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Katja Kiseljak-Vassiliades

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED
Phone303/724-8688

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    1. Warmington E, Smith G, Chortis V, Liang R, Lippert J, Steinhauer S, Landwehr LS, Hantel C, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Wierman ME, Altieri B, Foster PA, Ronchi CL. PLK1 inhibitors as a new targeted treatment for adrenocortical carcinoma. Endocr Connect. 2024 Jan 01; 13(1). PMID: 37992487.
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    2. Fu R, Walters K, Kaufman ML, Koc K, Baldwin A, Clay MR, Basham KJ, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Fishbein L, Mukherjee N. In Situ Spatial Reconstruction of Distinct Normal and Pathological Cell Populations Within the Human Adrenal Gland. J Endocr Soc. 2023 Nov 02; 7(12):bvad131. PMID: 37953901.
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    3. Tahmasbi Sohi M, Cali M, Forster JE, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Wierman ME. Short term effects of intraarticular triamcinolone acetonide injection on serum testosterone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle stimulating hormone levels in male veterans: A prospective pilot study. PM R. 2024 Jan; 16(1):6-13. PMID: 37229562.
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    4. McDonald HG, Sarvestani AL, Owen JW, Rueckert J, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Pandalai PK, Ellis CS, Patel RA, Del Rivero J, Hernandez JM, Cavnar MJ. Response of adrenocortical carcinoma liver metastases to hepatic artery infusion floxuridine. HPB (Oxford). 2023 11; 25(11):1446-1449. PMID: 37453816.
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    5. Warde KM, Smith LJ, Liu L, Stubben CJ, Lohman BK, Willett PW, Ammer JL, Castaneda-Hernandez G, Imodoye SO, Zhang C, Jones KD, Converso-Baran K, Ekiz HA, Barry M, Clay MR, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Giordano TJ, Hammer GD, Basham KJ. Senescence-induced immune remodeling facilitates metastatic adrenal cancer in a sex-dimorphic manner. Nat Aging. 2023 07; 3(7):846-865. PMID: 37231196.
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    6. Sedlack AJH, Hatfield SJ, Kumar S, Arakawa Y, Roper N, Sun NY, Nilubol N, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Hoang CD, Bergsland EK, Hernandez JM, Pommier Y, Del Rivero J. Preclinical Models of Adrenocortical Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2023 May 23; 15(11). PMID: 37296836.
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    7. Ruggiero C, Tamburello M, Rossini E, Zini S, Durand N, Cantini G, Cioppi F, Hantel C, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Wierman ME, Landwehr LS, Weigand I, Kurlbaum M, Zizioli D, Turtoi A, Yang S, Berruti A, Luconi M, Sigala S, Lalli E. FSCN1 as a new druggable target in adrenocortical carcinoma. Int J Cancer. 2023 07 01; 153(1):210-223. PMID: 36971100.
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    8. Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K. Should Dehydroepiandrosterone Be Administered to Women? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 05 17; 107(6):1679-1685. PMID: 35254428.
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    9. Clay MR, Pinto EM, Fishbein L, Else T, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K. Pathological and Genetic Stratification for Management of Adrenocortical Carcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 03 24; 107(4):1159-1169. PMID: 34850906.
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    10. Pozdeyev N, Fishbein L, Gay LM, Sokol ES, Hartmaier R, Ross JS, Darabi S, Demeure MJ, Kar A, Foust LJ, Koc K, Bowles DW, Leong S, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K. Targeted genomic analysis of 364 adrenocortical carcinomas. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2021 08 16; 28(10):671-681. PMID: 34410225.
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    11. Pegna GJ, Roper N, Kaplan RN, Bergsland E, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Habra MA, Pommier Y, Del Rivero J. The Immunotherapy Landscape in Adrenocortical Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2021 May 28; 13(11). PMID: 34071333.
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    12. Alzofon N, Koc K, Panwell K, Pozdeyev N, Marshall CB, Albuja-Cruz M, Raeburn CD, Nathanson KL, Cohen DL, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Fishbein L. Mastermind Like Transcriptional Coactivator 3 (MAML3) Drives Neuroendocrine Tumor Progression. Mol Cancer Res. 2021 09; 19(9):1476-1485. PMID: 33986121.
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    13. Mar?n-Jim?nez JA, Capasso A, Lewis MS, Bagby SM, Hartman SJ, Shulman J, Navarro NM, Yu H, Rivard CJ, Wang X, Barkow JC, Geng D, Kar A, Yingst A, Tufa DM, Dolan JT, Blatchford PJ, Freed BM, Torres RM, Davila E, Slansky JE, Pelanda R, Eckhardt SG, Messersmith WA, Diamond JR, Lieu CH, Verneris MR, Wang JH, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Pitts TM, Lang J. Testing Cancer Immunotherapy in a Human Immune System Mouse Model: Correlating Treatment Responses to Human Chimerism, Therapeutic Variables and Immune Cell Phenotypes. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:607282. PMID: 33854497.
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    14. Maria AG, Silva Borges K, Lira RCP, Hassib Thom? C, Berthon A, Drougat L, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Wierman ME, Faucz FR, Fa?a VM, Tone LG, Stratakis CA. Inhibition of Aurora kinase A activity enhances the antitumor response of beta-catenin blockade in human adrenocortical cancer cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2021 05 15; 528:111243. PMID: 33716050.
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    15. Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Bancos I, Hamrahian A, Habra M, Vaidya A, Levine AC, Else T. American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Disease State Clinical Review on the Evaluation and Management of Adrenocortical Carcinoma in an Adult: a Practical Approach. Endocr Pract. 2020 Nov; 26(11):1366-1383. PMID: 33875173.
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    16. Kar A, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K. Update on in-vivo preclinical research models in adrenocortical carcinoma. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2020 06; 27(3):170-176. PMID: 32304391.
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    17. Weigand I, Schreiner J, R?hrig F, Sun N, Landwehr LS, Urlaub H, Kendl S, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Wierman ME, Angeli JPF, Walch A, Sbiera S, Fassnacht M, Kroiss M. Active steroid hormone synthesis renders adrenocortical cells highly susceptible to type II ferroptosis induction. Cell Death Dis. 2020 03 17; 11(3):192. PMID: 32184394.
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    18. Schreiber AR, Kar A, Goodspeed AE, Pozdeyev N, Somerset H, Raeburn CD, Tan AC, Leong S, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K. Leptomeningeal Metastasis from Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Case Report. J Endocr Soc. 2020 Mar 01; 4(3):bvaa017. PMID: 32154490.
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    19. Lang J, Capasso A, Jordan KR, French JD, Kar A, Bagby SM, Barbee J, Yacob BW, Head LS, Tompkins KD, Freed BM, Somerset H, Clark TJ, Pitts TM, Messersmith WA, Eckhardt SG, Wierman ME, Leong S, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K. Development of an Adrenocortical Cancer Humanized Mouse Model to Characterize Anti-PD1 Effects on Tumor Microenvironment. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 01 01; 105(1). PMID: 31513709.
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    20. Head L, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Clark TJ, Somerset H, King J, Raeburn C, Albuja-Cruz M, Weyant M, Cleveland J, Wierman ME, Leong S. Response to Immunotherapy in Combination With Mitotane in Patients With Metastatic Adrenocortical Cancer. J Endocr Soc. 2019 Dec 01; 3(12):2295-2304. PMID: 31745526.
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    21. Kar A, Zhang Y, Yacob BW, Saeed J, Tompkins KD, Bagby SM, Pitts TM, Somerset H, Leong S, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K. Targeting PDZ-binding kinase is anti-tumorigenic in novel preclinical models of ACC. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2019 10; 26(10):765-778. PMID: 31325906.
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    22. Pinto EM, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Hantel C. Contemporary preclinical human models of adrenocortical carcinoma. Curr Opin Endocr Metab Res. 2019 Oct; 8:139-144. PMID: 32550272.
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    23. Hadjidemetriou I, Mariniello K, Ruiz-Babot G, Pittaway J, Mancini A, Mariannis D, Gomez-Sanchez CE, Parvanta L, Drake WM, Chung TT, Abdel-Aziz TE, DiMarco A, Palazzo FF, Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, King PJ, Guasti L. DLK1/PREF1 marks a novel cell population in the human adrenal cortex. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2019 10; 193:105422. PMID: 31265901.
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    24. Nachtigall LB, Karavitaki N, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Ghalib L, Fukuoka H, Syro LV, Kelly D, Fleseriu M. Physicians' awareness of gadolinium retention and MRI timing practices in the longitudinal management of pituitary tumors: a "Pituitary Society" survey. Pituitary. 2019 Feb; 22(1):37-45. PMID: 30456434.
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    25. Carr SB, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Kerr JM, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Wierman ME, Lillehei KO. Negative surgical exploration in patients with Cushing's disease: benefit of two-thirds gland resection on remission rate and a review of the literature. J Neurosurg. 2018 11 01; 129(5):1260-1267. PMID: 29219752.
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    26. Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Zhang Y, Kar A, Razzaghi R, Xu M, Gowan K, Raeburn CD, Albuja-Cruz M, Jones KL, Somerset H, Fishbein L, Leong S, Wierman ME. Elucidating the Role of the Maternal Embryonic Leucine Zipper Kinase in Adrenocortical Carcinoma. Endocrinology. 2018 07 01; 159(7):2532-2544. PMID: 29790920.
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    27. Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Zhang Y, Bagby SM, Kar A, Pozdeyev N, Xu M, Gowan K, Sharma V, Raeburn CD, Albuja-Cruz M, Jones KL, Fishbein L, Schweppe RE, Somerset H, Pitts TM, Leong S, Wierman ME. Development of new preclinical models to advance adrenocortical carcinoma research. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2018 04; 25(4):437-451. PMID: 29371329.
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    28. Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Mills TS, Zhang Y, Xu M, Lillehei KO, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Wierman ME. Elucidating the Role of the Desmosome Protein p53 Apoptosis Effector Related to PMP-22 in Growth Hormone Tumors. Endocrinology. 2017 05 01; 158(5):1450-1460. PMID: 28323918.
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    29. Newsom SA, Brozinick JT, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Strauss AN, Bacon SD, Kerege AA, Bui HH, Sanders P, Siddall P, Wei T, Thomas M, Kuo MS, Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Hansen KC, Perreault L, Bergman BC. Skeletal muscle phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine are related to insulin sensitivity and respond to acute exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2016 Jun 01; 120(11):1355-63. PMID: 27032901.
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    30. Xiong W, Matheson CJ, Xu M, Backos DS, Mills TS, Salian-Mehta S, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Reigan P, Wierman ME. Structure-Based Screen Identification of a Mammalian Ste20-like Kinase 4 (MST4) Inhibitor with Therapeutic Potential for Pituitary Tumors. Mol Cancer Ther. 2016 Mar; 15(3):412-20. PMID: 26721946.
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    31. Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Xu M, Mills TS, Smith EE, Silveira LJ, Lillehei KO, Kerr JM, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Wierman ME. Differential somatostatin receptor (SSTR) 1-5 expression and downstream effectors in histologic subtypes of growth hormone pituitary tumors. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2015 Dec 05; 417:73-83. PMID: 26391562.
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    32. Xiong W, Knox AJ, Xu M, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Colgan SP, Brodsky KS, Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK, Lillehei KO, Wierman ME. Mammalian Ste20-like kinase 4 promotes pituitary cell proliferation and survival under hypoxia. Mol Endocrinol. 2015 Mar; 29(3):460-72. PMID: 25650755.
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    33. Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Carlson NE, Borges MT, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Lillehei KO, Kerr JM, Wierman ME. Growth hormone tumor histological subtypes predict response to surgical and medical therapy. Endocrine. 2015 May; 49(1):231-41. PMID: 25129651.
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    34. Xu M, Knox AJ, Michaelis KA, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Lillehei KO, Wierman ME. Reprimo (RPRM) is a novel tumor suppressor in pituitary tumors and regulates survival, proliferation, and tumorigenicity. Endocrinology. 2012 Jul; 153(7):2963-73. PMID: 22562171.
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    35. Weickhardt AJ, Rothman MS, Salian-Mehta S, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Oton AB, Doebele RC, Wierman ME, Camidge DR. Rapid-onset hypogonadism secondary to crizotinib use in men with metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2012 Nov 01; 118(21):5302-9. PMID: 22488744.
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    36. Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Shafi S, Kerr JM, Phang TL, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Wierman ME. Clinical implications of growth hormone-secreting tumor subtypes. Endocrine. 2012 Aug; 42(1):18-28. PMID: 22434413.
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    37. Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Xing M. Association of Cigarette Smoking with Aberrant Methylation of the Tumor Suppressor Gene RAR?2 in Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2011; 2:99. PMID: 22649395.
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    38. Michaelis KA, Knox AJ, Xu M, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Edwards MG, Geraci M, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Lillehei KO, Wierman ME. Identification of growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible gene beta (GADD45beta) as a novel tumor suppressor in pituitary gonadotrope tumors. Endocrinology. 2011 Oct; 152(10):3603-13. PMID: 21810943.
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    39. Wierman ME, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Tobet S. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuron migration: initiation, maintenance and cessation as critical steps to ensure normal reproductive function. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2011 Jan; 32(1):43-52. PMID: 20650288.
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    40. Hu S, Liu D, Tufano RP, Carson KA, Rosenbaum E, Cohen Y, Holt EH, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Rhoden KJ, Tolaney S, Condouris S, Tallini G, Westra WH, Umbricht CB, Zeiger MA, Califano JA, Vasko V, Xing M. Association of aberrant methylation of tumor suppressor genes with tumor aggressiveness and BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid cancer. Int J Cancer. 2006 Nov 15; 119(10):2322-9. PMID: 16858683.
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