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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 1997 - Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gary S. Stein is affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States. Their research spans across biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on medicine. The scientist's work is concentrated in the subfields of molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, genetics, and rheumatology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Cancer genomics and diagnostics
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Bone metabolism and diseases
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Notable recent publications by Gary S. Stein include:

  • "Identification of tRNA-derived small RNA (tsRNA) responsive to the tumor suppressor, RUNX1, in breast cancer," 2020, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • "The breast pre-cancer atlas illustrates the molecular and micro-environmental diversity of ductal carcinoma in situ," 2022, npj Breast Cancer
  • "Epigenetic regulators controlling osteogenic lineage commitment and bone formation," 2024, Bone
  • "The lysine methyltransferases SET and MYND domain containing 2 (Smyd2) and Enhancer of Zeste 2 (Ezh2) co-regulate osteoblast proliferation and mineralization," 2022, Gene
  • "Protein arginine methyltransferases PRMT1, PRMT4/CARM1 and PRMT5 have distinct functions in control of osteoblast differentiation," 2023, Bone Reports

Gary S. Stein has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression
  • Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Gene
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has collaborated often with several coauthors including:

  • Janet L. Stein
  • Jane B. Lian
  • André J. van Wijnen
  • Prachi N. Ghule
  • Jonathan A. R. Gordon

Gary S. Stein's academic recognition includes election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992 and as a Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Progressive development of the rat osteoblast phenotype in vitro: Reciprocal relationships in expression of genes associated with osteoblast proliferation and differentiation during formation of the bone extracellular matrix

    Thomas A. Owen;Michael A. Aronow;Victoria Shalhoub;Leesa M. Barone

  • Molecular mechanisms mediating proliferation/differentiation interrelationships during progressive development of the osteoblast phenotype

    Gary S. Stein;Jane B. Lian

  • Canonical WNT Signaling Promotes Osteogenesis by Directly Stimulating Runx2 Gene Expression

    Tripti Gaur;Christopher J. Lengner;Hayk Hovhannisyan;Ramesh A. Bhat

  • Relationship of cell growth to the regulation of tissue-specific gene expression during osteoblast differentiation.

    Gary S. Stein;Jane B. Lian;Thomas A. Owen

  • Concepts of Osteoblast Growth and Differentiation: Basis for Modulation of Bone Cell Development and Tissue Formation:

    Jane B. Lian;Gary S. Stein

  • Biological Functions of miR-29b Contribute to Positive Regulation of Osteoblast Differentiation

    Zhaoyong Li;Mohammad Q. Hassan;Mohammed Jafferji;Rami I. Aqeilan

  • A microRNA signature for a BMP2-induced osteoblast lineage commitment program.

    Zhaoyong Li;Mohammad Q. Hassan;Stefano Volinia;Andre J. van Wijnen

  • Factors that promote progressive development of the osteoblast phenotype in cultured fetal rat calvaria cells.

    Michael A. Aronow;Louis C. Gerstenfeld;Thomas A. Owen;Melissa S. Tassinari

  • MicroRNA control of bone formation and homeostasis

    Jane B. Lian;Gary S. Stein;Andre J. van Wijnen;Janet L. Stein

  • Runx2 control of organization, assembly and activity of the regulatory machinery for skeletal gene expression.

    Gary S. Stein;Jane B. Lian;Andre J. Van Wijnen;Janet L. Stein

  • Nonhistone Chromosomal Proteins and Gene Regulation

    Gary S. Stein;Thomas C. Spelsberg;Lewis J. Kleinsmith

  • Transcriptional control of osteoblast growth and differentiation

    G. S. Stein;J. B. Lian;J. L. Stein;A. J. Van Wijnen

  • The Wnt Antagonist Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein-1 Is a Negative Regulator of Trabecular Bone Formation in Adult Mice

    Peter V. N. Bodine;Weiguang Zhao;Yogendra P. Kharode;Frederick J. Bex

  • Expression of the osteoblast differentiation factor RUNX2 (Cbfa1/AML3/Pebp2αA) is inhibited by tumor necrosis factor-α

    Linda C. Gilbert;Xiaofei He;Paul K. Farmer;Janet Rubin

  • Regulatory controls for osteoblast growth and differentiation: role of Runx/Cbfa/AML factors

    Jane B. Lian;Amjad Javed;S. Kaleem Zaidi;Christopher Lengner

  • The Influence of Type I Collagen on the Development and Maintenance of the Osteoblast Phenotype in Primary and Passaged Rat Calvarial Osteoblasts: Modification of Expression of Genes Supporting Cell Growth, Adhesion, and Extracellular Matrix Mineralization

    Maureen P. Lynch;Janet L. Stein;Gary S. Stein;Jane B. Lian

  • Self-renewal of human embryonic stem cells is supported by a shortened G1 cell cycle phase

    Klaus A. Becker;Prachi N. Ghule;Jaclyn A. Therrien;Jane B. Lian

  • Runt Homology Domain Proteins in Osteoblast Differentiation: AML3/CBFA1 Is a Major Component of a Bone-Specific Complex

    Chaitali Banerjee;Laura R. McCabe;Je-Yong Choi;Scott W. Hiebert

  • Structure of the rat osteocalcin gene and regulation of vitamin D-dependent expression.

    J Lian;C Stewart;E Puchacz;S Mackowiak

  • Networks and hubs for the transcriptional control of osteoblastogenesis

    Jane B. Lian;Gary S. Stein;Amjad Javed;Andre J. Van Wijnen

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet L. Stein
Janet L. Stein University of Vermont
Jane B. Lian
Jane B. Lian University of Vermont
Andre J. Van Wijnen
Andre J. Van Wijnen University of Connecticut Health Center
Martin Montecino
Martin Montecino Andrés Bello University
Sayyed K. Zaidi
Sayyed K. Zaidi University of Vermont
Amjad Javed
Amjad Javed University of Alabama at Birmingham
Je-Yong Choi
Je-Yong Choi Kyungpook National University
Thomas A. Owen
Thomas A. Owen Pfizer (United States)
Simon M. Cool
Simon M. Cool University of Queensland
Anthony N. Imbalzano
Anthony N. Imbalzano University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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