[HTML][HTML] Lorlatinib with or without chemotherapy in ALK-driven refractory/relapsed neuroblastoma: Phase 1 trial results

…, L Marshall, L Chesler, M Granger, AV Desai… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Neuroblastomas harbor ALK aberrations clinically resistant to crizotinib yet sensitive pre-clinically
to the third-generation ALK inhibitor lorlatinib. We conducted a first-in-child study …

Assessment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis: comparison of noninvasive tests with results of right-heart catheterization.

…, M Shinnar, DM Shindler, JE Wilson, A Desai… - The Journal of …, 2008 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an ominous complication in patients with
scleroderma (systemic sclerosis, SSc). We compared noninvasive assessment of PH with …

[HTML][HTML] Procalcitonin decrease over 72 hours in US critical care units predicts fatal outcome in sepsis patients

P Schuetz, P Maurer, V Punjabi, A Desai, DN Amin… - Critical Care, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Close monitoring and repeated risk assessment of sepsis patients in the intensive
care unit (ICU) is important for decisions regarding care intensification or early discharge …

Entrectinib in children and young adults with solid or primary CNS tumors harboring NTRK, ROS1, or ALK aberrations (STARTRK-NG)

AV Desai, GW Robinson, K Gauvain, EM Basu… - Neuro …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Entrectinib is a TRKA/B/C, ROS1, ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for
the treatment of adults and children aged ≥12 years with NTRK fusion-positive solid tumors …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of risk classification for neuroblastoma

E Sokol, AV Desai - Children, 2019 - mdpi.com
Neuroblastoma is a tumor with great clinical heterogeneity. Patients in North America are
risk-stratified using a number of features including age at diagnosis, disease stage, tumor …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-gene signature predicts outcome in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

S Haider, J Wang, A Nagano, A Desai, P Arumugam… - Genome medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Improved usage of the repertoires of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
profiles is crucially needed to guide the development of predictive and prognostic tools that …

[PDF][PDF] Disruption of pancreatic stellate cell myofibroblast phenotype promotes pancreatic tumor invasion

…, L Alba-Castellón, P Baskaran, I Quétier, A Desai… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), differentiation of pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs)
into myofibroblast-like cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) can both promote and …

Preclinical SPECT/CT imaging of αvβ6 integrins for molecular stratification of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

…, JC Luckett, AL Tatler, RO Awais, A Desai… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
Transforming growth factor β activation by the αvβ6 integrin is central to the pathogenesis of
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Expression of the αvβ6 integrin is increased in fibrotic lung …

The integrin αvβ6 drives pancreatic cancer through diverse mechanisms and represents an effective target for therapy

…, S Haider, A Brentnall, A Desai… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a 5‐year survival rate of less than 4% and
desperately needs novel effective therapeutics. Integrin αvβ6 has been linked with poor …

Phase 1/1B trial to assess the activity of entrectinib in children and adolescents with recurrent or refractory solid tumors including central nervous system (CNS) tumors …

…, G Bergthold, E Chow Maneval, E Fox, AV Desai - 2019 - ascopubs.org
10009 Background: Entrectinib is a CNS-penetrant oral inhibitor of TrkA/B/C, ROS1 and
ALK tyrosine kinases. We report the efficacy of entrectinib in children with recurrent/refractory …