAC, Fisher PB, Gogna R.
Cancer Research 2022 Dec 16; 82(24): 4487-4496.

Molecular subclasses of clear cell ovarian carcinoma and their impact on disease behavior and outcomes.
Bolton KL, Chen D, Corona de la Fuente R, Fu Z, Murali R, Köbel M, Tazi Y, Cunningham JM, Chan ICC, Wiley BJ, Moukarzel LA, Winham SJ, Armasu SM, Lester J, Elishaev E, Laslavic A, Kennedy CJ, Piskorz A, Sekowska M, Brand AH, Chiew YE, Pharoah P, Elias KM, Drapkin R, Churchman M, Gourley C, DeFazio A, Karlan B, Brenton JD, Weigelt B, Anglesio MS, Huntsman D, Gayther S, Konner J, Modugno F, Lawrenson K, Goode EL, Papaemmanuil E.
Clinical Cancer Research 2022 Nov 14; 28(22): 4947-4956.

KDM5A inhibits antitumor immune responses through downregulation of the antigen-presentation pathway in ovarian cancer.
Liu H, Lin J, Zhou W, Moses R, Dai Z, Kossenkov AV, Drapkin R, Bitler BG, Karakashev S, Zhang R.
Cancer Immunol Research 2022 Aug 3; 10(8): 1028-1038.

The transcription factor PAX8 promotes angiogenesis in ovarian cancer through interaction with SOX17.
Chaves-Moreira D, Mitchell MA, Arruza C, Rawat P, Sidoli S, Nameki R, Reddy J, Corona RI, Afeyan LK, Klein IA, Ma S, Winterhoff B, Konecny GE, Garcia BA, Brady DC, Lawrenson K, Morin PJ, Drapkin R.
Science Signaling 2022 Apr 5; 15(728): eabm2496.

DNA methylation profiles of ovarian clear cell carcinoma.
Cunningham JM, Winham SJ, Wang C, Weiglt B, Fu Z, Armasu SM, McCauley BM, Brand AH, Chiew YE, Elishaev E, Gourley C, Kennedy CJ, Laslavic A, Lester, J, Piskorz A, Sekowska M, Brenton JD, Churchman M, DeFazio A, Drapkin R, Elias KM, Huntsman DG, Karlan BY, Kobel M, Konner J, Lawrenson K, Papaemmanuil E, Bolton KL, Modugno F, Goode EL.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2022 Jan; 31(1): 132-141.

Intra-Tumoral nerve-tracing in a novel syngeneic model of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. 
Barr JL, Kruse A, Restaino AC, Tulina N, Stuckelberger S, Vermeer SJ, Williamson CS, Vermeer DW, Madeo M, Stamp J, Bell M, Morgan M, Yoon JY, Mitchell MA, Budina A, Omran DK, Schwartz LE, Drapkin R, Vermeer PD. 
Cells 2021 Dec 10; 10(12): 3491.

Predicting master transcription factors from pan-cancer expression data.
Reddy J, Fonseca MAS, Corona RI, Nameki R, Segato Dezem F, Klein IA, Chang H, Chaves-Moreira D, Afeyan LK, Malta TM, Lin X, Abbasi F, Font-Tello A, Sabedot T, Cejas P, Rodriguez-Malave N, Seo JH, Lin DC, Matulonis U, Karlan BY, Gayther SA, Pasaniuc B, Gusev A, Noushmehr H, Long H, Freedman ML, Drapkin R, Young RA, Abraham BJ, Lawrenson K.
Science Adv 2021 Nov 26; 7(48): eabf6123.

TGFBI production by macrophages contributes to an immunosuppressive microenvironment in ovarian cancer. 
Lecker LSM, Berlato C, Maniati E, Delaine-Smith R, Pearce OMT, Nichols SJ, Trevisan C, Novak M, McDermott J, Brenton JD, Cutillas PR, Rajeeve V, Hennino A, Drapkin R, Loessner D, Balkwill FR.
Cancer Res 2021 Nov 15; 81(22): 5706-5719.

CCNE1 copy number is a biomarker for response to combination WEE1-ATR inhibition in ovarian and endometrial cancer models.
Xu H, George E, Kinose Y, Kim H, Shah JB, Peake JD, Ferman B, Medvedev S, Murtha T, Barger CJ, Devins KM, D'Andrea K, Wubbenhorst B, Schwartz LE, Hwang WT, Mills GB, Nathanson KL, Karpf AR, Drapkin R, Brown EJ, Simpkins F. 
Cell Rep Med 2021 Sept 23; 2(9): 100394.

Targeting glutamine dependence through GLS1 inhibition suppresses ARID1A-inactivated clear cell ovarian carcinoma. 
Wu S, Fukumoto T, Lin J, Nacarelli T, Wang Y, Ong D, Liu H, Fathutdinov N, Zundell JA, Karashev S, Zhou W, Schwartz LE, Tang H-Y, Drapkin R, Liu Q, Huntsman DG, Kossenkov AV, Speicher DW, Schug ZT, Dang CV, Zhang R.
Nature Cancer 2021 Feb; 2(2): 189-299.

Tumor innervation: peripheral nerves take control of the tumor microenvironment.
Gysler SM, Drapkin R.
J Clin Invest. 2021 Jun 1; 131(11): e147276.

Mutational spectrum in clinically aggressive low-grade serous carcinoma/serous borderline tumors of the ovary - clinical significance of BRCA2 gene variants in genomically stable tumors.
Zhang X, Devins K, Ko EM, Reyes MC, Simpkins F, Drapkin R, Schwartz LE, Yoon JY.
Gynecol Oncol. 2021 Jun; 161(3): 762-768.

Progesterone Receptors Promote Quiescence and Ovarian Cancer Cell Phenotypes via DREAM in p53-Mutant Fallopian Tube Models.
Mauro LJ, Seibel MI, Diep CH, Spartz A, Perez Kerkvliet C, Singhal H, Swisher EM, Schwartz LE, Drapkin R, Saini S, Sesay F, Litovchick L, Lange CA.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Jun 16; 106(7): 1929-1955.

Co-regulation and function of FOXM1/RHNO1 bidirectional genes in cancer.
Barger CJ, Chee L, Albahrani M, Munoz-Trujillo C, Boghean L, Branick C, Odunsi K, Drapkin R, Zou L, Karpf AR.
Elife. 2021 Apr 23; 10:e55070.

Inhibition of relaxin autocrine signaling confers therapeutic vulnerability in ovarian cancer.
Burston HE, Kent OA, Communal L, Udaskin ML, Sun RX, Brown KR, Jung E, Francis KE, La Rose J, Lowitz J, Drapkin R, Mes-Masson AM, Rottapel R.
J Clin Invest. 2021 Apr 1; 131(7): e142677.

Unraveling the Mysteries of PAX8 in Reproductive Tract Cancers.
Chaves-Moreira D, Morin PJ, Drapkin R.
Cancer Res 2021 Feb 15; 81(4): 806-810.

Cell Fitness: More Than Push-Ups.
Ferrari AJ, Drapkin R, Gogna R.
Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jan 7; 22(2): 518.

Sex differences in oncogenic mutational processes.
Li CH, Prokopec SD, Sun RX, Yousif F, Schmitz N, PCAWG Tumour Subtypes and Clinical Translation, Boutros PC; PCAWG Consortium.
Nat Commun. 2020 Aug 28; 11(1): 4330.

Retrospective evaluation of whole exome and genome mutation calls in 746 cancer samples.
Bailey MH, Meyerson WU, Dursi LJ, Wang LB, Dong G, Liang WW, Weerasinghe A, Li S, Li Y, Kelso S; MC3 Working Group; PCAWG novel somatic mutation calling methods working group, Saksena G, Ellrott K, Wendl MC, Wheeler DA, Getz G, Simpson JT, Gerstein MB, Ding L; PCAWG Consortium.
Nat Commun. Sept 21; 11(1): 4748.

Tumor Innervation: Cancer Has Some Nerve.
Reavis HD, Chen HI, Drapkin R.
Trends Cancer 2020 Dec; 6 (12): 1059-1067.

Inactivation of Arid1a in the endometrium is associated with endometrioid tumorigenesis through transcriptional reprogramming.
Suryo Rahmanto Y, Shen W, Shi X, Chen X, Yu Y, Yu ZC, Miyamoto T, Lee MH, Singh V, Asaka R, Shimberg G, Vitolo MI, Martin SS, Wirtz D, Drapkin R, Xuan J, Wang TL, Shih IM.
Nat Commun. 2020 Jun 1;11(1): 2717.

In vivo modeling of metastatic human high-grade serous ovarian cancer in mice.
Kim O, Park EY, Klinkebiel DL, Pack SD, Shin YH, Abdullaev Z, Emerson RE, Coffey DM, Kwon SY, Creighton CJ, Kwon S, Chang EC, Chiang T, Yatsenko AN, Chien J, Cheon DJ, Yang-Hartwich Y, Nakshatri H, Nephew KP, Behringer RR, Fernández FM, Cho CH, Vanderhyden B, Drapkin R, Bast RC Jr, Miller KD, Karpf AR, Kim J.
PLoS Genet. 2020 Jun 4;16(6): e1008808.

miR-181a initiates and perpetuates oncogenic transformation through the regulation of innate immune signaling.
Knarr M, Avelar RA, Sekhar SC, Kwiatkowski LJ, Dziubinski ML, McAnulty J, Skala S, Avril S, Drapkin R, DiFeo A.
Nat Commun. 2020 Jun 26;11(1): 3231.

The Tubal Epigenome - An Emerging Target in Ovarian Cancer
Reavis HD, Drapkin R.
Pharmacol Ther 2020 Jun;210:107524.

CtBP Determines Ovarian Cancer Cell Fate Through Repression of Death Receptors
Ding B, Yuan F, Damle PK, Litovchick L, Drapkin R, Grossman SR.
Cell Death Dis 2020 Apr 24;11(4):286.

Mouse Ovarian Cancer Models Recapitulate the Human Tumor Microenvironment and Patient Response to Treatment
Maniati E, Berlato C, Gopinathan G, Heath O, Kotantaki P, Lakhani A, McDermott J, Pegrum C, Delaine-Smith RM, Pearce OMT, Hirani P, Joy JD, Szabova L, Perets R, Sansom OJ, Drapkin R, Bailey P, Balkwill FR.
Cell Rep. 2020 Jan 14;30(2):525-540.e7.

Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes.
ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium.
Nature. 2020 Feb;578(7793):82-93.

A Study of High-Grade Serous Ovarian CancerOrigins Implicates the SOX18 Transcription Factor inTumor Development. 
Lawrenson K, Fonseca MAS, Liu AY, Segato Dezem F, Lee JM, Lin X, Corona RI, Abbasi F, Vavra KC, Dinh HQ, Gill NK, Seo JH, Coetzee S, Lin YG, Pejovic T, Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Rowat AC, Drapkin R, Karlan BY, Hazelett DJ, Freedman ML, Gayther SA, Noushmehr H.
Cell Rep. 2019 Dec 10;29(11):3726-3735.e4.

Imaging Collagen Alterations in STICs and High Grade Ovarian Cancers in the Fallopian Tubes by Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy.
Rentchler EC, Gant KL, Drapkin R, Patankar M, J Campagnola P.
Cancers (Basel). 2019 Nov 16;11(11).

CD105 Is Expressed in Ovarian Cancer Precursor Lesions and Is Required for Metastasis to the Ovary.
Bai S, Zhu W, Coffman L, Vlad A, Schwartz LE, Elishaev E, Drapkin R, Buckanovich RJ.
Cancers (Basel). 2019 Nov 2;11(11).

H2Bub1: Guardian of chromatin accessibility in ovarian cancer.
Reavis HDrapkin R.
Oncoscience 2019 Aug 23;6(7-8):349-350.

ARID1A promotes genomic stability through protecting telomere cohesion.
Zhao B, Lin J, Rong L, Wu S, Deng Z, Fatkhutdinov N, Zundell J, Fukumoto T, Liu Q, Kossenkov A, Jean S, Cadungog MG, Borowsky ME, Drapkin R, Lieberman PM, Abate-Shen CT, Zhang R.
Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 6;10(1):4067. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12037-4.

Defining the molecular evolution of extrauterine high grade serous carcinoma.
Beirne JP, McArt DG, Roddy A, McDermott C, Ferris J, Buckley NE, Coulter P, McCabe N, Eddie SL, Dunne PD, O'Reilly P, Gilmore A, Feeney L, Ewing DL, Drapkin RI, Salto-Tellez M, Kennedy RD, Harley IJG, McCluggage WG, Mullan PB.
Gynecol Oncol. 2019 [Epub ahead of print]

Chromosomal instability and mTORC1 activation through PTEN loss contribute to proteotoxic stress in ovarian carcinoma. 
Chui MH, Doodnauth SA, Erdmann N, Tiedemann RE, Sircoulomb F, Drapkin R, Shaw P, Rottapel R.
Cancer Res. 2019 [Epub ahead of print]

Innervation of cervical carcinoma is mediated by cancer-derived exosomes.
Lucido CT, Wynja E, Madeo M, Williamson CS, Schwartz LE, Imblum BA, Drapkin R, Vermeer PD.
Gynecol Oncol. 2019; 154: 228–235

Early Loss of Histone H2B Monoubiquitylation Alters Chromatin Accessibility and Activates Key Immune Pathways That Facilitate Progression of Ovarian Cancer.
Hooda J, Novak M, Salomon MP, Matsuba C, Ramos RI, MacDuffie E, Song M, Hirsch MS, Lester J, Parkash V, Karlan BY, Oren M, Hoon DS, Drapkin R.
Cancer Res. 2019;79(4):760-772.

A miRNA-Mediated Approach to Dissect the Complexity of Tumor-Initiating Cell Function and Identify miRNA-Targeting Drugs.
Belur Nagaraj A, Joseph P, Ponting E, Fedorov Y, Singh S, Cole A, Lee W, Yoon E, Baccarini A, Scacheri P, Buckanovich R, Adams DJ, Drapkin R, Brown BD, DiFeo A.
Stem Cell Reports. 2019;12(1):122-134.

Combined MEK and BCL-2/XL Inhibition Is Effective in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Patient-Derived Xenograft Models and BIM Levels Are Predictive of Responsiveness.
Iavarone C, Zervantonakis IK, Selfors LM, Palakurthi S, Liu JF, Drapkin R, Matulonis UA, Hallberg D, Velculescu VE, Leverson JD, Sampath D, Mills GB, Brugge JS.
Mol Cancer Ther. 2019;18(3):642-655.

Critical questions in ovarian cancer research and treatment: Report of an American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference.
Bast RC Jr, Matulonis UA, Sood AK, Ahmed AA, Amobi AE, Balkwill FR, Wielgos-Bonvallet M, Bowtell DDL, Brenton JD, Brugge JS, Coleman RL, Draetta GF, Doberstein K, Drapkin RI, Eckert MA, Edwards RP, Elias KM, Ennis D, Futreal A, Gershenson DM, Greenberg RA, Huntsman DG, Ji JXY, Kohn EC, Iavarone C, Lengyel ER, Levine DA, Lord CJ, Lu Z, Mills GB, Modugno F, Nelson BH, Odunsi K, Pilsworth JA, Rottapel RK, Powell DJ Jr, Shen L, Shih IM, Spriggs DR, Walton J, Zhang K, Zhang R, Zou L.
Cancer 2019; 125:1963-1972.

Integrated Genomic, Epigenomic, and Expression Analyses of Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines. 
Papp E, Hallberg D, Konecny GE, Bruhm DC, Adleff V, Noë M, Kagiampakis I, Palsgrove D, Conklin D, Kinose Y, White JR, Press MF, Drapkin R, Easwaran H, Baylin SB, Slamon D, Velculescu VE, Scharpf RB.
Cell Reports 2018; 25: 2617-2633.

Primordial germ cells as a potential shared cell of origin for mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas and mucinous ovarian tumors.
Elias KM, Tsantoulis P, Tille JC, Vitonis A, Doyle LA, Hornick JL, Kaya G, Barnes L, Cramer DW, Puppa G, Stuckelberger S, Hooda J, Dietrich PY, Goggins M, Kerr CL, Birrer M, Hirsch MS, Drapkin R, Labidi-Galy SI.
J Pathol 2018; 246: 459-469.

CLIC1 and CLIC4 complement CA125 as a diagnostic biomarker panel for all subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer.
Singha B, Harper SL, Goldman AR, Bitler BG, Aird KM, Borowsky ME, Cadungog MG, Liu Q, Zhang R, Jean S, Drapkin R, Speicher DW.
Sci Rep 2018; 8: 14725.

Expression of the POTE gene family in human ovarian cancer.
Barger CJ, Zhang W, Sharma A, Chee L, James SR, Kufel CN, Miller A, Meza J, Drapkin R, Odunsi K, Klinkebiel D, Karpf AR.
Sci Rep 2018; 8: 17136.

Precious GEMMs: emergence of faithful models for ovarian cancer research.
Stuckelberger S, Drapkin R.
J Pathol. 2018 Jun;245(2):129-131.

CARM1-expressing ovarian cancer depends on the histone methyltransferase EZH2 activity.
Karakashev S, Zhu H, Wu S, Yokoyama Y, Bitler BG, Park PH, Lee JH, Kossenkov AV, Gaonkar KS, Yan H, Drapkin R, Conejo-Garcia JR, Speicher DW, Ordog T, Zhang R.
Nat Commun. 2018 Feb 12;9(1):631. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03031-3.

A novel multiple biomarker panel for the early detection of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma.
Han C, Bellone S, Siegel ER, Altwerger G, Menderes G, Bonazzoli E, Egawa-Takata T, Pettinella F, Bianchi A, Riccio F, Zammataro L, Yadav G, Marto JA, Penet MF, Levine DA, Drapkin R, Patel A, Litkouhi B, Ratner E, Silasi DA, Huang GS, Azodi M, Schwartz PE, Santin AD.
Gynecol Oncol. 2018 Jun;149(3):585-591.

High grade serous ovarian carcinomas originate in the fallopian tube. 
Labidi-Galy SI*, Papp E*, Hallberg D, Niknafs N, Adleff V, Noe M, Bhattacharya R, Novak M, Jones S, Phallen J, Hruban CA, Hirsch MS, Lin DI, Schwartz L, Maire CL, Tille JC, Bowden M, Ayhan A, Wood LD, Scharpf RB, Kurman R, Wang TL, Shih IM, Karchin R, Drapkin R#, Velculescu VE#.
* Denotes equal contribution. # Denotes co-senior/co-corresponding authors.
Nature Communications (2017); 8(1): 1093..

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Systems analysis of apoptotic priming in ovarian cancer identifies vulnerabilities and predictors of drug response.
Zervantonakis IK, Iavarone C, Chen HY, Selfors LM, Palakurthi S, Liu JF, Drapkin R, Matulonis U, Leverson JD, Sampath D, Mills GB, Brugge JS.
Nature Communications (2017); 8(1): 365.

Traceback: A Proposed Framework to Increase Identification and Genetic Counseling of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers Through Family-Based Outreach.
Samimi G, Bernardini MQ, Brody LC, Caga-Anan CF, Campbell IG, Chenevix-Trench G, Couch FJ, Dean M, de Hullu JA, Domchek SM, Drapkin R, Spencer Feigelson H, Friedlander M, Gaudet MM, Harmsen MG, Hurley K, James PA, Kwon JS, Lacbawan F, Lheureux S, Mai PL, Mechanic LE, Minasian LM, Myers ER, Robson ME, Ramus SJ, Rezende LF, Shaw PA, Slavin TP, Swisher EM, Takenaka M, Bowtell DD, Sherman ME.
J Clin Oncol (2017); 35: 2329-2337.

PRKCI promotes immune suppression in ovarian cancer.
Sarkar S, Bristow CA, Dey P, Rai K, Perets R, Ramirez-Cardenas A, Malasi S, Huang-Hobbs E, Haemmerle M, Wu SY, McGuire M, Protopopov A, Jiang S, Liu JF, Hirsch MS, Chang Q, Lazar AJ, Sood AK, Drapkin R, DePinho R, Draetta G, Chin L.
Genes Dev (2017); 31: 1109-1121.

Interrogation of Functional Cell-Surface Markers Identifies CD151 Dependency in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer.
Medrano M, Communal L, Brown KR, Iwanicki M, Normand J, Paterson J, Sircoulomb F, Krzyzanowski P, Novak M, Doodnauth SA, Saiz FS, Cullis J, Al-Awar R, Neel BG, McPherson J, Drapkin R, Ailles L, Mes-Massons AM, Rottapel R.
Cell Reports (2017); 18:2343-2358.

Selective Targeting of Cyclin E1-Amplified High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer by Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 and AKT Inhibition.
Au-Yeung G, Lang F, Azar WJ, Mitchell C, Jarman KE, Lackovic K, Aziz D, Cullinane C, Pearson RB, Mileshkin L, Rischin D, Karst AM, Drapkin R, Etemadmoghadam D, Bowtell DD.
Clin Cancer Res. (2017); 23(7): 1862-74.

Establishment of patient-derived tumor xenograft models of epithelial ovarian cancer for pre-clinical evaluation of novel therapeutics.
Liu JF, Palakurthi S, Zeng Q, Zhou S, Ivanova E, Huang W, Zervantonakis IK, Selfors LM, Shen Y, Pritchard CC, Zheng M, Adleff V, Papp E, Piao H, Novak M, Fotheringham S, Wulf G, English J, Kirschmeier PT, Velculescu VE, Paweletz CP, Mills GB, Livingston DM, Brugge JS, Matulonis UA, Drapkin R.
Clin Cancer Res. (2017); 23:1263-1273.

Pathogenesis and heterogeneity of ovarian cancer.
Kroeger PT Jr, Drapkin R.
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol (2017); 29(1):26-34.

A patient-derived-xenograft platform to study BRCA-deficient ovarian cancers.
George E, Kim H, Krepler C, Wenz B, Makvandi M, Tanyi JL, Brown E, Zhang R, Brafford P, Jean S, Mach RH, Lu Y, Mills GB, Herlyn M, Morgan M, Zhang X, Soslow R, Drapkin R., Johnson N, Zheng Y, Cotsarelis G, Nathanson KL, Simpkins F.
JCI Insight (2017); 2(1):e89760.

Epigenetic remodeling regulates transcriptional changes between ovarian cancer and benign precursors. 
Elias KM, Emori MM, Westerling T, Long H, Budina-Kolomets A, Li F, MacDuffie E, Davis MR, Holman A, Lawney B, Freedman ML, Quackenbush J, Brown M, Drapkin R.
JCI Insight (2016); 1(13): e87988.

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Rationale for Developing a Specimen Bank to Study the Pathogenesis of High-Grade Serous Carcinoma: A Review of the Evidence. 
Sherman ME, Drapkin RI, Horowitz NS, Crum CP, Friedman S, Kwon JS, Levine DA, Shih IeM, Shoupe D, Swisher EM, Walker J, Trabert B, Greene MH, Samimi G, Temkin SM, Minasian LM.
Cancer Prev Res (2016); 9 (9): 713-20.
 
CCNE1 amplification and centrosome number abnormality in serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma: further evidence supporting its role as a precursor of ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma. 
Kuhn E, Wang TL, Doberstein K, Bahadirli-Talbott A, Ayhan A, Sehdev AS, Drapkin R, Kurman RJ, Shih IM.
Mod Pathol (2016), [Epub ahead of print].

Mutant p53 regulates ovarian cancer transformed phenotypes through autocrine matrix deposition. 
Iwanicki MP, Chen H-Y, Iavarone C, Zervantonakis IK, Muranen T, Novak M, Ince TA, Drapkin R*, Brugge JS*.
JCI Insight 2016; 1 (10): e86829. *co-corresponding authors

Anti-CCR4 monoclonal antibody enhances antitumor immunity by modulating tumor-infiltrating Tregs in an ovarian cancer xenograft humanized mouse model. 
Chang D-K, Peterson E, Sun J, Goudie C, Drapkin RI, Liu JF, Matulonis U, Zhu Q, Marasco WA.
OncoImmunology (2016); 5: e1090075.

Development of a prosaposin-derived therapeutic cyclic peptide that targets ovarian cancer via the tumor microenvironment. 
Wang S, Blois A, El Rayes T, Liu JF, Hirsch MS, Gravdal K, Palakurthi S, Bielenberg DR, Akslen LA, Drapkin R, Mittal V, Watnick RS.
Sci Transl Med. (2016); 8(329):329ra34.

Platinum and PARP Inhibitor Resistance Due to Overexpression of MicroRNA-622 in BRCA1-Mutant Ovarian Cancer. 
Choi YE, Meghani K, Brault ME, Leclerc L, He YJ, Day TA, Elias KM, Drapkin R, Weinstock DM, Dao F, Shih KK, Matulonis U, Levine DA, Konstantinopoulos PA, Chowdhury D.
Cell Rep.(2016); 14:429-39.

It's Totally Tubular....Riding The New Wave of Ovarian Cancer Research. 
Perets R, Drapkin R.
Cancer Res. (2016);  76:10-7.

Long Noncoding RNA Ceruloplasmin Promotes Cancer Growth by Altering Glycolysis. 
Rupaimoole R, Lee J, Haemmerle M, Ling H, Previs RA, Pradeep RA, Pradeep S, Wu SY, Ivan C, Ferracin M, Dennison JB, Millward NM, Nagaraja AS, Gharpure KM, McGuire M, Sam N, Armaiz-Pena GN, Sadaoui NC, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Calin GA, Drapkin RI, Kovacs J, Mills GB, Zhang W, Lopez-Berestein G, Bhattacharya PK, Sood AK.
Cell Reports (2015); 13: 2395-402.
 
Elafin: a double agent in breast and ovarian cancer. 
Feng Y, Doberstein K, Drapkin R.
Oncoscience (2015); 2: 793-4.
 
Rethinking ovarian cancer II: reducing mortality from high-grade serous ovarian cancer. 
Bowtell DD, Böhm S, Ahmed AA, Aspuria PJ, Bast RC Jr, Beral V, Berek JS, Birrer MJ, Blagden S, Bookman MA, Brenton JD, Chiappinelli KB, Martins FC, Coukos G, Drapkin R, Edmondson R, Fotopoulou C, Gabra H, Galon J, Gourley C, Heong V, Huntsman DG, Iwanicki M, Karlan BY, Kaye A, Lengyel E, Levine DA, Lu KH, McNeish IA, Menon U, Narod SA, Nelson BH, Nephew KP, Pharoah P, Powell DJ Jr, Ramos P, Romero IL, Scott CL, Sood AK, Stronach EA, Balkwill FR.
Nature Rev Cancer (2015);15: 668-79.
 
PEPCK Coordinates the Regulation of Central Carbon Metabolism to Promote Cancer Cell Growth. 
Montal ED, Dewi R, Bhalla K, Ou L, Hwang BJ, Ropell AE, Gordon C, Liu WJ, DeBerardinis RJ, Sudderth J, Twaddel W, Boros LG, Shroyer KR, Duraisamy S, Drapkin R, Powers RS, Rohde JM, Boxer MB, Wong KK, Girnun GD.
Mol Cell (2015); 60:571-83.
 
Role of miR-182 in response to oxidative stress in the cell fate of human fallopian tube epithelial cells. 
Liu Y, Qiang W, Xu X, Dong R, Karst AM, Liu Z, Kong B, Drapkin RI, Wei JJ.
Oncotarget (2015); 6: 38983-98.
 
YAP induces high-grade serous carcinoma in fallopian tube secretory epithelial cells. 
Hua G, Lv X, He C, Remmenga SW, Rodabough KJ, Dong J, Yang L, Lele SM, Yang P, Zhou J, Karst A, Drapkin RI, Davis JS, Wang C. Oncogene (2015) [Epub ahead of print].
 
Beyond genomics: critical evaluation of cell line utility for ovarian cancer research. 
Elias KM, Emori MM, Papp E, MacDuffie E, Konecny GE, Velculescu VE, Drapkin R.
Gynecol Oncol (2015); 139: 97-103.
 
Stathmin 1 and p16(INK4A) are sensitive adjunct biomarkers for serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma. 
Novak M, Lester J, Karst AM, Parkash V, Hirsch MS, Crum CP, Karlan BY, Drapkin R.
Gynecol Oncol (2015); 139: 104-11.
 
GATA3 is a Sensitive and Specific Marker of Benign and Malignant Mesonephric Lesions in the Lower Female Genital Tract. 
Howitt BE, Emori MM, Drapkin R, Gaspar C, Barletta JA, Nucci MR, McCluggage WG, Oliva E, Hirsch MS.
Am J Surg Pathol (2015); 39: 1411-9.
 
Tumor-Targeting Synergistic Blockade of MAPK and PI3K from a Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticle. 
Dreaden EC, Kong YW, Morton SW, Correa S, Choi KY, Shopsowitz KE, Renggli K, Drapkin R, Yaffe MB, Hammond PT.
Clin Cancer Res (2015); 21: 4410-9.
 
Whole-genome characterization of chemoresistant ovarian cancer. 
Patch AM, Christie EL, Etemadmoghadam D, Garsed DW, George J, Fereday S, Nones K, Cowin P, Alsop K, Bailey PJ, Kassahn KS, Newell F, Quinn MC, Kazakoff S, Quek K, Wilhelm-Benartzi C, Curry E, Leong HS; Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Hamilton A, Mileshkin L, Au-Yeung G, Kennedy C, Hung J, Chiew YE, Harnett P, Friedlander M, Quinn M, Pyman J, Cordner S, O'Brien P, Leditschke J, Young G, Strachan K, Waring P, Azar W, Mitchell C, Traficante N, Hendley J, Thorne H, Shackleton M, Miller DK, Arnau GM, Tothill RW, Holloway TP, Semple T, Harliwong I, Nourse C, Nourbakhsh E, Manning S, Idrisoglu S, Bruxner TJ, Christ AN, Poudel B, Holmes O, Anderson M, Leonard C, Lonie A, Hall N, Wood S, Taylor DF, Xu Q, Fink JL, Waddell N, Drapkin R, Stronach E, Gabra H, Brown R, Jewell A, Nagaraj SH, Markham E, Wilson PJ, Ellul J, McNally O, Doyle MA, Vedururu R, Stewart C, Lengyel E, Pearson JV, Waddell N, deFazio A, Grimmond SM, Bowtell DD.
Nature (2015); 521:489-94.
 
Creation of a Human Secretome: A Novel Composite Library of Human Secreted Proteins: Validation Using Ovarian Cancer Gene Expression Data and a Virtual Secretome Array. 
Vathipadiekal V, Wang V, Wei W, Waldron L, Drapkin R, Gillette M, Skates S, Birrer M.
Clin Cancer Res (2015); 21: 4960-9.
 
Cell-type-specific enrichment of risk-associated regulatory elements at ovarian cancer susceptibility loci. 
Coetzee SG, Shen HC, Hazelett DJ, Lawrenson K, Kuchenbaecker K, Tyrer J, Rhie SK, Levanon K, Karst A, Drapkin R, Ramus SJ; Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, The Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2, Couch FJ, Offit K, Chenevix-Trench G, Monteiro AN, Antoniou A, Freedman M, Coetzee GA, Pharoah PD, Noushmehr H, Gayther SA; Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium The Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2.
Human Mol Genet (2015); 24: 3595-607.
 
GATA3 expression in gestational trophoblastic tissues and tumours. 
Mirkovic J, Elias K, Drapkin R, Barletta JA, Quade B, Hirsch MS.
Histopathology (2015); 67: 636-44.
 
Drug-induced death signaling strategy rapidly predicts cancer response to chemotherapy. 
Montero J, Sarosiek KA, DeAngelo JD, Maertens O, Ryan J, Ercan D, Piao H, Horowitz NS, Berkowitz RS, Matulonis U, Janne PA, Armein PC, Cichowski K, Drapkin R, Letai A.
Cell (2015); 160: 977-89.
 
An in-tumor genetic screens reveals that the BET bromodomain protein, BRD4, is a potential therapeutic target in ovarian carcinoma. 
Baratta MG, Schinzel AC, Zwang Y, Bandopadhayay P, Bowman-Colin C, Kutt J, Curtis J, Piao H, Wong LC, Kung AL, Beroukhim R, Bradner JE, Drapkin R, Hahn WC, Liu JF, Livingston DM.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2015); 112: 232-7.
 
Combined therapy with thrombospondin-1 type I repeats (3TSR) and chemotherapy induces regression and significantly improves survival in a preclinical model of advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer. 
Russell S, Duquette M, Liu J, Drapkin R, Lawler J, Petrik J.
FASEB J. (2015); 29: 576-88.
 
Elafin drives poor outcome in high-grade serous ovarian cancers and basal-like breast tumors. 
Labidi-Galy SI, Clauss A, Ng V, Duraisamy S, Elias KM, Piao HY, Bilal E, Davidowitz RA, Lu Y, Badalian-Very G, Györffy B, Kang UB, Ficarro S, Ganesan S, Mills GB, Marto JA, Drapkin R.
Oncogene (2015); 34: 373-83.

Mesenchymal gene program-expressing ovarian cancer spheroids exhibit enhanced mesothelial clearance. 
Davidowitz RA, Selfors LM, Iwanicki MP, Elias KM, Karst A, Piao H, Ince TA, Drage MG, Dering J, Konecny GE, Matulonis U, Mills GB, Slamon DJ, Drapkin R.*, Brugge JS*. * co-corresponding.
J Clin Invest (2014); 124: 2611-25.

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Use of CA125 and HE4 serum markers to predict ovarian cancer in elevated-risk women. 
Karlan BY, Thorpe J, Watabayashi K, Drescher CW, Palomares M, Daly MB, Paley P, Hillard P, Andersen MR, Anderson G, Drapkin R., Urban N.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2014); 23: 1383-93.

The hormonal composition of follicular fluid and its implications for ovarian cancer pathogenesis. 
Emori MM, Drapkin R.
Reprod Biol Endocrinol (2014); 12: 6

Highlights from the 2014 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. 
Bowtell DD, Drapkin R.
Gyn Oncol (2014); 134: 3-5.

In vivo multiplexed interrogation of amplified genes identifies GAB2 as an ovarian cancer oncogene. 
Dunn GP, Cheung HW, Agarwalla PK, Zektser Y, Karst AM, Boehm JS, Weir BA, Berlin AM, Zou L, Getz G, Liu JF, Hirsch MS, Vazquez F, Root DE, Beroukhim R, Drapkin R., Hahn WC.
PNAS (2014); 111: 1102-7.

Cyclin E1 deregulation occurs early in secretory cell transformation to promote formation of fallopian tube-derived high-grade serous ovarian cancers. 
Karst AM, Jones PM, Vena N, Ligon AH, Liu JF, Hirsch MS, Etemadmoghadam D, Bowtell DD, Drapkin R.
Cancer Res (2014); 74: 1141-52.

Prior appendectomy does not protect against subsequent development of malignant or borderline mucinous ovarian neoplasms. 
Elias KM, Labidi-Galy SI, Vitonis AF, Hornick JL, Doyle LA, Hirsch MS, Cramer DW, Drapkin R.
Gynecol Oncol (2014); 132: 328-33.

FOXO3a loss is a frequent early event in high-grade pelvic serous carcinogenesis. 
Levanon K, Sapoznik S, Bahar-Shany K, Brand H, Shapira-Frommer R, Korach J, Hirsch MS, Roh MH, Miron A, Liu JF, Vena N, Ligon AH, Fotheringham S, Bailey D, Flavin RJ, Birrer MJ, Drapkin R.
Oncogene (2014) [Epub ahead of print].

Transformation of the fallopian tube secretory epithelium leads to high-grade serous ovarian cancer in Brca; Tp53; Pten models.  
Perets R, Wyant GA, Muto, Bijron JG, Poole BB, Chin KT, Chen JYH, Ohman AW, Stepule CD, Kwak S, Karst AM, Hirsch MS, Setlur SR, Crum CP, Dinulescu DM, Drapkin R.
Cancer Cell (2013); 24: 751-765.

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Coming into focus: the nonovarian origins of ovarian cancer. 
Dubeau L and Drapkin R.
Annals of Oncology (2013); 24 (Suppl 8): viii28-viii35.

Modeling high-grade serous carcinoma: how converging insights into pathogenesis and genetics are driving better experimental platforms. 
Jones PM, Drapkin R,
Front. Oncol. (2013); 3:217. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00217

HE4 (WFDC2) promotes tumor growth in endometrial cancer cell lines. 
Li J, Chen H, Mariani A, Chen D, Klatt E, Podratz K, Drapkin R, Broaddus R, Dowdy S, Jiang S-W.
Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14: 6026-6043.

Human epididymis protein 4 is up-regulated in gastric and pancreatic adenocarcinomas. 
O’Neal RL, Nam KT, LaFleur BJ, Barlow B, Nozaki K, Lee H-J, Kim WH, Yang H-K, Shi C, Maitra A, Montgomery E, Washington MK, El Rifai W, Drapkin RI, Goldenring JR.
Human Pathol 2013; 44: 734-742.

Promoter methylation of the SALL2 tumor suppressor gene in ovarian cancers. 
Sung CK, Li D, Andrews E, Drapkin R, Benjamin T.
Mol Oncol (2013); 7: 419-427.

Prognostically relevant gene signatures of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. 
Verhaak RG, Tamayo P, Yang JY, Hubbard D, Zhang H, Creighton CJ, Fereday S, Lawrence M, Carter SL, Mermel CH, Kostic AD, Etemadmoghadam D, Saksena G, Cibulskis K, Duraisamy S, Levanon K, Sougnez C, Tsherniak A, Gomez S, Onofrio R, Gabriel S, Chin L, Zhang N, Spellman PT, Zhang Y, Akbani R, Hoadley KA, Kahn A, Kobel M, Huntsman D, Soslow RA, Defazio A, Birrer MJ, Gray JW, Weinstein JN, Bowtell DD, Drapkin R, Mesirov JP, Getz G, Levin DA, Meyerson M.
J Clin Invest (2013); 123: 517-25.

Stathmin-1 expression as a complement to p16 helps identify high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia with increased specificity. 
Howitt BE, Nucci MR, Drapkin R, Crum CP, Hirsch MS.
Am J Surg Pathol (2013); 37: 89-97.

The Polyoma Virus Large T Binding Protein p150 Is a Transcriptional Repressor of c-MYC. 
Sung CK, Yim H, Gu H, Li D, Andrews E, Duraisamy S, Li C, Drapkin R, Benjamin T.
PLoS One (2012); 7(9): e46486.

Primary culture and immortalization of human fallopian tube secretory epithelial cells. 
Karst AM, Drapkin R.
Nature Protocols (2012); 7: 1755-1764.

Targeted Tumor-Penetrating siRNA Nanocomplexes for Credentialing the Ovarian Cancer Oncogene ID4. 
Ren Y, Cheung HW, von Maltzhan G, Agrawal A, Cowley GS, Weir BA, Boehm JS, Tamayo P, Karst AM, Liu JF, Hirsch MS, Mesirov JP, Drapkin R, Root DE, Lo J, Fogal V, Ruoslahti E, Hahn WC, Bhatia SN.
Science Transl. Med. (2012); 4: 147ra112.

Profiles of genomic instability in high-grade serous ovarian cancer predict treatment outcome. 
Wang ZC, Birkbak NJ, Culhane A, Drapkin RI, Fatima A, Tian R, Schwede M, Alsop K, Daniels KE, Piao H, Liu J, Etemadmoghadam D, Miron A, Salvesen HB, Mitchell G, Defazio A, Quackenbush J, Berkowitz RS, Iglehart JD, Bowtell DD, Matulonis UA.
Clin Cancer Res (2012); 18: 5806-5815

Angiogenic mRNA and microRNA Gene Expression Signature Predicts a Novel Subtype of Serous Ovarian Cancer. 
Bentink S, Haibe-Kains B, Risch T, Fan JB, Hirsch MS, Holton K, Rubio R, April C, Chen J, Wickham-Garcia E, Liu J, Culhane A, Drapkin R, Quackenbush J, Matulonis UA.
PLoS One. (2012); 7(2): e30269.

Genome wide DNA copy number analysis of serous type ovarian carcinomas identifies genetic markers predictive of clinical outcome. 
Engler DA, Gupta S, Growdon WB, Drapkin RI, Nitta M, Sergent PA, Allred SF, Gross J, Deavers MT, Kuo WL, Karlan BY, Rueda BR, Orsulic S, Gershenson DM, Birrer MJ, Gray JW, Mohapatra G.
PLoS One. (2012); 7(2): e30996.

The role of peritoneal cytology at risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in women at increased risk of familial ovarian/tubal cancer.  
Manchanda R, Drapkin R, Jacobs I, Menon U.
Gynecol Oncol (2012) 124:185-91.

ErbB2, EphrinB1, Src Kinase and PTPN13 Signaling Complex Regulates MAP Kinase Signaling in Human Cancers. 
Vermeer PD, Bell M, Lee K, Vermeer DW, Wieking BG, Bilal E, Bhanot G, Drapkin RI, Ganesan S, Klingelhutz AJ, Hendriks WJ, Lee JH.
PLoS One. (2012); 7(1):e30447.

The new face of ovarian cancer modeling: better prospects for detection and treatment. 
Karst AM, Drapkin R.
Faculty 1000 Med Rep (2011) 3:22.

Pretreatment mitochondrial priming correlates with clinical response to cytotoxic chemotherapy.  
Ni Chonghaile T, Sarosiek KA, Vo TT, Ryan JA, Tammareddi A, Moore Vdel G, Deng J, Anderson KC, Richardson P, Tai YT, Mitsiades CS, Matulonis UA, Drapkin R, Stone R, Deangelo DJ, McConkey DJ, Sallan SE, Silverman L, Hirsch MS, Carrasco DR, Letai A.
Science (2011) 334:1129-33.

Rethinking ovarian cancer: recommendations for improving outcomes. 
Vaughan S, Coward JI, Bast RC Jr, Berchuck A, Berek JS, Brenton JD, Coukos G, Crum CC, Drapkin R, Etemadmoghadam D, Friedlander M, Gabra H, Kaye SB, Lord CJ, Lengyel E, Levine DA, McNeish IA, Menon U, Mills GB, Nephew KP, Oza AM, Sood AK, Stronach EA, Walczak H, Bowtell DD, Balkwill FR.
Nature Reviews Cancer (2011) 11: 719-725.

Aberrant Expression of the Dendritic Cell Marker TNFAIP2 by the Malignant Cells of Hodgkin Lymphoma and Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma Distinguishes These Tumor Types From Morphologically and Phenotypically Similar Lymphomas. 
Kondratiev S, Duraisamy S, Unitt CL, Green MR, Pinkus GS, Shipp MA, Kutok JL, Drapkin R, Rodig SJ.
Am J Surg Pathol (2011) 35: 1531-9.

High Throughput Interrogation of Somatic Mutations in High Grade Serous Cancer of the Ovary. 
Matulonis UA, Hirsch M, Palescandolo E, Kim E, Liu J, van Hummelen P, MacConaill L, Drapkin R, Hahn WC.
PLoS ONE (2011) 6(9): e24433.
    
Stathmin 1, a marker of PI3K pathway activation and regulator of microtubule dynamics, is expressed in early pelvic serous carcinomas. 
Karst AM, Levanon K, Duraisamy S, Liu JF, Hirsch MS, Hecht JL, Drapkin R.
Gynecol Oncol (2011) 123: 5-12.

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Systematic investigation of genetic vulnerabilities across cancer cell lines reveals lineage-specific dependencies in ovarian cancer. 
Cheung HW, Cowley GS, Weir BA, Boehm JS, Rusin S, Scott JA, East A, Ali LD, Lizotte PH, Wong TC, Jiang G, Hsiao J, Mermel CH, Getz G, Barretina J, Gopal S, Tamayo P, Gould J, Tsherniak A, Stransky N, Luo B, Ren Y, Drapkin R., Bhatia SN, Mesirov JP, Garraway LA, Meyerson M, Lander ES, Root DE, Hahn WC.
PNAS (2011) 108:12372-7.
    
Modeling high-grade serous ovarian carcinogenesis from the fallopian tube. 
Karst AM, Levanon K, Drapkin R.
PNAS (2011) 108: 7547-7552.

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Ex vivo culture of primary human fallopian tube epithelial cells. 
Fotheringham S, Levanon K, Drapkin R.
J Vis Exp (2011) 51: http://www.jove.com/details.stp?id=2728 doi: 10.3791/2728.

A comprehensive analysis of Pax8 expression in human epithelial tumors. 
Laury A, Perets R, Piao H, Krane JF, Barletta JA, French C, Chirieac LR, Lis R, Loda M, Hornick JL, Drapkin R, Hirsch MS.
Am J Surg Pathol (2011) 35: 816-826.

53BP1 Loss Rescues BRCA1 Deficiency and is Associated with Triple-Negative and BRCA-Mutated Breast Cancers.  
Bouwman P, Aly A, Escandell JM, Pieterse M, Bartkova J, van der Gulden H, Hiddingh S, Thanasoula M, Kulkarni A, Yang Q, Haffty BG, Tommiska J, Blomqvist C, Drapkin R, Adams DJ, Nevanlinna H, Bartek J, Tarsounas M, Ganesan S, Jonkers
J. Nat Struct Mol Biol. (2010) 17, 688-95.

PAX8 Reliably Distinguishes Ovarian Serous Tumors From Malignant Mesothelioma. 
Laury AR, Hornick JL, Perets R, Krane JF, Corson J, Drapkin R, Hirsch MS.
Am J Surg Pathol (2010) 34, 627-635.
    
An Activated ErbB3/NRG1 Autocrine Loop Supports In Vivo Proliferation in Ovarian Cancer Cells. 
Qing Sheng, Xinggang Liu, Eleanor Fleming, Karen Yuan, Huiying Piao, Jinyun Chen, Zeinab Moustafa, Roman K. Thomas, Heidi Greulich, Anna Schinzel, Sara Zaghlul, David Batt, Seth Ettenberg, Matthew Meyerson, Birgit Schoeberl, Andrew L. Kung, William C. Hahn, Ronny Drapkin, David M. Livingston, and Joyce F. Liu.
Cancer Cell (2010) 17, 298–310.
    
Ovarian Cancer Pathogenesis: A Model in Evolution. 
Alison M. Karst and Ronny Drapkin.
Journal of Oncology (2010), 2010, article ID 932371, 13 pages.
    
Overexpression of Elafin in Ovarian Carcinoma Is Driven by Genomic Gains and Activation of the Nuclear Factor B Pathway and Is Associated with Poor Overall Survival. 
Adam Clauss, Vivian Ng, Joyce Liu, Huiying Piao, Moises Russo, Natalie Vena, Qing Sheng, Michelle S. Hirsch, Tomas Bonome, Ursula Matulonis, Azra H. Ligon, Michael J. Birrer, and Ronny Drapkin.
Neoplasia (2010), 12, 161–172.


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Primary ex vivo cultures of human fallopian tube epithelium as a model for serous ovarian carcinogenesis. 
K Levanon, V Ng, HY Piao, Yi Zhang, MC Chang, MH Roh, DW Kindelberger, MS Hirsch, CP Crum, JA Marto and R Drapkin.
Oncogene (2010) 29, 1103–1113.

Does the fimbria have an embryologic origin distinct from that of the rest of the fallopian tube. 
Leslie A. Garrett, M.D., Sara O. Vargas, M.D., Ronny Drapkin, M.D., Ph.D., and Marc R. Laufer, M.D.
Fertility and Sterility (2008) 90, e 5-8.
    
New Insights Into the Pathogenesis of Serous Ovarian Cancer and Its Clinical Impact. 
Keren Levanon, Christopher Crum, and Ronny Drapkin.
J Clinical Oncology (2008) 26, 5284-5293.
    
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor: A Beacon of Malignancy. 
Ronny Drapkin, Adam Clauss, and Steven Skates.
Clin Cancer Res (2008) 14, 5643-5645.
    
A Novel Breast Cancer ^Associated BRIP1 (FANCJ/BACH1) GermlineMutation Impairs Protein Stability and Function. 
Arcangela DeNicolo, Mariella Tancredi, Grazia Lombardi, Cristina Chantal Flemma, Serena Barbuti, Claudio DiCristofano, Bijan Sobhian, Generoso Bevilacqua, Ronny Drapkin, and Maria Adelaide Caligo.
Clin Cancer Res (2008) 14, 4672-4800.

A candidate precursor to pelvic serous cancer (p53 signature) and its prevalence in ovaries and fallopian tubes from women with BRCA mutations. 
Ann K. Folkins, Elke A. Jarboe, Aasia Saleemuddin, Yonghee Lee, Michael J. Callahan, Ronny Drapkin, Judy E. Garber, Michael G. Muto, Shelley Tworoger, Christopher P. Crum.
Gynecologic Oncology (2008) 109, 168–173.     
        
Use of Yeast-Secreted In vivo Biotinylated Recombinant Antibodies (Biobodies) in Bead-Based ELISA. 
Nathalie Scholler, Kimberly A. Lowe, Lindsay A. Bergan, Archana V. Kampani, Vivian Ng, Robin M. Forrest, Jason D.Thorpe, Jenny A. Gross, Barbara M. Garvik, Ronny Drapkin, Garnet L. Anderson, and Nicole Urban.
Clin Cancer Res (2008) 14, 2647-2655.

Tubal and ovarian pathways to pelvic epithelial cancer: a pathological perspective. 
E A Jarboe, A K Folkins, R Drapkin, T A Ince, E S Agoston & C P Crum.
Histopathology (2008) 53, 127-138.

A Molecular Signature of Gastric Metaplasia Arising in Response to Acute Parietal Cell Loss. 
Koji Nozaki, Masako Ogawa, Janice A. Williams, Bonnie J. Lafleur, Vivian Ng, Ronny I. Drapkin, Jason C. Mills, Stephen F. Konieczny, Sachiyo Nomura, And James R. Goldenring.
Gastroenterology (2008) 134, 511–522.

Distinctive Cytogenetic Profile in Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma: Pathogenetic Implications. 
Marisa R. Nucci, MD, Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD, Paola Dal Cin, PhD, Christopher D. M. Fletcher, MD, FRCPath, and Jonathan A. Fletcher, MD.
Am J Surg Pathol. (2007); 31: 737-43, Number 5, May 2007.     
        
Further Evidence for BRCA1 Communication with the Inactive X Chromosome. 
Daniel P. Silver, Stoil D. Dimitrov, Jean Feunteun, Rebecca Gelman, Ronny Drapkin, Shihua D. Lu, Elena Shestakova, Soundarapandian Velmurugan, Nicholas DeNunzio, Serban Dragomir, Jessica Mar, Xiaoling Liu, Sven Rottenberg, Jos Jonkers, Shridar Ganesan, and David M. Livingston.
Cell 128, 991–1002, March 9, 2007.     
        
Lessons from BRCA: The Tubal Fimbria Emerges as an Origin for Pelvic Serous Cancer. 
Christopher P. Crum, MD; Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD; David Kindelberger, MD; Fabiola Medeiros, MD; Alexander Miron, PhD; and Yonghee Lee, MD.
Clinical Medicine & Research (2007) 5, 35-44.
    
A recurrent mutation in PALB2 in Finnish cancer families. 
Hannele Erkko, Bing Xia, Jenni Nikkila, Johanna Schleutker, Kirsi Syrja¨koski, Arto Mannermaa, Anne Kallioniemi, Katri Pylka¨s, Sanna-Maria Karppinen, Katrin Rapakko, Alexander Miron, Qing Sheng, Guilan Li, Henna Mattila, Daphne W. Bell, Daniel A. Haber, Mervi Grip, Mervi Reiman, Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen, Aki Mustonen, Juha Kere, Lauri A. Aaltonen, Veli-Matti Kosma, Vesa Kataja, Ylermi Soini, Ronny I. Drapkin, David M. Livingston & Robert Winqvist.
Nature (2007) 446, 316-319.     
        
The distal fallopian tube: a new model for pelvic serous carcinogenesis. 
Christopher P. Crum, Ronny Drapkin, Alexander Miron, Tan A. Ince, Michael Muto, David W. Kindelberger and Yonghee Lee.
Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2007, 19:3–9.     
        
Serous Carcinogenesis in the Fallopian Tube: A Descriptive Classification. 
Elke Jarboe, M.D., Ann Folkins, M.D., Marisa R. Nucci, M.D., David Kindelberger, M.D., Ronny Drapkin, M.D., Ph.D., Alexander Miron, Ph.D., Yonghee Lee, M.D., and Christopher P. Crum, M.D.
Int J Gynecol Pahol (2008) 27, 1-9.     
        
A candidate precursor to serous carcinoma that originates in the distal fallopian tube. 
Y Lee, A Miron, R Drapkin, MR Nucci, F Medeiros, A Saleemuddin, J Garber, C Birch, H Mou, RW Gordon, DW Cramer, FD McKeon and CP Crum.
J Pathology (2007) 211, 26-35.

Human Epididymis Protein 4 (HE4) Is a Secreted Glycoprotein that Is Overexpressed by Serous and Endometrioid Ovarian Carcinomas. Ronny Drapkin, Hans Henning von Horsten, Yafang Lin, Samuel C. Mok, Christopher P. Crum, William R. Welch, and Jonathan L. Hecht. Cancer Res 2005; 65: (6). March 15, 2005.     
        
Dicer-deficient mouse embryonic stem cells are defective in differentiation and centromeric silencing.  Chryssa Kanellopoulou, Stefan A. Muljo, Andrew L. Kung, Shridar Ganesan, Ronny Drapkin, Thomas Jenuwein, David M. Livingston, and Klaus Rajewsky. Genes Dev (2005) 19, 489-501.

Expression of Candidate Tumor Markers in Ovarian Carcinoma and Benign Ovary: Evidence for a Link Between Epithelial Phenotype and Neoplasia.  
Ronny Drapkin, Md, Phd, Christopher P. Crum, Md, AndJonathan L. Hecht, Md, Phd.
Human Pathology (2004) 35, 1014-1021.     
        
The BRCA1-associated protein BACH1 is a DNA helicase targeted by clinically relevant inactivating mutations. 
Sharon Cantor*, Ronny Drapkin*, Fan Zhang, Yafang Lin, Juliana Han, Sushmita Pamidi, and David M. Livingston, (*denotes equal contribution).
PNAS (2004) 101, 2357–2362.

The Ubiquitin Ligase Activity in the DDB2 and CSA Complexes Is Differentially Regulated by the COP9 Signalosome in Response to DNA Damage. 
Regina Groisman, Jolanta Polanowska, Isao Kuraoka, Jun-ichi Sawada, Masafumi Saijo, Ronny Drapkin, Alexei F. Kisselev, Kiyoji Tanaka, and Yoshihiro Nakatani.
Cell (2003) 113, 357-367.     
        
Association of BRCA1 with the inactive X chromosome and XIST RNA. 
Shridar Ganesan, Daniel P. Silver, Ronny Drapkin, Roger Greenberg, Jean Feunteun and David M. Livingston.
Phil Trans R. Soc. Land B Biol Sci. (2004) 359, 123-8.

BRCA1 Supports XIST RNA Concentration on the Inactive X Chromosome. 
Shridar Ganesan, Daniel P. Silver, Roger A. Greenberg, Dror Avni, Ronny Drapkin, Alexander Miron, Samuel C. Mok, Voahangy Randrianarison, Steven Brodie, Jennifer Salstrom, Theodore P. Rasmussen, Ann Klimke, Christine Marrese, York, Marahrens, Chu-Xia Deng, Jean Feunteun, and David M. Livingston.
Cell, Vol. 111, 393–405, November 1, 2002, Copyright 2002 by Cell Press.     
        
RNA Synthesis. 
Ronny Drapkin and Danny Reinberg.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SCIENCES / & 2002 Macmillan Publishers Ltd, Nature Publishg Group.     
        
The origins of ovarian cancer: hurdles and progress. 
Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD, and Jonathan Hecht, MD, PhD.
Women’s Oncol Rev 2002;2:261–68.

The p400 Complex Is an Essential E1A Transformation Target. 
Miriam Fuchs, Jill Gerber, Ronny Drapkin, Said Sif, Tsuyoshi Ikura, Vasily Ogryzko, William S. Lane, Yoshihiro Nakatani, and David M. Livingston.
Cell, Vol. 106, 297–307, August 10, 2001, Copyright 2001 by Cell Press.     
        
BACH1, a Novel Helicase-like Protein, Interacts Directly with BRCA1 and Contributes to Its DNA Repair Function. 
Sharon B. Cantor,* Daphne W. Bell, Shridar Ganesan, Elizabeth M. Kass, Ronny Drapkin, Steven Grossman, Doke C.R. Wahrer, Dennis C. Sgroi, William S. Lane, Daniel A. Haber, David M. Livingston.
Cell, Vol. 105, 149–160, April 6, 2001, Copyright 2001 by Cell Press.

A human RNA polymerase II complex associated with SRB and DNA-repair proteins. 
Maldonado E, Shiekhattar R, Sheldon M, Cho H, Drapkin R, Rickert P, Lees E, Anderson CW, Linn S, Reinberg D.
Nature 1996 Nov 28;384(6607):384.     
        
Human cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase exists in three distinct complexes. 
Ronny Drapkin, Gary Le Roy, Helen Cho, Sasha Akoulitchev, and Danny Reinberg.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 93, pp. 6488–6493, June 1996 Biochemistry.

 The Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Protein 2 Acidic Domain Forms a Complex with a Novel Cellular Coactivator That Can Interact with TFIIE. 
Xiao Tong, Ronny Drapkin, Ramana Yalamanchili, George Mosialos, And Elliott Kieff.
Molecular And Cellular Biology, Sept. 1995, p. 4735–4744.     
        
The 62- and 80-kDa subunits of transcription factor IIH mediate the interaction with Epstein-Barr virus nuclear protein 2. 
Tong X, Drapkin R, Reinberg D, Kieff E. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Apr 11;92(8):3259-63.     
        
Cdk-activating kinase complex is a component of human transcription factor TFIIH. 
Shiekhattar R, Mermelstein F, Fisher RP, Drapkin R, Dynlacht B, Wessling HC, Morgan DO, Reinberg D.
Nature. 1995 Mar 16; 374(6519):283-7.

The multifunctional TFIIH complex and transcriptional control.  
Ronny Drapkin and Danny Reinberg.
Trends Biochem Sci (1994) 19, 504-508.     
        
Where Transcription Meets Repair. 
Ronny Drapkin, Aziz Sancar, and Danny Reinberg.
Cell. Vol. 77, 9-12, April 8, 1994, Copyright 0 1994 by Cell Press.     
        
Dual role of TFIIH in DNA excision repair and in transcription by RNA polymerase II. 
Drapkin R, Reardon JT, Ansari A, Huang JC, Zawel L, Ahn K, Sancar A, Reinberg D.
Nature. 1994 Apr 21; 368(6473):769-72.     
        
The Essential Twist. 
Ronny Drapkin and Danny Reinberg.
Nature (1994) 369, 523-524.     
        
Regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription.  
Ronny Drapkin, Alejandro Merino and Danny Reinberg.
Current Opinion in Cell Biology 1993, 5:469-476.