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Assunta De Rienzo, PH.D.

TitleInstructor in Surgery
InstitutionBrigham and Women's Hospital
DepartmentSurgery
AddressBrigham and Womens Hospital
Thoracic Surgery
75 Francis St
Boston MA 02115
Phone617/732-6824
Fax617/566-3441

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  1. Kemp CD, Rao M, Xi S, Inchauste S, Mani H, Fetsch P, Filie A, Zhang M, Hong JA, Walker RL, Zhu YJ, Ripley RT, Mathur A, Liu F, Yang M, Meltzer PA, Marquez VE, De Rienzo A, Bueno R, Schrump DS. Polycomb repressor complex-2 is a novel target for mesothelioma therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Jan 1; 18(1):77-90.
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  2. De Rienzo A, Dong L, Yeap BY, Jensen RV, Richards WG, Gordon GJ, Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R. Fine-needle aspiration biopsies for gene expression ratio-based diagnostic and prognostic tests in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Jan 15; 17(2):310-6.
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  3. Bueno R, De Rienzo A, Dong L, Gordon GJ, Hercus CF, Richards WG, Jensen RV, Anwar A, Maulik G, Chirieac LR, Ho KF, Taillon BE, Turcotte CL, Hercus RG, Gullans SR, Sugarbaker DJ. Second generation sequencing of the mesothelioma tumor genome. PLoS One. 2010; 5(5):e10612.
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  4. Dong L, Jensen RV, De Rienzo A, Gordon GJ, Xu Y, Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R. Differentially expressed alternatively spliced genes in malignant pleural mesothelioma identified using massively parallel transcriptome sequencing. BMC Med Genet. 2009; 10:149.
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  5. Garofalo M, Quintavalle C, Zanca C, De Rienzo A, Romano G, Acunzo M, Puca L, Incoronato M, Croce CM, Condorelli G. Akt regulates drug-induced cell death through Bcl-w downregulation. PLoS One. 2008; 3(12):e4070.
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  6. Sugarbaker DJ, Richards WG, Gordon GJ, Dong L, De Rienzo A, Maulik G, Glickman JN, Chirieac LR, Hartman ML, Taillon BE, Du L, Bouffard P, Kingsmore SF, Miller NA, Farmer AD, Jensen RV, Gullans SR, Bueno R. Transcriptome sequencing of malignant pleural mesothelioma tumors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Mar 4; 105(9):3521-6.
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  7. Sain N, Krishnan B, Ormerod MG, De Rienzo A, Liu WM, Kaye SB, Workman P, Jackman AL. Potentiation of paclitaxel activity by the HSP90 inhibitor 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin in human ovarian carcinoma cell lines with high levels of activated AKT. Mol Cancer Ther. 2006 May; 5(5):1197-208.
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  8. Altomare DA, Vaslet CA, Skele KL, De Rienzo A, Devarajan K, Jhanwar SC, McClatchey AI, Kane AB, Testa JR. A mouse model recapitulating molecular features of human mesothelioma. Cancer Res. 2005 Sep 15; 65(18):8090-5.
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  9. Altomare DA, You H, Xiao GH, Ramos-Nino ME, Skele KL, De Rienzo A, Jhanwar SC, Mossman BT, Kane AB, Testa JR. Human and mouse mesotheliomas exhibit elevated AKT/PKB activity, which can be targeted pharmacologically to inhibit tumor cell growth. Oncogene. 2005 Sep 8; 24(40):6080-9.
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  10. Potenza N, Vecchione C, Notte A, De Rienzo A, Rosica A, Bauer L, Affuso A, De Felice M, Russo T, Poulet R, Cifelli G, De Vita G, Lembo G, Di Lauro R. Replacement of K-Ras with H-Ras supports normal embryonic development despite inducing cardiovascular pathology in adult mice. EMBO Rep. 2005 May; 6(5):432-7.
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  11. Altomare DA, Wang HQ, Skele KL, De Rienzo A, Klein-Szanto AJ, Godwin AK, Testa JR. AKT and mTOR phosphorylation is frequently detected in ovarian cancer and can be targeted to disrupt ovarian tumor cell growth. Oncogene. 2004 Jul 29; 23(34):5853-7.
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  12. Baser ME, De Rienzo A, Altomare D, Balsara BR, Hedrick NM, Gutmann DH, Pitts LH, Jackler RK, Testa JR. Neurofibromatosis 2 and malignant mesothelioma. Neurology. 2002 Jul 23; 59(2):290-1.
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  13. Foddis R, De Rienzo A, Broccoli D, Bocchetta M, Stekala E, Rizzo P, Tosolini A, Grobelny JV, Jhanwar SC, Pass HI, Testa JR, Carbone M. SV40 infection induces telomerase activity in human mesothelial cells. Oncogene. 2002 Feb 21; 21(9):1434-42.
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  14. Mirghomizadeh F, Bardtke B, Devoto M, Pfister M, Oeken J, König E, Vitale E, Riccio A, De Rienzo A, Zenner HP, Blin N. Second family with hearing impairment linked to 19q13 and refined DFNA4 localisation. Eur J Hum Genet. 2002 Feb; 10(2):95-9.
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  15. Altomare DA, Tanno S, De Rienzo A, Klein-Szanto AJ, Tanno S, Skele KL, Hoffman JP, Testa JR. Frequent activation of AKT2 kinase in human pancreatic carcinomas. J Cell Biochem. 2002; 87(4):470-6.
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  16. De Rienzo A, Tor M, Sterman DH, Aksoy F, Albelda SM, Testa JR. Detection of SV40 DNA sequences in malignant mesothelioma specimens from the United States, but not from Turkey. J Cell Biochem. 2002; 84(3):455-9.
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  17. De Rienzo A, Balsara BR, Apostolou S, Jhanwar SC, Testa JR. Loss of heterozygosity analysis defines a 3-cM region of 15q commonly deleted in human malignant mesothelioma. Oncogene. 2001 Sep 27; 20(43):6245-9.
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  18. Vitale E, Brancolini V, De Rienzo A, Bird L, Allada V, Sklansky M, Chae CU, Ferrero GB, Weber J, Devoto M, Casey B. Suggestive linkage of situs inversus and other left-right axis anomalies to chromosome 6p. J Med Genet. 2001 Mar; 38(3):182-5.
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  19. Balsara BR, Pei J, De Rienzo A, Simon D, Tosolini A, Lu YY, Shen FM, Fan X, Lin WY, Buetow KH, London WT, Testa JR. Human hepatocellular carcinoma is characterized by a highly consistent pattern of genomic imbalances, including frequent loss of 16q23.1-24.1. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2001 Mar; 30(3):245-53.
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  20. De Rienzo A, Testa JR. Recent advances in the molecular analysis of human malignant mesothelioma. Clin Ter. 2000 Nov-Dec; 151(6):433-8.
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  21. De Rienzo A, Jhanwar SC, Testa JR. Loss of heterozygosity analysis of 13q and 14q in human malignant mesothelioma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2000 Jul; 28(3):337-41.
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  22. Murthy SS, Shen T, De Rienzo A, Lee WC, Ferriola PC, Jhanwar SC, Mossman BT, Filmus J, Testa JR. Expression of GPC3, an X-linked recessive overgrowth gene, is silenced in malignant mesothelioma. Oncogene. 2000 Jan 20; 19(3):410-6.
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  23. Condorelli G, Morisco C, Stassi G, Notte A, Farina F, Sgaramella G, de Rienzo A, Roncarati R, Trimarco B, Lembo G. Increased cardiomyocyte apoptosis and changes in proapoptotic and antiapoptotic genes bax and bcl-2 during left ventricular adaptations to chronic pressure overload in the rat. Circulation. 1999 Jun 15; 99(23):3071-8.
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  24. Apostolou S, De Rienzo A, Murthy SS, Jhanwar SC, Testa JR. Absence of BCL10 mutations in human malignant mesothelioma. Cell. 1999 Jun 11; 97(6):684-6; discussion 686-8.
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  25. Balsara BR, Bell DW, Sonoda G, De Rienzo A, du Manoir S, Jhanwar SC, Testa JR. Comparative genomic hybridization and loss of heterozygosity analyses identify a common region of deletion at 15q11.1-15 in human malignant mesothelioma. Cancer Res. 1999 Jan 15; 59(2):450-4.
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