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John Kelly

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Assistant ProfessorDCNSUniversity of Calgary

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Latest papers

Spatial epigenomic niches underlie glioblastoma cell state plasticity.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
A phase III, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of preoperative versus postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with surgically resectable brain metastases.
BMC cancer · 2022
Control of brain tumor growth by reactivating myeloid cells with niacin.
Science translational medicine · 2020

All 12 publications

Latest funding

Mobilizing anti-tumor microglia/macrophages with niacin to improve the prognosis of glioblastoma: Bench to clinical trial and back.
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$1,243,125
Mobilizing anti-tumor microglia/macrophages to improve the prognosis of glioblastoma: Bench to clinical trial and back
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$100,000
The Resolute Bay Incoherent Scatter Radar: A Space Science Initiative in Nunavut
CFI · 2009 · Co-investigator
$9,737,353

All 3 grants and awards

12 publications.

Spatial epigenomic niches underlie glioblastoma cell state plasticity.

Kint S, Younes ST, Bao S, Long G, Wouters D, Stephenson E, Lou X, Zhong M, Zhang D, Su G, Enninful A, Yang M, Chen HM, Ellestad K, Anderson C, Moliterno J, Kelly J, Chan JA, Sifrim A, Zhou J, Nikolic A, Fan R, Gallo M

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology202510 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.09.653178 PMID: 40463280

A phase III, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of preoperative versus postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with surgically resectable brain metastases.

Das S, Faruqi S, Nordal R, Starreveld Y, Kelly J, Bowden G, Amanie J, Fairchild A, Lim G, Loewen S, Rowe L, Wallace C, Ghosh S, Patel S

BMC cancer202224 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-10480-z PMID: 36585629

Control of brain tumor growth by reactivating myeloid cells with niacin.

Sarkar S, Yang R, Mirzaei R, Rawji K, Poon C, Mishra MK, Zemp FJ, Bose P, Kelly J, Dunn JF, Yong VW

Science translational medicine202055 citations

DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aay9924 PMID: 32238578

In vitro modeling of glioblastoma initiation using PDGF-AA and p53-null neural progenitors.

Bohm AK, DePetro J, Binding CE, Gerber A, Chahley N, Berger ND, Ware M, Thomas K, Senapathi U, Bukhari S, Chen C, Chahley E, Grisdale C, Lawn S, Yu Y, Wong R, Shen Y, Omairi H, Mirzaei R, Alshatti N, Pedersen H, Yong W, Weiss S, Chan J, Cimino PJ, Kelly J, Jones S, Holland E, Blough M, Cairncross G

Neuro-oncology202018 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa093 PMID: 32296841

Corrigendum to: Assessment of Cognitive, Emotional, and Motor Domains in Patients with Diffuse Gliomas Utilizing the NIH Toolbox Battery [World Neurosurgery 99 (2017) 448-456].

Lang S, Cadieux M, Opoku-Darko M, Gaxiola-Valdez I, Partlo LA, Goodyear BG, Federico P, Kelly J

World neurosurgery2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.049 PMID: 32576506

The biological and clinical basis for early referral of low grade glioma patients to a surgical neuro-oncologist.

Dimou J, Kelly J

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.04.119 PMID: 32381393

Supramaximal resection: A systematic review of its safety, efficacy and feasibility in glioblastoma.

Dimou J, Beland B, Kelly J

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.12.021 PMID: 31864830

Microglia induces Gas1 expression in human brain tumor-initiating cells to reduce tumorigenecity

Susobhan Sarkar, Candice C. Poon, Reza Mirzaei, Khalil S. Rawji, Walter J Hader, Pinaki Bose, John J. Kelly, Jeff F. Dunn, Voon Wee Yong

Scientific Reports201852 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33306-0 PMID: 30327548

Assessment of Cognitive, Emotional, and Motor Domains in Patients with Diffuse Gliomas Using the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Battery.

Lang S, Cadeaux M, Opoku-Darko M, Gaxiola-Valdez I, Partlo LA, Goodyear BG, Federico P, Kelly J

World neurosurgery201720 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.12.061 PMID: 28039096

Atypical Meningioma: Referral Patterns, Treatment and Adherence to Guidelines.

Alghamdi M, Li H, Olivotto I, Easaw J, Kelly J, Nordal R, Lim G

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2017

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2016.449 PMID: 28488953

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John Kelly

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Spatial epigenomic niches underlie glioblastoma cell state plasticity.

A phase III, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of preoperative versus postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with surgically resectable brain metastases.

Control of brain tumor growth by reactivating myeloid cells with niacin.

In vitro modeling of glioblastoma initiation using PDGF-AA and p53-null neural progenitors.

Corrigendum to: Assessment of Cognitive, Emotional, and Motor Domains in Patients with Diffuse Gliomas Utilizing the NIH Toolbox Battery [World Neurosurgery 99 (2017) 448-456].

The biological and clinical basis for early referral of low grade glioma patients to a surgical neuro-oncologist.

Supramaximal resection: A systematic review of its safety, efficacy and feasibility in glioblastoma.

Microglia induces Gas1 expression in human brain tumor-initiating cells to reduce tumorigenecity

Assessment of Cognitive, Emotional, and Motor Domains in Patients with Diffuse Gliomas Using the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Battery.

Atypical Meningioma: Referral Patterns, Treatment and Adherence to Guidelines.

Mobilizing anti-tumor microglia/macrophages with niacin to improve the prognosis of glioblastoma: Bench to clinical trial and back.

Mobilizing anti-tumor microglia/macrophages to improve the prognosis of glioblastoma: Bench to clinical trial and back

The Resolute Bay Incoherent Scatter Radar: A Space Science Initiative in Nunavut

Frequent collaborators

Voon Yong

Jeffrey Dunn

Gregory Cairncross

Walter Hader

Samuel Weiss

Franz Zemp

Jeff Dunn

Mark Hamilton

Paolo Federico

Candice Poon

Bradley Goodyear

Jennifer Chan

Yves Starreveld

Samir Patel

Sunita Ghosh

Marco Gallo

Steven Jones