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David M. Helfman is affiliated with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research spans multiple fields including medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, physiology, oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, and immunology.

Their main research topics cover a range of biological and medical themes, specifically:

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Corneal Surgery and Treatments
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors

Some of Helfman's notable scientific contributions include the following recent papers:

  • Loss of myosin light chain kinase induces the cellular senescence associated secretory phenotype to promote breast epithelial cell migration, 2024, Scientific Reports
  • AKT drives sustained motility following MEK inhibition via promoting SNAIL and AXL in MDA-MB-231 LM2, 2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Dayoung Kim
  • Jonathan A. Cooper
  • Junyeob Kwon
  • Mi-Young Kim

Helfman's work is published primarily in journals such as Scientific Reports and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of alternative splicing in vivo by overexpression of antagonistic splicing factors.

    Javier F. Cáceres;Stefan Stamm;David M. Helfman;Adrian R. Krainer

  • The molecular basis for tropomyosin isoform diversity.

    James P. Lees-Miller;David M. Helfman

  • Cytoskeletal changes in cell transformation and tumorigenesis.

    Geraldine Pawlak;David M Helfman

  • Identification of clones that encode chicken tropomyosin by direct immunological screening of a cDNA expression library.

    D M Helfman;J R Feramisco;J C Fiddes;G P Thomas

  • Co-existence of Vinculin and a Vinculin-like Protein of Higher Molecular Weight in Smooth Muscle*

    J R Feramisco;J E Smart;K Burridge;D M Helfman

  • Modulation of exon skipping and inclusion by heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 and pre-mRNA splicing factor SF2/ASF.

    Akila Mayeda;D. M. Helfman;A. R. Krainer

  • A new tropomyosin essential for cytokinesis in the fission yeast S. pombe.

    Mohan K. Balasubramanian;David M. Helfman;Sean M. Hemmingsen

  • Functional properties of non-muscle tropomyosin isoforms

    Mark F. Pittenger;Jeffrey A. Kazzaz;David M. Helfman

  • The molecular cloning of a type II regulatory subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase from rat skeletal muscle and mouse brain.

    J D Scott;M B Glaccum;M J Zoller;M D Uhler

  • The metastasis associated protein S100A4: role in tumour progression and metastasis.

    David M Helfman;EJ Kim;E Lukanidin;M Grigorian

  • Binding of hnRNP H to an exonic splicing silencer is involved in the regulation of alternative splicing of the rat beta-tropomyosin gene.

    Charlie Degui Chen;Ryuji Kobayashi;David M. Helfman

  • Nonmuscle and muscle tropomyosin isoforms are expressed from a single gene by alternative RNA splicing and polyadenylation.

    D M Helfman;S Cheley;E Kuismanen;L A Finn

  • Caldesmon inhibits nonmuscle cell contractility and interferes with the formation of focal adhesions.

    David M. Helfman;Esther T. Levy;Christine Berthier;Michael Shtutman

  • A vertebrate actin-related protein is a component of a multisubunit complex involved in microtubule-based vesicle motility

    James P. Lees-Miller;David M. Helfman;Trina A. Schroer

  • Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein positively regulates inclusion of an alternative 3'-terminal exon.

    Hua Lou;David M. Helfman;Robert F. Gagel;Susan M. Berget

  • RSK1 drives p27Kip1 phosphorylation at T198 to promote RhoA inhibition and increase cell motility

    Michelle D. Larrea;Feng Hong;Seth A. Wander;Thiago G. da Silva

  • Cytoplasmic p21Cip1 is involved in Ras-induced inhibition of the ROCK/LIMK/cofilin pathway.

    Sungwoo Lee;Sungwoo Lee;David M. Helfman

  • Polypyrimidine tract binding protein interacts with sequences involved in alternative splicing of beta-tropomyosin pre-mRNA.

    George J. Mulligan;Wei Guo;Steven Wormsley;David M Helfman

  • Tropomyosin isoforms in chicken embryo fibroblasts: purification, characterization, and changes in Rous sarcoma virus-transformed cells.

    Jim Jung-Ching Lin;David M. Helfman;Stephan H. Hughes;Chin-Sheng Chou

  • A critical role of tropomyosins in TGF-beta regulation of the actin cytoskeleton and cell motility in epithelial cells.

    Andrei V. Bakin;Alfiya Safina;Cammie Rinehart;Cecilia Daroqui

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Feramisco
James R. Feramisco University of California, San Diego
Ryuji Kobayashi
Ryuji Kobayashi The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jim J.-C. Lin
Jim J.-C. Lin University of Iowa
Adrian R. Krainer
Adrian R. Krainer Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Stefan Stamm
Stefan Stamm University of Kentucky
Mario Gimona
Mario Gimona Paracelsus Medical University
Isidro Sánchez-García
Isidro Sánchez-García University of Salamanca
John D. Scott
John D. Scott University of Washington
Trina A. Schroer
Trina A. Schroer Johns Hopkins University
Stephen Hughes
Stephen Hughes National Cancer Institute

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