Leading the Way in Discovering Novel Treatments for Pancreatic Cancer
Commitment to Research
The LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program supports internationally recognized specialists who provide a wealth of knowledge and experience in pancreatic cancer treatment and research. We are committed to developing the next generation of medical researchers and to translating our research into cutting-edge treatments for our patients. We are involved in many areas of research, including basic science, outcomes assessments, and international clinical trials. Our dedication to research is one of the many tools we have available to make MCW a destination for the best pancreatic cancer care possible.
About our Biorepository
Our biorepository is a phenomenal resource for both translational research collaborations as well as clinical outcomes research. The Ronald Burklund Eich integrated biorepository and database captures longitudinal samples from patients across a broad spectrum of disease, from pancreatic cancer screening to diagnosis, and even post-mortem.
Basic and Translational Scientific Investigators
Scientific investigators are discovery-drivers, working to uncover more innovative and cutting-edge treatments with every study they conduct.

Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
Cancer Metastasis, Tumor Microenvironment, Mucosal Inflammation

Guan Chen, MD, PhD
Professor

Gwen Lomberk, PhD
Chief, Division of Research; Director, Basic Science Research; Department of Surgery; Associate Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology & Toxicology

Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD
Professor and Gardetto Chair for Immunology and Immunotherapy; Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Senior Investigator, Versiti Blood Research Institute
NK cell development and function

Marja T. Nevalainen, MD, PhD
Professor, Eminent Scholar, Department of Pathology and Pharmacology & Toxicology; Assistant Dean of Research, Medical College of Wisconsin; Associate Director (Education), Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center; Director, Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence at Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
Dr. Nevalainen is an internationally recognized leader in the field of cytokine and steroid hormone signaling in prostate cancer. Dr. Nevalainen holds the title of Eminent Scholar at MCW. She is also Director of Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence at MCW Cancer Center, which is a multi-disciplinary hub for prostate cancer research within the institution with an international collaborative network. She also serves as Associate Director of Education for the MCW Cancer Center.

Jong-In Park, PhD
Professor

Hallgeir Rui, MD, PhD
WBCS Endowed Professor of Breast Cancer Research; Director, MCW Tissue Bank; Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Pathology

Raul A. Urrutia, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery; Director, Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center
Research Lab Links and More
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Department of Surgery- Division of Research
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Dr. Urrutia's Lab Page
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Recent Publications
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(McGarry SD, Brehler M, Bukowy JD, Lowman AK, Bobholz SA, Duenweg SR, Banerjee A, Hurrell SL, Malyarenko D, Chenevert TL, Cao Y, Li Y, You D, Fedorov A, Bell LC, Quarles CC, Prah MA, Schmainda KM, Taouli B, LoCastro E, Mazaheri Y, Shukla-Dave A, Yankeelov TE, Hormuth DA 2nd, Madhuranthakam AJ, Hulsey K, Li K, Huang W, Huang W, Muzi M, Jacobs MA, Solaiyappan M, Hectors S, Antic T, Paner GP, Palangmonthip W, Jacobsohn K, Hohenwalter M, Duvnjak P, Griffin M, See W, Nevalainen MT, Iczkowski KA, LaViolette PS.) J Magn Reson Imaging. 2022 Jun;55(6):1745-1758 PMID: 34767682 PMCID: PMC9095769 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118887092 11/13/2021
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Microglia Influence Neurofilament Deposition in ALS iPSC-Derived Motor Neurons.
(Allison RL, Adelman JW, Abrudan J, Urrutia RA, Zimmermann MT, Mathison AJ, Ebert AD.) Genes (Basel). 2022 01 27;13(2) PMID: 35205286 PMCID: PMC8871895 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124092767 02/26/2022
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(Maisel BA, Yi M, Peck AR, Sun Y, Hooke JA, Kovatich AJ, Shriver CD, Hu H, Nevalainen MT, Tanaka T, Simone N, Wang LL, Rui H, Chervoneva I.) Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jan 08;14(2) PMID: 35053472 PMCID: PMC8773496 01/22/2022
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(Muraki T, Jang KT, Reid MD, Pehlivanoglu B, Memis B, Basturk O, Mittal P, Kooby D, Maithel SK, Sarmiento JM, Christians K, Tsai S, Evans D, Adsay V.) Mod Pathol. 2022 01;35(1):96-105 PMID: 34518632 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85115155908 09/15/2021
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(Stodola TJ, Chi YI, De Assuncao TM, Leverence EN, Tripathi S, Dsouza NR, Mathison AJ, Volkman BF, Smith BC, Lomberk G, Zimmermann MT, Urrutia R.) Proteins. 2022 01;90(1):282-298 PMID: 34414607 PMCID: PMC8671179 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114677469 08/21/2021
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(Maisel BA, Yi M, Peck AR, Sun Y, Hooke JA, Kovatich AJ, Shriver CD, Hu H, Nevalainen MT, Tanaka T, Simone N, Wang LL, Rui H, Chervoneva I.) Cancers. January-2 2022;14(2) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122409008 01/01/2022
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Microglia Influence Neurofilament Deposition in ALS iPSC-Derived Motor Neurons
(Allison RL, Adelman JW, Abrudan J, Urrutia RA, Zimmermann MT, Mathison AJ, Ebert AD.) Genes. February 2022;13(2) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124092767 02/01/2022
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(Tripathi S, Dsouza NR, Mathison AJ, Leverence E, Urrutia R, Zimmermann MT.) Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. January 2022;20:117-127 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121238740 01/01/2022
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(Jørgensen AS, Brandum EP, Mikkelsen JM, Orfin KA, Boilesen DR, Egerod KL, Moussouras NA, Vilhardt F, Kalinski P, Basse P, Chen YH, Yang Z, Dwinell MB, Volkman BF, Veldkamp CT, Holst PJ, Lahl K, Goth CK, Rosenkilde MM, Hjortø GM.) Cell Mol Life Sci. 2021 Nov;78(21-22):6963-6978 PMID: 34586443 PMCID: PMC8558179 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116031161 09/30/2021
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(Beinhoff P, Sabharwal L, Udhane V, Maranto C, LaViolette PS, Jacobsohn KM, Tsai S, Iczkowski KA, Wang L, Hall WA, Dehm SM, Kilari D, Nevalainen MT.) Cancers (Basel). 2021 Oct 17;13(20) PMID: 34680353 PMCID: PMC8533841 10/24/2021
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(Geethadevi A, Nair A, Parashar D, Ku Z, Xiong W, Deng H, Li Y, George J, McAllister DM, Sun Y, Kadamberi IP, Gupta P, Dwinell MB, Bradley WH, Rader JS, Rui H, Schwabe RF, Zhang N, Pradeep S, An Z, Chaluvally-Raghavan P.) Cancer Res. 2021 10 15;81(20):5336-5352 PMID: 34380633 PMCID: PMC8530981 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116424540 08/13/2021
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(Mathison AJ, Kerketta R, de Assuncao TM, Leverence E, Zeighami A, Urrutia G, Stodola TJ, di Magliano MP, Iovanna JL, Zimmermann MT, Lomberk G, Urrutia R.) Genome Biol. 2021 10 14;22(1):289 PMID: 34649604 PMCID: PMC8518179 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85117299300 10/16/2021
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(Hall WA, Kamgar M, Erickson BA, Ponce SB, Tsai S, Nevalainen MT, Christians KK, George B, Dua KS, Khan AH, Evans DB, Azmi AS.) Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2021 09;40(3):879-889 PMID: 34611794 PMCID: PMC8767496 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116412346 10/07/2021
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New Insights Into Pancreatic Cancer: Notes from a Virtual Meeting.
(Hessmann E, Schneider G, 1(st) Virtual Göttingen-Munich-Marburg Pancreatic Cancer Meeting.) Gastroenterology. 2021 09;161(3):785-791 PMID: 34089734 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85112794735 06/06/2021
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(Kim J, Zimmerman MA, Shin WY, Boettcher BT, Lee JS, Park JI, Ali M, Yang M, Mishra J, Hagen CE, McGraw JE, Mathison A, Woehlck HJ, Lomberk G, Camara AKS, Urrutia RA, Stowe DF, Hong JC.) Ann Surg. 2021 Aug 13 PMID: 34387201 PMCID: PMC8840998 08/14/2021
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(AbuEid M, McAllister DM, McOlash L, Harwig MC, Cheng G, Drouillard D, Boyle KA, Hardy M, Zielonka J, Johnson BD, Hill RB, Kalyanaraman B, Dwinell MB.) iScience. 2021 Jun 25;24(6):102653 PMID: 34189432 PMCID: PMC8220235 07/01/2021
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(Nishiwada S, Cui Y, Sho M, Jun E, Akahori T, Nakamura K, Sonohara F, Yamada S, Fujii T, Han IW, Tsai S, Kodera Y, Park JO, Von Hoff D, Kim SC, Li W, Goel A.) Ann Surg. 2021 Jun 16 PMID: 34132691 PMCID: PMC8674379 06/17/2021
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Targeting PIM1-Mediated Metabolism in Myeloid Suppressor Cells to Treat Cancer.
(Xin G, Chen Y, Topchyan P, Kasmani MY, Burns R, Volberding PJ, Wu X, Cohn A, Chen Y, Lin CW, Ho PC, Silverstein R, Dwinell MB, Cui W.) Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 04;9(4):454-469 PMID: 33579728 PMCID: PMC8137571 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85104420312 02/14/2021
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(Wu PK, Hong SK, Park JI.) Cancer Lett. 2021 04 01;502:25-33 PMID: 33440231 PMCID: PMC7897271 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85099283545 01/14/2021
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(Parashar D, Geethadevi A, McAllister D, Ebben J, Peterson FC, Jensen DR, Bishop E, Pradeep S, Volkman BF, Dwinell MB, Chaluvally-Raghavan P, James MA.) NPJ Precis Oncol. 2021 Mar 02;5(1):16 PMID: 33654182 PMCID: PMC7925570 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85109651282 03/04/2021
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Current Controversies in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
(Ward EP, Zeh HJ, Tsai S.) Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. October 2021;30(4):657-671 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114706245 10/01/2021
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Updates on the Management of Pancreatic Cancer
(Tsai S, Evans DB.) Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. October 2021;30(4):xvii-xviii SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85115808762 10/01/2021
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(Beinhoff P, Sabharwal L, Udhane V, Maranto C, Laviolette PS, Jacobsohn KM, Tsai S, Iczkowski KA, Wang L, Hall WA, Dehm SM, Kilari D, Nevalainen MT.) Cancers. October-2 2021;13(20) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85117018634 10/01/2021
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(Urrutia G, de Assuncao TM, Mathison AJ, Salmonson A, Kerketta R, Zeighami A, Stodola TJ, Adsay V, Pehlivanoglu B, Dwinell MB, Zimmermann MT, Iovanna JL, Urrutia R, Lomberk G.) Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021;9:681153 PMID: 34249932 PMCID: PMC8261250 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116952280 07/13/2021
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(He L, Lomberk G.) Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 16 November 2021;9 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120731755 11/16/2021
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Eif5a-independent role of dhps in p21cip1 and cell fate regulation
(Becker AE, Wu PK, Park JI.) International Journal of Molecular Sciences. December-2 2021;22(24) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120635476 12/01/2021
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Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1.
(Klionsky DJ, Abdel-Aziz AK, Abdelfatah S, Abdellatif M, Abdoli A, Abel S, Abeliovich H, Abildgaard MH, Abudu YP, Acevedo-Arozena A, Adamopoulos IE, Adeli K, Adolph TE, Adornetto A, Aflaki E, Agam G, Agarwal A, Aggarwal BB, Agnello M, Agostinis P, Agrewala JN, Agrotis A, Aguilar PV, Ahmad ST, Ahmed ZM, Ahumada-Castro U, Aits S, Aizawa S, Akkoc Y, Akoumianaki T, Akpinar HA, Al-Abd AM, Al-Akra L, Al-Gharaibeh A, Alaoui-Jamali MA, Alberti S, Alcocer-Gómez E, Alessandri C, Ali M, Alim Al-Bari MA, Aliwaini S, Alizadeh J, Almacellas E, Almasan A, Alonso A, Alonso GD, Altan-Bonnet N, Altieri DC, Álvarez ÉMC, Alves S, Alves da Costa C, Alzaharna MM, Amadio M, Amantini C, Amaral C, Ambrosio S, Amer AO, Ammanathan V, An Z, Andersen SU, Andrabi SA, Andrade-Silva M, Andres AM, Angelini S, Ann D, Anozie UC, Ansari MY, Antas P, Antebi A, Antón Z, Anwar T, Apetoh L, Apostolova N, Araki T, Araki Y, Arasaki K, Araújo WL, Araya J, Arden C, Arévalo MA, Arguelles S, Arias E, Arikkath J, Arimoto H, Ariosa AR, Armstrong-James D, Arnauné-Pelloquin L, Aroca A, Arroyo DS, Arsov I, Artero R, Asaro DML, Aschner M, Ashrafizadeh M, Ashur-Fabian O, Atanasov AG, Au AK, Auberger P, Auner HW, Aurelian L, Autelli R, Avagliano L, Ávalos Y, Aveic S, Aveleira CA, Avin-Wittenberg T, Aydin Y, Ayton S, Ayyadevara S, Azzopardi M, Baba M, Backer JM, Backues SK, Bae DH, Bae ON, Bae SH, Baehrecke EH, Baek A, Baek SH, Baek SH, Bagetta G, Bagniewska-Zadworna A, Bai H, Bai J, Bai X, Bai Y, Bairagi N, Baksi S, Balbi T, Baldari CT, Balduini W, Ballabio A, Ballester M, Balazadeh S, Balzan R, Bandopadhyay R, Banerjee S, Banerjee S, Bánréti Á, Bao Y, Baptista MS, Baracca A, Barbati C, Bargiela A, Barilà D, Barlow PG, Barmada SJ, Barreiro E, Barreto GE, Bartek J, Bartel B, Bartolome A, Barve GR, Basagoudanavar SH, Bassham DC, Bast RC Jr, Basu A, Batoko H, Batten I, Baulieu EE, Baumgarner BL, Bayry J, Beale R, Beau I, Beaumatin F, Bechara LRG, Beck GR Jr, Beers MF, Begun J, Behrends C, Behrens GMN, Bei R, Bejarano E, Bel S, Behl C, Belaid A, Belgareh-Touzé N, Bellarosa C, Belleudi F, Belló Pérez M, Bello-Morales R, Beltran JSO, Beltran S, Benbrook DM, Bendorius M, Benitez BA, Benito-Cuesta I, Bensalem J, Berchtold MW, Berezowska S, Bergamaschi D, Bergami M, Bergmann A, Berliocchi L, Berlioz-Torrent C, Bernard A, Berthoux L, Besirli CG, Besteiro S, Betin VM, Beyaert R, Bezbradica JS, Bhaskar K, Bhatia-Kissova I, Bhattacharya R, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharyya S, Bhuiyan MS, Bhutia SK, Bi L, Bi X, Biden TJ, Bijian K, Billes VA, Binart N, Bincoletto C, Birgisdottir AB, Bjorkoy G, Blanco G, Blas-Garcia A, Blasiak J, Blomgran R, Blomgren K, Blum JS, Boada-Romero E, Boban M, Boesze-Battaglia K, Boeuf P, Boland B, Bomont P, Bonaldo P, Bonam SR, Bonfili L, Bonifacino JS, Boone BA, Bootman MD, Bordi M, Borner C, Bornhauser BC, Borthakur G, Bosch J, Bose S, Botana LM, Botas J, Boulanger CM, Boulton ME, Bourdenx M, Bourgeois B, Bourke NM, Bousquet G, Boya P, Bozhkov PV, Bozi LHM, Bozkurt TO, Brackney DE, Brandts CH, Braun RJ, Braus GH, Bravo-Sagua R, Bravo-San Pedro JM, Brest P, Bringer MA, Briones-Herrera A, Broaddus VC, Brodersen P, Brodsky JL, Brody SL, Bronson PG, Bronstein JM, Brown CN, Brown RE, Brum PC, Brumell JH, Brunetti-Pierri N, Bruno D, Bryson-Richardson RJ, Bucci C, Buchrieser C, Bueno M, Buitrago-Molina LE, Buraschi S, Buch S, Buchan JR, Buckingham EM, Budak H, Budini M, Bultynck G, Burada F, Burgoyne JR, Burón MI, Bustos V, Büttner S, Butturini E, Byrd A, Cabas I, Cabrera-Benitez S, Cadwell K, Cai J, Cai L, Cai Q, Cairó M, Calbet JA, Caldwell GA, Caldwell KA, Call JA, Calvani R, Calvo AC, Calvo-Rubio Barrera M, Camara NO, Camonis JH, Camougrand N, Campanella M, Campbell EM, Campbell-Valois FX, Campello S, Campesi I, Campos JC, Camuzard O, Cancino J, Candido de Almeida D, Canesi L, Caniggia I, Canonico B, Cantí C, Cao B, Caraglia M, Caramés B, Carchman EH, Cardenal-Muñoz E, Cardenas C, Cardenas L, Cardoso SM, Carew JS, Carle GF, Carleton G, Carloni S, Carmo.) Autophagy. 2021 Jan;17(1):1-382 PMID: 33634751 PMCID: PMC7996087 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102619204 02/27/2021
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(Salama AKS, Li S, Macrae ER, Park JI, Mitchell EP, Zwiebel JA, Chen HX, Gray RJ, McShane LM, Rubinstein LV, Patton D, Williams PM, Hamilton SR, Armstrong DK, Conley BA, Arteaga CL, Harris LN, O'Dwyer PJ, Chen AP, Flaherty KT.) J Clin Oncol. 2020 11 20;38(33):3895-3904 PMID: 32758030 PMCID: PMC7676884 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85093919047 08/08/2020
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Anticholestatic Effect of Bardoxolone Methyl on Hepatic Ischemia-reperfusion Injury in Rats.
(Kim J, Hagen CE, Kumar SN, Park JI, Zimmerman MA, Hong JC.) Transplant Direct. 2020 Aug;6(8):e584 PMID: 32766432 PMCID: PMC7371100 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85094858644 08/09/2020
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Growth Inhibitory Signaling of the Raf/MEK/ERK Pathway.
(Wu PK, Becker A, Park JI.) Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Jul 30;21(15) PMID: 32751750 PMCID: PMC7432891 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089131301 08/06/2020