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Kathryn V. Anderson is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Genetics. Additional areas of study include Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Oncology.

Their work covers a range of topics, emphasizing:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Kathryn V. Anderson has contributed to several notable publications across diverse and influential venues. Frequent outlets for their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, Psychology of Popular Media, and Nature.

Recent published papers include:

  • "Centrosome anchoring regulates progenitor properties and cortical formation" (2020, Nature)
  • "Sonic hedgehog signaling directs patterned cell remodeling during cranial neural tube closure" (2020, eLife)
  • "Centrioles control the capacity, but not the specificity, of cytotoxic T cell killing" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "A ratchet-like apical constriction drives cell ingression during the mouse gastrulation EMT" (2023, eLife)
  • "β-Pix-dependent cellular protrusions propel collective mesoderm migration in the mouse embryo" (2020, Nature Communications)

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Anderson's research, with frequent co-authors including Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Alexandra L. Joyner, Elizabeth Lacy, Eric Brooks, and Mohammed T. Islam. These collaborations illustrate a network of contributing researchers in related domains.

Best Publications

  • Dicer is essential for mouse development.

    Emily Bernstein;Sang Yong Kim;Michelle A Carmell;Michelle A Carmell;Elizabeth P Murchison

  • The primary cilium: a signalling centre during vertebrate development

    Sarah C. Goetz;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • Hedgehog signalling in the mouse requires intraflagellar transport proteins

    Danwei Huangfu;Aimin Liu;Aimin Liu;Andrew S. Rakeman;Andrew S. Rakeman;Noel S. Murcia

  • A CONSERVED SIGNALING PATHWAY: The Drosophila Toll-Dorsal Pathway

    Marcia P. Belvin;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • The graded response to Sonic Hedgehog depends on cilia architecture.

    Tamara Caspary;Christine E. Larkins;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • Establishment of dorsal-ventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo: Genetic studies on the role of the Toll gene product

    Kathryn V. Anderson;Gerd Jürgens;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • Cilia and Hedgehog responsiveness in the mouse.

    Danwei Huangfu;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • Toll signaling pathways in the innate immune response.

    Kathryn V Anderson

  • Establishment of dorsal-ventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo: the induction of polarity by the Toll gene product.

    Kathryn V. Anderson;Liselotte Bokla;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • Cilia and Developmental Signaling

    Jonathan T. Eggenschwiler;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • Requirement for a peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP) in Relish activation and antibacterial immune responses in Drosophila.

    Kwang Min Choe;Kwang Min Choe;Thomas Werner;Svenja Stöven;Dan Hultmark

  • Primary Cilia and Mammalian Hedgehog Signaling.

    Fiona Bangs;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • Signaling from Smo to Ci/Gli: conservation and divergence of Hedgehog pathways from Drosophila to vertebrates.

    Danwei Huangfu;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • Rab23 is an essential negative regulator of the mouse Sonic hedgehog signalling pathway

    Jonathan T. Eggenschwiler;Edward Espinoza;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • Drosophila: The Genetics of Innate Immune Recognition and Response

    Catherine A. Brennan;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • Regulated nuclear import of Rel proteins in the Drosophila immune response

    Louisa P. Wu;Kathryn V. Anderson

  • LDL-receptor-related protein 4 is crucial for formation of the neuromuscular junction.

    Scott D. Weatherbee;Kathryn V. Anderson;Lee A. Niswander

  • Information for the dorsal–ventral pattern of the Drosophila embryo is stored as maternal mRNA

    Kathryn V. Anderson;Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

  • Dominant and recessive mutations define functional domains of Toll, a transmembrane protein required for dorsal-ventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo.

    D. S. Schneider;K. L. Hudson;Ting-Yin Lin;K. V. Anderson

  • The coiled-coil domain containing protein CCDC40 is essential for motile cilia function and left-right axis formation

    Anita Becker-Heck;Irene E Zohn;Irene E Zohn;Noriko Okabe;Andrew Pollock

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee Niswander
Lee Niswander University of Colorado Boulder
Scott Keeney
Scott Keeney Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Christopher E. Mason
Christopher E. Mason Cornell University
Song-Hai Shi
Song-Hai Shi Tsinghua University
Christopher D. Lima
Christopher D. Lima Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
José Baselga
José Baselga Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Stephen J. Elledge
Stephen J. Elledge Harvard University
Gregory J. Hannon
Gregory J. Hannon University of Cambridge
Robert Geisler
Robert Geisler Max Planck Society

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