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Alexander Pearson

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentMedicine-Hematology and Oncology
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    The Pearson Lab integrates clinical expertise, mathematical modeling, high dimensional statistics, and basic tumor biology methods to investigate and propose new treatments for head and neck cancer.


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    Cornell University, Ithaca, NYBS05/2002Biometry and Statistics
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NYPhD03/2009Statistics
    University of Rochester, Rochester, NYMD05/2010Medicine
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIResidency06/2012Internal Medicine
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIFellowship06/2016Hematology/Oncology
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIPostdoctoral Fellowship06/2016Nor Lab (2013-2017)
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    2014 - 2015Chief Fellow in Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan
    2015Mark Roth Award, University of Michigan

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    K08DE026500     (PEARSON, ALEXANDER THOMAS)Sep 1, 2016 - Aug 31, 2021
    NIH
    A reasoned approach to combination therapy development in head and neck cancer
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Herzog AE, Warner KA, Zhang Z, Bellile E, Bhagat MA, Castilho RM, Wolf GT, Polverini PJ, Pearson AT, Nör JE. The IL-6R and Bmi-1 axis controls self-renewal and chemoresistance of head and neck cancer stem cells. Cell Death Dis. 2021 10 23; 12(11):988. PMID: 34689150.
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    2. Rosenberg AJ, Agrawal N, Pearson A, Gooi Z, Blair E, Cursio J, Juloori A, Ginat D, Howard A, Chin J, Kochanny S, Foster C, Cipriani N, Lingen M, Izumchenko E, Seiwert TY, Haraf D, Vokes EE. Risk and response adapted de-intensified treatment for HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer: Optima paradigm expanded experience. Oral Oncol. 2021 11; 122:105566. PMID: 34662771.
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    3. Howard FM, Villamar D, He G, Pearson AT, Nanda R. The emerging role of immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of breast cancer. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2021 Oct 11; 1-18. PMID: 34569400.
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    4. Ghantous Y, Omar M, Broner EC, Agrawal N, Pearson AT, Rosenberg AJ, Mishra V, Singh A, El-Naaj IA, Savage PA, Sidransky D, Marchionni L, Izumchenko E. A robust and interpretable gene signature for predicting the lymph node status of primary T1/T2 oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Cancer. 2021 Sep 27. PMID: 34569064.
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    5. Muti HS, Heij LR, Keller G, Kohlruss M, Langer R, Dislich B, Cheong JH, Kim YW, Kim H, Kook MC, Cunningham D, Allum WH, Langley RE, Nankivell MG, Quirke P, Hayden JD, West NP, Irvine AJ, Yoshikawa T, Oshima T, Huss R, Grosser B, Roviello F, d'Ignazio A, Quaas A, Alakus H, Tan X, Pearson AT, Luedde T, Ebert MP, Jäger D, Trautwein C, Gaisa NT, Grabsch HI, Kather JN. Development and validation of deep learning classifiers to detect Epstein-Barr virus and microsatellite instability status in gastric cancer: a retrospective multicentre cohort study. Lancet Digit Health. 2021 10; 3(10):e654-e664. PMID: 34417147.
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    6. Pearson AT. Current and future uses of digital pathology in oncology. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2021 Aug; 19(8):508-510. PMID: 34411070.
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    7. Howard FM, Dolezal J, Kochanny S, Schulte J, Chen H, Heij L, Huo D, Nanda R, Olopade OI, Kather JN, Cipriani N, Grossman RL, Pearson AT. The impact of site-specific digital histology signatures on deep learning model accuracy and bias. Nat Commun. 2021 07 20; 12(1):4423. PMID: 34285218.
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    8. Broner EC, Trujillo JA, Korzinkin M, Subbannayya T, Agrawal N, Ozerov IV, Zhavoronkov A, Rooper L, Kotlov N, Shen L, Pearson AT, Rosenberg AJ, Savage PA, Mishra V, Chatterjee A, Sidransky D, Izumchenko E. Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 (DCLK1) Is a Novel NOTCH Pathway Signaling Regulator in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Front Oncol. 2021; 11:677051. PMID: 34336664.
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    9. Naumov V, Putin E, Pushkov S, Kozlova E, Romantsov K, Kalashnikov A, Galkin F, Tihonova N, Shneyderman A, Galkin E, Zinkevich A, Cope SM, Sethuraman R, Oprea TI, Pearson AT, Tay S, Agrawal N, Dubovenko A, Vanhaelen Q, Ozerov I, Aliper A, Izumchenko E, Zhavoronkov A. COVIDomic: A multi-modal cloud-based platform for identification of risk factors associated with COVID-19 severity. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 07; 17(7):e1009183. PMID: 34260589.
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    10. Kacew AJ, Strohbehn GW, Saulsberry L, Laiteerapong N, Cipriani NA, Kather JN, Pearson AT. Artificial Intelligence Can Cut Costs While Maintaining Accuracy in Colorectal Cancer Genotyping. Front Oncol. 2021; 11:630953. PMID: 34168975.
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    11. Zhang MH, Hasse A, Carroll T, Pearson AT, Cipriani NA, Ginat DT. Differentiating low and high grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands using CT radiomics. Gland Surg. 2021 May; 10(5):1646-1654. PMID: 34164309.
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    12. Pearson AT, Vokes EE. Is This the Dawn of Precision Oncology in Head and Neck Cancer? J Clin Oncol. 2021 06 10; 39(17):1839-1841. PMID: 33877869.
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    13. Krause J, Grabsch HI, Kloor M, Jendrusch M, Echle A, Buelow RD, Boor P, Luedde T, Brinker TJ, Trautwein C, Pearson AT, Quirke P, Jenniskens J, Offermans K, van den Brandt PA, Kather JN. Deep learning detects genetic alterations in cancer histology generated by adversarial networks. J Pathol. 2021 May; 254(1):70-79. PMID: 33565124.
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    14. Quandt J, Arnovitz S, Haghi L, Woehlk J, Mohsin A, Okoreeh M, Mathur PS, Emmanuel AO, Osman A, Krishnan M, Morin SB, Pearson AT, Sweis RF, Pekow J, Weber CR, Khazaie K, Gounari F. Wnt-ß-catenin activation epigenetically reprograms Treg cells in inflammatory bowel disease and dysplastic progression. Nat Immunol. 2021 04; 22(4):471-484. PMID: 33664518.
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    15. Burgin SJM, Spector ME, Pearson AT, Bellile E, Vainshtein JM, Rosko A, Mclean SA, Bradford CR, Wolf GT, Prince ME, Worden FP, Eisbruch A, Chepeha DB. Long-term neck and shoulder function among survivors of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with chemoradiation as assessed with the neck dissection impairment index. Head Neck. 2021 05; 43(5):1621-1628. PMID: 33580560.
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    16. Andrade NP, Warner KA, Zhang Z, Pearson AT, Mantesso A, Guimaraes DM, Altemani A, Mariano FV, Nunes FD, Nör JE. Survival of salivary gland cancer stem cells requires mTOR signaling. Cell Death Dis. 2021 01 21; 12(1):108. PMID: 33479203.
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    17. Reizine N, Vokes EE, Liu P, Truong TM, Nanda R, Fleming GF, Catenacci DVT, Pearson AT, Parsad S, Danahey K, van Wijk XMR, Yeo KJ, Ratain MJ, O'Donnell PH. Implementation of pharmacogenomic testing in oncology care (PhOCus): study protocol of a pragmatic, randomized clinical trial. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2020; 12:1758835920974118. PMID: 33414846.
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    18. Dolezal JM, Trzcinska A, Liao CY, Kochanny S, Blair E, Agrawal N, Keutgen XM, Angelos P, Cipriani NA, Pearson AT. Deep learning prediction of BRAF-RAS gene expression signature identifies noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasms with papillary-like nuclear features. Mod Pathol. 2021 05; 34(5):862-874. PMID: 33299111.
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    19. Echle A, Rindtorff NT, Brinker TJ, Luedde T, Pearson AT, Kather JN. Deep learning in cancer pathology: a new generation of clinical biomarkers. Br J Cancer. 2021 02; 124(4):686-696. PMID: 33204028.
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    20. Howard FM, Kochanny S, Koshy M, Spiotto M, Pearson AT. Machine Learning-Guided Adjuvant Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 11 02; 3(11):e2025881. PMID: 33211108.
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    21. Kochanny SE, Pearson AT. Academics as leaders in the cancer artificial intelligence revolution. Cancer. 2021 03 01; 127(5):664-671. PMID: 33119903.
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    22. Kolbe AR, Bendall ML, Pearson AT, Paul D, Nixon DF, Pérez-Losada M, Crandall KA. Human Endogenous Retrovirus Expression Is Associated with Head and Neck Cancer and Differential Survival. Viruses. 2020 08 28; 12(9). PMID: 32872377.
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    23. Bryan DS, Stack M, Krysztofiak K, Cichon U, Thomas DG, Surcel A, Schiffhauer ES, Beckett MA, Khodarev NN, Xue L, Poli EC, Pearson AT, Posner MC, Robinson DN, Rock RS, Weichselbaum RR. 4-Hydroxyacetophenone modulates the actomyosin cytoskeleton to reduce metastasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 09 08; 117(36):22423-22429. PMID: 32848073.
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    24. Kather JN, Heij LR, Grabsch HI, Loeffler C, Echle A, Muti HS, Krause J, Niehues JM, Sommer KAJ, Bankhead P, Kooreman LFS, Schulte JJ, Cipriani NA, Buelow RD, Boor P, Ortiz-Brüchle NN, Hanby AM, Speirs V, Kochanny S, Patnaik A, Srisuwananukorn A, Brenner H, Hoffmeister M, van den Brandt PA, Jäger D, Trautwein C, Pearson AT, Luedde T. Pan-cancer image-based detection of clinically actionable genetic alterations. Nat Cancer. 2020 Aug; 1(8):789-799. PMID: 33763651.
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    25. Facompre ND, Rajagopalan P, Sahu V, Pearson AT, Montone KT, James CD, Gleber-Netto FO, Weinstein GS, Jalaly J, Lin A, Rustgi AK, Nakagawa H, Califano JA, Pickering CR, White EA, Windle BE, Morgan IM, Cohen RB, Gimotty PA, Basu D. Identifying predictors of HPV-related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma progression and survival through patient-derived models. Int J Cancer. 2020 12 01; 147(11):3236-3249. PMID: 32478869.
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    26. Echle A, Grabsch HI, Quirke P, van den Brandt PA, West NP, Hutchins GGA, Heij LR, Tan X, Richman SD, Krause J, Alwers E, Jenniskens J, Offermans K, Gray R, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J, Trautwein C, Pearson AT, Boor P, Luedde T, Gaisa NT, Hoffmeister M, Kather JN. Clinical-Grade Detection of Microsatellite Instability in Colorectal Tumors by Deep Learning. Gastroenterology. 2020 10; 159(4):1406-1416.e11. PMID: 32562722.
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    27. Howard FM, Pearson AT. Prognosis and Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Age of Deep Learning. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 06 01; 3(6):e206368. PMID: 32492160.
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    28. Freeman ZT, Nirschl TR, Hovelson DH, Johnston RJ, Engelhardt JJ, Selby MJ, Kochel CM, Lan RY, Zhai J, Ghasemzadeh A, Gupta A, Skaist AM, Wheelan SJ, Jiang H, Pearson AT, Snyder LA, Korman AJ, Tomlins SA, Yegnasubramanian S, Drake CG. A conserved intratumoral regulatory T cell signature identifies 4-1BB as a pan-cancer target. J Clin Invest. 2020 03 02; 130(3):1405-1416. PMID: 32015231.
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    29. Nazari F, Oklejas AE, Nör JE, Pearson AT, Jackson TL. In Silico Models Accurately Predict In Vivo Response for IL6 Blockade in Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer Res. 2020 04 01; 80(7):1451-1460. PMID: 32041834.
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    30. Xavier JB, Young VB, Skufca J, Ginty F, Testerman T, Pearson AT, Macklin P, Mitchell A, Shmulevich I, Xie L, Caporaso JG, Crandall KA, Simone NL, Godoy-Vitorino F, Griffin TJ, Whiteson KL, Gustafson HH, Slade DJ, Schmidt TM, Walther-Antonio MRS, Korem T, Webb-Robertson BM, Styczynski MP, Johnson WE, Jobin C, Ridlon JM, Koh AY, Yu M, Kelly L, Wargo JA. The Cancer Microbiome: Distinguishing Direct and Indirect Effects Requires a Systemic View. Trends Cancer. 2020 03; 6(3):192-204. PMID: 32101723.
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    31. Agius R, Brieghel C, Andersen MA, Pearson AT, Ledergerber B, Cozzi-Lepri A, Louzoun Y, Andersen CL, Bergstedt J, von Stemann JH, Jørgensen M, Tang ME, Fontes M, Bahlo J, Herling CD, Hallek M, Lundgren J, MacPherson CR, Larsen J, Niemann CU. Machine learning can identify newly diagnosed patients with CLL at high risk of infection. Nat Commun. 2020 01 17; 11(1):363. PMID: 31953409.
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    32. Cipriani NA, Lusardi JJ, McElherne J, Pearson AT, Olivas AD, Fitzpatrick C, Lingen MW, Blair EA. Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: A Comparison of Histologic Grading Systems and Relationship to MAML2 Rearrangement and Prognosis. Am J Surg Pathol. 2019 07; 43(7):885-897. PMID: 31021855.
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    33. Kather JN, Pearson AT, Halama N, Jäger D, Krause J, Loosen SH, Marx A, Boor P, Tacke F, Neumann UP, Grabsch HI, Yoshikawa T, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J, Hoffmeister M, Trautwein C, Luedde T. Deep learning can predict microsatellite instability directly from histology in gastrointestinal cancer. Nat Med. 2019 07; 25(7):1054-1056. PMID: 31160815.
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    34. Pearson AT, Sweis RF. Hyperprogression-Immunotherapy-Related Phenomenon vs Intrinsic Natural History of Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2019 05 01; 5(5):743. PMID: 30896751.
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    35. Esvelt MA, Freeman ZT, Pearson AT, Harkema JR, Clines GT, Clines KL, Dyson MC, Hoenerhoff MJ. The Endothelin-A Receptor Antagonist Zibotentan Induces Damage to the Nasal Olfactory Epithelium Possibly Mediated in Part through Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells. Toxicol Pathol. 2019 02; 47(2):150-164. PMID: 30595110.
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    36. Wang WY, Pearson AT, Kutys ML, Choi CK, Wozniak MA, Baker BM, Chen CS. Extracellular matrix alignment dictates the organization of focal adhesions and directs uniaxial cell migration. APL Bioeng. 2018 Dec; 2(4):046107. PMID: 31069329.
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    37. Andrews A, Warner K, Rodriguez-Ramirez C, Pearson AT, Nör F, Zhang Z, Kerk S, Kulkarni A, Helman JI, Brenner JC, Wicha MS, Wang S, Nör JE. Ablation of Cancer Stem Cells by Therapeutic Inhibition of the MDM2-p53 Interaction in Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 03 01; 25(5):1588-1600. PMID: 30498096.
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    38. Coffman LG, Pearson AT, Frisbie LG, Freeman Z, Christie E, Bowtell DD, Buckanovich RJ. Ovarian Carcinoma-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Arise from Tissue-Specific Normal Stroma. Stem Cells. 2019 02; 37(2):257-269. PMID: 30353617.
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    39. Warner KA, Oklejas AE, Pearson AT, Zhang Z, Wu W, Divi V, Rodriguez-Ramirez C, Castilho RM, Polverini PJ, Nör JE. UM-HACC-2A: MYB-NFIB fusion-positive human adenoid cystic carcinoma cell line. Oral Oncol. 2018 12; 87:21-28. PMID: 30527239.
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    40. Nazari F, Pearson AT, Nör JE, Jackson TL. A mathematical model for IL-6-mediated, stem cell driven tumor growth and targeted treatment. PLoS Comput Biol. 2018 01; 14(1):e1005920. PMID: 29351275.
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    41. Pearson AT, Ingram P, Bai S, O'Hayer P, Chung J, Yoon E, Jackson T, Buckanovich RJ. Sampling from single-cell observations to predict tumor cell growth in-vitro and in-vivo. Oncotarget. 2017 Dec 19; 8(67):111176-111189. PMID: 29340046.
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    42. Kim HS, Chen YC, Nör F, Warner KA, Andrews A, Wagner VP, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Martins MD, Pearson AT, Yoon E, Nör JE. Endothelial-derived interleukin-6 induces cancer stem cell motility by generating a chemotactic gradient towards blood vessels. Oncotarget. 2017 Nov 21; 8(59):100339-100352. PMID: 29245982.
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    43. Manohar PM, Sapir E, Bellile E, Swiecicki PL, Pearson AT, Prince ME, Shuman AG, Bradford CR, Chepeha DB, Wolf GT, Eisbruch A, Worden FP, Spector ME. Capecitabine after Surgical Salvage in Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 12; 157(6):995-997. PMID: 28809131.
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    44. Kerk SA, Finkel KA, Pearson AT, Warner KA, Zhang Z, Nör F, Wagner VP, Vargas PA, Wicha MS, Hurt EM, Hollingsworth RE, Tice DA, Nör JE. 5T4-Targeted Therapy Ablates Cancer Stem Cells and Prevents Recurrence of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 May 15; 23(10):2516-2527. PMID: 27780858.
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    45. Nör F, Warner KA, Zhang Z, Acasigua GA, Pearson AT, Kerk SA, Helman JI, Sant'Ana Filho M, Wang S, Nör JE. Therapeutic Inhibition of the MDM2-p53 Interaction Prevents Recurrence of Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Feb 15; 23(4):1036-1048. PMID: 27550999.
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    46. Swiecicki PL, Bellile E, Sacco AG, Pearson AT, Taylor JM, Jackson TL, Chepeha DB, Spector ME, Shuman A, Malloy K, Moyer J, McKean E, McLean S, Sukari A, Wolf GT, Eisbruch A, Prince M, Bradford C, Carey TE, Wang S, Nör JE, Worden FP. A phase II trial of the BCL-2 homolog domain 3 mimetic AT-101 in combination with docetaxel for recurrent, locally advanced, or metastatic head and neck cancer. Invest New Drugs. 2016 08; 34(4):481-9. PMID: 27225873.
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    47. Pearson AT, Jackson TL, Nör JE. Modeling head and neck cancer stem cell-mediated tumorigenesis. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2016 09; 73(17):3279-89. PMID: 27151511.
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    48. Warner KA, Nör F, Acasigua GA, Martins MD, Zhang Z, McLean SA, Spector ME, Chepeha DB, Helman J, Wick MJ, Moskaluk CA, Castilho RM, Pearson AT, Wang S, Nör JE. Targeting MDM2 for Treatment of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2016 07 15; 22(14):3550-9. PMID: 26936915.
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    49. Pearson AT, Finkel KA, Warner KA, Nör F, Tice D, Martins MD, Jackson TL, Nör JE. Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) tumors increase growth rate with time. Oncotarget. 2016 Feb 16; 7(7):7993-8005. PMID: 26783960.
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    50. Kim HS, Pearson AT, Nör JE. Isolation and Characterization of Cancer Stem Cells from Primary Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tumors. Methods Mol Biol. 2016; 1395:241-9. PMID: 26910078.
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    51. Saxon D, Pearson AT, Wu P. Hyperlink-Embedded Journal Articles Improve Statistical Knowledge and Reader Satisfaction. J Grad Med Educ. 2015 Dec; 7(4):654-7. PMID: 26692981.
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    52. Adams A, Warner K, Pearson AT, Zhang Z, Kim HS, Mochizuki D, Basura G, Helman J, Mantesso A, Castilho RM, Wicha MS, Nör JE. ALDH/CD44 identifies uniquely tumorigenic cancer stem cells in salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinomas. Oncotarget. 2015 Sep 29; 6(29):26633-50. PMID: 26449187.
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    53. Mochizuki D, Adams A, Warner KA, Zhang Z, Pearson AT, Misawa K, McLean SA, Wolf GT, Nör JE. Anti-tumor effect of inhibition of IL-6 signaling in mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Oncotarget. 2015 Sep 08; 6(26):22822-35. PMID: 26287605.
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    54. Acasigua GA, Warner KA, Nör F, Helman J, Pearson AT, Fossati AC, Wang S, Nör JE. BH3-mimetic small molecule inhibits the growth and recurrence of adenoid cystic carcinoma. Oral Oncol. 2015 Sep; 51(9):839-47. PMID: 26121939.
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    55. Myers GJ, Thurston SW, Pearson AT, Davidson PW, Cox C, Shamlaye CF, Cernichiari E, Clarkson TW. Postnatal exposure to methyl mercury from fish consumption: a review and new data from the Seychelles Child Development Study. Neurotoxicology. 2009 May; 30(3):338-49. PMID: 19442817.
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