Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
2018
Ge Z, Leighton JS, Wang Y, Peng X, Chen Z, Chen H, Sun Y, Yao F, Li J, Zhang H, Liu J, Shriver CD, Hu H, Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, Piwnica-Worms H, Ma L, Liang H. Integrated genomic analysis of the ubiquitin pathway across cancer types. Cell Rep 23(1):213-226.e3, 4/2018. PMID: 29617661.
Zhang P, Xiao Z, Wang S, Zhang M, Wei Y, Hang Q, Kim J, Yao F, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Ton BN, Lee M, Wang Y, Zhou Z, Zeng L, Hu X, Lawhon SE, Siverly AN, Su X, Li J, Xie X, Cheng X, Liu LC, Chang HW, Chiang SF, Lopez-Berestein G, Sood AK, Chen J, You MJ, Sun SC, Liang H, Huang Y, Yang X, Sun D, Sun Y, Hung MC, Ma L. ZRANB1 is an EZH2 deubiquitinase and a potential therapeutic target in breast cancer. Cell Rep 23(3):823-837, 4/2018. PMID: 29669287.
Yao F, Zhou Z, Kim J, Hang Q, Xiao Z, Ton BN, Chang L, Liu N, Zeng L, Wang W, Wang Y, Zhang P, Hu X, Su X, Liang H, Sun Y, Ma L. SKP2- and OTUD1-regulated non-proteolytic ubiquitination of YAP promotes YAP nuclear localization and activity. Nat Commun 9(1):2269, 6/2018. e-Pub 6/2018. PMCID: PMC5995870.
Kim J, Piao HL, Kim BJ, Yao F, Han Z, Wang Y, Xiao Z, Siverly AN, Lawhon SE, Ton BN, Lee H, Zhou Z, Gan B, Nakagawa S, Ellis MJ, Liang H, Hung MC, You MJ, Sun Y, Ma L. Long non-coding RNA MALAT1 suppresses breast cancer metastasis. Nat Genet 50(12):1705-1715, 12/2018. e-Pub 10/2018. PMCID: PMC6265076.
Kim J, Alavi Naini F, Sun Y, Ma L. Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 2a (USP2a) deubiquitinates and stabilizes β-catenin. Am J Cancer Res 8(9):1823-1836, 2018. e-Pub 9/2018. PMCID: PMC6176183.
2017
Wang L, Zhang P, Molkentine DP, Chen C, Molkentine JM, Piao H, Raju U, Zhang J, Valdecanas DR, Tailor RC, Thames HD, Buchholz TA, Chen J, Ma L, Mason KA, Ang KK, Meyn RE, Skinner HD. TRIP12 as a mediator of human papillomavirus/p16-related radiation enhancement effects. Oncogene 36(6):820-828, 2/2017. e-Pub 7/2016. PMCID: PMC5434711.
Yuan T, Yang Y, Chen J, Li W, Li W, Zhang Q, Mi Y, Goswami RS, You JQ, Lin D, Qian MD, Calin S, Liang Y, Miranda RN, Calin GA, Zhou X, Ma L, Zweidler-McKay PA, Liu B, Weng AP, Medeiros LJ, Zhang Y, You MJ. Regulation of PI3K signaling in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a novel PTEN/Ikaros/miR-26b mechanism reveals a critical targetable role for PIK3CD. Leukemia 31(11):2355-2364, 11/2017. e-Pub 3/2017. PMID: 28280276.
Zhou Z, Zhang P, Hu X, Kim J, Yao F, Xiao Z, Zeng L, Chang L, Sun Y, Ma L. USP51 promotes deubiquitination and stabilization of ZEB1. Am J Cancer Res 7(10):2020-2031, 2017. e-Pub 10/2017. PMCID: PMC5665849.
2016
Lee H, Dai F, Zhuang L, Xiao ZD, Kim J, Zhang Y, Ma L, You MJ, Wang Z, Gan B. BAF180 regulates cellular senescence and hematopoietic stem cell homeostasis through p21. Oncotarget 7(15):19134-46, 4/2016. PMCID: PMC4991371.
Fan J, Tea MK, Yang C, Ma L, Meng QH, Hu TY, Singer CF, Ferrari M. Profiling of crossfunctional peptidases regulated circulating peptides in BRCA1 mutant breast cancer. J Proteome Res 15(5):1534-45, 5/2016. e-Pub 4/2016. PMID: 27058005.
Kim J, Siverly AN, Chen D, Wang M, Yuan Y, Wang Y, Lee H, Zhang J, Muller WJ, Liang H, Gan B, Yang X, Sun Y, You MJ, Ma L. Ablation of miR-10b suppresses oncogene-induced mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis and reactivates tumor-suppressive pathways. Cancer Res 76(21):6424-6435, 11/2016. e-Pub 8/2016. PMCID: PMC5093036.
2014
Chen D, Sun Y, Yuan Y, Han Z, Zhang P, Zhang J, You MJ, Teruya-Feldstein J, Wang M, Gupta S, Hung MC, Liang H, Ma L. miR-100 induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition but suppresses tumorigenesis, migration and invasion. PLoS Genet 10(2):e1004177, 2/2014. e- Pub 2/2014. PMCID: PMC3937226.
Piao HL, Yuan Y, Wang M, Sun Y, Liang H, Ma L. α-catenin acts as a tumour suppressor in E-cadherin-negative basal-like breast cancer by inhibiting NF-κB signalling. Nat Cell Biol 16(3):245-54, 3/2014. e-Pub 2/2014. PMCID: PMC3943677.
Lin A, Piao HL, Zhuang L, Sarbassov dos D, Ma L, Gan B. FoxO transcription factors promote AKT Ser473 phosphorylation and renal tumor growth in response to pharmacological inhibition of the PI3K-AKT pathway. Cancer Res 74(6):1682-93, 3/2014. e- Pub 1/2014. PMCID: PMC4087030.
Zhang P, Wei Y, Wang L, Debeb BG, Yuan Y, Zhang J, Yuan J, Wang M, Chen D, Sun Y, Woodward WA, Liu Y, Dean DC, Liang H, Hu Y, Ang KK, Hung MC, Chen J, Ma L. ATM-mediated stabilization of ZEB1 promotes DNA damage response and radioresistance through CHK1. Nat Cell Biol 16(9):864-75, 9/2014. e-Pub 8/2014. PMCID: PMC4150825.
Zhang P, Wang L, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Yuan Y, Debeb BG, Chen D, Sun Y, You MJ, Liu Y, Dean DC, Woodward WA, Liang H, Yang X, Lopez-Berestein G, Sood AK, Hu Y, Ang KK, Chen J, Ma L. miR-205 acts as a tumour radiosensitizer by targeting ZEB1 and Ubc13. Nat Commun 5:5671, 2014. e-Pub 12/2014. PMCID: PMC4377070.
2013
Zhang J, Zhang P, Wei Y, Piao HL, Wang W, Maddika S, Wang M, Chen D, Sun Y, Hung MC, Chen J, Ma L. Deubiquitylation and stabilization of PTEN by USP13. Nat Cell Biol 15(12):1486-94, 12/2013. e-Pub 11/2013. PMCID: PMC3951854.
2012
Chen D, Sun Y, Wei Y, Zhang P, Rezaeian AH, Teruya-Feldstein J, Gupta S, Liang H, Lin HK, Hung MC, Ma L. LIFR is a breast cancer metastasis suppressor upstream of the Hippo-YAP pathway and a prognostic marker. Nat Med 18(10):1511-7, 10/2012. e-Pub 9/2012.PMCID: PMC3684419.
2010
Ma L, Young J, Prabhala H, Pan E, Mestdagh P, Muth D, Teruya-Feldstein J, Reinhardt F, Onder TT, Valastyan S, Westermann F, Speleman F, Vandesompele J, Weinberg RA. miR-9, a MYC/MYCN-activated microRNA, regulates E-cadherin and cancer metastasis. Nat Cell Biol 12(3):247-56, 3/2010. e-Pub 2/2010. PMCID: PMC2845545.
Ma L, Reinhardt F, Pan E, Soutschek J, Bhat B, Marcusson EG, Teruya-Feldstein J, Bell GW, Weinberg RA. Therapeutic silencing of miR-10b inhibits metastasis in a mouse mammary tumor model. Nat Biotechnol 28(4):341-7, 4/2010. e-Pub 3/2010. PMCID: PMC2852471.
2004-2009
Ruggero D, Montanaro L, Ma L, Xu W, Londei P, Cordon-Cardo C, Pandolfi PP. The translation factor eIF-4E promotes tumor formation and cooperates with c-Myc in lymphomagenesis. Nature Medicine 10(5):484-486, 5/2004. PMID: 15098029.
Chen Z, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Pandolfi PP. Phosphorylation and functional inactivation of TSC2 by Erk: implications for tuberous sclerosis and cancer pathogenesis. Cell 121(2):179-193, 4/2005. PMID: 15851026.
Ma L, Teruya-Feldstein J, Behrendt N, Chen Z, Noda T, Hino O, Cordon-Cardo C, Pandolfi PP. Genetic analysis of Pten and Tsc2 functional interactions in the mouse reveals asymmetrical haploinsufficiency in tumor suppression. Genes & Development 19(15):1779- 1786, 8/2005. PMCID: PMC1182340.
Hernando E, Charytonowicz E, Dudas ME, Menendez S, Matushansky I, Mills J, Socci ND, Behrendt N, Ma L, Maki RG, Pandolfi PP, Cordon-Cardo C. The AKT-mTOR pathway plays a critical role in the development of leiomyosarcomas. Nat Med 13(6):748-753, 6/2007. e-Pub 5/2007. PMID: 17496901.
Ma L, Teruya-Feldstein J, Bonner P, Bernardi R, Franz DN, Witte D, Cordon-Cardo C, Pandolfi PP. Identification of S664 TSC2 phosphorylation as a marker for extracellular signal- regulated kinase mediated mTOR activation in tuberous sclerosis and human cancer. Cancer Research 67(15):7106-7112, 8/2007. PMID: 17671177.
Ma L, Teruya-Feldstein J, Weinberg RA. Tumour invasion and metastasis initiated by microRNA-10b in breast cancer. Nature 449(7163):682-688, 10/2007. PMID: 17898713
*Carracedo A, *Ma L, Teruya-Feldstein J, Rojo F, Salmena L, Alimonti A, Egia A, Sasaki AT, Thomas G, Kozma SC, Papa A, Nardella C, Cantley LC, Baselga J, Pandolfi PP. Inhibition of mTORC1 leads to MAPK pathway activation through a PI3K-dependent feedback loop in human cancer. J Clin Invest 118(9):3065-74, 9/2008. PMCID: PMC2518073. *: co-first authors.
Distefano G, Boca M, Rowe I, Wodarczyk C, Ma L, Piontek KB, Germino GG, Pandolfi PP, Boletta A. Polycystin-1 regulates extracellular signal-regulated kinase-dependent phosphorylation of tuberin to control cell size through mTOR and its downstream effectors S6K and 4EBP1. Mol Cell Biol 29(9):2359-71, 5/2009. e-Pub 3/2009. PMCID: PMC2668371.
Invited Articles
2019
Sun Y, Ma L. New insights into long non-coding RNA MALAT1 in cancer and metastasis. Cancer (Basel) 11(2), 2/2019. e-Pub 2/2019. PMID: 30781877.
2018
Kirsch DG, Diehn M, Kesarwala AH, Maity A, Morgan MA, Schwarz JK, Bristow R, Demaria S, Eke I, Griffin RJ, Haas-Kogan D, Higgins GS, Kimmelman AC, Kimple RJ, Lombaert IM, Ma L, Marples B, Pajonk F, Park CC, Schaue D, Bernhard EJ. The Future of Radiobiology. J Natl Cancer Inst 110(4):329-340, 4/2018. PMID: 29126306.
Yao F, Xiao Z, Sun Y, Ma L. SKP2 and OTUD1 govern non-proteolytic ubiquitination of YAP that promotes YAP nuclear localization and activity. Cell Stress 2(9):233-235, 8/2018. e-Pub 8/2018. PMCID: PMC6558927.
2017
Kim J, Yao F, Xiao Z, Sun Y, Ma L. MicroRNAs and metastasis: small RNAs play big roles. Cancer Metastasis Rev 37(1):5-15, 3/2018. e-Pub 12/2017. PMCID: PMC5803344.
2016
Ma L. Preface. Cancer Metastasis Rev 35(4):493-494, 12/2016. PMID: 27858304.
Xiao Z, Zhang P, Ma L. The role of deubiquitinases in breast cancer. Cancer Metastasis Rev 35(4):589-600, 12/2016. PMCID: PMC5215973.
2015
Sun Y, Ma L. The emerging molecular machinery and therapeutic targets of metastasis. Trends Pharmacol Sci 36(6):349-59, 6/2015. e-Pub 5/2015. PMCID: PMC4461477.
Zhang P, Sun Y, Ma L. ZEB1: at the crossroads of epithelial-mesenchymal transition, metastasis and therapy resistance. Cell Cycle 14(4):0, 2015. e-Pub 1/2015. PMCID: PMC4614883.
2014
Sun Y, Zhang J, Ma L. α-catenin: A tumor suppressor beyond adherens junctions. Cell Cycle 13(15). e-Pub 7/2014. PMCID: PMC4128878.
Ma L. Determinants of breast cancer progression. Sci Transl Med 6(243):243fs25, 7/2014. e-Pub 7/2014. PMCID: PMC4157363.
2013
Zhang J, Zhang P, Wang L, Piao HL, Ma L. Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR in carcinogenesis and metastasis. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 46(1):1-5, 1/2014. e- Pub 10/2013. PMCID: PMC3869294.
2012
Piao HL, Ma L. Non-coding RNAs as regulators of mammary development and breast cancer. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 17(1):33-42, 3/2012. e-Pub 2/2012. PMID: 22350981.
Zhang J, Ma L. MicroRNA control of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis. Cancer Metastasis Rev 31(3-4):653-62, 12/2012. e-Pub 6/2012. PMID: 22684369.
2007-2010
Ma L, Weinberg RA. MicroRNAs in malignant progression. Cell Cycle 7(5):570-572, 3/2008. e-Pub 12/2007. PMID: 18256538.
Ma L, Weinberg RA. Micromanagers of malignancy: role of microRNAs in regulating metastasis. Trends Genet 24(9):448-456, 9/2008. e-Pub 7/2008. PMID: 18674843.
Ma L. Role of miR-10b in breast cancer metastasis. Breast Cancer Res 26(12):210, 2010. e- Pub 10/2010. PMCID: PMC3096969.
Book Chapters
2019
Ma L. MicroRNA and metastasis. In: Adv Cancer Res. 132. Ed(s) Danny Welch & Paul Fisher. Elsevier, 165-207, 2016. PMID: 27613133