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Craig Horbinski is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a strong research focus in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Neurology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Notably, Horbinski has contributed to multiple publications in prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • Neurosurgery
  • Clinical Cancer Research

The scientist's recent significant papers include:

  • "Glioblastoma in adults: a Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) and European Society of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) consensus review on current management and future directions" (2020), published in Neuro-Oncology
  • "Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 3.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology" (2020), published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • "Targeting DGAT1 Ameliorates Glioblastoma by Increasing Fat Catabolism and Oxidative Stress" (2020), published in Cell Metabolism
  • "A first-in-human phase 0 clinical study of RNA interference-based spherical nucleic acids in patients with recurrent glioblastoma" (2021), published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "Clinical implications of the 2021 edition of the WHO classification of central nervous system tumours" (2022), published in Nature Reviews Neurology

Craig Horbinski's work often involves collaboration with several frequent co-authors. These include:

  • Kathleen McCortney
  • Amy B. Heimberger
  • Roger Stupp
  • Adam M. Sonabend
  • Maciej S. Lesniak

Best Publications

  • Epidemiologic and Molecular Prognostic Review of Glioblastoma

    Jigisha P. Thakkar;Therese A. Dolecek;Craig Horbinski;Quinn T. Ostrom

  • Glioblastoma in adults: a Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) and European Society of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) consensus review on current management and future directions

    Patrick Y. Wen;Michael Weller;Eudocia Quant Lee;Brian M. Alexander

  • Immune and genomic correlates of response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in glioblastoma.

    Junfei Zhao;Andrew X. Chen;Robyn D. Gartrell;Andrew M. Silverman

  • CCL2 Produced by the Glioma Microenvironment Is Essential for the Recruitment of Regulatory T Cells and Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells

    Alan L. Chang;Jason Miska;Derek A. Wainwright;Mahua Dey

  • Regulation of Autophagy by Extracellular Signal- Regulated Protein Kinases During 1-Methyl-4- Phenylpyridinium-Induced Cell Death

    Jian Hui Zhu;Craig Horbinski;Fengli Guo;Simon Watkins

  • Therapeutic targeting of polycomb and BET bromodomain proteins in diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

    Andrea Piunti;Rintaro Hashizume;Marc A. Morgan;Elizabeth T. Bartom

  • An overview of meningiomas.

    Robin A Buerki;Craig M Horbinski;Timothy Kruser;Peleg M Horowitz

  • Tubulin-targeting chemotherapy impairs androgen receptor activity in prostate cancer.

    Meng Lei Zhu;Craig M. Horbinski;Mark Garzotto;David Z. Qian

  • Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 3.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology

    Louis Burt Nabors;Jana Portnow;Manmeet Ahluwalia;Joachim Baehring

  • Mitochondrial control by DRP1 in brain tumor initiating cells

    Qi Xie;Qiulian Wu;Craig M Horbinski;William A Flavahan

  • Preferential Iron Trafficking Characterizes Glioblastoma Stem-like Cells

    David L. Schonberg;Tyler E. Miller;Qiulian Wu;William A. Flavahan

  • Inhibition of SOAT1 suppresses glioblastoma growth via blocking SREBP-1-mediated lipogenesis

    Feng Geng;Xiang Cheng;Xiaoning Wu;Ji Young Yoo

  • Mutant IDH1 and seizures in patients with glioma.

    Hao Chen;Jonathon Judkins;Cheddhi Thomas;Meijing Wu

  • Cancer stem cell-specific scavenger receptor CD36 drives glioblastoma progression.

    James S. Hale;Balint Otvos;Maksim Sinyuk;Alvaro G. Alvarado

  • DNA methylation profiling to predict recurrence risk in meningioma: Development and validation of a nomogram to optimize clinical management

    Farshad Nassiri;Farshad Nassiri;Yasin Mamatjan;Suganth Suppiah;Suganth Suppiah;Jetan H. Badhiwala

  • A first-in-human phase 0 clinical study of RNA interference-based spherical nucleic acids in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

    Priya Kumthekar;Caroline H. Ko;Tatjana Paunesku;Karan Dixit

  • MST4 Phosphorylation of ATG4B Regulates Autophagic Activity, Tumorigenicity, and Radioresistance in Glioblastoma

    Tianzhi Huang;Chung Kwon Kim;Chung Kwon Kim;Angel A. Alvarez;Rajendra P. Pangeni;Rajendra P. Pangeni

  • Detection and discrimination of intracranial tumors using plasma cell-free DNA methylomes

    Farshad Nassiri;Farshad Nassiri;Ankur Chakravarthy;Shengrui Feng;Shengrui Feng;Shu Yi Shen

  • Immunohistochemical analysis of H3K27me3 demonstrates global reduction in group-A childhood posterior fossa ependymoma and is a powerful predictor of outcome.

    Pooja Panwalkar;Jonathan Clark;Vijay Ramaswamy;Debra Hawes

  • Cancer-Associated IDH1 Promotes Growth and Resistance to Targeted Therapies in the Absence of Mutation

    Andrea E. Calvert;Alexandra Chalastanis;Yongfei Wu;Lisa A. Hurley

Frequent Co-Authors

C. David James
C. David James Northwestern University
Roger Stupp
Roger Stupp Northwestern University
Jeremy N. Rich
Jeremy N. Rich University of Pittsburgh
Ronald L. Hamilton
Ronald L. Hamilton University of Pittsburgh
Ichiro Nakano
Ichiro Nakano University of Alabama at Birmingham
Daniel J. Brat
Daniel J. Brat Northwestern University
Shi Yuan Cheng
Shi Yuan Cheng Northwestern University
Justin D. Lathia
Justin D. Lathia Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Marina N. Nikiforova
Marina N. Nikiforova University of Pittsburgh
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University

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