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97
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581
National Ranking
320

Overview

Marcus E. Peter is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work includes a strong emphasis on molecular biology, cancer research, immunology, oncology, and virology.

The main topics covered in Marcus E. Peter's research include:

  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation

Notable recent publications by Marcus E. Peter include:

  • Frizzled-7 Identifies Platinum-Tolerant Ovarian Cancer Cells Susceptible to Ferroptosis, 2020, Cancer Research
  • The mechanism of how CD95/Fas activates the Type I IFN/STAT1 axis, driving cancer stemness in breast cancer, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The Ratio of Toxic-to-Nontoxic miRNAs Predicts Platinum Sensitivity in Ovarian Cancer, 2021, Cancer Research
  • CD95/Fas suppresses NF-κB activation through recruitment of KPC2 in a CD95L/FasL-independent mechanism, 2021, iScience
  • CD95/Fas protects triple negative breast cancer from anti-tumor activity of NK cells, 2021, iScience

Marcus E. Peter has frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • iScience
  • Cell Death and Disease

Collaborations have been an important element of Marcus E. Peter's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Andrea E. Murmann
  • Elizabeth T. Bartom
  • Monal Patel
  • Ashley Haluck-Kangas
  • Bidur Paudel

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Two CD95 (APO-1/Fas) signaling pathways

    Carsten Scaffidi;Simone Fulda;Anu Srinivasan;Claudia Friesen

  • Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

    G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;P. Vandenabeele;J. Abrams

  • FLICE, a novel FADD-homologous ICE/CED-3-like protease, is recruited to the CD95 (Fas/APO-1) death--inducing signaling complex.

    Marta Muzio;Arul M. Chinnaiyan;Frank C. Kischkel;Karen O'Rourke

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • Cytotoxicity-dependent APO-1 (Fas/CD95)-associated proteins form a death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) with the receptor.

    Frank C. Kischkel;Stefan Hellbardt;Iris Behrmann;Matthias Germer

  • The miR-200 family determines the epithelial phenotype of cancer cells by targeting the E-cadherin repressors ZEB1 and ZEB2

    Sun Mi Park;Arti B. Gaur;Ernst Lengyel;Marcus E. Peter

  • Adipocytes promote ovarian cancer metastasis and provide energy for rapid tumor growth

    Kristin M Nieman;Hilary A Kenny;Carla V Penicka;Andras Ladanyi

  • Viral FLICE-inhibitory proteins (FLIPs) prevent apoptosis induced by death receptors

    Margot Thome;Pascal Schneider;Kay Hofmann;Helmut Fickenscher

  • FLICE is activated by association with the CD95 death-inducing signaling complex (DISC).

    Jan Paul Medema;Carsten Scaffidi;Frank C. Kischkel;Andrej Shevchenko

  • The CD95(APO-1/Fas) DISC and beyond

    M E Peter;P H Krammer

  • Apoptosis signaling by death receptors

    Klaus Schulze-Osthoff;Davide Ferrari;Marek Los;Sebastian Wesselborg

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • The Role of c-FLIP in Modulation of CD95-induced Apoptosis *

    Carsten Scaffidi;Ingo Schmitz;Peter H. Krammer;Marcus E. Peter

  • FADD/MORT1 is a common mediator of CD95 (Fas/APO-1) and tumor necrosis factor receptor-induced apoptosis.

    Arul M. Chinnaiyan;Clifford G. Tepper;Michael F. Seldin;Karen O'Rourke

  • MicroRNAs: key players in the immune system, differentiation, tumorigenesis and cell death

    Schickel R;Boyerinas B;Park Sm;Peter Me

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes

    L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri

  • The role of let-7 in cell differentiation and cancer

    Benjamin Boyerinas;Sun Mi Park;Annika Hau;Andrea E. Murmann

  • Differential Modulation of Apoptosis Sensitivity in CD95 Type I and Type II Cells

    Carsten Scaffidi;Ingo Schmitz;Jiping Zha;Stanley J. Korsmeyer

  • The miR-200 family determines the epithelial phenotype of cancer cells by targeting the E-cadherin repressors

    Sun-Mi Park;Arti B. Gaur;Ernst Lengyel;Marcus E. Peter

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Krammer
Peter H. Krammer German Cancer Research Center
Ernst Lengyel
Ernst Lengyel University of Chicago
Markus Hafner
Markus Hafner National Institutes of Health
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Simone Fulda
Simone Fulda Goethe University Frankfurt
Jan Paul Medema
Jan Paul Medema University of Amsterdam
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Gerry Melino
Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata
Henning Walczak
Henning Walczak University College London
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité

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