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Selected Publications
- Mweempwa, A., Rosenthal, M, A., Dimou, J., Drummond, K, J., & WHITTLE, J, R. (2021) Perioperative clinical trials for glioma: raising the bar. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. Senior and corresponding author PMID: 34119258
- WHITTLE, J, R., Vaillant, F., Surgeon, E., Policheni, A., Giner, G., Capaldo, B, D., Chen, H., Liu, H, K., Dekkers, J, F., Sachs, N., Clevers, H., Fellowes, A., Green, T., Xu, H., Fox, S, B., Herold, M, J., Smyth, G, K., Gray, D, H, D., Visvader, J, E., and Lindeman, G, J (2020). Dual targeting of CDK4/6 and BCL2 pathways augments tumor response in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-1872. PMID: 32245900
- Dekkers, J, F.,* WHITTLE, J, R.,* Vaillant, F., Chen, H., Dawson, C., Liu, K., Geurts, M, H., Herold, M, J., Clevers, H., Lindeman, G, J., and Visvader J, E. (2020) Modelling breast cancer using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated engineering of human breast organoids. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 112(5), 540 – 544. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djz196. * equal contribution. PMID: 31589320
- Lok, S, W.,* WHITTLE, J, R.,* Vaillant, F., Teh, C., Lo, L, L., Policheni, A, N., Bergin, A, R, T., Desai, J., Ftouni, S., Gandolfo, L, C., Liew, D., Liu, H, K., Mann, G, B., Moodie, K., Murugasu, A., Pal, B., Roberts, A, W., Rosenthal, M, A., Shacleton, K., Silva, M, J., Siow, Z, R., Smyth, G, K., Taylor, L., Travers, A., Yeo, B., Yeung, M, M., Bujak, A, Z., Dawson, S, J., Gray, D, H, D., Visvader, J, E., and Lindeman, G, J. (2019) A phase Ib dose-escalation and expansion study of the BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax combined with tamoxifen in ER and BCL2–positive metastatic breast cancer. Cancer Discovery, 9(3), 354 – 369. (doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-18-1151). (IF 26.3370; Citations 53). * equal contribution. PMID: 30518523
- Merino, D.*, WHITTLE, J, R.,* Vaillant, F.,* Serrano, A., Gong, J., Giner, G., Maragno, A, L., Scheider, E., Pal, B., Li, X., Dewson, G., Grasel, J., Liu, K., Lalaoui, N., Segal, D., Herold, M., Huang, D., Smyth, G., Geneste, O., Lessene, G., Visvader, J, E., and Lindeman, G, J. (2017) Synergistic action of the MCL-1 inhibitor S63845 with current therapies in preclinical models of triple- negative and HER2-amplified breast cancer. Science Translational Medicine, 9(401). (doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aam7049). * equal contribution. PMID: 28768804
- WHITTLE, J, R. Lickliter, J, D., Gan, H, K., Scott, A, M., Simes, J... and Rosenthal, M. First in human nanotechnology doxorubicin delivery system to target epidermal growth factor receptors in recurrent glioblastoma. (2015), Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 22(12): 1889 – 94. (10.1016/j.jocn.2015.06.005). PMID: 26279503