Publications

  • Riedl J, Pickett-Leonard M, Eide C, Kluth MA, Ganss C, Frank NY, Frank MH, Ebens CL, Tolar J. ABCB5+ dermal mesenchymal stromal cells with favorable skin homing and local immunomodulation for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa treatment. Stem Cells. 2021 Jul;39(7):897-903. PMID: 33609408. View in: PubMed
  • Frank MH, Wilson BJ, Gold JS, Frank NY. Clinical Implications of colorectal cancer stem cells in the age of single-cell OMICs and targeted therapies. Gastroenterology. 2021 May;160(6):1947-1960. View in: PubMed
  • Zu T, Wang D, Xu S, Lee CAA, Zhen E, Yoon CH, Abarzua P, Wang S, Frank NY, Wu X, Lian CG, Murphy GF. ATF-3 expression inhibits melanoma growth by downregulating ERK and AKT pathways. Lab Invest. 2021 May;101(5):636-647. PMID: 33299127. View in: PubMed
  • Kerstan A, Niebergall-Roth E, Esterlechner J, Schröder HM, Gasser M, Waaga-Gasser AM, Goebeler M, Rak K, Schrüfer P, Endres S, Hagenbusch P, Kraft K, Dieter K, Ballikaya S, Stemler N, Sadeghi S, Tappenbeck N, Murphy GF, Orgill DP, Frank NY, Ganss C, Scharffetter-Kochanek K, Frank MH, Kluth MA. Ex vivo-expanded highly pure ABCB5 + mesenchymal stromal cells as Good Manufacturing Practice-compliant autologous advanced therapy medicinal product for clinical use: process validation and first in-human data. Cytotherapy. 2021 Feb;23(2):165-175. PMID: 33011075. View in: PubMed
  • Lee CAA, Banerjee P, Wilson BJ, Wu S, Guo Q, Berg G, Karpova S, Mishra A, Lian JW, Tran J, Emmerich M, Murphy GF, Frank MH, Frank NY. Targeting the ABC transporter ABCB5 sensitizes glioblastoma to temozolomide-induced apoptosis through a cell-cycle checkpoint regulation mechanism. J Biol Chem. 2020 May 29;295(22):7774-7788. PMID: 32317280. View in: PubMed
  • Li F, Yuan CWY, Xu S, Zu T, Woappi Y, Lee CAA, Abarzua PN, Wells M, Ramsey MR, Frank NY, Wu X, Mandinova A, Frank MH, Lian CG, Murphy GF. Loss of the Epigenetic Mark, 5-hmC, in Psoriasis: Implications for Epidermal Stem Cell Dysregulation. J Invest Dermatol. 2020 Jun;140(6):1266-1275.e3. PMID: 31837302. View in: PubMed
  • Sasamoto Y, Sasamoto N, Tran J, Mishra A, Ksander BR, Frank MH, Frank NY. Investigation of factors associated with ABCB5-positive limbal stem cell isolation yields from human donors. Ocul Surf. 2020 Jan;18(1):114-120. PMID: 31655212. View in: PubMed
  • Vander Beken S, de Vries JC, Meier-Schiesser B, Meyer P, Jiang D, Sindrilaru A, Ferreira FF, Hainzl A, Schatz S, Muschhammer J, Scheurmann NJ, Kampilafkos P, Seitz AM, Dürselen L, Ignatius A, Kluth MA, Ganss C, Wlaschek M, Singh K, Maity P, Frank NY, Frank MH, Scharffetter-Kochanek K.  Newly defined ABCB5+ dermal mesenchymal stem cells promote healing of chronic iron overload wounds via secretion of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. Stem Cells. 2019 Aug;37(8):1057-1074. PMID: 31002437. View in: PubMed
  • Tappenbeck N, Schröder HM, Niebergall-Roth E, Hassinger F, Dehio U, Dieter K, Kraft K, Kerstan A, Esterlechner J, Frank NY, Scharffetter-Kochanek K, Murphy GF, Orgill DP, Beck J, Frank MH, Ganss C, Kluth MA. Cytotherapy. In vivo safety profile and biodistribution of GMP-manufactured human skin-derived ABCB5-positive mesenchymal stromal cells for use in clinical trials. Cytotherapy. 2019 May;21(5):546-560. PMID: 30878384. View in: PubMed
  • Velilla J, Marchetti MM, Toth-Petroczy A, Grosgogeat C, Bennett AH, Carmichael N, Estrella E, Darras BT, Frank NY, Krier J, Gaudet R, Gupta VA. Homozygous TRPV4 mutation causes congenital distal spinal muscular atrophy and arthrogryposis. Neurol Genet. 2019 Mar 7;5(2):e312. PMID: 31041394. View in: PubMed
  • Haghighi A, Krier JB, Toth-Petroczy A, Cassa CA, Frank NY, Carmichael N, Fieg E, Bjonnes A, Mohanty A, Briere LC, Lincoln S, Lucia S, Gupta VA, Söylemez O, Sutti S, Kooshesh K, Qiu H, Fay CJ, Perroni V, Valerius J, Hanna M, Frank AM, Ouahed J, Snapper SB, Pantazi A, Chopra SS, Leshchiner I, Stitziel NO, Feldweg A, Mannstadt M, Loscalzo J, Sweetser DA, Liao E, Stoler JM, Nowak CB, Sanchez-Lara PA, Klein OD, Perry H, Patsopoulos NA, Raychaudhuri S, Goessling W, Green RC, Seidman CE, MacRae CA, Sunyaev SR, Maas RL, Vuzman D. An integrated clinical program and crowdsourcing strategy for genomic sequencing and Mendelian disease gene discovery. NPJ Genom Med. 2018; 3:21. PMID: 30131872. View in: PubMed
  • Guo Q, Grimmig T, Gonzalez G, Giobbie-Hurder A, Berg G, Carr N, Wilson BJ, Banerjee P, Ma J, Gold JS, Nandi B, Huang Q, Waaga-Gasser AM, Lian CG, Murphy GF, Frank MH, Gasser M, Frank NY. ATP-binding cassette member B5 (ABCB5) promotes tumor cell invasiveness in human colorectal cancer. J Biol Chem. 2018 07 13; 293(28):11166-78. PMID: 29789423. View in: PubMed
  • Sasamoto Y, Ksander BR, Frank MH, Frank NY. Repairing the corneal epithelium using limbal stem cells or alternative cell-based therapies. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2018 05; 18(5):505-513. PMID: 29471701. View in: PubMed
  • Gonzalez G, Sasamoto Y, Ksander BR, Frank MH, Frank NY. Limbal stem cells: identity, developmental origin, and therapeutic potential. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. 2018 03; 7(2). PMID: 29105366. View in: PubMed
  • Webber BR, O’Connor KT, McElmurry RT, Durgin EN, Eide CR, Lees CJ, Riddle MJ, Mathews WE, Frank NY, Kluth MA, Ganss C, Moriarity BS, Frank MH, Osborn MJ, Tolar J. Rapid generation of Col7a1-/- mouse model of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa and partial rescue via immunosuppressive dermal mesenchymal stem cells. Lab Invest. 2017 10; 97(10):1218-1224. PMID: 28892093. View in: PubMed
  • Joseph K, Constantino-Silva RN, Grumach AS, Feldweg A, Wright L, Frank NY, Vuzman D, Sharma R, Suffritti C, Cicardi M, Varga L, Farkas H, Bork K, Kaplan AP. Reply. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 May; 139(5):1720-1721. PMID: 28318557. View in: PubMed
  • O’Donnell-Luria AH, Lin AP, Merugumala SK, Rohr F, Waisbren SE, Lynch R, Tchekmedyian V, Goldberg AD, Bellinger A, McFaline-Figueroa JR, Simon T, Gershanik EF, Levy BD, Cohen DE, Samuels MA, Berry GT, Frank NY. Brain MRS glutamine as a biomarker to guide therapy of hyperammonemic coma. Mol Genet Metab. 2017 05; 121(1):9-15. PMID: 28408159. View in: PubMed
  • Hermanns C, Hampl V, Holzer K, Aigner A, Penkava J, Frank NY, Martin DE, Maier KC, Waldburger N, Roessler S, Goppelt-Struebe M, Akrap I, Thavamani A, Singer S, Nordheim A, Gudermann T, Muehlich S. The novel MKL target gene myoferlin modulates expansion and senescence of hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncogene. 2017 06 15; 36(24):3464-3476. PMID: 28114277. View in: PubMed
  • Shapiro M, Nandi B, Gonzalez G, Prabhala RH, Mashimo H, Huang Q, Frank NY, Munshi NC, Gold JS. Deficiency of the immunostimulatory cytokine IL-21 promotes intestinal neoplasia via dysregulation of the Th1/Th17 axis. Oncoimmunology. 2017; 6(1):e1261776. PMID: 28197386. View in: PubMed
  • Casey J, Vaidya A, Frank NY, Beckman JA, Miller A. Dissecting a Case of Abdominal Pain. N Engl J Med. 2016 10 27; 375(17):e35. PMID: 27783920. View in: PubMed
  • Siemeni T, Knöfel AK, Madrahimov N, Sommer W, Avsar M, Salman J, Ius F, Frank NY, Büchler G, Jonigk D, Jansson K, Maus U, Tudorache I, Falk CS, Haverich A, Warnecke G. In Vivo Development of Transplant Arteriosclerosis in Humanized Mice Reflects Alloantigen Recognition and Peripheral Treg Phenotype of Lung Transplant Recipients. Am J Transplant. 2016 11; 16(11):3150-3162. PMID: 27273729. View in: PubMed
  • Lee VS, Halabi CM, Hoffman EP, Carmichael N, Leshchiner I, Lian CG, Bierhals AJ, Vuzman D, Mecham RP, Frank NY, Stitziel NO. Loss of function mutation in LOX causes thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 08 02; 113(31):8759-64. PMID: 27432961; PMCID: PMC4978273 [Available on 02/02/17]. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Jiang D, Muschhammer J, Qi Y, Kügler A, de Vries JC, Saffarzadeh M, Sindrilaru A, Beken SV, Wlaschek M, Kluth MA, Ganss C, Frank NY, Frank MH, Preissner KT, Scharffetter-Kochanek K. Suppression of Neutrophil-Mediated Tissue Damage-A Novel Skill of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Stem Cells. 2016 09; 34(9):2393-406. PMID: 27299700. View in: PubMed
  • Nandi B, Shapiro M, Samur MK, Pai C, Frank NY, Yoon C, Prabhala RH, Munshi NC, Gold JS. Stromal CCR6 drives tumor growth in a murine transplantable colon cancer through recruitment of tumor-promoting macrophages. Oncoimmunology. 2016 Aug; 5(8):e1189052. PMID: 27622061; PMCID: PMC5007974 [Available on 05/24/17]. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Cassa CA, Smith SE, Docken W, Hoffman E, McLaughlin H, Chun S, Leshchiner I, Miraoui H, Raychaudhuri S, Frank NY, Wilson BJ, Sunyaev SR, Maas RL, Vuzman D. An argument for early genomic sequencing in atypical cases: a WISP3 variant leads to diagnosis of progressive pseudorheumatoid arthropathy of childhood. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Mar; 55(3):586-9. PMID: 26493744; PMCID: PMC5009447 [Available on 03/01/17]. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Schatton T, Yang J, Kleffel S, Uehara M, Barthel SR, Schlapbach C, Zhan Q, Dudeney S, Mueller H, Lee N, de Vries JC, Meier B, Vander Beken S, Kluth MA, Ganss C, Sharpe AH, Waaga-Gasser AM, Sayegh MH, Abdi R, Scharffetter-Kochanek K, Murphy GF, Kupper TS, Frank NY, Frank MH. ABCB5 Identifies Immunoregulatory Dermal Cells. Cell Rep. 2015 Sep 08; 12(10):1564-74. PMID: 26321644. View in: PubMed
  • Sheu J, Divito SJ, Hoffman EP, Frank NY, Merola JF. Mosaic focal dermal hypoplasia caused by a novel somatic mutation in PORCN detected in affected skin. Br J Dermatol. 2015 Aug; 173(2):568-70. PMID: 25640089. View in: PubMed
  • de Waard NE, Kolovou PE, McGuire SP, Cao J, Frank NY, Frank MH, Jager MJ, Ksander BR. Expression of Multidrug Resistance Transporter ABCB5 in a Murine Model of Human Conjunctival Melanoma. Ocul Oncol Pathol. 2015 Apr; 1(3):182-189. PMID: 25960995. View in: PubMed
  • Frank MH, Frank NY. Restoring the cornea from limbal stem cells. Regen Med. 2015; 10(1):1-4. PMID: 25562345; PMCID: PMC4293634. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Ksander BR, Kolovou PE, Wilson BJ, Saab KR, Guo Q, Ma J, McGuire SP, Gregory MS, Vincent WJ, Perez VL, Cruz-Guilloty F, Kao WW, Call MK, Tucker BA, Zhan Q, Murphy GF, Lathrop KL, Alt C, Mortensen LJ, Lin CP, Zieske JD, Frank MH, Frank NY. ABCB5 is a limbal stem cell gene required for corneal development and repair. Nature. 2014 Jul 17; 511(7509):353-7. PMID: 25030174; PMCID: PMC4246512. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Wilson BJ, Saab KR, Ma J, Schatton T, Pütz P, Zhan Q, Murphy GF, Gasser M, Waaga-Gasser AM, Frank NY, Frank MH. ABCB5 maintains melanoma-initiating cells through a proinflammatory cytokine signaling circuit. Cancer Res. 2014 Aug 01; 74(15):4196-207. PMID: 24934811; PMCID: PMC4119553. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Volpicelli ER, Lezcano C, Zhan Q, Girouard SD, Kindelberger DW, Frank MH, Frank NY, Crum CP, Murphy GF. The multidrug-resistance transporter ABCB5 is expressed in human placenta. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2014 Jan; 33(1):45-51. PMID: 24300535; PMCID: PMC3909935. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Timerman D, Frank NY. Novel double heterozygous mutations in MEFV and NLRP3 genes in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever. J Clin Rheumatol. 2013 Dec; 19(8):452-3. PMID: 24263150. View in: PubMed
  • Murphy GF, Wilson BJ, Girouard SD, Frank NY, Frank MH. Stem cells and targeted approaches to melanoma cure. Mol Aspects Med. 2014 Oct; 39:33-49. PMID: 24145241; PMCID: PMC3992197. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Lin JY, Zhang M, Schatton T, Wilson BJ, Alloo A, Ma J, Qureshi AA, Frank NY, Han J, Frank MH. Genetically determined ABCB5 functionality correlates with pigmentation phenotype and melanoma risk. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Jul 05; 436(3):536-42. PMID: 23770371; PMCID: PMC3756469. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Wilson BJ, Schatton T, Zhan Q, Gasser M, Ma J, Saab KR, Schanche R, Waaga-Gasser AM, Gold JS, Huang Q, Murphy GF, Frank MH, Frank NY. ABCB5 identifies a therapy-refractory tumor cell population in colorectal cancer patients. Cancer Res. 2011 Aug 01; 71(15):5307-16. PMID: 21652540; PMCID: PMC3395026. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Wilson BJ, Schatton T, Frank MH, Frank NY. Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells: Biology and Therapeutic Implications. Curr Colorectal Cancer Rep. 2011 Jun; 7(2):128-135. PMID: 21552371. View in: PubMed
  • Frank NY, Schatton T, Kim S, Zhan Q, Wilson BJ, Ma J, Saab KR, Osherov V, Widlund HR, Gasser M, Waaga-Gasser AM, Kupper TS, Murphy GF, Frank MH. VEGFR-1 expressed by malignant melanoma-initiating cells is required for tumor growth. Cancer Res. 2011 Feb 15; 71(4):1474-85. PMID: 21212411; PMCID: PMC3083845. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Ma J, Lin JY, Alloo A, Wilson BJ, Schatton T, Zhan Q, Murphy GF, Waaga-Gasser AM, Gasser M, Stephen Hodi F, Frank NY, Frank MH. Isolation of tumorigenic circulating melanoma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Nov 26; 402(4):711-7. PMID: 20977885; PMCID: PMC2998991. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Izawa A, Schatton T, Frank NY, Ueno T, Yamaura K, Pendse SS, Margaryan A, Grimm M, Gasser M, Waaga-Gasser AM, Sayegh MH, Frank MH. A novel in vivo regulatory role of P-glycoprotein in alloimmunity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Apr 09; 394(3):646-52. PMID: 20230790; PMCID: PMC3756468. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Schatton T, Schütte U, Frank NY, Zhan Q, Hoerning A, Robles SC, Zhou J, Hodi FS, Spagnoli GC, Murphy GF, Frank MH. Modulation of T-cell activation by malignant melanoma initiating cells. Cancer Res. 2010 Jan 15; 70(2):697-708. PMID: 20068175; PMCID: PMC2883769. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Frank NY, Schatton T, Frank MH. The therapeutic promise of the cancer stem cell concept. J Clin Invest. 2010 Jan; 120(1):41-50. PMID: 20051635; PMCID: PMC2798700. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Schatton T, Frank NY, Frank MH. Identification and targeting of cancer stem cells. Bioessays. 2009 Oct; 31(10):1038-49. PMID: 19708024; PMCID: PMC2887758. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Frank NY, Frank MH. ABCB5 gene amplification in human leukemia cells. Leuk Res. 2009 Oct; 33(10):1303-5. PMID: 19477512; PMCID: PMC2760090. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Schatton T, Frank NY, Frank MH. Solid tumor stem cells – implications for cancer therapy. Regulatory Networks in Stem Cells. Ed. by V.K. Rajasekhar and M.C. Vemuri. 2009.
  • Schatton T, Murphy GF, Frank NY, Yamaura K, Waaga-Gasser AM, Gasser M, Zhan Q, Jordan S, Duncan LM, Weishaupt C, Fuhlbrigge RC, Kupper TS, Sayegh MH, Frank MH. Identification of cells initiating human melanomas. Nature. 2008 Jan 17; 451(7176):345-9. PMID: 18202660; PMCID: PMC3660705. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Frank NY, Kho AT, Schatton T, Murphy GF, Molloy MJ, Zhan Q, Ramoni MF, Frank MH, Kohane IS, Gussoni E. Regulation of myogenic progenitor proliferation in human fetal skeletal muscle by BMP4 and its antagonist Gremlin. J Cell Biol. 2006 Oct 09; 175(1):99-110. PMID: 17015616; PMCID: PMC2064502. View in: PubMed, PubMed Central
  • Muskiewicz KR, Frank NY, Flint AF, Gussoni E. Myogenic potential of muscle side and main population cells after intravenous injection into sub-lethally irradiated mdx mice. J Histochem Cytochem. 2005 Jul; 53(7):861-73. PMID: 15995145. View in: PubMed
  • Frank NY, Margaryan A, Huang Y, Schatton T, Waaga-Gasser AM, Gasser M, Sayegh MH, Sadee W, Frank MH. ABCB5-mediated doxorubicin transport and chemoresistance in human malignant melanoma. Cancer Res. 2005 May 15; 65(10):4320-33. PMID: 15899824. View in: PubMed
  • Rigol N, Frank NY, Margaryan A, Schatton T, Frank MH. Differential expression of ABCB5 multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein in human breast cancer cell lines. June 8-11, Abstract P66-7. 2005; 467.
  • Frank NY, Margaryan A, Huang Y, Waaga-Gasser AM, Gasser M, Sayegh MH, Sadee W, Frank MH. ABCB5-mediated doxorubicin transport and chemoresistance in human malignant melanoma. American Association for Cancer Research 96th Annual Meeting, April 16-20,. 2005.
  • Frank NY, Tishler P. Chapter 16: Congentinal, metabolic and neuromuscular disorders in Respiratory Genetics. Ed. By Silverman, Weiss & Shapiro. 2005.
  • Frank NY, Frank MH, Gussoni E.ABCB5 P-glycoprotein is a molecular marker of the Hoechst 33342 side population phenotype among human fetal skeletal muscle cells. The FASEB Journal (oral presentation). 2004; 18(4):A183.
  • Frank NY, Pendse SS, Lapchak PH, Margaryan A, Shlain D, Doeing C, Sayegh MH, Frank MH. Regulation of progenitor cell fusion by ABCB5 P-glycoprotein, a novel human ATP-binding cassette transporter. J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 21; 278(47):47156-65. PMID: 12960149. View in: PubMed
  • Frank NY, Pendse S, Lapchak PH, Doeing C, Sayegh MH, Frank MH. Regulation of progenitor cell fusion by ABCB5 P-glycoprotein, a novel human ATP-binding cassette transporter. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2003; 73(5 Supplement):327.
  • Melnik (Frank) N, Yutzey KE, Gannon M, Bader D.  Commitment, differentiation, and diversification of avian cardiac progenitor cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1995; (752):1-8.
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