Publications

Journal

(Under Review)

HMOX-1 positive omental macrophages as a therapeutic target in ovarian high grade serous carcinoma

Sarah Spear, Olivia Le Saux, Hasan B. Mirza, Katie Tyson, Jasmine Bickel, Fabio Grundland-Freile, Alexandros Siskos, Cristina Balcells Nadal, Josephine B. Walton, Chloé Woodman, Darren P. Ennis, Nayana Iyer, Carmen Aguirre Hernandez, Yuewei Xu, Pavlina Spiliopoulou, James D Brenton, Ana Costa-Pereira, Hector C. Keun, Evangelos Triantafyllou, James Arnold and Iain A. McNeish 

(Accepted)
Nature Communications

The copy number and mutational landscape of recurrent ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma: the BriTROC-1 study

P-S. Smith, T. Bradley, L. Morrill Gavarró, T. Goranova, D. P. Ennis, H. Mirza, D. De Silva, A.M.
Piskorz, S. Al-Khalidi, C. Sauer, I-G. Funingana, M.A.V. Reinius, G. Giannone, L-A. Lewsley, J. Stobo, J.
McQueen, G. Bryson, M. Eldridge, The BriTROC Investigators, G. Macintyre, F. Markowetz, J.D.
Brenton, I.A. McNeish

June 2023
JAMA Oncology

Efficacy and Safety of Weekly Paclitaxel Plus Vistusertib vs Paclitaxel Alone in Patients With Platinum-Resistant Ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma: The OCTOPUS Multicenter, Phase 2, Randomized Clinical Trial

Susana Banerjee, Gaia Giannone, Andrew R. Clamp, Darren P. Ennis, Rosalind M. Glasspool, Rebecca Herbertson, Jonathan Krell, Ruth Riisnaes, Hasan B. Mirza, Zhao Cheng, Jacqueline McDermott, Clare Green, Rebecca S. Kristeleit, Angela George, Charlie Gourley, Liz-Anne Lewsley, Debbie Rai, Udai Banerji, Samantha Hinsley, Iain A. McNeish

PMID: 36928279

 

December 2022
Cancer Research

Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Supports Ovarian Carcinosarcoma Tumorigenesis and Confers Sensitivity to Microtubule Targeting with Eribulin

Gwo Yaw Ho, Elizabeth L. Kyran, Justin Bedo, Matthew J. Wakefield, Darren P. Ennis, Hasan B. Mirza, Cassandra J. Vandenberg, Elizabeth Lieschke, Andrew Farrell, Anthony Hadla, Ratana Lim, Genevieve Dall, James E. Vince, Ngee Kiat Chua, Olga Kondrashova, Rosanna Upstill-Goddard, Ulla-Maja Bailey, Suzanne Dowson, Patricia Roxburgh, Rosalind M. Glasspool, Gareth Bryson, Andrew V. Biankin; Scottish Genomes Partnership; Susanna L. Cooke, Gayanie Ratnayake, Orla McNally, Nadia Traficante; Australian Ovarian Cancer Study; Anna DeFazio, S. John Weroha, David D. Bowtell, Iain A. McNeish, Anthony T. Papenfuss, Clare L. Scott, Holly E. Barker

PMID: 36206301

 

October 2022
Gynecologic Oncology

A novel cell line panel reveals non-genetic mediators of platinum resistance and phenotypic diversity in high grade serous ovarian cancer

Joseph I. Hoare, Helen Hockings, Jayeta Saxena, Vera L Silva, M.J. Haughey, Georgina E. Wood, Francesco Nicolini, Hasan B. Mirza, Iain A. McNeish, Weini Huang, Eleni Maniati, Trevor A. Graham, Michelle Lockley

PMID: 35918200

July 2022
Clinical Cancer Research

The genomic landscape of early stage ovarian high grade serous carcinoma

Zhao Cheng, Hasan Mirza, Darren Ennis, Philip Smith, Lena Morrill Gavarró, Chishimba Sokota, Gaia Giannone, Teodora Goranova, Thomas Bradley, Anna Piskorz, Michelle Lockley, BriTROC-1 InvestigatorsBaljeet Kaur, Naveena Singh, Laura Tookman, Jonathan Krell, Jacqueline McDermott, Geoff Macintyre, Florian Markowetz, James Brenton, and Iain McNeish

PMID: 35398881

April 2022
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Dual G9A/EZH2 inhibition stimulates anti-tumour immune response in ovarian high grade serous carcinoma

Pavlina Spiliopoulou, Sarah Spear, Hasan Mirza, Ian Garner, Lynn McGarry, Fabio Grundland-Freile, Zhao Cheng, Darren P. Ennis, Nayana Iyer, Sophie McNamara, Marina Natoli, Susan Mason, Karen Blyth, Peter D. Adams, Patricia Roxburgh, Matthew J. Fuchter, Bob Brown, and Iain A. McNeish

PMID: 35131874

January 2019
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

A Four-gene Decision Tree Signature Classification of Triple-negative Breast Cancer: Implications for Targeted Therapeutics

Jelmar QuistHasan MirzaMaggie C U CheangMelinda L TelliJoyce A O'ShaughnessyChristopher J LordAndrew N J TuttAnita Grigoriadis

PMID: 30305342

December 2018
Cell Reports

Dual Mechanisms of LYN Kinase Dysregulation Drive Aggressive Behavior in Breast Cancer Cells

Giusy TornilloCatherine KnowlsonHoward KendrickJoe CookeHasan MirzaIskander Aurrekoetxea-RodríguezMaria D M VivancoNiamh E BuckleyAnita GrigoriadisMatthew J Smalley

PMID: 30590041

October 2018
Clinical Cancer Research

Anti-Folate Receptor Alpha–Directed Antibody Therapies Restrict the Growth of Triple-negative Breast Cancer

Anthony Cheung, James Opzoomer, Kristina M. Ilieva, Patrycja Gazinska, Ricarda M. Hoffmann, Hasan Mirza, Rebecca Marlow, Erika Francesch-Domenech, Matthew Fittall, Diana Dominguez Rodriguez, Angela Clifford, Luned Badder, Nirmesh Patel, Silvia Mele, Giulia Pellizzari, Heather J. Bax, Silvia Crescioli, Gyula Petranyi, Daniel Larcombe-Young, Debra H. Josephs, Silvana Canevari, Mariangela Figini, Sarah Pinder, Frank O. Nestle, Cheryl Gillett, James F. Spicer, Anita Grigoriadis, Andrew N.J. Tutt and Sophia N. Karagiannis

PMID: 30068707

March 2018
Nature Communications

Integrated genomics and functional validation identifies malignant cell specific dependencies in triple negative breast cancer

Nirmesh Patel, Daniel Weekes, Konstantinos Drosopoulos, Patrycja Gazinska, Elodie Noel, Mamun Rashid, Hasan Mirza, Jelmar Quist, Fara Brasó-Maristany, Sumi Mathew, Riccardo Ferro, Ana Mendes Pereira, Cynthia Prince, Farzana Noor, Erika Francesch-Domenech, Rebecca Marlow, Emanuele de Rinaldis, Anita Grigoriadis, Spiros Linardopoulos, Pierfrancesco Marra & Andrew N. J. Tutt

PMID: 29535384

January 2018
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Evaluation of CDK12 Protein Expression as a Potential Novel Biomarker for DNA Damage Response–Targeted Therapies in Breast Cancer

Kalnisha Naidoo, Patty T. Wai, Sarah L. Maguire, Frances Daley, Syed Haider, Divya Kriplani, James Campbell, Hasan Mirza, Anita Grigoriadis, Andrew Tutt, Paul M. Moseley, Tarek M.A. Abdel-Fatah, Stephen Y.T. Chan, Srinivasan Madhusudan, Emad A. Rhaka, Ian O. Ellis, Christopher J. Lord, Yinyin Yuan, Andrew R. Green and Rachael Natrajan

PMID: 29133620

November 2016
The Journal of Pathology

Functional and prognostic significance of the genomic amplification of frizzled 6 (FZD6) in breast cancer

Gabriele Corda, Gianluca Sala, Rossano Lattanzio, Manuela Iezzi, Michele Sallese, Giorgia Fragassi, Alessia Lamolinara, Hasan Mirza, Daniela Barcaroli, Sibylle Ermler, Elisabete Silva, Hemad Yasaei, Robert F Newbold, Paola Vagnarelli, Marcella Mottolese, Pier Giorgio Natali, Letizia Perracchio, Jelmar Quist, Anita Grigoriadis, Pierfrancesco Marra, Andrew N Tutt, Mauro Piantelli, Stefano Iacobelli, Vincenzo De Laurenzi, Arturo Sala

PMID: 27859262

August 2015
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Selection and evolution in the genomic landscape of copy number alterations in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and its progression to invasive carcinoma of ductal/no special type: a meta-analysis

Swapnil Ulhas Rane, Hasan Mirza, Anita Grigoriadis, Sarah E. Pinder

PMID: 26255059

May 2015
Cancer Discovery

Genomic complexity profiling reveals that HORMAD1 overexpression contributes to homologous recombination deficiency in triplenegative breast cancers

Johnathan Watkins, Daniel Weekes, Vandna Shah, Patrycja Gazinska, Shalaka Joshi, Bhavna Sidhu, Cheryl Gillett, Sarah Pinder, Fabio Vanoli, Maria Jasin, Markus Mayrhofer, Anders Isaksson, Maggie C.U. Cheang, Hasan Mirza, Jessica Frankum, Christopher J. Lord, Alan Ashworth, Shaveta Vinayak, James M Ford, Melinda L Telli, Anita Grigoriadis, Andrew N. J. Tutt
March 2015
Molecular Oncology

Robust BRCA1‐like classification of copy number profiles of samples repeated across different datasets and platforms

Philip C. Schouten, Anita Grigoriadis, Thomas Kuilman, Hasan Mirza, Johnathan A. Watkins, Saskia A. Cooke, Ewald van Dyk, Tesa M. Severson, Oscar M. Rueda, Marlous Hoogstraat, Caroline V.M. Verhagen, Rachael Natrajan, Suet-Feung Chin, Esther H. Lips, Janneke Kruizinga, Arno Velds, Marja Nieuwland, Ron M. Kerkhoven, Oscar Krijgsman, Conchita Vens, Daniel Peeper, Petra M. Nederlof, Carlos Caldas, Andrew N. Tutt, Lodewyk F. Wessels, Sabine C. Linn

PMID: 25825120

July 2011
Bioinformation

Evidences of lateral gene transfer between archaea and pathogenic bacteria

Habib Bokhari, Maryam Anwar, Hasan Mirza, Patrick Martin Gillevet

PMID: 21769188

July 2010
Journal of Bioinformatics and Sequence Analysis

In silico identification of potential horizontal gene transfer events between archaea and pathogenic bacteria

Hasan Mirza, Maryam Anwar, Habib Bokhari