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ARGUN AKCAKANAT

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionMD Anderson
DepartmentInvestigational Cancer Therapeutics
Address1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston TX 77030-4009
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    1. DiPeri TP, Evans KW, Wang B, Zhao M, Akcakanat A, Raso MG, Rizvi YQ, Zheng X, Korkut A, Varadarajan K, Uzunparmak B, Dumbrava EE, Pant S, Ajani JA, Pohlmann PR, Jensen VB, Javle M, Rodon J, Meric-Bernstam F. Co-Clinical Trial of Novel Bispecific Anti-HER2 Antibody Zanidatamab in Patient-Derived Xenografts. Cancer Discov. 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38358339.
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    2. Saridogan T, Akcakanat A, Zhao M, Evans KW, Yuca E, Scott S, Kirby BP, Zheng X, Ha MJ, Chen H, Ng PKS, DiPeri TP, Mills GB, Rodon Ahnert J, Damodaran S, Meric-Bernstam F. Efficacy of futibatinib, an irreversible fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitor, in FGFR-altered breast cancer. Sci Rep. 2023 11 18; 13(1):20223. PMID: 37980453; PMCID: PMC10657448.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    3. Zhao M, DiPeri TP, Raso MG, Zheng X, Rizvi YQ, Evans KW, Yang F, Akcakanat A, Roberto Estecio M, Tripathy D, Dumbrava EE, Damodaran S, Meric-Bernstam F. Epigenetically upregulating TROP2 and SLFN11 enhances therapeutic efficacy of TROP2 antibody drug conjugate sacitizumab govitecan. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2023 Aug 11; 9(1):66. PMID: 37567892; PMCID: PMC10421911.
      Citations: 2     
    4. Pairawan S, Akcakanat A, Kopetz S, Tapia C, Zheng X, Chen H, Ha MJ, Rizvi Y, Holla V, Wang J, Evans KW, Zhao M, Busaidy N, Fang B, Roth JA, Dumbrava EI, Meric-Bernstam F. Combined MEK/MDM2 inhibition demonstrates antitumor efficacy in TP53 wild-type thyroid and colorectal cancers with MAPK alterations. Sci Rep. 2022 01 24; 12(1):1248. PMID: 35075200; PMCID: PMC8786858.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    5. Bagheri-Yarmand R, Busaidy NL, McBeath E, Danysh BP, Evans KW, Moss TJ, Akcakanat A, Ng PKS, Knippler CM, Golden JA, Williams MD, Multani AS, Cabanillas ME, Shaw KR, Meric-Bernstam F, Shah MH, Ringel MD, Hofmann MC. RAC1 Alterations Induce Acquired Dabrafenib Resistance in Association with Anaplastic Transformation in a Papillary Thyroid Cancer Patient. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Sep 30; 13(19). PMID: 34638434; PMCID: PMC8507731.
      Citations: 1     
    6. Evans KW, Yuca E, Scott SS, Zhao M, Paez Arango N, Cruz Pico CX, Saridogan T, Shariati M, Class CA, Bristow CA, Vellano CP, Zheng X, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Su X, Tapia C, Chen K, Akcakanat A, Lim B, Tripathy D, Yap TA, Francesco MED, Draetta GF, Jones P, Heffernan TP, Marszalek JR, Meric-Bernstam F. Oxidative Phosphorylation Is a Metabolic Vulnerability in Chemotherapy-Resistant Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Res. 2021 11 01; 81(21):5572-5581. PMID: 34518211; PMCID: PMC8563442.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    7. Akcakanat A, Zheng X, Cruz Pico CX, Kim TB, Chen K, Korkut A, Sahin A, Holla V, Tarco E, Singh G, Damodaran S, Mills GB, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Meric-Bernstam F. Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Proteomic Profiling of Metastatic Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 06 01; 27(11):3243-3252. PMID: 33782032; PMCID: PMC8172429.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    8. Pairawan S, Zhao M, Yuca E, Annis A, Evans K, Sutton D, Carvajal L, Ren JG, Santiago S, Guerlavais V, Akcakanat A, Tapia C, Yang F, Bose PSC, Zheng X, Dumbrava EI, Aivado M, Meric-Bernstam F. First in class dual MDM2/MDMX inhibitor ALRN-6924 enhances antitumor efficacy of chemotherapy in TP53 wild-type hormone receptor-positive breast cancer models. Breast Cancer Res. 2021 03 04; 23(1):29. PMID: 33663585; PMCID: PMC7934277.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    9. Owusu-Brackett N, Zhao M, Akcakanat A, Evans KW, Yuca E, Dumbrava EI, Janku F, Meric-Bernstam F. Targeting PI3K? alone and in combination with chemotherapy or immunotherapy in tumors with PTEN loss. Oncotarget. 2020 Mar 17; 11(11):969-981. PMID: 32215185; PMCID: PMC7082117.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    
    10. Owusu-Brackett N, Evans KW, Akcakanat A, Yuca E, Tapia C, Rizvi YQ, Dumbrava EI, Janku F, Meric-Bernstam F. TAK228 enhances antitumor activity of eribulin in triple negative breast cancer. Oncotarget. 2019 Aug 20; 10(49):5011-5019. PMID: 31489111; PMCID: PMC6707945.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    11. Xing Y, Lin NU, Maurer MA, Chen H, Mahvash A, Sahin A, Akcakanat A, Li Y, Abramson V, Litton J, Chavez-MacGregor M, Valero V, Piha-Paul SA, Hong D, Do KA, Tarco E, Riall D, Eterovic AK, Wulf GM, Cantley LC, Mills GB, Doyle LA, Winer E, Hortobagyi GN, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Meric-Bernstam F. Phase II trial of AKT inhibitor MK-2206 in patients with advanced breast cancer who have tumors with PIK3CA or AKT mutations, and/or PTEN loss/PTEN mutation. Breast Cancer Res. 2019 07 05; 21(1):78. PMID: 31277699; PMCID: PMC6612080.
      Citations: 52     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    12. Akcakanat A, Meric-Bernstam F. MK-2206 window of opportunity study in breast cancer. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Nov; 6(Suppl 1):S57. PMID: 30613632; PMCID: PMC6291614.
      Citations: 2     
    13. Evans KW, Yuca E, Akcakanat A, Scott SM, Arango NP, Zheng X, Chen K, Tapia C, Tarco E, Eterovic AK, Black DM, Litton JK, Yap TA, Tripathy D, Mills GB, Meric-Bernstam F. A Population of Heterogeneous Breast Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts Demonstrate Broad Activity of PARP Inhibitor in BRCA1/2 Wild-Type Tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Nov 01; 23(21):6468-6477. PMID: 29093017; PMCID: PMC5679124.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    14. Woo SU, Sangai T, Akcakanat A, Chen H, Wei C, Meric-Bernstam F. Vertical inhibition of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway is synergistic in breast cancer. Oncogenesis. 2017 Oct 09; 6(10):e385. PMID: 28991258; PMCID: PMC5668884.
      Citations: 29     
    15. Arango NP, Yuca E, Zhao M, Evans KW, Scott S, Kim C, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Janku F, Ueno NT, Tripathy D, Akcakanat A, Naing A, Meric-Bernstam F. Selinexor (KPT-330) demonstrates anti-tumor efficacy in preclinical models of triple-negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2017 Aug 15; 19(1):93. PMID: 28810913; PMCID: PMC5557476.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    16. McAuliffe PF, Evans KW, Akcakanat A, Chen K, Zheng X, Zhao H, Eterovic AK, Sangai T, Holder AM, Sharma C, Chen H, Do KA, Tarco E, Gagea M, Naff KA, Sahin A, Multani AS, Black DM, Mittendorf EA, Bedrosian I, Mills GB, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Meric-Bernstam F. Correction: Ability to Generate Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Xenografts Is Enhanced in Chemoresistant Disease and Predicts Poor Patient Outcomes. PLoS One. 2016; 11(3):e0151121. PMID: 26953790; PMCID: PMC4782992.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    17. McAuliffe PF, Evans KW, Akcakanat A, Chen K, Zheng X, Zhao H, Eterovic AK, Sangai T, Holder AM, Sharma C, Chen H, Do KA, Tarco E, Gagea M, Naff KA, Sahin A, Multani AS, Black DM, Mittendorf EA, Bedrosian I, Mills GB, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Meric-Bernstam F. Ability to Generate Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Xenografts Is Enhanced in Chemoresistant Disease and Predicts Poor Patient Outcomes. PLoS One. 2015; 10(9):e0136851. PMID: 26325287; PMCID: PMC4556673.
      Citations: 32     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    18. Holder AM, Akcakanat A, Adkins F, Evans K, Chen H, Wei C, Milton DR, Li Y, Do KA, Janku F, Meric-Bernstam F. Epithelial to mesenchymal transition is associated with rapamycin resistance. Oncotarget. 2015 Aug 14; 6(23):19500-13. PMID: 25944619; PMCID: PMC4637301.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    19. Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Krop I, Akcakanat A, Chen H, Liu S, Li Y, Culotta KS, Tarco E, Piha-Paul S, Moulder-Thompson S, Velez-Bravo V, Sahin AA, Doyle LA, Do KA, Winer EP, Mills GB, Kurzrock R, Meric-Bernstam F. SU2C phase Ib study of paclitaxel and MK-2206 in advanced solid tumors and metastatic breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2015 Mar; 107(3). PMID: 25688104; PMCID: PMC4342675.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    20. Hassan B, Akcakanat A, Sangai T, Evans KW, Adkins F, Eterovic AK, Zhao H, Chen K, Chen H, Do KA, Xie SM, Holder AM, Naing A, Mills GB, Meric-Bernstam F. Catalytic mTOR inhibitors can overcome intrinsic and acquired resistance to allosteric mTOR inhibitors. Oncotarget. 2014 Sep 30; 5(18):8544-57. PMID: 25261369; PMCID: PMC4226703.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    21. Meric-Bernstam F, Akcakanat A, Chen H, Sahin A, Tarco E, Carkaci S, Adrada BE, Singh G, Do KA, Garces ZM, Mittendorf E, Babiera G, Bedrosian I, Hwang R, Krishnamurthy S, Symmans WF, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Mills GB. Influence of biospecimen variables on proteomic biomarkers in breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Jul 15; 20(14):3870-83. PMID: 24895461; PMCID: PMC4112583.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    22. Akcakanat A, Hong DS, Meric-Bernstam F. Targeting translation initiation in breast cancer. Translation (Austin). 2014; 2(1):e28968. PMID: 26779407; PMCID: PMC4705830.
      Citations: 1     
    23. Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Akcakanat A, Liu S, Green MC, Murray JL, Chen H, Palla SL, Koenig KB, Brewster AM, Valero V, Ibrahim NK, Moulder-Thompson S, Litton JK, Tarco E, Moore J, Flores P, Crawford D, Dryden MJ, Symmans WF, Sahin A, Giordano SH, Pusztai L, Do KA, Mills GB, Hortobagyi GN, Meric-Bernstam F. Open-label randomized clinical trial of standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel followed by FEC versus the combination of paclitaxel and everolimus followed by FEC in women with triple receptor-negative breast cancer?. Ann Oncol. 2014 Jun; 25(6):1122-7. PMID: 24669015; PMCID: PMC4037860.
      Citations: 49     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsCTClinical Trials
    24. Blanco E, Sangai T, Wu S, Hsiao A, Cara FE, Granados-Principal S, Evans KW, Akcakanat A, Wang Y, Do KA, Meric-Bernstam F, Ferrari M, Ruiz-Esparza GU, Gonzalez-Delgado CA. Colocalized delivery of rapamycin and paclitaxel to tumors enhances synergistic targeting of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. Mol Ther. 2014 Jul; 22(7):1310-1319. PMID: 24569835; PMCID: PMC4088997.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    25. Mittendorf EA, Philips AV, Meric-Bernstam F, Qiao N, Wu Y, Harrington S, Su X, Wang Y, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Akcakanat A, Chawla A, Curran M, Hwu P, Sharma P, Litton JK, Molldrem JJ, Alatrash G. PD-L1 expression in triple-negative breast cancer. Cancer Immunol Res. 2014 Apr; 2(4):361-70. PMID: 24764583; PMCID: PMC4000553.
      Citations: 431     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    26. Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Meric-Bernstam F, Chawla S, Falchook G, Hong D, Akcakanat A, Chen H, Naing A, Fu S, Wheler J, Moulder S, Helgason T, Li S, Elias I, Desai N, Kurzrock R. Weekly nab-Rapamycin in patients with advanced nonhematologic malignancies: final results of a phase I trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Oct 01; 19(19):5474-84. PMID: 24089446; PMCID: PMC3935482.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    27. Hassan B, Akcakanat A, Holder AM, Meric-Bernstam F. Targeting the PI3-kinase/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2013 Oct; 22(4):641-64. PMID: 24012393; PMCID: PMC3811932.
      Citations: 61     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    28. Holder AM, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Chen H, Akcakanat A, Do KA, Fraser Symmans W, Pusztai L, Hortobagyi GN, Mills GB, Meric-Bernstam F. High stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 expression is associated with shorter survival in breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Jan; 137(1):319-27. PMID: 23208590; PMCID: PMC3556743.
      Citations: 44     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Meric-Bernstam F, Chen H, Akcakanat A, Do KA, Lluch A, Hennessy BT, Hortobagyi GN, Mills GB, Gonzalez-Angulo A. Aberrations in translational regulation are associated with poor prognosis in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Oct 26; 14(5):R138. PMID: 23102376; PMCID: PMC4053117.
      Citations: 39     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    30. Sangai T, Akcakanat A, Chen H, Tarco E, Wu Y, Do KA, Miller TW, Arteaga CL, Mills GB, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Meric-Bernstam F. Biomarkers of response to Akt inhibitor MK-2206 in breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Oct 15; 18(20):5816-28. PMID: 22932669; PMCID: PMC3772348.
      Citations: 83     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    31. Meric-Bernstam F, Akcakanat A, Chen H, Do KA, Sangai T, Adkins F, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Rashid A, Crosby K, Dong M, Phan AT, Wolff RA, Gupta S, Mills GB, Yao J. PIK3CA/PTEN mutations and Akt activation as markers of sensitivity to allosteric mTOR inhibitors. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Mar 15; 18(6):1777-89. PMID: 22422409; PMCID: PMC3307149.
      Citations: 106     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    32. Emerling BM, Akcakanat A. Targeting PI3K/mTOR signaling in cancer. Cancer Res. 2011 Dec 15; 71(24):7351-9. PMID: 21987725.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    33. Singh G, Akcakanat A, Sharma C, Luyimbazi D, Naff KA, Meric-Bernstam F. The effect of leucine restriction on Akt/mTOR signaling in breast cancer cell lines in vitro and in vivo. Nutr Cancer. 2011; 63(2):264-71. PMID: 21294052; PMCID: PMC4340095.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    34. Luyimbazi D, Akcakanat A, McAuliffe PF, Zhang L, Singh G, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Chen H, Do KA, Zheng Y, Hung MC, Mills GB, Meric-Bernstam F. Rapamycin regulates stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 expression in breast cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2010 Oct; 9(10):2770-84. PMID: 20876744; PMCID: PMC2965451.
      Citations: 33     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    35. Akcakanat A, Zhang L, Tsavachidis S, Meric-Bernstam F. The rapamycin-regulated gene expression signature determines prognosis for breast cancer. Mol Cancer. 2009 Sep 24; 8:75. PMID: 19778445; PMCID: PMC2761377.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    36. Kim D, Akcakanat A, Singh G, Sharma C, Meric-Bernstam F. Regulation and localization of ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 isoforms. Growth Factors. 2009 Feb; 27(1):12-21. PMID: 19085255.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    37. Dong J, Akcakanat A, Stivers DN, Zhang J, Kim D, Meric-Bernstam F. RNA-binding specificity of Y-box protein 1. RNA Biol. 2009 Jan-Mar; 6(1):59-64. PMID: 19098458; PMCID: PMC4322766.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    38. Soni A, Akcakanat A, Singh G, Luyimbazi D, Zheng Y, Kim D, Gonzalez-Angulo A, Meric-Bernstam F. eIF4E knockdown decreases breast cancer cell growth without activating Akt signaling. Mol Cancer Ther. 2008 Jul; 7(7):1782-8. PMID: 18644990; PMCID: PMC2559956.
      Citations: 47     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    39. Akcakanat A, Sahin A, Shaye AN, Velasco MA, Meric-Bernstam F. Comparison of Akt/mTOR signaling in primary breast tumors and matched distant metastases. Cancer. 2008 Jun; 112(11):2352-8. PMID: 18386830; PMCID: PMC2819051.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    40. Moreno A, Akcakanat A, Munsell MF, Soni A, Yao JC, Meric-Bernstam F. Antitumor activity of rapamycin and octreotide as single agents or in combination in neuroendocrine tumors. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2008 Mar; 15(1):257-66. PMID: 18310292.
      Citations: 61     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    41. Akcakanat A, Singh G, Hung MC, Meric-Bernstam F. Rapamycin regulates the phosphorylation of rictor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Oct 19; 362(2):330-3. PMID: 17707343; PMCID: PMC2040311.
      Citations: 31     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    42. Akcakanat A, Kanda T, Tanabe T, Komukai S, Yajima K, Nakagawa S, Ohashi M, Hatakeyama K. Heterogeneous expression of GAGE, NY-ESO-1, MAGE-A and SSX proteins in esophageal cancer: Implications for immunotherapy. Int J Cancer. 2006 Jan 01; 118(1):123-8. PMID: 16003736.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    43. Akcakanat A, Kanda T, Koyama Y, Watanabe M, Kimura E, Yoshida Y, Komukai S, Nakagawa S, Odani S, Fujii H, Hatakeyama K. NY-ESO-1 expression and its serum immunoreactivity in esophageal cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2004 Jul; 54(1):95-100. PMID: 15118836.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    44. Unal M, Celik E, Ak?ali A, Ak?akanat A. Diagnostic criteria of colospasm at barium enema examination. Acta Radiol. 2002 Nov; 43(6):629-30. PMID: 12485267.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    45. Bozkurt MK, Agalar F, Ak?akanat A. Inflammatory response to open tension-free inguinal hernioplasty versus conventional repair. Am J Surg. 2000 Jan; 179(1):76. PMID: 10737585.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    46. Akcakanat A, Agalar F. Correlation between teaching ability and examination scores. Am J Surg. 1999 Nov; 178(5):434-5. PMID: 10612548.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    47. Agalar F, Hayran M, Sayek I, Ak?akanat A. Study of interleukin-10 and experimental acute pancreatitis. Surgery. 1997 Jun; 121(6):719-20. PMID: 9186477.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    48. Agalar F, Er M, Sayek I, Cakmak?i M, Ak?akanat A. Evaluation of trauma care in a developing country highlighted by a major aircraft accident. Eur J Emerg Med. 1997 Jun; 4(2):97-102. PMID: 9228451.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    49. Agalar F, Hayran M, Sayek I, Ak?akanat A. Pulmonary function after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the elderly. Br J Surg. 1997 Apr; 84(4):579. PMID: 9112922.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    50. Erratum. PLoS One. 11.
    51. Epithelial to mesenchymal transition is associated with rapamycin resistance. Oncotarget. 6:19500-19513.
    52. Ability to generate patient-derived Breast cancer xenografts is enhanced in chemoresistant disease and predicts poor patient outcomes. PLoS One. 10.
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