Fellowship Call for 2019
October 12, 2018ICAT One Health Study Day Registration
February 29, 2024Full NameProfessor Dan Longley
Patrick Johnston Centre for Cancer Research
Queen's University Belfast
Webpage:qub.ac.uk
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Research Fields
- cancer/oncology
- clinical trials
Postgrad Medical Specialties
- Medicine
Medical Subspecialties
- Oncology
My Work
My research is focussed on the extrinsic apoptotic pathway regulated by death receptors. In particular, my work investigates the predictive, prognostic and therapeutic relevance of the caspase 8 inhibitor FLIP and the inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs). We have shown that FLIP and IAPs are key regulators of death receptor-, chemotherapy- and radiation-induced apoptosis in a range of in vitro and in vivo cancer models. Based on this work (accepted for publication in Mol Cancer Therapeutics), we are currently planning a phase-I clinical trial to examine the combination of a novel IAP inhibitor tolinapant (Astex Pharmaceuticals) with standard-of-care chemotherapy (FOLFOX) in metastatic colorectal cancer.