Axel Schonthal, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
AddressHMR 405A 2011 Zonal Avenue
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90089
Phone+1 323 442 1730
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    Title(s)Associate Dean for Biomedical Master's Programs


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    University of Karlsruhe, GermanyPhDMolecular Biology
    UC San Diego, San Diego, CAPostdocCancer Biology

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    The Schönthal lab performs preclinical cancer research and pursues anticancer drug development. The main focus is on brain malignancies, which include primary brain cancers (such as glioblastoma) and secondary brain cancers (such as melanoma or breast cancer that has spread to the brain). The work is done in collaboration with Dr. Thomas Chen, a neurosurgeon and Director of the USC Brain Tumor Group. This joint approach supports interdisciplinary efforts that translate laboratory findings to patient applications.

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    1. NEO212, a Perillyl Alcohol-Temozolomide Conjugate, Triggers Macrophage Differentiation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells and Blocks Their Tumorigenicity. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Dec 09; 14(24). Chen TC, Minea RO, Swenson S, Yang Z, Thein TZ, Schönthal AH. PMID: 36551551; PMCID: PMC9776529.
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    2. Detection of perillyl alcohol and its metabolite perillic acid in postsurgical glioblastoma tissue after intranasal administration of NEO100: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2022 Aug 22; 4(8). Schönthal AH, Swenson S, Bonney PA, Wagle N, Simmon VF, Mathew AJ, Hurth KM, Chen TC. PMID: 36088606; PMCID: PMC9706323.
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    3. The Monoterpenoid Perillyl Alcohol: Anticancer Agent and Medium to Overcome Biological Barriers. Pharmaceutics. 2021 Dec 16; 13(12). Chen TC, da Fonseca CO, Levin D, Schönthal AH. PMID: 34959448; PMCID: PMC8709132.
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    4. Enhanced brain delivery and therapeutic activity of trastuzumab after blood-brain barrier opening by NEO100 in mouse models of brain-metastatic breast cancer. Neuro Oncol. 2021 10 01; 23(10):1656-1667. Wang W, He H, Marín-Ramos NI, Zeng S, Swenson SD, Cho HY, Fu J, Beringer PM, Neman J, Chen L, Schönthal AH, Chen TC. PMID: 33659980; PMCID: PMC8485439.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    5. Potentially Curative Therapeutic Activity of NEO212, a Perillyl Alcohol-Temozolomide Conjugate, in Preclinical Cytarabine-Resistant Models of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jul 06; 13(14). Schönthal AH, Swenson S, Minea RO, Kim HN, Cho H, Mohseni N, Kim YM, Chen TC. PMID: 34298603; PMCID: PMC8305595.
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    6. Phase I trial of intranasal NEO100, highly purified perillyl alcohol, in adult patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Neurooncol Adv. 2021 Jan-Dec; 3(1):vdab005. Schönthal AH, Peereboom DM, Wagle N, Lai R, Mathew AJ, Hurth KM, Simmon VF, Howard SP, Taylor LP, Chow F, da Fonseca CO, Chen TC. PMID: 33604574; PMCID: PMC7879254.
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    7. NEO100 enables brain delivery of blood‒brain barrier impermeable therapeutics. Neuro Oncol. 2021 01 30; 23(1):63-75. Wang W, Marín-Ramos NI, He H, Zeng S, Cho HY, Swenson SD, Zheng L, Epstein AL, Schönthal AH, Hofman FM, Chen L, Chen TC. PMID: 32877532; PMCID: PMC7850137.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    8. Pharmacokinetic properties of the temozolomide perillyl alcohol conjugate (NEO212) in mice. Neurooncol Adv. 2020 Jan-Dec; 2(1):vdaa160. Cho HY, Swenson S, Thein TZ, Wang W, Wijeratne NR, Marín-Ramos NI, Katz JE, Hofman FM, Schönthal AH, Chen TC. PMID: 33392507; PMCID: PMC7764505.
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    9. Adjuvant effect of low-carbohydrate diet on outcomes of patients with recurrent glioblastoma under intranasal perillyl alcohol therapy. Surg Neurol Int. 2020; 11:389. Santos JG, Faria G, Cruz WDCSD, Fontes CA, Schönthal AH, Quirico-Santos T, da Fonseca CO. PMID: 33282452; PMCID: PMC7710475.
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    10. Developing a clinically relevant radiosensitizer for temozolomide-resistant gliomas. PLoS One. 2020; 15(9):e0238238. Minea RO, Duc TC, Swenson SD, Cho HY, Huang M, Hartman H, Hofman FM, Schönthal AH, Chen TC. PMID: 32881880; PMCID: PMC7470340.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    11. Cytotoxic impact of a perillyl alcohol-temozolomide conjugate, NEO212, on cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in vitro. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2019; 11:1758835919891567. Silva-Hirschberg C, Hartman H, Stack S, Swenson S, Minea RO, Davitz MA, Chen TC, Schönthal AH. PMID: 31839810; PMCID: PMC6900611.
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    12. Efficient brain targeting and therapeutic intracranial activity of bortezomib through intranasal co-delivery with NEO100 in rodent glioblastoma models. J Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 15; 132(3):959-967. Wang W, Swenson S, Cho HY, Hofman FM, Schönthal AH, Chen TC. PMID: 30875688.
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    13. Rare Stochastic Expression of O6-Methylguanine- DNA Methyltransferase (MGMT) in MGMT-Negative Melanoma Cells Determines Immediate Emergence of Drug-Resistant Populations upon Treatment with Temozolomide In Vitro and In Vivo. Cancers (Basel). 2018 Sep 28; 10(10). Chen TC, Chan N, Minea RO, Hartman H, Hofman FM, Schönthal AH. PMID: 30274152; PMCID: PMC6209933.
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    14. A perillyl alcohol-conjugated analog of 3-bromopyruvate without cellular uptake dependency on monocarboxylate transporter 1 and with activity in 3-BP-resistant tumor cells. Cancer Lett. 2017 08 01; 400:161-174. Chen TC, Yu J, Nouri Nigjeh E, Wang W, Myint PT, Zandi E, Hofman FM, Schönthal AH. PMID: 28450161.
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