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Email

glessene@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Medical Biology (WEHI)
ORCID

0000-0002-1193-8147

Prof Guillaume Lessene

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Medical Biology (WEHI)

116 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Acquired mutations in BAX confer resistance to BH3-mimetic therapy in acute myeloid leukemia
    DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022016090
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Cotargeting BCL-2 and MCL-1 in high-risk B-ALL
    DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001416
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Structures of BCL-2 in complex with venetoclax reveal the molecular basis of resistance mutations
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10363-1
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Combining BH3-mimetics to target both BCL-2 and MCL1 has potent activity in pre-clinical models of acute myeloid leukemia
    DOI: 10.1038/s41375-018-0261-3
  • 2018

    Journal article

    BH3-Mimetic Drugs: Blazing the Trail for New Cancer Medicines
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.11.004
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Enhancing venetoclax activity in acute myeloid leukemia by co-targeting MCL1
    DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.243
  • 2016

    Journal article

    The MCL1 inhibitor S63845 is tolerable and effective in diverse cancer models
    DOI: 10.1038/nature19830
Guillaume Lessene

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Divergent resistance pathways amongst SARS-CoV-2 PLpro inhibitors highlight the need for scaffold diversity
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013468
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Re-appraising assays on permeabilized blood cancer cells testing venetoclax or other BH3 mimetic agents selectively targeting pro-survival BCL2 proteins
    DOI: 10.1038/s41418-025-01487-7
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Differential regulation of BAX and BAK apoptotic activity revealed by small molecules
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr8146
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A novel PLpro inhibitor improves outcomes in a pre-clinical model of long COVID
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57905-4
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Mutational profiling of SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease reveals requirements for function, structure, and drug escape
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50566-9
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Improved drug target deconvolution with PISA-DIA using an extended, overlapping temperature gradient
    DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202300644
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Key residues in the VDAC2-BAK complex can be targeted to modulate apoptosis
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002617
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Dissecting the RIPK3/MLKL necroptotic molecular switch
    DOI: 10.1107/s2053273323087788

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