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Overview

John M. Abrams is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research contributions primarily lie within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine.

Within these broad areas, Abrams focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Plant Science, Oncology, and Surgery. The main topics covered in their work include:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation

Their recent publications illustrate the diversity and focus of their research. Notable papers include:

  • "Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023" (2023), published in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "RNA Sensing and Innate Immunity Constitutes a Barrier for Interspecies Chimerism" (2023), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Distinct p53 isoforms code for opposing transcriptional outcomes" (2022), published in Developmental Cell
  • "Silencing of LINE-1 retrotransposons is a selective dependency of myeloid leukemia" (2021), published in Nature Genetics
  • "p53 directly represses human LINE1 transposons" (2020), published in Genes & Development

Abrams frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Cell Death and Differentiation, Genes & Development, and Nature Genetics.

Their collaborations include multiple co-authors with whom they have published repeatedly. Among the most frequent co-authors are Amanda E. Jones, Simanti Das, Annika Wylie, Jason E. Bond, and Katharine O. White.

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

    G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;P. Vandenabeele;J. Abrams

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • Genetic control of programmed cell death in Drosophila

    Kristin White;Megan E. Grether;John M. Abrams;Lynn Young;Lynn Young

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Programmed cell death during Drosophila embryogenesis

    John M. Abrams;Kristin White;Liselotte I. Fessler;Hermann Steller

  • The head involution defective gene of Drosophila melanogaster functions in programmed cell death.

    M E Grether;J M Abrams;J Agapite;K White

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes

    L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri

  • Drosophila p53 Binds a Damage Response Element at the reaper Locus

    Michael H Brodsky;William Nordstrom;Garson Tsang;Elaine Kwan

  • grim, a novel cell death gene in Drosophila.

    Po Chen;William Nordstrom;Bridget Gish;John M. Abrams

  • The Drosophila caspase Dredd is required to resist Gram-negative bacterial infection

    François Leulier;Antony Rodriguez;Ranjiv S Khush;John M Abrams

  • Dark is a Drosophila homologue of Apaf-1/CED-4 and functions in an evolutionarily conserved death pathway.

    Antony Rodriguez;Holt Oliver;Hua Zou;Po Chen

  • Release of mechanical tension triggers apoptosis of human fibroblasts in a model of regressing granulation tissue.

    Frederick Grinnell;Meifang Zhu;Mark A. Carlson;John M. Abrams

  • Caspase activation - stepping on the gas or releasing the brakes? Lessons from humans and flies.

    Guy S Salvesen;John M Abrams

  • Identification of a novel chemokine (CCL28), which binds CCR10 (GPR2).

    Wei Wang;Hortensia Soto;Elizabeth R. Oldham;Matthew E. Buchanan

  • Morpholino antisense oligonucleotides: tools for investigating vertebrate development.

    David R Corey;John M Abrams

  • Dredd, a novel effector of the apoptosis activators reaper, grim, and hid in Drosophila.

    Po Chen;Antony Rodriguez;Robert Erskine;Tien Thach

  • No death without life: vital functions of apoptotic effectors

    L Galluzzi;N Joza;N Joza;E Tasdemir;E Tasdemir;M C Maiuri

  • p53: The Janus of autophagy?

    Beth Levine;John Abrams

  • Lymphotactin is produced by NK cells and attracts both NK cells and T cells in vivo.

    J A Hedrick;V Saylor;D Figueroa;L Mizoue

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Hermann Steller
Hermann Steller Rockefeller University
Sharad Kumar
Sharad Kumar University of Adelaide
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Gerry Melino
Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata
Ilio Vitale
Ilio Vitale University of Rome Tor Vergata
Frank Madeo
Frank Madeo University of Graz
Peter Vandenabeele
Peter Vandenabeele Ghent University
Simone Fulda
Simone Fulda Goethe University Frankfurt

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