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Overview

Erik W. Thompson is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cancer Research, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on cancer biology, epigenetics, and plasma applications in medical contexts. Significant recent papers include:

  • Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition, 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Degradation of cefixime antibiotic in water by atmospheric plasma bubbles: Performance, degradation pathways and toxicity evaluation, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Histone lactylation: epigenetic mark of glycolytic switch, 2021, Trends in Genetics
  • New Insights Into the Role of Phenotypic Plasticity and EMT in Driving Cancer Progression, 2020, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • Cold Atmospheric Plasma: A Promising Controller of Cancer Cell States, 2020, Cancers

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Kostya Ostrikov
  • Peiyu Wang
  • Sugandha Bhatia
  • Tony Blick
  • Honor J. Hugo

They have published multiple articles in the following venues:

  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cells Tissues Organs
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Main research topics include:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

Best Publications

  • The epithelial–mesenchymal transition: new insights in signaling, development, and disease

    Jonathan M. Lee;Shoukat Dedhar;Raghu Kalluri;Raghu Kalluri;Raghu Kalluri;Erik W. Thompson;Erik W. Thompson

  • Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial–mesenchymal transition

    Jing Yang;Parker Antin;Geert Berx;Cédric Blanpain

  • Epithelial--mesenchymal and mesenchymal--epithelial transitions in carcinoma progression.

    Honor Hugo;M. Leigh Ackland;Tony Blick;Mitchell G. Lawrence

  • Carcinoma Invasion and Metastasis: A Role for Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition?

    Erik W Thompson;Donald F Newgreen;David Tarin

  • The fallacy of epithelial mesenchymal transition in neoplasia.

    David Tarin;Erik W Thompson;Donald F Newgreen

  • MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-13 DEFICIENT MICE ARE RESISTANT TO OSTEOARTHRITIC CARTILAGE EROSION BUT NOT CHONDROCYTE HYPERTROPHY OR OSTEOPHYTE DEVELOPMENT

    C. B. Little;A. Barai;D. Burkhardt;S. M. Smith

  • Association of increased basement membrane invasiveness with absence of estrogen receptor and expression of vimentin in human breast cancer cell lines.

    Erik W. Thompson;Soonmyoung Paik;Nils Brünner;Connie L. Sommers

  • Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition Facilitates Bladder Cancer Metastasis: Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-2

    Christine L. Chaffer;Janelle P. Brennan;Janelle P. Brennan;John L. Slavin;Tony Blick

  • Effects of inhibitors of plasminogen activator, serine proteinases, and collagenase IV on the invasion of basement membranes by metastatic cells.

    Reuven Reich;Erik W. Thompson;Yukihide Iwamoto;George R. Martin

  • Transmembrane/cytoplasmic domain-mediated membrane type 1-matrix metalloprotease docking to invadopodia is required for cell invasion

    Hirokazu Nakahara;Linda Howard;Erik W. Thompson;Hiroshi Sato

  • Vimentin and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human breast cancer--observations in vitro and in vivo

    Maria I. Kokkinos;Razan Wafai;Meng Kang Wong;Donald F. Newgreen

  • β-Actin: an unsuitable internal control for RT-PCR

    Saxon Selvey;E.W. Thompson;K. Matthaei;Rodney Arthur Lea

  • Mesenchymal to epithelial transition in development and disease.

    Christine L. Chaffer;Erik W. Thompson;Elizabeth D. Williams

  • Epithelial mesenchymal transition traits in human breast cancer cell lines.

    T. Blick;E. Widodo;E. Widodo;H. Hugo;M. Waltham

  • Mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) as a mechanism for metastatic colonisation in breast cancer

    N. P. A. Devika Gunasinghe;N. P. A. Devika Gunasinghe;Alan Wells;Erik W. Thompson;Honor J. Hugo

  • MT1-MMP expression promotes tumor growth and angiogenesis through an up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor expression

    Nor Eddine Sounni;L. Devy;A. Hajitou;Francis Frankenne

  • Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Traits in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines Parallel the CD44hi/CD24lo/- Stem Cell Phenotype in Human Breast Cancer

    Tony Blick;Honor Hugo;Edwin Widodo;Edwin Widodo;Mark Waltham

  • Controversies around epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity in cancer metastasis

    Elizabeth D. Williams;Dingcheng Gao;Andrew Redfern;Erik W. Thompson;Erik W. Thompson

  • Epithelial to mesenchymal transition and breast cancer.

    Eva Tomaskovic-Crook;Erik W Thompson;Jean Paul Thiery

  • Carcinoma invasion and metastasis : A role for epithelial- mesenchymal transition?. Author's reply

    Erik W. Thompson;Donald F. Newgreen;David Tarin

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth D. Williams
Elizabeth D. Williams Queensland University of Technology
Gregory R. Monteith
Gregory R. Monteith University of Queensland
Donald F. Newgreen
Donald F. Newgreen Royal Children's Hospital
Robert Clarke
Robert Clarke University of Oxford
Michael A. Henderson
Michael A. Henderson Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Nils Brünner
Nils Brünner University of Copenhagen
Marc E. Lippman
Marc E. Lippman National Institutes of Health
Alexander Dobrovic
Alexander Dobrovic University of Melbourne
Michael A. Quinn
Michael A. Quinn International Gynaecological Cancer Society
Jock K. Findlay
Jock K. Findlay Hudson Institute of Medical Research

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