William G Wierda

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1 Targeting BTK with ibrutinib in relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia. N Engl J Med 2013 16.33
2 Substantial susceptibility of chronic lymphocytic leukemia to BCL2 inhibition: results of a phase I study of navitoclax in patients with relapsed or refractory disease. J Clin Oncol 2011 5.14
3 Targeting BCL2 with Venetoclax in Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. N Engl J Med 2015 5.08
4 The Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor PCI-32765 thwarts chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell survival and tissue homing in vitro and in vivo. Blood 2011 5.06
5 Lenalidomide induces complete and partial remissions in patients with relapsed and refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2008 4.61
6 The phosphoinositide 3'-kinase delta inhibitor, CAL-101, inhibits B-cell receptor signaling and chemokine networks in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2011 3.87
7 Phase 1/2 study of the combination of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine with valproic acid in patients with leukemia. Blood 2006 3.48
8 Dynamics of BCR-ABL kinase domain mutations in chronic myeloid leukemia after sequential treatment with multiple tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Blood 2007 3.29
9 Safety and clinical activity of the combination of 5-azacytidine, valproic acid, and all-trans retinoic acid in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Blood 2007 3.27
10 High-level expression of the T-cell chemokines CCL3 and CCL4 by chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells in nurselike cell cocultures and after BCR stimulation. Blood 2008 3.19
11 Phase 1 study of the histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid [SAHA]) in patients with advanced leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes. Blood 2007 3.14
12 Chemoimmunotherapy with hyper-CVAD plus rituximab for the treatment of adult Burkitt and Burkitt-type lymphoma or acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer 2006 2.77
13 Relative value of ZAP-70, CD38, and immunoglobulin mutation status in predicting aggressive disease in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2008 2.72
14 Acalabrutinib (ACP-196) in Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. N Engl J Med 2015 2.66
15 B-cell antigen receptor signaling enhances chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell migration and survival: specific targeting with a novel spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor, R406. Blood 2009 2.66
16 Diverse marrow stromal cells protect CLL cells from spontaneous and drug-induced apoptosis: development of a reliable and reproducible system to assess stromal cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance. Blood 2009 2.50
17 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2010 2.45
18 Lenalidomide as initial therapy of elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2011 2.34
19 The natural history of fludarabine-refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients who fail alemtuzumab or have bulky lymphadenopathy. Leuk Lymphoma 2007 2.21
20 Histone deacetylases mediate the silencing of miR-15a, miR-16, and miR-29b in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2011 2.09
21 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells of more than 1% of patients express virtually identical immunoglobulins. Blood 2004 2.01
22 Other malignancies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 2008 1.99
23 Correlation between FDG/PET, histology, characteristics, and survival in 332 patients with chronic lymphoid leukemia. Blood 2014 1.95
24 Complete cytogenetic and molecular responses to interferon-alpha-based therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia are associated with excellent long-term prognosis. Cancer 2003 1.90
25 Prognostic value of miR-155 in individuals with monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis and patients with B chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2013 1.87
26 Effective elimination of fludarabine-resistant CLL cells by PEITC through a redox-mediated mechanism. Blood 2008 1.86
27 CCL3 (MIP-1α) plasma levels and the risk for disease progression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2010 1.82
28 AT-101 induces apoptosis in CLL B cells and overcomes stromal cell-mediated Mcl-1 induction and drug resistance. Blood 2008 1.80
29 CXCR4 is a prognostic marker in acute myelogenous leukemia. Blood 2006 1.79
30 Immune anaemias in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia treated with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab--incidence and predictors. Br J Haematol 2007 1.76
31 Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab chemoimmunotherapy is highly effective treatment for relapsed patients with CLL. Blood 2011 1.75
32 Changes associated with the development of resistance to imatinib (STI571) in two leukemia cell lines expressing p210 Bcr/Abl protein. Cancer 2004 1.75
33 De novo deletion 17p13.1 chronic lymphocytic leukemia shows significant clinical heterogeneity: the M. D. Anderson and Mayo Clinic experience. Blood 2009 1.75
34 The Spiegelmer NOX-A12, a novel CXCL12 inhibitor, interferes with chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell motility and causes chemosensitization. Blood 2013 1.63
35 Pim kinase inhibitor, SGI-1776, induces apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells. Blood 2009 1.62
36 Isoform-selective phosphoinositide 3'-kinase inhibitors inhibit CXCR4 signaling and overcome stromal cell-mediated drug resistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a novel therapeutic approach. Blood 2009 1.58
37 Overexpression of the CXCR5 chemokine receptor, and its ligand, CXCL13 in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2007 1.56
38 Relevance of the immunoglobulin VH somatic mutation status in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (FCR) or related chemoimmunotherapy regimens. Blood 2008 1.46
39 Imatinib mesylate dose escalation is associated with durable responses in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia after cytogenetic failure on standard-dose imatinib therapy. Blood 2008 1.44
40 Mechanism of action of SNS-032, a novel cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2009 1.42
41 Phase II study of lenalidomide and rituximab as salvage therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2012 1.38
42 Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling of chronic lymphocytic leukemia allows identification of epigenetically repressed molecular pathways with clinical impact. Epigenetics 2010 1.37
43 Chemoimmunotherapy may overcome the adverse prognostic significance of 11q deletion in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer 2009 1.36
44 Gossypol, a BH3 mimetic, induces apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells. Blood 2008 1.36
45 Phase I-II study of oxaliplatin, fludarabine, cytarabine, and rituximab combination therapy in patients with Richter's syndrome or fludarabine-refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2008 1.34
46 Phase I and pharmacologic study of SNS-032, a potent and selective Cdk2, 7, and 9 inhibitor, in patients with advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma. J Clin Oncol 2010 1.33
47 Long-term outcome of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors after imatinib failure is predicted by the in vitro sensitivity of BCR-ABL kinase domain mutations. Blood 2009 1.29
48 High expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and splice variants is a distinctive feature of poor-prognosis chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2003 1.28
49 Use of IGHV3-21 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia is associated with high-risk disease and reflects antigen-driven, post-germinal center leukemogenic selection. Blood 2008 1.27
50 Alemtuzumab as treatment for residual disease after chemotherapy in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer 2003 1.26
51 Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, version 1.2013. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2013 1.20
52 Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms following fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (FCR) treatment in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma. Mod Pathol 2011 1.19
53 Treatment with lenalidomide modulates T-cell immunophenotype and cytokine production in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer 2011 1.19
54 Fludarabine and mitoxantrone for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer 2004 1.18
55 Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, version 4.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2014 1.17
56 The prognostic significance of serum beta2 microglobulin levels in acute myeloid leukemia and prognostic scores predicting survival: analysis of 1,180 patients. Clin Cancer Res 2008 1.16
57 Assessment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma by absolute lymphocyte counts in 2,126 patients: 20 years of experience at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. J Clin Oncol 2007 1.15
58 Eradication of minimal residual disease in hairy cell leukemia. Blood 2006 1.13
59 Homoharringtonine reduced Mcl-1 expression and induced apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2010 1.12
60 Caspase-8 dependent histone acetylation by a novel proteasome inhibitor, NPI-0052: a mechanism for synergy in leukemia cells. Blood 2009 1.12
61 Frontline chemoimmunotherapy with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, alemtuzumab, and rituximab for high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2011 1.09
62 Analysis of human leukaemias and lymphomas using extensive immunophenotypes from an antibody microarray. Br J Haematol 2006 1.07
63 Cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, alemtuzumab, and rituximab as salvage therapy for heavily pretreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2011 1.07
64 Cell death of bioenergetically compromised and transcriptionally challenged CLL lymphocytes by chlorinated ATP. Blood 2005 1.06
65 Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2011 1.06
66 Adult acute megakaryocytic leukemia: an analysis of 37 patients treated at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Blood 2005 1.06
67 Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-3 regulates microRNA gene expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells. Mol Cancer 2013 1.04
68 A proof-of-principle pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and clinical study with purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitor immucillin-H (BCX-1777, forodesine). Blood 2005 1.03
69 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas, version 3.2012. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2012 1.03
70 Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia CD20 expression is dependent on the genetic subtype: a study of quantitative flow cytometry and fluorescent in-situ hybridization in 510 patients. Br J Haematol 2008 1.03
71 Influence of bone marrow stromal microenvironment on forodesine-induced responses in CLL primary cells. Blood 2010 1.02
72 Outcomes in patients with splenic marginal zone lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma treated with rituximab with or without chemotherapy or chemotherapy alone. Cancer 2006 0.97
73 Customized oligonucleotide array-based comparative genomic hybridization as a clinical assay for genomic profiling of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. J Mol Diagn 2008 0.97
74 Lenalidomide induces long-lasting responses in elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2013 0.96
75 Phase I-II clinical trial of oxaliplatin, fludarabine, cytarabine, and rituximab therapy in aggressive relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or Richter syndrome. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2013 0.94
76 Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, version 2.2014. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2014 0.94
77 Richter's transformation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Curr Hematol Malig Rep 2007 0.94
78 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: treatment options for patients with refractory disease. Cancer 2009 0.93
79 What is the best frontline therapy for patients with CLL and 17p deletion? Curr Hematol Malig Rep 2011 0.93
80 Nonstochastic pairing of immunoglobulin heavy and light chains expressed by chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells is predicated on the heavy chain CDR3. Blood 2007 0.93
81 Identification and validation of biomarkers of IgV(H) mutation status in chronic lymphocytic leukemia using microfluidics quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction technology. J Mol Diagn 2007 0.92
82 High serum thymidine kinase 1 level predicts poorer survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Am J Clin Pathol 2010 0.92
83 Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of a low-clearance, unilamellar liposomal formulation of lurtotecan, a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor, in patients with advanced leukemia. Cancer 2004 0.91
84 Clinical characteristics, response to therapy, and survival of African American patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: joint experience of the MD Anderson Cancer Center and Duke University Medical Center. Cancer 2013 0.91
85 Immunohistochemical detection of ZAP70 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia predicts immunoglobulin heavy chain gene mutation status and time to progression. Mod Pathol 2010 0.90
86 Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Version 1.2016. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2016 0.89
87 Mechanisms of cell death of chronic lymphocytic leukemia lymphocytes by RNA-directed agent, 8-NH2-adenosine. Clin Cancer Res 2005 0.88
88 The great imitator: systemic nocardiosis mimicking Richter's transformation in relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2010 0.88
89 Statin and aspirin use is associated with improved outcome of FCR therapy in relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2014 0.87
90 Impact of bone marrow stromal cells on Bcl-2 family members in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2013 0.85
91 Pilot experience with continuous infusion alemtuzumab in patients with fludarabine-refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Eur J Haematol 2007 0.84
92 LDOC1 mRNA is differentially expressed in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and predicts overall survival in untreated patients. Blood 2011 0.83
93 Population pharmacokinetics of ofatumumab in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, follicular lymphoma, and rheumatoid arthritis. J Clin Pharmacol 2014 0.82
94 In vivo activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 after CD154 gene therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia is associated with clinical and immunologic response. Clin Cancer Res 2003 0.82
95 Central nervous system relapse in two patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in myeloid blastic phase on imatinib mesylate therapy. Leuk Lymphoma 2004 0.81
96 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, version 1.2015. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2015 0.81
97 Genomic variation by whole-genome SNP mapping arrays predicts time-to-event outcome in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a comparison of CLL and HapMap genotypes. J Mol Diagn 2012 0.80
98 Bone marrow purging studies in acute myelogenous leukemia using the recombinant anti-CD33 immunotoxin HuM195/rGel. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2003 0.80
99 A two-gene signature, SKI and SLAMF1, predicts time-to-treatment in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. PLoS One 2011 0.79
100 Impaired bactericidal but not fungicidal activity of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2013 0.78
101 Yttrium-90 ibritumomab tiuxetan radioimmunotherapy in Richter syndrome. Cancer 2004 0.78
102 Making advances in first-line chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment. J Clin Oncol 2012 0.78
103 Ibrutinib: a paradigm shift in management of CLL. Expert Rev Hematol 2014 0.77
104 Generation of functional CLL-specific cord blood CTL using CD40-ligated CLL APC. PLoS One 2012 0.77
105 Multiple-dose granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor plus 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a prospective, randomized trial of safety and immunogenicity. Cancer 2008 0.77
106 A phase II study of the combination of rituximab and granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor as treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2014 0.76
107 Role of CD20 monoclonal antibodies in previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2010 0.76
108 Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Nat Rev Dis Prim 2017 0.76
109 Circulating CD52 and CD20 levels at end of treatment predict for progression and survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia treated with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab (FCR). Br J Haematol 2009 0.75
110 The addition of CD20 monoclonal antibodies to lenalidomide improves response rates and survival in relapsed/refractory patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia relative to lenalidomide monotherapy - the MD Anderson Cancer Center experience. Br J Haematol 2015 0.75
111 Genetics and molecular biology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2005 0.75
112 Hairy Cell Leukemia, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2017 0.75
113 Evolution of treatment strategies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Part 2 of a 3-Part series: Advances in the treatment of hematologic malignancies. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol 2005 0.75