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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology DNA Viruses
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Janet S. Butel is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, with a focus on medicine and engineering, and includes work in subfields such as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, and aerospace engineering.

Their main topics of research include occupational and environmental lung diseases, polyomavirus and related diseases, and antenna design and analysis.

They have contributed scholarly work published in the journal Translational Lung Cancer Research. A notable paper is titled "SV40 and human mesothelioma," published in 2020.

  • SV40 and human mesothelioma, 2020, Translational Lung Cancer Research

Some frequent coauthors in their publications include Michele Carbone and Adi F. Gazdar.

  • Michele Carbone
  • Adi F. Gazdar

Their work has appeared primarily in the venue Translational Lung Cancer Research.

  • Translational Lung Cancer Research

Janet S. Butel has been recognized with several honorary distinctions. They were named a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2016, with a citation related to DNA viruses. In addition, they became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Mice deficient for p53 are developmentally normal but susceptible to spontaneous tumours

    Lawrence A. Donehower;Michele Harvey;Betty L. Slagle;Mark J. McArthur

  • Construction and characterization of an SV40 mutant defective in nuclear transport of T antigen

    Robert E. Lanford;Janet S. Butel

  • Spontaneous and carcinogen−induced tumorigenesis in p53−deficient mice

    Michele Harvey;Mark J. McArthur;Charles A. Montgomery;Janet S. Butel

  • DNA sequences similar to those of simian virus 40 in ependymomas and choroid plexus tumors of childhood.

    Daniel J. Bergsagel;Milton J. Finegold;Janet S. Butel;William J. Kupsky

  • Viral carcinogenesis: revelation of molecular mechanisms and etiology of human disease.

    Janet S. Butel

  • Cell and Molecular Biology of Simian Virus 40: Implications for Human Infections and Disease

    Janet S. Butel;John A. Lednicky

  • Epithelial mouse mammary cell line exhibiting normal morphogenesis in vivo and functional differentiation in vitro

    Keith G. Danielson;Carol J. Oborn;Elisa M. Durban;Janet S. Butel

  • Role of simian virus 40 gene A function in maintenance of transformation.

    J S Brugge;J S Butel

  • Hepatitis B virus X protein interferes with cellular DNA repair.

    Sherry A. Becker;Teh-Hsiu Lee;Janet S. Butel;Betty L. Slagle

  • Hepatitis B virus X protein interacts with a probable cellular DNA repair protein.

    Teh-Hsiu Lee;S. J. Elledge;J. S. Butel

  • The History of Tumor Virology

    Ronald T. Javier;Janet S. Butel

  • Hepatitis B virus transactivator X protein is not tumorigenic in transgenic mice.

    Teh-Hsiu Lee;M. J. Finegold;Rong-Fong Shen;J. L. Demayo

  • Association between simian virus 40 and non-Hodgkin lymphoma

    Regis A Vilchez;Charles R Madden;Claudia A Kozinetz;Steven J Halvorson

  • Natural simian virus 40 strains are present in human choroid plexus and ependymoma tumors.

    John A. Lednicky;Robert L. Garcea;Daniel J. Bergsagel;Janet S. Butel

  • SV40 and human tumours: myth, association or causality?

    Adi F. Gazdar;Janet S. Butel;Michele Carbone

  • p53 Mutations Cluster at Codon 249 in Hepatitis B Virus-positive Hepatocellular Carcinomas from China

    Kathleen A. Scorsone;Yi-Zhong Zhou;Janet S. Butel;Betty L. Slagle

  • Increased sensitivity to the hepatocarcinogen diethylnitrosamine in transgenic mice carrying the hepatitis B virus X gene.

    Betty L. Slagle;Teh Hsiu Lee;Daniel Medina;Milton J. Finegold

  • A mammary-specific model demonstrates the role of the p53 tumor suppressor gene in tumor development.

    D. J. Jerry;F. S. Kittrell;C. Kuperwasser;Rodolfo Laucirica

  • The Dynamics of Herpesvirus and Polyomavirus Reactivation and Shedding in Healthy Adults: A 14-Month Longitudinal Study

    Paul D Ling;John A Lednicky;Wendy A Keitel;David G Poston

  • Hepatitis B virus integration event in human chromosome 17p near the p53 gene identifies the region of the chromosome commonly deleted in virus-positive hepatocellular carcinomas.

    Betty L. Slagle;Yi-Zhong Zhou;Janet S. Butel

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Medina
Daniel Medina Baylor College of Medicine
John A. Lednicky
John A. Lednicky University of Florida
Joseph L. Melnick
Joseph L. Melnick Baylor College of Medicine
Fred Rapp
Fred Rapp Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Milton J. Finegold
Milton J. Finegold Baylor College of Medicine
Satvir S. Tevethia
Satvir S. Tevethia Pennsylvania State University
William T. Shearer
William T. Shearer Baylor College of Medicine
Donald L. Jarvis
Donald L. Jarvis University of Wyoming
Lawrence A. Donehower
Lawrence A. Donehower Baylor College of Medicine
Mary K. Estes
Mary K. Estes Baylor College of Medicine

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