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Brian Schaffhausen

Brian Schaffhausen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
15141
World Ranking
17443
National Ranking
7163

Overview

Brian Schaffhausen is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with specific contributions in Molecular Biology and Cell Biology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer

Brian Schaffhausen's publication record features papers in notable venues such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

One recent paper authored by Schaffhausen is:

  • "A degradable form of polyoma small T antigen reveals the high specificity of TAZ in regulating gene expression," published in 2025 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Yubao Wang
  • Cherubin Manokaran
  • Kevin Y. Huang
  • Thomas M. Roberts

Best Publications

  • SH2 domains recognize specific phosphopeptide sequences

    Songyang Zhou;Songyang Zhou;Steven E. Shoelson;Manas Chaudhuri;Gerald Gish

  • Association of phosphatidylinositol kinase activity with polyoma middle-T competent for transformation.

    Malcolm Whitman;David R. Kaplan;Brian Schaffhausen;Lewis Cantley

  • Regulation of protein kinase C ζ by PI 3-kinase and PDK-1

    Margaret M. Chou;Weimin Hou;Joanne Johnson;Lauren K. Graham

  • Purification and characterization of phosphoinositide 3-kinase from rat liver.

    C L Carpenter;B C Duckworth;K R Auger;B Cohen

  • Common elements in growth factor stimulation and oncogenic transformation: 85 kd phosphoprotein and phosphatidylinositol kinase activity

    David R. Kaplan;Malcolm Whitman;Brian Schaffhausen;David C. Pallas

  • IRS-1 activates phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase by associating with src homology 2 domains of p85

    Martin G. Myers;Jonathan M. Backer;Xiao Jian Sun;Steven Shoelson

  • Phosphoinositide 3-kinase is activated by phosphopeptides that bind to the SH2 domains of the 85-kDa subunit.

    C. L. Carpenter;K. R. Auger;Manas Chanudhuri;M. Yoakim

  • A tightly associated serine/threonine protein kinase regulates phosphoinositide 3-kinase activity.

    C. L. Carpenter;K. R. Auger;B. C. Duckworth;Wei-Min Hou

  • DnaJ/hsp40 chaperone domain of SV40 large T antigen promotes efficient viral DNA replication.

    K S Campbell;K P Mullane;I A Aksoy;H Stubdal

  • Phosphatidylinositol metabolism and polyoma-mediated transformation.

    David R. Kaplan;Malcolm Whitman;Brian Schaffhausen;Leda Raptis

  • Conformational changes associated with f-1 histone-deoxyribonucleic acid complexes. Circular dichroism studies

    Gerald D. Fasman;B. Schaffhausen;L. Goldsmith;Alice J. Adler

  • Phosphorylation of polyoma T antigens.

    B.S. Schaffhausen;T.L. Benjamin

  • Polyoma middle tumor antigen interacts with SHC protein via the NPTY (Asn-Pro-Thr-Tyr) motif in middle tumor antigen

    Kathryn S. Campbell;Egon Ogris;Brenda Burke;Wen Su

  • Identification of two SH3-binding motifs in the regulatory subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.

    Rosana Kapeller;Kanteti V S Prasad;Ottmar Janssen;Weimin Hou

  • Lessons in Signaling and Tumorigenesis from Polyomavirus Middle T Antigen

    Michele M. Fluck;Brian S. Schaffhausen

  • Tumor antigen(s) in cells productively infected by wild-type polyoma virus and mutant NG-18

    Brian S. Schaffhausen;Jonathan E. Silver;Thomas L. Benjamin

  • Cellular transformation by Simian Virus 40 and Murine Polyoma Virus T antigens

    Jingwei Cheng;James A. DeCaprio;Michele M. Fluck;Brian S. Schaffhausen

  • Carboxy terminus of polyoma middle-sized tumor antigen is required for attachment to membranes, associated protein kinase activities, and cell transformation.

    Gordon G. Carmichael;Brian S. Schaffhausen;David I. Dorsky;Donald B. Oliver

  • Tumor antigens induced by nontransforming mutants of polyoma virus.

    Jonathan Silver;Jonathan Silver;Brian Schaffhausen;Thomas Benjamin

  • Small molecule inhibition of phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate (PIP3) binding to pleckstrin homology domains

    Benchun Miao;Igor Skidan;Jinsheng Yang;Alexey Lugovskoy

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas M. Roberts
Thomas M. Roberts Harvard University
Thomas L. Benjamin
Thomas L. Benjamin Harvard University
Lewis C. Cantley
Lewis C. Cantley Harvard University
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University
David C. Pallas
David C. Pallas Emory University
Malcolm Whitman
Malcolm Whitman Harvard University
Gordon G. Carmichael
Gordon G. Carmichael University of Connecticut Health Center
William C. Hahn
William C. Hahn Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
David R. Kaplan
David R. Kaplan University of Toronto
Christopher L. Carpenter
Christopher L. Carpenter GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

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