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Jason Robert Pitarresi PhD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMedicine
AddressUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Ave North
Worcester MA 01605
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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

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentInterdisciplinary Graduate Program

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    DepartmentMD/PhD Program

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    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. Pitarresi JR, Stanger BZ. Cellular Origins and Lineage Plasticity in Cancer. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2023 Aug 21. PMID: 37604590.
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    2. 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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    3. 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
    4. 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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    5. 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: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    6. 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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    7. 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: 9     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    8. 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: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. 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: 15     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    10. 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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    11. 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: 15     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    12. 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
    13. 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: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    14. 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: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    15. 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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    16. 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: 262     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    17. 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: 24     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    18. 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
    19. 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: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    20. Pitarresi JR, Rustgi AK. Mechanisms Underlying Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019; 1164:3-10. PMID: 31576536.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. 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:    
    22. 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: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    23. 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: 62     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    24. 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: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    25. 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: 10     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    26. 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: 33     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    27. 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: 50     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    28. 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: 124     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. 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: 239     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    30. 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: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    31. 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: 27     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    32. 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
    33. 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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