Dr. Laura Wood

Dr. Laura Wood

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Publications

  • Braxton AM, Kiemen AL, Grahn MP, Forjaz A, Parksong J, Mahesh Babu J, Lai J, Zheng L, Niknafs N, Jiang L, Cheng H, Song Q, Reichel R, Graham S, Damanakis AI, Fischer CG, Mou S, Metz C, Granger J, Liu XD, Bachmann N, Zhu Y, Liu Y, Almagro-Pérez C, Jiang AC, Yoo J, Kim B, Du S, Foster E, Hsu JY, Rivera PA, Chu LC, Liu F, Fishman EK, Yuille A, Roberts NJ, Thompson ED, Scharpf RB, Cornish TC, Jiao Y, Karchin R, Hruban RH, Wu PH, Wirtz D, Wood LD. 3D genomic mapping reveals multifocality of human pancreatic precancers. Nature. 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07359-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38693266.
  • Zheng L, Niknafs N, Wood LD, Karchin R, Scharpf RB. Estimation of cancer cell fractions and clone trees from multi-region sequencing of tumors. Bioinformatics. 2022 Aug 2;38(15):3677-3683. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac367. PMID: 35642899; PMCID: PMC9344857.
  • Fujikura K, Hosoda W, Felsenstein M, Song Q, Reiter JG, Zheng L, Beleva Guthrie V, Rincon N, Dal Molin M, Dudley J, Cohen JD, Wang P, Fischer CG, Braxton AM, Noë M, Jongepier M, Fernández-Del Castillo C, Mino-Kenudson M, Schmidt CM, Yip-Schneider MT, Lawlor RT, Salvia R, Roberts NJ, Thompson ED, Karchin R, Lennon AM, Jiao Y, Wood LD. (2021) Multiregion whole-exome sequencing of intraductral papillary mucinous neoplasms reveals frequent somatic KLF4 mutations predominantly in low-grade regions. Gut. May;70(5):928-939
  • Noë M, Niknafs N, Fischer CG, Hackeng WM, Beleva Guthrie V, Hosoda W, Debeljak M, Papp E, Adleff V, White JR, Luchini C, Pea A, Scarpa A, Butturini G, Zamboni G, Castelli P, Hong SM, Yachida S, Hiraoka N, Gill AJ, Samra JS, Offerhaus GJA, Hoorens A, Verheij J, Jansen C, Adsay NV, Jiang W, Winter J, Albores-Saavedra J, Terris B, Thompson ED, Roberts NJ, Hruban RH, Karchin R, Scharpf RB, Brosens LAA, Velculescu VE, Wood LD. (2020) Genomic characterization of malignant progression in neoplastic pancreatic cysts. Nat. Comm. Aug 14;11(1):4085. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17917-8.
  • Fischer CG, Guthrie VB, Braxton AM, Zheng L, Wang P, Song Q, Griffin JF, Chianchiano PE, Hosoda W, Niknafs N, Springer S, Molin MD, Masica D, Scharpf RB, Thompson ED, He J, Wolfgang CL, Hruban RH, Roberts NJ, Lennon AM, Jiao Y, Karchin R, Wood LD. Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms Arise from Multiple Independent Clones, Each With Distinct Mutations. Gastroenterology. Jun 5. pii: S0016-5085(19)40987-6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.06.001.
  • Kuboki Y, Fischer CG, Beleva Guthrie V, Huang W, Yu J, Chianchiano P, Hosoda W, Zhang H, Zheng L, Shao X, Thompson ED, Waters K, Poling J, He J, Weiss MJ, Wolfgang CL, Goggins MG, Hruban RH, Roberts NJ, Karchin R, Wood LD. (2018). Single-cell sequencing defines genetic heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer precursor lesions. Journal of Pathology. Nov. 14 doi: 10.1002/path.5194 [Epub ahead of print]
  • Felsenstein M, Noë M, Masica DL, Hosoda W, Chianchiano P, Fischer CG, Lionheart G, Brosens LAA, Pea A, Yu J, Gemenetzis G, Groot VP, Makary MA, He J, Weiss MJ, Cameron JL, Wolfgang CL, Hruban RH, Roberts NJ, Karchin R, Goggins MG, Wood LD. IPMNs with co-occurring invasive cancers: neighbours but not always relatives. Gut. 2018 Sep;67(9):1652-1662. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-315062. Epub 2018 Mar 2. PMID: 29500184; PMCID: PMC10489026.
  • Labidi-Galy SI, Papp E, Hallberg D, Niknafs N, Adleff V, Noe M, Bhattacharya R, Novak M, Jones S, Phallen J, Hruban CA, Hirsch MS, Lin DI, Schwartz L, Maire CL, Tille JC, Bowden M, Ayhan A, Wood LD, Scharpf RB, Kurman R, Wang TL, Shih IM, Karchin R, Drapkin R, Velculescu VE. High grade serous ovarian carcinomas originate in the fallopian tube. Nat Commun. 2017 Oct 23;8(1):1093. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00962-1. PMID: 29061967; PMCID: PMC5653668.
  • Rettig EM, Talbot Jr CC, Sausen M, Jones S, Bishop JA, Wood LD, Tokheim C, Niknafs N, Karchin R, Papadopoulos N, Fertig EJ, Wheelan SJ, Marchionni L, Considine M, Ling S, Fakhry C, Papadopolous N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Ha PK, Agrawal N (2016) Whole-genome sequencing of salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma. Cancer Prevention Research. 2016 Apr;9(4):265-74. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-15-0316.
  • Roberts NJ, Norris A, Petersen GM, Bondy ML, Brand R, Gallinger S, Kurtz RC, Olson SH, Rustgi AK, Schwartz AG, Stofel E, Syngal S, Zogopoulos G, Ali SZ, Axilbund J, Chaffe KG, Chen YC, Cote ML, Childs EJ, Douville C, Goes FS, Herman JM, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Kramer M, Makohon-Moore A, McCombie WR, McMahon K, Niknafs N, Parla J, Pirooznia M, Potash JB, Rhim AD, Smith AL, Wang Y, Wolofgang CL, Wood LD, Zandi PP, Goggins M, Karchin R, Eshleman J, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Hruban RH, Klein AP (2016) Whole genome sequencing of patients with familial pancreatic cancer Cancer Discovery. Dec 9. pii: CD-15-0402. [Epub ahead of print].