Claudio Scafoglio

Email: cscafoglio@mednet.ucla.edu

Publications:

Pandey A, Gomez E, Soto A, Jr MA, Jaldu S, Quezada F, Dumitras C, Saggese P, Liu B, Fishbein GA, Belperio J, Dubinett SM, Scafoglio C. A novel murine carcinogen-induced model recapitulates the progression and heterogeneity of human lung adenocarcinoma. Lung Cancer. 2025 Aug; 206:108581. view on PubMed

Pandey A, Alcaraz M, Saggese P, Soto A, Gomez E, Jaldu S, Yanagawa J, Scafoglio C. Exploring the Role of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Cancer: Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Opportunities. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Jan 30; 17(3). view on PubMed

Saggese P, Pandey A, Alcaraz M, Fung E, Hall A, Yanagawa J, Rodriguez EF, Grogan TR, Giurato G, Nassa G, Salvati A, Shirihai OS, Weisz A, Dubinett SM, Scafoglio C. Glucose Deprivation Promotes Pseudohypoxia and Dedifferentiation in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Res. 2024 01 16; 84(2):305-327. view on PubMed

Saggese P, Pandey A, Fung E, Hall A, Yanagawa J, Rodriguez EF, Grogan TR, Giurato G, Nassa G, Salvati A, Weisz A, Dubinett SM, Scafoglio C. Glucose deprivation promotes pseudo-hypoxia and de-differentiation in lung adenocarcinoma. bioRxiv. 2023 Feb 01. view on PubMed

Petcherski A, Sharma M, Satta S, Daskou M, Vasilopoulos H, Hugo C, Ritou E, Dillon BJ, Fung E, Garcia G, Scafoglio C, Purkayastha A, Gomperts BN, Fishbein GA, Arumugaswami V, Liesa M, Shirihai OS, Kelesidis T. Mitoquinone mesylate targets SARS-CoV-2 infection in preclinical models. bioRxiv. 2022 Jun 23. view on PubMed

Saggese P, Martinez CA, Tran LM, Lim R, Dumitras C, Grogan T, Elashoff D, Ramin SR, Dubinett SM, Liu B, Scafoglio C. Genotoxic Treatment Enhances Immune Response in a Genetic Model of Lung Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jul 18; 13(14). view on PubMed

Sellitto A, Pecoraro G, Giurato G, Nassa G, Rizzo F, Saggese P, Martinez CA, Scafoglio C, Tarallo R. Regulation of Metabolic Reprogramming by Long Non-Coding RNAs in Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jul 12; 13(14). view on PubMed

Saggese P, Sellitto A, Martinez CA, Giurato G, Nassa G, Rizzo F, Tarallo R, Scafoglio C. Metabolic Regulation of Epigenetic Modifications and Cell Differentiation in Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Dec 16; 12(12). view on PubMed

Martinez CA, Scafoglio C. Heterogeneity of Glucose Transport in Lung Cancer. Biomolecules. 2020 06 05; 10(6). view on PubMed

Barrio JR, Huang SC, Satyamurthy N, Scafoglio CS, Yu AS, Alavi A, Krohn KA. Does 2-FDG PET Accurately Reflect Quantitative In Vivo Glucose Utilization? J Nucl Med. 2020 06; 61(6):931-937. view on PubMed

Hsieh MH, Choe JH, Gadhvi J, Kim YJ, Arguez MA, Palmer M, Gerold H, Nowak C, Do H, Mazambani S, Knighton JK, Cha M, Goodwin J, Kang MK, Jeong JY, Lee SY, Faubert B, Xuan Z, Abel ED, Scafoglio C, Shackelford DB, Minna JD, Singh PK, Shulaev V, Bleris L, Hoyt K, Kim J, Inoue M, DeBerardinis RJ, Kim TH, Kim JW. p63 and SOX2 Dictate Glucose Reliance and Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Cell Rep. 2019 08 13; 28(7):1860-1878.e9. view on PubMed

Scafoglio CR, Villegas B, Abdelhady G, Bailey ST, Liu J, Shirali AS, Wallace WD, Magyar CE, Grogan TR, Elashoff D, Walser T, Yanagawa J, Aberle DR, Barrio JR, Dubinett SM, Shackelford DB. Sodium-glucose transporter 2 is a diagnostic and therapeutic target for early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. Sci Transl Med. 2018 11 14; 10(467). view on PubMed

Kepe V, Scafoglio C, Liu J, Yong WH, Bergsneider M, Huang SC, Barrio JR, Wright EM. Positron emission tomography of sodium glucose cotransport activity in high grade astrocytomas. J Neurooncol. 2018 Jul; 138(3):557-569. view on PubMed

Ghezzi C, Yu AS, Hirayama BA, Kepe V, Liu J, Scafoglio C, Powell DR, Huang SC, Satyamurthy N, Barrio JR, Wright EM. Dapagliflozin Binds Specifically to Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 in the Proximal Renal Tubule. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Mar; 28(3):802-810. view on PubMed

Scafoglio C, Hirayama BA, Kepe V, Liu J, Ghezzi C, Satyamurthy N, Moatamed NA, Huang J, Koepsell H, Barrio JR, Wright EM. Functional expression of sodium-glucose transporters in cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jul 28; 112(30):E4111-9. view on PubMed

Dago DN, Scafoglio C, Rinaldi A, Memoli D, Giurato G, Nassa G, Ravo M, Rizzo F, Tarallo R, Weisz A. Estrogen receptor beta impacts hormone-induced alternative mRNA splicing in breast cancer cells. BMC Genomics. 2015 May 09; 16:367. view on PubMed

Scafoglio C, Smolka M, Zhou H, Perissi V, Rosenfeld MG. The co-repressor SMRT delays DNA damage-induced caspase activation by repressing pro-apoptotic genes and modulating the dynamics of checkpoint kinase 2 activation. PLoS One. 2013; 8(5):e59986. view on PubMed

Perissi V, Scafoglio C, Zhang J, Ohgi KA, Rose DW, Glass CK, Rosenfeld MG. TBL1 and TBLR1 phosphorylation on regulated gene promoters overcomes dual CtBP and NCoR/SMRT transcriptional repression checkpoints. Mol Cell. 2008 Mar 28; 29(6):755-66. view on PubMed

Sismondi P, Biglia N, Ponzone R, Fuso L, Scafoglio C, Cicatiello L, Ravo M, Weisz A, Cimino D, Altobelli G, Friard O, De Bortoli M. Influence of estrogens and antiestrogens on the expression of selected hormone-responsive genes. Maturitas. 2007 May 20; 57(1):50-5. view on PubMed

Scafoglio C, Ambrosino C, Cicatiello L, Altucci L, Ardovino M, Bontempo P, Medici N, Molinari AM, Nebbioso A, Facchiano A, Calogero RA, Elkon R, Menini N, Ponzone R, Biglia N, Sismondi P, De Bortoli M, Weisz A. Comparative gene expression profiling reveals partially overlapping but distinct genomic actions of different antiestrogens in human breast cancer cells. J Cell Biochem. 2006 Aug 01; 98(5):1163-84. view on PubMed

Olson LE, Tollkuhn J, Scafoglio C, Krones A, Zhang J, Ohgi KA, Wu W, Taketo MM, Kemler R, Grosschedl R, Rose D, Li X, Rosenfeld MG. Homeodomain-mediated beta-catenin-dependent switching events dictate cell-lineage determination. Cell. 2006 May 05; 125(3):593-605. view on PubMed

Weisz A, Basile W, Scafoglio C, Altucci L, Bresciani F, Facchiano A, Sismondi P, Cicatiello L, De Bortoli M. Molecular identification of ERalpha-positive breast cancer cells by the expression profile of an intrinsic set of estrogen regulated genes. J Cell Physiol. 2004 Sep; 200(3):440-50. view on PubMed

Cicatiello L, Addeo R, Sasso A, Altucci L, Petrizzi VB, Borgo R, Cancemi M, Caporali S, Caristi S, Scafoglio C, Teti D, Bresciani F, Perillo B, Weisz A. Estrogens and progesterone promote persistent CCND1 gene activation during G1 by inducing transcriptional derepression via c-Jun/c-Fos/estrogen receptor (progesterone receptor) complex assembly to a distal regulatory element and recruitment of cyclin D1 to its own gene promoter. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Aug; 24(16):7260-74. view on PubMed

Cicatiello L, Scafoglio C, Altucci L, Cancemi M, Natoli G, Facchiano A, Iazzetti G, Calogero R, Biglia N, De Bortoli M, Sfiligoi C, Sismondi P, Bresciani F, Weisz A. A genomic view of estrogen actions in human breast cancer cells by expression profiling of the hormone-responsive transcriptome. J Mol Endocrinol. 2004 Jun; 32(3):719-75. view on PubMed

Sorbello V, Fuso L, Sfiligoi C, Scafoglio C, Ponzone R, Biglia N, Weisz A, Sismondi P, De Bortoli M. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis of eight novel estrogen-regulated genes in breast cancer. Int J Biol Markers. 2003 Apr-Jun; 18(2):123-9. view on PubMed