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Overview

Alfonso Bellacosa is affiliated with the Fox Chase Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans across biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. A notable focus lies in molecular biology, oncology, genetics, immunology, and hematology, reflecting a broad range of scientific inquiry within these domains.

The scientist has contributed research covering these main topics:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling in Cancer
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management

Recent publications by Alfonso Bellacosa include:

  • "The drug efflux pump MDR1 promotes intrinsic and acquired resistance to PROTACs in cancer cells" (2022), published in Science Signaling
  • "NeuroD1 Dictates Tumor Cell Differentiation in Medulloblastoma" (2020), published in Cell Reports
  • "Roles of TET and TDG in DNA demethylation in proliferating and non-proliferating immune cells" (2021), published in Genome Biology
  • "AKT kinases as therapeutic targets" (2024), published in Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • "Active DNA demethylation-The epigenetic gatekeeper of development, immunity, and cancer" (2020), published in Advanced Genetics

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Signaling
  • Cell Reports
  • Genome Biology

Collaborations have been established with multiple coauthors, notably:

  • Joseph R. Testa
  • Tim J. Yen
  • Dalal Hassan
  • Irwin Davidson
  • Lionel Larue

Best Publications

  • Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in development and cancer: role of phosphatidylinositol 3' kinase/AKT pathways.

    Lionel Larue;Alfonso Bellacosa

  • The PI 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway delivers an anti-apoptotic signal.

    Scott G. Kennedy;Andrew J. Wagner;Suzanne D. Conzen;Joaquin Jordan

  • A retroviral oncogene, akt, encoding a serine-threonine kinase containing an SH2-like region

    A Bellacosa;Testa;SP Staal;PN Tsichlis

  • AKT plays a central role in tumorigenesis.

    Joseph R. Testa;Alfonso Bellacosa

  • Molecular alterations of the AKT2 oncogene in ovarian and breast carcinomas.

    A. Bellacosa;D. De Feo;A. K. Godwin;D. W. Bell

  • Activation of AKT kinases in cancer: implications for therapeutic targeting.

    Alfonso Bellacosa;C. Chandra Kumar;Antonio Di Cristofano;Joseph Robert Testa

  • AKT2, a putative oncogene encoding a member of a subfamily of protein-serine/threonine kinases, is amplified in human ovarian carcinomas.

    Jin Quan Cheng;Andrew K. Godwin;Alfonso Bellacosa;Takahiro Taguchi

  • Thymine DNA glycosylase is essential for active DNA demethylation by linked deamination-base excision repair.

    Salvatore Cortellino;Jinfei Xu;Mara Sannai;Robert Moore

  • Cytoplasmic relocalization and inhibition of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 Kip1 by PKB/Akt-mediated phosphorylation in breast cancer

    Giuseppe Viglietto;Maria Letizia Motti;Paola Bruni;Rosa Marina Melillo

  • The Protein Kinase Akt Induces Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Promotes Enhanced Motility and Invasiveness of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lines

    Sylvia Julien Grille;Alfonso Bellacosa;John Upson;Andres J. Klein-Szanto

  • Transformation of hematopoietic cells by BCR/ABL requires activation of a PI-3k/Akt-dependent pathway

    Tomasz Skorski;Alfonso Bellacosa;Margaret Nieborowska‐Skorska;Miroslaw Majewski

  • Akt activation by growth factors is a multiple-step process: the role of the PH domain.

    Alfonso Bellacosa;Tung O Chan;Naheed N Ahmed;Ketaki Datta

  • Cyclin D Expression Is Controlled Post-transcriptionally via a Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt-dependent Pathway *

    Robin C. Muise-Helmericks;H. Leighton Grimes;Alfonso Bellacosa;Scott E. Malstrom

  • Akt induces enhanced myocardial contractility and cell size in vivo in transgenic mice.

    Gianluigi Condorelli;Alessandra Drusco;Giorgio Stassi;Alfonso Bellacosa

  • Activation of NF-kappaB by Akt upregulates Snail expression and induces epithelium mesenchyme transition.

    S. Julien;I. Puig;E. Caretti;J. Bonaventure

  • Transformation of chicken cells by the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of PI 3-kinase.

    Hwai Wen Chang;Masahiro Aoki;David Fruman;Kurt R. Auger

  • Anti-apoptotic signaling by hepatocyte growth factor/Met via the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways

    Guang-Hui Xiao;Michael Jeffers;Alfonso Bellacosa;Yasuhiro Mitsuuchi

  • The Akt kinase: Molecular determinants of oncogenicity

    Masahiro Aoki;Osvaldo Batista;Alfonso Bellacosa;Philip Tsichlis

  • Akt Is a Direct Target of the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase ACTIVATION BY GROWTH FACTORS, v-src and v-Ha-ras, IN Sf9 AND MAMMALIAN CELLS

    Ketaki Datta;Alfonso Bellacosa;Tung O. Chan;Philip N. Tsichlis

  • MED1, a novel human methyl-CpG-binding endonuclease, interacts with DNA mismatch repair protein MLH1.

    Alfonso Bellacosa;Lucia Cicchillitti;Filippo Schepis;Antonio Riccio

Frequent Co-Authors

Lionel Larue
Lionel Larue University of Paris-Saclay
Philip N. Tsichlis
Philip N. Tsichlis The Ohio State University
Joseph R. Testa
Joseph R. Testa Fox Chase Cancer Center
Tim J. Yen
Tim J. Yen Fox Chase Cancer Center
Giovanni Neri
Giovanni Neri Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Maurizio Genuardi
Maurizio Genuardi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Pedro A. Lazo
Pedro A. Lazo University of Salamanca
Andres J. P. Klein-Szanto
Andres J. P. Klein-Szanto Fox Chase Cancer Center
Andrew K. Godwin
Andrew K. Godwin University of Kansas
Alessandra Viel
Alessandra Viel Centro di Riferimento Oncologico

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