Journal Article: miR-146a inhibits ovarian tumour growth in vivo via targeting immunosuppressive neutrophils and enhancing CD8+ T cell infiltration
Chen, Rui, Coleborn, Elaina, Bhavsar, Chintan, Wang, Yue, Alim, Louisa, Wilkinson, Andrew N., Tran, Michelle A., Irgam, Gowri, Atluri, Sharat, Wong, Kiefer, Shim, Jae-Jun, Adityan, Siddharth, Lee, Ju-Seog, Overwijk, Willem W., Steptoe, Raymond, Yang, Da and Wu, Sherry Y. (2023). miR-146a inhibits ovarian tumour growth in vivo via targeting immunosuppressive neutrophils and enhancing CD8+ T cell infiltration. Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics, 31 100725, 100725. doi: 10.1016/j.omto.2023.09.001
Journal Article: Molecular analysis of short- versus long-term survivors of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma
Stur, Elaine, Bayraktar, Emine, Dal Molin, Graziela Zibetti, Wu, Sherry Y., Mangala, Lingegowda S., Yao, Hui, Wang, Ying, Ram, Prahlad T., Corvigno, Sara, Chen, Hu, Liang, Han, Tworoger, Shelley S., Levine, Douglas A., Lutgendorf, Susan K., Liu, Jinsong, Moore, Kathleen N., Baggerly, Keith A., Karlan, Beth Y. and Sood, Anil K. (2022). Molecular analysis of short- versus long-term survivors of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. Cancers, 14 (17) 4198. doi: 10.3390/cancers14174198
Conference Publication: Using action learning to develop a model for inclusive teaching in a COVID-split cohort
Aland, Claire, Oancea, Iulia, Midwinter, Mark, Pillai, Suja, Manchadi, Mary-Louise, Reichelt, Melissa and Wu, Sherry (2022). Using action learning to develop a model for inclusive teaching in a COVID-split cohort. 26th Annual International Association for Medical Science Educators, Denver, CO, United States, 4-7 June 2022.
(2023–2026) NHMRC IDEAS Grants
(2019–2022) NHMRC Project Grant
(2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Using RNAi strategies to break down immune barriers in ovarian cancer
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer Progression and Therapeutics
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the role of exosomes in cancer progression and immunology
Master Philosophy
Assessment of in Vivo siRNA delivery in cancer mouse models
Hatakeyama, Hiroto, Wu, Sherry Y., Mangala, Lingegowda S., Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel and Sood, Anil K. (2016). Assessment of in Vivo siRNA delivery in cancer mouse models. Long non-coding RNAs: methods and protocols. (pp. 189-197) edited by Yi Feng and Lin Zhang. Totowa, NJ USA: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3378-5_15
Lowering the sirna delivery barrier: Alginate scaffolds and immune stimulation
McCaskill, Jana, Wu, Sherry, Khairuddin, Norliana and McMillan, Nigel A. J. (2013). Lowering the sirna delivery barrier: Alginate scaffolds and immune stimulation. Nanotechnology for the delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids. (pp. 193-216) edited by Dan Peer. Singapore: Pan Stanford Publishing. doi: 10.4032/9789814411059
Chen, Rui, Coleborn, Elaina, Bhavsar, Chintan, Wang, Yue, Alim, Louisa, Wilkinson, Andrew N., Tran, Michelle A., Irgam, Gowri, Atluri, Sharat, Wong, Kiefer, Shim, Jae-Jun, Adityan, Siddharth, Lee, Ju-Seog, Overwijk, Willem W., Steptoe, Raymond, Yang, Da and Wu, Sherry Y. (2023). miR-146a inhibits ovarian tumour growth in vivo via targeting immunosuppressive neutrophils and enhancing CD8+ T cell infiltration. Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics, 31 100725, 100725. doi: 10.1016/j.omto.2023.09.001
Molecular analysis of short- versus long-term survivors of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma
Stur, Elaine, Bayraktar, Emine, Dal Molin, Graziela Zibetti, Wu, Sherry Y., Mangala, Lingegowda S., Yao, Hui, Wang, Ying, Ram, Prahlad T., Corvigno, Sara, Chen, Hu, Liang, Han, Tworoger, Shelley S., Levine, Douglas A., Lutgendorf, Susan K., Liu, Jinsong, Moore, Kathleen N., Baggerly, Keith A., Karlan, Beth Y. and Sood, Anil K. (2022). Molecular analysis of short- versus long-term survivors of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. Cancers, 14 (17) 4198. doi: 10.3390/cancers14174198
McGuire, Michael H., Dasari, Santosh K., Yao, Hui, Wen, Yunfei, Mangala, Lingegowda S., Bayraktar, Emine, Ma, Wencai, Ivan, Cristina, Shoshan, Einav, Wu, Sherry Y., Jonasch, Eric, Bar-Eli, Menashe, Wang, Jing, Baggerly, Keith A. and Sood, Anil K. (2021). Gene body methylation of the lymphocyte-specific gene CARD11 results in its overexpression and regulates cancer mTOR signaling. Molecular Cancer Research, 19 (11), 1917-1928. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-20-0753
Ma, Shaolin, Mangala, Lingegowda S., Hu, Wen, Bayaktar, Emine, Yokoi, Akira, Hu, Wei, Pradeep, Sunila, Lee, Sanghoon, Piehowski, Paul D., Villar-Prados, Alejandro, Wu, Sherry Y., McGuire, Michael H., Lara, Olivia D., Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, LaFargue, Christopher J., Jennings, Nicholas B., Rodland, Karin D., Liu, Tao, Kundra, Vikas, Ram, Prahlad T., Ramakrishnan, Sundaram, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Coleman, Robert L. and Sood, Anil K. (2021). CD63-mediated cloaking of VEGF in small extracellular vesicles contributes to anti-VEGF therapy resistance. Cell Reports, 36 (7). doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109549
Ma, Shaolin, McGuire, Michael H., Mangala, Lingegowda S., Lee, Sanghoon, Stur, Elaine, Hu, Wen, Bayraktar, Emine, Villar-Prados, Alejandro, Ivan, Cristina, Wu, Sherry Y., Yokoi, Akira, Dasari, Santosh K., Jennings, Nicholas B., Liu, Jinsong, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Ram, Prahlad and Sood, Anil K. (2021). Gain-of-function p53 protein transferred via small extracellular vesicles promotes conversion of fibroblasts to a cancer-associated phenotype. Cell Reports, 34 (6). doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108726
HIF and COX-2 expression in triple negative breast cancer cells with hypoxia and 5-fluorouracil
Mori, Noriko, Mironchik, Yelena, Wildes, Flonné, Wu, Sherry Y., Mori, Kanami, Krishnamachary, Balaji and Bhujwalla, Zaver M. (2020). HIF and COX-2 expression in triple negative breast cancer cells with hypoxia and 5-fluorouracil. Current Cancer Reports, 2 (1), 54-63. doi: 10.25082/CCR.2020.01.005
Adityan, Siddharth, Tran, Michelle, Bhavsar, Chintan and Wu, Sherry Y. (2020). Nano-therapeutics for modulating the tumour microenvironment: design, development, and clinical translation. Journal of Controlled Release, 327 (Acta Biomater. 62 2017), 512-532. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.08.016
The hidden role of paxillin: localization to nucleus promotes tumor angiogenesis
Noh, Kyunghee, Duc-Hiep Bach, , Choi, Hyun-Jin, Kim, Mark S., Wu, Sherry Y., Pradeep, Sunila, Ivan, Cristina, Cho, Min-Soon, Bayraktar, Emine, Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Dasari, Santosh K., Stur, Elaine, Mangala, Lingegowda S., Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel and Sood, Anil K. (2020). The hidden role of paxillin: localization to nucleus promotes tumor angiogenesis. Oncogene, 40 (2), 384-395. doi: 10.1038/s41388-020-01517-3
Liu, Yuan, Wu, Sherry, Koo, Yeonjong, Yang, An, Dai, Yanwan, Khant, Htet, Osman, Samantha R., Chowdhury, Mamur, Wei, Haichao, Li, Yang, Court, Karem, Hwang, Elaine, Wen, Yunfei, Dasari, Santosh K., Nguyen, Michael, Tang, E. Chia-Cheng, Chehab, E. Wassim, de Val, Natalia, Braam, Janet and Sood, Anil K. (2020). Characterization of and isolation methods for plant leaf nanovesicles and small extracellular vesicles. Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine, 29 102271. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2020.102271
NRG1/ERBB3 pathway activation induces acquired resistance to XPO1 inhibitors
Miyake, Takahito M., Pradeep, Sunila, Bayraktar, Emine, Stur, Elaine, Handley, Katelyn F., Wu, Sherry Y., Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Lee, Ju-Seog, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Coleman, Robert L. and Sood, Anil K. (2020). NRG1/ERBB3 pathway activation induces acquired resistance to XPO1 inhibitors. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 19 (8), 1727-1735. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-19-0977
Shi, Sixiang, Li, Tingting, Wen, Xiaofei, Wu, Sherry Y., Xiong, Chiyi, Zhao, Jun, Lincha, Victor R., Chow, Diana S., Liu, Yiyao, Sood, Anil K. and Li, Chun (2019). Copper-64 labeled PEGylated exosomes for in vivo positron emission tomography and enhanced tumor retention. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 30 (10), 2675-2683. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00587
Endo-Munoz, Liliana, Bennett, Tristram C., Topkas, Eleni, Wu, Sherry Y., Thamm, Douglas H., Brockley, Laura, Cooper, Maureen, Sommerville, Scott, Thomson, Maurine, O'Connell, Kathleen, Lane, Amy, Bird, Guy, Peaston, Anne, Matigian, Nicholas, Straw, Rodney C. and Saunders, Nicholas A. (2019). Auranofin improves overall survival when combined with standard of care in a pilot study involving dogs with osteosarcoma. Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, 18 (2) vco.12533, 206-213. doi: 10.1111/vco.12533
Pan-cancer genomic analysis links 3'UTR DNA methylation with increased gene expression in T cells
McGuire, Michael H., Herbrich, Shelley M., Dasari, Santosh K., Wu, Sherry Y., Wang, Ying, Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Baggerly, Keith A. and Sood, Anil K. (2019). Pan-cancer genomic analysis links 3'UTR DNA methylation with increased gene expression in T cells. Ebiomedicine, 43, 127-137. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.04.045
Predicting novel therapies and targets: regulation of notch3 by the Bromodomain protein BRD4
Villar-Prados, Alejandro, Wu, Sherry Y., Court, Karem A., Ma, Shaolin, LaFargue, Christopher, Chowdhury, Mamur A., Engelhardt, Margaret I., Ivan, Cristina, Ram, Prahlad T., Wang, Ying, Baggerly, Keith, Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Ming-Yang, Shyh, Maloney, David J., Yoshioka, Makoto, Strovel, Jeffrey W., Roszik, Jason and Sood, Anil K. (2019). Predicting novel therapies and targets: regulation of notch3 by the Bromodomain protein BRD4. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 18 (2), 421-436. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-18-0365
Advances and challenges in nanomedicine
Hua, Susan and Wu, Sherry Y. (2018). Advances and challenges in nanomedicine. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9 (Nov) 1397, 1397. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01397
The advances and challenges in utilizing exosomes for delivering cancer therapeutics
Yang, Mengliu and Wu, Sherry Y. (2018). The advances and challenges in utilizing exosomes for delivering cancer therapeutics. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9 (JUL) 735, 735. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00735
Immune cell profiling in cancer: molecular approaches to cell-specific identification
Lyons, Yasmin A., Wu, Sherry Y., Overwijk, Willem W., Baggerly, Keith A. and Sood, Anil K. (2017). Immune cell profiling in cancer: molecular approaches to cell-specific identification. Npj Precision Oncology, 1 (26) 26. doi: 10.1038/s41698-017-0031-0
PRKCI promotes immune suppression in ovarian cancer
Sarkar, Sharmistha, Bristow, Christopher A., Dey, Prasenjit, Rai, Kunal, Perets, Ruth, Ramirez-Cardenas, Alejandra, Malasi, Shruti, Huang-Hobbs, Emmet, Haemmerle, Monika, Wu, Sherry Y., McGuire, Michael, Protopopov, Alexei, Jiang, Shan, Liu, Joyce F., Hirsch, Michelle S., Chang, Qing, Lazar, Alexander J., Sood, Anil K., Drapkin, Ronny, DePinho, Ronald, Draetta, Giulio and Chin, Lynda (2017). PRKCI promotes immune suppression in ovarian cancer. Genes and Development, 31 (11), 1109-1121. doi: 10.1101/gad.296640.117
Preclinical mammalian safety studies of EPHARNA (DOPC Nanoliposomal EphA2-Targeted siRNA)
Wagner, Michael J., Mitra, Rahul, McArthur, Mark J., Baze, Wallace, Barnhart, Kirstin, Wu, Sherry Y., Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Zhang, Xinna, Coleman, Robert L., Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel and Sood, Anil K. (2017). Preclinical mammalian safety studies of EPHARNA (DOPC Nanoliposomal EphA2-Targeted siRNA). Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 16 (6), 1114-1123. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-16-0541
Court, Karem A., Hatakeyama, Hiroto, Wu, Sherry Y., Lingegowda, Mangala S., Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Ju-Seog, Lee, Rinaldi, Carlos, Juan, Eduardo J., Sood, Anil K. and Torres-Lugo, Madeline (2017). HSP70 inhibition synergistically enhances the effects of magnetic fluid hyperthermia in ovarian cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 16 (5), 966-976. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-16-0519
BET inhibitors suppress ALDH activity by targeting ALDH1A1 super-enhancer in ovarian cancer
Yokoyama, Yuhki, Zhu, Hengrui, Lee, Jeong Heon, Kossenkov, Andrew V., Wu, Sherry Y., Wickramasinghe, Jayamanna M., Yin, Xiangfan, Palozola, Katherine C., Gardini, Alessandro, Showe, Louise C., Zaret, Kenneth S., Liu, Qin, Speicher, David, Conejo-Garcia, Jose R., Bradner, James E., Zhang, Zhiguo, Sood, Anil K., Ordog, Tamas, Bitler, Benjamin G. and Zhang, Rugang (2016). BET inhibitors suppress ALDH activity by targeting ALDH1A1 super-enhancer in ovarian cancer. Cancer Research, 76 (21), 6320-6330. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0854
Role of CTGF in sensitivity to hyperthermia in ovarian and uterine cancers
Hatakeyama, Hiroto, Wu, Sherry Y., Lyons, Yasmin A., Pradeep, Sunila, Wang, Wanqin, Huang, Qian, Court, Karem A., Liu, Tao, Nie, Song, Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Shen, Fangrong, Huang, Yan, Hisamatsu, Takeshi, Mitamura, Takashi, Jennings, Nicholas, Shim, Jeajun, Dorniak, Piotr L., Mangala, Lingegowda S., Petrillo, Marco, Petyuk, Vladislav A., Schepmoes, Athena A., Shukla, Anil K., Torres-Lugo, Madeline, Lee, Ju-Seog, Rodland, Karin D., Fagotti, Anna, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Li, Chun and Sood, Anil K. (2016). Role of CTGF in sensitivity to hyperthermia in ovarian and uterine cancers. Cell Reports, 17 (6), 1621-1631. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.10.020
Hypoxia-upregulated microRNA-630 targets Dicer, leading to increased tumor progression
Rupaimoole, R., Ivan, C., Yang, D., Gharpure, K. M., Wu, S. Y., Pecot, C. V., Previs, R. A., Nagaraja, A. S., Armaiz-Pena, G. N., McGuire, M., Pradeep, S., Mangala, L. S., Rodriguez-Aguayo, C., Huang, L., Bar-Eli, M., Zhang, W., Lopez-Berestein, G., Calin, G. A. and Sood, A. K. (2016). Hypoxia-upregulated microRNA-630 targets Dicer, leading to increased tumor progression. Oncogene, 35 (33), 4312-4320. doi: 10.1038/onc.2015.492
Role of increased n-acetylaspartate Levels in cancer
Zand, Behrouz, Previs, Rebecca A., Zacharias, Niki M., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Mitamura, Takashi, Nagaraja, Archana Sidalaghatta, Guindani, Michele, Dalton, Heather J., Yang, Lifeng, Baddour, Joelle, Achreja, Abhinav, Hu, Wei, Pecot, Chad V., Ivan, Cristina, Wu, Sherry Y., McCullough, Christopher R., Gharpure, Kshipra M., Shoshan, Einav, Pradeep, Sunila, Mangala, Lingegowda S., Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Wang, Ying, Nick, Alpa M., Davies, Michael A., Armaiz-Pena, Guillermo, Liu, Jinsong, Lutgendorf, Susan K., Baggerly, Keith A., Bar Eli, Menashe ... Sood, Anil K. (2016). Role of increased n-acetylaspartate Levels in cancer. JNCI-Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 108 (6), djv426. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djv426
FAK regulates platelet extravasation and tumor growth after antiangiogenic therapy withdrawal
Haemmerle, Monika, Bottsford-Miller, Justin, Pradeep, Sunila, Taylor, Morgan L., Choi, Hyun-Jin, Hansen, Jean M., Dalton, Heather J., Stone, Rebecca L., Cho, Min Soon, Nick, Alpa M., Nagaraja, Archana S., Gutschner, Tony, Gharpure, Kshipra M., Mangala, Lingegowda S., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Han, Hee Dong, Zand, Behrouz, Armaiz-Pena, Guillermo N., Wu, Sherry Y., Pecot, Chad V., Burns, Alan R., Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Afshar-Kharghan, Vahid and Sood, Anil K. (2016). FAK regulates platelet extravasation and tumor growth after antiangiogenic therapy withdrawal. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 126 (5), 1885-1896. doi: 10.1172/JCI85086
A miR-192-EGR1-HOXB9 regulatory network controls the angiogenic switch in cancer
Wu, Sherry Y., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Shen, Fangrong, Pradeep, Sunila, Pecot, Chad V., Ivan, Cristina, Nagaraja, Archana S., Gharpure, Kshipra M., Pham, Elizabeth, Hatakeyama, Hiroto, McGuire, Michael H., Haemmerle, Monika, Vidal-Anaya, Viviana, Olsen, Courtney, Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Filant, Justyna, Ehsanipour, Ehsan A., Herbrich, Shelley M., Maiti, Sourindra N., Huang, Li, Kim, Ji Hoon, Zhang, Xinna, Han, Hee-Dong, Armaiz-Pena, Guillermo N., Seviour, Elena G., Tucker, Sue, Zhang, Min, Yang, Da, Cooper, Laurence J. N. ... Sood, Anil K. (2016). A miR-192-EGR1-HOXB9 regulatory network controls the angiogenic switch in cancer. Nature Communications, 7 (1) 11169. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11169
Long noncoding RNA ceruloplasmin promotes cancer growth by altering glycolysis
Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Lee, Jaehyuk, Haemmerle, Monika, Ling, Hui, Previs, Rebecca A., Pradeep, Sunila, Wu, Sherry Y., Ivan, Cristina, Ferracin, Manuela, Dennison, Jennifer B., Millward, Niki M. Zacharias, Nagaraja, Archana S., Gharpure, Kshipra M., McGuire, Michael, Sam, Nidhin, Armaiz-Pena, Guillermo N., Sadaoui, Nouara C., Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Calin, George A., Drapkin, Ronny I., Kovacs, Jeffery, Mills, Gordon B., Zhang, Wei, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Bhattacharya, Pratip K. and Sood, Anil K. (2015). Long noncoding RNA ceruloplasmin promotes cancer growth by altering glycolysis. Cell Reports, 13 (11), 2395-2402. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.11.047
Advances and challenges of liposome assisted drug delivery
Sercombe, Lisa, Veerati, Tejaswi, Moheimani, Fatemeh, Wu, Sherry Y., Sood, Anil K. and Hua, Susan (2015). Advances and challenges of liposome assisted drug delivery. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 6. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00286
Erythropoietin stimulates tumor growth via EphB4
Pradeep, Sunila, Huang, Jie, Mora, Edna M., Nick, Alpa M., Cho, Min Soon, Wu, Sherry Y., Noh, Kyunghee, Pecot, Chad V., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Stein, Martin A., Brock, Stephan, Wen, Yunfei, Xiong, Chiyi, Gharpure, Kshipra, Hansen, Jean M., Nagaraja, Archana S., Previs, Rebecca A., Vivas-Mejia, Pablo, Han, Hee Dong, Hu, Wei, Mangala, Lingegowda S., Zand, Behrouz, Stagg, Loren J., Ladbury, John E., Ozpolat, Bulent, Alpay, S. Neslihan, Nishimura, Masato, Stone, Rebecca L., Matsuo, Koji ... Sood, Anil K. (2015). Erythropoietin stimulates tumor growth via EphB4. Cancer Cell, 28 (5), 610-622. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2015.09.008
Gaur, Sanchaika, Wen, Yunfei, Song, Jian H., Parikh, Nila U., Mangala, Lingegowda S., Blessing, Alicia M., Ivan, Cristina, Wu, Sherry Y., Varkaris, Andreas, Shi, Yan, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Frigo, Daniel E., Sood, Anil K. and Gallick, Gary E. (2015). Chitosan nanoparticle-mediated delivery of miRNA-34a decreases prostate tumor growth in the bone and its expression induces non-canonical autophagy. Oncotarget, 6 (30), 29161-29177. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.4971
Nanotechnology: future of oncotherapy
Gharpure, Kshipra M., Wu, Sherry Y., Li, Chun, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel and Sood, Anil K. (2015). Nanotechnology: future of oncotherapy. Clinical Cancer Research, 21 (14), 3121-3130. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-1189
XPO1/CRM1 inhibition causes antitumor effects by mitochondrial accumulation of eIF5A
Miyake, Takahito, Pradeep, Sunila, Wu, Sherry Y., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Zand, Behrouz, Wen, Yunfei, Gharpure, Kshipra M., Nagaraja, Archana S., Hu, Wei, Cho, Min Soon, Dalton, Heather J., Previs, Rebecca A., Taylor, Morgan L., Hisamatsu, Takeshi, Kang, Yu, Liu, Tao, Shacham, Sharon, McCauley, Dilara, Hawke, David H., Wiktorowicz, John E., Coleman, Robert L. and Sood, Anil K. (2015). XPO1/CRM1 inhibition causes antitumor effects by mitochondrial accumulation of eIF5A. Clinical Cancer Research, 21 (14), 3286-3297. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-1953
Therapeutic silencing of KRAS using systemically delivered siRNAs
Pecot, Chad V., Wu, Sherry Y., Bellister, Seth, Filant, Justyna, Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Hisamatsu, Takeshi, Bhattacharya, Rajat, Maharaj, Anshumaan, Azam, Salma, Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Nagaraja, Archana S., Morelli, Maria Pia, Gharpure, Kshipra M., Waugh, Trent A., Gonzalez-Villasana, Vianey, Zand, Behrouz, Dalton, Heather J., Kopetz, Scott, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Ellis, Lee M. and Sood, Anil K. (2014). Therapeutic silencing of KRAS using systemically delivered siRNAs. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 13 (12), 2876-2885. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-14-0074
Hypoxia-mediated downregulation of miRNA biogenesis promotes tumour progression
Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Wu, Sherry Y., Pradeep, Sunila, Ivan, Cristina, Pecot, Chad V., Gharpure, Kshipra M., Nagaraja, Archana S., Armaiz-Pena, Guillermo N., McGuire, Michael, Zand, Behrouz, Dalton, Heather J., Filant, Justyna, Miller, Justin Bottsford, Lu, Chunhua, Sadaoui, Nouara C., Mangala, Lingegowda S., Taylor, Morgan, van den Beucken, Twan, Koch, Elizabeth, Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Huang, Li, Bar-Eli, Menashe, Wouters, Bradly G., Radovich, Milan, Ivan, Mircea, Calin, George A., Zhang, Wei, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel and Sood, Anil K. (2014). Hypoxia-mediated downregulation of miRNA biogenesis promotes tumour progression. Nature Communications, 5 (5202) 5202. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6202
Hematogenous metastasis of ovarian cancer: rethinking mode of spread
Pradeep, Sunila, Kim, Seung W., Wu, Sherry Y., Nishimura, Masato, Chaluvally-Raghavan, Pradeep, Miyake, Takahito, Pecot, Chad V., Kim, Sun-Jin, Choi, Hyun Jin, Bischoff, Farideh Z., Mayer, Julie Ann, Huang, Li, Nick, Alpa M., Hall, Carolyn S., Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Zand, Behrouz, Dalton, Heather J., Arumugam, Thiruvengadam, Lee, Ho Jeong, Han, Hee Dong, Cho, Min Soon, Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Mangala, Lingegowda S., Sehgal, Vasudha, Oh, Sang Cheul, Liu, Jinsong, Lee, Ju-Seog, Coleman, Robert L., Ram, Prahlad ... Sood, Anil K. (2014). Hematogenous metastasis of ovarian cancer: rethinking mode of spread. Cancer Cell, 26 (1), 77-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.05.002
Gharpure, Kshipra M., Chu, Kevin S., Bowerman, Charles J., Miyake, Takahito, Pradeep, Sunila, Mangala, Selanere L., Han, Hee-Dong, Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Armaiz-Pena, Guillermo N., Rahhal, Tojan B., Wu, Sherry Y., Luft, J. Christopher, Napier, Mary E., Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, DeSimone, Joseph M. and Sood, Anil K. (2014). Metronomic docetaxel in PRINT nanoparticles and EZH2 silencing have synergistic antitumor effect in ovarian cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 13 (7), 1750-1757. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-13-0930
Tucker, Susan L., Gharpure, Kshipra, Herbrich, Shelley M., Unruh, Anna K., Nick, Alpa M., Crane, Erin K., Coleman, Robert L., Guenthoer, Jamie, Dalton, Heather J., Wu, Sherry Y., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Ozpolat, Bulent, Ivan, Cristina, Hu, Wei, Baggerly, Keith A. and Sood, Anil K. (2014). Molecular biomarkers of residual disease after surgical debulking of high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Clinical Cancer Research, 20 (12), 3280-3288. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-0445
Notch3 pathway alterations in ovarian cancer
Hu, Wei, Liu, Tao, Ivan, Cristina, Sun, Yunjie, Huang, Jie, Mangala, Lingegowda S., Miyake, Takahito, Dalton, Heather J., Pradeep, Sunila, Rupaimoole, Rajesh, Previs, Rebecca A., Han, Hee Dong, Bottsford-Miller, Justin, Zand, Behrouz, Kang, Yu, Pecot, Chad V., Nick, Alpa M., Wu, Sherry Y., Lee, Ju-Seog, Sehgal, Vasudha, Ram, Prahlad, Liu, Jinsong, Tucker, Susan L., Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Baggerly, Keith A., Coleman, Robert L. and Sood, Anil K. (2014). Notch3 pathway alterations in ovarian cancer. Cancer Research, 74 (12), 3282-3293. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-2066
RNAi therapies: drugging the undruggable
Wu, S. Y., Lopez-Berestein, G., Calin, G. A. and Sood, A. K. (2014). RNAi therapies: drugging the undruggable. Science Translational Medicine, 6 (240), 240ps7-240ps7. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008362
Wu, Sherry Y., Yang, Xianbin, Gharpure, Kshipra M., Hatakeyama, Hiroto, Egli, Martin, McGuire, Michael H., Nagaraja, Archana S., Miyake, Takahito M., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Pecot, Chad V., Taylor, Morgan, Pradeep, Sunila, Sierant, Malgorzata, Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Choi, Hyun J., Previs, Rebecca A., Armaiz-Pena, Guillermo N., Huang Li, Martinez, Carlos, Hassell Tom, Ivan, Cristina, Sehgal, Vasudha, Singhania, Richa, Han, Hee-Dong, Su, Chang, Kim, Ji Hoon, Dalton, Heather J., Kovvali, Chandra, Keyomarsi, Khandan ... Sood, Anil K. (2014). 2′-OMe-phosphorodithioate-modified siRNAs show increased loading into the RISC complex and enhanced anti-tumour activity. Nature Communications, 5 (1) 3459. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4459
Autocrine effects of tumor-derived complement
Cho, Min Soon, Vasquez, Hernan G., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Pradeep, Sunila, Wu, Sherry, Zand, Behrouz, Han, Hee-Dong, Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Bottsford-Miller, Justin, Huang, Jie, Miyake, Takahito, Choi, Hyun-Jin, Dalton, Heather J., Ivan, Cristina, Baggerly, Keith, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Sood, Anil K. and Afshar-Kharghan, Vahid (2014). Autocrine effects of tumor-derived complement. Cell Reports, 6 (6), 1085-1095. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.02.014
Therapeutic synergy between microRNA and siRNA in ovarian cancer treatment
Nishimura, Masato, Jung, Eun-Jung, Shah, Maitri Y., Lu, Chunhua, Spizzo, Riccardo, Shimizu, Masayoshi, Han, Hee Dong, Ivan, Cristina, Rossi, Simona, Zhang, Xinna, Nicoloso, Milena S., Wu, Sherry Y., Almeida, Maria Ines, Bottsford-Miller, Justin, Pecot, Chad V., Zand, Behrouz, Matsuo, Koji, Shahzad, Mian M., Jennings, Nicholas B., Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Sood, Anil K. and Calin, George A. (2013). Therapeutic synergy between microRNA and siRNA in ovarian cancer treatment. Cancer Discovery, 3 (11), 1302-1315. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-13-0159
Kim, Hyun Seok, Mendiratta, Saurabh, Kim, Jiyeon, Pecot, Chad Victor, Larsen, Jill E., Zubovych, Iryna, Seo, Bo Yeun, Kim, Jimi, Eskiocak, Banu, Chung, Hannah, McMillan, Elizabeth, Wu, Sherry, De Brabander, Jef, Komurov, Kakajan, Toombs, Jason E., Wei, Shuguang, Peyton, Michael, Williams, Noelle, Gazdar, Adi F., Posner, Bruce A., Brekken, Rolf A., Sood, Anil K., Deberardinis, Ralph J., Roth, Michael G., Minna, John D. and White, Michael A. (2013). Systematic identification of molecular subtype-selective vulnerabilities in non-small-cell lung cancer. Cell, 155 (3), 552-566. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.041
Role of focal adhesion kinase in regulating YB-1-mediated paclitaxel resistance in ovarian cancer
Kang, Yu, Hu, Wei, Ivan, Cristina, Dalton, Heather J., Miyake, Takahito, Pecot, Chad V., Zand, Behrouz, Liu, Tao, Huang, Jie, Jennings, Nicholas B., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Taylor, Morgan, Pradeep, Sunila, Wu, Sherry Y., Lu, Chunhua, Wen, Yunfei, Huang, Jianfei, Liu, Jinsong and Sood, Anil K. (2013). Role of focal adhesion kinase in regulating YB-1-mediated paclitaxel resistance in ovarian cancer. JNCI-Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 105 (19), 1485-1495. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djt210
Tumour angiogenesis regulation by the miR-200 family
Pecot, Chad V., Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Yang, Da, Akbani, Rehan, Ivan, Cristina, Lu, Chunhua, Wu, Sherry, Han, Hee-Dong, Shah, Maitri Y., Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, Bottsford-Miller, Justin, Liu, Yuexin, Kim, Sang Bae, Unruh, Anna, Gonzalez-Villasana, Vianey, Huang, Li, Zand, Behrouz, Moreno-Smith, Myrthala, Mangala, Lingegowda S., Taylor, Morgan, Dalton, Heather J., Sehgal, Vasudha, Wen, Yunfei, Kang, Yu, Baggerly, Keith A., Lee, Ju-Seog, Ram, Prahlad T., Ravoori, Murali K., Kundra, Vikas ... Sood, Anil K. (2013). Tumour angiogenesis regulation by the miR-200 family. Nature Communications, 4 (1) 2427. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3427
Masiero, Massimo, Simões, Filipa Costa, Han, Hee Dong, Snell, Cameron, Peterkin, Tessa, Bridges, Esther, Mangala, Lingegowda S., Wu, Sherry Yen-Yao, Pradeep, Sunila, Li, Demin, Han, Cheng, Dalton, Heather, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Tuynman, Jurriaan B., Mortensen, Neil, Li, Ji-Liang, Patient, Roger, Sood, Anil K., Banham, Alison H., Harris, Adrian L. and Buffa, Francesca M. (2013). A core human primary tumor angiogenesis signature identifies the endothelial orphan receptor ELTD1 as a key regulator of angiogenesis. Cancer Cell, 24 (2), 229-241. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.06.004
McCaskill, Jana, Singhania, Richa, Burgess, Melinda, Allavena, Rachel, Wu, Sherry, Blumenthal, Antje and McMillan, Nigel A. J. (2013). Efficient biodistribution and gene silencing in the lung epithelium via intravenous liposomal delivery of siRNA. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acid, 2 (1) e96, e96. doi: 10.1038/mtna.2013.22
The use of lipid-based nanocarriers for targeted pain therapies
Hua, Susan and Wu, Sherry Y. (2013). The use of lipid-based nanocarriers for targeted pain therapies. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 4. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00143
Wu, Sherry Y. and Sood, Anil K. (2012). New roles opined for OPCML. Cancer Discovery, 2 (2), 115-116. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-11-0356
Khairuddin, Norliana, Gantier, Michael P., Blake, Stephen J., Wu, Sherry Y., Behlke, Mark A., Williams, Bryan R. G. and McMillan, Nigel A. J. (2012). siRNA-induced immunostimulation through TLR7 promotes antitumoral activity against HPV-driven tumors in vivo. Immunology and Cell Biology, 90 (2), 187-196. doi: 10.1038/icb.2011.19
Vaginal delivery of siRNA using a novel PEGylated lipoplex-entrapped alginate scaffold system
Wu, Sherry Y., Chang, Hsin-I, Burgess, Melinda and McMillan, Nigel A. J. (2011). Vaginal delivery of siRNA using a novel PEGylated lipoplex-entrapped alginate scaffold system. Journal of Controlled Release, 155 (3), 418-426. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.02.002
Singhania, Akul, Wu, Sherry Y. and McMillan, Nigel A. J. (2011). Effective delivery of PEGylated siRNA-containing Lipoplexes to extraperitoneal tumours following intraperitoneal administration. Journal of Drug Delivery, 2011, 192562.1-192562.7. doi: 10.1155/2011/192562
Wu, S. Y., Singhania, A., Burgess, M., Putral, L. N., Kirkpatrick, C., Davies, N. M. and McMillan, N. A. J. (2011). Systemic delivery of E6/7 siRNA using novel lipidic particles and its application with cisplatin in cervical cancer mouse models. Gene Therapy, 18 (1), 14-22. doi: 10.1038/gt.2010.113
Lipidic Systems for In Vivo siRNA Delivery
Wu, SY and McMillan, NAJ (2009). Lipidic Systems for In Vivo siRNA Delivery. AAPS JOURNAL, 11 (4), 639-652. doi: 10.1208/s12248-009-9140-1
Development of a novel method for formulating stable siRNA-loaded lipid particles for In vivo use
Wu, Sherry Y., Putral, Lisa N., Liang, Mingtao, Chang, Hsin-I, Davies, Nigel M. and McMillan, Nigel A.J. (2009). Development of a novel method for formulating stable siRNA-loaded lipid particles for In vivo use. Pharmaceutical Research, 26 (3), 512-522. doi: 10.1007/s11095-008-9766-1
Using action learning to develop a model for inclusive teaching in a COVID-split cohort
Aland, Claire, Oancea, Iulia, Midwinter, Mark, Pillai, Suja, Manchadi, Mary-Louise, Reichelt, Melissa and Wu, Sherry (2022). Using action learning to develop a model for inclusive teaching in a COVID-split cohort. 26th Annual International Association for Medical Science Educators, Denver, CO, United States, 4-7 June 2022.
Molecular analysis of short- vs. long-term ovarian cancer survivors
Stur, Elaine, Dal Molin, Graziela Zibetti, Wu, Sherry, Baggerly, Keith, Tworoger, Shelley, Levine, Douglas, Karlan, Beth, Moore, Kathleen, Lutgendorf, Susan and Sood, Anil (2020). Molecular analysis of short- vs. long-term ovarian cancer survivors. AACR Special Conference on Advances in Ovarian Cancer Research, Atlanta, GA United States, 13-16 September 2019. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research.
Evoking potent RNAi response using novel 2 '-OMe-phosphorodithioated modified siRNAs
Wu, Sherry, Yang, Xianbin, Egli, Martin, Ghaupure, Kshipra, Hatakeyama, Hiroto, McGuire, Michael, Rupaimoole, Rajesha, Miyake, Takahito, Taylor, Morgan, Pradeep, Sunila, Nagaraja, Archana, Sierant, Malgorzata, Singhania, Richa, Rodriguez-Aguayo, Cristian, McMillan, Nigel, Lopez-Berestein, Gabriel, Ram, Prahlad, Nawrot, Barbara and Sood, Anil K. (2014). Evoking potent RNAi response using novel 2 '-OMe-phosphorodithioated modified siRNAs. 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), San Diego, CA United States, 05-09 April 2014. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-1406
(2023–2026) NHMRC IDEAS Grants
(2019–2022) NHMRC Project Grant
(2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2019) UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards
(2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Re-activating anti-tumour immunity by targeting N-MYC-Lec7 axis in ovarian cancer
(2018–2021) Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation
Re-activating anti-tumor immunity using non-coding RNAs
(2018–2020) Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation Alliance
Re-activating anti-tumour immunity by targeting N-MYC-Lec7 axis in ovarian cancer
(2018) Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation
The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer Progression and Therapeutics
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Investigating the role of exosomes in cancer progression and immunology
Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Using RNAi strategies to break down immune barriers in ovarian cancer
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor