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17772
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Overview

Edward J. O'Keefe is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. More specifically, their work spans subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology and Allergy, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Dermatology.

Their research topics cover several areas:

  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Genetic and rare skin diseases
  • Cancer and Skin Lesions
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies

Key recent publications by Edward J. O'Keefe include the following:

  • "Calcium-induced assembly of adherens junctions in keratinocytes," published in 2021 by UNC Libraries
  • "Can we keep up with the machines? Stronger and faster artificial intelligence systems require robust risk management practices," published in 2022 by Journal of financial compliance.

Edward J. O'Keefe frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Robert A. Briggaman, J. Carter, Sarah Byrne, Barbara Meeks, and John Stoker.

The main venues for their publications include UNC Libraries and the Journal of financial compliance. In UNC Libraries, they have two publications, while in the Journal of financial compliance, they have one.

Best Publications

  • Identification of the Skin Basement-Membrane Autoantigen in Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita

    D T Woodley;R A Briggaman;E J O'Keefe;A O Inman

  • Epidermal growth factor. Characteristics of specific binding in membranes from liver, placenta, and other target tissues.

    Edward O'Keefe;Morley D. Hollenberg;Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Burn wounds resurfaced by cultured epidermal autografts show abnormal reconstitution of anchoring fibrils.

    David T. Woodley;Hugh D. Peterson;Sandra R. Herzog;George P. Stricklin

  • Human autoantibodies against desmoplakins in paraneoplastic pemphigus.

    Judith R. Oursler;Ramsey S. Labib;Lina Ariss-Abdo;Thomas Burke

  • Stimulation of growth of keratinocytes by basic fibroblast growth factor.

    Edward J. O'keefe;Marie L. Chiu;Richard E. Payne

  • Laminin inhibits human keratinocyte migration

    David T. Woodley;Peter M. Bachmann;Edward J. O'Keefe

  • Calcium-induced assembly of adherens junctions in keratinocytes.

    E J O'Keefe;R A Briggaman;B Herman

  • Spreading and Enhanced Motility of Human Keratinocytes on Fibronectin

    Edward J. O'Keefe;Richard E. Payne;Nancy Russell;David T. Woodley

  • Epidermal growth factor receptor number decreases during rat liver regeneration.

    Henry Shelton Earp;E. J. O'Keefe

  • The structure of human trichohyalin. Potential multiple roles as a functional EF-hand-like calcium-binding protein, a cornified cell envelope precursor, and an intermediate filament-associated (cross-linking) protein.

    S. C. Lee;Ingyu Kim;L. N. Marekov;E. J. O'Keefe

  • A model of cell cycle control: sequential events regulated by growth factors.

    Edward J. O'Keefe;W.J. Pledger

  • Cutaneous wound healing: A model for cell-matrix interactions

    David T. Woodley;Edward J. O’Keefe;Michel Prunieras

  • Mechanism of action of cholera toxin and the mobile receptor theory of hormone receptor-adenylate cyclase interactions.

    Vann Bennett;Edward O'Keefe;Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Desmoplakin I and desmoplakin II. Purification and characterization.

    E J O'Keefe;H P Erickson;V Bennett

  • Bleomycin in the treatment of recalcitrant warts

    Steven M. Shumer;Edward J. O’Keefe

  • Human Keratinocyte Locomotion: The Effect of Selected Cytokines

    Yves Sarret;David T Woodley;Kimberly Grigsby;Kimberly Wynn

  • Production of Soluble and Cell-Associated Fibronectin by Cultured Keratinocytes

    Edward J. O'Keefe;David Woodley;Gabrielle Castillo;Nancy Russell

  • Alteration of epidermal growth factor-dependent phosphorylation during rat liver regeneration

    R. A. Rubin;E. J. O'Keefe;Henry Shelton Earp

  • Production of procollagenase by cultured human keratinocytes.

    M J Petersen;D T Woodley;G P Stricklin;E J O'Keefe

  • Cholera Toxin Mimics Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone in Inducing Differentiation in Melanoma Cells

    Edward O'Keefe;Pedro Cuatrecasas

Frequent Co-Authors

David T. Woodley
David T. Woodley University of Southern California
W. J. Pledger
W. J. Pledger University of South Florida
Vann Bennett
Vann Bennett Duke University
Pedro Cuatrecasas
Pedro Cuatrecasas Research Triangle Park Foundation
Ronald J. Falk
Ronald J. Falk University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steven R. Feldman
Steven R. Feldman Wake Forest University
Morley D. Hollenberg
Morley D. Hollenberg University of Calgary
Peter M. Steinert
Peter M. Steinert National Institutes of Health
Robert E. Burgeson
Robert E. Burgeson Harvard University
Amy S. Paller
Amy S. Paller Northwestern University

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