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Overview

Herman Yeger is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work is focused on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms
  • Connective Tissue Growth Factor Research
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Immune responses and vaccinations

Herman Yeger has published multiple papers, with some of the recent notable publications including:

  • "Coronavirus Activates an Altruistic Stem Cell-Mediated Defense Mechanism that Reactivates Dormant Tuberculosis," 2021, American Journal Of Pathology
  • "Chemotherapeutic resistance of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is mediated by EpCAM induction driven by IL-6/p62 associated Nrf2-antioxidant pathway activation," 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • "Widespread expression of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) and Nrf2 in patients treated with cisplatin predicts outcome in resected tumors and are potential therapeutic targets for HPV-negative head and neck cancer," 2020, Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
  • "Genetic alterations of Keap1 confers chemotherapeutic resistance through functional activation of Nrf2 and Notch pathway in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma," 2022, Cell Death and Disease
  • "The CCN axis in cancer development and progression," 2021, Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Syed S. Islam
  • Bikul Das
  • Abu Shadat Mohammod Noman
  • Walid A. Farhat
  • Reza Bayat Mokhtari

Herman Yeger's work is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Oncotarget
  • Cancers
  • American Journal Of Pathology

Best Publications

  • Decreased levels of the cell-cycle inhibitor p27Kip1 protein: prognostic implications in primary breast cancer.

    Charles Catzavelos;Nandita Bhattacharya;Yee C. Ung;James A. Wilson

  • P-glycoprotein expression as a predictor of the outcome of therapy for neuroblastoma.

    Helen S.L. Chan;George Haddad;Paul S. Thorner;Gerrit DeBoer

  • Glypican-3-deficient mice exhibit developmental overgrowth and some of the abnormalities typical of Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome

    Danielle F. Cano-Gauci;Danielle F. Cano-Gauci;Howard H. Song;Howard H. Song;Huiling Yang;Huiling Yang;Colin McKerlie

  • Hypoxia Enhances Tumor Stemness by Increasing the Invasive and Tumorigenic Side Population Fraction

    Bikul Das;Rika Tsuchida;David Malkin;Gideon Koren

  • Increased sensitivity of acute myeloid leukemias to lovastatin-induced apoptosis: A potential therapeutic approach.

    Jim Dimitroulakos;Dana Nohynek;Dana Nohynek;Karen L. Backway;Karen L. Backway;David W. Hedley;David W. Hedley

  • The C2 domain of the ubiquitin protein ligase Nedd4 mediates Ca2+-dependent plasma membrane localization.

    Pamela J. Plant;Herman Yeger;Olivier Staub;Perry Howard

  • Neuroblastoma cells isolated from bone marrow metastases contain a naturally enriched tumor-initiating cell.

    Loen M. Hansford;Amy E. McKee;Libo Zhang;Rani E. George

  • novH: differential expression in developing kidney and Wilm's tumors.

    G. Chevalier;H. Yeger;C. Martinerie;M. Laurent

  • NADPH-oxidase and a hydrogen peroxide-sensitive K+ channel may function as an oxygen sensor complex in airway chemoreceptors and small cell lung carcinoma cell lines

    Dashou Wang;Charlotte Youngson;Veronica Wong;Herman Yeger

  • Tissue, developmental, and tumor-specific expression of divergent transcripts in Wilms tumor.

    Annie Huang;Christine E. Campbell;Laura Bonetta;Monica S. McAndrews-Hill

  • Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell System in Pediatric Lung Disease—Recent Advances:

    Ernest Cutz;Herman Yeger;Jie Pan

  • A Hypoxia-Driven Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Flt1 Autocrine Loop Interacts with Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α through Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase/Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Pathway in Neuroblastoma

    Bikul Das;Herman Yeger;Rika Tsuchida;Risa Torkin

  • Expression of the chloride channel ClC-2 in the murine small intestine epithelium.

    Katalin Gyömörey;Herman Yeger;Cameron Ackerley;Elizabeth Garami

  • CCN3 (NOV) is a negative regulator of CCN2 (CTGF) and a novel endogenous inhibitor of the fibrotic pathway in an in vitro model of renal disease.

    Bruce L. Riser;Bruce L. Riser;Feridoon Najmabadi;Bernard Perbal;Darryl R. Peterson

  • Fulminant hepatic failure in murine hepatitis virus strain 3 infection: tissue-specific expression of a novel fgl2 prothrombinase

    J W Ding;Q Ning;M F Liu;A Lai

  • Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling promotes tumorigenicity and stemness via activation of epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) in bladder cancer

    S.S. Islam;R.B. Mokhtari;A.S. Noman;M. Uddin

  • The Expression of ccn3(nov) Gene in Musculoskeletal Tumors

    Maria Cristina Manara;Bernard Perbal;Stefania Benini;Rosaria Strammiello

  • HMG-CoA reductase mediates the biological effects of retinoic acid on human neuroblastoma cells: lovastatin specifically targets P-glycoprotein-expressing cells.

    Jim Dimitroulakos;Herman Yeger

  • Recent advances and contraversies on the role of pulmonary neuroepithelial bodies as airway sensors.

    Ernest Cutz;Jie Pan;Herman Yeger;Nicolle J. Domnik

  • The role of Sulforaphane in cancer chemoprevention and health benefits: a mini-review

    Reza Bayat Mokhtari;Narges Baluch;Tina S. Homayouni;Evgeniya Morgatskaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine E. Bear
Christine E. Bear University of Toronto
Bernard Perbal
Bernard Perbal Université Paris Cité
Jeremy A. Squire
Jeremy A. Squire Universidade de São Paulo
Laurence E. Becker
Laurence E. Becker University of Toronto
Gideon Koren
Gideon Koren Brown University
Lester F. Lau
Lester F. Lau University of Illinois at Chicago
Colin A. Nurse
Colin A. Nurse McMaster University
Peter J. Ratcliffe
Peter J. Ratcliffe The Francis Crick Institute
Alexander Marks
Alexander Marks University of Toronto
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University

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