Leonardo A. Meza-Zepeda
- Group Leader; PhD
- +47 2278 1769
Project leader of Translational Genomics group.
Head of the HSØ and University of Oslo Genomics Core Facility, and Head of the Department of Core Facilities at the Institute for Cancer Research.
Leonardo's web pages
Publications 2024
Multi-omics profiling of longitudinal samples reveals early genomic changes in follicular lymphoma
Blood Cancer J, 14 (1), 147
DOI 10.1038/s41408-024-01124-5, PubMed 39191762
Evolutionary mode and timing of dissemination of high-grade serous carcinomas
JCI Insight, 9 (3)
DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.170423, PubMed 38175731
Systematic analysis of RNA-binding proteins identifies targetable therapeutic vulnerabilities in osteosarcoma
Nat Commun, 15 (1), 2810
DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-47031-y, PubMed 38561347
Publications 2023
The interplay between neoantigens and immune cells in sarcomas treated with checkpoint inhibition
Front Immunol, 14, 1226445
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1226445, PubMed 37799721
Heritable defects in telomere and mitotic function selectively predispose to sarcomas
Science, 379 (6629), 253-260
DOI 10.1126/science.abj4784, PubMed 36656928
Chromosomal instability and a deregulated cell cycle are intrinsic features of high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumours with a metastatic potential
Mol Oncol, 17 (11), 2432-2450
DOI 10.1002/1878-0261.13514, PubMed 37622176
Publications 2022
Strategies to inhibit FGFR4 V550L-driven rhabdomyosarcoma
Br J Cancer, 127 (11), 1939-1953
DOI 10.1038/s41416-022-01973-6, PubMed 36097178
Validation of a novel risk score to predict early and late recurrence in solitary fibrous tumour
Br J Cancer, 127 (10), 1793-1798
DOI 10.1038/s41416-022-01959-4, PubMed 36030294
Mutational analysis and protein profiling predict drug sensitivity in multiple myeloma cell lines
Front Oncol, 12, 1040730
DOI 10.3389/fonc.2022.1040730, PubMed 36523963
Improving public cancer care by implementing precision medicine in Norway: IMPRESS-Norway
J Transl Med, 20 (1), 225
DOI 10.1186/s12967-022-03432-5, PubMed 35568909
Correction to: Improving public cancer care by implementing precision medicine in Norway: IMPRESS-Norway
J Transl Med, 20 (1), 317
DOI 10.1186/s12967-022-03518-0, PubMed 35841045
Clonal evolution after treatment pressure in multiple myeloma: heterogenous genomic aberrations and transcriptomic convergence
Leukemia, 36 (7), 1887-1897
DOI 10.1038/s41375-022-01597-y, PubMed 35643867
miR-486-5p expression is regulated by DNA methylation in osteosarcoma
BMC Genomics, 23 (1), 142
DOI 10.1186/s12864-022-08346-6, PubMed 35172717
A national precision cancer medicine implementation initiative for Norway
Nat Med, 28 (5), 885-887
DOI 10.1038/s41591-022-01777-4, PubMed 35513529
Clonal evolution in primary breast cancers under sequential epirubicin and docetaxel monotherapy
Genome Med, 14 (1), 86
DOI 10.1186/s13073-022-01090-2, PubMed 35948919
Publications 2021
Comparing the epigenetic landscape in myonuclei purified with a PCM1 antibody from a fast/glycolytic and a slow/oxidative muscle
PLoS Genet, 17 (11), e1009907
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009907, PubMed 34752468
Pembrolizumab in advanced osteosarcoma: results of a single-arm, open-label, phase 2 trial
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 70 (9), 2617-2624
DOI 10.1007/s00262-021-02876-w, PubMed 33580363
Clinical and molecular implications of NAB2-STAT6 fusion variants in solitary fibrous tumour
Pathology, 53 (6), 713-719
DOI 10.1016/j.pathol.2020.11.010, PubMed 33745702
Discovery of novel candidates for anti-liposarcoma therapies by medium-scale high-throughput drug screening
PLoS One, 16 (3), e0248140
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0248140, PubMed 33690666
Integrating Anatomical, Molecular and Clinical Risk Factors in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Stomach
Ann Surg Oncol, 28 (11), 6837-6845
DOI 10.1245/s10434-021-09605-8, PubMed 33651216
Rapid genome editing by CRISPR-Cas9-POLD3 fusion
Elife, 10
DOI 10.7554/eLife.75415, PubMed 34898428
The expressed mutational landscape of microsatellite stable colorectal cancers
Genome Med, 13 (1), 142
DOI 10.1186/s13073-021-00955-2, PubMed 34470667
Publications 2020
Accurate 3-gene-signature for early diagnosis of liposarcoma progression
Clin Sarcoma Res, 10, 4
DOI 10.1186/s13569-020-0126-1, PubMed 32158531
Mutational dynamics and immune evasion in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma explored in a relapse-enriched patient series
Blood Adv, 4 (9), 1859-1866
DOI 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001325, PubMed 32374878
Publications 2019
ctDNA detected by ddPCR reveals changes in tumour load in metastatic malignant melanoma treated with bevacizumab
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 17471
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-53917-5, PubMed 31767937
Remodeling of secretory lysosomes during education tunes functional potential in NK cells
Nat Commun, 10 (1), 514
DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-08384-x, PubMed 30705279
Preclinical Evaluation of the Pan-FGFR Inhibitor LY2874455 in FRS2-Amplified Liposarcoma
Cells, 8 (2)
DOI 10.3390/cells8020189, PubMed 30795553
Cell-free DNA in blood as a noninvasive insight into the sarcoma genome
Mol Aspects Med, 72, 100827
DOI 10.1016/j.mam.2019.10.004, PubMed 31703948
Diagnostic Profiling of the Human Public IgM Repertoire With Scalable Mimotope Libraries
Front Immunol, 10, 2796
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02796, PubMed 31849974
Publications 2018
Patterns of genomic evolution in advanced melanoma
Nat Commun, 9 (1), 2665
DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-05063-1, PubMed 29991680
Preclinical Evaluation of Vemurafenib as Therapy for BRAFV600E Mutated Sarcomas
Int J Mol Sci, 19 (4)
DOI 10.3390/ijms19040969, PubMed 29570692
Evaluation of commercial DNA and RNA extraction methods for high-throughput sequencing of FFPE samples
PLoS One, 13 (5), e0197456
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0197456, PubMed 29771965
Multifocal Primary Prostate Cancer Exhibits High Degree of Genomic Heterogeneity
Eur Urol, 75 (3), 498-505
DOI 10.1016/j.eururo.2018.08.009, PubMed 30181068
Noninvasive Detection of ctDNA Reveals Intratumor Heterogeneity and Is Associated with Tumor Burden in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Mol Cancer Ther, 17 (11), 2473-2480
DOI 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-18-0174, PubMed 30097488
Sample-Index Misassignment Impacts Tumour Exome Sequencing
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 5307
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-23563-4, PubMed 29593270
Publications 2017
Multi-omics of 34 colorectal cancer cell lines - a resource for biomedical studies
Mol Cancer, 16 (1), 116
DOI 10.1186/s12943-017-0691-y, PubMed 28683746
Corrigendum: Sumoylation of Rap1 mediates the recruitment of TFIID to promote transcription of ribosomal protein genes
Genome Res, 27 (2), 334
DOI 10.1101/gr.218370.116, PubMed 28148563
Analysis of the miR-34 family functions in breast cancer reveals annotation error of miR-34b
Sci Rep, 7 (1), 9655
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-10189-1, PubMed 28848235
High number of kinome-mutations in non-small cell lung cancer is associated with reduced immune response and poor relapse-free survival
Int J Cancer, 141 (1), 184-190
DOI 10.1002/ijc.30726, PubMed 28387924
Use of liquid biopsies to monitor disease progression in a sarcoma patient: a case report
BMC Cancer, 17 (1), 29
DOI 10.1186/s12885-016-2992-8, PubMed 28061772
Monitoring multiple myeloma by quantification of recurrent mutations in serum
Haematologica, 102 (7), 1266-1272
DOI 10.3324/haematol.2016.160564, PubMed 28385781
Multilevel genomics of colorectal cancers with microsatellite instability-clinical impact of JAK1 mutations and consensus molecular subtype 1
Genome Med, 9 (1), 46
DOI 10.1186/s13073-017-0434-0, PubMed 28539123
Publications 2016
Genome Analysis of Osteosarcoma Progression Samples Identifies FGFR1 Overexpression as a Potential Treatment Target and CHM as a Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene
PLoS One, 11 (9), e0163859
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0163859, PubMed 27685995
TP53 Mutation Spectrum in Smokers and Never Smoking Lung Cancer Patients
Front Genet, 7, 85
DOI 10.3389/fgene.2016.00085, PubMed 27242894
Preclinical evaluation of potential therapeutic targets in dedifferentiated liposarcoma
Oncotarget, 7 (34), 54583-54595
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.10518, PubMed 27409346
Unscrambling the genomic chaos of osteosarcoma reveals extensive transcript fusion, recurrent rearrangements and frequent novel TP53 aberrations
Oncotarget, 7 (5), 5273-88
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.6567, PubMed 26672768
VOLIN and KJON-Two novel hyperdiploid myeloma cell lines
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 55 (11), 890-901
DOI 10.1002/gcc.22388, PubMed 27311012
Publications 2015
Sumoylation of Rap1 mediates the recruitment of TFIID to promote transcription of ribosomal protein genes
Genome Res, 25 (6), 897-906
DOI 10.1101/gr.185793.114, PubMed 25800674
Identification of novel fusion genes in lung cancer using breakpoint assembly of transcriptome sequencing data
Genome Biol, 16 (1), 7
DOI 10.1186/s13059-014-0558-0, PubMed 25650807
Genomic landscape of liposarcoma
Oncotarget, 6 (40), 42429-44
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.6464, PubMed 26643872
Translocational renal cell carcinoma (t(6;11)(p21;q12) with transcription factor EB (TFEB) amplification and an integrated precision approach: a case report
J Med Case Rep, 9, 281
DOI 10.1186/s13256-015-0749-7, PubMed 26654961
BRAF V600E mutation in early-stage multiple myeloma: good response to broad acting drugs and no relation to prognosis
Blood Cancer J, 5 (3), e299
DOI 10.1038/bcj.2015.24, PubMed 25794135
Metabolic reprogramming of metastatic breast cancer and melanoma by let-7a microRNA
Oncotarget, 6 (4), 2451-65
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.3235, PubMed 25669981
Publications 2014
Reexpression of LSAMP inhibits tumor growth in a preclinical osteosarcoma model
Mol Cancer, 13, 93
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-13-93, PubMed 24885297
Performance comparison of four exome capture systems for deep sequencing
BMC Genomics, 15 (1), 449
DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-15-449, PubMed 24912484
The architecture and evolution of cancer neochromosomes
Cancer Cell, 26 (5), 653-67
DOI 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.09.010, PubMed 25517748
The regulatory landscape of osteogenic differentiation
Stem Cells, 32 (10), 2780-93
DOI 10.1002/stem.1759, PubMed 24898411
Generation and characterization of an immortalized human mesenchymal stromal cell line
Stem Cells Dev, 23 (19), 2377-89
DOI 10.1089/scd.2013.0599, PubMed 24857590
Publications 2013
Genome-wide map of quantified epigenetic changes during in vitro chondrogenic differentiation of primary human mesenchymal stem cells
BMC Genomics, 14, 105
DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-14-105, PubMed 23414147
IR/IGF1R signaling as potential target for treatment of high-grade osteosarcoma
BMC Cancer, 13, 245
DOI 10.1186/1471-2407-13-245, PubMed 23688189
Functional characterisation of osteosarcoma cell lines and identification of mRNAs and miRNAs associated with aggressive cancer phenotypes
Br J Cancer, 109 (8), 2228-36
DOI 10.1038/bjc.2013.549, PubMed 24064976
Common fusion transcripts identified in colorectal cancer cell lines by high-throughput RNA sequencing
Transl Oncol, 6 (5), 546-53
DOI 10.1593/tlo.13457, PubMed 24151535
Rapid gene expression changes in peripheral blood lymphocytes upon practice of a comprehensive yoga program
PLoS One, 8 (4), e61910
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0061910, PubMed 23613970
Deep Sequencing the MicroRNA Transcriptome in Colorectal Cancer
PLoS One, 8 (6), e66165
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0066165, PubMed 23824282
Publications 2012
Human ALKBH4 interacts with proteins associated with transcription
PLoS One, 7 (11), e49045
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0049045, PubMed 23145062
Cdc28 kinase activity regulates the basal transcription machinery at a subset of genes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109 (26), 10450-5
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1200067109, PubMed 22689984
Integrative analysis reveals relationships of genetic and epigenetic alterations in osteosarcoma
PLoS One, 7 (11), e48262
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0048262, PubMed 23144859
Identification of osteosarcoma driver genes by integrative analysis of copy number and gene expression data
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 51 (7), 696-706
DOI 10.1002/gcc.21956, PubMed 22454324
Modulation of the osteosarcoma expression phenotype by microRNAs
PLoS One, 7 (10), e48086
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0048086, PubMed 23133552
Correlation of TP53 and MDM2 genotypes with response to therapy in sarcoma
Cancer, 119 (5), 1013-22
DOI 10.1002/cncr.27837, PubMed 23165797
Epithelial-microbial crosstalk in polymeric Ig receptor deficient mice
Eur J Immunol, 42 (11), 2959-70
DOI 10.1002/eji.201242543, PubMed 22865203
[Genome sequencing for personalized cancer treatment]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 132 (21), 2406-8
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0784, PubMed 23160594
Publications 2011
Multiple chromosomal monosomies are characteristic of giant cell ependymoma
Hum Pathol, 42 (12), 2042-6
DOI 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.02.012, PubMed 21683982
Genome wide single cell analysis of chemotherapy resistant metastatic cells in a case of gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma
BMC Cancer, 11, 455
DOI 10.1186/1471-2407-11-455, PubMed 22014070
Preclinical xenograft models of human sarcoma show nonrandom loss of aberrations
Cancer, 118 (2), 558-70
DOI 10.1002/cncr.26276, PubMed 21713766
mRNA expression profiles of primary high-grade central osteosarcoma are preserved in cell lines and xenografts
BMC Med Genomics, 4, 66
DOI 10.1186/1755-8794-4-66, PubMed 21933437
Depletion of murine intestinal microbiota: effects on gut mucosa and epithelial gene expression
PLoS One, 6 (3), e17996
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0017996, PubMed 21445311
Adipocyte differentiation of human bone marrow-derived stromal cells is modulated by microRNA-155, microRNA-221, and microRNA-222
Stem Cells Dev, 21 (6), 873-83
DOI 10.1089/scd.2010.0503, PubMed 21756067
Publications 2010
Genomic alterations reveal potential for higher grade transformation in follicular lymphoma and confirm parallel evolution of tumor cell clones
Blood, 116 (9), 1489-97
DOI 10.1182/blood-2010-03-272278, PubMed 20505157
Identification of target genes for wild type and truncated HMGA2 in mesenchymal stem-like cells
BMC Cancer, 10, 329
DOI 10.1186/1471-2407-10-329, PubMed 20576167
DNA copy number changes in human malignant fibrous histiocytomas by array comparative genomic hybridisation
PLoS One, 5 (11), e15378
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0015378, PubMed 21085701
Evaluation of high-resolution microarray platforms for genomic profiling of bone tumours
BMC Res Notes, 3, 223
DOI 10.1186/1756-0500-3-223, PubMed 20691109
Molecular characterization of commonly used cell lines for bone tumor research: a trans-European EuroBoNet effort
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 49 (1), 40-51
DOI 10.1002/gcc.20717, PubMed 19787792
Publications 2009
LSAMP, a novel candidate tumor suppressor gene in human osteosarcomas, identified by array comparative genomic hybridization
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 48 (8), 679-93
DOI 10.1002/gcc.20675, PubMed 19441093
Upregulation of stem cell genes in multidrug resistant K562 leukemia cells
Leuk Res, 33 (10), 1379-85
DOI 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.03.028, PubMed 19394083
OH-2, a hyperdiploid myeloma cell line without an IGH translocation, has a complex translocation juxtaposing MYC near MAFB and the IGK locus
Leuk Res, 33 (12), 1670-7
DOI 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.03.001, PubMed 19395026
Publications 2008
DNA copy number changes in high-grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors by array CGH
Mol Cancer, 7, 48
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-7-48, PubMed 18522746
Early-onset lymphoma and extensive embryonic apoptosis in two domain-specific Fen1 mice mutants
Cancer Res, 68 (12), 4571-9
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-0168, PubMed 18559501
Array-CGH fine mapping of minor and cryptic HR-CGH detected genomic imbalances in 80 out of 590 patients with abnormal development
Eur J Hum Genet, 16 (11), 1318-28
DOI 10.1038/ejhg.2008.78, PubMed 18461090
GeneCount: genome-wide calculation of absolute tumor DNA copy numbers from array comparative genomic hybridization data
Genome Biol, 9 (5), R86
DOI 10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r86, PubMed 18500990
High-resolution analysis of genetic stability of human adipose tissue stem cells cultured to senescence
J Cell Mol Med, 12 (2), 553-63
DOI 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00146.x, PubMed 18419597
Chromosomal aberrations in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in Norwegian and Sudanese populations by array comparative genomic hybridization
Oncol Rep, 20 (4), 825-43
DOI 10.3892/or_00000080, PubMed 18813824
Publications 2007
Lymphomas can develop from B cells chronically helped by idiotype-specific T cells
J Exp Med, 204 (5), 1181-91
DOI 10.1084/jem.20061220, PubMed 17485509
Publications 2006
Array comparative genomic hybridization reveals distinct DNA copy number differences between gastrointestinal stromal tumors and leiomyosarcomas
Cancer Res, 66 (18), 8984-93
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-1972, PubMed 16982739
DNA damage responses in cell cycle G2 phase and mitosis--tracking and targeting
Anticancer Res, 26 (3A), 1909-16
PubMed 16827124
Gain of chromosome 6p is an infrequent cause of increased PIM1 expression in B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
Leukemia, 20 (3), 539-42
DOI 10.1038/sj.leu.2404094, PubMed 16437153
Publications 2005
Translocation t(14;18) and gain of chromosome 18/BCL2: effects on BCL2 expression and apoptosis in B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
Leukemia, 19 (12), 2313-23
DOI 10.1038/sj.leu.2403954, PubMed 16193090
Mapping and characterization of the amplicon near APOA2 in 1q23 in human sarcomas by FISH and array CGH
Mol Cancer, 4, 39
DOI 10.1186/1476-4598-4-39, PubMed 16274472
Publications 2004
Lessons from genetic profiling in soft tissue sarcomas
Acta Orthop Scand Suppl, 75 (311), 35-50
DOI 10.1080/00016470410001708310, PubMed 15188664
Amplification of chromosome 1 sequences in lipomatous tumors and other sarcomas
Int J Cancer, 109 (3), 363-9
DOI 10.1002/ijc.11716, PubMed 14961574
M-CGH: analysing microarray-based CGH experiments
BMC Bioinformatics, 5, 74
DOI 10.1186/1471-2105-5-74, PubMed 15189572
Publications 2003
Molecular genetics of human sarcomas: a comprehensive study of two novel amplified regions in 1q21 and 12q14
In Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Unipub, Oslo, no. 89, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 030806151, ISBN 82-8072-066-9
Publications 2002
Positional cloning identifies a novel cyclophilin as a candidate amplified oncogene in 1q21
Oncogene, 21 (14), 2261-9
DOI 10.1038/sj.onc.1205339, PubMed 11948409
Analyses of single-copy Arabidopsis T-DNA-transformed lines show that the presence of vector backbone sequences, short inverted repeats and DNA methylation is not sufficient or necessary for the induction of transgene silencing
Nucleic Acids Res, 30 (20), 4556-66
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkf568, PubMed 12384603
Publications 2001
A well-differentiated liposarcoma with a new type of chromosome 12-derived markers
Cancer Genet Cytogenet, 131 (1), 13-8
DOI 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00516-7, PubMed 11734312
Amplification and overexpression of PRUNE in human sarcomas and breast carcinomas-a possible mechanism for altering the nm23-H1 activity
Oncogene, 20 (47), 6881-90
DOI 10.1038/sj.onc.1204874, PubMed 11687967
Dedifferentiation of a well-differentiated liposarcoma to a highly malignant metastatic osteosarcoma: amplification of 12q14 at all stages and gain of 1q22-q24 associated with metastases
Cancer Genet Cytogenet, 125 (2), 100-11
DOI 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00369-1, PubMed 11369052
Ectopic sequences from truncated HMGIC in liposarcomas are derived from various amplified chromosomal regions
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 31 (3), 264-73
DOI 10.1002/gcc.1143, PubMed 11391797
Publications 1999
Expression of a novel factor in human breast cancer cells with metastatic potential
Cancer Res, 59 (18), 4675-80
PubMed 10493524
Publications 1998
Molecular characterization of a novel amplicon at 1q21-q22 frequently observed in human sarcomas
Br J Cancer, 78 (4), 495-503
DOI 10.1038/bjc.1998.521, PubMed 9716033
Publications 1997
HMGIC, the gene for an architectural transcription factor, is amplified and rearranged in a subset of human sarcomas
Oncogene, 14 (24), 2935-41
DOI 10.1038/sj.onc.1201135, PubMed 9205100