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Charlotte Kuperwasser

Charlotte Kuperwasser

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
17222
World Ranking
16450
National Ranking
6807

Overview

Charlotte Kuperwasser is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and has conducted extensive research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily focuses on Oncology, Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Otorhinolaryngology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics emphasize areas such as Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Recent publications by Charlotte Kuperwasser include:

  • Detection of Occult Recurrence Using Circulating Tumor Tissue Modified Viral HPV DNA among Patients Treated for HPV-Driven Oropharyngeal Carcinoma (2022, Clinical Cancer Research)
  • Detection of circulating tumor human papillomavirus DNA before diagnosis of HPV-positive head and neck cancer (2022, International Journal of Cancer)
  • Negative Predictive Value of Circulating Tumor Tissue Modified Viral (TTMV)-HPV DNA for HPV-driven Oropharyngeal Cancer Surveillance (2023, Clinical Cancer Research)
  • Analytical Validation of NavDx, a cfDNA-Based Fragmentomic Profiling Assay for HPV-Driven Cancers (2023, Diagnostics)
  • Microenvironmental control of cell fate decisions in mammary gland development and cancer (2021, Developmental Cell)

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Clinical Cancer Research, Development, Developmental Cell, and Oral Oncology.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Charlotte Kuperwasser's work, with frequent co-authors including Gat Rauner, Nicole Traugh, Catherine Del Vecchio Fitz, Piyush B. Gupta, and Meadow E. Parrish.

Best Publications

  • Identification of Selective Inhibitors of Cancer Stem Cells by High-Throughput Screening

    Piyush B. Gupta;Piyush B. Gupta;Tamer T. Onder;Guozhi Jiang;Guozhi Jiang;Kai Tao

  • Stochastic State Transitions Give Rise to Phenotypic Equilibrium in Populations of Cancer Cells

    Piyush B. Gupta;Christine M. Fillmore;Guozhi Jiang;Sagi D. Shapira

  • Normal and neoplastic nonstem cells can spontaneously convert to a stem-like state

    Christine L. Chaffer;Ines Brueckmann;Christina Scheel;Alicia J. Kaestli

  • Human breast cancer cell lines contain stem-like cells that self-renew, give rise to phenotypically diverse progeny and survive chemotherapy.

    Christine M Fillmore;Charlotte Kuperwasser;Charlotte Kuperwasser

  • Reconstruction of functionally normal and malignant human breast tissues in mice

    Charlotte Kuperwasser;Tony Chavarria;Min Wu;Greg Magrane

  • The melanocyte differentiation program predisposes to metastasis after neoplastic transformation

    Piyush B. Gupta;Charlotte Kuperwasser;Jean Philippe Brunet;Sridhar Ramaswamy

  • Phenotypic Plasticity: Driver of Cancer Initiation, Progression, and Therapy Resistance

    Piyush P.B. Gupta;Ievgenia Pastushenko;Adam Skibinski;Adam Skibinski;Cédric Blanpain

  • A Novel Lung Metastasis Signature Links Wnt Signaling with Cancer Cell Self-Renewal and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Basal-like Breast Cancer

    Theresa A. DiMeo;Kristen Anderson;Pushkar Phadke;Chang Feng

  • Genetic predisposition directs breast cancer phenotype by dictating progenitor cell fate

    Theresa A. Proia;Patricia J. Keller;Patricia J. Keller;Piyush B. Gupta;Ina Klebba;Ina Klebba

  • Estrogen expands breast cancer stem-like cells through paracrine FGF/Tbx3 signaling

    Christine M. Fillmore;Piyush B. Gupta;Jenny A. Rudnick;Silvia Caballero

  • Defining the cellular precursors to human breast cancer.

    Patricia J. Keller;Lisa M. Arendt;Adam Skibinski;Tanya Logvinenko

  • Obesity promotes breast cancer by CCL2-mediated macrophage recruitment and angiogenesis.

    Lisa M. Arendt;Jessica McCready;Patricia J. Keller;Dana D. Baker

  • A mouse model of human breast cancer metastasis to human bone.

    Charlotte Kuperwasser;Scott Dessain;Benjamin E. Bierbaum;Dan Garnet

  • Development of spontaneous mammary tumors in BALB/c p53 heterozygous mice. A model for Li-Fraumeni syndrome.

    Charlotte Kuperwasser;Gregory D. Hurlbut;Frances S. Kittrell;Ellen S. Dickinson

  • A mammary-specific model demonstrates the role of the p53 tumor suppressor gene in tumor development.

    D. J. Jerry;F. S. Kittrell;C. Kuperwasser;Rodolfo Laucirica

  • Mapping the cellular and molecular heterogeneity of normal and malignant breast tissues and cultured cell lines

    Patricia J Keller;Patricia J Keller;Amy F Lin;Amy F Lin;Lisa M Arendt;Lisa M Arendt;Ina Klebba;Ina Klebba

  • Human breast cancer stem cell markers CD44 and CD24: enriching for cells with functional properties in mice or in man?

    Christine Fillmore;Charlotte Kuperwasser;Charlotte Kuperwasser

  • Systemic stromal effects of estrogen promote the growth of estrogen receptor-negative cancers.

    Piyush B. Gupta;David Proia;Oya Cingoz;Janusz Weremowicz

  • The Hippo Transducer TAZ Interacts with the SWI/SNF Complex to Regulate Breast Epithelial Lineage Commitment

    Adam Skibinski;Jerrica L. Breindel;Jerrica L. Breindel;Aleix Prat;Patricia Galván

  • Genetic Predisposition Directs Breast Cancer Phenotype by Dictating Progenitor Cell Fate

    Theresa A. Proia;Patricia J. Keller;Ina Klebba;Ainsley D. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Piyush Gupta
Piyush Gupta University College of Medical Sciences
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Stuart J. Schnitt
Stuart J. Schnitt Brigham and Women's Hospital
Philip W. Hinds
Philip W. Hinds Tufts University
Charles M. Perou
Charles M. Perou University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nadine Tung
Nadine Tung Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Kornelia Polyak
Kornelia Polyak Harvard University
Myles Brown
Myles Brown Harvard University
Daniel Medina
Daniel Medina Baylor College of Medicine

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