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John K. Heath is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within the broader fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and psychology. The focus of their work includes advanced proteomics techniques, mass spectrometry applications, mechanisms of RNA and protein synthesis, as well as cancer research and pluripotent stem cell studies.

Heath's scholarly output includes four recent papers published between 2020 and 2022. These papers cover a range of scientific topics and have appeared in different journals:

  • "FAIMS Enhances the Detection of PTM Crosstalk Sites" (2022), Journal of Proteome Research
  • "Differential responses to kinase inhibition in FGFR2-addicted triple negative breast cancer cells: a quantitative phosphoproteomics study" (2020), Scientific Reports
  • "Combined transcriptomic and phosphoproteomic analysis of BMP4 signaling in human embryonic stem cells" (2020), Stem Cell Research
  • "The Impact of a Model of Nonmaterial Consciousness on the Concept of Mind in Action" (2022), Transactional Analysis Journal

Frequent co-authors in Heath's publications include:

  • Debbie L. Cunningham
  • Kish R. Adoni
  • Aneika C. Leney
  • Adil R. Sarhan
  • Andrew J. Creese

Their studies have been published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Transactional Analysis Journal

The main fields of study for Heath's work are:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Psychology

Within these fields, subfields addressed include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Spectroscopy
  • Cancer Research
  • Cell Biology

The primary research topics they have engaged with encompass:

  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of pluripotential embryonic stem cell differentiation by purified polypeptides

    Austin G. Smith;John K. Heath;Deborah D. Donaldson;Gordon G. Wong

  • Transforming growth factor beta modulates the expression of collagenase and metalloproteinase inhibitor.

    D. R. Edwards;G. Murphy;J. J. Reynolds;S. E. Whitham

  • Aggressiveness, hypoalgesia and high blood pressure in mice lacking the adenosine A2a receptor.

    Catherine Ledent;Jean-Marie Vaugeois;Serge N. Schiffmann;Thierry Pedrazzini

  • Mesoderm induction in early Xenopus embryos by heparin-binding growth factors.

    J. M. W. Slack;B. G. Darlington;J. K. Heath;S. F. Godsave

  • PDGF-A signaling is a critical event in lung alveolar myofibroblast development and alveogenesis

    Hans Boström;Karen Willetts;Karen Willetts;Milos Pekny;Per Levéen

  • Targeted disruption of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor 2 suggests a role for FGF signaling in pregastrulation mammalian development.

    Esther Arman;Rebecca Haffner-Krausz;Yali Chen;John K. Heath

  • Fibroblast growth factors induce additional limb development from the flank of chick embryos

    Martin J Cohn;Juan Carlos Izpisúa-Belmonte;Helen Abud;John K Heath;John K Heath

  • Developmental expression of 2ar (osteopontin) and SPARC (osteonectin) RNA as revealed by in situ hybridization

    S Nomura;AJ Wills;Edwards;JK Heath

  • Oligodendrocyte Population Dynamics and the Role of PDGF In Vivo

    Andrew R Calver;Anita C Hall;Wei-Ping Yu;Frank S Walsh

  • Defective oligodendrocyte development and severe hypomyelination in PDGF-A knockout mice

    Marcus Fruttiger;Linda Karlsson;Anita C. Hall;Alexandra Abramsson

  • Cardiotrophin-1 Activates a Distinct Form of Cardiac Muscle Cell Hypertrophy ASSEMBLY OF SARCOMERIC UNITS IN SERIES VIA gp130/LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR-DEPENDENT PATHWAYS

    Kai C. Wollert;Tetsuya Taga;Mikiyoshi Saito;Masashi Narazaki

  • Alveogenesis failure in PDGF-A-deficient mice is coupled to lack of distal spreading of alveolar smooth muscle cell progenitors during lung development

    Per Lindahl;Linda Karlsson;Mats Hellström;Samuel Gebre-Medhin

  • Differentiation inhibiting activity is produced in matrix-associated and diffusible forms that are generated by alternate promoter usage.

    Peter D. Rathjen;Sara Toth;Anthony Willis;John K. Heath

  • Functions of fibroblast growth factors and their receptors

    Andrew O.M. Wilkie;Gillian M. Morriss-Kay;E. Yvonne Jones;John K. Heath

  • Receptor recognition by gp130 cytokines

    Jerónimo Bravo;John K. Heath

  • The crystal structure and biological function of leukemia inhibitory factor: Implications for receptor binding

    R C Robinson;L M Grey;D Staunton;Hugo Vankelecom

  • Apert Syndrome Mutations in Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 Exhibit increased Affinity for FGF Ligand

    Jane Anderson;Helen D. Burns;Pita Enriquez-Harris;Andrew O. M. Wilkie

  • Hyaluronidase Induction of a WW Domain-containing Oxidoreductase That Enhances Tumor Necrosis Factor Cytotoxicity

    Nan Shan Chang;Nicole Pratt;John Heath;Lori Schultz

  • Fgfr2 and osteopontin domains in the developing skull vault are mutually exclusive and can be altered by locally applied FGF2

    S. Iseki;A. O. M. Wilkie;J. K. Heath;T. Ishimaru

  • Probabilistic model checking of complex biological pathways

    John Heath;Marta Kwiatkowska;Gethin Norman;David Parker

Frequent Co-Authors

Austin Smith
Austin Smith University of Exeter
Dylan R. Edwards
Dylan R. Edwards University of East Anglia
Andrew O.M. Wilkie
Andrew O.M. Wilkie University of Oxford
Brigid L.M. Hogan
Brigid L.M. Hogan Duke University
E Y Jones
E Y Jones University of Oxford
Clare M. Isacke
Clare M. Isacke Institute of Cancer Research
Christer Betsholtz
Christer Betsholtz Uppsala University
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University
Stephen R.F. Twigg
Stephen R.F. Twigg University of Oxford
Xin Yao
Xin Yao Lingnan University

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