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Breadcrumb Leanne Li Li lab Cancer-Neuroscience Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Vacancies Publications Members Publications Displaying 1 - 7 of 7Last updated : 09 June 2023 02:14 The CCL2-CCR2 astrocyte-cancer cell axis in tumor extravasation at the brain Authors (6) Cynthia Hajal Yoojin ShinLeanne Li Jean Carlos Serrano Tyler Jacks Roger D Kamm Science advances Published 23 June 2021 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details Keap1 mutation renders lung adenocarcinomas dependent on Slc33a1 Authors (19) Rodrigo Romero Francisco J Sánchez-Rivera Peter MK Westcott Kim L Mercer Arjun Bhutkar Alexander Muir[...] Caroline A Lewis Peggy P Hsu Roderick T Bronson Matthew G Vander Heiden Tyler Jacks Nature Cancer Published 8 June 2020 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details Identification of DHODH as a therapeutic target in small cell lung cancer Authors (20)Leanne Li Sheng Rong Ng Caterina I Colón Benjamin J Drapkin Peggy P Hsu Zhaoqi Li[...] Mary Clare Beytagh Anna F Farago Matthew G Vander Heiden Nicholas J Dyson Tyler Jacks Science Translational Medicine Published 6 November 2019 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details GKAP acts as a genetic modulator of NMDAR signaling to govern invasive tumor growth Authors (13)Leanne Li Qiqun Zeng Arjun Bhutkar José A Galván Eva Karamitopoulou Daan Noordermeer[...] Aurel Perren Inti Zlobec Hugh Robinson M Luisa Iruela-Arispe Douglas Hanahan Cancer Cell Published 9 April 2018 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details Autocrine, paracrine and necrotic NMDA receptor signalling in mouse pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour cells Authors (2) Hugh PC RobinsonLeanne Li Open Biology Published 20 December 2017 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details Metabolic symbiosis enables adaptive resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy that is dependent on mTOR signaling Authors (7) Elizabeth Allen Pascal Miéville Carmen M Warren Sadegh SaghafiniaLeanne Li Mei-Wen Peng Douglas Hanahan Cell Reports Published 10 May 2016 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details Hijacking the neuronal NMDAR signaling circuit to promote tumor growth and invasion Authors (2)Leanne Li Douglas Hanahan Cell Published 28 March 2013 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
The CCL2-CCR2 astrocyte-cancer cell axis in tumor extravasation at the brain Authors (6) Cynthia Hajal Yoojin ShinLeanne Li Jean Carlos Serrano Tyler Jacks Roger D Kamm Science advances Published 23 June 2021 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details
Keap1 mutation renders lung adenocarcinomas dependent on Slc33a1 Authors (19) Rodrigo Romero Francisco J Sánchez-Rivera Peter MK Westcott Kim L Mercer Arjun Bhutkar Alexander Muir[...] Caroline A Lewis Peggy P Hsu Roderick T Bronson Matthew G Vander Heiden Tyler Jacks Nature Cancer Published 8 June 2020 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details
Identification of DHODH as a therapeutic target in small cell lung cancer Authors (20)Leanne Li Sheng Rong Ng Caterina I Colón Benjamin J Drapkin Peggy P Hsu Zhaoqi Li[...] Mary Clare Beytagh Anna F Farago Matthew G Vander Heiden Nicholas J Dyson Tyler Jacks Science Translational Medicine Published 6 November 2019 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details
GKAP acts as a genetic modulator of NMDAR signaling to govern invasive tumor growth Authors (13)Leanne Li Qiqun Zeng Arjun Bhutkar José A Galván Eva Karamitopoulou Daan Noordermeer[...] Aurel Perren Inti Zlobec Hugh Robinson M Luisa Iruela-Arispe Douglas Hanahan Cancer Cell Published 9 April 2018 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details
Autocrine, paracrine and necrotic NMDA receptor signalling in mouse pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour cells Authors (2) Hugh PC RobinsonLeanne Li Open Biology Published 20 December 2017 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details
Metabolic symbiosis enables adaptive resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy that is dependent on mTOR signaling Authors (7) Elizabeth Allen Pascal Miéville Carmen M Warren Sadegh SaghafiniaLeanne Li Mei-Wen Peng Douglas Hanahan Cell Reports Published 10 May 2016 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details
Hijacking the neuronal NMDAR signaling circuit to promote tumor growth and invasion Authors (2)Leanne Li Douglas Hanahan Cell Published 28 March 2013 Crick labsLeanne LiFull details