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Gerald R. Cunha is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas intersecting medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to several subfields including molecular biology, urology, reproductive medicine, genetics, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's work has strong emphasis on topics such as sexual differentiation and disorders, urological disorders and treatments, sperm and testicular function, genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, prostate cancer treatment and research, testicular diseases and treatments, as well as reproductive biology and fertility.

Recent published papers include:

  • Loss of androgen signaling in mesenchymal sonic hedgehog responsive cells diminishes prostate development, growth, and regeneration, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Development of the human fetal testis: Morphology and expression of cellular differentiation markers, 2022, Differentiation
  • Ontogeny of estrogen receptors in human male and female fetal reproductive tracts, 2020, Differentiation
  • Development of the human ovary: Fetal through pubertal ovarian morphology, folliculogenesis and expression of cellular differentiation markers, 2022, Differentiation
  • Spotted hyaenas and the sexual spectrum: reproductive endocrinology and development, 2020, Journal of Endocrinology

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include Laurence S. Baskin, Mei Cao, Amber Derpinghaus, Yi Li, and Sena Aksel. These collaborations have contributed to the depth and diversity of the research outputs associated with their name.

Publications have been concentrated in several scientific venues, most notably Differentiation, where they have published 18 papers, followed by journals such as the Journal of Pediatric Urology, PLoS Genetics, Journal of Endocrinology, and Development.

Best Publications

  • Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts direct tumor progression of initiated human prostatic epithelium.

    Aria F. Olumi;Gary D. Grossfeld;Simon W. Hayward;Peter R. Carroll

  • Prostate cancer in a transgenic mouse.

    N M Greenberg;F DeMayo;M J Finegold;D Medina

  • The Endocrinology and Developmental Biology of the Prostate

    Gerald R. Cunha;Annemarie A. Donjacour;Paul S. Cooke;Paul S. Cooke;Sharron Mee

  • Roles for Nkx3.1 in prostate development and cancer

    Rajula Bhatia-Gaur;Annemarie A. Donjacour;Peter J. Sciavolino;Peter J. Sciavolino;Minjung Kim;Minjung Kim

  • Estrogen Receptor β Inhibits Human Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation and Tumor Formation by Causing a G2 Cell Cycle Arrest

    Sreenivasan Paruthiyil;Hema Parmar;Vaishali Kerekatte;Gerald R. Cunha

  • Stromal estrogen receptors mediate mitogenic effects of estradiol on uterine epithelium.

    P. S. Cooke;D. L. Buchanan;P. Young;T. Setiawan

  • Hormonal, cellular, and molecular control of prostatic development.

    Paul C Marker;Annemarie A Donjacour;Rajvir Dahiya;Gerald R Cunha

  • Hormone-Induced Morphogenesis and Growth: Role of Mesenchymal–Epithelial Interactions

    Gerald R. Cunha;Leland W.K. Chung;John M. Shannon;Osamu Taguchi

  • Morphogenesis of ductal networks in the mouse prostate.

    Y Sugimura;G R Cunha;G R Cunha;A A Donjacour

  • Role of the stromal microenvironment in carcinogenesis of the prostate.

    Gerald R. Cunha;Simon W. Hayward;Y.Z. Wang;William A. Ricke

  • Role of mesenchymal-epithelial interactions in normal and abnormal development of the mammary gland and prostate.

    Gerald R. Cunha

  • Stromal-epithelial interactions in adult organs.

    Gerald R. Cunha;Robert M. Bigsby;Paul S. Cooke;Yoshiki Sugimura

  • Establishment and characterization of an immortalized but non-transformed human prostate epithelial cell line: BPH-1

    S. W. Hayward;R. Dahiya;G. R. Cunha;J. Bartek

  • The possible influence of temporal factors in androgenic responsiveness of urogenital tissue recombinants from wild-type and androgen-insensitive (Tfm) mice.

    Gerald R. Cunha;Ben Lung

  • Malignant Transformation in a Nontumorigenic Human Prostatic Epithelial Cell Line

    Simon W. Hayward;Yuzhuo Wang;Mei Cao;Yun Kit Hom

  • Hormonal, cellular, and molecular regulation of normal and neoplastic prostatic development.

    Gerald R Cunha;William A Ricke;Axel Thomson;Paul C Marker

  • Pattern of keratinocyte growth factor and keratinocyte growth factor receptor expression during mouse fetal development suggests a role in mediating morphogenetic mesenchymal‐epithelial interactions

    Paul W. Finch;Gerald R. Cunha;Jeffrey S. Rubin;Jane Wong

  • Cell differentiation lineage in the prostate

    Yuzhuo Wang;Simon W. Hayward;Mei Cao;Kristina A. Thayer

  • Role of stromal-epithelial interactions in hormonal responses.

    Gerald R. Cunha;Paul S. Cooke;Takeshi Kurita;Takeshi Kurita

  • Signaling through the stromal epidermal growth factor receptor is necessary for mammary ductal development

    Jane F. Wiesen;Peter Young;Zena Werb;Gerald R. Cunha

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence S. Baskin
Laurence S. Baskin University of California, San Francisco
Simon W. Hayward
Simon W. Hayward NorthShore University HealthSystem
Yuzhuo Wang
Yuzhuo Wang University of British Columbia
Paul S. Cooke
Paul S. Cooke University of Florida
Rajvir Dahiya
Rajvir Dahiya University of California, San Francisco
Stanley J. Robboy
Stanley J. Robboy Duke University
Dennis B. Lubahn
Dennis B. Lubahn University of Missouri
Tom F. Lue
Tom F. Lue University of California, San Francisco
Emil A. Tanagho
Emil A. Tanagho University of California, San Francisco
Cory Abate-Shen
Cory Abate-Shen Columbia University

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