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15861
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Overview

Calvin P.H. Vary is affiliated with Maine Medical Center in the United States and contributes extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work covers a range of topics largely focusing on molecular biology, physiology, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Overexpression of Activin Receptor-Like Kinase 1 in Endothelial Cells Suppresses Development of Arteriovenous Malformations in Mouse Models of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, 2020, Circulation Research
  • Pathological Conversion of Mouse Perivascular Adipose Tissue by Notch Activation, 2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Targeting the fatty acid binding proteins disrupts multiple myeloma cell cycle progression and MYC signaling, 2023, eLife
  • The Extracellular Matrix Environment of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Determines Cancer Associated Fibroblast Growth, 2021, Cancers
  • Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Mental Illness: Risperidone and Olanzapine Alter the Hepatic Proteomic Signature in Mice, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their research network include:

  • Carlos A. Gartner
  • Michaela R. Reagan
  • Sergey Ryzhov
  • Heather Fairfield
  • Lucy Liaw

The scientist's work appears regularly in several publication venues known for biomedical and molecular research, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation Research
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Research interests of Calvin P.H. Vary span significant topics such as:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Best Publications

  • The significance of platelets with increased RNA content (reticulated platelets). A measure of the rate of thrombopoiesis.

    K. A. Ault;H. M. Rinder;J. Mitchell;M. B. Carmody

  • Interaction and functional interplay between endoglin and ALK‐1, two components of the endothelial transforming growth factor‐β receptor complex

    Francisco J. Blanco;Juan Francisco Santibanez;Mercedes Guerrero-Esteo;Carmen Langa

  • Soluble Transforming Growth Factor-β Type II Receptor Inhibits Negative Remodeling, Fibroblast Transdifferentiation, and Intimal Lesion Formation But Not Endothelial Growth

    Joshua D. Smith;Shane R. Bryant;Leslie L. Couper;Calvin P. H. Vary

  • Method and kit for polynucleotide assay including primer-dependant DNA polymerase

    Calvin P. H. Vary;Steven E. Diamond

  • Transcriptional activation of endoglin and transforming growth factor-β signaling components by cooperative interaction between Sp1 and KLF6: their potential role in the response to vascular injury

    Luisa M. Botella;Tilman Sánchez-Elsner;Francisco Sanz-Rodriguez;Soichi Kojima

  • Vascular injury induces expression of periostin: implications for vascular cell differentiation and migration.

    Volkhard Lindner;Qiaozeng Wang;Barbara A. Conley;Robert E. Friesel

  • Notch and Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGFβ) Signaling Pathways Cooperatively Regulate Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation

    Yuefeng Tang;Sumithra Urs;Joshua Boucher;Tyler Bernaiche

  • Endoglin Regulates Cytoskeletal Organization through Binding to ZRP-1, a Member of the Lim Family of Proteins *

    Francisco Sanz-Rodriguez;Mercedes Guerrero-Esteo;Luisa María Botella;Denis Banville

  • Endoglin, a TGF-beta receptor-associated protein, is expressed by smooth muscle cells in human atherosclerotic plaques.

    Barbara A Conley;Joshua D Smith;Mercedes Guerrero-Esteo;Carmelo Bernabeu

  • Cloning of the Promoter Region of Human Endoglin, the Target Gene for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Type 1

    Carlos Rı́us;Joshua D. Smith;Joshua D. Smith;Joshua D. Smith;Nuria Almendro;Nuria Almendro;Nuria Almendro;Carmen Langa;Carmen Langa;Carmen Langa

  • Endoglin increases eNOS expression by modulating Smad2 protein levels and Smad2‐dependent TGF‐β signaling

    Juan Francisco Santibanez;Ainhoa Letamendía;Fernando Pérez-Barriocanal;Cristoforo Silvestri

  • Endoglin Controls Cell Migration and Composition of Focal Adhesions: FUNCTION OF THE CYTOSOLIC DOMAIN

    Barbara A. Conley;Rositsa Koleva;Joshua D. Smith;Doreen Kacer

  • Endoglin structure and function - Determinants of endoglin phosphorylation by transforming growth factor-beta receptors

    Rositsa I. Koleva;Barbara A. Conley;Diana Romero;Kristin S. Riley

  • Novel biochemical pathways of endoglin in vascular cell physiology.

    Carmelo Bernabeu;Barbara A. Conley;Calvin P.H. Vary

  • Lumican is a major proteoglycan component of the bone matrix.

    Afshin Raouf;Bernhard Ganss;Chris McMahon;Calvin Vary

  • MUTATION AND EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE ENDOGLIN GENE IN HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA REVEALS NULL ALLELES

    Carol J. Gallione;Daniel J. Klaus;Eric Y. Yeh;Timothy T. Stenzel

  • Increases in Serum Estrogen Levels During Major Illness are Caused by Increased Peripheral Aromatization

    Daniel I. Spratt;Jeremy R. Morton;Robert S. Kramer;Sara W. Mayo

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Suppression of Spry1 inhibits triple-negative breast cancer malignancy by decreasing EGF/EGFR mediated mesenchymal phenotype

    Qing He;Hongyu Jing;Lucy Liaw;Lindsey Gower

  • Identification of restriction fragment length polymorphisms in DNA from Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

    D Whipple;P Kapke;C Vary

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling in the Vasculature

    Xuehui Yang;Lucy Liaw;Igor Prudovsky;Peter C. Brooks

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucy Liaw
Lucy Liaw Maine Medical Center
Carmelo Bernabeu
Carmelo Bernabeu Spanish National Research Council
Robert Friesel
Robert Friesel Maine Medical Center
Clifford J. Rosen
Clifford J. Rosen Maine Medical Center
Arun Seth
Arun Seth Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Thomas Gridley
Thomas Gridley University of Maine
Douglas A. Marchuk
Douglas A. Marchuk Duke University
José M. López-Novoa
José M. López-Novoa University of Salamanca
Douglas B. Sawyer
Douglas B. Sawyer Maine Medical Center
Miguel Quintanilla
Miguel Quintanilla Spanish National Research Council

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