Ben Watts

ORCID: 0009-0003-5779-688X
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Research Areas
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Cancer Institute of New South Wales
2023-2025

UNSW Sydney
2023-2025

University of Otago
2022

Children's Cancer Institute Australia
2022

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) combining monoclonal antibodies with cytotoxic payloads are a rapidly emerging class of immune-based therapeutics the potential to improve treatment cancer, including children relapse/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). CD123, α subunit interleukin-3 receptor, is overexpressed in ALL and therapeutic target. Here, we show that pivekimab sunirine (PVEK), recently developed ADC comprising CD123-targeting antibody, G4723A, payload, DGN549, was highly...

10.1002/hem3.70063 article EN cc-by HemaSphere 2025-01-01

Abstract Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remains one of the most common causes cancer‐related mortality in children. Phosphoinositide 3‐kinases (PI3Ks) are a family lipid kinases, and aberrations PI3K pathway associated with several hematological malignancies, including ALL. Duvelisib (Copiktra) is an orally available, small molecule dual inhibitor PI3Kδ PI3Kγ, that Food Drug Administration (FDA) approved for treatment relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic lymphoma. Here, we...

10.1002/pbc.30398 article EN cc-by Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2023-05-04

Abstract Introduction: Children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) experience ~90% likelihood of cure. However, the outcome for high-risk ALL and children who relapse remains poor. Receptor tyrosine kinase like orphan 1 receptor (ROR1) is a cell surface antigen primarily expressed in embryonic tissue, but also overexpressed hematological malignancies. UC961 humanized IgG monoclonal antibody high affinity ROR1. MK-2140 (Zilovertamab vedotin/VLS-101) VLS-211 are antibody-drug...

10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-1905 article EN Cancer Research 2024-03-22

10.5281/zenodo.7117555 article IT cc-by Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2022-09-27

Abstract Introduction: Over 70% of infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) present mixed lineage (MLL1/KMT2A) gene rearrangements (MLL-r ALL), which is associated poor prognosis. MLL-r encodes oncogenic fusion proteins that cause aberrant chromatin histone methylation and leukemic transformation hematopoietic progenitors. A characteristic high expression the FLT3 gene. Menin critical for by MLL proteins. VTP-50469, preclinical precursor revumenib (SNDX-5613), a potent selective small...

10.1158/1535-7163.targ-23-c095 article EN Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2023-12-01

10.5281/zenodo.7178632 article IT cc-by Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2022-09-27

<ns3:p><ns3:bold>Background: </ns3:bold>Spiroleucettadine is an alkaloid originally derived from the yellow <ns3:italic>Leucetta </ns3:italic>sea sponge. Spiroleucettadine has previously been shown to inhibit growth of various cancer cell lines and a high anti-proliferative activity against non-small lung line (H522). The mediators these effects have not determined. Therefore, in this study we measured changes death proliferation their immediate protein response spiroleucettadine, toward aim...

10.12688/f1000research.126754.1 preprint EN cc-by F1000Research 2022-11-16
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