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  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Christin Carter-Su is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within medicine, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and oncology.

Their work explores topics such as cytokine signaling pathways and interactions, interferon and immune responses, nuclear receptors and signaling, neurobiology and insect physiology research, adipose tissue and metabolism, receptor mechanisms and signaling, and growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Lawrence S. Argetsinger, Jessica L. Cote, Anabel Flores, Joel M. Cline, and Martin G. Myers.

Christin Carter-Su has published regularly in venues like Endocrinology, Diabetes, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, and PubMed. Notable recent papers include:

  • Deletion of the Brain-Specific α and δ Isoforms of Adapter Protein SH2B1 Protects Mice From Obesity (2020, Diabetes)
  • Role of the Beta and Gamma Isoforms of the Adapter Protein SH2B1 in Regulating Energy Balance (2023, Endocrinology)
  • 2022 Cannon lecture: an ode to signal transduction: how the growth hormone pathway revealed insight into height, malignancy, and obesity (2023, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism)
  • Identification of βIIΣ1-Spectrin as a Binding Partner of the GH-regulated Human Obesity Scaffold Protein SH2B1 (2025, Endocrinology)
  • Endogenous SH2B1 protein localizes to lamellipodia and filopodia: platinum replica electron-microscopy study (2024, PubMed)

Their research addresses molecular mechanisms related to adapter proteins such as SH2B1 and their roles in energy balance, obesity, and signal transduction, reflecting an interest in growth hormone pathways and metabolic regulation.

In 2011, Christin Carter-Su was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Enhanced DNA-binding activity of a Stat3-related protein in cells transformed by the Src oncoprotein

    Chao Lan Yu;Debra J. Meyer;George S. Campbell;Andrew C. Larner

  • Identification of JAK2 as a growth hormone receptor-associated tyrosine kinase

    Lawrence S. Argetsinger;George S. Campbell;Xianjie Yang;Bruce A. Witthuhn

  • Signaling pathways activated by the growth hormone receptor

    James Herrington;Christin Carter-Su

  • MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF GROWTH HORMONE ACTION

    Christin Carter-Su;Jessica Schwartz;Lisa S. Smit

  • The role of STAT proteins in growth hormone signaling

    James Herrington;Lisa S Smit;Jessica Schwartz;Christin Carter-Su

  • Mechanism of signaling by growth hormone receptor

    Lawrence S. Argetsinger;Christin Carter-Su

  • Growth hormone stimulates phosphorylation and activation of elk-1 and expression of c-fos, egr-1, and junB through activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2.

    Christina Hodge;Jinfang Liao;Mary Stofega;Kunliang Guan

  • Enhanced Expression of Janus Kinase–Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription Pathway Members in Human Diabetic Nephropathy

    Celine C. Berthier;Hongyu Zhang;MaryLee Schin;Anna Henger

  • Growth Hormone, Interferon-γ, and Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Promoted Tyrosyl Phosphorylation of Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 ∗

    Lawrence S. Argetsinger;Gene W. Hsu;Martin G. Myers;Nils Billestrup

  • Activation of JAK2 tyrosine kinase by prolactin receptors in Nb2 cells and mouse mammary gland explants

    George S. Campbell;Lawrence S. Argetsinger;James N. Ihle;Paul A. Kelly

  • Recent advances in growth hormone signaling

    Nathan J. Lanning;Christin Carter-Su

  • The role of the growth hormone (GH) receptor and JAK1 and JAK2 kinases in the activation of Stats 1, 3, and 5 by GH.

    Lisa S. Smit;Debra J. Meyer;Nils Billestrup;Gunnar Norstedt

  • Activation of Stat3 in v-Src Transformed Fibroblasts Requires Cooperation of Jak1 Kinase Activity

    Yi Zhang;James Turkson;Christin Carter-Su;Thomas Smithgall

  • Heat shock protein 90-dependent (geldanamycin-inhibited) movement of the glucocorticoid receptor through the cytoplasm to the nucleus requires intact cytoskeleton

    Mario D. Galigniana;Jennifer L. Scruggs;James Herrington;Michael J. Welsh

  • Stimulation by growth hormone of MAP kinase activity in 3T3-F442A fibroblasts.

    George S. Campbell;Long Pang;Tadayo Miyasaka;Alan R. Saltiel

  • Growth hormone induces a DNA binding factor related to the interferon-stimulated 91-kDa transcription factor

    Debra J. Meyer;George S. Campbell;Brent H. Cochran;Lawrence S. Argetsinger

  • Activation of acute phase response factor (APRF)/Stat3 transcription factor by growth hormone.

    George S. Campbell;Debra J. Meyer;Regina Raz;David E. Levy

  • Identification of SH2-Bbeta as a substrate of the tyrosine kinase JAK2 involved in growth hormone signaling.

    L Rui;L S Mathews;K Hotta;T A Gustafson

  • Human SH2B1 mutations are associated with maladaptive behaviors and obesity

    Michael E. Doche;Elena G. Bochukova;Hsiao Wen Su;Laura R. Pearce

  • Domains of the growth hormone receptor required for association and activation of JAK2 tyrosine kinase

    J. A. Vanderkuur;Xueyan Wang;Liying Zhang;G. S. Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Liangyou Rui
Liangyou Rui University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter
Martin G. Myers
Martin G. Myers University of Toronto
Jules A. Shafer
Jules A. Shafer MSD (United States)
I. Sadaf Farooqi
I. Sadaf Farooqi University of Cambridge
Anthony P. King
Anthony P. King The Ohio State University
Stephen O'Rahilly
Stephen O'Rahilly University of Cambridge
James N. Ihle
James N. Ihle St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Michael P. Czech
Michael P. Czech University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Jarrod A. Marto
Jarrod A. Marto Harvard University

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