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William Alexander Flavahan PhD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMolecular, Cell and Cancer Biology
AddressUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Ave North
Worcester MA 01605
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    DepartmentCancer Biology

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    Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United StatesBEBiomedical Engineering
    Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United StatesPHDMolecular Medicine

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    1. Lim YC, Jensen KE, Aguilar-Morante D, Vardouli L, Vitting-Seerup K, Gimple RC, Wu Q, Pedersen H, Elbaek KJ, Gromova I, Ihnatko R, Kristensen BW, Petersen JK, Skjoth-Rasmussen J, Flavahan W, Rich JN, Hamerlik P. Non-metabolic functions of phosphofructokinase-1 orchestrate tumor cellular invasion and genome maintenance under bevacizumab therapy. Neuro Oncol. 2023 02 14; 25(2):248-260. PMID: 35608632.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. George J, Chen Y, Abdelfattah N, Yamamoto K, Gallup TD, Adamson SI, Rybinski B, Srivastava A, Kumar P, Lee MG, Baskin DS, Jiang W, Choi JM, Flavahan W, Chuang JH, Kim BY, Xu J, Jung SY, Yun K. Cancer stem cells, not bulk tumor cells, determine mechanisms of resistance to SMO inhibitors. Cancer Res Commun. 2022 06; 2(6):402-416. PMID: 36688010.
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    3. Libby CJ, Gc S, Benavides GA, Fisher JL, Williford SE, Zhang S, Tran AN, Gordon ER, Jones AB, Tuy K, Flavahan W, Gordillo J, Long A, Cooper SJ, Lasseigne BN, Augelli-Szafran CE, Darley-Usmar V, Hjelmeland AB. A role for GLUT3 in glioblastoma cell invasion that is not recapitulated by GLUT1. Cell Adh Migr. 2021 12; 15(1):101-115. PMID: 33843470.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Flavahan WA. Epigenetic plasticity, selection, and tumorigenesis. Biochem Soc Trans. 2020 08 28; 48(4):1609-1621. PMID: 32794546.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    5. Flavahan WA, Drier Y, Johnstone SE, Hemming ML, Tarjan DR, Hegazi E, Shareef SJ, Javed NM, Raut CP, Eschle BK, Gokhale PC, Hornick JL, Sicinska ET, Demetri GD, Bernstein BE. Altered chromosomal topology drives oncogenic programs in SDH-deficient GISTs. Nature. 2019 11; 575(7781):229-233. PMID: 31666694.
      Citations: 95     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    6. Tarjan DR, Flavahan WA, Bernstein BE. Epigenome editing strategies for the functional annotation of CTCF insulators. Nat Commun. 2019 09 18; 10(1):4258. PMID: 31534142.
      Citations: 34     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    7. Nickerson KP, Senger S, Zhang Y, Lima R, Patel S, Ingano L, Flavahan WA, Kumar DKV, Fraser CM, Faherty CS, Sztein MB, Fiorentino M, Fasano A. Salmonella Typhi Colonization Provokes Extensive Transcriptional Changes Aimed at Evading Host Mucosal Immune Defense During Early Infection of Human Intestinal Tissue. EBioMedicine. 2018 May; 31:92-109. PMID: 29735417.
      Citations: 33     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    8. Flavahan WA, Gaskell E, Bernstein BE. Epigenetic plasticity and the hallmarks of cancer. Science. 2017 Jul 21; 357(6348). PMID: 28729483.
      Citations: 533     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    9. Miller TE, Liau BB, Wallace LC, Morton AR, Xie Q, Dixit D, Factor DC, Kim LJY, Morrow JJ, Wu Q, Mack SC, Hubert CG, Gillespie SM, Flavahan WA, Hoffmann T, Thummalapalli R, Hemann MT, Paddison PJ, Horbinski CM, Zuber J, Scacheri PC, Bernstein BE, Tesar PJ, Rich JN. Transcription elongation factors represent in vivo cancer dependencies in glioblastoma. Nature. 2017 07 20; 547(7663):355-359. PMID: 28678782.
      Citations: 98     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    10. Wang X, Yang K, Xie Q, Wu Q, Mack SC, Shi Y, Kim LJY, Prager BC, Flavahan WA, Liu X, Singer M, Hubert CG, Miller TE, Zhou W, Huang Z, Fang X, Regev A, Suv? ML, Hwang TH, Locasale JW, Bao S, Rich JN. Purine synthesis promotes maintenance of brain tumor initiating cells in glioma. Nat Neurosci. 2017 May; 20(5):661-673. PMID: 28346452.
      Citations: 96     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    11. Liau BB, Sievers C, Donohue LK, Gillespie SM, Flavahan WA, Miller TE, Venteicher AS, Hebert CH, Carey CD, Rodig SJ, Shareef SJ, Najm FJ, van Galen P, Wakimoto H, Cahill DP, Rich JN, Aster JC, Suv? ML, Patel AP, Bernstein BE. Adaptive Chromatin Remodeling Drives Glioblastoma Stem Cell Plasticity and Drug Tolerance. Cell Stem Cell. 2017 02 02; 20(2):233-246.e7. PMID: 27989769.
      Citations: 225     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    12. Otvos B, Silver DJ, Mulkearns-Hubert EE, Alvarado AG, Turaga SM, Sorensen MD, Rayman P, Flavahan WA, Hale JS, Stoltz K, Sinyuk M, Wu Q, Jarrar A, Kim SH, Fox PL, Nakano I, Rich JN, Ransohoff RM, Finke J, Kristensen BW, Vogelbaum MA, Lathia JD. Cancer Stem Cell-Secreted Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Stimulates Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cell Function and Facilitates Glioblastoma Immune Evasion. Stem Cells. 2016 08; 34(8):2026-39. PMID: 27145382.
      Citations: 127     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    13. Flavahan WA, Drier Y, Liau BB, Gillespie SM, Venteicher AS, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Suv? ML, Bernstein BE. Insulator dysfunction and oncogene activation in IDH mutant gliomas. Nature. 2016 Jan 07; 529(7584):110-4. PMID: 26700815.
      Citations: 591     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    14. Schonberg DL, Miller TE, Wu Q, Flavahan WA, Das NK, Hale JS, Hubert CG, Mack SC, Jarrar AM, Karl RT, Rosager AM, Nixon AM, Tesar PJ, Hamerlik P, Kristensen BW, Horbinski C, Connor JR, Fox PL, Lathia JD, Rich JN. Preferential Iron Trafficking Characterizes Glioblastoma Stem-like Cells. Cancer Cell. 2015 Oct 12; 28(4):441-455. PMID: 26461092.
      Citations: 146     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    15. Alvarado AG, Turaga SM, Sathyan P, Mulkearns-Hubert EE, Otvos B, Silver DJ, Hale JS, Flavahan WA, Zinn PO, Sinyuk M, Li M, Guda MR, Velpula KK, Tsung AJ, Nakano I, Vogelbaum MA, Majumder S, Rich JN, Lathia JD. Coordination of self-renewal in glioblastoma by integration of adhesion and microRNA signaling. Neuro Oncol. 2016 05; 18(5):656-66. PMID: 26374689.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    16. Xie Q, Wu Q, Mack SC, Yang K, Kim L, Hubert CG, Flavahan WA, Chu C, Bao S, Rich JN. CDC20 maintains tumor initiating cells. Oncotarget. 2015 May 30; 6(15):13241-54. PMID: 25938542.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    17. Hitomi M, Deleyrolle LP, Mulkearns-Hubert EE, Jarrar A, Li M, Sinyuk M, Otvos B, Brunet S, Flavahan WA, Hubert CG, Goan W, Hale JS, Alvarado AG, Zhang A, Rohaus M, Oli M, Vedam-Mai V, Fortin JM, Futch HS, Griffith B, Wu Q, Xia CH, Gong X, Ahluwalia MS, Rich JN, Reynolds BA, Lathia JD. Differential connexin function enhances self-renewal in glioblastoma. Cell Rep. 2015 May 19; 11(7):1031-42. PMID: 25959821.
      Citations: 66     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    18. Xie Q, Wu Q, Horbinski CM, Flavahan WA, Yang K, Zhou W, Dombrowski SM, Huang Z, Fang X, Shi Y, Ferguson AN, Kashatus DF, Bao S, Rich JN. Mitochondrial control by DRP1 in brain tumor initiating cells. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Apr; 18(4):501-10. PMID: 25730670.
      Citations: 199     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    19. Zhou W, Ke SQ, Huang Z, Flavahan W, Fang X, Paul J, Wu L, Sloan AE, McLendon RE, Li X, Rich JN, Bao S. Periostin secreted by glioblastoma stem cells recruits M2 tumour-associated macrophages and promotes malignant growth. Nat Cell Biol. 2015 Feb; 17(2):170-82. PMID: 25580734.
      Citations: 440     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    20. Xie Q, Flavahan WA, Bao S, Rich J. The tailless root of glioma: cancer stem cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2014 Aug 07; 15(2):114-6. PMID: 25105574.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    21. Hale JS, Otvos B, Sinyuk M, Alvarado AG, Hitomi M, Stoltz K, Wu Q, Flavahan W, Levison B, Johansen ML, Schmitt D, Neltner JM, Huang P, Ren B, Sloan AE, Silverstein RL, Gladson CL, DiDonato JA, Brown JM, McIntyre T, Hazen SL, Horbinski C, Rich JN, Lathia JD. Cancer stem cell-specific scavenger receptor CD36 drives glioblastoma progression. Stem Cells. 2014 Jul; 32(7):1746-58. PMID: 24737733.
      Citations: 116     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    22. Bai Y, Lathia JD, Zhang P, Flavahan W, Rich JN, Mattson MP. Molecular targeting of TRF2 suppresses the growth and tumorigenesis of glioblastoma stem cells. Glia. 2014 Oct; 62(10):1687-98. PMID: 24909307.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    23. Liu JK, Lubelski D, Schonberg DL, Wu Q, Hale JS, Flavahan WA, Mulkearns-Hubert EE, Man J, Hjelmeland AB, Yu J, Lathia JD, Rich JN. Phage display discovery of novel molecular targets in glioblastoma-initiating cells. Cell Death Differ. 2014 Aug; 21(8):1325-39. PMID: 24832468.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    24. Lathia JD, Li M, Sinyuk M, Alvarado AG, Flavahan WA, Stoltz K, Rosager AM, Hale J, Hitomi M, Gallagher J, Wu Q, Martin J, Vidal JG, Nakano I, Dahlrot RH, Hansen S, McLendon RE, Sloan AE, Bao S, Hjelmeland AB, Carson CT, Naik UP, Kristensen B, Rich JN. High-throughput flow cytometry screening reveals a role for junctional adhesion molecule a as a cancer stem cell maintenance factor. Cell Rep. 2014 Jan 16; 6(1):117-29. PMID: 24373972.
      Citations: 47     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    25. Venere M, Hamerlik P, Wu Q, Rasmussen RD, Song LA, Vasanji A, Tenley N, Flavahan WA, Hjelmeland AB, Bartek J, Rich JN. Therapeutic targeting of constitutive PARP activation compromises stem cell phenotype and survival of glioblastoma-initiating cells. Cell Death Differ. 2014 Feb; 21(2):258-69. PMID: 24121277.
      Citations: 94     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    26. Flavahan WA, Wu Q, Hitomi M, Rahim N, Kim Y, Sloan AE, Weil RJ, Nakano I, Sarkaria JN, Stringer BW, Day BW, Li M, Lathia JD, Rich JN, Hjelmeland AB. Brain tumor initiating cells adapt to restricted nutrition through preferential glucose uptake. Nat Neurosci. 2013 Oct; 16(10):1373-82. PMID: 23995067.
      Citations: 248     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    27. Heddleston JM, Hitomi M, Venere M, Flavahan WA, Yang K, Kim Y, Minhas S, Rich JN, Hjelmeland AB. Glioma stem cell maintenance: the role of the microenvironment. Curr Pharm Des. 2011; 17(23):2386-401. PMID: 21827414.
      Citations: 43     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    28. Zhang P, Lathia JD, Flavahan WA, Rich JN, Mattson MP. Squelching glioblastoma stem cells by targeting REST for proteasomal degradation. Trends Neurosci. 2009 Nov; 32(11):559-65. PMID: 19748686.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    29. Flavahan NA, Bailey SR, Flavahan WA, Mitra S, Flavahan S. Imaging remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton in vascular smooth muscle cells after mechanosensitive arteriolar constriction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005 Feb; 288(2):H660-9. PMID: 15388507.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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