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12376
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Overview

Josephine C. Adams is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Cell Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Physiology.

The research topics frequently addressed by Adams include:

  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms

Adams has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
  • Physiological Reports
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Bioscience Reports
  • Experimental Physiology

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a range of topics related to cellular and molecular physiology as well as cancer biology. These include:

  • "In the balance: how do thrombospondins contribute to the cellular pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease?" (2021), published in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
  • "Passing the post: roles of posttranslational modifications in the form and function of extracellular matrix" (2023), published in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
  • "Impairment of cell adhesion and migration by inhibition of protein disulphide isomerases in three breast cancer cell lines" (2020), published in Bioscience Reports
  • "An American Physiological Society cross-journal Call for Papers on 'Deconstructing Organs: Single-Cell Analyses, Decellularized Organs, Organoids, and Organ-on-a-Chip Models'" (2020), published in American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • "Protein disulfide isomerase A3 activity promotes extracellular accumulation of proteins relevant to basal breast cancer outcomes in human MDA-MB-A231 breast cancer cells" (2022), published in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

Josephine C. Adams collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Kate J. Heesom
  • Richard P. Tucker
  • M. Kennedy
  • Tessa Forbes
  • Audrys G. Pauža

Best Publications

  • Regulation of development and differentiation by the extracellular matrix

    Josephine C. Adams;Fiona M. Watt

  • The kelch repeat superfamily of proteins: propellers of cell function.

    Josephine Adams;Reed Kelso;Lynn Cooley

  • Changes in keratinocyte adhesion during terminal differentiation: Reduction in fibronectin binding precedes α5β1 integrin loss from the cell surface

    Josephine C. Adams;Fiona M. Watt

  • Directional control of lamellipodia extension by constraining cell shape and orienting cell tractional forces

    Kevin Kit Parker;Amy Lepre Brock;Cliff Brangwynne;Robert J. Mannix

  • Thrombospondins: multifunctional regulators of cell interactions.

    Josephine C. Adams

  • Fibronectin inhibits the terminal differentiation of human keratinocytes

    Josephine C. Adams;Fiona M. Watt

  • Roles of fascin in cell adhesion and motility.

    Josephine C Adams

  • Fascins, and their roles in cell structure and function

    Nina Kureishy;Vasileia Sapountzi;Soren Prag;N. Anilkumar

  • The Evolution of Extracellular Matrix

    Suat Özbek;Prakash G. Balasubramanian;Ruth Chiquet-Ehrismann;Richard P. Tucker

  • The thrombospondin type 1 repeat (TSR) superfamily: Diverse proteins with related roles in neuronal development

    Josephine C. Adams;Richard P. Tucker

  • Roles of fascin in human carcinoma motility and signaling: prospects for a novel biomarker?

    Yosuke Hashimoto;Marek Skacel;Josephine Clare Adams

  • The RickA protein of Rickettsia conorii activates the Arp2/3 complex

    Edith Gouin;Coumaran Egile;Pierre Dehoux;Véronique Villiers

  • Integrin expression during human epidermal development in vivo and in vitro.

    Mark D. Hertle;Josephine C. Adams;Fiona M. Watt

  • Fascin, an actin-bundling protein, modulates colonic epithelial cell invasiveness and differentiation in vitro.

    Aida U. Jawhari;Andrea Buda;Michelle Jenkins;Khurram Shehzad

  • The expression of fascin, an actin-bundling motility protein, correlates with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer and a more aggressive clinical course

    Brian J. Yoder;Elisa Tso;Marek Skacel;Jim Pettay

  • The roles of fascins in health and disease

    Yosuke Hashimoto;Dae Joong Kim;Josephine C Adams

  • Molecular phylogeny of the kelch-repeat superfamily reveals an expansion of BTB/kelch proteins in animals

    Soren Prag;Josephine C Adams

  • Regulation of keratinocyte terminal differentiation by integrin-extracellular matrix interactions

    F.M. Watt;M.D. Kubler;N.A. Hotchin;L.J. Nicholson

  • The thrombospondin family

    Josephine Adams;Jack Lawler

  • Structure of a Thrombospondin C-Terminal Fragment Reveals a Novel Calcium Core in the Type 3 Repeats

    Marc Kvansakul;Josephine C Adams;Erhard Hohenester

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard P. Tucker
Richard P. Tucker University of California, Davis
Jürgen Engel
Jürgen Engel University of Basel
Maddy Parsons
Maddy Parsons King's College London
Graham Casey
Graham Casey University of Virginia
Ruth Chiquet-Ehrismann
Ruth Chiquet-Ehrismann Friedrich Miescher Institute
Fiona M. Watt
Fiona M. Watt King's College London
Richard M. Martin
Richard M. Martin University of Bristol
Derek N. Woolfson
Derek N. Woolfson University of Bristol
Erhard Hohenester
Erhard Hohenester Imperial College London
Bill J. Yates
Bill J. Yates University of Pittsburgh

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