Brett Stevens, PhD

Publications

• Minhajuddin M, Winters A, Ye H, Pei S, Stevens B, Gillen A, Engel K, Gipson S, Ransom M, Amaya M, Inguva A, Gasparetto M, Althoff MJ, Miller R, Shelton I, Tolison H, Krug A, Culp-Hill R, D'Alessandro A, Sherbenou DW, Pollyea DA, Smith C, Jordan CT. Lysosomal acid lipase A modulates leukemia stem cell response to venetoclax/tyrosine kinase inhibitor combination therapy in blast phase chronic myeloid leukemia. Haematologica. 2025 Jan 1;110(1):103-116. PubMed PMID: 38934082
• Sheth AI, Althoff MJ, Tolison H, Engel K, Amaya ML, Krug AE, Young TN, Minhajuddin M, Pei S, Patel SB, Winters A, Miller R, Shelton IT, St-Germain J, Ling T, Jones CL, Raught B, Gillen AE, Ransom M, Staggs S, Smith CA, Pollyea DA, Stevens BM, Jordan CT. Targeting Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells through Perturbation of Mitochondrial Calcium. Cancer Discov. 2024 Oct 4;14(10):1922-1939. PubMed PMID: 38787341
• Davis LN, Walker ZJ, Reiman LT, Parzych SE, Stevens BM, Jordan CT, Forsberg PA, Sherbenou DW. MYC Inhibition Potentiates CD8 T Cells Against Multiple Myeloma and Overcomes Immunomodulatory Drug Resistance. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Jul 15;30(14):3023-3035. PubMed PMID: 38723281
• Winters AC, Minhajuddin M, Stevens BM, Major A, Bosma G, Abbott D, Miltgen N, Yuan J, Treece AL, Siegele BJ, Ewalt MD, Gutman JA, Jordan CT, Pollyea DA. Multi-gene measurable residual disease assessed by digital polymerase chain reaction has clinical and biological utility in acute myeloid leukemia patients receiving venetoclax/azacitidine. Haematologica. 2024 Jun 1;109(6):1766-1778. PubMed PMID: 38105738
• Winters AC, Minhajuddin M, Stevens BM, Major A, Bosma G, Abbott D, Miltgen N, Yuan J, Treece AL, Siegele BJ, Ewalt MD, Gutman JA, Jordan CT, Pollyea DA. Multi-gene measurable residual disease assessed by digital polymerase chain reaction has clinical and biological utility in acute myeloid leukemia patients receiving venetoclax/azacitidine. Haematologica. 2023 Dec 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38105738
• VanWyngarden MJ, Walker ZJ, Su Y, Perez de Acha O, Stevens BM, Forsberg PA, Mark TM, Matsui W, Liu B, Sherbenou DW. CD46-ADC Reduces the Engraftment of Multiple Myeloma Patient-Derived Xenografts. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Nov 9;15(22). PubMed PMID: 38001595
• Pei S, Shelton IT, Gillen AE, Stevens BM, Gasparetto M, Wang Y, Liu L, Liu J, Brunetti TM, Engel K, Staggs S, Showers W, Sheth AI, Amaya ML, Minhajuddin M, Winters A, Patel SB, Tolison H, Krug AE, Young TN, Schowinsky J, McMahon CM, Smith CA, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT. A Novel Type of Monocytic Leukemia Stem Cell Revealed by the Clinical Use of Venetoclax-Based Therapy. Cancer Discov. 2023 Sep 6;13(9):2032-2049. PubMed PMID: 37358260
• Culp-Hill R, Stevens BM, Jones CL, Pei S, Dzieciatkowska M, Minhajuddin M, Jordan CT, D'Alessandro A. Therapy-Resistant Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells Are Resensitized to Venetoclax Azacitidine by Targeting Fatty Acid Desaturases 1 and 2. Metabolites. 2023 Mar 24;13(4). PubMed PMID: 37110126
• Gutman JA, Winters A, Kent A, Amaya M, McMahon C, Smith C, Jordan CT, Stevens B, Minhajuddin M, Pei S, Schowinsky J, Tobin J, O'Brien K, Falco A, Taylor E, Brecl C, Zhou K, Ho P, Sohalski C, Dell-Martin J, Ondracek O, Abbott D, Pollyea DA. Higher-dose venetoclax with measurable residual disease-guided azacitidine discontinuation in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. Haematologica. 2023 Oct 1;108(10):2616-2625. PubMed PMID: 37051756
• Stevens B, Pollyea DA. Venetoclax response prediction in acute myeloid leukemia: are we Finnish-ed with uncertainty?. Haematologica. 2023 Jul 1;108(7):1715-1717. PubMed PMID: 36794503
• Amaya ML, Inguva A, Pei S, Jones C, Krug A, Ye H, Minhajuddin M, Winters A, Furtek SL, Gamboni F, Stevens B, D'Alessandro A, Pollyea DA, Reigan P, Jordan CT. The STAT3-MYC axis promotes survival of leukemia stem cells by regulating SLC1A5 and oxidative phosphorylation. Blood. 2022 Jan 27;139(4):584-596. PubMed PMID: 34525179
• Islam N, Reuben JS, Dale J, Gutman J, McMahon CM, Amaya M, Goodman B, Toninato J, Gasparetto M, Stevens B, Pei S, Gillen A, Staggs S, Engel K, Davis S, Hull M, Burke E, Larchick L, Zane R, Weller G, Jordan C, Smith C. Machine Learning-Based Exploratory Clinical Decision Support for Newly Diagnosed Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated With 7 + 3 Type Chemotherapy or Venetoclax/Azacitidine. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2022 Sep;6:e2200030. doi: 10.1200/CCI.22.00030. PMID: 36194842.
• Cherry EM, Abbott D, Amaya M, McMahon C, Schwartz M, Rosser J, Sato A, Schowinsky J, Inguva A, Minhajuddin M, Pei S, Stevens B, Winters A, Jordan CT, Smith C, Gutman JA, Pollyea DA. Venetoclax and azacitidine compared with induction chemotherapy for newly diagnosed patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv. 2021 Dec 28;5(24):5565-5573. PubMed PMID: 34610123
• Amaya M, Inguva A, Pei S, Jones CL, Krug A, Ye H, Minhajuddin M, Winters AC, Furtek SL, Gamboni F, Stevens BM, D'Alessandro A, Pollyea DA, Reigan P, Jordan CT. The STAT3-MYC Axis Promotes Survival of Leukemia Stem Cells by Regulating SLC1A5 and Oxidative Phosphorylation. Blood. 2021 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34525179
• Chavez JS, Rabe JL, Loeffler D, Higa KC, Hernandez G, Mills TS, Ahmed N, Gessner RL, Ke Z, Idler BM, Niño KE, Kim H, Myers JR, Stevens BM, Davizon-Castillo P, Jordan CT, Nakajima H, Ashton J, Welner RS, Schroeder T, DeGregori J, Pietras EM. PU.1 enforces quiescence and limits hematopoietic stem cell expansion during inflammatory stress. J Exp Med. 2021 Jun 7;218(6). PubMed PMID: 33857288
• Stevens BM, O'Brien C, Jordan CT, Jones CL. Enriching for human acute myeloid leukemia stem cells using reactive oxygen species-based cell sorting. STAR Protoc. 2021 Mar 19;2(1):100248. PubMed PMID: 33437968
• Pollyea DA, Kim HM, Stevens BM, Lee FF, Harris C, Hedin BR, Knapp JR, O'Connor BP, Jordan CT, Pietras EM, Tan AC, Alper S. MDS-associated SF3B1 mutations enhance proinflammatory gene expression in patient blast cells. J Leukoc Biol. 2021 Jul;110(1):197-205. PubMed PMID: 33155727
• Walker ZJ, Idler BM, Davis LN, Stevens BM, VanWyngarden MJ, Ohlstrom D, Bearrows SC, Hammes A, Smith CA, Jordan CT, Mark TM, Forsberg PA, Sherbenou DW. Exploiting Protein Translation Dependence in Multiple Myeloma with Omacetaxine-Based Therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Feb 1;27(3):819-830. PubMed PMID: 33109736
• Ye H, Minhajuddin M, Krug A, Pei S, Chou CH, Culp-Hill R, Ponder J, De Bloois E, Schniedewind B, Amaya ML, Inguva A, Stevens BM, Pollyea DA, Christians U, Grimes HL, D'Alessandro A, Jordan CT. The Hepatic Microenvironment Uniquely Protects Leukemia Cells through Induction of Growth and Survival Pathways Mediated by LIPG. Cancer Discov. 2021 Feb;11(2):500-519. PubMed PMID: 33028621
• Stevens BM, O'Brien C, Jordan CT, Jones CL. Enriching for human acute myeloid leukemia stem cells using reactive oxygen species-based cell sorting. STAR Protoc. 2021 Mar 19;2(1):100248. PubMed PMID: 33437968
• Pollyea DA, Kim HM, Stevens BM, Lee FF, Harris C, Hedin BR, Knapp JR, O'Connor BP, Jordan CT, Pietras EM, Tan AC, Alper S. MDS-associated SF3B1 mutations enhance proinflammatory gene expression in patient blast cells. J Leukoc Biol. 2020 Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33155727
• Walker ZJ, Idler B, Davis L, Stevens BM, VanWyngarden M, Ohlstrom D, Bearrows SC, Hammes A, Smith CA, Jordan CT, Mark TM, Forsberg PA, Sherbenou DW. Exploiting Protein Translation Dependence in Multiple Myeloma with Omacetaxine-based Therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33109736
• Ye H, Minhajuddin M, Krug A, Pei S, Chou CH, Culp-Hill R, Ponder J, De Bloois E, Schniedewind B, Amaya ML, Inguva A, Stevens BM, Pollyea DA, Christians U, Grimes HL, D'Alessandro A, Jordan CT. The Hepatic Microenvironment Uniquely Protects Leukemia Cells through Induction of Growth and Survival Pathways Mediated by LIPG. Cancer Discov. 2020 Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33028621
• Fisher MH, Kirkpatrick GD, Stevens B, Jones C, Callaghan M, Rajpurkar M, Fulbright J, Cooper MA, Rowley J, Porter CC, Gutierrez-Hartmann A, Jones K, Jordan C, Pietras EM, Di Paola J. ETV6 germline mutations cause HDAC3/NCOR2 mislocalization and upregulation of interferon response genes. JCI Insight. 2020 Sep 17;5(18). PubMed PMID: 32841218
• Jones CL, Stevens BM, Pollyea DA, Culp-Hill R, Reisz JA, Nemkov T, Gehrke S, Gamboni F, Krug A, Winters A, Pei S, Gustafson A, Ye H, Inguva A, Amaya M, Minhajuddin M, Abbott D, Becker MW, DeGregori J, Smith CA, D'Alessandro A, Jordan CT. Nicotinamide Metabolism Mediates Resistance to Venetoclax in Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2020 Nov 5;27(5):748-764.e4. PubMed PMID: 32822582
• Walker ZJ, VanWyngarden MJ, Stevens BM, Abbott D, Hammes A, Langouët-Astrie C, Smith CA, Palmer BE, Forsberg PA, Mark TM, Jordan CT, Sherbenou DW. Measurement of ex vivo resistance to proteasome inhibitors, IMiDs, and daratumumab during multiple myeloma progression. Blood Adv. 2020 Apr 28;4(8):1628-1639. PubMed PMID: 32311014
• Pei S, Pollyea DA, Gustafson A, Stevens BM, Minhajuddin M, Fu R, Riemondy KA, Gillen AE, Sheridan RM, Kim J, Costello JC, Amaya ML, Inguva A, Winters A, Ye H, Krug A, Jones CL, Adane B, Khan N, Ponder J, Schowinsky J, Abbott D, Hammes A, Myers JR, Ashton JM, Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Gutman JA, Ramsey HE, Savona MR, Smith CA, Jordan CT. Monocytic Subclones Confer Resistance to Venetoclax-Based Therapy in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Discov. 2020 Apr;10(4):536-551. PubMed PMID: 31974170
• Hernandez G, Mills TS, Rabe JL, Chavez JS, Kuldanek S, Kirkpatrick G, Noetzli L, Jubair WK, Zanche M, Myers JR, Stevens BM, Fleenor CJ, Adane B, Dinarello CA, Ashton J, Jordan CT, Di Paola J, Hagman JR, Holers VM, Kuhn KA, Pietras EM. Pro-inflammatory cytokine blockade attenuates myeloid expansion in a murine model of rheumatoid arthritis. Haematologica. 2020 Mar;105(3):585-597. PubMed PMID: 31101752
• Stevens, B.M., Jones, C.L., Pollyea, D.A. et al. Fatty acid metabolism underlies venetoclax resistance in acute myeloid leukemia stem cells. Nat Cancer 1, 1176–1187 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-020-00126-z
• Winters AC, Gutman JA, Purev E, Nakic M, Tobin J, Chase S, Kaiser J, Lyle L, Boggs C, Halsema K, Schowinsky JT, Rosser J, Ewalt MD, Siegele B, Rana V, Schuster S, Abbott D, Stevens BM, Jordan CT, Smith C, Pollyea DA. Real-world experience of venetoclax with azacitidine for untreated patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv. 2019 Oct 22;3(20):2911-2919. PubMed PMID: 31648312
• Stevens BM, Zhang W, Pollyea DA, Winters A, Gutman J, Smith C, Budde E, Forman SJ, Jordan CT, Purev E. CD123 CAR T cells for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome. Exp Hematol. 2019 Jun;74:52-63.e3. PubMed PMID: 31136781
• Hernandez G, Mills TS, Rabe JL, Chavez JS, Kuldanek S, Kirkpatrick G, Noetzli L, Jubair WK, Zanche M, Meyers JR, Stevens BM, Fleenor CJ, Adane B, Dinarello CA, Ashton J, Jordan CT, Di Paola J, Hagman JR, Holers VM, Kuhn KA, Pietras EM. Pro-inflammatory cytokine blockade attenuates myeloid expansion in a murine model of rheumatoid arthritis. Haematologica. 2019 May 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31101752
• Jones CL, Stevens BM, D'Alessandro A, Culp-Hill R, Reisz JA, Pei S, Gustafson A, Khan N, DeGregori J, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT. Cysteine depletion targets leukemia stem cells through inhibition of electron transport complex II. Blood. 2019 Jul 25;134(4):389-394. PubMed PMID: 31101624
• Stevens B, Winters A, Gutman JA, Fullerton A, Hemenway G, Schatz D, Miltgen N, Wei Q, Abbasi T, Vali S, Singh NK, Drusbosky L, Cogle CR, Hammes A, Abbott D, Jordan CT, Smith C, Pollyea DA. Sequential azacitidine and lenalidomide for patients with relapsed and refractory acute myeloid leukemia: Clinical results and predictive modeling using computational analysis. Leuk Res. 2019 Jun;81:43-49. PubMed PMID: 31009835
• Adane B, Ye H, Khan N, Pei S, Minhajuddin M, Stevens BM, Jones CL, D'Alessandro A, Reisz JA, Zaberezhnyy V, Gasparetto M, Ho TC, Kelly KK, Myers JR, Ashton JM, Siegenthaler J, Kume T, Campbell EL, Pollyea DA, Becker MW, Jordan CT. The Hematopoietic Oxidase NOX2 Regulates Self-Renewal of Leukemic Stem Cells. Cell Rep. 2019 Apr 2;27(1):238-254.e6. PubMed PMID: 30943405
• Gasparetto M, Pei S, Minhajuddin M, Stevens B, Smith CA, Seligman P. Low ferroportin expression in AML is correlated with good risk cytogenetics, improved outcomes and increased sensitivity to chemotherapy. Leuk Res. 2019 May;80:1-10. PubMed PMID: 30852438
• Jones CL, Stevens BM, D'Alessandro A, Reisz JA, Culp-Hill R, Nemkov T, Pei S, Khan N, Adane B, Ye H, Krug A, Reinhold D, Smith C, DeGregori J, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT. Inhibition of Amino Acid Metabolism Selectively Targets Human Leukemia Stem Cells. Cancer Cell. 2019 Feb 11;35(2):333-335. PubMed PMID: 30753831
• Jones CL, Stevens BM, D'Alessandro A, Reisz JA, Culp-Hill R, Nemkov T, Pei S, Khan N, Adane B, Ye H, Krug A, Reinhold D, Smith C, DeGregori J, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT. Inhibition of Amino Acid Metabolism Selectively Targets Human Leukemia Stem Cells. Cancer Cell. 2018 Nov 12;34(5):724-740.e4. PubMed PMID: 30423294
• Pollyea DA, Stevens BM, Jones CL, Winters A, Pei S, Minhajuddin M, D'Alessandro A, Culp-Hill R, Riemondy KA, Gillen AE, Hesselberth JR, Abbott D, Schatz D, Gutman JA, Purev E, Smith C, Jordan CT. Venetoclax with azacitidine disrupts energy metabolism and targets leukemia stem cells in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Nat Med. 2018 Dec;24(12):1859-1866. PubMed PMID: 30420752
• Ye H, Adane B, Khan N, Alexeev E, Nusbacher N, Minhajuddin M, Stevens BM, Winters AC, Lin X, Ashton JM, Purev E, Xing L, Pollyea DA, Lozupone CA, Serkova NJ, Colgan SP, Jordan CT. Subversion of Systemic Glucose Metabolism as a Mechanism to Support the Growth of Leukemia Cells. Cancer Cell. 2018 Oct 8;34(4):659-673.e6. PubMed PMID: 30270124
• Stevens BM, Khan N, D'Alessandro A, Nemkov T, Winters A, Jones CL, Zhang W, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT. Characterization and targeting of malignant stem cells in patients with advanced myelodysplastic syndromes. Nat Commun. 2018 Sep 12;9(1):3694. PubMed PMID: 30209285
• Pei S, Minhajuddin M, Adane B, Khan N, Stevens BM, Mack SC, Lai S, Rich JN, Inguva A, Shannon KM, Kim H, Tan AC, Myers JR, Ashton JM, Neff T, Pollyea DA, Smith CA, Jordan CT. AMPK/FIS1-Mediated Mitophagy Is Required for Self-Renewal of Human AML Stem Cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2018 Jul 5;23(1):86-100.e6. PubMed PMID: 29910151
• Pei S, Minhajuddin M, D'Alessandro A, Nemkov T, Stevens BM, Adane B, Khan N, Hagen FK, Yadav VK, De S, Ashton JM, Hansen KC, Gutman JA, Pollyea DA, Crooks PA, Smith C, Jordan CT. Rational Design of a Parthenolide-based Drug Regimen That Selectively Eradicates Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Stem Cells. J Biol Chem. 2016 Oct 14;291(42):21984-22000. PubMed PMID: 27573247
• Ho TC, LaMere M, Stevens BM, Ashton JM, Myers JR, O'Dwyer KM, Liesveld JL, Mendler JH, Guzman M, Morrissette JD, Zhao J, Wang ES, Wetzler M, Jordan CT, Becker MW. Evolution of acute myelogenous leukemia stem cell properties after treatment and progression. Blood. 2016 Sep 29;128(13):1671-8. PubMed PMID: 27421961
• Ye H, Adane B, Khan N, Sullivan T, Minhajuddin M, Gasparetto M, Stevens B, Pei S, Balys M, Ashton JM, Klemm DJ, Woolthuis CM, Stranahan AW, Park CY, Jordan CT. Leukemic Stem Cells Evade Chemotherapy by Metabolic Adaptation to an Adipose Tissue Niche. Cell Stem Cell. 2016 Jul 7;19(1):23-37. PubMed PMID: 27374788
• Riedel SS, Haladyna JN, Bezzant M, Stevens B, Pollyea DA, Sinha AU, Armstrong SA, Wei Q, Pollock RM, Daigle SR, Jordan CT, Ernst P, Neff T, Bernt KM. MLL1 and DOT1L cooperate with meningioma-1 to induce acute myeloid leukemia. J Clin Invest. 2016 Apr 1;126(4):1438-50. PubMed PMID: 26927674
• Stevens B, Maxson J, Tyner J, Smith CA, Gutman JA, Robinson W, Jordan CT, Lee CK, Swisshelm K, Tobin J, Wei Q, Schowinsky J, Rinella S, Lee HG, Pollyea DA. Clonality of neutrophilia associated with plasma cell neoplasms: report of a SETBP1 mutation and analysis of a single institution series. Leuk Lymphoma. 2016;57(4):927-34. PubMed PMID: 26389776

Practice Locations

UCHealth Hematology Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Ct
2nd Floor, Anschutz Cancer Pavilion
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0300

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Specialties

• Hematology