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Overview

J. Wesley Pike is primarily affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Genetics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering, and Urology.

Their recent research publications include:

  • Polymer Brush Growth by Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Polymerization from a Cross-Linked Polymer Thin Film, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Vitamin D receptor cross-talk with p63 signaling promotes epidermal cell fate, 2023, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Genome-wide analyses of gene expression profile identify key genes and pathways involved in skeletal response to phosphate and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in vivo, 2023, The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • In vivo contribution of Cyp24a1 promoter vitamin D response elements, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

J. Wesley Pike's work covers several key topics that include:

  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Hair Growth and Disorders
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments

Frequent co-authors collaborating with J. Wesley Pike are:

  • Mark B. Meyer
  • Seong Min Lee
  • Miguel A. Betancourt Ponce
  • Bharathan Govindarajan
  • Padma Gopalan

Their publications have appeared mostly in these venues:

  • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Distinct molecular mechanism for initiating TRAF6 signalling.

    Hong Ye;Joseph R. Arron;Joseph R. Arron;Betty Lamothe;Maurizio Cirilli

  • The vitamin D receptor: new paradigms for the regulation of gene expression by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.

    J. Wesley Pike;Mark B. Meyer

  • Jun-Fos and receptors for vitamins A and D recognize a common response element in the human osteocalcin gene

    Roland Schüle;Kazuhiko Umesono;David J. Mangelsdorf;Jack Bolado

  • Estrogens suppress RANK ligand-induced osteoclast differentiation via a stromal cell independent mechanism involving c-Jun repression.

    Nirupama K. Shevde;Amy C. Bendixen;Krista M. Dienger;J. Wesley Pike

  • Molecular cloning of complementary DNA encoding the avian receptor for vitamin D.

    Donald P. Mcdonnell;David J. Mangelsdorf;J. Wesley Pike;Mark R. Haussler

  • Structural organization of the human vitamin D receptor chromosomal gene and its promoter

    Ken Ichi Miyamoto;Robert A. Kesterson;Hironori Yamamoto;Yutaka Taketani

  • Targeted overexpression of insulin-like growth factor I to osteoblasts of transgenic mice: increased trabecular bone volume without increased osteoblast proliferation.

    Guisheng Zhao;Marie Claude Monier-Faugere;Moises Chris Langub;Zhaopo Geng

  • Normocalcemia is maintained in mice under conditions of calcium malabsorption by vitamin D-induced inhibition of bone mineralization

    Liesbet Lieben;Ritsuko Masuyama;Ritsuko Masuyama;Sophie Torrekens;Riet Van Looveren

  • CARM1 Methylates Chromatin Remodeling Factor BAF155 to Enhance Tumor Progression and Metastasis

    Lu Wang;Zibo Zhao;Mark B. Meyer;Sandeep Saha

  • Activation of Receptor Activator of NF-κB Ligand Gene Expression by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Is Mediated through Multiple Long-Range Enhancers

    Sungtae Kim;Miwa Yamazaki;Lee A. Zella;Nirupama K. Shevde

  • A potent analog of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 selectively induces bone formation

    Nirupama K. Shevde;Lori A. Plum;Margaret Clagett-Dame;Hironori Yamamoto

  • The human transient receptor potential vanilloid type 6 distal promoter contains multiple vitamin D receptor binding sites that mediate activation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in intestinal cells.

    Mark B. Meyer;Makoto Watanuki;Sungtae Kim;Nirupama K. Shevde

  • 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 stimulates cyclic vitamin D receptor/retinoid X receptor DNA-binding, co-activator recruitment, and histone acetylation in intact osteoblasts.

    Sungtae Kim;Nirupama K Shevde;J Wesley Pike

  • Vitamin D receptor interaction with specific DNA requires a nuclear protein and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3

    J Liao;K Ozono;T Sone;D P McDonnell

  • Biology and Mechanisms of Action of the Vitamin D Hormone

    J. Wesley Pike;Sylvia Christakos

  • Vitamin D-Binding Protein Directs Monocyte Responses to 25-Hydroxy- and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D

    Rene F. Chun;Anna L. Lauridsen;Lizabeth Suon;Lee A. Zella

  • The caudal-related homeodomain protein Cdx-2 regulates vitamin D receptor gene expression in the small intestine.

    Hironori Yamamoto;Ken-Ichi Miyamoto;Bailing Li;Yutaka Taketani

  • Immunocytochemical Localization of the 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Receptor in Target Cells*

    Thomas L. Clemens;Thomas L. Clemens;Karla P. Garrett;Xue-Ying Zhou;J. Wesley Pike

  • VDR/RXR and TCF4/β-catenin cistromes in colonic cells of colorectal tumor origin: impact on c-FOS and c-MYC gene expression.

    Mark B. Meyer;Paul D. Goetsch;J. Wesley Pike

  • Enhancers located within two introns of the vitamin D receptor gene mediate transcriptional autoregulation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.

    Lee A. Zella;Sungtae Kim;Nirupama K. Shevde;J. Wesley Pike

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Haussler
Mark R. Haussler University of Arizona
Hector F. DeLuca
Hector F. DeLuca University of Wisconsin–Madison
Donald P. McDonnell
Donald P. McDonnell Duke University
David Feldman
David Feldman Stanford University
Thomas L. Clemens
Thomas L. Clemens United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Bert W. O'Malley
Bert W. O'Malley Baylor College of Medicine
Sylvia Christakos
Sylvia Christakos Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David J. Mangelsdorf
David J. Mangelsdorf The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Paul Ahlquist
Paul Ahlquist University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lynda F. Bonewald
Lynda F. Bonewald Indiana University

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