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Overview

Craig J. Thomas is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, oncology, genetics, pathology, and forensic medicine.

The scientist has published extensively in leading venues, contributing significantly to journals including Cancer Research, Blood, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuro-Oncology, and Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.

Craig J. Thomas's main research topics include:

  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments

Among recent publications, selected papers include:

  • Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Pharmacological and behavioral divergence of ketamine enantiomers: implications for abuse liability, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Therapeutic targeting of ATR yields durable regressions in small cell lung cancers with high replication stress, 2021, Cancer Cell
  • Pyruvate Kinase Controls Signal Strength in the Insulin Secretory Pathway, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Genome-wide Screens Identify Lineage- and Tumor-Specific Genes Modulating MHC-I- and MHC-II-Restricted Immunosurveillance of Human Lymphomas, 2020, Immunity

Frequent collaborators include Michele Ceribelli, Kelli M. Wilson, James D. Phelan, Carleen Klumpp-Thomas, and Louis M. Staudt, reflecting a collaborative research environment and multidisciplinary engagement.

Best Publications

  • Chronic active B-cell-receptor signalling in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

    R. Eric Davis;Vu N. Ngo;Georg Lenz;Pavel Tolar

  • NMDAR inhibition-independent antidepressant actions of ketamine metabolites

    Panos Zanos;Ruin Moaddel;Patrick J. Morris;Polymnia Georgiou

  • Ketamine and Ketamine Metabolite Pharmacology: Insights into Therapeutic Mechanisms

    Panos Zanos;Ruin Moaddel;Patrick J. Morris;Lace M. Riggs

  • Inhibition of Pyruvate Kinase M2 by Reactive Oxygen Species Contributes to Cellular Antioxidant Responses

    Dimitrios Anastasiou;Dimitrios Anastasiou;George Poulogiannis;George Poulogiannis;John M. Asara;John M. Asara;Matthew B. Boxer

  • Pyruvate Kinase M2 Regulates Hif-1α Activity and IL-1β Induction and Is a Critical Determinant of the Warburg Effect in LPS-Activated Macrophages

    Eva M. Palsson-McDermott;Anne M. Curtis;Gautam Goel;Gautam Goel;Mario A.R. Lauterbach

  • Pyruvate kinase M2 activators promote tetramer formation and suppress tumorigenesis.

    Dimitrios Anastasiou;Yimin Yu;William James Israelsen;Jian-Kang Jiang

  • Modulation of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses by Tofacitinib (CP-690,550)

    Kamran Ghoreschi;Michael I. Jesson;Xiong Li;Jamie L. Lee

  • Exploiting Synthetic Lethality for the Therapy of ABC Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

    Yibin Yang;Arthur L. Shaffer;N.C. Tolga Emre;Michele Ceribelli

  • Camptothecin: current perspectives.

    Craig J. Thomas;Nicolas J. Rahier;Sidney M. Hecht

  • Keap1 loss promotes Kras-driven lung cancer and results in dependence on glutaminolysis.

    Rodrigo Romero;Volkan I Sayin;Shawn M Davidson;Matthew R Bauer

  • Noncanonical TGFβ Signaling Contributes to Aortic Aneurysm Progression in Marfan Syndrome Mice

    Tammy M. Holm;Jennifer P. Habashi;Jefferson J. Doyle;Djahida Bedja

  • Inhibition of B Cell Receptor Signaling by Ibrutinib in Primary CNS Lymphoma

    Michail S. Lionakis;Kieron Dunleavy;Mark Roschewski;Brigitte C. Widemann

  • Targeting neuronal activity-regulated neuroligin-3 dependency in high-grade glioma

    Humsa S. Venkatesh;Lydia T. Tam;Pamelyn J. Woo;James Lennon

  • High-throughput combinatorial screening identifies drugs that cooperate with ibrutinib to kill activated B-cell–like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cells

    Lesley A. Mathews Griner;Rajarshi Guha;Paul Shinn;Ryan M. Young

  • Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis

    Alba Luengo;Zhaoqi Li;Dan Y. Gui;Lucas B. Sullivan;Lucas B. Sullivan

  • A multiprotein supercomplex controlling oncogenic signalling in lymphoma

    James D. Phelan;Ryan M. Young;Daniel E. Webster;Sandrine Roulland;Sandrine Roulland

  • Environment Dictates Dependence on Mitochondrial Complex I for NAD+ and Aspartate Production and Determines Cancer Cell Sensitivity to Metformin

    Dan Y. Gui;Lucas B. Sullivan;Alba Luengo;Aaron M. Hosios

  • Cooperative Epigenetic Modulation by Cancer Amplicon Genes

    Lixin Rui;N. C.Tolga Emre;Michael J. Kruhlak;Hye Jung Chung

  • Identification of oxadiazoles as new drug leads for the control of schistosomiasis

    Ahmed A Sayed;Anton Simeonov;Craig J Thomas;James Inglese

  • Inhibition of Pyruvate Kinase M2 by Reactive Oxygen Species Contributes to Cellular Antioxidant Responses

    Matthew G. Vander Heiden;Dimitrios Anastasiou;George Poulogiannis;John M. Asara

Frequent Co-Authors

Rajarshi Guha
Rajarshi Guha Google (United States)
Marc Ferrer
Marc Ferrer National Institutes of Health
James Inglese
James Inglese National Institutes of Health
Anton Simeonov
Anton Simeonov National Institutes of Health
Ajit Jadhav
Ajit Jadhav Pfizer (Germany)
Christopher P. Austin
Christopher P. Austin National Institutes of Health
Todd D. Gould
Todd D. Gould University of Maryland, Baltimore
Louis M. Staudt
Louis M. Staudt National Institutes of Health
Lewis C. Cantley
Lewis C. Cantley Harvard University

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