Ms Lilia Merida de Long
Affiliate Professional Staff
Mater Research Institute-UQ
Research Assistant
Frazer Institute
Journal Articles
Bednarska, Karolina, Thillaiyampalam, Gayathri, Mujaj, Sally, Nourse, Jamie, Gunawardana, Jay, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Law, Soi C., Pilaar, Anna, Cui, Qingyan, de Long, Lilia M., Vari, Frank, Gandhi, Maher K. and Cristino, Alexandre S. (2024). The IRE1α endonuclease plays a dual role in regulating the XBP1/miRNA-34a axis and PD-1 Expression within natural killer cells in Hodgkin lymphoma. Acta Haematologica, 1-16. doi: 10.1159/000536044
Shanavas, Mohamed, Law, Soi‐Cheng, Hertzberg, Mark, Hicks, Rodney J., Seymour, John F., Li, Zhixiu, Merida de Long, Lilia, Nath, Karthik, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Gunawardana, Jay, Gandhi, Maher K. and Keane, Colm (2021). Intratumoral T‐cell receptor repertoire is predictive of interim PET scan results in patients with diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma treated with rituximab/cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin/prednisolone/vincristine (R‐CHOP) chemoimmunotherapy. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 10 (11) e1351, e1351. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1351
Nath, Karthik, Law, Soi-Cheng, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Gunawardana, Jay, de Long, Lilia M., Sester, David, Shanavas, Mohamed, Tsang, Hennes, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Halliday, Sarah-Jane, Hernandez, Annette, Cross, Donna, Bird, Robert J., Jain, Sanjiv, Keane, Colm, Talaulikar, Dipti, Trotman, Judith, Law, Phillip and Gandhi, Maher K. (2021). Intratumoral T cells have a differential impact on FDG-PET parameters in follicular lymphoma. Blood Advances, 5 (12), 2644-2649. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020004051
Law, Soi C., Hoang, Thanh, O'Rourke, Kacey, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Gunawardana, Jay, Loo‐Oey, Dorothy, Bednarska, Karolina, Merida de Long, Lilia, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Hapgood, Greg, Blyth, Emily, Clancy, Leighton, Hennig, Stefanie, Keane, Colm and Gandhi, Maher K. (2021). Successful treatment of Epstein–Barr virus–associated primary central nervous system lymphoma due to post‐transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, with ibrutinib and third‐party Epstein–Barr virus–specific T cells. American Journal of Transplantation, 21 (10) ajt.16628, 3465-3471. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16628
Gandhi, Maher K., Hoang, Thanh, Law, Soi C., Brosda, Sandra, O'Rourke, Kacey, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Vari, Frank, Murigneux, Valentine, Fink, J. Lynn, Gunawardana, Jay, Gould, Clare M., Oey, Harald, Bednarska, Karolina, Delecluse, Susanne, Trappe, Ralf Ulrich, de Long, Lilia Merida, Sabdia, Muhammed Bilal, Bhagat, Govind, Hapgood, Greg, Blyth, Emily, Clancy, Leighton E., Wight, Joel, Hawkes, Eliza A., Rimsza, Lisa M., Maguire, Alanna, Bojarczuk, Kamil, Chapuy, Bjoern and Keane, Colm (2021). EBV-associated primary CNS lymphoma occurring after immunosuppression is a distinct immunobiological entity. Blood, 137 (11), 1468-1477. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020008520
Gunawardana, Jay, Lee, Justina N., Bednarska, Karolina, Murigneux, Valentine, Long, Lilia Merida, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Birch, Simone, Tobin, Joshua W. D. and Gandhi, Maher K. (2020). Genetic aberrations of NLRC5 are associated with downregulated MHC‐I antigen presentation and impaired T‐cell immunity in follicular lymphoma. eJHaem, 1 (2) jha2.116, 517-526. doi: 10.1002/jha2.116
Keane, Colm, Law, Soi C., Gould, Clare, Birch, Simone, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Merida de Long, Lilia, Thillaiyampalam, Gayathri, Abro, Emad, Tobin, Joshua W., Tan, Xiaohong, Xu-Monette, Zijun Y., Young, Ken H., Gifford, Grace, Gabreilli, Sara, Stevenson, William S., Gill, Anthony, Talaulikar, Dipti, Jain, Sanjiv, Hernandez, Annette, Halliday, Sarah-Jane, Bird, Robert, Cross, Donna, Hertzberg, Mark and Gandhi, Maher K. (2020). LAG3: a novel immune checkpoint expressed by multiple lymphocyte subsets in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Advances, 4 (7), 1367-1377. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001390
Chew, Hui Yi, De Lima, Priscila O., Gonzalez Cruz, Jazmina L., Banushi, Blerida, Echejoh, Godwins, Hu, Lingbo, Joseph, Shannon R., Lum, Benedict, Rae, James, O'Donnell, Jake S., Merida de Long, Lilia, Okano, Satomi, King, Brigid, Barry, Rachael, Moi, Davide, Mazzieri, Roberta, Thomas, Ranjeny, Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Foote, Matthew, McCluskey, Adam, Robinson, Phillip J., Frazer, Ian H., Saunders, Nicholas A., Parton, Robert G., Dolcetti, Riccardo, Cuff, Katharine, Martin, Jennifer H., Panizza, Benedict, Walpole, Euan ... Simpson, Fiona (2020). Endocytosis Inhibition in Humans to Improve Responses to ADCC-Mediating Antibodies. Cell, 180 (5), 895-914.e27. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.02.019
Saenz-Ponce, Natalia, Pillay, Rachael, de Long, Lilia Merida, Kashyap, Trinayan, Argueta, Christian, Landesman, Yosef, Hazar-Rethinam, Mehlika, Boros, Samuel, Panizza, Benedict, Jacquemyn, Maarten, Daelemans, Dirk, Gannon, Orla M. and Saunders, Nicholas A. (2018). Targeting the XPO1-dependent nuclear export of E2F7 reverses anthracycline resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Science Translational Medicine, 10 (447) eaar7223, eaar7223. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aar7223
Gannon, Orla M., de Long, Lilia Merida and Saunders, Nicholas A. (2016). DUX4 Is Derepressed in Late-Differentiating Keratinocytes in Conjunction with Loss of H3K9me3 Epigenetic Repression. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 136 (6), 1299-1302. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.01.027
Hazar-Rethinam, Mehlika, de Long, Lilia Merida, Gannon, Orla M., Boros, Samuel, Vargas, Ana Cristina, Dzienis, Marcin, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Saenz-Ponce, Natalia, Dantzic, Daniel D. E., Simpson, Fiona and Saunders, Nicholas A. (2015). RacGAP1 is a novel downstream effector of E2F7-dependent resistance to doxorubicin and is prognostic for overall survival in squamous cell carcinoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 14 (8), 1939-1950. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-15-0076
Endo-Munoz, Liliana, Cai, Na, Cumming, Andrew, Macklin, Rebecca, de Long, Lilia Merida, Topkas, Eleni, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Hill, Michelle and Saunders, Nicholas A. (2015). Progression of osteosarcoma from a non-metastatic to a metastatic phenotype is causally associated with activation of an autocrine and paracrine upa axis. PLoS One, 10 (8) e0133592, 1-22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133592
Hazar-Rethinam, Mehlika, Merida De Long, Lilia, Gannon, Orla M., Topkas, Eleni, Boros, Samuel, Vargas, Ana Cristina, Dzienis, Marcin, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Simpson, Fiona, Endo-Munoz, Liliana and Saunders, Nicholas A. (2015). A novel E2F/sphingosine kinase 1 axis regulates anthracycline response in squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research, 21 (2), 417-427. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-1962
Gannon, Orla M., de Long, Lilia Merida, Hazar-Rethinam, Mehlika, Topkas, Eleni, Endo-Munoz, Liliana B., Thomas, Gethin P., Zhang, Ping and Saunders, Nicholas A. (2015). Confluence-Induced Squamous Differentiation Is Not Accompanied by Changes in H3K27me3 Repressive Epigenetic Mark. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 135 (10), 2446-2454. doi: 10.1038/jid.2015.175
Gannon, Orla M., de Long, Lilia Merida, Endo-Munoz, Liliana, Hazar-Rethinam, Mehlika and Saunders, Nicholas A. (2013). Dysregulation of the repressive H3K27 trimethylation mark in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma contributes to dysregulated squamous differentiation. Clinical Cancer Research, 19 (2), 428-441. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-2505
Cameron, Sarina, de Long, Lilia Merida, Hazar-Rethinam, Mehlika, Topkas, Eleni, Endo-Munoz, Liliana, Cumming, Andrew, Gannon, Orla, Guminski, Alexander and Saunders, Nicholas (2012). Focal overexpression of CEACAM6 contributes to enhanced tumourigenesis in head and neck cancer via suppression of apoptosis. Molecular Cancer, 11 (1) 74, 74.1-74.11. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-11-74
Erlich, R. B., Kherrouche, Z., Rickwood, D., Endo-Munoz, L., Cameron, S., Dahler, A., Hazar-Rethinam, M., de Long, L. M., Woolley, K., Guminski, A. and Saunders, N. A. (2012). Preclinical evaluation of dual PI3K-mTOR inhibitors and histone deacetylase inhibitors in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. British Journal of Cancer, 106 (1), 107-115. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.495
Conference Papers
Tobin, J. W., Jurinovic, V., Tsang, H., Roos, D., Tsang, R., Macann, A., Davis, S., Christie, D., Law, S., Nath, K., Sabdia, M., Patch, A. M., Gunawardana, J., Merida de Long, L., Hoster, E., Horn, H., Shanavas, M., Li, L., Cheah, C., Benhur, A., Hou, M., O'Brien, P., Johnston, A. M., Cochrane, T., Butler, J., Thompson, E., Blombery, P., Seymour, J. F., Gandhi, M. K. and MacManus, M. (2023). Rituximab‐containing combined modality therapy in limited stage follicular lymphoma: mature follow up and derivation of a novel prognostic score from the TROG99.03 trial. 17th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma, Lugano, Switzerland, 13-17 June 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/hon.3163_140
Tobin, J. W., Tsang, H., Patch, A., Keane, C., Law, S. C., Gunawardana, J., Blombery, P., Thompson, E. R., Sabdia, M. B., De Long, L. M., Nath, K., Kazakoff, S. H., Cheah, C., Amanuel, B., Cochrane, T., Butler, J., Johnston, A., Shanavas, M., Li, L., Shelton, V., Hershenfeld, S., Kridel, R., Seymour, J. F., MacManus, M. and Gandhi, M. K. (2023). Prognostic impact of HLA‐I neoantigen‐specific CD8+ T cells in limited‐stage follicular lymphoma. 17th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma, Lugano, Switzerland, 13 - 17 June 2023. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/hon.3164_189
Swain, F., Burgess, M., Kempe, S., Sabdia, M., Wight, J., Hawkes, E., Mutsando, H., Talaulikar, D., Merida de Long, L., Hawula, Z., Birch, S., Wyche, P., Gandhi, M. K. and Keane, C. (2023). Gene expression and spatial transcriptomic analysis of paired diagnosis and relapse DLBCL biopsies show a reduction in T cell infiltration and function at relapse. 17th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma, Lugano, Switzerland, 13 - 17 June 2023. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/hon.3164_191
Gunawardana, Jay, Law, Soi C., Sabdia, Muhammed B., Bednarska, Karolina, Brosda, Sandra, Zaharia, Andreea, Tsang, Hennes, de Long, Lilia M., Burgess, Melinda, Talaulikar, Dipti, Lee, Justina N., Jude, Emily, Hawkes, Eliza A., Jain, Sanjiv, Nath, Karthik, Gould, Clare, Swain, Fiona, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Keane, Colm, Birch, Simone, Shanavas, Mohamed, Snell, Cameron and Gandhi, Maher K. (2022). Abstract A17: the immune checkpoints TIGIT and PD-1 are markedly upregulated in NLPHL compared to classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. Third AACR International Meeting: Advances in Malignant Lymphoma: Maximizing the Basic-Translational Interface for Clinical Application, 23-25 June 2022, Boston, MA USA. Philadelphia, PA USA: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/2643-3249.lymphoma22-a17
Tsang, Hennes, Patch, Ann-Marie, Keane, Colm, Law, Soi C., Gunawardana, Jay, Blombery, Piers, Thompson, Ella R., Sabdia, Muhammed B., De Long, Lilia Merida, Belle, Clemence J., Nath, Karthik, Tobin, Joshua W.D., Kazakoff, Stephen H., Seymour, John F., MacManus, Michael and Gandhi, Maher K. (2020). Neoantigens are typically associated with intact HLA class I presentation in early-stage follicular lymphoma. 62nd ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, Online, 5-8 December 2020. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood-2020-135954
Gandhi, M.K., Hoang, T., Tobin, J.W., Law, S.C., Talaulikar, D., Jain, S., Vari, F., Murigneux, V., Fink, L., Gunawardana, J., Gould, C., Oey, H., Delecluse, S., Trappe, R.U., Merida de Long, L., Sabdia, M.B., Bhagat, G., Hapgood, G., Blyth, E., Clancy, L., Casey, J., Wight, J., Hawkes, E. and Keane, C. (2019). EBV+ CNS lymphomas have a distinctive tumor microenvironment and genetic profile, which is amenable to combination 3rd party EBV-specific CTL and Ibrutinib therapy. 15th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma, Lugano, Switzerland, 18–22 June 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/hon.91_2629
Pedraza-Alva, Gustavo, Mérida, Lilia B., del Rio, Roxana, Fierro, Nora A., Cruz-Muñoz, Mario E., Olivares, Norma, Melchy, Erika, Igras, Vivian, Holländer, Georg A., Burakoff, Steven J. and Rosenstein, Yvonne (2011). CD43 regulates the threshold for T cell activation by targeting Cbl functions. Cell Signaling Networks 2011: 13th IUBMB Conference, 1st PABMB Conference and 3rd Meeting of the Signal Transduction & Oxidative Stress Branches of SMB, Mérida, Yucatán, México, 22–27 October, 2011. Oxford, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1002/iub.554