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Associate Professor in Cancer Biology | Matrix Biology and Precision Medicine in Solid Tumours

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Laboratory Head (Faculty) - Matrix & Metastasis

Garvan Institute of Medical Research

November 2020 - Present

Group Leader - Matrix and Metastasis

Garvan Institute of Medical Research

October 2016 - October 2020

Assistant Professor

University of Copenhagen

April 2013 - October 2016

Senior PostDoctoral Fellow

University of Copenhagen

April 2012 - April 2013

PostDoctoral Research Fellow

Institute of Cancer Research

May 2008 - April 2012

Education

Ph.D. (Biological and Biomedical Sciences)

Durham University

September 2004 - May 2008

B.Sc. (Hons) (Biological and Biomedical Sciences)

Durham University

October 2001 - June 2004

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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thomas R. Cox(2021). The matrix in cancer . Nature Reviews Cancer. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Yordanos F.I. Setargew, Kaitlin Wyllie, Rhiannon D. Grant, Jessica L. Chitty, Thomas R. Cox(2021). Targeting Lysyl Oxidase Family Meditated Matrix Cross-Linking as an Anti-Stromal Therapy in Solid Tumours . Cancers. 13. (3). p. 491. {MDPI} {AG}
Thomas Cox, Yordanos F. I Setargew , Kaitlin Wyllie, Rhiannon D. Grant, Jessica Chitty (2021). Targeting Lysyl Oxidase Family Meditated Matrix Cross-Linking as an Anti-Stromal Therapy in Solid Tumours . Cancers.
Max Nobis, David Herrmann, Sean C. Warren, Douglas Strathdee, Thomas R. Cox, Kurt I. Anderson, Paul Timpson(2020). Shedding new light on RhoA signalling as a drug target in vivo using a novel RhoA-FRET biosensor mouse . Small GTPases. p. 1--8. Informa {UK} Limited
Nobis, M., Herrmann, D., Warren, S.C., Strathdee, D., Cox, T.R., Anderson, K.I., Timpson, P.(2020). Shedding new light on RhoA signalling as a drug target in vivo using a novel RhoA-FRET biosensor mouse . Small GTPases. 11. (4). p. 240-247.
Elgundi, Z., Papanicolaou, M., Major, G., Cox, T.R., Melrose, J., Whitelock, J.M., Farrugia, B.L.(2020). Cancer Metastasis: The Role of the Extracellular Matrix and the Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Perlecan . Frontiers in Oncology. 9.
Michael, P., Lam, Y.T., Filipe, E.C., Tan, R.P., Chan, A.H.P., Lee, B.S.L., Feng, N., Hung, J., Cox, T.R., Santos, M., et al.(2020). Plasma polymerized nanoparticles effectively deliver dual siRNA and drug therapy in vivo . Scientific Reports. 10. (1).
Chitty, J.L., Skhinas, J.N., Filipe, E.C., Wang, S., Cupello, C.R., Grant, R.D., Yam, M., Papanicolaou, M., Major, G., Zaratzian, A., et al.(2020). The Mini-Organo: A rapid high-throughput 3D coculture organotypic assay for oncology screening and drug development . Cancer Reports. 3. (1).
Wu, S.Z., Roden, D.L., Wang, C., Holliday, H., Harvey, K., Cazet, A.S., Murphy, K.J., Pereira, B., Al-Eryani, G., Bartonicek, N., et al.(2020). Stromal cell diversity associated with immune evasion in human triple-negative breast cancer . EMBO Journal.
Jessica L. Chitty, Yordanos F.I. Setargew, Thomas R. Cox(2019). Targeting the lysyl oxidases in tumour desmoplasia . Biochemical Society Transactions. Portland Press Ltd.
Cédric Zeltz, Elena Pasko, Thomas R. Cox, Roya Navab, Ming-Sound Tsao(2019). LOXL1 Is Regulated by Integrin α11 and Promotes Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumorigenicity . Cancers. 11. (5). p. 705. {MDPI} {AG}
Thomas Cox, Cédric Zeltz, Elena Pasko, Roya Navab, Ming-Sound Tsao (2019). LOXL1 Is Regulated by Integrin α11 and Promotes Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumorigenicity . Cancers.
Jordan F Hastings, Joanna N Skhinas, Dirk Fey, David R Croucher, Thomas R Cox(2019). The extracellular matrix as a key regulator of intracellular signalling networks . British Journal of Pharmacology. 176. (1). p. 82--92. Wiley
Pereira, B.A., Vennin, C., Papanicolaou, M., Chambers, C.R., Herrmann, D., Morton, J.P., Cox, T.R., Timpson, P.(2019). CAF Subpopulations: A New Reservoir of Stromal Targets in Pancreatic Cancer . Trends in Cancer. 5. (11). p. 724-741.
Barker, H.E., Chang, J., Cox, T.R., Lang, G., Bird, D., Nicolau, M., Evans, H.R., Gartland, A., Erler, J.T.(2019). Correction: LOxL2-mediated matrix remodeling in metastasis and mammary gland involution (Cancer Res (2011) 71 (1561–1572) DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-2868) . Cancer Research. 79. (19). p. 5123.
Cox, T.R., Bird, D., Baker, A.-M., Barker, H.E., Ho, M.W.-Y., Lang, G., Erler, J.T.(2019). Erratum: Editor's note: LOX-mediated collagen cross-linking is responsible for fibrosis-enhanced metastasis (Cancer Res (2013) 73:( 1721–1732) DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472) . Cancer Research. 79. (19). p. 5124.
Nguyen, E.V., Pereira, B.A., Lawrence, M.G., Ma, X., Rebello, R.J., Chan, H., Niranjan, B., Wu, Y., Ellem, S., Guan, X., et al.(2019). Proteomic profiling of human prostate cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) reveals LOXL2-dependent regulation of the tumor microenvironment . Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 18. (7). p. 1410-1427.
Beadnell, T., Borriello, L., Christenson, J., Fornetti, J., Guldner, I., Hanna, A., Kyjacova, L., Marinak-Whately, K., de Melo Martins, P.C., Rotinen, M., et al.(2019). Meeting report: Metastasis Research Society (MRS) 17th Biennial conference and associated Young Investigator Satellite Meeting (YISM) on cancer metastasis . Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 36. (2). p. 119-137.
Vennin, C., Mélénec, P., Rouet, R., Nobis, M., Cazet, A.S., Murphy, K.J., Herrmann, D., Reed, D.A., Lucas, M.C., Warren, S.C., et al.(2019). CAF hierarchy driven by pancreatic cancer cell p53-status creates a pro-metastatic and chemoresistant environment via perlecan . Nature Communications. 10. (1).
Chitty, J.L., Setargew, Y.F.I., Cox, T.R.(2019). Targeting the lysyl oxidases in tumour desmoplasia . Biochemical Society Transactions. 47. (6). p. 1661-1678.
Zeltz, C., Pasko, E., Cox, T.R., Navab, R., Tsao, M.-S.(2019). LOXL1 is regulated by integrin α11 and promotes non-small cell lung cancer tumorigenicity . Cancers. 11. (5).
Hastings, J.F., Skhinas, J.N., Fey, D., Croucher, D.R., Cox, T.R.(2019). The extracellular matrix as a key regulator of intracellular signalling networks . British Journal of Pharmacology. 176. (1). p. 82-92.
Zijlstra, A., Von Lersner, A., Yu, D., Borrello, L., Oudin, M., Kang, Y., Sahai, E., Fingleton, B., Stein, U., Cox, T.R., et al.(2019). The importance of developing therapies targeting the biological spectrum of metastatic disease . Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 36. (4). p. 305-309.
Kennedy, S.P., Han, J.Z.R., Portman, N., Nobis, M., Hastings, J.F., Murphy, K.J., Latham, S.L., Cadell, A.L., Miladinovic, D., Marriott, G.R., et al.(2019). Targeting promiscuous heterodimerization overcomes innate resistance to ERBB2 dimerization inhibitors in breast cancer . Breast Cancer Research. 21. (1).
Joanna N. Skhinas, Thomas R. Cox(2018). The interplay between extracellular matrix remodelling and kinase signalling in cancer progression and metastasis . Cell Adhesion & Migration. 12. (6). p. 529--537. Informa {UK} Limited
Jessica L. Chitty, Elysse C. Filipe, Morghan C. Lucas, David Herrmann, Thomas R. Cox, Paul Timpson(2018). Recent advances in understanding the complexities of metastasis . F1000Research. 7. p. 1169. F1000 ( Faculty of 1000 Ltd)
Sean C Warren, Max Nobis, Astrid Magenau, Yousuf H Mohammed, David Herrmann, Imogen Moran, Claire Vennin, James RW Conway, Pauline Mélénec, Thomas R Cox, et al.(2018). Removing physiological motion from intravital and clinical functional imaging data . eLife. 7. {eLife} Sciences Organisation, Ltd.
Elysse C. Filipe, Jessica L. Chitty, Thomas R. Cox(2018). Charting the unexplored extracellular matrix in cancer . International Journal of Experimental Pathology. Wiley
Thomas R. Cox, Janine T. Erler, Robin M. H. Rumney(2018). Established Models and New Paradigms for Hypoxia-Driven Cancer-Associated Bone Disease . Calcified Tissue International. Springer Nature
Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T., Rumney, R.M.H.(2018). Established Models and New Paradigms for Hypoxia-Driven Cancer-Associated Bone Disease . Calcified Tissue International. 102. (2). p. 163-173.
Wullkopf, L., West, A.-K.V., Leijnse, N., Cox, T.R., Madsen, C.D., Oddershede, L.B., Erler, J.T.(2018). Cancer cells' ability to mechanically adjust to extracellular matrix stiffness correlates with their invasive potential . Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29. (20). p. 2378-2385.
Xia, T., Horton, E.R., Salcini, A.E., Pocock, R., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2018). Proteomic Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans Larval Development . Proteomics. 18. (2).
Cox, T.R., Chitty, J.L., Filipe, E.C., Lucas, M.C., Herrmann, D., Timpson, P.(2018). Recent advances in understanding the complexities of metastasis . F1000Research. 7.
Cazet, A.S., Hui, M.N., Elsworth, B.L., Wu, S.Z., Roden, D., Chan, C.-L., Skhinas, J.N., Collot, R., Yang, J., Harvey, K., et al.(2018). Targeting stromal remodeling and cancer stem cell plasticity overcomes chemoresistance in triple negative breast cancer . Nature Communications. 9. (1).
Høye, A.M., Tolstrup, S.D., Horton, E.R., Nicolau, M., Frost, H., Woo, J.H., Mauldin, J.P., Frankel, A.E., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2018). Tumor endothelial marker 8 promotes cancer progression and metastasis . Oncotarget. 9. (53). p. 30173-30188.
Warren, S.C., Nobis, M., Magenau, A., Mohammed, Y.H., Herrmann, D., Moran, I., Vennin, C., Conway, J.R.W., Mélénec, P., Cox, T.R., et al.(2018). Removing physiological motion from Intravital and clinical functional imaging data . eLife. 7.
Chitty, J.L., Filipe, E.C., Lucas, M.C., Herrmann, D., Cox, T.R., Timpson, P.(2018). Recent advances in understanding the complexities of metastasis . F1000Research. 7.
Filipe, E.C., Chitty, J.L., Cox, T.R.(2018). Charting the unexplored extracellular matrix in cancer . International Journal of Experimental Pathology. 99. (2). p. 58-76.
Vennin, C., Murphy, K.J., Morton, J.P., Cox, T.R., Pajic, M., Timpson, P.(2018). Reshaping the Tumor Stroma for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer . Gastroenterology. 154. (4). p. 820-838.
Skhinas, J.N., Cox, T.R.(2018). The interplay between extracellular matrix remodelling and kinase signalling in cancer progression and metastasis . Cell Adhesion and Migration. 12. (6). p. 529-537.
Chou, A., Froio, D., Nagrial, A.M., Parkin, A., Murphy, K.J., Chin, V.T., Wohl, D., Steinmann, A., Stark, R., Drury, A., et al.(2018). Tailored first-line and second-line CDK4-targeting treatment combinations in mouse models of pancreatic cancer . Gut. 67. (12). p. 2142-2155.
Eli Elyas, Efthymia Papaevangelou, Erwin J. Alles, Janine T. Erler, Thomas R. Cox, Simon P. Robinson, Jeffrey C. Bamber(2017). Correlation of Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography with Pathological Analysis in a Xenografic Tumour Model . Scientific Reports. 7. (1). Springer Nature
Elyas, E., Grimwood, A., Erler, J.T., Robinson, S.P., Cox, T.R., Woods, D., Clowes, P., De Luca, R., Marinozzi, F., Fromageau, J., et al.(2017). Multi-channel optical coherence elastography using relative and absolute shear-wave time of flight . PLoS ONE. 12. (1).
Fingleton, B., Lange, K., Caldwell, B., Bankaitis, K.V., Kang, Y., Yu, D., Aguirre-Ghiso, J., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T., Gelman, I.H., et al.(2017). Perspective on the interpretation of research and translation to clinical care with therapy-associated metastatic breast cancer progression as an example . Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 34. (8). p. 443-447.
Conway, J.R.W., Vennin, C., Cazet, A.S., Herrmann, D., Murphy, K.J., Warren, S.C., Wullkopf, L., Boulghourjian, A., Zaratzian, A., Da Silva, A.M., et al.(2017). Three-dimensional organotypic matrices from alternative collagen sources as pre-clinical models for cell biology . Scientific Reports. 7. (1).
Bankaitis, K., Borriello, L., Cox, T., Lynch, C., Zijlstra, A., Fingleton, B., Gužvić, M., Anderson, R., Neman, J.(2017). Meeting report: Metastasis Research Society–Chinese Tumor Metastasis Society joint conference on metastasis . Clinical and Experimental Metastasis. 34. (3-4). p. 203-213.
Liu, N., Cox, T.R., Cui, W., Adell, G., Holmlund, B., Ping, J., Jarlsfelt, I., Erler, J.T., Sun, X.-F.(2017). Nuclear expression of lysyl oxidase enzyme is an independent prognostic factor in rectal cancer patients . Oncotarget. 8. (36). p. 60015-60024.
Chang, J., Lucas, M.C., Leonte, L.E., Garcia-Montolio, M., Singh, L.B., Findlay, A.D., Deodhar, M., Foot, J.S., Jarolimek, W., Timpson, P., et al.(2017). Pre-clinical evaluation of small molecule LOXL2 inhibitors in breast cancer . Oncotarget. 8. (16). p. 26066-26078.
Vennin, C., Chin, V.T., Warren, S.C., Lucas, M.C., Herrmann, D., Magenau, A., Melenec, P., Walters, S.N., Del Monte-Nieto, G., Conway, J.R.W., et al.(2017). Transient tissue priming via ROCK inhibition uncouples pancreatic cancer progression, sensitivity to chemotherapy, and metastasis . Science Translational Medicine. 9. (384).
Peinado, H., Zhang, H., Matei, I.R., Costa-Silva, B., Hoshino, A., Rodrigues, G., Psaila, B., Kaplan, R.N., Bromberg, J.F., Kang, Y., et al.(2017). Pre-metastatic niches: Organ-specific homes for metastases . Nature Reviews Cancer. 17. (5). p. 302-317.
Mayorca-Guiliani, A.E., Madsen, C.D., Cox, T.R., Horton, E.R., Venning, F.A., Erler, J.T.(2017). ISDoT: In situ decellularization of tissues for high-resolution imaging and proteomic analysis of native extracellular matrix . Nature Medicine. 23. (7). p. 890-898.
Koplev, S., Longden, J., Ferkinghoff-Borg, J., Blicher Bjerregård, M., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T., Pedersen, J.T., Voellmy, F., Sommer, M.O.A., Linding, R.(2017). Dynamic Rearrangement of Cell States Detected by Systematic Screening of Sequential Anticancer Treatments . Cell Reports. 20. (12). p. 2784-2791.
Vennin, C., Cox, T.R., Pajic, M., Timpson, P.(2017). Transient targeting of the pancreatic cancer stroma as a 'finetuned' anti-tumor and anti-metastatic therapy . Oncotarget. 8. (49). p. 84635-84636.
Elyas, E., Papaevangelou, E., Alles, E.J., Erler, J.T., Cox, T.R., Robinson, S.P., Bamber, J.C.(2017). Correlation of ultrasound shear wave elastography with pathological analysis in a xenografic tumour model . Scientific Reports. 7. (1).
Cox, T.R., Gartland, A., Erler, J.T.(2016). Lysyl oxidase, a targetable secreted molecule involved in cancer metastasis . Cancer Research. 76. (2). p. 188-192.
Gartland, A., Erler, J.T., Cox, T.R.(2016). The role of lysyl oxidase, the extracellular matrix and the pre-metastatic niche in bone metastasis . Journal of Bone Oncology. 5. (3). p. 100-103.
Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2016). Fibrosis and Cancer: Partners in Crime or Opposing Forces? . Trends in Cancer. 2. (6). p. 279-282.
Rodriguez-Teja, M., Gronau, J.H., Breit, C., Zhang, Y.Z., Minamidate, A., Caley, M.P., McCarthy, A., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T., Gaughan, L., et al.(2015). AGE-modified basement membrane cooperates with Endo180 to promote epithelial cell invasiveness and decrease prostate cancer survival . Journal of Pathology. 235. (4). p. 581-592.
Madsen, C.D., Pedersen, J.T., Venning, F.A., Singh, L.B., Moeendarbary, E., Charras, G., Cox, T.R., Sahai, E., Erler, J.T.(2015). Hypoxia and loss of PHD2 inactivate stromal fibroblasts to decrease tumour stiffness and metastasis . EMBO Reports. 16. (10). p. 1394-1408.
Creixell, P., Schoof, E.M., Simpson, C.D., Longden, J., Miller, C.J., Lou, H.J., Perryman, L., Cox, T.R., Zivanovic, N., Palmeri, A., et al.(2015). Kinome-wide Decoding of Network-Attacking Mutations Rewiring Cancer Signaling . Cell. 163. (1). p. 202-217.
Cox, T.R., Rumney, R.M.H., Schoof, E.M., Perryman, L., Høye, A.M., Agrawal, A., Bird, D., Latif, N.A., Forrest, H., Evans, H.R., et al.(2015). The hypoxic cancer secretome induces pre-metastatic bone lesions through lysyl oxidase . Nature. 522. (7554). p. 106-110.
Cox, T.R., Schoof, E.M., Gartland, A., Erler, J.T., Linding, R.(2015). Dataset for the proteomic inventory and quantitative analysis of the breast cancer hypoxic secretome associated with osteotropism . Data in Brief. 5. p. 621-625.
Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2014). Molecular pathways: Connecting fibrosis and solid tumor metastasis . Clinical Cancer Research. 20. (14). p. 3637-3643.
Cox, T.R., Bird, D., Baker, A.-M., Barker, H.E., Ho, M.W.-Y., Lang, G., Erler, J.T.(2013). LOX-mediated collagen crosslinking is responsible for fibrosis-enhanced metastasis . Cancer Research. 73. (6). p. 1721-1732.
Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2013). Lysyl oxidase in colorectal cancer . American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 305. (10).
Baker, A.-M., Bird, D., Welti, J.C., Gourlaouen, M., Lang, G., Murray, G.I., Reynolds, A.R., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2013). Lysyl oxidase plays a critical role in endothelial cell stimulation to drive tumor angiogenesis . Cancer Research. 73. (2). p. 583-594.
Chang, J., Nicolau, M.M., Cox, T.R., Wetterskog, D., Martens, J.W.M., E Barker, H., Erler, J.T.(2013). LOXL2 induces aberrant acinar morphogenesis via ErbB2 signaling . Breast Cancer Research. 15. (4).
Baker, A.-M., Bird, D., Lang, G., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2013). Lysyl oxidase enzymatic function increases stiffness to drive colorectal cancer progression through FAK . Oncogene. 32. (14). p. 1863-1868.
Barker, H.E., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2012). The rationale for targeting the LOX family in cancer . Nature Reviews Cancer. 12. (8). p. 540-552.
Baker, A.-M., Cox, T.R., Bird, D., Lang, G., Murray, G.I., Sun, X.-F., Southall, S.M., Wilson, J.R., Erler, J.T.(2011). The role of lysyl oxidase in SRC-dependent proliferation and metastasis of colorectal cancer . Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 103. (5). p. 407-424.
Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2011). Remodeling and homeostasis of the extracellular matrix: Implications for fibrotic diseases and cancer . DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms. 4. (2). p. 165-178.
Graham, H.K., Hodson, N.W., Hoyland, J.A., Millward-Sadler, S.J., Garrod, D., Scothern, A., Griffiths, C.E.M., Watson, R.E.B., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T., et al.(2010). Tissue section AFM: In situ ultrastructural imaging of native biomolecules . Matrix Biology. 29. (4). p. 254-260.
Erler, J.T., Bennewith, K.L., Cox, T.R., Lang, G., Bird, D., Koong, A., Le, Q.-T., Giaccia, A.J.(2009). Hypoxia-Induced Lysyl Oxidase Is a Critical Mediator of Bone Marrow Cell Recruitment to Form the Premetastatic Niche . Cancer Cell. 15. (1). p. 35-44.
Willis, N.D., Cox, T.R., Rahman-Casañs, S.F., Smits, K., Przyborski, S.A., van den Brandt, P., van Engeland, M., Weijenberg, M., Wilson, R.G., de Bruïne, A., et al.(2008). Lamin A/C is a risk biomarker in colorectal cancer . PLoS ONE. 3. (8).
OTHER
Holly Holliday, Daniel Roden, Simon Junankar, Sunny Z. Wu, Laura A. Baker, Christoph Krisp, Chia-Ling Chan, Andrea McFarland, Joanna N. Skhinas, Thomas R. Cox, et al.(2020). Inhibitor of Differentiation 4 (ID4) represses myoepithelial differentiation of mammary stem cells through its interaction with HEB . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
BOOK CHAPTER
El Rayes, T., Gao, D., Altorki, N.K., Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T., Mittal, V.(2017). Regulation of tumor progression and metastasis by bone marrow-derived microenvironments . Biomarkers of the Tumor Microenvironment: Basic Studies and Practical Applications. p. 303-328.
Cox, T.R., Erler, J.T.(2013). Remodelling of the extracellular matrix: Implications for cancer . Cell and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer. p. 65-90.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Elyas, E., Erler, J., Robinson, S.P., Cox, T., Woods, D., Clowes, P., Bamber, J.C.(2012). Potential for quantitative microelastography using a multi-channel optical coherence method . IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. p. 2567-2570.
SUPERVISED STUDENT PUBLICATION