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Published Work

Prosperi, J.R., Mallery, S.R, Kigerl, K.A., Erfurt, A.A., and Robertson, F.M. (2004) Invasive and Angiogenic Phenotype of MCF-7 Human Breast Tumor Cells Expressing Human Cyclooxygenase-2.  Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat, Apr;73(3-4):249-64.


Prosperi, J.R., and Robertson, F.M. (2006) Cyclooxygenase-2 Directly Regulates Gene Expression of P450 Cyp19 Aromatase Promoter Regions pII, pI.3, and pI.7, and Estradiol Production in Human Breast Tumor Cells.  Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat, Oct;81(1-2):55-70.


Robertson, F.M., Ming-Cheng Cheng, M., Prosperi, J.R., Gaspari, M., Terracciano, R., Green-Church, K.B., Vandre, D.D., Cuda, G., and Ferrari, M.  (2006) Nanochips for mining the serum and tumor proteome: novel nanochips for sensitive and reproducible identification of the low molecular weight proteome in serum isolated from mice bearing highly invasive human breast tumor xenografts.  Nanomedicine. Dec;2(4):295.


Robertson, F.M., Mallery, S.R., Bergdall-Costell, V.K., Cheng, M, Pei, P, Prosperi, J.R., Ferrari, M.  (2007)  Cyclooxygenase-2 directly induces MCF-7 breast tumor cells to develop into exponentially growing, highly angiogenic and regionally invasive human ductal carcinoma xenografts.  Anticancer Res. Mar-Apr; 27(2): 719-27.


Nijdam, A.J., Zianni, M.R., Herderick, E.E., Cheng, M.M., Prosperi, J.R., Robertson, F.A., Petricoin, E.F., Liotta, L.A., Ferrari, M. (2009) Application of physicochemically modified silicon substrates as reverse-phase protein microarrays. J Proteome Res. 2009 Mar;8(3):1247-54


Prosperi, J.R.*, Becher, K.R.*, Willson, T.A., Collins, M.H., Witte, D.P., and Goss, K.H. (2009) The APC tumor suppressor is required for epithelial integrity in the mouse mammary gland.  J. Cell Phys, Aug;220(2):319-31. *These authors contributed equally to this work.


Prosperi, J.R., and Goss, K.H. (2010) A Wnt-ow of Opportunity: Targeting the Wnt/b-catenin Pathway in Breast Cancer.  Curr Drug Targets, Sep;11(9):1074-88.


Prosperi, J.R., Lue, H.H., and Goss. K.H. (2011) Dysregulation of the Wnt Pathway in Solid Tumors.  In: Targeting the Wnt Pathway in Cancer.  Eds: Kathleen Goss and Michael Kahn, Springer, New York, pp. 81-128.


Prosperi, J.R. and Goss, K.H. (2011) Wnt Pathway-independent Activities of the APC Tumor Suppressor.  In: Tumor Suppressors, Ed: Susan D. Nguyen, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 105-132.


Prosperi, J.R., Khramtsova, G.F., Khramtosov, A.I., and Goss, K.H.  (2011) Loss of APC promotes PyMT-mediated mammary tumorigenesis. PLoS ONE, 6(12):e29339.


Prosperi, J.R., and Goss, K.H. (2012) Wnt signaling in lactation. In: Lactation: Natural Processes, Physiological Responses and Role in Maternity, Nova Science Publishers. Eds: Lisa M. Reyes Cruz and Douglas C. Ortiz Gutierrez.


Odenwald, M.A.*, Prosperi, J.R.*, and Goss, K.H.  (2013) Localization of the APC tumor suppressor at cell protrusions is required for breast cancer cell migration and invasion.  BMC Cancer, 13:12.  PMCID: PMC3556124 *These authors contributed equally to this work.


Lesko, A.C., Goss, K.H., and Prosperi, J.R. (2014) Exploiting APC Function as a Novel Cancer Therapy.  Curr Drug Targets, Jan;15(1):90-102.


Prosperi, J.R. and Goss, K.H. (2014) Editorial: Targeting loss of tumor suppressors for cancer therapeutics.  Curr Drug Targets, Jan;15(1):1. 


Xu, J., Prosperi, J.R., Choudhury, N., Olopade, O., Goss, K.H. (2015) β-catenin is required for the tumorigenic behavior of triple-negative breast cancer cells.  PLoS ONE, 10(2):20117097.  PMCID: PMC4319896. 


Lesko, A.C., Goss, K.H., Yang, F.F., Schwertner, A., Hulur, I., Onel, K., and Prosperi, J.R. (2015) The APC tumor suppressor is required for epithelial cell polarization and three-dimensional morphogenesis. BBA – Mol Cell Res, Mar; 1854(3):711-23. PMCID: PMC4327896. 


VanKlompenberg, M.K., Bedalov, C., Fernandez Soto, K., and Prosperi, J.R. (2015) APC selectively mediates response to chemotherapeutic agents in breast cancer. BMC Cancer, Jun 7;15:457. PMCID: PMC4458029.


Sawe, R.T., Kerper, M., Badve, S., Li, J., Sandoval-Cooper, M., Xie, J., Shi, Z., Patel, K., Chumba, D., Ofulla, A., Prosperi, J.R., Taylor, K., Stack, M.S., Mining, S., and Littlepage, L.E. (2016) Aggressive breast cancer in western Kenya has early onset, high proliferation, and immune cell infiltration. BMC Cancer, Mar 10;16(1):204. PMID: 26964534.


Lesko, A.L. and Prosperi, J.R. (2016) Epithelial Membrane Protein 2 and b1 integrin signaling regulate APC-mediated processes. Exp Cell Res, Nov 24, Epub ahead of print. PMID: 27890644.


Torrorey, R., Mining, S.K., Ofulla, A.V., Patel, K.T., Guyah, B., Chumba, D., Prosperi, J.R., Kerper, M., Shi, Z., Sandoval-Cooper, M.J., Taylor, K., Badve, S., Stack, M.S., and Littlepage, L.E. (2017) Tumor infiltrating leukocyte density is independent of tumor grade and molecular subtype in aggressive breast cancer of Western Kenya, Tropical Medicine and Health, Aug 4;45:19. PMID: 28794686


VanKlompenberg, M.K., Leyden, E., Arnason, A.H., Zhang, J-T, Stefanski, C.D., and Prosperi, J.R. (2017) APC loss in breast cancer leads to doxorubicin resistance via STAT3 activation. Oncotarget, in press.

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Lyons, A.T., and Prosperi, J.R. (2017) Targeted Therapies in Breast Cancer. In: Resistance to Targeted Therapies in Breast Cancer. Ed: Jenifer R. Prosperi, Springer, New York, pp. 139-154. 


Stefanski, C.D., and Prosperi, J.R. (2019) Role of Wnt/β-catenin Pathway in Cancer Signaling. In Badve S. and Kumar H. (eds) Predictive Biomarkers in Oncology. Springer, Cham. ISBN: 973-3-319-95227-7.


Cole, J.M., Simmons, K., and Prosperi, J.R. (2019) Effect of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli loss on tumorigenic potential in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cells, Sep 14;8(9). PMID: 31540078. DOI: 10.3390/cells8091084


Stefanski, C.D., Keffler, K., McClintock, S., Milac, L., and Prosperi, J.R. (2019) APC loss affects DNA damage repair causing doxorubicin resistance in breast cancer cells. Neoplasia, Nov 20;21 (12): 1143-1150. PMID: 31759252. DOI: 10.1016/j.neo.2019.09.002


Stefanski, C.D., and Prosperi, J.R. (2020) Wnt-Independent and Wnt-Dependent Effects of APC Loss on the Chemotherapeutic Response. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Oct 22;21(21):E7844. doi: 10.3390/ijms21217844. PMID: 33105836.


Maloney, S.M.; Hoover, C.A.; Morejon-Lasso, L.V.; Prosperi, J.R. (2020) Mechanisms of Taxane Resistance. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Nov 10;12(11):E3323. doi: 10.3390/cancers12113323. PMID: 33182737.


Astarita, E.M., Maloney, S.M., Hoover, C.A., Berkeley, B., VanKlompenberg, M.K., Nair, T.M., and Prosperi, J.R. (2021) Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Loss Controls Cell Cycle Regulators and Response to Paclitaxel. In review at PLoS ONE

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