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Overview

M. Sharon Stack is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research spans across medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on oncology and related subfields.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad fields, their subfields of specialization cover:

  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Reproductive Medicine

Their published work centers on various topics, prominently featuring:

  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

M. Sharon Stack has published extensively in multiple research venues, with the highest numbers of publications appearing in:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Aging and Cancer
  • Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Tyvette S. Hilliard
  • Yueying Liu
  • Jing Yang
  • Elizabeth I. Harper
  • Marwa Asem

Some recent research publications by M. Sharon Stack include:

  • Neutrophils resist ferroptosis and promote breast cancer metastasis through aconitate decarboxylase 1 (2023) in Cell Metabolism
  • Metalloproteinases in Ovarian Cancer (2021) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Host Wnt5a Potentiates Microenvironmental Regulation of Ovarian Cancer Metastasis (2020) in Cancer Research
  • Ascites-induced compression alters the peritoneal microenvironment and promotes metastatic success in ovarian cancer (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • Aged Breast Extracellular Matrix Drives Mammary Epithelial Cells to an Invasive and Cancer-Like Phenotype (2021) in Advanced Science

Best Publications

  • Multi-step pericellular proteolysis controls the transition from individual to collective cancer cell invasion

    Katarina Wolf;Yi I. Wu;Yi I. Wu;Yueying Liu;Jörg Geiger

  • Angiostatin binds ATP synthase on the surface of human endothelial cells

    Tammy L. Moser;M. Sharon Stack;Iain Asplin;Jan J. Enghild

  • The mechanism of cancer-mediated conversion of plasminogen to the angiogenesis inhibitor angiostatin

    S Gately;P Twardowski;M S Stack;D L Cundiff

  • Processing of laminin-5 and its functional consequences : role of plasmin and tissue-type plasminogen activator

    Lawrence E. Goldfinger;M. Sharon Stack;Jonathan C.R. Jones

  • Membrane protease proteomics: Isotope-coded affinity tag MS identification of undescribed MT1-matrix metalloproteinase substrates.

    Eric M. Tam;Charlotte J. Morrison;Yi I. Wu;M. Sharon Stack

  • Proteases, extracellular matrix, and cancer: a workshop of the path B study section.

    Yves A. DeClerck;Arthur M. Mercurio;M. Sharon Stack;Harold A. Chapman

  • Engagement of Collagen-Binding Integrins Promotes Matrix Metalloproteinase-9–Dependent E-Cadherin Ectodomain Shedding in Ovarian Carcinoma Cells

    Jaime Symowicz;Brian P. Adley;Kara J. Gleason;Jeffrey J. Johnson

  • Proinvasive properties of ovarian cancer ascites-derived membrane vesicles.

    Laura E. Graves;Edgardo V. Ariztia;Jason R. Navari;Heather J. Matzel

  • Human Prostate Carcinoma Cells Express Enzymatic Activity That Converts Human Plasminogen to the Angiogenesis Inhibitor, Angiostatin

    Stephen Gately;Przemyslaw Twardowski;M. Sharon Stack;Matthew Patrick

  • Human mast cell tryptase activates single-chain urinary-type plasminogen activator (pro-urokinase)

    M S Stack;D A Johnson

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity in epidermal growth factor-stimulated matrix metalloproteinase-9 production and cell surface association.

    Shawn M. Ellerbroek;Jennifer M. Halbleib;Mario Benavidez;Janel K. Warmka

  • Epithelial ovarian cancer experimental models.

    E. Lengyel;J. E. Burdette;H. A. Kenny;Daniela Matei

  • Functional interplay between type I collagen and cell surface matrix metalloproteinase activity.

    Shawn M. Ellerbroek;Yi I. Wu;Christopher M. Overall;M. Sharon Stack

  • Phenotypic plasticity of neoplastic ovarian epithelium: unique cadherin profiles in tumor progression

    Laurie G. Hudson;Reema Zeineldin;M. Sharon Stack

  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Is a Mediator of Epidermal Growth Factor–Dependent E-Cadherin Loss in Ovarian Carcinoma Cells

    Karen D. Cowden Dahl;Jaime Symowicz;Yan Ning;Elisa Gutierrez

  • Differential Regulation of Membrane Type 1-Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity by ERK 1/2- and p38 MAPK-modulated Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases 2 Expression Controls Transforming Growth Factor-β1-induced Pericellular Collagenolysis

    Hidayatullah G. Munshi;Yi I. Wu;Subhendu Mukhopadhyay;Adam J. Ottaviano

  • Collagen Binding Properties of the Membrane Type-1 Matrix Metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) Hemopexin C Domain THE ECTODOMAIN OF THE 44-kDa AUTOCATALYTIC PRODUCT OF MT1-MMP INHIBITS CELL INVASION BY DISRUPTING NATIVE TYPE I COLLAGEN CLEAVAGE

    Eric M. Tam;Yi I. Wu;Georgina S. Butler;M. Sharon Stack

  • Membrane associated matrix metalloproteinases in metastasis.

    Shawn M. Ellerbroek;M. Sharon Stack

  • Membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase: Substrate diversity in pericellular proteolysis

    Maria V. Barbolina;M. Sharon Stack

  • 139 The mechanism of cancer-mediated conversion of plasminogen to the angiogenesis inhibitor angiostatin

    Stephen Gately;Przemyslaw Twardowski;M. Sharon Stack;Deborah L. Cundiff

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurie G. Hudson
Laurie G. Hudson University of New Mexico
Salvatore V. Pizzo
Salvatore V. Pizzo Duke University
Matthew J. Ravosa
Matthew J. Ravosa University of Notre Dame
Jonathan C. R. Jones
Jonathan C. R. Jones Northwestern University
Jan J. Enghild
Jan J. Enghild Aarhus University
Lonnie D. Shea
Lonnie D. Shea University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kathleen J. Green
Kathleen J. Green Northwestern University
Christopher M. Overall
Christopher M. Overall University of British Columbia
Noel P. Bouck
Noel P. Bouck Northwestern University
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University

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