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Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP)
2003
Boston
MA
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Pediatric Hematology -Oncology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Children's Hospital Boston
2006
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Becca Hudson has dyskeratosis congenita, causing her chromosomes’ telomeres to shorten and her tissues to age too soon. A new treatment that Dr. Suneet Agarwal hopes to test, thymidine, could build telomeres back up.
Publications
Liver disease and transplantation in telomere biology disorders: An international multicenter cohort. Hepatol Commun. 2024 07 01; 8(7). View Abstract
Minimal intensity conditioning strategies for bone marrow failure: is it time for "preventative" transplants? Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2023 Dec 08; 2023(1):135-140. View Abstract
Successful cord blood transplantation for del7q myelodysplastic syndrome in Pearson marrow pancreas syndrome. Am J Hematol. 2023 12; 98(12):E376-E379. View Abstract
Single-cell multi-omics of mitochondrial DNA disorders reveals dynamics of purifying selection across human immune cells. Nat Genet. 2023 07; 55(7):1198-1209. View Abstract
Spectrum of Liver Pathology in Dyskeratosis Congenita. Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 08 01; 47(8):869-877. View Abstract
Domain specific mutations in dyskerin disrupt 3' end processing of scaRNA13. Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 09 09; 50(16):9413-9425. View Abstract
Congenital X-linked neutropenia with myelodysplasia and somatic tetraploidy due to a germline mutation in SEPT6. Am J Hematol. 2022 01 01; 97(1):18-29. View Abstract
The clinical and functional effects of TERT variants in myelodysplastic syndrome. Blood. 2021 09 09; 138(10):898-911. View Abstract
Hepatic vascular remodelling in a patient with dyskeratosis congenita. Histopathology. 2022 01; 80(2):450-453. View Abstract
Telomerase RNA recruits RNA polymerase II to target gene promoters to enhance myelopoiesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 08 10; 118(32). View Abstract
Mitochondrial function in development and disease. Dis Model Mech. 2021 06 01; 14(6). View Abstract
Short telomere length predicts nonrelapse mortality after stem cell transplantation for myelodysplastic syndrome. Blood. 2020 12 24; 136(26):3070-3081. View Abstract
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Manifestation of the Telomere Biology Disorders. J Pediatr. 2021 03; 230:55-61.e4. View Abstract
Telomerase RNA processing: Implications for human health and disease. Stem Cells. 2020 Sep 01. View Abstract
Short Telomere Length Predicts Non-Relapse Mortality after Stem Cell Transplantation for Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Blood. 2020 Aug 17. View Abstract
Shorter telomere length following lung transplantation is associated with clinically significant leukopenia and decreased chronic lung allograft dysfunction-free survival. ERJ Open Res. 2020 Apr; 6(2). View Abstract
Impaired reproductive function and fertility preservation in a woman with a dyskeratosis congenita. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2020 May; 37(5):1221-1225. View Abstract
Drug discovery for Diamond-Blackfan anemia using reprogrammed hematopoietic progenitors. Sci Transl Med. 2017 02 08; 9(376). View Abstract
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: an uncharacterised phenotype of dyskeratosis congenita and related telomere biology disorders. Eur Respir J. 2017 01; 49(1). View Abstract
Retinal findings and a novel TINF2 mutation in Revesz syndrome: Clinical and molecular correlations with pediatric retinal vasculopathies. Ophthalmic Genet. 2017 Jan-Feb; 38(1):51-60. View Abstract
Association of Donor and Recipient Telomere Length with Clinical Outcomes following Lung Transplantation. PLoS One. 2016; 11(9):e0162409. View Abstract
A novel TERC CR4/CR5 domain mutation causes telomere disease via decreased TERT binding. Blood. 2016 10 20; 128(16):2089-2092. View Abstract
Posttranscriptional manipulation of TERC reverses molecular hallmarks of telomere disease. J Clin Invest. 2016 09 01; 126(9):3377-82. View Abstract
Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN) mediates 3'-end maturation of the telomerase RNA component. Nat Genet. 2015 Dec; 47(12):1482-8. View Abstract
Simultaneous sequencing of oxidized methylcytosines produced by TET/JBP dioxygenases in Coprinopsis cinerea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Dec 02; 111(48):E5149-58. View Abstract
Pearson marrow pancreas syndrome in patients suspected to have Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Blood. 2014 Jul 17; 124(3):437-40. View Abstract
Induced pluripotent stem cells with a mitochondrial DNA deletion. Stem Cells. 2013 Jul; 31(7):1287-97. View Abstract
A young adult with aplastic anemia and gray hair. Clin Chem. 2013 Jan; 59(1):47-50. View Abstract
The GLIB technique for genome-wide mapping of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. Nat Protoc. 2012 Oct; 7(10):1909-17. View Abstract
CTC1 Mutations in a patient with dyskeratosis congenita. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Aug; 59(2):311-4. View Abstract
Telomere dynamics in dyskeratosis congenita: the long and the short of iPS. Cell Res. 2011 Aug; 21(8):1157-60. View Abstract
Genome-wide mapping of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in embryonic stem cells. Nature. 2011 May 19; 473(7347):394-7. View Abstract
Somatic coding mutations in human induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature. 2011 Mar 03; 471(7336):63-7. View Abstract
Cellular therapy for fanconi anemia: the past, present, and future. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Jan; 17(1 Suppl):S109-14. View Abstract
Induced pluripotent stem cells: a novel frontier in the study of human primary immunodeficiencies. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Jun; 127(6):1400-7.e4. View Abstract
Impaired hydroxylation of 5-methylcytosine in myeloid cancers with mutant TET2. Nature. 2010 Dec 09; 468(7325):839-43. View Abstract
Large intergenic non-coding RNA-RoR modulates reprogramming of human induced pluripotent stem cells. Nat Genet. 2010 Dec; 42(12):1113-7. View Abstract
Dynamic instability of genomic methylation patterns in pluripotent stem cells. Epigenetics Chromatin. 2010 Sep 24; 3(1):17. View Abstract
Reprogramming of T cells from human peripheral blood. Cell Stem Cell. 2010 Jul 02; 7(1):15-9. View Abstract
AID for reprogramming. Cell Res. 2010 Mar; 20(3):253-5. View Abstract
Telomere elongation in induced pluripotent stem cells from dyskeratosis congenita patients. Nature. 2010 Mar 11; 464(7286):292-6. View Abstract
Systematic molecular genetic analysis of congenital sideroblastic anemia: evidence for genetic heterogeneity and identification of novel mutations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Feb; 54(2):273-8. View Abstract
Conversion of 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in mammalian DNA by MLL partner TET1. Science. 2009 May 15; 324(5929):930-5. View Abstract
Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from human blood. Blood. 2009 May 28; 113(22):5476-9. View Abstract
Current prospects for the generation of patient-specific pluripotent cells from adult tissues. Regen Med. 2007 Sep; 2(5):743-52. View Abstract
Cardiac troponin increases among runners in the Boston Marathon. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Feb; 49(2):137-43, 143.e1. View Abstract
Deletion of a conserved Il4 silencer impairs T helper type 1-mediated immunity. Nat Immunol. 2004 Dec; 5(12):1251-9. View Abstract
TID1, a mammalian homologue of the drosophila tumor suppressor lethal(2) tumorous imaginal discs, regulates activation-induced cell death in Th2 cells. Oncogene. 2003 Jul 24; 22(30):4636-41. View Abstract
A 3' enhancer in the IL-4 gene regulates cytokine production by Th2 cells and mast cells. Immunity. 2002 Jul; 17(1):41-50. View Abstract
Th2 lineage commitment and efficient IL-4 production involves extended demethylation of the IL-4 gene. Immunity. 2002 May; 16(5):649-60. View Abstract
Cell-type-restricted binding of the transcription factor NFAT to a distal IL-4 enhancer in vivo. Immunity. 2000 Jun; 12(6):643-52. View Abstract