Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2019 The BET inhibitor JQ1 attenuates double-strand break repair and sensitizes models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to PARP inhibitors.  EBioMedicine.  44:419-430. 2019
2018 Pediatric anaplastic embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma: Targeted therapy guided by genetic analysis and a patient-derived xenograft study.  Frontiers in Oncology.  7. 2018
2018 JQ1 induces DNA damage and apoptosis, and inhibits tumor growth in a patient-derived xenograft model of cholangiocarcinoma.  Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.  17:107-118. 2018
2017 Whole exome sequencing identified sixty-five coding mutations in four neuroblastoma tumors.  Scientific Reports.  7. 2017
2016 The BET bromodomain inhibitor JQ1 suppresses growth of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in patient-derived xenograft models.  Oncogene.  35:833-845. 2016
2016 Association between Hepatitis C Virus Infection, p53 Phenotypes, and Gene Variants of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli in Hepatocellular Carcinomas..  J Dig Dis Hepatol.  2016. 2016
2015 Endoscopic characterization and resection of Vanek's tumor of the duodenum.  Endoscopy.  47:E408-E409. 2015
2015 Biliary cast syndrome in portal hypertensive biliopathy: direct cholangioscopic findings and endoscopic therapy with metal stent..  Endoscopy International Open.  3:E223-E225. 2015
2015 ICAM-2 confers a non-metastatic phenotype in neuroblastoma cells by interaction with α-actinin.  Oncogene.  34:1553-1562. 2015
2015 Endoscopic resection and enucleation of gastric submucosal tumor facilitated by subsequent closure of incision using over-the-scope clip.  Endoscopy.  47:E153-E154. 2015

Education And Training

  • Doctor of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia 2004
  • UAB Hospital Pathology, Residency 2008
  • UAB Hospital Pathology, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010
  • UAB Hospital Pathology, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2009

    • Full Name

  • Leona Council