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World Ranking
11662
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5019

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alissa M. Weaver is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of 92 publications, and Medicine, with 26 publications. Subfields of particular focus include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, Immunology and Allergy, and Oncology.

The scientist's research covers topics such as extracellular vesicles in disease, microRNA in disease regulation, cell adhesion molecules research, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA interference and gene delivery, RNA research and splicing, and interferon and immune responses.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Alissa M. Weaver include Bong Hwan Sung, Kasey C. Vickers, James G. Patton, Robert J. Coffey, and T. Renee Dawson.

Alissa M. Weaver has published in several venues multiple times. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 10 publications, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles with 4 publications, Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids with 3 publications, Developmental Cell with 2 publications, and Cell Reports with 2 publications.

Selected recent papers by Alissa M. Weaver include:

  • Context-specific regulation of extracellular vesicle biogenesis and cargo selection, 2023, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Proteogenomic insights into the biology and treatment of HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, 2021, Cancer Cell
  • A live cell reporter of exosome secretion and uptake reveals pathfinding behavior of migrating cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Extracellular vesicles: Critical players during cell migration, 2021, Developmental Cell
  • Astrocyte-derived small extracellular vesicles promote synapse formation via fibulin-2-mediated TGF-β signaling, 2021, Cell Reports

In 2016, Alissa M. Weaver was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018) : a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    Clotilde Théry;Kenneth W. Witwer;Elena Aikawa;Maria Jose Alcaraz

  • Extracellular Vesicles: Unique Intercellular Delivery Vehicles.

    Sybren L.N. Maas;Xandra O. Breakefield;Alissa M. Weaver

  • Tumor morphology and phenotypic evolution driven by selective pressure from the microenvironment.

    Alexander R.A. Anderson;Alissa M. Weaver;Peter T. Cummings;Peter T. Cummings;Vito Quaranta

  • Cortactin promotes and stabilizes Arp2/3-induced actin filament network formation.

    Alissa M. Weaver;Andrei V. Karginov;Andrew W. Kinley;Scott A. Weed

  • Directional cell movement through tissues is controlled by exosome secretion

    Bong Hwan Sung;Tatiana Ketova;Daisuke Hoshino;Andries Zijlstra

  • Cortactin is an essential regulator of matrix metalloproteinase secretion and extracellular matrix degradation in invadopodia.

    Emily S. Clark;Amy S. Whigham;Wendell G. Yarbrough;Alissa M. Weaver

  • Exosome secretion is enhanced by invadopodia and drives invasive behavior.

    Daisuke Hoshino;Kellye C. Kirkbride;Kaitlin Costello;Emily S. Clark

  • Invadopodia: specialized cell structures for cancer invasion.

    Alissa M. Weaver

  • Cortactin Localization to Sites of Actin Assembly in Lamellipodia Requires Interactions with F-Actin and the Arp2/3 Complex

    Scott A. Weed;Andrei V. Karginov;Dorothy A. Schafer;Alissa M. Weaver

  • Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote directional cancer cell migration by aligning fibronectin

    Begum Erdogan;Mingfang Ao;Lauren M. White;Anna L. Means

  • 3D Collagen Alignment Limits Protrusions to Enhance Breast Cancer Cell Persistence

    Kristin M. Riching;Benjamin L. Cox;Max R. Salick;Carolyn Pehlke

  • KRAS-MEK Signaling Controls Ago2 Sorting into Exosomes

    Andrew J. McKenzie;Daisuke Hoshino;Nan Hyung Hong;Diana J. Cha

  • Extracellular matrix rigidity promotes invadopodia activity

    Nelson R. Alexander;Kevin M. Branch;Aron Parekh;Emily S. Clark

  • Cortactin promotes cell motility by enhancing lamellipodial persistence.

    Nicole S. Bryce;Emily S. Clark;Ja’Mes L. Leysath;Joshua D. Currie

  • KRAS-dependent sorting of miRNA to exosomes

    Diana J Cha;Jeffrey L Franklin;Yongchao Dou;Qi Liu

  • Interaction of cortactin and N-WASp with Arp2/3 complex.

    Alissa M. Weaver;John E. Heuser;Andrei V. Karginov;Wei lih Lee

  • Circular RNAs are down-regulated in KRAS mutant colon cancer cells and can be transferred to exosomes.

    Yongchao Dou;Diana J. Cha;Jeffrey L. Franklin;James N. Higginbotham

  • Cortactin promotes exosome secretion by controlling branched actin dynamics.

    Seema Sinha;Daisuke Hoshino;Nan Hyung Hong;Kellye C. Kirkbride

  • N-WASP and the Arp2/3 Complex Are Critical Regulators of Actin in the Development of Dendritic Spines and Synapses

    Adam M. Wegner;Caroline A. Nebhan;Lan Hu;Devi Majumdar

  • Cortactin in tumor invasiveness.

    Alissa M. Weaver

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Patton
James G. Patton Vanderbilt University
Robert J. Coffey
Robert J. Coffey Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vito Quaranta
Vito Quaranta Vanderbilt University
Peter T. Cummings
Peter T. Cummings Heriot-Watt University
Bing Zhang
Bing Zhang Baylor College of Medicine
Scott A. Guelcher
Scott A. Guelcher Vanderbilt University
Steven L. Gonias
Steven L. Gonias University of California, San Diego
Donna J. Webb
Donna J. Webb Vanderbilt University
John A. Cooper
John A. Cooper Washington University in St. Louis
Carlos L. Arteaga
Carlos L. Arteaga The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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