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Erwin G. Van Meir is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these broader areas, Van Meir focuses notably on the subfields of Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The work of Van Meir revolves around several specialized topics including Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Clusterin in disease pathology, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies, and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer.

Van Meir has contributed to a range of recent publications. These include:

  • "Glioma progression is shaped by genetic evolution and microenvironment interactions," 2022, published in Cell
  • "Failure of human rhombic lip differentiation underlies medulloblastoma formation," 2022, published in Nature
  • "N-cadherin upregulation mediates adaptive radioresistance in glioblastoma," 2021, published in Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "The transcriptional landscape of Shh medulloblastoma," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Subgroup and subtype-specific outcomes in adult medulloblastoma," 2021, published in Acta Neuropathologica

Van Meir frequently collaborates with multiple coauthors, including Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Satoru Osuka, Dan Zhu, Frederick S. Varn, and Kevin C. Johnson. These collaborations highlight a network of researchers working collectively on related topics in oncology and molecular biology.

Their works have been published in a number of renowned scientific journals and publication venues, such as:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways

    Roger McLendon;Allan Friedman;Darrell Bigner;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma

    Cameron W. Brennan;Roel G W Verhaak;Aaron McKenna;Benito Campos

  • The Immune Landscape of Cancer

    Vésteinn Thorsson;David L Gibbs;Scott D Brown;Denise Wolf

  • Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower-Grade Gliomas.

    Daniel J. Brat;Roel G.W. Verhaak;Kenneth D. Aldape;W. K.Alfred Yung

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Exciting New Advances in Neuro-Oncology The Avenue to a Cure for Malignant Glioma

    Erwin Van Meir;Constantinos G Hadjipanayis;Andrew D. Norden;Hui-Kuo Shu

  • Intertumoral Heterogeneity within Medulloblastoma Subgroups

    Florence M.G. Cavalli;Marc Remke;Marc Remke;Marc Remke;Ladislav Rampasek;John Peacock

  • Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

    Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

  • Homologs of gp91phox: cloning and tissue expression of Nox3, Nox4, and Nox5.

    Guangjie Cheng;Zehong Cao;Xiangxi Xu;Erwin G.Van Meir

  • Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;David J.H. Shih;John Peacock;Livia Garzia

  • The role of interleukin-8 and its receptors in gliomagenesis and tumoral angiogenesis

    Daniel J. Brat;Anita C. Bellail;Erwin G. Van Meir

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Hypoxia and the hypoxia-inducible-factor pathway in glioma growth and angiogenesis

    Balveen Kaur;Fatima W. Khwaja;Eric A. Severson;Shannon L. Matheny

  • Pathogenic Germline Variants in 10,389 Adult Cancers

    Kuan-Lin Huang;R Jay Mashl;Yige Wu;Deborah I Ritter

  • 'Pseudopalisading' necrosis in glioblastoma: A familiar morphologic feature that links vascular pathology, hypoxia, and angiogenesis

    Yuan Rong;Donald L. Durden;Erwin G. Van Meir;Daniel J. Brat

  • Microregional extracellular matrix heterogeneity in brain modulates glioma cell invasion.

    Anita C Bellail;Stephen B Hunter;Daniel J Brat;Chalet Tan

  • The somatic genomic landscape of glioblastoma

    Cameron W. Brennan;Roel G. W. Verhaak;Aaron Mckenna;Benito Campos

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Brat
Daniel J. Brat Northwestern University
Jeffrey J. Olson
Jeffrey J. Olson Emory University
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University
Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan
Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan Case Western Reserve University
Rameen Beroukhim
Rameen Beroukhim Harvard University
Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Balveen Kaur
Balveen Kaur Augusta University
Stacey Gabriel
Stacey Gabriel Broad Institute
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia
Gaetano Finocchiaro
Gaetano Finocchiaro Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

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