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Nilofer S. Azad
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 200
Citations - 22882
Nilofer S. Azad is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 166 publications receiving 17175 citations. Previous affiliations of Nilofer S. Azad include National Institutes of Health & American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch-Repair Deficiency
Dung T. Le,Jennifer N. Uram,Hao Wang,Bjarne Bartlett,Holly Kemberling,Aleksandra Eyring,Andrew D. Skora,Brandon Luber,Nilofer S. Azad,Daniel A. Laheru,Barbara A. Biedrzycki,Ross C. Donehower,Atif Zaheer,George A. Fisher,Todd S. Crocenzi,James J. Lee,Steven M. Duffy,Richard M. Goldberg,Richard M. Goldberg,Albert de la Chapelle,Albert de la Chapelle,Minori Koshiji,Feriyl Bhaijee,Thomas Huebner,Ralph H. Hruban,Laura D. Wood,Nathan Cuka,Drew M. Pardoll,Nickolas Papadopoulos,Kenneth W. Kinzler,Shibin Zhou,Toby C. Cornish,Janis M. Taube,Robert A. Anders,James R. Eshleman,Bert Vogelstein,Luis A. Diaz +36 more
TL;DR: This study showed that mismatch-repair status predicted clinical benefit of immune checkpoint blockade with pembrolizumab, and high somatic mutation loads were associated with prolonged progression-free survival.
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Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade
Dung T. Le,Dung T. Le,Jennifer N. Durham,Jennifer N. Durham,Kellie N. Smith,Hao Wang,Bjarne Bartlett,Bjarne Bartlett,Laveet K. Aulakh,Laveet K. Aulakh,Steve Lu,Steve Lu,Holly Kemberling,Cara Wilt,Brandon Luber,Fay Wong,Fay Wong,Nilofer S. Azad,Agnieszka A. Rucki,Daniel A. Laheru,Ross C. Donehower,Atif Zaheer,George A. Fisher,Todd S. Crocenzi,James J. Lee,Tim F. Greten,Austin G. Duffy,Kristen K. Ciombor,Aleksandra Eyring,Bao H. Lam,Andrew K. Joe,S. Peter Kang,Matthias Holdhoff,Ludmila Danilova,Leslie Cope,Christian F. Meyer,Shibin Zhou,Shibin Zhou,Richard M. Goldberg,Deborah K. Armstrong,Katherine M. Bever,Amanda N. Fader,Janis M. Taube,Franck Housseau,David Spetzler,Nianqing Xiao,Drew M. Pardoll,Nickolas Papadopoulos,Nickolas Papadopoulos,Kenneth W. Kinzler,Kenneth W. Kinzler,James R. Eshleman,Bert Vogelstein,Bert Vogelstein,Robert A. Anders,Robert A. Anders,Luis A. Diaz,Luis A. Diaz +57 more
TL;DR: Evaluating the efficacy of PD-1 blockade in patients with advanced mismatch repair–deficient cancers across 12 different tumor types showed that colorectal cancers with mismatch repair deficiency were sensitive to immune checkpoint blockade with antibodies to programmed death receptor–1 (PD-1).
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Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies
Chetan Bettegowda,Chetan Bettegowda,Mark Sausen,Rebecca J. Leary,Isaac Kinde,Yuxuan Wang,Nishant Agrawal,Nishant Agrawal,Bjarne Bartlett,Bjarne Bartlett,Hao Wang,Brandon Luber,Rhoda M. Alani,Emmanuel S. Antonarakis,Nilofer S. Azad,Alberto Bardelli,Henry Brem,John L. Cameron,Clarence Lee,Leslie A. Fecher,Leslie A. Fecher,Gary L. Gallia,Peter Gibbs,Dung T. Le,Dung T. Le,Robert L. Giuntoli,Michael Goggins,Michael D. Hogarty,Matthias Holdhoff,Seung-Mo Hong,Seung-Mo Hong,Yuchen Jiao,Hartmut Juhl,Jenny J. Kim,Giulia Siravegna,Daniel A. Laheru,Calogero Lauricella,Michael Lim,Evan J. Lipson,Suely Kazue Nagahashi Marie,George J. Netto,Kelly S. Oliner,Alessandro Olivi,Louise Olsson,Gregory J. Riggins,Andrea Sartore-Bianchi,Kerstin Schmidt,le-Ming Shih,Sueli Mieko Oba-Shinjo,Salvatore Siena,Dan Theodorescu,Jeanne Tie,Timothy T. Harkins,Silvio Veronese,Tian Li Wang,Jon D. Weingart,Christopher L. Wolfgang,Laura D. Wood,Dongmei Xing,Ralph H. Hruban,Jian Wu,Peter J. Allen,C. Max Schmidt,Michael A. Choti,Victor E. Velculescu,Kenneth W. Kinzler,Bert Vogelstein,Nickolas Papadopoulos,Luis A. Diaz,Luis A. Diaz +69 more
TL;DR: The ability of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) to detect tumors in 640 patients with various cancer types was evaluated and suggested that ctDNA is a broadly applicable, sensitive, and specific biomarker that can be used for a variety of clinical and research purposes.
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PD-1 blockade in tumors with mismatch repair deficiency.
Dung T. Le,Jennifer N. Uram,Hao Wang,Bjarne Bartlett,Holly Kemberling,Aleksandra Eyring,Andrew D. Skora,Nilofer S. Azad,Daniel A. Laheru,Ross C. Donehower,Brandon Luber,Todd S. Crocenzi,George A. Fisher,Steve M Duffy,James J. Lee,Minori Koshiji,James R. Eshleman,Robert A. Anders,Bert Vogelstein,Luis A. Diaz +19 more
TL;DR: MM status predicts clinical benefit of immune checkpoint blockade with pembrolizumab, and high total somatic mutation loads were associated with PFS.
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Immune regulation by low doses of the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5-azacitidine in common human epithelial cancers.
Huili Li,Katherine B. Chiappinelli,Angela A. Guzzetta,Hariharan Easwaran,Ray Whay Chiu Yen,Rajita Vatapalli,Michael J. Topper,Jianjun Luo,Roisin M. Connolly,Nilofer S. Azad,Vered Stearns,Drew M. Pardoll,Nancy E. Davidson,Peter A. Jones,Dennis J. Slamon,Stephen B. Baylin,Cynthia A. Zahnow,Nita Ahuja +17 more
TL;DR: Results point to a broad immune stimulatory role for DNA demethylating drugs in multiple cancers, particularly in breast and colorectal cancers.