Pilar Blancafort, Ph.D. - Publications

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Cancer Epigenetics Group School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia 

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2023 Waryah C, Cursons J, Foroutan M, Pflueger C, Wang E, Molania R, Sorolla A, Wallis C, Moses C, Glas I, Magalhães L, Thompson EW, Fearnley LG, Chaffer CL, Davis M, ... ... Blancafort P, et al. Synthetic Epigenetic Reprogramming of Mesenchymal to Epithelial States Using the CRISPR/dCas9 Platform in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Advanced Science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany). e2301802. PMID 37217832 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301802  0.337
2021 Gandhi NS, Wang E, Sorolla A, Kan YJ, Malik A, Batra J, Young KA, Tie WJ, Blancafort P, Mancera RL. Design and Characterization of a Cell-Penetrating Peptide Derived from the SOX2 Transcription Factor. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22. PMID 34502261 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179354  0.42
2020 Moses C, Hodgetts SI, Nugent F, Ben-Ary G, Park KK, Blancafort P, Harvey AR. Transcriptional repression of PTEN in neural cells using CRISPR/dCas9 epigenetic editing. Scientific Reports. 10: 11393. PMID 32647121 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-68257-Y  0.389
2020 Dai X, Blancafort P, Wang P, Sgro A, Thompson EW, Ostrikov KK. Innovative Precision Gene-Editing Tools in Personalized Cancer Medicine. Advanced Science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany). 7: 1902552. PMID 32596104 DOI: 10.1002/Advs.201902552  0.414
2020 Gopal Krishnan PD, Golden E, Woodward EA, Pavlos NJ, Blancafort P. Rab GTPases: Emerging Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressive Regulators for the Editing of Survival Pathways in Cancer. Cancers. 12. PMID 31973201 DOI: 10.3390/Cancers12020259  0.419
2019 Sorolla A, Wang E, Golden E, Duffy C, Henriques ST, Redfern AD, Blancafort P. Precision medicine by designer interference peptides: applications in oncology and molecular therapeutics. Oncogene. PMID 31636382 DOI: 10.1038/S41388-019-1056-3  0.442
2019 Kretzmann JA, Evans CW, Moses C, Sorolla A, Kretzmann AL, Wang E, Ho D, Hackett MJ, Dessauvagie BF, Smith NM, Redfern AD, Waryah C, Norret M, Iyer KS, Blancafort P. Tumour suppression by targeted intravenous non-viral CRISPRa using dendritic polymers. Chemical Science. 10: 7718-7727. PMID 31588320 DOI: 10.1039/C9Sc01432B  0.46
2019 Sorolla A, Wang E, Clemons TD, Evans CW, Plani-Lam JH, Golden E, Dessauvagie B, Redfern AD, Swaminathan-Iyer K, Blancafort P. Triple-hit therapeutic approach for triple negative breast cancers using docetaxel nanoparticles, EN1-iPeps and RGD peptides. Nanomedicine : Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine. PMID 31055077 DOI: 10.1016/J.Nano.2019.04.006  0.353
2018 Moses C, Nugent F, Waryah CB, Garcia-Bloj B, Harvey AR, Blancafort P. Activating PTEN Tumor Suppressor Expression with the CRISPR/dCas9 System. Molecular Therapy. Nucleic Acids. 14: 287-300. PMID 30654190 DOI: 10.1016/J.Omtn.2018.12.003  0.413
2018 Shrestha S, Sorolla A, Fromont J, Blancafort P, Flematti GR. Aurantoside C Targets and Induces Apoptosis in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells. Marine Drugs. 16. PMID 30275391 DOI: 10.3390/Md16100361  0.309
2018 Wang E, Sorolla A, Cunningham PT, Bogdawa HM, Beck S, Golden E, Dewhurst RE, Florez L, Cruickshank MN, Hoffmann K, Hopkins RM, Kim J, Woo AJ, Watt PM, Blancafort P. Tumor penetrating peptides inhibiting MYC as a potent targeted therapeutic strategy for triple-negative breast cancers. Oncogene. PMID 30076412 DOI: 10.1038/S41388-018-0421-Y  0.384
2018 Gandhi NS, Blancafort P, Mancera RL. Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of bioactive engrailed 1 interference peptides (EN1-iPeps). Oncotarget. 9: 22383-22397. PMID 29854286 DOI: 10.18632/Oncotarget.25025  0.358
2018 Kretzmann JA, Evans CW, Norret M, Blancafort P, Swaminathan Iyer K. Non-viral Methodology for Efficient Co-transfection. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1767: 241-254. PMID 29524139 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7774-1_13  0.333
2018 Waryah CB, Moses C, Arooj M, Blancafort P. Zinc Fingers, TALEs, and CRISPR Systems: A Comparison of Tools for Epigenome Editing. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1767: 19-63. PMID 29524128 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7774-1_2  0.534
2018 Moses C, Garcia-Bloj B, Harvey AR, Blancafort P. Hallmarks of cancer: The CRISPR generation. European Journal of Cancer (Oxford, England : 1990). 93: 10-18. PMID 29433054 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ejca.2018.01.002  0.342
2018 Shrestha S, Sorolla A, Fromont J, Blancafort P, Flematti GR. Crambescidin 800, Isolated from the Marine Sponge Monanchora viridis, Induces Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells. Marine Drugs. 16. PMID 29419736 DOI: 10.3390/Md16020053  0.31
2017 Kretzmann JA, Ho D, Evans CW, Plani-Lam JHC, Garcia-Bloj B, Mohamed AE, O'Mara ML, Ford E, Tan DEK, Lister R, Blancafort P, Norret M, Iyer KS. Synthetically controlling dendrimer flexibility improves delivery of large plasmid DNA. Chemical Science. 8: 2923-2930. PMID 28451358 DOI: 10.1039/C7Sc00097A  0.34
2016 Garcia-Bloj B, Moses C, Sgro A, Plani-Lam J, Arooj M, Duffy C, Thiruvengadam S, Sorolla A, Rashwan R, Mancera RL, Leisewitz A, Swift-Scanlan T, Corvalan AH, Blancafort P. Waking up dormant tumor suppressor genes with zinc fingers, TALEs and the CRISPR/dCas9 system. Oncotarget. PMID 27528034 DOI: 10.18632/Oncotarget.11142  0.528
2016 Sorolla A, Ho D, Wang E, Evans CW, Ormonde CF, Rashwan R, Singh R, Iyer KS, Blancafort P. Sensitizing basal-like breast cancer to chemotherapy using nanoparticles conjugated with interference peptide. Nanoscale. PMID 27089946 DOI: 10.1039/C5Nr08331A  0.336
2015 Huisman C, van der Wijst MG, Schokker M, Blancafort P, Terpstra MM, Kok K, van der Zee AG, Schuuring E, Wisman GB, Rots MG. Re-expression of selected epigenetically silenced candidate tumor suppressor genes in cervical cancer by TET2-directed demethylation. Molecular Therapy : the Journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy. PMID 26686387 DOI: 10.1038/Mt.2015.226  0.521
2015 Garcia-Bloj B, Moses C, Blancafort P. The CRISPR road: from bench to bedside on an RNA-guided path. Annals of Translational Medicine. 3: 174. PMID 26366391 DOI: 10.3978/J.Issn.2305-5839.2015.07.20  0.396
2015 Twigger AJ, Hepworth AR, Tat Lai C, Chetwynd E, Stuebe AM, Blancafort P, Hartmann PE, Geddes DT, Kakulas F. Gene expression in breastmilk cells is associated with maternal and infant characteristics. Scientific Reports. 5: 12933. PMID 26255679 DOI: 10.1038/Srep12933  0.312
2015 Falahi F, Sgro A, Blancafort P. Epigenome engineering in cancer: fairytale or a realistic path to the clinic? Frontiers in Oncology. 5: 22. PMID 25705610 DOI: 10.3389/Fonc.2015.00022  0.438
2015 Stolzenburg S, Beltran AS, Swift-Scanlan T, Rivenbark AG, Rashwan R, Blancafort P. Stable oncogenic silencing in vivo by programmable and targeted de novo DNA methylation in breast cancer. Oncogene. PMID 25684141 DOI: 10.1038/Onc.2014.470  0.486
2014 Grimmer MR, Stolzenburg S, Ford E, Lister R, Blancafort P, Farnham PJ. Analysis of an artificial zinc finger epigenetic modulator: widespread binding but limited regulation. Nucleic Acids Research. 42: 10856-68. PMID 25122745 DOI: 10.1093/Nar/Gku708  0.55
2014 Beltran AS, Graves LM, Blancafort P. Novel role of Engrailed 1 as a prosurvival transcription factor in basal-like breast cancer and engineering of interference peptides block its oncogenic function. Oncogene. 33: 4767-77. PMID 24141779 DOI: 10.1038/Onc.2013.422  0.458
2013 Prabhakaran P, Hassiotou F, Blancafort P, Filgueira L. Cisplatin induces differentiation of breast cancer cells. Frontiers in Oncology. 3: 134. PMID 23761858 DOI: 10.3389/Fonc.2013.00134  0.344
2013 Hassiotou F, Hepworth AR, Beltran AS, Mathews MM, Stuebe AM, Hartmann PE, Filgueira L, Blancafort P. Expression of the Pluripotency Transcription Factor OCT4 in the Normal and Aberrant Mammary Gland. Frontiers in Oncology. 3: 79. PMID 23596564 DOI: 10.3389/Fonc.2013.00079  0.339
2013 Juárez-Moreno K, Erices R, Beltran AS, Stolzenburg S, Cuello-Fredes M, Owen GI, Qian H, Blancafort P. Breaking through an epigenetic wall: re-activation of Oct4 by KRAB-containing designer zinc finger transcription factors. Epigenetics : Official Journal of the Dna Methylation Society. 8: 164-76. PMID 23314702 DOI: 10.4161/Epi.23503  0.553
2013 Wang Y, Su HH, Yang Y, Hu Y, Zhang L, Blancafort P, Huang L. Systemic delivery of modified mRNA encoding herpes simplex virus 1 thymidine kinase for targeted cancer gene therapy. Molecular Therapy : the Journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy. 21: 358-67. PMID 23229091 DOI: 10.1038/Mt.2012.250  0.372
2013 Blancafort P, Jin J, Frye S. Writing and rewriting the epigenetic code of cancer cells: from engineered proteins to small molecules. Molecular Pharmacology. 83: 563-76. PMID 23150486 DOI: 10.1124/Mol.112.080697  0.395
2012 Hassiotou F, Beltran A, Chetwynd E, Stuebe AM, Twigger AJ, Metzger P, Trengove N, Lai CT, Filgueira L, Blancafort P, Hartmann PE. Breastmilk is a novel source of stem cells with multilineage differentiation potential. Stem Cells (Dayton, Ohio). 30: 2164-74. PMID 22865647 DOI: 10.1002/Stem.1188  0.321
2012 Lara H, Wang Y, Beltran AS, Juárez-Moreno K, Yuan X, Kato S, Leisewitz AV, Cuello Fredes M, Licea AF, Connolly DC, Huang L, Blancafort P. Targeting serous epithelial ovarian cancer with designer zinc finger transcription factors. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287: 29873-86. PMID 22782891 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M112.360768  0.423
2012 Stolzenburg S, Rots MG, Beltran AS, Rivenbark AG, Yuan X, Qian H, Strahl BD, Blancafort P. Targeted silencing of the oncogenic transcription factor SOX2 in breast cancer. Nucleic Acids Research. 40: 6725-40. PMID 22561374 DOI: 10.1093/Nar/Gks360  0.517
2012 Rivenbark AG, Stolzenburg S, Beltran AS, Yuan X, Rots MG, Strahl BD, Blancafort P. Epigenetic reprogramming of cancer cells via targeted DNA methylation. Epigenetics : Official Journal of the Dna Methylation Society. 7: 350-60. PMID 22419067 DOI: 10.4161/Epi.19507  0.542
2012 Huang X, Narayanaswamy R, Fenn K, Szpakowski S, Sasaki C, Costa J, Blancafort P, Lizardi PM. Sequence-specific biosensors report drug-induced changes in epigenetic silencing in living cells. Dna and Cell Biology. 31: S2-10. PMID 22313050 DOI: 10.1089/Dna.2011.1537  0.523
2011 Beltran AS, Rivenbark AG, Richardson BT, Yuan X, Quian H, Hunt JP, Zimmerman E, Graves LM, Blancafort P. Generation of tumor-initiating cells by exogenous delivery of OCT4 transcription factor. Breast Cancer Research : Bcr. 13: R94. PMID 21952072 DOI: 10.1186/Bcr3019  0.361
2011 Beltran AS, Russo A, Lara H, Fan C, Lizardi PM, Blancafort P. Suppression of breast tumor growth and metastasis by an engineered transcription factor. Plos One. 6: e24595. PMID 21931769 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0024595  0.38
2011 Beltran AS, Blancafort P. Reactivation of MASPIN in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cells by artificial transcription factors (ATFs). Epigenetics : Official Journal of the Dna Methylation Society. 6: 224-35. PMID 20948306 DOI: 10.4161/Epi.6.2.13700  0.367
2011 Beltran AS, Richarson B, Rivenbark A, Casbas-Hernandez P, Yang X, Blancafort P. Abstract 2023: Isolation of breast tumor initiating cells (TICs) by exogenous delivery of the OCT4 transcription factor Cancer Research. 71: 2023-2023. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.Am2011-2023  0.392
2010 Beltran AS, Blancafort P. Remodeling genomes with artificial transcription factors (ATFs). Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 649: 163-82. PMID 20680834 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-753-2_10  0.426
2008 Beltran AS, Sun X, Lizardi PM, Blancafort P. Reprogramming epigenetic silencing: artificial transcription factors synergize with chromatin remodeling drugs to reactivate the tumor suppressor mammary serine protease inhibitor. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 7: 1080-90. PMID 18483297 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.Mct-07-0526  0.431
2008 Blancafort P, Beltran AS. Rational design, selection and specificity of artificial transcription factors (ATFs): the influence of chromatin in target gene regulation. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening. 11: 146-58. PMID 18336208 DOI: 10.2174/138620708783744453  0.599
2008 Blancafort P, Tschan MP, Bergquist S, Guthy D, Brachat A, Sheeter DA, Torbett BE, Erdmann D, Barbas CF. Modulation of drug resistance by artificial transcription factors. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 7: 688-97. PMID 18319335 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.Mct-07-0381  0.382
2007 Beltran A, Parikh S, Liu Y, Cuevas BD, Johnson GL, Futscher BW, Blancafort P. Re-activation of a dormant tumor suppressor gene maspin by designed transcription factors. Oncogene. 26: 2791-8. PMID 17057734 DOI: 10.1038/Sj.Onc.1210072  0.436
2006 Beltran A, Liu Y, Parikh S, Temple B, Blancafort P. Interrogating genomes with combinatorial artificial transcription factor libraries: asking zinc finger questions. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 4: 317-31. PMID 16834537 DOI: 10.1089/Adt.2006.4.317  0.598
2005 Dreier B, Fuller RP, Segal DJ, Lund CV, Blancafort P, Huber A, Koksch B, Barbas CF. Development of zinc finger domains for recognition of the 5'-CNN-3' family DNA sequences and their use in the construction of artificial transcription factors. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280: 35588-97. PMID 16107335 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M506654200  0.7
2005 Blancafort P, Chen EI, Gonzalez B, Bergquist S, Zijlstra A, Guthy D, Brachat A, Brakenhoff RH, Quigley JP, Erdmann D, Barbas CF. Genetic reprogramming of tumor cells by zinc finger transcription factors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102: 11716-21. PMID 16081541 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0501162102  0.472
2004 Blancafort P, Segal DJ, Barbas CF. Designing transcription factor architectures for drug discovery. Molecular Pharmacology. 66: 1361-71. PMID 15340042 DOI: 10.1124/Mol.104.002758  0.723
2004 Magnenat L, Blancafort P, Barbas CF. In vivo selection of combinatorial libraries and designed affinity maturation of polydactyl zinc finger transcription factors for ICAM-1 provides new insights into gene regulation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 341: 635-49. PMID 15288776 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jmb.2004.06.030  0.633
2004 Lund CV, Blancafort P, Popkov M, Barbas CF. Promoter-targeted phage display selections with preassembled synthetic zinc finger libraries for endogenous gene regulation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 340: 599-613. PMID 15210357 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jmb.2004.04.057  0.739
2003 Blancafort P, Magnenat L, Barbas CF. Scanning the human genome with combinatorial transcription factor libraries. Nature Biotechnology. 21: 269-74. PMID 12592412 DOI: 10.1038/Nbt794  0.518
2003 Segal DJ, Beerli RR, Blancafort P, Dreier B, Effertz K, Huber A, Koksch B, Lund CV, Magnenat L, Valente D, Barbas CF. Evaluation of a modular strategy for the construction of novel polydactyl zinc finger DNA-binding proteins. Biochemistry. 42: 2137-48. PMID 12590603 DOI: 10.1021/Bi026806O  0.683
1999 Blancafort P, Steinberg SV, Paquin B, Klinck R, Scott JK, Cedergren R. The recognition of a noncanonical RNA base pair by a zinc finger protein. Chemistry & Biology. 6: 585-97. PMID 10421761 DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80091-X  0.345
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