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Nikita Umakant Bhalerao PhD

TitleInstructor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMedicine
AddressUmass Chan Medical School
55 Lake Ave N
Worcester MA 01655-0002
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentMedicine
    DivisionHematology/Oncology


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    University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United StatesPHDCancer Biology

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    1. Zhou L, DeMarco KD, Murphy KC, Wu Z, Li J, Johnson C, Liu B, Giwa HK, Ma B, Bhalerao N, Li J, Jiang Z, Bai S, Parikh CN, Ye T, Simin K, Zhu LJ, Pitarresi JR, Wu H, Ruscetti M. p21-Positive Senescent Stromal Cells Promote Prostate Cancer Immune Suppression and Progression That Can Be Reversed by Senolytic Therapy. Cancer Discov. 2026 Mar 02; 16(3):571-591. PMID: 41135083.
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    2. Abu-Remaileh M, Stransky LA, Bhalerao N, Shirole NH, Jiang Q, Saad E, Machaalani M, Vigeant SM, Woldemichael H, Xu C, Lu J, Wei H, Liu Z, Sun W, Enomoto K, Choueiri TK, Pitarresi JR, Carr SA, Udeshi ND, Kaelin WG. Publisher Correction: argeting of HIF2-driven cachexia in kidney cancer. Nat Med. 2026 Feb; 32(2):766. PMID: 41606123.
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    3. Abu-Remaileh M, Stransky LA, Bhalerao N, Shirole NH, Jiang Q, Saad E, Machaalani M, Vigeant SM, Woldemichael H, Xu C, Lu J, Wei H, Liu Z, Sun W, Enomoto K, Choueiri TK, Pitarresi JR, Carr SA, Udeshi ND, Kaelin WG. Targeting of HIF2-driven cachexia in kidney cancer. Nat Med. 2026 Jan; 32(1):245-257. PMID: 41315757.
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    4. Clausen TM, Weiss RJ, Tremblay JR, Kellman BP, Coker J, Dworkin LA, Rodriguez JP, Chang IM, Chen T, Padala V, Karlsson R, Song H, Peck KL, Ogawa S, Sandoval DR, Joshi HJ, Wang G, Ferguson LP, Bhalerao N, Moores A, Reya T, Sander M, Caffrey TC, Grem JL, Aicher A, Heeschen C, Le D, Lewis NE, Hollingsworth MA, Grandgenett PM, Bellis SL, Miller RL, Fuster MM, Dawson DW, Engle DD, Esko JD. Antithrombin-binding heparan sulfate is ubiquitously expressed in epithelial cells and suppresses pancreatic tumorigenesis. J Clin Invest. 2025 11 17; 135(22). PMID: 40924474.
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    5. Abu-Remaileh M, Stransky LA, Bhalerao N, Shirole NH, Jiang Q, Saad E, Machaalani M, Vigeant SM, Woldemichael H, Xu C, Lu J, Wei H, Liu Z, Sun W, Enomoto K, Choueiri TK, Pitarresi JR, Carr SA, Udeshi ND, Kaelin WG. HIF2-driven PTHrP Causes Cachexia and Hypercalcemia in Kidney Cancer: Treatment with HIF2 Inhibitors. bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 11. PMID: 40964365.
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    6. Bhalerao N, Ogoti Y, Peura J, Johnson C, Chen Q, Korobkina ED, Keller FN, Wengyn M, Norgard RJ, Shamber C, Klute K, DiMaio D, Sellin K, Grandgenett PM, Li R, Hollingsworth MA, Guilherme A, Czech MP, Kremer R, Zhu LJ, Spinelli JB, Watson EV, Ruscetti M, Guertin DA, Pitarresi JR. Pancreatic cancer cachexia is mediated by PTHrP-driven disruption of adipose de novo lipogenesis. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 20. PMID: 40501563.
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    7. Weissenrieder JS, Peura J, Paudel U, Bhalerao N, Weinmann N, Johnson C, Wengyn M, Drager R, Furth EE, Simin K, Ruscetti M, Stanger BZ, Rustgi AK, Pitarresi JR, Foskett JK. Mitochondrial Ca2+ controls pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis by regulating epithelial cell plasticity. Cell Rep. 2025 May 27; 44(5):115627. PMID: 40286270.
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    8. Weissenrieder JS, Peura J, Paudel U, Bhalerao N, Weinmann N, Johnson C, Wengyn M, Drager R, Furth EE, Simin K, Ruscetti M, Stanger BZ, Rustgi AK, Pitarresi JR, Foskett JK. Mitochondrial Ca2+ controls pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis by regulating epithelial cell plasticity. bioRxiv. 2024 Aug 09. PMID: 39149344.
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    9. Bhalerao N, Chakraborty A, Marciel MP, Hwang J, Britain CM, Silva AD, Eltoum IE, Jones RB, Alexander KL, Smythies LE, Smith PD, Crossman DK, Crowley MR, Shin B, Harrington LE, Yan Z, Bethea MM, Hunter CS, Klug CA, Buchsbaum DJ, Bellis SL. ST6GAL1 sialyltransferase promotes acinar to ductal metaplasia and pancreatic cancer progression. JCI Insight. 2023 10 09; 8(19). PMID: 37643018.
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    10. Marciel MP, Haldar B, Hwang J, Bhalerao N, Bellis SL. Role of tumor cell sialylation in pancreatic cancer progression. Adv Cancer Res. 2023; 157:123-155. PMID: 36725107.
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    11. Dorsett KA, Marciel MP, Hwang J, Ankenbauer KE, Bhalerao N, Bellis SL. Regulation of ST6GAL1 sialyltransferase expression in cancer cells. Glycobiology. 2021 06 03; 31(5):530-539. PMID: 33320246.
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    12. Britain CM, Bhalerao N, Silva AD, Chakraborty A, Buchsbaum DJ, Crowley MR, Crossman DK, Edwards YJK, Bellis SL. Glycosyltransferase ST6Gal-I promotes the epithelial to mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer cells. J Biol Chem. 2021 Jan-Jun; 296:100034. PMID: 33148698.
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