Targeting Cancer with a Lupus Autoantibody

James E. Hansen; Grace Chan; Yanfeng Liu; Denise C. Hegan; Shibani Dalal; Eloise Dray; Youngho Kwon; Yuanyuan Xu; Xiaohua Xu; Elizabeth Peterson-Roth; Erik Geiger; Yilun Liu; Joseph Gera; Joann B. Sweasy; Patrick Sung; Sara Rockwell; Robert N. Nishimura; Richard H. Weisbart; Peter M. Glazer

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3004385

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Targeting Cancer with a Lupus Autoantibody

James E. Hansen¹,²,*,
Grace Chan³,
Yanfeng Liu¹,
Denise C. Hegan¹,
Shibani Dalal¹,
Eloise Dray⁴,†,
Youngho Kwon⁴,
Yuanyuan Xu⁴,
Xiaohua Xu⁵,
Elizabeth Peterson-Roth¹,
Erik Geiger¹,
Yilun Liu⁵,
Joseph Gera³,⁶,
Joann B. Sweasy¹,²,⁷,⁸,
Patrick Sung¹,²,⁴,
Sara Rockwell¹,²,⁹,
Robert N. Nishimura³,¹⁰,
Richard H. Weisbart³ and
Peter M. Glazer¹,²,⁸,*

¹Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
²Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
³Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA.
⁴Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
⁵Division of Radiation Biology, Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
⁶David Geffen School of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
⁷Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
⁸Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
⁹Department of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
¹⁰Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

↵*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: james.e.hansen{at}yale.edu (J.E.H.); peter.glazer{at}yale.edu (P.M.G.)

↵† Present address: Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Queensland, Australia.

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Science Translational Medicine 24 Oct 2012:
Vol. 4, Issue 157, pp. 157ra142
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004385

James E. Hansen

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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For correspondence: james.e.hansen@yale.edu peter.glazer@yale.edu

Grace Chan

Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA.

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Yanfeng Liu

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Denise C. Hegan

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Shibani Dalal

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Eloise Dray

Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Youngho Kwon

Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Yuanyuan Xu

Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Xiaohua Xu

Division of Radiation Biology, Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.

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Elizabeth Peterson-Roth

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Erik Geiger

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Yilun Liu

Division of Radiation Biology, Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.

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Joseph Gera

Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA.David Geffen School of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

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Joann B. Sweasy

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Patrick Sung

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Sara Rockwell

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.Department of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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Robert N. Nishimura

Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA.Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

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Richard H. Weisbart

Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA.

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Peter M. Glazer

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

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For correspondence: james.e.hansen@yale.edu peter.glazer@yale.edu

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