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Susan K. Gilmour

Professor, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
Verified email at mlhs.org
Cited by 3097

ODC1 Is a Critical Determinant of MYCN Oncogenesis and a Therapeutic Target in Neuroblastoma

…, R Sutton, N Venn, WB London, A Buxton, SK Gilmour… - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
Neuroblastoma is a frequently lethal childhood tumor in which MYC gene deregulation,
commonly as MYCN amplification, portends poor outcome. Identifying the requisite biopathways …

Polyamine-blocking therapy reverses immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment

…, MP Keough, AE Snook, MR Burns, SK Gilmour - Cancer immunology …, 2014 - AACR
Correcting T-cell immunosuppression may unleash powerful antitumor responses; however,
knowledge about the mechanisms and modifiers that may be targeted to improve therapy …

[PDF][PDF] Sarcopenia in chronic liver disease: impact on outcomes

…, K Dajani, R Bhargava, SM Gilmour… - Liver …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Malnutrition is a common complication in patients with end‐stage liver disease (ESLD) awaiting
liver transplantation (LT). Malnutrition and sarcopenia overlap in etiology and outcomes, …

The effect of a low fructose and low glycemic index/load (FRAGILE) dietary intervention on indices of liver function, cardiometabolic risk factors, and body composition …

DR Mager, IR Iñiguez, S Gilmour… - Journal of Parenteral and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common liver disease in obese
children. Diets high in added fructose (high fructose corn syrup; HFCS) and glycemic index (GI…

Pediatric sarcopenia: a paradigm in the overall definition of malnutrition in children?

…, L Pritchard‐Wiart, SM Gilmour… - Journal of Parenteral …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gilmour equally contributed to the conception and design of the research; PH Ooi, DR Mager,
and SM Gilmour … Thompson-Hodgetts, and SM Gilmour contributed to the interpretation of …

Increased frequency of spontaneous skin tumors in transgenic mice which overexpress ornithine decarboxylase

L Megosh, SK Gilmour, D Rosson, AP Soler… - Cancer research, 1995 - AACR
Ornithine decarboxylase, a critical regulatory enzyme for polyamine biosynthesis, is highly
inducible by growth-promoting stimuli in mouse epidermis but the enzyme level is only …

[HTML][HTML] Translational development of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) for the treatment of neuroblastoma

H Bassiri, A Benavides, M Haber, SK Gilmour… - Translational …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neuroblastoma is a childhood tumor in which MYC oncogenes are commonly activated to
drive tumor progression. Survival for children with high-risk neuroblastoma remains poor …

[PDF][PDF] Pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir in children with chronic HCV: part 2 of the DORA study

…, C Feiterna‐Sperling, S Gilmour… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (GLE/PIB) has shown high efficacy and safety
in chronic HCV‐infected adults and adolescents; data in children were limited. DORA part …

[HTML][HTML] A novel polyamine blockade therapy activates an anti-tumor immune response

…, A Minton, MC Peters, O Phanstiel IV, SK Gilmour - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Most tumors maintain elevated levels of polyamines to support their growth and survival. This
study explores the anti-tumor effect of polyamine starvation via both inhibiting polyamine …

Polyamines and nonmelanoma skin cancer

SK Gilmour - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2007 - Elsevier
Elevated levels of polyamines have long been associated with skin tumorigenesis. Tightly
regulated metabolism of polyamines is critical for cell survival and normal skin homeostasis, …