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Swaminathan Kumar

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterORCID 0000-0002-9358-787XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Oxidative Phosphorylation (OXPHOS) Promotes the Formation and Growth of Melanoma Lung and Brain Metastases

Renato A. Guerrieri, Grant M. Fischer, David A. Kircher, Aron Y. Joon, Josué Cortez, Allie H. Grossmann, Courtney W. Hudgens, Debora Alejandra Ledesma, Rossana Lazcano, Christian Y. Beke Onana, Barbara G. Knighton, Swaminathan Kumar, Qianghua Hu, Y. N. Vashisht Gopal, Jennifer Leigh McQuade, , Michael A. Davies

This study shows that oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is critical for melanoma metastasis to the lungs and brain, based on analysis of human patients and mouse models.

bioRxiv · Jan 23, 2025 · PreprintCancer Biology

In Vivo Simvastatin and Brain Radiation in a Model of HER2+ Inflammatory Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis

Swaminathan Kumar, Richard A. Larson, Shane Richard Stecklein, Jay Paul Reddy, Bisrat Godefay Debeb, Richard A. Amos, Stephanie M. Cologna, Wendy A. Woodward

This study examines if simvastatin and whole-brain radiation affect HER2+ inflammatory breast cancer brain metastases in a mouse model, finding mixed effects on micrometastases but not macrometastases.

bioRxiv · May 25, 2024 · PreprintCancer Biology