Harrison Ball

Mr. Harrison Ball

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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7 March 2022 in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
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Brittany Rupp
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FWFulei Wuchu
Fulei Wuchu
DNDeepak Nagrath
Deepak Nagrath
SNSunitha Nagrath
Sunitha Nagrath

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Brittany Rupp
SOSarah Owen
Sarah Owen
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KSKaylee Judith Smith
Kaylee Judith Smith
VGValerie Gunchick
Valerie Gunchick
SNSunitha Nagrath
Sunitha Nagrath
As pancreatic cancer is the third deadliest cancer in the U.S., the ability to study genetic alterations is necessary to provide further insight into potentially targetable regions for cancer treatment. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) represent an especially aggressive subset of cancer cells, capable of causing metastasis and progressing the disease. Here, we present the Labyrinth–DEPArray pipeline for the isolation and analysis of single CTCs. Established cell lines, patient-derived CTC cell lines and freshly isolated CTCs were recovered and sequenced to reveal single-cell copy number variations (CNVs). The resulting CNV profiles of established cell lines showed concordance with previously reported data and highlight several gains and losses of cancer-related genes such as FGFR3 and GNAS. The novel sequencing of patient-derived CTC cell lines showed gains in chromosome 8q, 10q and 17q across both CTC cell lines. The pipeline was used to process and isolate single cells from a metastatic pancreatic cancer patient revealing a gain of chromosome 1q and a loss of chromosome 5q. Overall, the Labyrinth-DEPArray pipeline offers a validated workflow combining the benefits of antigen-free CTC isolation with single cell genomic analysis.

22 June 2022 in Nature
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SNSunitha Nagrath
Sunitha Nagrath

1 September 2020 in JTCVS Techniques
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Elliot Wakeam
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Rishindra ReddyRishindra Reddy
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