Identifying therapeutic vulnerabilities in fibrolamellar carcinoma

Timeframe: 2020 – 2024 Goal: Investigate the impact on FLC growth and survival of inhibiting two specific oncogenes identified in previous works Principal Investigator: Praveen Sethupathy, PhD Study overview: Based on previous epigenomic, metabolomic, and microRNA profiling, as well as initial drug studies, the study team has developed two new exciting hypotheses about therapeutic vulnerabilities …

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Retinoic acid-induced loss of DNAJB1-PRKACA fusion protein expression

Timeframe: 2019 – 2023 Goal: Investigate the potential of retinoic acid therapy Principal Investigators: Andrew Yen, PhD and Praveen Sethupathy, PhD Study overview: FLC is driven by the DNAJ-PKAc fusion protein. A potential therapeutic strategy would be to induce loss of this key driver protein. One approach to substantially alter gene expression in cancer cells …

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Multicenter consortium to define the single-cell activity landscape of fibrolamellar carcinoma.

Timeframe: 2022 – 2024 Goals: Advance immunotherapy for FLC by defining promising immunological targets that can be translated into effective cell-based immunotherapies Principal Investigators: Praveen Sethupathy, PhD (Cornell University); Mark Yarchoan, MD (Johns Hopkins University); Paul G. Thomas, PhD (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) Study overview: Like tumors of other cancer types, the microenvironment of …

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FLC Research Data Initiative

Timeframe: 2024 – 2026 Goals: Streamline the collection, analysis and sharing of FLC data across institutions while supporting the broader goals of open science and collaborative research within the FLC research network Principal Investigators and Partners: FCF; Velsera; Praveen Sethupathy, PhD, Cornell University; Taran Gujral, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Study Overview: This study intends …

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Micro RNAs and long non-coding RNAs role in fibrolamellar and evaluation of RNA-based therapeutics

Timeframe: 2017 – 2020 Goal: Investigate the role of microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs in fibrolamellar carcinoma and evaluate RNA-based therapeutics Principal Investigator: Praveen Sethupathy, PhD Study overview: This study aimed to leverage genome-scale approaches to discover the molecular factors most critical to FLC tumor formation, metastasis, and drug resistance. MicroRNAs and long non-coding RNAs are …

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