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Overview

Leslie Wilson is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work covers a range of topics prominently featuring PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer, Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, and Gastrointestinal motility and disorders.

The scientist has authored several recent papers, contributing to diverse areas of medical research. These include:

  • The PI3K-AKT-mTOR axis persists as a therapeutic dependency in KRASG12D-driven non-small cell lung cancer, 2024, Molecular Cancer
  • Geriatric Telehealth: A Standardized Patient Case for Medical Students, 2023, MedEdPORTAL
  • Understanding constipation as a geriatric syndrome, 2024, Geriatric Nursing
  • 2253P RAS-precision medicine trans-atlantic partnership: Comparative analysis of KRAS codon 12 and 13 mutations in non-small cell lung cancer, 2023, Annals of Oncology
  • PRO74 Pilot Study of a Novel Patient-facing Medical Records Collection Platform to Support Real World Data Generation in Rare Disease, 2021, Value in Health

Regular collaboration with other researchers is evident in Wilson's work. Frequent coauthors include William J. McDaid, Helen Adderley, J. Searle, Mihaela Aldea, and Heather A. Wakelee, each associated with multiple joint publications.

The scientist's publications appear in a variety of venues reflecting their multidisciplinary interests, such as Molecular Cancer, MedEdPORTAL, Geriatric Nursing, Annals of Oncology, and Value in Health. These journals cover cancer biology, medical education, geriatric care, oncology, and health value assessment respectively.

Overall, Leslie Wilson's research integrates molecular oncology and geriatric medicine with emerging healthcare technologies like telehealth and patient-facing digital platforms. Their work combines clinical and molecular approaches to address complex health issues including cancer signaling pathways and geriatric syndromes, alongside innovations in medical education and real-world data collection.

Best Publications

  • Microtubules as a target for anticancer drugs.

    Mary Ann Jordan;Leslie Wilson

  • Mechanism of mitotic block and inhibition of cell proliferation by taxol at low concentrations.

    Mary Ann Jordan;Robert J. Toso;Doug Thrower;Leslie Wilson

  • Mitotic Block Induced in HeLa Cells by Low Concentrations of Paclitaxel (Taxol) Results in Abnormal Mitotic Exit and Apoptotic Cell Death

    Jordan Ma;Wendell K;Gardiner S;Derry Wb

  • Microtubules and actin filaments: dynamic targets for cancer chemotherapy

    Mary Ann Jordan;Leslie Wilson

  • Opposite end assembly and disassembly of microtubules at steady state in vitro

    Robert L. Margolis;Leslie Wilson

  • Mechanism of Inhibition of Cell Proliferation by Vinca Alkaloids

    Mary Ann Jordan;Douglas Thrower;Leslie Wilson

  • Effects of vinblastine, podophyllotoxin and nocodazole on mitotic spindles. Implications for the role of microtubule dynamics in mitosis.

    M.A. Jordan;D. Thrower;L. Wilson

  • Annual direct cost of urinary incontinence.

    Leslie Wilson;Jeanette S Brown;Grace P Shin;Kim-Oanh Luc

  • The primary antimitotic mechanism of action of the synthetic halichondrin E7389 is suppression of microtubule growth

    Mary Ann Jordan;Kathryn Kamath;Tapas Manna;Tatiana Okouneva

  • Properties of colchicine binding protein from chick embryo brain. Interactions with vinca alkaloids and podophyllotoxin.

    Leslie Wilson

  • The Direct Cost and Incidence of Systemic Fungal Infections

    Leslie S. Wilson;Carolina M. Reyes;Michelle Stolpman;Julie Speckman

  • Substoichiometric binding of taxol suppresses microtubule dynamics

    W B Derry;L Wilson;M A Jordan

  • Microtubule dynamics in vitro are regulated by the tubulin isotype composition.

    Dulal Panda;Herbert P. Miller;Asok Banerjee;Richard F. Ludueña

  • Nucleoside transport in mammalian cells. Inhibition by colchicine.

    Steven B. Mizel;Leslie Wilson

  • Microtubule treadmills--possible molecular machinery.

    Robert L. Margolis;Leslie Wilson

  • The Biochemical Events of Mitosis. II. The in Vivo and in Vitro Binding of Colchicine in Grasshopper Embryos and Its Possible Relation to Inhibition of Mitosis

    Leslie Wilson;Morris Friedkin

  • Eribulin Binds at Microtubule Ends to a Single Site on Tubulin To Suppress Dynamic Instability

    Jennifer A. Smith;Leslie Wilson;Olga Azarenko;Xiaojie Zhu

  • Addition of colchicine-tubulin complex to microtubule ends: The mechanism of substoichiometric colchicine poisoning

    Robert L. Margolis;Leslie Wilson

  • Mammalian mad2 and bub1/bubR1 recognize distinct spindle-attachment and kinetochore-tension checkpoints.

    Dimitrios A. Skoufias;Paul R. Andreassen;Françoise B. Lacroix;Leslie Wilson

  • Functional interactions between the proline-rich and repeat regions of tau enhance microtubule binding and assembly

    B L Goode;P E Denis;D Panda;M J Radeke

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Ann Jordan
Mary Ann Jordan University of California, Santa Barbara
Cyrus R. Safinya
Cyrus R. Safinya University of California, Santa Barbara
Dulal Panda
Dulal Panda Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Peter R. Carroll
Peter R. Carroll University of California, San Francisco
Robert L. Margolis
Robert L. Margolis Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Judith T. Moskowitz
Judith T. Moskowitz Northwestern University
Barbara S. Slusher
Barbara S. Slusher Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Matthew R. Cooperberg
Matthew R. Cooperberg University of California, San Francisco
Daniel Le Grange
Daniel Le Grange University of California, San Francisco
Kenneth Rose
Kenneth Rose University of California, Santa Barbara

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