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Atique U. Ahmed is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main areas of study center around molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Specific research topics include glioma diagnosis and treatment, cancer related to hypoxia and metabolism, CRISPR and genetic engineering, brain metastases and treatment, biochemical and molecular research, cancer genomics and diagnostics, and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Atique U. Ahmed include:

  • Jason Miska
  • Adam M. Sonabend
  • Jack Shireman
  • Shivani Baisiwala
  • Craig Horbinski

Ahmed's work has appeared in several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancers
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Atique U. Ahmed include:

  • Neural stem cell delivery of an oncolytic adenovirus in newly diagnosed malignant glioma: a first-in-human, phase 1, dose-escalation trial, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Circadian Regulator CLOCK Drives Immunosuppression in Glioblastoma, 2022, Cancer Immunology Research
  • De novo purine biosynthesis is a major driver of chemoresistance in glioblastoma, 2021, Brain
  • Myeloid cell-derived creatine in the hypoxic niche promotes glioblastoma growth, 2023, Cell Metabolism
  • Ribosomal protein S11 influences glioma response to TOP2 poisons, 2020, Oncogene

Best Publications

  • CCL2 Produced by the Glioma Microenvironment Is Essential for the Recruitment of Regulatory T Cells and Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells

    Alan L. Chang;Jason Miska;Derek A. Wainwright;Mahua Dey

  • IDO Expression in Brain Tumors Increases the Recruitment of Regulatory T Cells and Negatively Impacts Survival

    Derek A. Wainwright;Irina V. Balyasnikova;Alan L. Chang;Atique U. Ahmed

  • Conversion of differentiated cancer cells into cancer stem-like cells in a glioblastoma model after primary chemotherapy.

    B Auffinger;A L Tobias;Y Han;G Lee

  • Environmental Epidemiology, Volume 1: Public Health and Hazardous Wastes

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  • Blood‐Brain Barrier Permeable Gold Nanoparticles: An Efficient Delivery Platform for Enhanced Malignant Glioma Therapy and Imaging

    Yu Cheng;Qing Dai;Ramin A. Morshed;Xiaobing Fan

  • The role of glioma stem cells in chemotherapy resistance and glioblastoma multiforme recurrence

    Brenda Auffinger;Drew Spencer;Peter Pytel;Atique U Ahmed

  • QT interval variability in body surface ECG: measurement, physiological basis, and clinical value: position statement and consensus guidance endorsed by the European Heart�…

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  • HIF-1α Is a Metabolic Switch between Glycolytic-Driven Migration and Oxidative Phosphorylation-Driven Immunosuppression of Tregs in Glioblastoma

    Jason Miska;Catalina Lee-Chang;Aida Rashidi;Megan E. Muroski

  • The response of wire rope strands to axial tensile loads—Part I. Experimental results and theoretical predictions

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  • Voltammetric studies of the oxygen-titanium binary system in molten calcium chloride

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  • Li7PS6 and Li6PS5X (X: Cl, Br, I): Possible Three‐dimensional Diffusion Pathways for Lithium Ions and Temperature Dependence of the Ionic Conductivity by�…

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  • Tumor-targeted, systemic delivery of therapeutic viral vectors using hitchhiking on antigen-specific T cells

    Caroline Cole;Jian Qiao;Timothy Kottke;Rosa Maria Diaz

  • Photo-electro-catalysis enhancement on carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide (CNTs/TiO2) composite prepared by a novel surfactant wrapping sol–gel method

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  • A comparative study of neural and mesenchymal stem cell-based carriers for oncolytic adenovirus in a model of malignant glioma.

    Atique U. Ahmed;Matthew A. Tyler;Bart Thaci;Nikita G. Alexiades

  • Intelligent reflecting surface enabled sensing: Cram�r-Rao bound optimization

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  • Viral Fusogenic Membrane Glycoproteins Kill Solid Tumor Cells by Nonapoptotic Mechanisms That Promote Cross Presentation of Tumor Antigens by Dendritic Cells

    Andrew R. Bateman;Kevin J. Harrington;Tim Kottke;Atique Ahmed

  • Neural stem cell-based cell carriers enhance therapeutic efficacy of an oncolytic adenovirus in an orthotopic mouse model of human glioblastoma.

    Atique U. Ahmed;Bart Thaci;Nikita G. Alexiades;Yu Han

  • Macrophages Orchestrate the Immune Response to Tumor Cell Death

    Michael J. Gough;Alan A. Melcher;Atique Ahmed;Marka R. Crittenden

  • Cell Lineage and Pseudotime Inference for Single-cell Transcriptomics Analysis of Chemoresistance in GBM (P11-13.002)

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  • Neural stem cell delivery of an oncolytic adenovirus in newly diagnosed malignant glioma: a first-in-human, phase 1, dose-escalation trial.

    Jawad Fares;Atique U Ahmed;Ilya V Ulasov;Adam M Sonabend

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Vile
Richard G. Vile Mayo Clinic
Michael J. Rennie
Michael J. Rennie University of Nottingham
Michael Millar
Michael Millar Barts Health NHS Trust
Alan Melcher
Alan Melcher Institute of Cancer Research
Michael J. Gough
Michael J. Gough Providence Portland Medical Center
Kevin J. Harrington
Kevin J. Harrington Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
C. David James
C. David James Northwestern University
Timothy Kottke
Timothy Kottke Mayo Clinic
Craig Horbinski
Craig Horbinski Northwestern University
Prokar Dasgupta
Prokar Dasgupta King's College London

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