Research Funding

  • September 20, 2002 - August 31, 2023 - Brain Tumor SPORE Grant , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P50CA097257
  • August 5, 1999 - May 31, 2023 - Cancer Center Support Grant , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P30CA082103
  • August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2022 - Immune epigenetic biomarkers of survival in glioma epidemiology , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA207360
  • May 15, 1991 - March 31, 2017 - Genetic and molecular epidemiology of adult glioma , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA052689
  • September 30, 1987 - March 31, 2017 - Toxic Substances in the Environment , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P42ES004705
  • July 1, 2008 - May 31, 2014 - Biomarkers of survival in glioma epidemiology , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA126831
  • July 1, 1994 - December 31, 2011 - Biomarkers of Lung Cancer Susceptibility in Minorities , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01ES006717
  • December 1, 1986 - February 28, 1990 - MUTAGEN SENSITIVITY IN HIGH BREAST CANCER RISK PATIENTS , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA043764

Education

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, B.S., 1976, Biology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, M.S., 1978, Environmental Health
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Ph.D., 1983, Pathology

Selected Publications

  1. Francis SS, Guerra G, Hansen HM, Wendt G, Kachuri L, Wiencke JK, Wrensch M. Inherited polymorphisms in the Human Leukocyte Antigen Region modify the association between varicella-zoster virus antibody reactivity and glioma prognosis. Neuro Oncol. 2023 10 03; 25(10):1910-1912.  View on PubMed
  2. Chen JQ, Salas LA, Wiencke JK, Koestler DC, Molinaro AM, Andrew AS, Seigne JD, Karagas MR, Kelsey KT, Christensen BC. Genome-Scale Methylation Analysis Identifies Immune Profiles and Age Acceleration Associations with Bladder Cancer Outcomes. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 10 02; 32(10):1328-1337.  View on PubMed
  3. Bell-Glenn S, Salas LA, Molinaro AM, Butler RA, Christensen BC, Kelsey KT, Wiencke JK, Koestler DC. Calculating detection limits and uncertainty of reference-based deconvolution of whole-blood DNA methylation data. Epigenomics. 2023 04; 15(7):435-451.  View on PubMed
  4. Zhang Z, Wiencke JK, Kelsey KT, Koestler DC, Molinaro AM, Pike SC, Karra P, Christensen BC, Salas LA. Hierarchical deconvolution for extensive cell type resolution in the human brain using DNA methylation. Front Neurosci. 2023; 17:1198243.  View on PubMed
  5. Guerra G, McCoy L, Hansen HM, Rice T, Molinaro AM, Wiemels JL, Wiencke JK, Wrensch M, Francis SS. Antibodies to varicella-zoster virus and three other herpesviruses and survival in adults with glioma. Neuro Oncol. 2023 06 02; 25(6):1047-1057.  View on PubMed
  6. Nissen E, Reiner A, Liu S, Wallace RB, Molinaro AM, Salas LA, Christensen BC, Wiencke JK, Koestler DC, Kelsey KT. Assessment of immune cell profiles among post-menopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative using DNA methylation-based methods. Clin Epigenetics. 2023 04 28; 15(1):69.  View on PubMed
  7. Hervey-Jumper SL, Zhang Y, Phillips JJ, Morshed RA, Young JS, McCoy L, Lafontaine M, Luks T, Ammanuel S, Kakaizada S, Egladyous A, Gogos A, Villanueva-Meyer J, Shai A, Warrier G, Rice T, Crane J, Wrensch M, Wiencke JK, Daras M, Oberheim Bush NA, Taylor JW, Butowski N, Clarke J, Chang S, Chang E, Aghi M, Theodosopoulos P, McDermott M, Jakola AS, Kavouridis VK, Nawabi N, Solheim O, Smith T, Berger MS, Molinaro AM. Interactive Effects of Molecular, Therapeutic, and Patient Factors on Outcome of Diffuse Low-Grade Glioma. J Clin Oncol. 2023 04 10; 41(11):2029-2042.  View on PubMed
  8. Zhang Z, Butler R, Koestler DC, Bell-Glenn S, Warrier G, Molinaro AM, Christensen BC, Wiencke JK, Kelsey KT, Salas LA. Comparative analysis of the DNA methylation landscape in CD4, CD8, and B memory lineages. Clin Epigenetics. 2022 12 15; 14(1):173.  View on PubMed
  9. Zhang Z, Wiencke JK, Kelsey KT, Koestler DC, Christensen BC, Salas LA. HiTIMED: hierarchical tumor immune microenvironment epigenetic deconvolution for accurate cell type resolution in the tumor microenvironment using tumor-type-specific DNA methylation data. J Transl Med. 2022 Nov 08; 20(1):516.  View on PubMed
  10. Tang E, Wiencke JK, Warrier G, Hansen H, McCoy L, Rice T, Bracci PM, Wrensch M, Taylor JW, Clarke JL, Koestler DC, Salas LA, Christensen BC, Kelsey KT, Molinaro AM. Evaluation of cross-platform compatibility of a DNA methylation-based glucocorticoid response biomarker. Clin Epigenetics. 2022 10 28; 14(1):136.  View on PubMed
  11. Yanchus C, Drucker KL, Kollmeyer TM, Tsai R, Winick-Ng W, Liang M, Malik A, Pawling J, De Lorenzo SB, Ali A, Decker PA, Kosel ML, Panda A, Al-Zahrani KN, Jiang L, Browning JWL, Lowden C, Geuenich M, Hernandez JJ, Gosio JT, Ahmed M, Loganathan SK, Berman J, Trcka D, Michealraj KA, Fortin J, Carson B, Hollingsworth EW, Jacinto S, Mazrooei P, Zhou L, Elia A, Lupien M, He HH, Murphy DJ, Wang L, Abyzov A, Dennis JW, Maass PG, Campbell K, Wilson MD, Lachance DH, Wrensch M, Wiencke J, Mak T, Pennacchio LA, Dickel DE, Visel A, Wrana J, Taylor MD, Zadeh G, Dirks P, Eckel-Passow JE, Attisano L, Pombo A, Ida CM, Kvon EZ, Jenkins RB, Schramek D. A noncoding single-nucleotide polymorphism at 8q24 drives IDH1-mutant glioma formation. Science. 2022 10 07; 378(6615):68-78.  View on PubMed
  12. Zhang Y, Lucas CG, Young JS, Morshed RA, McCoy L, Oberheim Bush NA, Taylor JW, Daras M, Butowski NA, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Cha S, Wrensch M, Wiencke JK, Lee JC, Pekmezci M, Phillips JJ, Perry A, Bollen AW, Aghi MK, Theodosopoulos P, Chang EF, Hervey-Jumper SL, Berger MS, Clarke JL, Chang SM, Molinaro AM, Solomon DA. Prospective genomically guided identification of "early/evolving" and "undersampled" IDH-wildtype glioblastoma leads to improved clinical outcomes. Neuro Oncol. 2022 10 03; 24(10):1749-1762.  View on PubMed
  13. Wiencke JK, Molinaro AM, Warrier G, Rice T, Clarke J, Taylor JW, Wrensch M, Hansen H, McCoy L, Tang E, Tamaki SJ, Tamaki CM, Nissen E, Bracci P, Salas LA, Koestler DC, Christensen BC, Zhang Z, Kelsey KT. DNA methylation as a pharmacodynamic marker of glucocorticoid response and glioma survival. Nat Commun. 2022 09 20; 13(1):5505.  View on PubMed
  14. Byun J, Han Y, Li Y, Xia J, Long E, Choi J, Xiao X, Zhu M, Zhou W, Sun R, Bossé Y, Song Z, Schwartz A, Lusk C, Rafnar T, Stefansson K, Zhang T, Zhao W, Pettit RW, Liu Y, Li X, Zhou H, Walsh KM, Gorlov I, Gorlova O, Zhu D, Rosenberg SM, Pinney S, Bailey-Wilson JE, Mandal D, de Andrade M, Gaba C, Willey JC, You M, Anderson M, Wiencke JK, Albanes D, Lam S, Tardon A, Chen C, Goodman G, Bojeson S, Brenner H, Landi MT, Chanock SJ, Johansson M, Muley T, Risch A, Wichmann HE, Bickeböller H, Christiani DC, Rennert G, Arnold S, Field JK, Shete S, Le Marchand L, Melander O, Brunnstrom H, Liu G, Andrew AS, Kiemeney LA, Shen H, Zienolddiny S, Grankvist K, Johansson M, Caporaso N, Cox A, Hong YC, Yuan JM, Lazarus P, Schabath MB, Aldrich MC, Patel A, Lan Q, Rothman N, Taylor F, Kachuri L, Witte JS, Sakoda LC, Spitz M, Brennan P, Lin X, McKay J, Hung RJ, Amos CI. Cross-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 61,047 cases and 947,237 controls identifies new susceptibility loci contributing to lung cancer. Nat Genet. 2022 08; 54(8):1167-1177.  View on PubMed
  15. Bracci PM, Rice T, Hansen HM, Francis SS, Lee S, McCoy LS, Shrestha PP, Warrier G, Clarke JL, Molinaro AM, Taylor JW, Wiencke JK, Wrensch MR. Pre-surgery immune profiles of adult glioma patients. J Neurooncol. 2022 Aug; 159(1):103-115.  View on PubMed
  16. Guerra G, Kachuri L, Wendt G, Hansen HM, Mack SJ, Molinaro AM, Rice T, Bracci P, Wiencke JK, Kasahara N, Eckel-Passow JE, Jenkins RB, Wrensch M, Francis SS. The immunogenetics of viral antigen response is associated with subtype-specific glioma risk and survival. Am J Hum Genet. 2022 06 02; 109(6):1105-1116.  View on PubMed
  17. Molinaro AM, Wiencke JK, Warrier G, Koestler DC, Chunduru P, Lee JY, Hansen HM, Lee S, Anguiano J, Rice T, Bracci PM, McCoy L, Salas LA, Christensen BC, Wrensch M, Kelsey KT, Taylor JW, Clarke JL. Interactions of Age and Blood Immune Factors and Noninvasive Prediction of Glioma Survival. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 03 08; 114(3):446-457.  View on PubMed
  18. Berglund-Brown I, Nissen E, Koestler DC, Butler RA, Eliot MN, Padbury JF, Salas LA, Molinaro AM, Christensen BC, Wiencke JK, Kelsey KT. A core of differentially methylated CpG loci in gMDSCs isolated from neonatal and adult sources. Clin Epigenetics. 2022 02 21; 14(1):27.  View on PubMed
  19. Salas LA, Zhang Z, Koestler DC, Butler RA, Hansen HM, Molinaro AM, Wiencke JK, Kelsey KT, Christensen BC. Enhanced cell deconvolution of peripheral blood using DNA methylation for high-resolution immune profiling. Nat Commun. 2022 02 09; 13(1):761.  View on PubMed
  20. Chen JQ, Salas LA, Wiencke JK, Koestler DC, Molinaro AM, Andrew AS, Seigne JD, Karagas MR, Kelsey KT, Christensen BC. Immune profiles and DNA methylation alterations related with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer outcomes. Clin Epigenetics. 2022 01 21; 14(1):14.  View on PubMed

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