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Overview

Debra J. Gilbert is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. The primary research focus lies in medicine, with particular attention to oncology, immunology, molecular biology, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their work spans several key research topics, including:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Gilbert's recent publications include:

  • T Cell-Mediated Antitumor Immunity Cooperatively Induced By TGFβR1 Antagonism and Gemcitabine Counteracts Reformation of the Stromal Barrier in Pancreatic Cancer, 2021, published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
  • Isolation of a NCK-associated Kinase, PRK2, an SH3-binding Protein and Potential Effector of Rho Protein Signaling, 2021, published in UNC Libraries
  • Carcinoma Initiation via Rb Tumor Suppressor Inactivation: A Versatile Approach to Epithelial Subtype-Dependent Cancer Initiation in Diverse Tissues, 2020, published in UNC Libraries

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Dandan Li
  • Nicholas P. Schaub
  • Theresa M. Guerin
  • Tashinga E. Bapiro
  • Frances M. Richards

The predominant publication venues where Gilbert's work appears include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Best Publications

  • Arc, a growth factor and activity-regulated gene, encodes a novel cytoskeleton-associated protein that is enriched in neuronal dendrites

    Gregory L Lyford;Kanato Yamagata;Walter E Kaufmann;Carol A Barnes

  • Cloning, chromosomal localization, and functional analysis of the murine estrogen receptor β

    Gilles B. Tremblay;André Tremblay;Neal G. Copeland;Debra J. Gilbert

  • Mast cell growth factor maps near the steel locus on mouse chromosome 10 and is deleted in a number of steel alleles.

    Neal G. Copeland;Debra J. Gilbert;Brian C. Cho;Peter J. Donovan

  • Crx, a novel Otx-like paired-homeodomain protein, binds to and transactivates photoreceptor cell-specific genes.

    Shiming Chen;Qing Liang Wang;Zuqin Nie;Hui Sun

  • The Laminin α Chains: Expression, Developmental Transitions, and Chromosomal Locations of α1-5, Identification of Heterotrimeric Laminins 8–11, and Cloning of a Novel α3 Isoform

    Jeffrey H. Miner;Bruce L. Patton;Stephen I. Lentz;Debra J. Gilbert

  • A genetic linkage map of the mouse: current applications and future prospects

    Neal G. Copeland;Nancy A. Jenkins;Debra J. Gilbert;Janan T. Eppig

  • A family of secreted proteins contains homology to the cysteine-rich ligand-binding domain of frizzled receptors

    Amir Rattner;Jen Chih Hsieh;Philip M. Smallwood;Debra J. Gilbert

  • Angiopoietins 3 and 4: Diverging gene counterparts in mice and humans

    David M. Valenzuela;Jennifer A. Griffiths;Jose Rojas;Thomas H. Aldrich

  • TLR6: A novel member of an expanding Toll-like receptor family

    O. Takeuchi;T. Kawai;H. Sanjo;Neal G. Copeland

  • Functional characterization of the human interleukin-15 receptor alpha chain and close linkage of IL15RA and IL2RA genes.

    Dirk M. Anderson;Satoru Kumaki;Minoo Ahdieh;Jeanette Bertles

  • A Large Family of Putative Transmembrane Receptors Homologous to the Product of the Drosophila Tissue Polarity Gene frizzled

    Yanshu Wang;Jennifer P. Macke;Benjamin S. Abella;Katrin Andreasson

  • Murine homolog of SALL1 is essential for ureteric bud invasion in kidney development.

    Ryuichi Nishinakamura;Yuko Matsumoto;Kazuki Nakao;Kenji Nakamura

  • Genomic imprinting of Mash2, a mouse gene required for trophoblast development

    François Guillemot;Tamara Caspary;Shirley M. Tilghman;Neal G. Copeland

  • A second tyrosinase-related protein, TRP-2, maps to and is mutated at the mouse slaty locus.

    Ian J. Jackson;Doreen M. Chambers;Katsuhiko Tsukamoto;Neal G. Copeland

  • Narp, a novel member of the pentraxin family, promotes neurite outgrowth and is dynamically regulated by neuronal activity

    Cynthia C. Tsui;Neal G. Copeland;Debra J. Gilbert;Nancy A. Jenkins

  • Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) homologous factors: New members of the FGF family implicated in nervous system development

    Philip M. Smallwood;Ignacio Munoz-Sanjuan;Patrick Tong;Jennifer P. Macke

  • Two Isoforms of the Mouse Ether-a-go-go–Related Gene Coassemble to Form Channels With Properties Similar to the Rapidly Activating Component of the Cardiac Delayed Rectifier K+ Current

    Barry London;Matthew C. Trudeau;Kimberly P. Newton;Anita K. Beyer

  • TECK: A Novel CC Chemokine Specifically Expressed by Thymic Dendritic Cells and Potentially Involved in T Cell Development

    Alain P. Vicari;David J. Figueroa;Joseph A. Hedrick;Jessica S. Foster

  • A Novel LPS-Inducible C-Type Lectin Is a Transcriptional Target of NF-IL6 in Macrophages

    Makoto Matsumoto;Takashi Tanaka;Tsuneyasu Kaisho;Hideki Sanjo

  • Evolution of the mammalian G protein α subunit multigene family

    Thomas M. Wilkie;Debra J. Gilbert;Anne S. Olsen;Xiao-Ning Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy A. Jenkins
Nancy A. Jenkins The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Neal G. Copeland
Neal G. Copeland The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Stephan W. Morris
Stephan W. Morris St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Peter J. Donovan
Peter J. Donovan University of California, Irvine
Albert Zlotnik
Albert Zlotnik University of California, Irvine
Grant R. Sutherland
Grant R. Sutherland University of Adelaide
Yoshihisa Kurachi
Yoshihisa Kurachi Osaka University
James N. Ihle
James N. Ihle St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Jeffrey A. Winkles
Jeffrey A. Winkles University of Maryland, Baltimore
Douglas Pat Cerretti
Douglas Pat Cerretti Amgen (United States)

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