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World Ranking
2384
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1268

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Anthony Letai is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Hematology, Oncology, Genetics, and Immunology.

The researcher's work focuses on various specialized topics, including:

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Research
  • CAR-T Cell Therapy Research
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments

Anthony Letai has published extensively in several scientific journals. Most frequent publication venues include:

  • Blood
  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood Advances
  • Leukemia

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Anthony Letai demonstrate a focus on cancer research, particularly leukemia and precision oncology:

  • "Azacitidine and Venetoclax in Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Functional precision oncology: Testing tumors with drugs to identify vulnerabilities and novel combinations," 2021, Cancer Cell
  • "Augmenting NK cell-based immunotherapy by targeting mitochondrial apoptosis," 2022, Cell
  • "Venetoclax with azacitidine or decitabine in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia: Long term follow-up from a phase 1b study," 2020, American Journal of Hematology
  • "Reduced Mitochondrial Apoptotic Priming Drives Resistance to BH3 Mimetics in Acute Myeloid Leukemia," 2020, Cancer Cell

The research network of Anthony Letai includes frequent collaboration with several co-authors:

  • Jeremy Ryan
  • Jacqueline S. Garcia
  • Shruti Bhatt
  • Daniel J. DeAngelo
  • Marlise R. Luskin

Anthony Letai is recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • The landscape of somatic copy-number alteration across human cancers

    Rameen Beroukhim;Craig H. Mermel;Craig H. Mermel;Dale Porter;Guo Wei

  • An inhibitor of Bcl-2 family proteins induces regression of solid tumours

    Tilman Oltersdorf;Steven W. Elmore;Alexander R. Shoemaker;Robert C. Armstrong

  • Distinct BH3 domains either sensitize or activate mitochondrial apoptosis, serving as prototype cancer therapeutics.

    Anthony Letai;Michael C. Bassik;Loren D. Walensky;Mia D. Sorcinelli

  • Azacitidine and Venetoclax in Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Courtney D DiNardo;Brian A Jonas;Vinod Pullarkat;Michael J Thirman

  • Regulation of apoptosis in health and disease: the balancing act of BCL-2 family proteins

    Rumani Singh;Anthony Letai;Kristopher Sarosiek

  • Venetoclax combined with decitabine or azacitidine in treatment-naive, elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

    Courtney D. DiNardo;Keith Pratz;Vinod Pullarkat;Brian A. Jonas

  • Mitochondria primed by death signals determine cellular addiction to antiapoptotic BCL-2 family members.

    Michael Certo;Victoria Del Gaizo Moore;Mari Nishino;Guo Wei

  • Control of mitochondrial apoptosis by the Bcl-2 family.

    Joslyn K. Brunelle;Anthony Letai

  • Development and maintenance of B and T lymphocytes requires antiapoptotic MCL-1

    Joseph T. Opferman;Anthony Letai;Caroline Beard;Mia D. Sorcinelli

  • Efficacy and Biological Correlates of Response in a Phase II Study of Venetoclax Monotherapy in Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

    Marina Konopleva;Daniel A. Pollyea;Jalaja Potluri;Brenda Chyla

  • A novel orally active proteasome inhibitor induces apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells with mechanisms distinct from Bortezomib

    Dharminder Chauhan;Laurence Catley;Guilan Li;Klaus Podar

  • Safety and preliminary efficacy of venetoclax with decitabine or azacitidine in elderly patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leukaemia: a non-randomised, open-label, phase 1b study.

    Courtney D DiNardo;Keith W Pratz;Anthony Letai;Brian A Jonas

  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia requires BCL2 to sequester prodeath BIM, explaining sensitivity to BCL2 antagonist ABT-737

    Victoria Del Gaizo Moore;Jennifer R. Brown;Michael Certo;Tara M. Love

  • Diagnosing and exploiting cancer's addiction to blocks in apoptosis

    Anthony G. Letai

  • Selective BCL-2 Inhibition by ABT-199 Causes On-Target Cell Death in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Rongqing Pan;Leah J. Hogdal;Juliana M. Benito;Donna Bucci

  • Pretreatment Mitochondrial Priming Correlates with Clinical Response to Cytotoxic Chemotherapy

    Triona Ni Chonghaile;Kristopher A. Sarosiek;Thanh Trang Vo;Jeremy A. Ryan

  • BH3 profiling identifies three distinct classes of apoptotic blocks to predict response to ABT-737 and conventional chemotherapeutic agents.

    Jing Deng;Nicole Carlson;Kunihiko Takeyama;Paola Dal Cin

  • Precision medicine for cancer with next-generation functional diagnostics

    Adam A. Friedman;Anthony Letai;David E. Fisher;Keith T. Flaherty

  • Class IIa HDAC inhibition reduces breast tumours and metastases through anti-tumour macrophages

    Jennifer L. Guerriero;Alaba Sotayo;Holly E. Ponichtera;Jessica A. Castrillon

  • Acquired resistance to ABT-737 in lymphoma cells that up-regulate MCL-1 and BFL-1.

    Derek Yecies;Nicole E. Carlson;Jing Deng;Anthony Letai

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Stone
Richard Stone Harvard University
Marina Konopleva
Marina Konopleva The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Daniel J. DeAngelo
Daniel J. DeAngelo Harvard University
Donna Neuberg
Donna Neuberg Harvard University
Jennifer R. Brown
Jennifer R. Brown Harvard University
Benjamin L. Ebert
Benjamin L. Ebert Harvard University
Stephen E. Sallan
Stephen E. Sallan Harvard University
Catherine J. Wu
Catherine J. Wu Harvard University
Gad Getz
Gad Getz Broad Institute
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University

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