Erik S. Knudsen

This study identifies sustained cell cycle activity as a mechanism of resistance to KRAS inhibitors and shows that co-targeting cell cycle nodes with CDK4/6 or CDK2 restores sensitivity and provides durable tumor control.

This paper identifies HNF1A as a BRD4 target and shows that BET-inhibitors' antitumor effects in PDAC depend on HNF1A ablation.

The paper shows that p16 expression in ovarian cancers increases sensitivity to CDK2 inhibitors by inhibiting CDK4/6, suggesting p16 as a biomarker for CDK2 inhibitor response.

This study identifies HNF1A as an oncogenic driver of PDAC metastasis through upregulation of FGFR4 and shows that FGFR4 inhibition reduces metastasis in vitro and in vivo.

The paper introduces MAPEX, a BLAST-based algorithm to filter spurious genetic variant calls in xenografts and tumors, achieving comparable sensitivity and specificity to complex methods.