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Overview

Alnawaz Rehemtulla is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, genetics, immunology, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their recent publications include:

  • ATRX loss in glioma results in dysregulation of cell-cycle phase transition and ATM inhibitor radio-sensitization, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Why All the Fury over Furin?, 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Murine models of IDH-wild-type glioblastoma exhibit spatial segregation of tumor initiation and manifestation during evolution, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A lipid-associated macrophage lineage rewires the spatial landscape of adipose tissue in early obesity, 2023, JCI Insight
  • Mitochondrial complex II in intestinal epithelial cells regulates T cell-mediated immunopathology, 2021, Nature Immunology

Their work covers multiple main research topics, including:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Theodore S. Lawrence, Wajd N. Al-Holou, Daniel Wahl, Visweswaran Ravikumar, and Drew Pratt.

Alnawaz Rehemtulla has published extensively in several key venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuro-Oncology, Neoplasia, Cancer Research, and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Computed tomography-based biomarker provides unique signature for diagnosis of COPD phenotypes and disease progression

    Craig J Galbán;Meilan K Han;Jennifer L Boes;Komal A Chughtai

  • Combined effect of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand and ionizing radiation in breast cancer therapy.

    Arul M. Chinnaiyan;Uttara Prasad;Sunita Shankar;Daniel A. Hamstra

  • Rapid and quantitative assessment of cancer treatment response using in vivo bioluminescence imaging.

    Alnawaz Rehemtulla;Lauren D. Stegman;Shaun J. Cardozo;Sheila Gupta

  • Brain cancer diagnosis and therapy with nanoplatforms.

    Yong Eun Lee Koo;G. Ramachandra Reddy;Mahaveer Bhojani;Randy Schneider

  • Ultraviolet Radiation-induced Apoptosis Is Mediated by Activation of CD-95 (Fas/APO-1)*

    Alnawaz Rehemtulla;Christin A. Hamilton;Arul M. Chinnaiyan;Vishva M. Dixit

  • Noninvasive real-time imaging of apoptosis.

    Bharathi Laxman;Daniel E. Hall;Mahaveer Swaroop Bhojani;Daniel A. Hamstra

  • The basic motif-leucine zipper transcription factor Nrl can positively regulate rhodopsin gene expression

    Alnawaz Rehemtulla;Ron Warwar;Rajan Kumar;Xiaodong Ji

  • Superiority of yeast over bacterial cytosine deaminase for enzyme/prodrug gene therapy in colon cancer xenografts.

    Els Kievit;Eric Bershad;Emily Ng;Phiroze Sethna

  • Inhibition of N-Linked Glycosylation Disrupts Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Signaling in Tumor Cells

    Joseph N. Contessa;Mahaveer S. Bhojani;Hudson H. Freeze;Alnawaz Rehemtulla

  • PACE/furin can process the vitamin K-dependent pro-factor IX precursor within the secretory pathway.

    L C Wasley;A Rehemtulla;J A Bristol;R J Kaufman

  • Multifunctional nanoparticle platforms for in vivo MRI enhancement and photodynamic therapy of a rat brain cancer

    Raoul Kopelman;Yong Eun Lee Koo;Martin Philbert;Bradford A. Moffat

  • Noninvasive quantitation of cytosine deaminase transgene expression in human tumor xenografts with in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Lauren D. Stegman;Alnawaz Rehemtulla;Bradley Beattie;Els Kievit

  • NanoLuc Reporter for Dual Luciferase Imaging in Living Animals

    Amanda C. Stacer;Shyam Nyati;Pranav Moudgil;Rahul Iyengar

  • Fas/APO-1 (CD95) Is Not Translocated to the Cell Membrane in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

    Steven J. Hughes;Yoshihiro Nambu;Oliver S. Soldes;Daniel Hamstra

  • THE BZIP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRL STIMULATES RHODOPSIN PROMOTER ACTIVITY IN PRIMARY RETINAL CELL CULTURES

    Rajan Kumar;Shiming Chen;David Scheurer;Qing Liang Wang

  • Membrane Type Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 Activates Pro-gelatinase A without Furin Cleavage of the N-terminal Domain

    Jian Cao;Alnawaz Rehemtulla;Wadie Bahou;Stanley Zucker;Stanley Zucker

  • Targeted imaging and therapy of brain cancer using theranostic nanoparticles.

    Mahaveer Swaroop Bhojani;Marcian Van Dort;Alnawaz Rehemtulla;Brian D. Ross

  • Molecular imaging of Akt kinase activity

    Limin Zhang;Kuei C Lee;Mahaveer S Bhojani;Amjad P Khan

  • Phosphorylated FADD induces NF-κB, perturbs cell cycle, and is associated with poor outcome in lung adenocarcinomas

    Guoan Chen;Mahaveer S. Bhojani;Andrew C. Heaford;Daniel C. Chang

  • Real-time evaluation of p53 oscillatory behavior in vivo using bioluminescent imaging.

    Daniel A. Hamstra;Mahaveer S. Bhojani;Laura B. Griffin;Bharathi Laxman

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian D. Ross
Brian D. Ross University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas L. Chenevert
Thomas L. Chenevert University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Theodore S. Lawrence
Theodore S. Lawrence University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Larry Junck
Larry Junck University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David G. Beer
David G. Beer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Randal J. Kaufman
Randal J. Kaufman Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Raoul Kopelman
Raoul Kopelman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eric C. Holland
Eric C. Holland Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Thomas S. Edgington
Thomas S. Edgington Scripps Research Institute
Kenneth J. Pienta
Kenneth J. Pienta Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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