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Heide L Ford

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-PHARM General Operations
Phone303/724-3509

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    R01CA224867     (FORD, HEIDE L.)Dec 1, 2018 - Nov 30, 2023
    NIH
    Deciphering Mechanisms by which Tumor Cells Collaborate to Mediate Metastasis
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01NS108396     (FORD, HEIDE L.)Aug 1, 2018 - May 31, 2022
    NIH
    Examining the EYA2/MYC axis in Group 3 Medulloblastoma
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01CA221282     (FORD, HEIDE L.)Aug 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2022
    NIH
    Role of Eya3 in regulating the immune microenvironment to promote breast tumor progression
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R13CA216888     (FORD, HEIDE L.)Mar 3, 2017 - Mar 2, 2018
    NIH
    2017 Mammary Gland Biology Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Research Seminar
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21CA201809     (FORD, HEIDE L.)Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2018
    NIH
    Using zebrafish to study the role of six1a/b and microRNA-30a in rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) initiation and progression
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21CA185752     (FORD, HEIDE L.)Dec 18, 2014 - Nov 30, 2016
    NIH
    Developing cancer therapies through targeting the Six1/Eya transcriptional complex
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R41CA180347     (FORD, HEIDE L.)Jul 17, 2013 - Mar 31, 2015
    NIH
    The anti-tumorigenic and anti-metastatic potential of Eya phosphatase inhibitors
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R03DA033174     (ZHAO, RUI)Jul 15, 2011 - Jun 30, 2014
    NIH
    Identify inhibitors of the Six1/Eya interaction using high throughput screening
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01CA157790     (FORD, HEIDE L.)Apr 8, 2011 - Mar 31, 2016
    NIH
    The Six1/Eya Transcriptional complex as a mediator of lymphangiogenesis and lymph
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R03DA030559     (ZHAO, RUI)Jun 1, 2010 - May 31, 2012
    NIH
    Identify inhibitors of the Eya phosphatase activity using high throughput screeni
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01CA124545     (THORBURN, ANDREW M)Aug 1, 2008 - May 31, 2012
    NIH
    TRAIL Receptor Signaling in Human Tumors
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01CA095277     (FORD, HEIDE L.)Apr 1, 2002 - Dec 31, 2018
    NIH
    Role of Six1 and the miR106b 25 cluster in EMT and Tumor Progression
    Role: Principal Investigator
    F32CA079197     (FORD, HEIDE L)Mar 23, 1999
    NIH
    HSIX1 IN CANCER AND THE CELL CYCLE
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Hsu JY, Danis EP, Nance S, O'Brien JH, Gustafson AL, Wessells VM, Goodspeed AE, Talbot JC, Amacher SL, Jedlicka P, Black JC, Costello JC, Durbin AD, Artinger KB, Ford HL. SIX1 reprograms myogenic transcription factors to maintain the rhabdomyosarcoma undifferentiated state. Cell Rep. 2022 02 01; 38(5):110323. PMID: 35108532.
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    2. Anantharajan J, Baburajendran N, Lin G, Loh YY, Xu W, Ahmad NHB, Liu S, Jansson AE, Kuan JWL, Ng EY, Yeo YK, Hung AW, Joy J, Hill J, Ford HL, Zhao R, Keller TH, Kang C. Structure-activity relationship studies of allosteric inhibitors of EYA2 tyrosine phosphatase. Protein Sci. 2022 02; 31(2):422-431. PMID: 34761455.
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    3. Zhang G, Dong Z, Gimple RC, Wolin A, Wu Q, Qiu Z, Wood LM, Shen JZ, Jiang L, Zhao L, Lv D, Prager BC, Kim LJY, Wang X, Zhang L, Anderson RL, Moore JK, Bao S, Keller TH, Lin G, Kang C, Hamerlik P, Zhao R, Ford HL, Rich JN. Targeting EYA2 tyrosine phosphatase activity in glioblastoma stem cells induces mitotic catastrophe. J Exp Med. 2021 11 01; 218(11). PMID: 34617969.
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    4. Zhou H, Zhang L, Vartuli RL, Ford HL, Zhao R. Corrigendum to "The Eya phosphatase: Its unique role in cancer" [Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 96 (2018) 165-170]. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2020 Oct; 127:105847. PMID: 32933829.
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    5. Zhou H, Blevins MA, Hsu JY, Kong D, Galbraith MD, Goodspeed A, Culp-Hill R, Oliphant MUJ, Ramirez D, Zhang L, Trinidad-Pineiro J, Mathews Griner L, King R, Barnaeva E, Hu X, Southall NT, Ferrer M, Gustafson DL, Regan DP, D'Alessandro A, Costello JC, Patnaik S, Marugan J, Zhao R, Ford HL. Identification of a Small-Molecule Inhibitor That Disrupts the SIX1/EYA2 Complex, EMT, and Metastasis. Cancer Res. 2020 06 15; 80(12):2689-2702. PMID: 32341035.
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    6. Kong D, Hughes CJ, Ford HL. Cellular Plasticity in Breast Cancer Progression and Therapy. Front Mol Biosci. 2020; 7:72. PMID: 32391382.
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    7. Oliphant MUJ, Vincent MY, Galbraith MD, Pandey A, Zaberezhnyy V, Rudra P, Johnson KR, Costello JC, Ghosh D, DeGregori J, Espinosa JM, Ford HL. SIX2 Mediates Late-Stage Metastasis via Direct Regulation of SOX2 and Induction of a Cancer Stem Cell Program. Cancer Res. 2019 02 15; 79(4):720-734. PMID: 30606720.
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    8. Neelakantan D, Zhou H, Oliphant MUJ, Zhang X, Simon LM, Henke DM, Shaw CA, Wu MF, Hilsenbeck SG, White LD, Lewis MT, Ford HL. Publisher Correction: EMT cells increase breast cancer metastasis via paracrine GLI activation in neighbouring tumour cells. Nat Commun. 2018 11 12; 9(1):4720. PMID: 30420638.
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    9. Zhang L, Zhou H, Li X, Vartuli RL, Rowse M, Xing Y, Rudra P, Ghosh D, Zhao R, Ford HL. Author Correction: Eya3 partners with PP2A to induce c-Myc stabilization and tumor progression. Nat Commun. 2018 09 17; 9(1):3830. PMID: 30224630.
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    10. Vartuli RL, Zhou H, Zhang L, Powers RK, Klarquist J, Rudra P, Vincent MY, Ghosh D, Costello JC, Kedl RM, Slansky JE, Zhao R, Ford HL. Eya3 promotes breast tumor-associated immune suppression via threonine phosphatase-mediated PD-L1 upregulation. J Clin Invest. 2018 06 01; 128(6):2535-2550. PMID: 29757193.
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    11. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 27582427.
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    12. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 28887153.
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    13. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 26687066.
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    14. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 31285279.
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    15. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 32300252.
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    16. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 33299122.
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    17. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 34654908.
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    18. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 35420997.
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    19. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 21363923.
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    20. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 20544376.
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    21. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 21264287.
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    22. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 22333994.
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    23. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 22723308.
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    24. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 15939884.
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    25. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 22820394.
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    26. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 15123840.
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    27. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 22078097.
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    28. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 22466647.
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    29. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 18381426.
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    30. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 20490631.
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    31. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 19852726.
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    32. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 22765220.
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    33. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 24755226.
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    34. Rulifson G, Bielefeldt AR. Evolution of Students' Varied Conceptualizations About Socially Responsible Engineering: A Four Year Longitudinal Study. Sci Eng Ethics. 2019 06; 25(3):939-974. PMID: 12715247.
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    35. Zhang L, Zhou H, Li X, Vartuli RL, Rowse M, Xing Y, Rudra P, Ghosh D, Zhao R, Ford HL. Eya3 partners with PP2A to induce c-Myc stabilization and tumor progression. Nat Commun. 2018 03 13; 9(1):1047. PMID: 29535359.
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    36. Neelakantan D, Zhou H, Oliphant MUJ, Zhang X, Simon LM, Henke DM, Shaw CA, Wu MF, Hilsenbeck SG, White LD, Lewis MT, Ford HL. EMT cells increase breast cancer metastasis via paracrine GLI activation in neighbouring tumour cells. Nat Commun. 2017 06 12; 8:15773. PMID: 28604738.
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    37. Tavares ALP, Cox TC, Maxson RM, Ford HL, Clouthier DE. Negative regulation of endothelin signaling by SIX1 is required for proper maxillary development. Development. 2017 06 01; 144(11):2021-2031. PMID: 28455376.
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    38. Kendrick AA, Schafer J, Dzieciatkowska M, Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Neelakantan D, Ford HL, Pearson CG, Weekes CD, Hansen KC, Eisenmesser EZ. CD147: a small molecule transporter ancillary protein at the crossroad of multiple hallmarks of cancer and metabolic reprogramming. Oncotarget. 2017 Jan 24; 8(4):6742-6762. PMID: 28039486.
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    39. Dimberg LY, Towers CG, Behbakht K, Hotz TJ, Kim J, Fosmire S, Porter CC, Tan AC, Thorburn A, Ford HL. A Genome-Wide Loss-of-Function Screen Identifies SLC26A2 as a Novel Mediator of TRAIL Resistance. Mol Cancer Res. 2017 04; 15(4):382-394. PMID: 28108622.
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    40. Thorburn J, Staskiewicz L, Goodall ML, Dimberg L, Frankel AE, Ford HL, Thorburn A. Non-cell-autonomous Effects of Autophagy Inhibition in Tumor Cells Promote Growth of Drug-resistant Cells. Mol Pharmacol. 2017 Jan; 91(1):58-64. PMID: 27974637.
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    41. Towers CG, Ford HL. A tale of two ends. Cell Cycle. 2016 06 17; 15(12):1523-4. PMID: 27101085.
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    42. Drasin DJ, Guarnieri AL, Neelakantan D, Kim J, Cabrera JH, Wang CA, Zaberezhnyy V, Gasparini P, Cascione L, Huebner K, Tan AC, Ford HL. TWIST1-Induced miR-424 Reversibly Drives Mesenchymal Programming while Inhibiting Tumor Initiation. Cancer Res. 2015 May 01; 75(9):1908-21. PMID: 25716682.
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    43. Blevins MA, Towers CG, Patrick AN, Zhao R, Ford HL. The SIX1-EYA transcriptional complex as a therapeutic target in cancer. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2015 Feb; 19(2):213-25. PMID: 25555392.
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    44. Wang CA, Harrell JC, Iwanaga R, Jedlicka P, Ford HL. Vascular endothelial growth factor C promotes breast cancer progression via a novel antioxidant mechanism that involves regulation of superoxide dismutase 3. Breast Cancer Res. 2014 Oct 30; 16(5):462. PMID: 25358638.
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    45. Wang CA, Drasin D, Pham C, Jedlicka P, Zaberezhnyy V, Guney M, Li H, Nemenoff R, Costello JC, Tan AC, Ford HL. Homeoprotein Six2 promotes breast cancer metastasis via transcriptional and epigenetic control of E-cadherin expression. Cancer Res. 2014 Dec 15; 74(24):7357-70. PMID: 25348955.
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    46. Neelakantan D, Drasin DJ, Ford HL. Intratumoral heterogeneity: Clonal cooperation in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and metastasis. Cell Adh Migr. 2015; 9(4):265-76. PMID: 25482627.
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    47. O'Brien JH, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Artinger KB, Ford HL. MicroRNA-30a regulates zebrafish myogenesis through targeting the transcription factor Six1. J Cell Sci. 2014 May 15; 127(Pt 10):2291-301. PMID: 24634509.
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    48. Kohrt D, Crary J, Zimmer M, Patrick AN, Ford HL, Hinds PW, Grossel MJ. CDK6 binds and promotes the degradation of the EYA2 protein. Cell Cycle. 2014; 13(1):62-71. PMID: 24196439.
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    49. Cieply B, Farris J, Denvir J, Ford HL, Frisch SM. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and tumor suppression are controlled by a reciprocal feedback loop between ZEB1 and Grainyhead-like-2. Cancer Res. 2013 Oct 15; 73(20):6299-309. PMID: 23943797.
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    50. Patrick AN, Cabrera JH, Smith AL, Chen XS, Ford HL, Zhao R. Structure-function analyses of the human SIX1-EYA2 complex reveal insights into metastasis and BOR syndrome. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013 Apr; 20(4):447-53. PMID: 23435380.
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    51. Smith AL, Robin TP, Ford HL. Molecular pathways: targeting the TGF-ß pathway for cancer therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Sep 01; 18(17):4514-21. PMID: 22711703.
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    52. Dimberg LY, Anderson CK, Camidge R, Behbakht K, Thorburn A, Ford HL. On the TRAIL to successful cancer therapy? Predicting and counteracting resistance against TRAIL-based therapeutics. Oncogene. 2013 Mar 14; 32(11):1341-50. PMID: 22580613.
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    53. Micalizzi DS, Wang CA, Farabaugh SM, Schiemann WP, Ford HL. Homeoprotein Six1 increases TGF-beta type I receptor and converts TGF-beta signaling from suppressive to supportive for tumor growth. Cancer Res. 2010 Dec 15; 70(24):10371-80. PMID: 21056993.
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    54. Coletta RD, McCoy EL, Burns V, Kawakami K, McManaman JL, Wysolmerski JJ, Ford HL. Characterization of the Six1 homeobox gene in normal mammary gland morphogenesis. BMC Dev Biol. 2010 Jan 14; 10:4. PMID: 20074369.
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    55. McCoy EL, Iwanaga R, Jedlicka P, Abbey NS, Chodosh LA, Heichman KA, Welm AL, Ford HL. Six1 expands the mouse mammary epithelial stem/progenitor cell pool and induces mammary tumors that undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transition. J Clin Invest. 2009 Sep; 119(9):2663-77. PMID: 19726883.
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    56. Micalizzi DS, Christensen KL, Jedlicka P, Coletta RD, Barón AE, Harrell JC, Horwitz KB, Billheimer D, Heichman KA, Welm AL, Schiemann WP, Ford HL. The Six1 homeoprotein induces human mammary carcinoma cells to undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in mice through increasing TGF-beta signaling. J Clin Invest. 2009 Sep; 119(9):2678-90. PMID: 19726885.
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    57. Patrick AN, Schiemann BJ, Yang K, Zhao R, Ford HL. Biochemical and functional characterization of six SIX1 Branchio-oto-renal syndrome mutations. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jul 31; 284(31):20781-90. PMID: 19497856.
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    58. McCoy EL, Kawakami K, Ford HL, Coletta RD. Expression of Six1 homeobox gene during development of the mouse submandibular salivary gland. Oral Dis. 2009 Sep; 15(6):407-13. PMID: 19371398.
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    59. Christensen KL, Patrick AN, McCoy EL, Ford HL. The six family of homeobox genes in development and cancer. Adv Cancer Res. 2008; 101:93-126. PMID: 19055944.
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    60. Behbakht K, Qamar L, Aldridge CS, Coletta RD, Davidson SA, Thorburn A, Ford HL. Six1 overexpression in ovarian carcinoma causes resistance to TRAIL-mediated apoptosis and is associated with poor survival. Cancer Res. 2007 Apr 01; 67(7):3036-42. PMID: 17409410.
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    61. Christensen KL, Brennan JD, Aldridge CS, Ford HL. Cell cycle regulation of the human Six1 homeoprotein is mediated by APC(Cdh1). Oncogene. 2007 May 17; 26(23):3406-14. PMID: 17130831.
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    62. Reichenberger KJ, Coletta RD, Schulte AP, Varella-Garcia M, Ford HL. Gene amplification is a mechanism of Six1 overexpression in breast cancer. Cancer Res. 2005 Apr 01; 65(7):2668-75. PMID: 15805264.
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    63. Coletta RD, Jedlicka P, Gutierrez-Hartmann A, Ford HL. Transcriptional control of the cell cycle in mammary gland development and tumorigenesis. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2004 Jan; 9(1):39-53. PMID: 15082917.
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    64. Lamb J, Ramaswamy S, Ford HL, Contreras B, Martinez RV, Kittrell FS, Zahnow CA, Patterson N, Golub TR, Ewen ME. A mechanism of cyclin D1 action encoded in the patterns of gene expression in human cancer. Cell. 2003 Aug 08; 114(3):323-34. PMID: 12914697.
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