William Damsky, MD, PhD

Damsky W, Patel D, Garelli CJ, Garg M, Wang A, Dresser K, Deng A, Harris JE, Richmond J, King B. Jak Inhibition Prevents Bleomycin-Induced Fibrosis in Mice and Is Effective in Patients with Morphea. The Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2020, 140: 1446-1449.e4. PMID: 31954727, DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.12.019.

Zhou T, Damsky W, Weizman OE, McGeary MK, Hartmann KP, Rosen CE, Fischer S, Jackson R, Flavell RA, Wang J, Sanmamed MF, Bosenberg MW, Ring AM. IL-18BP is a secreted immune checkpoint and barrier to IL-18 immunotherapy. Nature 2020, 583: 609-614. PMID: 32581358, PMCID: PMC7381364, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2422-6.

Damsky W, Wang A, Olamiju B, Peterson D, Galan A, King B. Treatment of severe lichen planus with the JAK inhibitor tofacitinib. The Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology 2020, 145: 1708-1710.e2. PMID: 32018031, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.01.031.

Damsky W, Thakral D, McGeary MK, Leventhal J, Galan A, King B. Janus kinase inhibition induces disease remission in cutaneous sarcoidosis and granuloma annulare. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2020, 82: 612-621. PMID: 31185230, PMCID: PMC7590533, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.05.098.

Damsky W, Thakral D, Emeagwali N, Galan A, King B. Tofacitinib Treatment and Molecular Analysis of Cutaneous Sarcoidosis. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2018, 379: 2540-2546. PMID: 30586518, PMCID: PMC6351852, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1805958.

Wang J, Perry CJ, Meeth K, Thakral D, Damsky W, Micevic G, Kaech S, Blenman K, Bosenberg M. UV-induced somatic mutations elicit a functional T cell response in the YUMMER1.7 mouse melanoma model. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2017, 30: 428-435. PMID: 28379630, PMCID: PMC5820096, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12591.

Damsky W, King BA. JAK inhibitors in dermatology: The promise of a new drug class. Journal Of The American Academy Of Dermatology 2017, 76: 736-744. PMID: 28139263, PMCID: PMC6035868, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.12.005.

Meeth K, Wang JX, Micevic G, Damsky W, Bosenberg MW. The YUMM lines: a series of congenic mouse melanoma cell lines with defined genetic alterations. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2016, 29: 590-7. PMID: 27287723, PMCID: PMC5331933, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12498.

Damsky W, Micevic G, Meeth K, Muthusamy V, Curley DP, Santhanakrishnan M, Erdelyi I, Platt JT, Huang L, Theodosakis N, Zaidi MR, Tighe S, Davies MA, Dankort D, McMahon M, Merlino G, Bardeesy N, Bosenberg M. mTORC1 activation blocks BrafV600E-induced growth arrest but is insufficient for melanoma formation. Cancer Cell 2015, 27: 41-56. PMID: 25584893, PMCID: PMC4295062, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.11.014.

Damsky WE, Curley DP, Santhanakrishnan M, Rosenbaum LE, Platt JT, Gould Rothberg BE, Taketo MM, Dankort D, Rimm DL, McMahon M, Bosenberg M. β-catenin signaling controls metastasis in Braf-activated Pten-deficient melanomas. Cancer Cell 2011, 20: 741-54. PMID: 22172720, PMCID: PMC3241928, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2011.10.030.

Dankort D, Curley DP, Cartlidge RA, Nelson B, Karnezis AN, Damsky WE, You MJ, DePinho RA, McMahon M, Bosenberg M. Braf(V600E) cooperates with Pten loss to induce metastatic melanoma. Nature Genetics 2009, 41: 544-52. PMID: 19282848, PMCID: PMC2705918, DOI: 10.1038/ng.356.