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Jason Robert Pitarresi PhD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMedicine
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester MA 01655
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentMedicine
    DivisionHematology/Oncology

    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentMolecular, Cell and Cancer Biology

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentCancer Biology

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    DepartmentMD/PhD Program

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    DepartmentTranslational Science


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    State University of New York, Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, United StatesBS
    Ohio State University Columbus, Columbus, OH, United StatesPHDBiochemistry

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    1. Nishiwaki N, Sugiura K, Suzuki K, Li AL, Tapia Contreras C, Efe G, Shin AE, Sadeghian D, Zhao J, Maitra A, Pitarresi JR, Sims PA, Chandwani R, Rustgi AK. PRRX1 Has Functional Roles in Pancreatic Acinar to Ductal Metaplasia and Carcinogenesis. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Dec 16; 101442. PMID: 39694413.
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    2. Korobkina ED, Calejman CM, Haley JA, Kelly ME, Li H, Gaughan M, Chen Q, Pepper HL, Ahmad H, Boucher A, Fluharty SM, Lin TY, Lotun A, Peura J, Trefely S, Green CR, Vo P, Semenkovich CF, Pitarresi JR, Spinelli JB, Aydemir O, Metallo CM, Lynes MD, Jang C, Snyder NW, Wellen KE, Guertin DA. Brown fat ATP-citrate lyase links carbohydrate availability to thermogenesis and guards against metabolic stress. Nat Metab. 2024 Nov; 6(11):2187-2202. PMID: 39402290.
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    3. Chibaya L, DeMarco KD, Lusi CF, Kane GI, Brassil ML, Parikh CN, Murphy KC, Chowdhury SR, Li J, Ma B, Naylor TE, Cerrutti J, Mori H, Diaz-Infante M, Peura J, Pitarresi JR, Zhu LJ, Fitzgerald KA, Atukorale PU, Ruscetti M. Nanoparticle delivery of innate immune agonists combined with senescence-inducing agents promotes T cell control of pancreatic cancer. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Aug 28; 16(762):eadj9366. PMID: 39196958.
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    4. Li AL, Sugiura K, Nishiwaki N, Suzuki K, Sadeghian D, Zhao J, Maitra A, Falvo D, Chandwani R, Pitarresi JR, Sims PA, Rustgi AK. FRA1 controls acinar cell plasticity during murine KrasG12D-induced pancreatic acinar to ductal metaplasia. Dev Cell. 2024 Nov 18; 59(22):3025-3042.e7. PMID: 39178842.
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    5. 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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    6. Assouline B, Kahn R, Hodali L, Condiotti R, Engel Y, Elyada E, Mordechai-Heyn T, Pitarresi JR, Atias D, Steinberg E, Bidany-Mizrahi T, Forkosh E, Katz LH, Benny O, Golan T, Hofree M, Stewart SA, Atlan KA, Zamir G, Stanger BZ, Berger M, Ben-Porath I. Senescent cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic adenocarcinoma restrict CD8+ T cell activation and limit responsiveness to immunotherapy in mice. Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 22; 15(1):6162. PMID: 39039076.
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    7. Pitarresi JR, Fitzgerald KA. Unmasking immune suppression. Science. 2024 Jul 12; 385(6705):140-142. PMID: 38991086.
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    8. Brown BA, Myers PJ, Adair SJ, Pitarresi JR, Sah-Teli SK, Campbell LA, Hart WS, Barbeau MC, Leong K, Seyler N, Kane W, Lee KE, Stelow E, Jones M, Simon MC, Koivunen P, Bauer TW, Stanger BZ, Lazzara MJ. A Histone Methylation-MAPK Signaling Axis Drives Durable Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Hypoxic Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Res. 2024 Jun 04; 84(11):1764-1780. PMID: 38471099.
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    9. Pitarresi JR, Stanger BZ. Cellular Origins and Lineage Plasticity in Cancer. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2024 Jun 03; 14(6). PMID: 37604590.
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    10. Dudgeon C, Casabianca A, Harris C, Ogier C, Bellina M, Fiore S, Bernet A, Ducarouge B, Goldschneider D, Su X, Pitarresi J, Hezel A, De S, Narrow W, Soliman F, Shields C, Vendramini-Costa DB, Prela O, Wang L, Astsaturov I, Mehlen P, Carpizo DR. Netrin-1 feedforward mechanism promotes pancreatic cancer liver metastasis via hepatic stellate cell activation, retinoid, and ELF3 signaling. Cell Rep. 2023 11 28; 42(11):113369. PMID: 37922311.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    11. Chibaya L, Lusi CF, DeMarco KD, Kane GI, Brassil ML, Parikh CN, Murphy KC, Li J, Naylor TE, Cerrutti J, Peura J, Pitarresi JR, Zhu LJ, Fitzgerald KA, Atukorale PU, Ruscetti M. Nanoparticle delivery of innate immune agonists combines with senescence-inducing agents to mediate T cell control of pancreatic cancer. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 18. PMID: 37790484.
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    12. Fernandez Garcia E, Paudel U, Noji MC, Bowman CE, Rustgi AK, Pitarresi JR, Wellen KE, Arany Z, Weissenrieder JS, Foskett JK. The mitochondrial Ca2+ channel MCU is critical for tumor growth by supporting cell cycle progression and proliferation. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023; 11:1082213. PMID: 37363724.
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    13. Perez K, Chiarella AM, Cleary JM, Horick N, Weekes C, Abrams T, Blaszkowsky L, Enzinger P, Giannakis M, Goyal L, Meyerhardt JA, Rubinson D, Yurgelun MB, Goessling W, Giantonio BJ, Brais L, Germon V, Stonely D, Raghavan S, Bakir B, Das K, Pitarresi JR, Aguirre AJ, Needle M, Rustgi AK, Wolpin BM. Phase Ib and Expansion Study of Gemcitabine, Nab-Paclitaxel, and Ficlatuzumab in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer. Oncologist. 2023 05 08; 28(5):425-432. PMID: 36807743.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    14. Garc?a EF, Paudel U, Noji MC, Bowman CE, Pitarresi JR, Rustgi AK, Wellen KE, Arany Z, Weissenrieder JS, Foskett JK. The mitochondrial Ca 2+ channel MCU is critical for tumor growth by supporting cell cycle progression and proliferation. bioRxiv. 2023 Apr 28. PMID: 37163088.
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    15. McBrearty N, Cho C, Chen J, Zahedi F, Peck AR, Radaelli E, Assenmacher CA, Pavlak C, Devine A, Yu P, Lu Z, Zhang H, Li J, Pitarresi JR, Astsaturov I, Cukierman E, Rustgi AK, Stanger BZ, Rui H, Fuchs SY. Tumor-Suppressive and Immune-Stimulating Roles of Cholesterol 25-hydroxylase in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Mol Cancer Res. 2023 03 01; 21(3):228-239. PMID: 36378658.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    16. Barry-Hundeyin M, Carrot-Zhang J, Dayton T, Ghazanfar S, Guenther LM, Nguyen DTT, Pitarresi JR, Rajput S, Santana-Codina N, Shree T, Zeng Z, Zhang Y. The 2022 generation. Nat Cancer. 2022 Dec; 3(12):1426-1431. PMID: 36539504.
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    17. Lefler JE, MarElia-Bennett CB, Thies KA, Hildreth BE, Sharma SM, Pitarresi JR, Han L, Everett C, Koivisto C, Cuitino MC, Timmers CD, O'Quinn E, Parrish M, Romeo MJ, Linke AJ, Hobbs GA, Leone G, Guttridge DC, Zimmers TA, Lesinski GB, Ostrowski MC. STAT3 in tumor fibroblasts promotes an immunosuppressive microenvironment in pancreatic cancer. Life Sci Alliance. 2022 11; 5(11). PMID: 35803738.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    18. Karakasheva TA, Gabre JT, Sachdeva UM, Cruz-Acu?a R, Lin EW, DeMarshall M, Falk GW, Ginsberg GG, Yang Z, Kim MM, Diffenderfer ES, Pitarresi JR, Li J, Muir AB, Hamilton KE, Nakagawa H, Bass AJ, Rustgi AK. Patient-derived organoids as a platform for modeling a patient's response to chemoradiotherapy in esophageal cancer. Sci Rep. 2021 10 29; 11(1):21304. PMID: 34716381.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Maddipati R, Norgard RJ, Baslan T, Rathi KS, Zhang A, Saeid A, Higashihara T, Wu F, Kumar A, Annamalai V, Bhattacharya S, Raman P, Adkisson CA, Pitarresi JR, Wengyn MD, Yamazoe T, Li J, Balli D, LaRiviere MJ, Ngo TC, Folkert IW, Millstein ID, Bermeo J, Carpenter EL, McAuliffe JC, Oktay MH, Brekken RA, Lowe SW, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Notta F, Stanger BZ. MYC Levels Regulate Metastatic Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Discov. 2022 02; 12(2):542-561. PMID: 34551968.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    20. Pitarresi JR, Rustgi AK. Single-cell analysis of ductal differentiation. Nat Biomed Eng. 2021 08; 5(8):785-786. PMID: 34389821.
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    21. Norgard RJ, Pitarresi JR, Maddipati R, Aiello-Couzo NM, Balli D, Li J, Yamazoe T, Wengyn MD, Millstein ID, Folkert IW, Rosario-Berrios DN, Kim IK, Bassett JB, Payne R, Berry CT, Feng X, Sun K, Cioffi M, Chakraborty P, Jolly MK, Gutkind JS, Lyden D, Freedman BD, Foskett JK, Rustgi AK, Stanger BZ. Calcium signaling induces a partial EMT. EMBO Rep. 2021 09 06; 22(9):e51872. PMID: 34324787.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    22. Pitarresi JR, Rustgi AK. Pancreatic plasticity: Unlocking exocrine lineage specification. Cell Stem Cell. 2021 06 03; 28(6):987-988. PMID: 34087158.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    23. Tang Q, Efe G, Chiarella AM, Leung J, Chen M, Yamazoe T, Su Z, Pitarresi JR, Li J, Islam M, Karakasheva T, Klein-Szanto AJ, Pan S, Hu J, Natsugoe S, Gu W, Stanger BZ, Wong KK, Diehl JA, Bass AJ, Nakagawa H, Murphy ME, Rustgi AK. Mutant p53 regulates Survivin to foster lung metastasis. Genes Dev. 2021 04 01; 35(7-8):528-541. PMID: 33737385.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    24. Pitarresi JR, Norgard RJ, Chiarella AM, Suzuki K, Bakir B, Sahu V, Li J, Zhao J, Marchand B, Wengyn MD, Hsieh A, Kim IK, Zhang A, Sellin K, Lee V, Takano S, Miyahara Y, Ohtsuka M, Maitra A, Notta F, Kremer R, Stanger BZ, Rustgi AK. PTHrP Drives Pancreatic Cancer Growth and Metastasis and Reveals a New Therapeutic Vulnerability. Cancer Discov. 2021 07; 11(7):1774-1791. PMID: 33589425.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    25. Hsieh A, Pitarresi JR, Lerner J, Donahue G, Hsiehchen D, Rustgi AK, Zaret K. Growth of pancreatic cancers with hemizygous chromosomal 17p loss of MYBBP1A can be preferentially targeted by PARP inhibitors. Sci Adv. 2020 12; 6(49). PMID: 33277249.
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    26. Bakir B, Chiarella AM, Pitarresi JR, Rustgi AK. EMT, MET, Plasticity, and Tumor Metastasis. Trends Cell Biol. 2020 10; 30(10):764-776. PMID: 32800658.
      Citations: 311     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    27. Natale CA, Li J, Pitarresi JR, Norgard RJ, Dentchev T, Capell BC, Seykora JT, Stanger BZ, Ridky TW. Pharmacologic Activation of the G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor Inhibits Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020; 10(4):868-880.e1. PMID: 32376419.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    28. Park D, Shakya R, Koivisto C, Pitarresi JR, Szabolcs M, Kladney R, Hadjis A, Mace TA, Ludwig T. Murine models for familial pancreatic cancer: Histopathology, latency and drug sensitivity among cancers of Palb2, Brca1 and Brca2 mutant mouse strains. PLoS One. 2019; 14(12):e0226714. PMID: 31877165.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    29. Marchand B, Pitarresi JR, Reichert M, Suzuki K, Laczk? D, Rustgi AK. PRRX1 isoforms cooperate with FOXM1 to regulate the DNA damage response in pancreatic cancer cells. Oncogene. 2019 05; 38(22):4325-4339. PMID: 30705403.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    30. Pitarresi JR, Rustgi AK. Mechanisms Underlying Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019; 1164:3-10. PMID: 31576536.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Pitarresi JR, Liu X, Avendano A, Thies KA, Sizemore GM, Hammer AM, Hildreth BE, Wang DJ, Steck SA, Donohue S, Cuiti?o MC, Kladney RD, Mace TA, Chang JJ, Ennis CS, Li H, Reeves RH, Blackshaw S, Zhang J, Yu L, Fernandez SA, Frankel WL, Bloomston M, Rosol TJ, Lesinski GB, Konieczny SF, Guttridge DC, Rustgi AK, Leone G, Song JW, Wu J, Ostrowski MC. Disruption of stromal hedgehog signaling initiates RNF5-mediated proteasomal degradation of PTEN and accelerates pancreatic tumor growth. Life Sci Alliance. 2018 Oct; 1(5):e201800190. PMID: 30456390.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    
    32. Chatterji P, Hamilton KE, Liang S, Andres SF, Wijeratne HRS, Mizuno R, Simon LA, Hicks PD, Foley SW, Pitarresi JR, Klein-Szanto AJ, Mah AT, Van Landeghem L, Gregory BD, Lengner CJ, Madison BB, Shah P, Rustgi AK. The LIN28B-IMP1 post-transcriptional regulon has opposing effects on oncogenic signaling in the intestine. Genes Dev. 2018 08 01; 32(15-16):1020-1034. PMID: 30068703.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    33. Reichert M, Bakir B, Moreira L, Pitarresi JR, Feldmann K, Simon L, Suzuki K, Maddipati R, Rhim AD, Schlitter AM, Kriegsmann M, Weichert W, Wirth M, Schuck K, Schneider G, Saur D, Reynolds AB, Klein-Szanto AJ, Pehlivanoglu B, Memis B, Adsay NV, Rustgi AK. Regulation of Epithelial Plasticity Determines Metastatic Organotropism in Pancreatic Cancer. Dev Cell. 2018 06 18; 45(6):696-711.e8. PMID: 29920275.
      Citations: 67     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    34. Das KK, Heeg S, Pitarresi JR, Reichert M, Bakir B, Takano S, Kopp JL, Wahl-Feuerstein A, Hicks P, Sander M, Rustgi AK. ETV5 regulates ductal morphogenesis with Sox9 and is critical for regeneration from pancreatitis. Dev Dyn. 2018 06; 247(6):854-866. PMID: 29532564.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    35. Wu J, Liu X, Nayak SG, Pitarresi JR, Cuiti?o MC, Yu L, Hildreth BE, Thies KA, Schilling DJ, Fernandez SA, Leone G, Ostrowski MC. Generation of a pancreatic cancer model using a Pdx1-Flp recombinase knock-in allele. PLoS One. 2017; 12(9):e0184984. PMID: 28934293.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    36. Victor AR, Nalin AP, Dong W, McClory S, Wei M, Mao C, Kladney RD, Youssef Y, Chan WK, Briercheck EL, Hughes T, Scoville SD, Pitarresi JR, Chen C, Manz S, Wu LC, Zhang J, Ostrowski MC, Freud AG, Leone GW, Caligiuri MA, Yu J. IL-18 Drives ILC3 Proliferation and Promotes IL-22 Production via NF-?B. J Immunol. 2017 10 01; 199(7):2333-2342. PMID: 28842466.
      Citations: 37     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    37. Giroux V, Lento AA, Islam M, Pitarresi JR, Kharbanda A, Hamilton KE, Whelan KA, Long A, Rhoades B, Tang Q, Nakagawa H, Lengner CJ, Bass AJ, Wileyto EP, Klein-Szanto AJ, Wang TC, Rustgi AK. Long-lived keratin 15+ esophageal progenitor cells contribute to homeostasis and regeneration. J Clin Invest. 2017 Jun 01; 127(6):2378-2391. PMID: 28481227.
      Citations: 55     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    38. Sizemore GM, Pitarresi JR, Balakrishnan S, Ostrowski MC. The ETS family of oncogenic transcription factors in solid tumours. Nat Rev Cancer. 2017 06; 17(6):337-351. PMID: 28450705.
      Citations: 130     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    39. Mace TA, Shakya R, Pitarresi JR, Swanson B, McQuinn CW, Loftus S, Nordquist E, Cruz-Monserrate Z, Yu L, Young G, Zhong X, Zimmers TA, Ostrowski MC, Ludwig T, Bloomston M, Bekaii-Saab T, Lesinski GB. IL-6 and PD-L1 antibody blockade combination therapy reduces tumour progression in murine models of pancreatic cancer. Gut. 2018 02; 67(2):320-332. PMID: 27797936.
      Citations: 225     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    40. Pitarresi JR, Liu X, Sharma SM, Cuiti?o MC, Kladney RD, Mace TA, Donohue S, Nayak SG, Qu C, Lee J, Woelke SA, Trela S, LaPak K, Yu L, McElroy J, Rosol TJ, Shakya R, Ludwig T, Lesinski GB, Fernandez SA, Konieczny SF, Leone G, Wu J, Ostrowski MC. Stromal ETS2 Regulates Chemokine Production and Immune Cell Recruitment during Acinar-to-Ductal Metaplasia. Neoplasia. 2016 09; 18(9):541-52. PMID: 27659014.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    41. Liu X, Pitarresi JR, Cuiti?o MC, Kladney RD, Woelke SA, Sizemore GM, Nayak SG, Egriboz O, Schweickert PG, Yu L, Trela S, Schilling DJ, Halloran SK, Li M, Dutta S, Fernandez SA, Rosol TJ, Lesinski GB, Shakya R, Ludwig T, Konieczny SF, Leone G, Wu J, Ostrowski MC. Genetic ablation of Smoothened in pancreatic fibroblasts increases acinar-ductal metaplasia. Genes Dev. 2016 09 01; 30(17):1943-55. PMID: 27633013.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    42. Mace TA, Shakya R, Elnaggar O, Wilson K, Komar HM, Yang J, Pitarresi JR, Young GS, Ostrowski MC, Ludwig T, Bekaii-Saab T, Bloomston M, Lesinski GB. Single agent BMS-911543 Jak2 inhibitor has distinct inhibitory effects on STAT5 signaling in genetically engineered mice with pancreatic cancer. Oncotarget. 2015 Dec 29; 6(42):44509-22. PMID: 26575024.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    43. Wallace JA, Pitarresi JR, Sharma N, Palettas M, Cuiti?o MC, Sizemore ST, Yu L, Sanderlin A, Rosol TJ, Mehta KD, Sizemore GM, Ostrowski MC. Protein kinase C Beta in the tumor microenvironment promotes mammary tumorigenesis. Front Oncol. 2014; 4:87. PMID: 24795864.
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