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Overview

Lawrence M. Pfeffer is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a concentration on subfields including molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, pathology and forensic medicine, and epidemiology.

Their research topics focus on several key areas:

  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions

Pfeffer has contributed to a range of publications, with several appearing repeatedly in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Their notable recent papers are:

  • Inhibiting androgen receptor splice variants with cysteine-selective irreversible covalent inhibitors to treat prostate cancer, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Zinc regulates primary ovarian tumor growth and metastasis through the epithelial to mesenchymal transition, 2020, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • EIF5A2 controls ovarian tumor growth and metastasis by promoting epithelial to mesenchymal transition via the TGFβ pathway, 2021, Cell & Bioscience
  • Targeting the Bromodomain of BRG-1/BRM Subunit of the SWI/SNF Complex Increases the Anticancer Activity of Temozolomide in Glioblastoma, 2021, Pharmaceuticals
  • FAK PROTAC Inhibits Ovarian Tumor Growth and Metastasis by Disrupting Kinase Dependent and Independent Pathways, 2022, Frontiers in Oncology

Collaboration is a significant part of Pfeffer's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Duane D. Miller
  • Chuanhe Yang (8)
  • Dong-Jin Hwang (7)
  • Yali He (7)
  • Michelle Sims (7)

Their body of work reflects a sustained engagement with complex cellular mechanisms related to cancer biology, focusing on molecular targets and signaling pathways that influence tumor progression and treatment responses.

Best Publications

  • NF-κB activation by tumour necrosis factor requires the Akt serine–threonine kinase

    Osman Nidai Ozes;Lindsey D. Mayo;Jason A. Gustin;Susan R. Pfeffer

  • Biological Properties of Recombinant α-Interferons: 40th Anniversary of the Discovery of Interferons

    Lawrence M. Pfeffer;Charles A. Dinarello;Ronald B. Herberman;Bryan R. G. Williams

  • STAT3 as an adapter to couple phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase to the IFNAR1 chain of the type I interferon receptor.

    Lawrence M. Pfeffer;Jerald E. Mullersman;Susan R. Pfeffer;Aruna Murti

  • The Role of miR-21 in Cancer.

    Susan R. Pfeffer;Chuan He Yang;Lawrence M. Pfeffer

  • Interferon α/β Promotes Cell Survival by Activating Nuclear Factor κB through Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase and Akt

    Chuan He Yang;Aruna Murti;Susan R. Pfeffer;Jong G. Kim

  • Activation of chemokine and inflammatory cytokine response in hepatitis C virus–infected hepatocytes depends on toll‐like receptor 3 sensing of hepatitis C virus double‐stranded RNA intermediates

    Kui Li;Nan L. Li;Dahai Wei;Susan R. Pfeffer

  • Induction of Jak/STAT Signaling by Activation of the Type 1 TNF Receptor

    DanQun Guo;James D. Dunbar;Chuan He Yang;Lawrence M. Pfeffer

  • MicroRNA miR-21 Regulates the Metastatic Behavior of B16 Melanoma Cells

    Chuan He Yang;Junming Yue;Susan R. Pfeffer;Charles R. Handorf

  • Interferon effects on microfilament organization, cellular fibronectin distribution, and cell motility in human fibroblasts.

    LM Pfeffer;E Wang;I Tamm

  • IFN Induces miR-21 through a Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3–Dependent Pathway as a Suppressive Negative Feedback on IFN-Induced Apoptosis

    Chuan He Yang;Junming Yue;Meiyun Fan;Lawrence M. Pfeffer

  • IFNα/β promotes cell survival by activating NF-κB

    Chuan He Yang;Aruna Murti;Susan R. Pfeffer;Leela Basu

  • Constitutive Activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) and Nuclear Factor κB Signaling in Glioblastoma Cancer Stem Cells Regulates the Notch Pathway

    Jo Meagan Garner;Meiyun Fan;Chuan He Yang;Ziyun Du

  • DNA Damage Induces NF-κB-dependent MicroRNA-21 Up-regulation and Promotes Breast Cancer Cell Invasion

    Jixiao Niu;Yuling Shi;Guangyun Tan;Guangyun Tan;Chuan He Yang

  • MicroRNA-21 Promotes Glioblastoma Tumorigenesis by Down-regulating Insulin-like Growth Factor-binding Protein-3 (IGFBP3)

    Chuan He Yang;Junming Yue;Susan R. Pfeffer;Meiyun Fan

  • Role of the JAK/STAT Pathway in the Regulation of Interleukin-8 Transcription by Oxidized Phospholipids in Vitro and in Atherosclerosis in Vivo

    Nima M. Gharavi;Jackelyn A. Alva;Kevin P. Mouillesseaux;Chi Lai

  • The Role of Nuclear Factor κB in the Interferon Response

    Lawrence M. Pfeffer

  • STAT3 complements defects in an interferon-resistant cell line: Evidence for an essential role for STAT3 in interferon signaling and biological activities

    Chuan-He Yang;Aruna Murti;Lawrence M. Pfeffer

  • Direct Association of STAT3 with the IFNAR-1 Chain of the Human Type I Interferon Receptor

    Chuan-He Yang;Wei Shi;Leela Basu;Aruna Murti

  • Chromenes: potential new chemotherapeutic agents for cancer

    Shivaputra A Patil;Renukadevi Patil;Lawrence M Pfeffer;Duane D Miller

  • v-Src increases diacylglycerol levels via a type D phospholipase-mediated hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine.

    Jianguo Song;L. M. Pfeffer;D. A. Foster

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Tamm
Igor Tamm Rockefeller University
Eugenia Wang
Eugenia Wang University of Louisville
Duane D. Miller
Duane D. Miller University of Tennessee Health Science Center
David B. Donner
David B. Donner University of California, San Francisco
Stefan N. Constantinescu
Stefan N. Constantinescu Ludwig Cancer Research
Andrzej Slominski
Andrzej Slominski University of Alabama at Birmingham
David M. Nanus
David M. Nanus Cornell University
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University
Kui Li
Kui Li University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Amit C. Nathwani
Amit C. Nathwani University College London

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