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Overview

Andrew S. Kraft is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these areas, Kraft's work delves into subfields such as pathology and forensic medicine, molecular biology, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The main research topics covered by Kraft include cancer mechanisms and therapy, acute lymphoblastic leukemia research, vascular tumors and angiosarcomas, RNA research and splicing, sarcoma diagnosis and treatment, lymphoma diagnosis and treatment, and chronic myeloid leukemia treatments.

Kraft has published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Cancer
  • Blood
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Nature Communications
  • EMBO Reports

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Kraft are:

  • The long noncoding RNA H19 regulates tumor plasticity in neuroendocrine prostate cancer, 2021, Nature Communications
  • EDC3 phosphorylation regulates growth and invasion through controlling P-body formation and dynamics, 2021, EMBO Reports
  • PIM protein kinases regulate the level of the long noncoding RNA H19 to control stem cell gene transcription and modulate tumor growth, 2020, Molecular Oncology
  • An XBP1s-PIM-2 positive feedback loop controls IL-15-mediated survival of natural killer cells, 2023, Science Immunology
  • OER-073: A multicenter phase 2 study evaluating the role of pazopanib in angiosarcoma, 2022, Cancer

Kraft frequently collaborates with several researchers. Common co-authors include Sathish K.R. Padi, Neha Singh, Kōichi Okumura, Jeremiah J. Bearss, and Ali McBride.

Best Publications

  • Phorbol esters increase the amount of Ca2+, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase associated with plasma membrane.

    Andrew S. Kraft;Wayne B. Anderson

  • Phase II Study of Sorafenib in Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Sarcomas

    Robert G. Maki;David R. D'Adamo;Mary L. Keohan;Michael Saulle

  • Conditional Expression of the Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Phosphatase MKP-1 Preferentially Inhibits p38 MAPK and Stress-activated Protein Kinase in U937 Cells

    Christopher C. Franklin;Andrew S. Kraft

  • Decrease in cytosolic calcium/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase activity following phorbol ester treatment of EL4 thymoma cells.

    A S Kraft;W B Anderson;H L Cooper;J J Sando

  • The gut-enriched Kruppel-like factor (Kruppel-like factor 4) mediates the transactivating effect of p53 on the p21WAF1/Cip1 promoter.

    Weiqing Zhang;Deborah E. Geiman;Janiel M. Shields;Duyen T. Dang

  • Elevated Akt Activity Protects the Prostate Cancer Cell Line LNCaP from TRAIL-induced Apoptosis

    Alexandre Nesterov;Xiaojun Lu;Michael Johnson;Gary J. Miller

  • The PIM-2 Kinase Phosphorylates BAD on Serine 112 and Reverses BAD-induced Cell Death

    Bin Yan;Marina Zemskova;Sheldon Holder;Vernon Chin

  • Bryostatin, an activator of the calcium phospholipid-dependent protein kinase, blocks phorbol ester-induced differentiation of human promyelocytic leukemia cells HL-60

    Andrew S. Kraft;Jeffrey B. Smith;Roger L. Berkow

  • Bax-induced apoptotic cell death.

    John Pawlowski;Andrew S. Kraft

  • The 2014 Surgeon General's report: “The Health Consequences of Smoking–50 Years of Progress”: A paradigm shift in cancer care

    Graham W. Warren;Anthony J. Alberg;Andrew S. Kraft;K. Michael Cummings

  • The Role of the Transcription Factor Sp1 in Regulating the Expression of the WAF1/CIP1 Gene in U937 Leukemic Cells

    Joseph R. Biggs;Jeffery E. Kudlow;Andrew S. Kraft

  • Regions of the JAK2 tyrosine kinase required for coupling to the growth hormone receptor

    Stuart J. Frank;Stuart J. Frank;Woelsung Yi;Yanming Zhao;Jeffrey F. Goldsmith

  • The proteasome inhibitor PS-341 overcomes TRAIL resistance in Bax and caspase 9-negative or Bcl-xL overexpressing cells.

    Thomas R. Johnson;Kimberley Stone;Malti Nikrad;Tammie Yeh

  • The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib sensitizes cells to killing by death receptor ligand TRAIL via BH3-only proteins Bik and Bim

    Malti Nikrad;Thomas Johnson;Thomas Johnson;Hamsa Puthalalath;Leigh Coultas

  • The PIM-1 serine kinase prolongs survival and inhibits apoptosis-related mitochondrial dysfunction in part through a bcl-2-dependent pathway.

    Michael Lilly;Jouko Sandholm;John J Cooper;Päivi J Koskinen

  • Conditional expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1, MKP-1, is cytoprotective against UV-induced apoptosis

    Christopher C. Franklin;Sampathkumar Srikanth;Andrew S. Kraft

  • PIM kinase (and Akt) biology and signaling in tumors.

    Noel A. Warfel;Andrew S. Kraft

  • Cixutumumab and temsirolimus for patients with bone and soft-tissue sarcoma: a multicentre, open-label, phase 2 trial

    Gary K. Schwartz;William D. Tap;Li Xuan Qin;Michael B. Livingston

  • The Amino-terminal Portion of the JAK2 Protein Kinase Is Necessary For Binding and Phosphorylation of the Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor Receptor β Chain ∗

    Yanming Zhao;Fred Wagner;Stuart J. Frank;Andrew S. Kraft

  • Pim family kinases enhance tumor growth of prostate cancer cells

    Wei Wei Chen;Daniel C. Chan;Carlton Donald;Michael B. Lilly

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles D. Smith
Charles D. Smith University of Kentucky
George R. Pettit
George R. Pettit Arizona State University
Xue-Zhong Yu
Xue-Zhong Yu Medical College of Wisconsin
Jon C. Aster
Jon C. Aster Harvard Medical School
Robert G. Maki
Robert G. Maki University of Pennsylvania
Peter D. Aplan
Peter D. Aplan National Institutes of Health
Stuart J. Frank
Stuart J. Frank University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dong-Er Zhang
Dong-Er Zhang University of California, San Diego
Anthony D. Elias
Anthony D. Elias University of Colorado Boulder
Cristina R. Antonescu
Cristina R. Antonescu Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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