Positions
- Professor
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Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- William D. Tigertt Chair in Pathology
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program
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Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Director, Human Tissue Acquisition & Pathology Shared Resource
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Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Addresses
- BCM-Ben Taub Research Center (Lab)
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Room: BCMT-T221
Houston, TX 77030
United States
- BCM-Ben Taub Research Center (Office)
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Room: BCMT-T221
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Education
- B.S. from Michigan State University
- 01/1976 - East Lansing, MI United States
- Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University
- 01/1982 - Cleveland, OH United States
- Advanced Training from New York University Medical Center
- 01/1984 - New York, NY United States
- M.D. from Case Western Reserve University
- 01/1983 - Cleveland, OH United States
- Advanced Training from New York University
- 01/1987 - New York, NY United States
- Advanced Training from New York University Medical Center
- 01/1985 - New York, NY United States
Certifications
- Physician
- #K6016 (02/28/2020 - 02/28/2022)
- Texas Medical Board
Professional Interests
- Molecular genetics of prostate cancer
- Fibroblast growth factors
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Websites
Selected Publications
- Yang F, Zhang Y, Ressler SJ, Ittmann MM, Ayala GE, Dang TD, Wang F, Rowley DR "FGFR1 is Essential for Prostate Cancer Progression and Metastasis.." Cancer Res.. 2013 Apr 10; Pubmed PMID: 23576558
- Feng S, Dakhova O, Creighton CJ, Ittmann M "Endocrine Fibroblast Growth Factor FGF19 Promotes Prostate Cancer Progression.." Cancer Res.. 2013 Apr 15;73(8):2551-62. Pubmed PMID: 23440425
- Qin J, Wu SP, Creighton CJ, Dai F, Xie X, Cheng CM, Frolov A, Ayala G, Lin X, Feng XH, Ittmann MM, Tsai SJ, Tsai MJ, Tsai SY "COUP-TFII inhibits TGF-ß-induced growth barrier to promote prostate tumorigenesis.." Nature. 2013 Jan 10;493(7431):236-40. Pubmed PMID: 23201680
- Shao L, Tekedereli I, Wang J, Yuca E, Tsang S, Sood A, Lopez-Berestein G, Ozpolat B, Ittmann M "Highly Specific Targeting of the TMPRSS2/ERG Fusion Gene Using Liposomal Nanovectors.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2012 Dec 15;18(24):6648-57. Pubmed PMID: 23052253
- Li L, Ren C, Yang G, Fattah EA, Goltsov AA, Kim SM, Lee JS, Park S, Demayo FJ, Ittmann MM, Troncoso P, Thompson TC "GLIPR1 Suppresses Prostate Cancer Development through Targeted Oncoprotein Destruction.." Cancer Res.. 2011 Dec 15;71(24):7694-704. Pubmed PMID: 22025562
- Wang J, Cai Y, Shao LJ, Siddiqui J, Palanisamy N, Li R, Ren C, Ayala G, Ittmann M "Activation of NF-{kappa}B by TMPRSS2/ERG Fusion Isoforms through Toll-Like Receptor-4.." Cancer Res.. 2011 Feb 15;71(4):1325-33. Pubmed PMID: 21169414
- Wang J, Cai Y, Yu W, Ren C, Spencer DM, Ittmann M "Pleiotropic biological activities of alternatively spliced TMPRSS2/ERG fusion gene transcripts.." Cancer Res.. 2008 Oct 15;68(20):8516-24. Pubmed PMID: 18922926
- Wang J, Cai Y, Ren C, Ittmann M "Expression of variant TMPRSS2/ERG fusion messenger RNAs is associated with aggressive prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2006 Sep 1;66(17):8347-51. Pubmed PMID: 16951141
- Wang J, Weng J, Cai Y, Penland R, Liu M, Ittmann M "The prostate-specific G-protein coupled receptors PSGR and PSGR2 are prostate cancer biomarkers that are complementary to alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase.." Prostate. 2006 Jun 1;66(8):847-57. Pubmed PMID: 16491480
- Weng J, Wang J, Hu X, Wang F, Ittmann M, Liu M "PSGR2, a novel G-protein coupled receptor, is overexpressed in human prostate cancer.." Int. J. Cancer. 2006 Mar 15;118(6):1471-80. Pubmed PMID: 16206286
- Zhou HJ, Yan J, Luo W, Ayala G, Lin SH, Erdem H, Ittmann M, Tsai SY, Tsai MJ "SRC-3 is required for prostate cancer cell proliferation and survival.." Cancer Res.. 2005 Sep 1;65(17):7976-83. Pubmed PMID: 16140970
- Kwabi-Addo B, Ozen M, Ittmann M "The role of fibroblast growth factors and their receptors in prostate cancer.." Endocr. Relat. Cancer. 2004 Dec;11(4):709-24. Pubmed PMID: 15613447
- Talarico D, Ittmann MM, Bronson R, Basilico C "A retrovirus carrying the K-fgf oncogene induces diffuse meningeal tumors and soft-tissue fibrosarcomas.." Mol. Cell. Biol.. 1993 Apr;13(4):1998-2010. Pubmed PMID: 8455594
- De Marzo AM, Platz EA, Epstein JI, Ali T, Billis A, Chan TY, Cheng L, Datta M, Egevad L, Ertoy-Baydar D, Farre X, Farree X, Fine SW, Iczkowski KA, Ittmann M, Knudsen BS, Loda M, Lopez-Beltran A, Magi-Galluzzi C, Mikuz G, Montironi R, Pikarsky E, Pizov G, "A working group classification of focal prostate atrophy lesions.." Am. J. Surg. Pathol.. 2006 Oct;30(10):1281-91. Pubmed PMID: 17001160
- Lan Y, Zhang Y, Wang J, Lin C, Ittmann MM, Wang F "Aberrant expression of Cks1 and Cks2 contributes to prostate tumorigenesis by promoting proliferation and inhibiting programmed cell death.." Int. J. Cancer. 2008 Aug 1;123(3):543-51. Pubmed PMID: 18498131
- Kwabi-Addo B, Thompson TC, Ittmann M "Absence of PTEN/MMAC1 pseudogene in mice.." DNA Cell Biol.. 2000 May;19(5):301-5. Pubmed PMID: 10855797
- Shahi P, Park D, Pond AC, Seethammagari M, Chiou SH, Cho K, Carstens JL, Decker WK, McCrea PD, Ittmann MM, Rosen JM, Spencer DM "Activation of Wnt Signaling by Chemically Induced Dimerization of LRP5 Disrupts Cellular Homeostasis.." PLoS ONE. 2012;7(1):e30814. Pubmed PMID: 22303459
- Choi N, Zhang B, Zhang L, Ittmann M, Xin L "Adult Murine Prostate Basal and Luminal Cells Are Self-Sustained Lineages that Can Both Serve as Targets for Prostate Cancer Initiation.." Cancer Cell. 2012 Feb 14;21(2):253-65. Pubmed PMID: 22340597
- Kwabi-Addo B, Chung W, Shen L, Ittmann M, Wheeler T, Jelinek J, Issa JP "Age-related DNA methylation changes in normal human prostate tissues.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2007 Jul 1;13(13):3796-802. Pubmed PMID: 17606710
- Ittmann M "Allelic loss on chromosome 10 in prostate adenocarcinoma.." Cancer Res.. 1996 May 1;56(9):2143-7. Pubmed PMID: 8616863
- Melamed J, Einhorn JM, Ittmann MM "Allelic loss on chromosome 13q in human prostate carcinoma.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 1997 Oct;3(10):1867-72. Pubmed PMID: 9815575
- Giri D, Ropiquet F, Ittmann M "Alterations in expression of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 2 and its receptor FGFR-1 in human prostate cancer.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 1999 May;5(5):1063-71. Pubmed PMID: 10353739
- Ittmann M, Wieczorek R, Heller P, Dave A, Provet J, Krolewski J "Alterations in the p53 and MDM-2 genes are infrequent in clinically localized, stage B prostate adenocarcinomas.." Am. J. Pathol.. 1994 Aug;145(2):287-93. Pubmed PMID: 8053489
- Ittmann MM, Wieczorek R "Alterations of the retinoblastoma gene in clinically localized, stage B prostate adenocarcinomas.." Hum. Pathol.. 1996 Jan;27(1):28-34. Pubmed PMID: 8543307
- Wang J, Yu W, Cai Y, Ren C, Ittmann MM "Altered fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 stability promotes prostate cancer progression.." Neoplasia. 2008 Aug;10(8):847-56. Pubmed PMID: 18670643
- Kwabi-Addo B, Ropiquet F, Giri D, Ittmann M "Alternative splicing of fibroblast growth factor receptors in human prostate cancer.." Prostate. 2001 Feb 1;46(2):163-72. Pubmed PMID: 11170144
- Delli Bovi P, Curatola AM, Kern FG, Greco A, Ittmann M, Basilico C "An oncogene isolated by transfection of Kaposi's sarcoma DNA encodes a growth factor that is a member of the FGF family.." Cell. 1987 Aug 28;50(5):729-37. Pubmed PMID: 2957062
- Marcelli M, Ittmann M, Mariani S, Sutherland R, Nigam R, Murthy L, Zhao Y, DiConcini D, Puxeddu E, Esen A, Eastham J, Weigel NL, Lamb DJ "Androgen receptor mutations in prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2000 Feb 15;60(4):944-9. Pubmed PMID: 10706109
- Agoulnik IU, Vaid A, Nakka M, Alvarado M, Bingman WE, Erdem H, Frolov A, Smith CL, Ayala GE, Ittmann MM, Weigel NL "Androgens modulate expression of transcription intermediary factor 2, an androgen receptor coactivator whose expression level correlates with early biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2006 Nov 1;66(21):10594-602. Pubmed PMID: 17079484
- Ittmann M, Huang J, Radaelli E, Martin P, Signoretti S, Sullivan R, Simons BW, Ward JM, Robinson BD, Chu GC, Loda M, Thomas G, Borowsky A, Cardiff RD "Animal models of human prostate cancer: the consensus report of the New York meeting of the Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium Prostate Pathology Committee.." Cancer Res.. 2013 May 1;73(9):2718-36. Pubmed PMID: 23610450
- Amirian ES, Ittmann MM, Scheurer ME "Associations between arachidonic acid metabolism gene polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk.." Prostate. 2011 Sep 15;71(13):1382-9. Pubmed PMID: 21308720
- Ayala G, Yan J, Li R, Ding Y, Thompson TC, Mims MP, Hayes TG, MacDonnell V, Lynch RG, Frolov A, Miles BJ, Wheeler TM, Harper JW, Tsai MJ, Ittmann MM, Kadmon D "Bortezomib-mediated inhibition of steroid receptor coactivator-3 degradation leads to activated Akt.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2008 Nov 15;14(22):7511-8. Pubmed PMID: 19010869
- Ayala GE, Dai H, Li R, Ittmann M, Thompson TC, Rowley D, Wheeler TM "Bystin in perineural invasion of prostate cancer.." Prostate. 2006 Feb 15;66(3):266-72. Pubmed PMID: 16245277
- Ayala GE, Dai H, Powell M, Li R, Ding Y, Wheeler TM, Shine D, Kadmon D, Thompson T, Miles BJ, Ittmann MM, Rowley D "Cancer-related axonogenesis and neurogenesis in prostate cancer.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2008 Dec 1;14(23):7593-603. Pubmed PMID: 19047084
- Koh MS, Ittmann M, Kadmon D, Thompson TC, Leach FS "CDC4 gene expression as potential biomarker for targeted therapy in prostate cancer.." Cancer Biol. Ther.. 2006 Jan;5(1):78-83. Pubmed PMID: 16357515
- Ittmann MM "Cell cycle control of the BN51 cell cycle gene which encodes a subunit of RNA polymerase III.." Cell Growth Differ.. 1994 Jul;5(7):783-8. Pubmed PMID: 7947392
- Castro P, Giri D, Lamb D, Ittmann M "Cellular senescence in the pathogenesis of benign prostatic hyperplasia.." Prostate. 2003 Apr 1;55(1):30-8. Pubmed PMID: 12640658
- Greco A, Ittmann M, Barletta C, Basilico C, Croce CM, Cannizzaro LA, Huebner K "Chromosomal localization of human genes required for G1 progression in mammalian cells.." Genomics. 1989 Apr;4(3):240-5. Pubmed PMID: 2714790
- Ittmann MM "Chromosome 10 alterations in prostate adenocarcinoma (review).." Oncol. Rep..;5(6):1329-35. Pubmed PMID: 9769364
- Wang F, McKeehan K, Yu C, Ittmann M, McKeehan WL "Chronic activity of ectopic type 1 fibroblast growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase in prostate epithelium results in hyperplasia accompanied by intraepithelial neoplasia.." Prostate. 2004 Jan 1;58(1):41286. Pubmed PMID: 14673947
- Nastiuk KL, Mansukhani M, Terry MB, Kularatne P, Rubin MA, Melamed J, Gammon MD, Ittmann M, Krolewski JJ "Common mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 do not contribute to early prostate cancer in Jewish men.." Prostate. 1999 Aug 1;40(3):172-7. Pubmed PMID: 10398279
- Friedlander TW, Roy R, Tomlins SA, Ngo VT, Kobayashi Y, Azameera A, Rubin MA, Pienta KJ, Chinnaiyan A, Ittmann MM, Ryan CJ, Paris PL "Common structural and epigenetic changes in the genome of castration-resistant prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2012 Feb 1;72(3):616-25. Pubmed PMID: 22158653
- Shao TC, Li HL, Kasper S, Matusik R, Ittmann M, Cunningham GR "Comparison of the growth-promoting effects of testosterone and 7-alpha-methyl-19-nor-testosterone (MENT) on the prostate and levator ani muscle of LPB-tag transgenic mice.." Prostate. 2006 Mar 1;66(4):369-76. Pubmed PMID: 16302273
- Freeman KW, Gangula RD, Welm BE, Ozen M, Foster BA, Rosen JM, Ittmann M, Greenberg NM, Spencer DM "Conditional activation of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) 1, but not FGFR2, in prostate cancer cells leads to increased osteopontin induction, extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation, and in vivo proliferation.." Cancer Res.. 2003 Oct 1;63(19):6237-43. Pubmed PMID: 14559809
- Jin C, McKeehan K, Guo W, Jauma S, Ittmann MM, Foster B, Greenberg NM, McKeehan WL, Wang F "Cooperation between ectopic FGFR1 and depression of FGFR2 in induction of prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia in the mouse prostate.." Cancer Res.. 2003 Dec 15;63(24):8784-90. Pubmed PMID: 14695195
- Hodgson MC, Shao LJ, Frolov A, Li R, Peterson LE, Ayala G, Ittmann MM, Weigel NL, Agoulnik IU "Decreased Expression and Androgen Regulation of the Tumor Suppressor Gene INPP4B in Prostate Cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2011 Jan 15;71(2):572-82. Pubmed PMID: 21224358
- Ritz A, Paris PL, Ittmann MM, Collins C, Raphael BJ "Detection of recurrent rearrangement breakpoints from copy number data.." BMC Bioinformatics. 2011;12:114. Pubmed PMID: 21510904
- Ayala GE, Muezzinoglu B, Hammerich KH, Frolov A, Liu H, Scardino PT, Li R, Sayeeduddin M, Ittmann MM, Kadmon D, Miles BJ, Wheeler TM, Rowley DR "Determining Prostate Cancer-Specific Death through Quantification of Stromogenic Carcinoma Area in Prostatectomy Specimens.." Am. J. Pathol.. 2011 Jan;178(1):79-87. Pubmed PMID: 21224046
- Dietrich D, Hasinger O, Bañez LL, Sun L, van Leenders GJ, Wheeler TM, Bangma CH, Wernert N, Perner S, Freedland SJ, Corman JM, Ittmann MM, Lark AL, Madden JF, Hartmann A, Schatz P, Kristiansen G "Development and Clinical Validation of a Real-Time PCR Assay for PITX2 DNA Methylation to Predict Prostate-Specific Antigen Recurrence in Prostate Cancer Patients Following Radical Prostatectomy.." J Mol Diagn. 2013 Mar;15(2):270-9. Pubmed PMID: 23266319
- Zhang L, Zhang B, Valdez JM, Wang F, Ittmann M, Xin L "Dicer ablation impairs prostate stem cell activity and causes prostate atrophy.." Stem Cells. 2010 Jul;28(7):1260-9. Pubmed PMID: 20517984
- Cottrell S, Jung K, Kristiansen G, Eltze E, Semjonow A, Ittmann M, Hartmann A, Stamey T, Haefliger C, Weiss G "Discovery and validation of 3 novel DNA methylation markers of prostate cancer prognosis.." J. Urol.. 2007 May;177(5):1753-8. Pubmed PMID: 17437806
- Kwabi-Addo B, Ren C, Ittmann M "DNA methylation and aberrant expression of Sprouty1 in human prostate cancer.." 2009 Jan;4(1):54-61. Pubmed PMID: 19164898
- Weiss G, Cottrell S, Distler J, Schatz P, Kristiansen G, Ittmann M, Haefliger C, Lesche R, Hartmann A, Corman J, Wheeler T "DNA methylation of the PITX2 gene promoter region is a strong independent prognostic marker of biochemical recurrence in patients with prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy.." J. Urol.. 2009 Apr;181(4):1678-85. Pubmed PMID: 19233404
- Shao TC, Li H, Ittmann M, Cunningham GR "Effects of dutasteride on prostate growth in the large probasin-large T antigen mouse model of prostate cancer.." J. Urol.. 2007 Oct;178(4):1521-7. Pubmed PMID: 17707058
- Yang G, Addai J, Ittmann M, Wheeler TM, Thompson TC "Elevated caveolin-1 levels in African-American versus white-American prostate cancer.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2000 Sep;6(9):3430-3. Pubmed PMID: 10999725
- Ittmann MM, Cooper C "Endocytosis of very low density lipoprotein remnants by liver of fasted rats.." J. Biol. Chem.. 1982 Oct 25;257(20):11953-9. Pubmed PMID: 7118920
- Walden PD, Ittmann M, Monaco ME, Lepor H "Endothelin-1 production and agonist activities in cultured prostate-derived cells: implications for regulation of endothelin bioactivity and bioavailability in prostatic hyperplasia.." Prostate. 1998 Mar 1;34(4):241-50. Pubmed PMID: 9496898
- Dai H, Li R, Wheeler T, Ozen M, Ittmann M, Anderson M, Wang Y, Rowley D, Younes M, Ayala GE "Enhanced survival in perineural invasion of pancreatic cancer: an in vitro approach.." Hum. Pathol.. 2007 Feb;38(2):299-307. Pubmed PMID: 17097719
- Kinsey BM, Marcelli M, Song L, Bhogal BS, Ittmann M, Orson FM "Enhancement of both cellular and humoral responses to genetic immunization by co-administration of an antigen-expressing plasmid and a plasmid encoding the pro-apoptotic protein Bax.." J Gene Med. 2004 Apr;6(4):445-54. Pubmed PMID: 15079819
- Ropiquet F, Giri D, Kwabi-Addo B, Schmidt K, Ittmann M "FGF-10 is expressed at low levels in the human prostate.." Prostate. 2000 Sep 1;44(4):334-8. Pubmed PMID: 10951499
- Polnaszek N, Kwabi-Addo B, Wang J, Ittmann M "FGF17 is an autocrine prostatic epithelial growth factor and is upregulated in benign prostatic hyperplasia.." Prostate. 2004 Jun 15;60(1):18-24. Pubmed PMID: 15129425
- Ropiquet F, Giri D, Lamb DJ, Ittmann M "FGF7 and FGF2 are increased in benign prostatic hyperplasia and are associated with increased proliferation.." J. Urol.. 1999 Aug;162(2):595-9. Pubmed PMID: 10411093
- Giri D, Ropiquet F, Ittmann M "FGF9 is an autocrine and paracrine prostatic growth factor expressed by prostatic stromal cells.." J. Cell. Physiol.. 1999 Jul;180(1):53-60. Pubmed PMID: 10362017
- Yu W, Feng S, Dakhova O, Creighton CJ, Cai Y, Wang J, Li R, Frolov A, Ayala G, Ittmann M "FGFR-4 Arg388 Enhances Prostate Cancer Progression via Extracellular Signal-Related Kinase and Serum Response Factor Signaling.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2011 Jul 1;17(13):4355-66. Pubmed PMID: 21622724
- Polnaszek N, Kwabi-Addo B, Peterson LE, Ozen M, Greenberg NM, Ortega S, Basilico C, Ittmann M "Fibroblast growth factor 2 promotes tumor progression in an autochthonous mouse model of prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2003 Sep 15;63(18):5754-60. Pubmed PMID: 14522896
- Cai Y, Wang J, Ren C, Ittmann M "Frequent Heterogeneous Missense Mutations of GGAP2 in Prostate Cancer: Implications for Tumor Biology, Clonality and Mutation Analysis.." PLoS ONE. 2012;7(2):e32708. Pubmed PMID: 22389719
- Cai Y, Wu P, Ozen M, Yu Y, Wang J, Ittmann M, Liu M "Gene expression profiling and analysis of signaling pathways involved in priming and differentiation of human neural stem cells.." Neuroscience. 2006;138(1):133-48. Pubmed PMID: 16414199
- Castro P, Creighton CJ, Ozen M, Berel D, Mims MP, Ittmann M "Genomic profiling of prostate cancers from African American men.." Neoplasia. 2009 Mar;11(3):305-12. Pubmed PMID: 19242612
- Cai Y, Wang J, Li R, Ayala G, Ittmann M, Liu M "GGAP2/PIKE-a directly activates both the Akt and nuclear factor-kappaB pathways and promotes prostate cancer progression.." Cancer Res.. 2009 Feb 1;69(3):819-27. Pubmed PMID: 19176382
- Li L, Yang G, Ren C, Tanimoto R, Hirayama T, Wang J, Hawke D, Kim SM, Lee JS, Goltsov AA, Park S, Ittmann MM, Troncoso P, Thompson TC "Glioma pathogenesis-related protein 1 induces prostate cancer cell death through Hsc70-mediated suppression of AURKA and TPX2.." Mol Oncol. 2013 Jun;7(3):484-96. Pubmed PMID: 23333597
- Sonpavde G, Thompson TC, Jain RK, Ayala GE, Kurosaka S, Edamura K, Tabata K, Ren C, Goltsov AA, Mims MP, Hayes TG, Ittmann MM, Wheeler TM, Gee A, Miles BJ, Kadmon D "GLIPR1 Tumor Suppressor Gene Expressed by Adenoviral Vector as Neoadjuvant Intraprostatic Injection for Localized Intermediate or High-Risk Prostate Cancer Preceding Radical Prostatectomy.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2011 Nov 15;17(22):7174-82. Pubmed PMID: 21933889
- Dakhova O, Ozen M, Creighton CJ, Li R, Ayala G, Rowley D, Ittmann M "Global gene expression analysis of reactive stroma in prostate cancer.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2009 Jun 15;15(12):3979-89. Pubmed PMID: 19509179
- Li M, Ittmann MM, Rowley DR, Knowlton AA, Vaid AK, Epner DE "Glutathione S-transferase pi is upregulated in the stromal compartment of hormone independent prostate cancer.." Prostate. 2003 Jul 1;56(2):98-105. Pubmed PMID: 12746833
- Ayala GE, Dai H, Ittmann M, Li R, Powell M, Frolov A, Wheeler TM, Thompson TC, Rowley D "Growth and survival mechanisms associated with perineural invasion in prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2004 Sep 1;64(17):6082-90. Pubmed PMID: 15342391
- Kwabi-Addo B, Giri D, Schmidt K, Podsypanina K, Parsons R, Greenberg N, Ittmann M "Haploinsufficiency of the Pten tumor suppressor gene promotes prostate cancer progression.." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 2001 Sep 25;98(20):11563-8. Pubmed PMID: 11553783
- Ittmann MM, Cooper C "Heterogeneity of very-low-density lipoprotein remnants bound and taken up by liver of starved rat in vivo.." Biochem. J.. 1983 Apr 15;212(1):173-82. Pubmed PMID: 6870849
- Wang SI, Parsons R, Ittmann M "Homozygous deletion of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene in a subset of prostate adenocarcinomas.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 1998 Mar;4(3):811-5. Pubmed PMID: 9533551
- Liu W, Ittmann M, Liu J, Schoentag R, Tierno P, Greco MA, Sidhu G, Nierodzik M, Wieczorek R "Human parvovirus B19 in bone marrows from adults with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a comparative study using in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry.." Hum. Pathol.. 1997 Jul;28(7):760-6. Pubmed PMID: 9224741
- Olmsted-Davis E, Gannon FH, Ozen M, Ittmann MM, Gugala Z, Hipp JA, Moran KM, Fouletier-Dilling CM, Schumara-Martin S, Lindsey RW, Heggeness MH, Brenner MK, Davis AR "Hypoxic adipocytes pattern early heterotopic bone formation.." Am. J. Pathol.. 2007 Feb;170(2):620-32. Pubmed PMID: 17255330
- Kwabi-Addo B, Wang S, Chung W, Jelinek J, Patierno SR, Wang BD, Andrawis R, Lee NH, Apprey V, Issa JP, Ittmann M "Identification of differentially methylated genes in normal prostate tissues from african american and caucasian men.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2010 Jul 15;16(14):3539-47. Pubmed PMID: 20606036
- Chung W, Kwabi-Addo B, Ittmann M, Jelinek J, Shen L, Yu Y, Issa JP "Identification of novel tumor markers in prostate, colon and breast cancer by unbiased methylation profiling.." PLoS ONE. 2008;3(4):e2079. Pubmed PMID: 18446232
- Vlachaki MT, Hernandez-Garcia A, Ittmann M, Chhikara M, Aguilar LK, Zhu X, Teh BS, Butler EB, Woo S, Thompson TC, Barrera-Saldana H, Aguilar-Cordova E, The BS "Impact of preimmunization on adenoviral vector expression and toxicity in a subcutaneous mouse cancer model.." Mol. Ther.. 2002 Sep;6(3):342-8. Pubmed PMID: 12231170
- Shao TC, Li H, Eid W, Ittmann M, Unni E, Cunningham GR "In vivo preservation of steroid specificity in CWR22 xenografts having a mutated androgen receptor.." Prostate. 2003 Sep 15;57(1):41281. Pubmed PMID: 12886517
- Giri D, Ittmann M "Inactivation of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene is associated with increased angiogenesis in clinically localized prostate carcinoma.." Hum. Pathol.. 1999 Apr;30(4):419-24. Pubmed PMID: 10208463
- Ozen M, Ittmann M "Increased expression and activity of CDC25C phosphatase and an alternatively spliced variant in prostate cancer.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2005 Jul 1;11(13):4701-6. Pubmed PMID: 16000564
- Ropiquet F, Giri D, Kwabi-Addo B, Mansukhani A, Ittmann M "Increased expression of fibroblast growth factor 6 in human prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2000 Aug 1;60(15):4245-50. Pubmed PMID: 10945637
- Weng J, Wang J, Cai Y, Stafford LJ, Mitchell D, Ittmann M, Liu M "Increased expression of prostate-specific G-protein-coupled receptor in human prostate intraepithelial neoplasia and prostate cancers.." Int. J. Cancer. 2005 Feb 20;113(5):811-8. Pubmed PMID: 15499628
- Wang J, Cai Y, Penland R, Chauhan S, Miesfeld RL, Ittmann M "Increased expression of the metastasis-associated gene Ehm2 in prostate cancer.." Prostate. 2006 Nov 1;66(15):1641-52. Pubmed PMID: 16927306
- Acevedo VD, Gangula RD, Freeman KW, Li R, Zhang Y, Wang F, Ayala GE, Peterson LE, Ittmann M, Spencer DM "Inducible FGFR-1 activation leads to irreversible prostate adenocarcinoma and an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.." Cancer Cell. 2007 Dec;12(6):559-71. Pubmed PMID: 18068632
- Freeman KW, Welm BE, Gangula RD, Rosen JM, Ittmann M, Greenberg NM, Spencer DM "Inducible prostate intraepithelial neoplasia with reversible hyperplasia in conditional FGFR1-expressing mice.." Cancer Res.. 2003 Dec 1;63(23):8256-63. Pubmed PMID: 14678983
- Ozen M, Medrano EE, Ittmann M "Inhibition of proliferation and survival of melanoma cells by adenoviral-mediated expression of dominant negative fibroblast growth factor receptor.." Melanoma Res.. 2004 Feb;14(1):13-21. Pubmed PMID: 15091189
- Agoulnik IU, Hodgson MC, Bowden WA, Ittmann MM "INPP4B: the New Kid on the PI3K Block.." Oncotarget. 2011 Apr;2(4):321-8. Pubmed PMID: 21487159
- Giri D, Ittmann M "Interleukin-1alpha is a paracrine inducer of FGF7, a key epithelial growth factor in benign prostatic hyperplasia.." Am. J. Pathol.. 2000 Jul;157(1):249-55. Pubmed PMID: 10880394
- Giri D, Ozen M, Ittmann M "Interleukin-6 is an autocrine growth factor in human prostate cancer.." Am. J. Pathol.. 2001 Dec;159(6):2159-65. Pubmed PMID: 11733366
- Castro P, Xia C, Gomez L, Lamb DJ, Ittmann M "Interleukin-8 expression is increased in senescent prostatic epithelial cells and promotes the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia.." Prostate. 2004 Jul 1;60(2):153-9. Pubmed PMID: 15162381
- Giri D, Ittmann M "Interleukin-8 is a paracrine inducer of fibroblast growth factor 2, a stromal and epithelial growth factor in benign prostatic hyperplasia.." Am. J. Pathol.. 2001 Jul;159(1):139-47. Pubmed PMID: 11438462
- Parta M, Hudson BY, Le TP, Ittmann M, Musher DM, Stager C "IRIS iQ200 workstation as a screen for performing urine culture.." Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis.. 2013 Jan;75(1):41402. Pubmed PMID: 23102549
- Ittmann M, Greco A, Basilico C "Isolation of the human gene that complements a temperature-sensitive cell cycle mutation in BHK cells.." Mol. Cell. Biol.. 1987 Oct;7(10):3386-93. Pubmed PMID: 3683386
- Ittmann MM "Loss of heterozygosity on chromosomes 10 and 17 in clinically localized prostate carcinoma.." Prostate. 1996 May;28(5):275-81. Pubmed PMID: 8610052
- Velasco A, Riquelme E, Schultz M, Wistuba II, Villarroel L, Pizarro J, Berlin A, Ittmann M, Koh MS, Leach FS "Mismatch repair gene expression and genetic instability in testicular germ cell tumor.." Cancer Biol. Ther.. 2004 Oct;3(10):977-82. Pubmed PMID: 15467433
- Mims MP, Hayes TG, Zheng S, Leal SM, Frolov A, Ittmann MM, Wheeler TM, Prchal JT "Mitochondrial DNA G10398A polymorphism and invasive breast cancer in African-American women.." Cancer Res.. 2006 Feb 1;66(3):1880; author re. Pubmed PMID: 16452251
- Walden PD, Lefkowitz GK, Ittmann M, Lepor H, Monaco ME "Mitogenic activation of human prostate-derived fibromuscular stromal cells by bradykinin.." Br. J. Pharmacol.. 1999 May;127(1):220-6. Pubmed PMID: 10369476
- Greco A, Ittmann M, Basilico C "Molecular cloning of a gene that is necessary for G1 progression in mammalian cells.." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 1987 Mar;84(6):1565-9. Pubmed PMID: 3470743
- Bañez LL, Sun L, van Leenders GJ, Wheeler TM, Bangma CH, Freedland SJ, Ittmann MM, Lark AL, Madden JF, Hartman A, Weiss G, Castaños-Vélez E "Multicenter clinical validation of PITX2 methylation as a prostate specific antigen recurrence predictor in patients with post-radical prostatectomy prostate cancer.." J. Urol.. 2010 Jul;184(1):149-56. Pubmed PMID: 20478579
- Han G, Buchanan G, Ittmann M, Harris JM, Yu X, Demayo FJ, Tilley W, Greenberg NM "Mutation of the androgen receptor causes oncogenic transformation of the prostate.." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 2005 Jan 25;102(4):1151-6. Pubmed PMID: 15657128
- Ortega S, Ittmann M, Tsang SH, Ehrlich M, Basilico C "Neuronal defects and delayed wound healing in mice lacking fibroblast growth factor 2.." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 1998 May 12;95(10):5672-7. Pubmed PMID: 9576942
- Valdez JM, Zhang L, Su Q, Dakhova O, Zhang Y, Shahi P, Spencer DM, Creighton CJ, Ittmann MM, Xin L "Notch and TGFß Form a Reciprocal Positive Regulatory Loop that Suppresses Murine Prostate Basal Stem/Progenitor Cell Activity.." Cell Stem Cell. 2012 Nov 2;11(5):676-88. Pubmed PMID: 23122291
- Greco A, Gong SS, Ittmann M, Basilico C "Organization and expression of the cell cycle gene, ts11, that encodes asparagine synthetase.." Mol. Cell. Biol.. 1989 Jun;9(6):2350-9. Pubmed PMID: 2569668
- Shafer J, Davis AR, Gannon FH, Fouletier-Dilling CM, Lazard Z, Moran K, Gugala Z, Ozen M, Ittmann M, Heggeness MH, Olmsted-Davis E "Oxygen tension directs chondrogenic differentiation of myelo-monocytic progenitors during endochondral bone formation.." Tissue Eng.. 2007 Aug;13(8):2011-9. Pubmed PMID: 17518751
- Kaplan-Lefko PJ, Chen TM, Ittmann MM, Barrios RJ, Ayala GE, Huss WJ, Maddison LA, Foster BA, Greenberg NM "Pathobiology of autochthonous prostate cancer in a pre-clinical transgenic mouse model.." Prostate. 2003 May 15;55(3):219-37. Pubmed PMID: 12692788
- Acevedo VD, Ittmann M, Spencer DM "Paths of FGFR-driven tumorigenesis.." Cell Cycle. 2009 Feb 15;8(4):580-8. Pubmed PMID: 19182515
- Shappell SB, Thomas GV, Roberts RL, Herbert R, Ittmann MM, Rubin MA, Humphrey PA, Sundberg JP, Rozengurt N, Barrios R, Ward JM, Cardiff RD "Prostate pathology of genetically engineered mice: definitions and classification. The consensus report from the Bar Harbor meeting of the Mouse Models of Human Cancer Consortium Prostate Pathology Committee.." Cancer Res.. 2004 Mar 15;64(6):2270-305. Pubmed PMID: 15026373
- Talarico D, Ittmann M, Balsari A, Delli-Bovi P, Basch RS, Basilico C "Protection of mice against tumor growth by immunization with an oncogene-encoded growth factor.." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 1990 Jun;87(11):4222-5. Pubmed PMID: 2190216
- Li J, Yen C, Liaw D, Podsypanina K, Bose S, Wang SI, Puc J, Miliaresis C, Rodgers L, McCombie R, Bigner SH, Giovanella BC, Ittmann M, Tycko B, Hibshoosh H, Wigler MH, Parsons R "PTEN, a putative protein tyrosine phosphatase gene mutated in human brain, breast, and prostate cancer.." Science. 1997 Mar 28;275(5308):1943-7. Pubmed PMID: 9072974
- Kannan K, Wang L, Wang J, Ittmann MM, Li W, Yen L "Recurrent chimeric RNAs enriched in human prostate cancer identified by deep sequencing.." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 2011 May 31;108(22):9172-7. Pubmed PMID: 21571633
- Feng S, Agoulnik IU, Bogatcheva NV, Kamat AA, Kwabi-Addo B, Li R, Ayala G, Ittmann MM, Agoulnik AI "Relaxin promotes prostate cancer progression.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2007 Mar 15;13(6):1695-702. Pubmed PMID: 17363522
- Feng S, Agoulnik IU, Li Z, Han HD, Lopez-Berestein G, Sood A, Ittmann MM, Agoulnik AI "Relaxin/RXFP1 signaling in prostate cancer progression.." Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.. 2009 Apr;1160:379-80. Pubmed PMID: 19416223
- Ozen M, Giri D, Ropiquet F, Mansukhani A, Ittmann M "Role of fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling in prostate cancer cell survival.." J. Natl. Cancer Inst.. 2001 Dec 5;93(23):1783-90. Pubmed PMID: 11734594
- Agoulnik IU, Vaid A, Bingman WE, Erdeme H, Frolov A, Smith CL, Ayala G, Ittmann MM, Weigel NL "Role of SRC-1 in the promotion of prostate cancer cell growth and tumor progression.." Cancer Res.. 2005 Sep 1;65(17):7959-67. Pubmed PMID: 16140968
- Yin L, Rao P, Elson P, Wang J, Ittmann M, Heston WD "Role of TMPRSS2-ERG Gene Fusion in Negative Regulation of PSMA Expression.." PLoS ONE. 2011;6(6):e21319. Pubmed PMID: 21731703
- Ren C, Li L, Yang G, Timme TL, Goltsov A, Ren C, Ji X, Addai J, Luo H, Ittmann MM, Thompson TC "RTVP-1, a tumor suppressor inactivated by methylation in prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2004 Feb 1;64(3):969-76. Pubmed PMID: 14871827
- Tahir SA, Yang G, Ebara S, Timme TL, Satoh T, Li L, Goltsov A, Ittmann M, Morrisett JD, Thompson TC "Secreted caveolin-1 stimulates cell survival/clonal growth and contributes to metastasis in androgen-insensitive prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2001 May 15;61(10):3882-5. Pubmed PMID: 11358800
- Bawa-Khalfe T, Cheng J, Lin SH, Ittmann MM, Yeh ET "SENP1 Induces Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia through Multiple Mechanisms.." J. Biol. Chem.. 2010 Aug 13;285(33):25859-66. Pubmed PMID: 20551310
- Singh B, Ittmann MM, Krolewski JJ "Sporadic breast cancers exhibit loss of heterozygosity on chromosome segment 10q23 close to the Cowden disease locus.." Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 1998 Feb;21(2):166-71. Pubmed PMID: 9491329
- Wang J, Thompson B, Ren C, Ittmann M, Kwabi-Addo B "Sprouty4, a suppressor of tumor cell motility, is down regulated by DNA methylation in human prostate cancer.." Prostate. 2006 May 1;66(6):613-24. Pubmed PMID: 16388505
- Yan J, Yu CT, Ozen M, Ittmann M, Tsai SY, Tsai MJ "Steroid receptor coactivator-3 and activator protein-1 coordinately regulate the transcription of components of the insulin-like growth factor/AKT signaling pathway.." Cancer Res.. 2006 Nov 15;66(22):11039-46. Pubmed PMID: 17108143
- Yan J, Erdem H, Li R, Cai Y, Ayala G, Ittmann M, Yu-Lee LY, Tsai SY, Tsai MJ "Steroid receptor coactivator-3/AIB1 promotes cell migration and invasiveness through focal adhesion turnover and matrix metalloproteinase expression.." Cancer Res.. 2008 Jul 1;68(13):5460-8. Pubmed PMID: 18593949
- Ayala GE, Dai H, Tahir SA, Li R, Timme T, Ittmann M, Frolov A, Wheeler TM, Rowley D, Thompson TC "Stromal antiapoptotic paracrine loop in perineural invasion of prostatic carcinoma.." Cancer Res.. 2006 May 15;66(10):5159-64. Pubmed PMID: 16707439
- Seo YK, Mirkheshti N, Song CS, Kim S, Dodds S, Ahn SC, Christy B, Mendez-Meza R, Ittmann MM, Abboud-Werner S, Chatterjee B "SULT2B1b Sulfotransferase: Induction by Vitamin D Receptor and Reduced Expression in Prostate Cancer.." Mol. Endocrinol.. 2013 Jun;27(6):925-39. Pubmed PMID: 23579488
- Feng S, Agoulnik IU, Truong A, Li Z, Creighton CJ, Kaftanovskaya EM, Pereira R, Han HD, Lopez-Berestein G, Klonisch T, Ittmann MM, Sood AK, Agoulnik AI "Suppression of relaxin receptor RXFP1 decreases prostate cancer growth and metastasis.." Endocr. Relat. Cancer. 2010;17(4):1021-33. Pubmed PMID: 20861284
- Feng S, Shao L, Yu W, Gavine P, Ittmann M "Targeting fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling inhibits prostate cancer progression.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2012 Jul 15;18(14):3880-8. Pubmed PMID: 22573348
- Barron DA, Strand DW, Ressler SJ, Dang TD, Hayward SW, Yang F, Ayala GE, Ittmann M, Rowley DR "TGF-ß1 induces an age-dependent inflammation of nerve ganglia and fibroplasia in the prostate gland stroma of a novel transgenic mouse.." PLoS ONE. 2010;5(10):e13751. Pubmed PMID: 21060787
- Gao Y, Ishiyama H, Sun M, Brinkman KL, Wang X, Zhu J, Mai W, Huang Y, Floryk D, Ittmann M, Thompson TC, Butler EB, Xu B, Teh BS "The alkylphospholipid, perifosine, radiosensitizes prostate cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo.." Radiat Oncol. 2011;6:39. Pubmed PMID: 21496273
- Jackson AJ, Ittmann M, Pugh BF "The BN51 protein is a polymerase (Pol)-specific subunit of RNA Pol III which reveals a link between Pol III transcription and pre-rRNA processing.." Mol. Cell. Biol.. 1995 Jan;15(1):94-101. Pubmed PMID: 7799973
- Li L, Ittmann MM, Ayala G, Tsai MJ, Amato RJ, Wheeler TM, Miles BJ, Kadmon D, Thompson TC "The emerging role of the PI3-K-Akt pathway in prostate cancer progression.." Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis.. 2005;8(2):108-18. Pubmed PMID: 15724144
- Kwabi-Addo B, Wang J, Erdem H, Vaid A, Castro P, Ayala G, Ittmann M "The expression of Sprouty1, an inhibitor of fibroblast growth factor signal transduction, is decreased in human prostate cancer.." Cancer Res.. 2004 Jul 15;64(14):4728-35. Pubmed PMID: 15256439
- Wang J, Stockton DW, Ittmann M "The fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 Arg388 allele is associated with prostate cancer initiation and progression.." Clin. Cancer Res.. 2004 Sep 15;10(18):6169-78. Pubmed PMID: 15448004
- Sevli S, Uzumcu A, Solak M, Ittmann M, Ozen M "The function of microRNAs, small but potent molecules, in human prostate cancer.." Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis.. 2010 Sep;13(3):208-17. Pubmed PMID: 20585343
- Ittmann M, Ali J, Greco A, Basilico C "The gene complementing a temperature-sensitive cell cycle mutant of BHK cells is the human homologue of the yeast RPC53 gene, which encodes a subunit of RNA polymerase C (III).." Cell Growth Differ.. 1993 Jun;4(6):503-11. Pubmed PMID: 8373734
- Mouraviev V, Li L, Tahir SA, Yang G, Timme TM, Goltsov A, Ren C, Satoh T, Wheeler TM, Ittmann MM, Miles BJ, Amato RJ, Kadmon D, Thompson TC "The role of caveolin-1 in androgen insensitive prostate cancer.." J. Urol.. 2002 Oct;168(4):1589-96. Pubmed PMID: 12352463
- Thomas LK, Ittmann M, Cooper C "The role of leucine in ketogenesis in starved rats.." Biochem. J.. 1982 May 15;204(2):399-403. Pubmed PMID: 7115336
- Darimipourain M, Wang S, Ittmann M, Kwabi-Addo B "Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of Sprouty1, a receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor in prostate cancer.." Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis.. 2011 Dec;14(4):279-85. Pubmed PMID: 21826097
- Jacobson DR, Ittmann M, Buxbaum JN, Wieczorek R, Gorevic PD "Transthyretin Ile 122 and cardiac amyloidosis in African-Americans. 2 case reports.." Tex Heart Inst J. 1997;24(1):45-52. Pubmed PMID: 9068139
- Toracchio S, Kozinetz CA, Killen DE, Sheehan AM, Banez EI, Ittmann MM, Sroller V, Butel JS "Variable frequency of polyomavirus SV40 and herpesvirus EBV in lymphomas from two different urban population groups in Houston, TX.." J. Clin. Virol.. 2009 Oct;46(2):154-60. Pubmed PMID: 19631582
- Ozen M, Creighton CJ, Ozdemir M, Ittmann M "Widespread deregulation of microRNA expression in human prostate cancer.." Oncogene. 2008 Mar 13;27(12):1788-93. Pubmed PMID: 17891175
Funding
- Enhancing outcomes of radiation therapy for prostate cancer
- $982,000.00 (10/01/2018 - 09/30/2021) Grant funding from DOD Prostate Cancer Program
- The goal of this proposal is to examine the impact of inhibition of RET and/or FGFR kinases on radiation therapy in prostate cancer
- Tumor microenvironment-based biomarkers in African American prostate cancer - #PC170374
- $471,000.00 (10/01/2018 - 09/30/2021) Grant funding from DOD Prostate Cancer Program
- The goal of this proposal is to evaluate reactive stroma biomarkers in African American prostate cancer.
- A Novel Oncogenic Axis in African American Prostate Cancer
- $500,000.00 (04/01/2019 - 03/31/2023) Grant funding from Dept of Veterans Affairs
- The goal of this project is to characterize the role of RGS12 in African American prostate cancer.
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