Inhibition of Hedgehog signaling enhances delivery of chemotherapy in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer

…, SP Winter, H Ireland-Zecchini, S Reichelt, WJ Howat… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is among the most lethal human cancers in part
because it is insensitive to many chemotherapeutic drugs. Studying a mouse model of PDA …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue fixation and the effect of molecular fixatives on downstream staining procedures

WJ Howat, BA Wilson - Methods, 2014 - Elsevier
It is impossible to underplay the importance of fixation in histopathology. Whether the scientist
is interested in the extraction of information on lipids, proteins, RNA or DNA, fixation is …

Regulation of ERBB2 by oestrogen receptor–PAX2 determines response to tamoxifen

…, RI Nicholson, M Brown, J Jiang, WJ Howat… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Crosstalk between the oestrogen receptor (ER) and ERBB2/HER-2 pathways has long been
implicated in breast cancer aetiology and drug response 1 , yet no direct connection at a …

High numbers of tumor-infiltrating programmed cell death 1–positive regulatory lymphocytes are associated with improved overall survival in follicular lymphoma

…, A Martinez, R Hamoudi, WJ Howat… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Tumor microenvironment influences the behavior of follicular lymphoma (FL),
although the specific cell subsets involved are not well known. The aim of this study was to …

Application of phage display to high throughput antibody generation and characterization

…, MR Dyson, G Flack, GJ Griffin, Y Hooks, WJ Howat… - Genome biology, 2007 - Springer
We have created a high quality phage display library containing over 10 10 human antibodies
and describe its use in the generation of antibodies on an unprecedented scale. We have …

Elevated levels of G-quadruplex formation in human stomach and liver cancer tissues

G Biffi, D Tannahill, J Miller, WJ Howat… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Four-stranded G-quadruplex DNA secondary structures have recently been visualized in the
nuclei of human cultured cells. Here, we show that BG4, a G-quadruplex-specific antibody, …

SPARC independent drug delivery and antitumour effects of nab-paclitaxel in genetically engineered mice

A Neesse, KK Frese, DS Chan, TE Bapiro, WJ Howat… - Gut, 2014 - gut.bmj.com
Design Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters of cremophor-paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel
(human-albumin-bound paclitaxel, Abraxane) and a novel mouse-albumin-bound …

[HTML][HTML] Antibody validation of immunohistochemistry for biomarker discovery: recommendations of a consortium of academic and pharmaceutical based …

WJ Howat, A Lewis, P Jones, C Kampf, F Pontén… - Methods, 2014 - Elsevier
As biomarker discovery takes centre-stage, the role of immunohistochemistry within that
process is increasing. At the same time, the number of antibodies being produced for “research …

MRI with hyperpolarised [1-13C] pyruvate detects advanced pancreatic preneoplasia prior to invasive disease in a mouse model

…, DY Lewis, KK Frese, J Almeida, WJ Howat… - Gut, 2016 - gut.bmj.com
Objectives Pancreatic cancer (PCa) is treatable by surgery when detected at an early stage.
Non-invasive imaging methods able to detect both established tumours and their precursor …

Gamma secretase inhibition promotes hypoxic necrosis in mouse pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

…, JL Miller, SS Rao, T Demuth, WJ Howat… - Journal of Experimental …, 2012 - rupress.org
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The Notch pathway is activated in human and mouse PDA and
can be inhibited by a GSI Consistent with prior studies (Hingorani et al., 2003; Miyamoto et …