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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 2006 - Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research, National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR)
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Harold F. Dvorak is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily centers around biochemical, genetic, and molecular biology disciplines, with a significant focus on medicine.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including molecular biology, cancer research, and internal medicine. Their investigations contribute insights into key topics such as angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, and venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management.

Harold F. Dvorak's recent publications include a notable paper titled Reconciling VEGF With VPF: The Importance of Increased Vascular Permeability for Stroma Formation in Tumors, Healing Wounds, and Chronic Inflammation, published in 2021 in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. This work has been cited multiple times, reflecting its relevance in the field.

  • Reconciling VEGF With VPF: The Importance of Increased Vascular Permeability for Stroma Formation in Tumors, Healing Wounds, and Chronic Inflammation (2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)

The scientist has published predominantly in the venue Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. There are no recorded frequent co-authors associated with their publication history.

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Harold F. Dvorak has been recognized with several awards including the Canada Gairdner International Award in 2014, the Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research awarded by the National Foundation for Cancer Research in 2006, and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1999. Additionally, they hold membership in the Association of American Physicians.

  • Canada Gairdner International Award (2014)
  • Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research, National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) (2006)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1999)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Tumors: wounds that do not heal. Similarities between tumor stroma generation and wound healing.

    Harold F. Dvorak

  • Tumor cells secrete a vascular permeability factor that promotes accumulation of ascites fluid.

    Donald R. Senger;Stephen J. Galli;Ann M. Dvorak;Carole A. Perruzzi

  • Vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor, microvascular hyperpermeability, and angiogenesis.

    H. F. Dvorak;L. F. Brown;M. Detmar;A. M. Dvorak

  • Analysis of nanoparticle delivery to tumours

    Stefan Wilhelm;Anthony J. Tavares;Qin Dai;Seiichi Ohta;Seiichi Ohta

  • Vascular Permeability Factor/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor: A Critical Cytokine in Tumor Angiogenesis and a Potential Target for Diagnosis and Therapy

    Harold F. Dvorak

  • Revascularization of ischemic tissues by PlGF treatment, and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis, arthritis and atherosclerosis by anti-Flt1

    Aernout Luttun;Marc Tjwa;Lieve Moons;Yan Wu

  • Vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) gene is expressed differentially in normal tissues, macrophages, and tumors

    B Berse;L F Brown;L Van de Water;H F Dvorak

  • Vascular permeability factor (VPF, VEGF) in tumor biology

    D. R. Senger;L. Van De Water;L. F. Brown;J. A. Nagy

  • Expression of vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) by epidermal keratinocytes during wound healing.

    L. F. Brown;Kiang-Teck Yeo;B. Berse;Tet-Kin Yeo

  • Expression of Vascular Permeability Factor (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor) and Its Receptors in Adenocarcinomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract

    Lawrence F. Brown;Brygida Berse;Robert W. Jackman;Kathi Tognazzi

  • Overexpression of vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in psoriasis

    Michael Detmar;Lawrence F. Brown;Kevin P. Claffey;Kiang-Teck Yeo

  • Expression of vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) and its receptors in breast cancer

    Lawrence F Brown;Brygida Berse;Robert W Jackman;Kathi Tognazzi

  • Identification and characterization of the blood vessels of solid tumors that are leaky to circulating macromolecules.

    H. F. Dvorak;J. A. Nagy;J. T. Dvorak;A. M. Dvorak

  • A Highly Conserved Vascular Permeability Factor Secreted by a Variety of Human and Rodent Tumor Cell Lines

    Donald R. Senger;Carole A. Perruzzi;Joseph Feder;Harold F. Dvorak

  • Vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor and the significance of microvascular hyperpermeability in angiogenesis.

    H. F. Dvorak;H. F. Dvorak;J. A. Nagy;J. A. Nagy;D. Feng;D. Feng;L. F. Brown;L. F. Brown

  • Fibronectin and fibrin provide a provisional matrix for epidermal cell migration during wound reepithelialization.

    Richard A.F. Clark;Richard A.F. Clark;Joan M. Lanigan;Joan M. Lanigan;Patricia DellaPelle;Patricia DellaPelle;Eleanor Manseau;Eleanor Manseau

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor is temporally and spatially correlated with ocular angiogenesis in a primate model.

    Joan W. Miller;Anthony P. Adamis;David T. Shima;Patricia A. D'Amore

  • Increased expression of vascular permeability factor (vascular endothelial growth factor) and its receptors in kidney and bladder carcinomas.

    L. F. Brown;B. Berse;R. W. Jackman;K. Tognazzi

  • T1α/podoplanin deficiency disrupts normal lymphatic vasculature formation and causes lymphedema

    Vivien Schacht;Maria I. Ramirez;Young Kwon Hong;Satoshi Hirakawa

  • Purification and NH2-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence of Guinea Pig Tumor-secreted Vascular Permeability Factor

    D R Senger;D T Connolly;L Van de Water;J Feder

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann M. Dvorak
Ann M. Dvorak Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Lawrence F. Brown
Lawrence F. Brown Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Robert B. Colvin
Robert B. Colvin Harvard University
Stephen J. Galli
Stephen J. Galli Stanford University
Martin C. Mihm
Martin C. Mihm Brigham and Women's Hospital
Michael Detmar
Michael Detmar ETH Zurich
Kevin P. Claffey
Kevin P. Claffey University of Connecticut Health Center
Richard A.F. Clark
Richard A.F. Clark Stony Brook University
Harvey Cantor
Harvey Cantor Harvard University
Robert C. Bast
Robert C. Bast The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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