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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
132
Citations
54512
World Ranking
329
National Ranking
202

Biology and Biochemistry

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133
Citations
55205
World Ranking
376
National Ranking
248

Medicine

D-Index
133
Citations
55088
World Ranking
2259
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Benita S. Katzenellenbogen is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these broad areas, Katzenellenbogen's work focuses on molecular biology, genetics, oncology, cancer research, and organic chemistry.

The scientist has published extensively on topics such as estrogen and related hormone effects, regulation of FOXO transcription factors, metabolism connected to diabetes and cancer, computational drug discovery methods, HER2/EGFR involvement in cancer research, cytokine signaling pathways and interactions, and pancreatic function related to diabetes.

Frequent co-authors in their work include John A. Katzenellenbogen, Sung Hoon Kim, Yvonne Ziegler, K.W. Nettles, and J.C. Nwachukwu.

Common publication venues for Katzenellenbogen's work include Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Cancers, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Benita S. Katzenellenbogen include:

  • Targeting the oncogenic transcription factor FOXM1 to improve outcomes in all subtypes of breast cancer, 2023, Breast Cancer Research
  • Transcription Regulation and Genome Rewiring Governing Sensitivity and Resistance to FOXM1 Inhibition in Breast Cancer, 2021, Cancers
  • FOXM1 regulates glycolysis and energy production in multiple myeloma, 2022, Oncogene
  • Suppression of Tumor Growth, Metastasis, and Signaling Pathways by Reducing FOXM1 Activity in Triple Negative Breast Cancer, 2020, Cancers
  • Contrasting activities of estrogen receptor beta isoforms in triple negative breast cancer, 2020, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Benita S. Katzenellenbogen was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Phenol red in tissue culture media is a weak estrogen: implications concerning the study of estrogen-responsive cells in culture

    Yolande Berthois;John A. Katzenellenbogen;Benita S. Katzenellenbogen

  • Nongenotropic, sex-nonspecific signaling through the estrogen or androgen receptors: dissociation from transcriptional activity.

    S. Kousteni;T. Bellido;L. I. Plotkin;C. A. O'Brien

  • Profiling of estrogen up- and down-regulated gene expression in human breast cancer cells: insights into gene networks and pathways underlying estrogenic control of proliferation and cell phenotype.

    Jonna Frasor;Jeanne M. Danes;Barry Komm;Ken C. N. Chang

  • Pyrazole Ligands: Structure−Affinity/Activity Relationships and Estrogen Receptor-α-Selective Agonists

    Shaun R. Stauffer;Christopher J. Coletta;Rosanna Tedesco;Gisele Nishiguchi

  • ESTROGEN ACTION VIA THE CAMP SIGNALING PATHWAY : STIMULATION OF ADENYLATE CYCLASE AND CAMP-REGULATED GENE TRANSCRIPTION

    S M Aronica;W L Kraus;B S Katzenellenbogen

  • Estrogen receptor-beta potency-selective ligands: structure-activity relationship studies of diarylpropionitriles and their acetylene and polar analogues.

    Marvin J. Meyers;Jun Sun;Kathryn E. Carlson;Gwendolyn A. Marriner

  • Tripartite steroid hormone receptor pharmacology: interaction with multiple effector sites as a basis for the cell- and promoter-specific action of these hormones.

    John A. Katzenellenbogen;Bert W. O'Malley;Benita S. Katzenellenbogen

  • Stimulation of estrogen receptor-mediated transcription and alteration in the phosphorylation state of the rat uterine estrogen receptor by estrogen, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, and insulin-like growth factor-I.

    Susan M. Aronica;Benita S. Katzenellenbogen

  • Phosphorylation of the human estrogen receptor. Identification of hormone-regulated sites and examination of their influence on transcriptional activity.

    P Le Goff;M M Montano;D J Schodin;B S Katzenellenbogen

  • Equol, a natural estrogenic metabolite from soy isoflavones: convenient preparation and resolution of R- and S-equols and their differing binding and biological activity through estrogen receptors alpha and beta.

    Rajeev S Muthyala;Young H Ju;Shubin Sheng;Lee D Williams

  • Activation of estrogen receptor-alpha by the heavy metal cadmium.

    Adriana Stoica;Benita S. Katzenellenbogen;Mary Beth Martin

  • Whole-Genome Cartography of Estrogen Receptor α Binding Sites

    Chin-Yo Lin;Vinsensius B. B. Vega;Jane S. Thomsen;Tao Zhang

  • Estrogen Receptor Activation Function 1 Works by Binding p160 Coactivator Proteins

    Paul Webb;Phuong Nguyen;Jeanette Shinsako;Carol Anderson

  • The Estrogen Receptor Enhances AP-1 Activity by Two Distinct Mechanisms with Different Requirements for Receptor Transactivation Functions

    Paul Webb;Phuong Nguyen;Cathleen Valentine;Gabriela N. Lopez

  • Estrogen receptors: bioactivities and interactions with cell signaling pathways.

    Benita S. Katzenellenbogen

  • Proliferation, Hormonal Responsiveness, and Estrogen Receptor Content of MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells Grown in the Short-Term and Long-Term Absence of Estrogens

    Benita S. Katzenellenbogen;Kari L. Kendra;Mary Jane Norman;Yolande Berthois

  • Structural characterization of a subtype-selective ligand reveals a novel mode of estrogen receptor antagonism.

    Andrew K. Shiau;Danielle Barstad;James T. Radek;Marvin J. Meyers

  • Localization of androgen and estrogen receptors in adult male mouse reproductive tract.

    Qing Zhou;Rong Nie;Gail S. Prins;Philippa T. K. Saunders

  • Direct Acetylation of the Estrogen Receptor α Hinge Region by p300 Regulates Transactivation and Hormone Sensitivity

    Chenguang Wang;Maofu Fu;Ruth H. Angeletti;Linda Siconolfi-Baez

  • Coactivator peptides have a differential stabilizing effect on the binding of estrogens and antiestrogens with the estrogen receptor.

    Arvin C. Gee;Kathryn E. Carlson;Paolo G. V. Martini;Benita S. Katzenellenbogen

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Katzenellenbogen
John A. Katzenellenbogen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kathryn E. Carlson
Kathryn E. Carlson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Geoffrey L. Greene
Geoffrey L. Greene University of Chicago
David J. Shapiro
David J. Shapiro University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Philip W. Shaul
Philip W. Shaul The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
William G. Helferich
William G. Helferich University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bert W. O'Malley
Bert W. O'Malley Baylor College of Medicine
Kenneth S. Korach
Kenneth S. Korach National Institutes of Health
Milan K. Bagchi
Milan K. Bagchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sarat Chandarlapaty
Sarat Chandarlapaty Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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