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1. LSD1 promotes prostate cancer reprogramming by repressing TP53 signaling independently of its demethylase function. Kumaraswamy A, Duan Z, Flores D, Zhang C, Sehrawat A, Hu YM, Swaim OA, Rodansky E, Storck WK, Kuleape JA, Bedi K, Mannan R, Wang XM, Udager A, Ravikumar V, Bankhead A 3rd, Coleman I, Lee JK, Morrissey C, Nelson PS, Chinnaiyan AM, Rao A, Xia Z, Yates JA, Alumkal JJ. JCI Insight. 2023 Aug 8. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.167440. PMID: 37440313

2. Transcriptional profiling of matched patient biopsies clarifies molecular determinants of enzalutamide-induced lineage plasticity. Westbrook TC, Guan X, Rodansky E, Flores D, Liu CJ, Udager AM, Patel RA, Haffner MC, Hu YM, Sun D, Beer TM, Foye A, Aggarwal R, Quigley DA, Youngren JF, Ryan CJ, Gleave M, Wang Y, Huang J, Coleman I, Morrissey C, Nelson PS, Evans CP, Lara P, Reiter RE, Witte O, Rettig M, Wong CK, Weinstein AS, Uzunangelov V, Stuart JM, Thomas GV, Feng FY, Small EJ, Yates JA, Xia Z, & Alumkal JJ. Nat Comms. 2022 Sept 15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32701-6. PMID: 36109521

3. BET Bromodomain Inhibition Blocks an AR-Repressed, E2F1-Activated Treatment-Emergent Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Lineage Plasticity Program. Kim DH, Sun D, Storck WK, Welker Leng KR, Jenkins C, Coleman DJ, Sampson DA, Guan X, Kumaraswamy A, Rodansky ES, Urrutia JA, Schwartzman J, Zhang C, Beltran H, Labrecque MP, Morrissey C, Lucas JM, Coleman I, Nelson PS, Corey E, Handelman SK, Sexton JZ, Aggarwal R, Abida W, Feng FY, Small EJ, Spratt DE, Bankhead A, Rao A, Gesner EM, Attwell S, Lakhotia S, Campeau E, Yates JA, Xia Z, Alumkal JJ. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Jun 18:clincanres.4968.2020. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-4968. PMID: 34145028

4.  Copy Number Loss of 17q22 Is Associated with Enzalutamide Resistance and Poor Prognosis in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.  Guan X, Sun D, Lu E, Urrutia JA, Reiter RE, Rettig M, Evans CP, Lara P Jr, Gleave M, Beer TM, Thomas GV, Huang J, Aggarwal RR, Quigley DA, Foye A, Chen WS, Youngren J, Weinstein AS, Stuart JM, Feng FY, Small EJ, Xia Z, Alumkal JJ.  Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Sep 1;26(17):4616-4624. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-2303. Epub 2020 Jul 29.  PMID: 32727885

5.  A Phase Ib/IIa Study of the Pan-BET Inhibitor ZEN-3694 in Combination with Enzalutamide in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer.  Aggarwal RR, Schweizer MT, Nanus DM, Pantuck AJ, Heath EI, Campeau E, Attwell S, Norek K, Snyder M, Bauman L, Lakhotia S, Feng FY, Small EJ, Abida W, Alumkal JJ.  Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Oct 15;26(20):5338-5347. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-1707. Epub 2020 Jul 21.  PMID: 32694156

6.  The DNA methylation landscape of advanced prostate cancer.  Zhao SG, Chen WS, Li H, Foye A, Zhang M, Sjöström M, Aggarwal R, Playdle D, Liao A, Alumkal JJ, Das R, Chou J, Hua JT, Barnard TJ, Bailey AM, Chow ED, Perry MD, Dang HX, Yang R, Moussavi-Baygi R, Zhang L, Alshalalfa M, Laura Chang S, Houlahan KE, Shiah YJ, Beer TM, Thomas G, Chi KN, Gleave M, Zoubeidi A, Reiter RE, Rettig MB, Witte O, Yvonne Kim M, Fong L, Spratt DE, Morgan TM, Bose R, Huang FW, Li H, Chesner L, Shenoy T, Goodarzi H, Asangani IA, Sandhu S, Lang JM, Mahajan NP, Lara PN, Evans CP, Febbo P, Batzoglou S, Knudsen KE, He HH, Huang J, Zwart W, Costello JF, Luo J, Tomlins SA, Wyatt AW, Dehm SM, Ashworth A, Gilbert LA, Boutros PC, Farh K, Chinnaiyan AM, Maher CA, Small EJ, Quigley DA, Feng FY.  Nat Genet. 2020 Aug;52(8):778-789. doi: 10.1038/s41588-020-0648-8. Epub 2020 Jul 13.  PMID: 32661416

7.  Transcriptional profiling identifies an androgen receptor activity-low, stemness program associated with enzalutamide resistance.  Alumkal JJ, Sun D, Lu E, Beer TM, Thomas GV, Latour E, Aggarwal R, Cetnar J, Ryan CJ, Tabatabaei S, Bailey S, Turina CB, Quigley DA, Guan X, Foye A, Youngren JF, Urrutia J, Huang J, Weinstein AS, Friedl V, Rettig M, Reiter RE, Spratt DE, Gleave M, Evans CP, Stuart JM, Chen Y, Feng FY, Small EJ, Witte ON, Xia Z.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jun 2;117(22):12315-12323. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1922207117. Epub 2020 May 18.  PMID: 32424106 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

8.  Alternative splicing of LSD1+8a in neuroendocrine prostate cancer is mediated by SRRM4.  Coleman DJ, Sampson DA, Sehrawat A, Kumaraswamy A, Sun D, Wang Y, Schwartzman J, Urrutia J, Lee AR, Coleman IM, Nelson PS, Dong X, Morrissey C, Corey E, Xia Z, Yates JA, Alumkal JJ.  Neoplasia. 2020 Jun;22(6):253-262. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2020.04.002. Epub 2020 May 11.  PMID: 32403054 Free PMC article.

9.  BET bromodomain inhibition blocks the function of a critical AR-independent master regulator network in lethal prostate cancer.  Coleman DJ, Gao L, King CJ, Schwartzman J, Urrutia J, Sehrawat A, Tayou J, Balter A, Burchard J, Chiotti KE, Derrick DS, Sun D, Xia Z, Heiser LM, Alumkal JJ.  Oncogene. 2019 Jul;38(28):5658-5669. doi: 10.1038/s41388-019-0815-5. Epub 2019 Apr 17.  PMID: 30996246 Free PMC article.

10.  Genomic Drivers of Poor Prognosis and Enzalutamide Resistance in Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer.  Chen WS, Aggarwal R, Zhang L, Zhao SG, Thomas GV, Beer TM, Quigley DA, Foye A, Playdle D, Huang J, Lloyd P, Lu E, Sun D, Guan X, Rettig M, Gleave M, Evans CP, Youngren J, True L, Lara P, Kothari V, Xia Z, Chi KN, Reiter RE, Maher CA, Feng FY, Small EJ, Alumkal JJ; West Coast Prostate Cancer Dream Team.  Eur Urol. 2019 Nov;76(5):562-571. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.03.020. Epub 2019 Mar 28.  PMID: 30928160 Free PMC article.

11.  Whole-Genome and Transcriptional Analysis of Treatment-Emergent Small-Cell Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Demonstrates Intraclass Heterogeneity.  Aggarwal RR, Quigley DA, Huang J, Zhang L, Beer TM, Rettig MB, Reiter RE, Gleave ME, Thomas GV, Foye A, Playdle D, Lloyd P, Chi KN, Evans CP, Lara PN, Feng FY, Alumkal JJ, Small EJ.  Mol Cancer Res. 2019 Jun;17(6):1235-1240. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-18-1101. Epub 2019 Mar 27.  PMID: 30918106 Free PMC article.

12.  Genomic Hallmarks and Structural Variation in Metastatic Prostate Cancer.  Quigley DA, Dang HX, Zhao SG, Lloyd P, Aggarwal R, Alumkal JJ, Foye A, Kothari V, Perry MD, Bailey AM, Playdle D, Barnard TJ, Zhang L, Zhang J, Youngren JF, Cieslik MP, Parolia A, Beer TM, Thomas G, Chi KN, Gleave M, Lack NA, Zoubeidi A, Reiter RE, Rettig MB, Witte O, Ryan CJ, Fong L, Kim W, Friedlander T, Chou J, Li H, Das R, Li H, Moussavi-Baygi R, Goodarzi H, Gilbert LA, Lara PN Jr, Evans CP, Goldstein TC, Stuart JM, Tomlins SA, Spratt DE, Cheetham RK, Cheng DT, Farh K, Gehring JS, Hakenberg J, Liao A, Febbo PG, Shon J, Sickler B, Batzoglou S, Knudsen KE, He HH, Huang J, Wyatt AW, Dehm SM, Ashworth A, Chinnaiyan AM, Maher CA, Small EJ, Feng FY.  Cell. 2018 Oct 18;175(3):889. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.019.  PMID: 30340047 No abstract available.

13.  Clinical and Genomic Characterization of Treatment-Emergent Small-Cell Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer: A Multi-institutional Prospective Study.  Aggarwal R, Huang J, Alumkal JJ, Zhang L, Feng FY, Thomas GV, Weinstein AS, Friedl V, Zhang C, Witte ON, Lloyd P, Gleave M, Evans CP, Youngren J, Beer TM, Rettig M, Wong CK, True L, Foye A, Playdle D, Ryan CJ, Lara P, Chi KN, Uzunangelov V, Sokolov A, Newton Y, Beltran H, Demichelis F, Rubin MA, Stuart JM, Small EJ.  J Clin Oncol. 2018 Aug 20;36(24):2492-2503. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.77.6880. Epub 2018 Jul 9.  PMID: 29985747 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.