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Overview

Herbert B. Tanowitz was affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research focused predominantly on medicine, with an emphasis on epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, parasitology, organic chemistry, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The primary topics covered in their work included Trypanosoma species research and implications, research on leishmaniasis studies, parasites and host interactions, synthesis and biological evaluation, and cardiomyopathy and myosin studies.

Tanowitz contributed to several publications in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets included Parasitology Research, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, and Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

  • Trypanosoma cruzi Promotes Transcriptomic Remodeling of the JAK/STAT Signaling and Cell Cycle Pathways in Myoblasts, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Chagas Disease in the New York City Metropolitan Area, 2020, Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • The role of fat on cardiomyopathy outcome in mouse models of chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection, 2020, Parasitology Research
  • Correction to: The role of fat on cardiomyopathy outcome in mouse models of chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection, 2020, Parasitology Research

Frequent coauthors with whom Tanowitz collaborated included Paul Zaki, Farhad M. Amjad, Maiara Bianchini Narde, Karolina Ribeiro Gonçalves, and Mirelle Lomar Viana.

Best Publications

  • Antibiotics that target mitochondria effectively eradicate cancer stem cells, across multiple tumor types : treating cancer like an infectious disease

    Rebecca Lamb;Bela Ozsvari;Camilla L. Lisanti;Herbert B. Tanowitz

  • Caveolin-3 knock-out mice develop a progressive cardiomyopathy and show hyperactivation of the p42/44 MAPK cascade

    Scott Eric Woodman;David S. Park;Alex W. Cohen;Michelle W C Cheung

  • Caveolin-1 null mice develop cardiac hypertrophy with hyperactivation of p42/44 MAP kinase in cardiac fibroblasts

    Alex W. Cohen;David S. Park;Scott E. Woodman;Terrence M. Williams

  • Stromal-epithelial metabolic coupling in cancer: integrating autophagy and metabolism in the tumor microenvironment.

    Ubaldo E. Martinez-Outschoorn;Stephanos Pavlides;Anthony Howell;Richard G. Pestell

  • Current understanding of immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi infection and pathogenesis of Chagas disease.

    Fabiana S. Machado;Walderez O. Dutra;Walderez O. Dutra;Lisia Esper;Kenneth J. Gollob;Kenneth J. Gollob

  • Transfusion-Associated Acute Chagas Disease Acquired in the United States

    Irene H. Grant;Jonathan W.M. Gold;Murray Wittner;Herbert B. Tanowitz

  • HIF1-alpha functions as a tumor promoter in cancer associated fibroblasts, and as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer cells: Autophagy drives compartment-specific oncogenesis.

    Barbara Chiavarina;Diana Whitaker-Menezes;Gemma Migneco;Ubaldo E. Martinez-Outschoorn

  • Caveolin-1/3 double-knockout mice are viable, but lack both muscle and non-muscle caveolae, and develop a severe cardiomyopathic phenotype.

    David S. Park;Scott E. Woodman;William Schubert;Alex W. Cohen

  • Pathophysiological insights into the cardiomyopathy of Chagas' disease.

    S A Morris;H B Tanowitz;M Wittner;J P Bilezikian

  • Repurposing atovaquone: Targeting mitochondrial complex III and OXPHOS to eradicate cancer stem cells

    Marco Fiorillo;Rebecca Lamb;Herbert B. Tanowitz;Luciano Mutti

  • A Cell Culture System for Study of the Development of Toxoplasma gondii Bradyzoites

    Louis M. Weiss;Denise Laplace;Peter M. Takvorian;Herbert B. Tanowitz

  • The adipocyte as an important target cell for Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

    Terry P. Combs;Terry P. Combs;Nagajyothi;Shankar Mukherjee;Cecilia J.G. de Almeida

  • Trypanosoma cruzi: role of the immune response in the natural resistance of inbred strains of mice.

    Thomas Trischmann;Herbert Tanowitz;Murray Wittner;Barry Bloom

  • Mechanisms of Trypanosoma cruzi persistence in Chagas disease

    Fnu Nagajyothi;Fabiana S. Machado;Barbara A. Burleigh;Linda A. Jelicks

  • Perspectives on Trypanosoma cruzi–Induced Heart Disease (Chagas Disease)

    Herbert B. Tanowitz;Fabiana S. Machado;Linda A. Jelicks;Jamshid Shirani

  • Baylisascaris larva migrans

    K. R. Kazacos;Walter M Boyce

  • Adipocyte, adipose tissue, and infectious disease.

    Mahalia S. Desruisseaux;Nagajyothi;Maria E. Trujillo;Herbert B. Tanowitz

  • Blastocystis: To Treat or Not to Treat…

    Christina M. Coyle;Julie Varughese;Louis M. Weiss;Herbert B. Tanowitz

  • Caveolin-1 null (-/-) mice show dramatic reductions in life span.

    David S. Park;Alex W. Cohen;Philippe G. Frank;Babak Razani

  • Diagnosis of infections caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae.

    Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo;Herbert B. Tanowitz;Francine Marciano-Cabral

  • Bradyzoite development in Toxoplasma gondii and the hsp70 stress response.

    Louis M. Weiss;Yan Fen Ma;Peter M. Takvorian;Herbert B. Tanowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis M. Weiss
Louis M. Weiss Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Murray Wittner
Murray Wittner Yeshiva University
Michael P. Lisanti
Michael P. Lisanti University of Salford
Stephen M. Factor
Stephen M. Factor Albert Einstein College of Medicine
David C. Spray
David C. Spray Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Philipp E. Scherer
Philipp E. Scherer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mauro M. Teixeira
Mauro M. Teixeira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Chris Albanese
Chris Albanese Georgetown University Medical Center
Richard G. Pestell
Richard G. Pestell The Wistar Institute
Federica Sotgia
Federica Sotgia University of Salford

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