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Mark A. McNiven

Mark A. McNiven

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Biology and Biochemistry

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81
Citations
35180
World Ranking
3801
National Ranking
1883

Overview

Mark A. McNiven is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, epidemiology, and oncology.

The scientist's recent publications include articles covering lipid metabolism, autophagy, DNA replication, and gene therapy. Notable recent papers are:

  • Direct lysosome-based autophagy of lipid droplets in hepatocytes, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Lipophagy at a glance, 2022, Journal of Cell Science
  • Expression of tumor antigens within an oncolytic virus enhances the anti-tumor T cell response, 2024, Nature Communications
  • ATM-phosphorylated SPOP contributes to 53BP1 exclusion from chromatin during DNA replication, 2021, Science Advances
  • The small GTPase Rab32 resides on lysosomes to regulate mTORC1 signaling, 2020, Journal of Cell Science

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Eugene W. Krueger, Micah B. Schott, Carol A. Casey, Shaun G. Weller, and Katherine M. Johnson.

The primary venues in which Mark A. McNiven regularly publishes include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Hepatology Communications
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell

The main fields of study represented in their body of work are biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, along with medicine. These fields encompass key subfields such as cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, epidemiology, and oncology.

Their main research topics focus on lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, autophagy in disease and therapy, cellular transport and secretion, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, virus-based gene therapy research, CAR-T cell therapy research, and immunotherapy and immune responses.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Caveolins, liquid-ordered domains, and signal transduction.

    Eric J. Smart;Gregory A. Graf;Mark A. McNiven;William C. Sessa

  • Dynamin-mediated Internalization of Caveolae

    John R. Henley;Eugene W.A. Krueger;Barbara J. Oswald;Mark A. McNiven

  • The Mitochondrial Protein hFis1 Regulates Mitochondrial Fission in Mammalian Cells through an Interaction with the Dynamin-Like Protein DLP1

    Yisang Yoon;Eugene W. Krueger;Barbara J. Oswald;Mark A. McNiven

  • Foot and mouth: podosomes, invadopodia and circular dorsal ruffles

    Roberto Buccione;James D. Orth;Mark A. McNiven

  • Mutant huntingtin impairs axonal trafficking in mammalian neurons in vivo and in vitro.

    Eugenia Trushina;Roy B. Dyer;John D. Badger;Daren Ure

  • Differential distribution of dynamin isoforms in mammalian cells.

    Hong Cao;Fabiana Garcia;Mark A. McNiven

  • Dynamin and its partners: a progress report.

    Sandra L Schmid;Mark A McNiven;Pietro De Camilli;Pietro De Camilli

  • Regulated Interactions between Dynamin and the Actin-Binding Protein Cortactin Modulate Cell Shape

    Mark A. McNiven;Leung Kim;Eugene W. Krueger;James D. Orth

  • The dynamin family of mechanoenzymes: pinching in new places.

    Mark A McNiven;Hong Cao;Kelly R Pitts;Yisang Yoon

  • A Functional Link between Dynamin and the Actin Cytoskeleton at Podosomes

    Gian-Carlo Ochoa;Vladimir I. Slepnev;Lynn Neff;Niels Ringstad

  • Dynamin 2 Is Required for Phagocytosis in Macrophages

    Elizabeth S. Gold;David M. Underhill;Naomi S. Morrissette;Jian Guo

  • Role of Dynamin in the Formation of Transport Vesicles from the Trans-Golgi Network

    Steven M. Jones;Kathryn E. Howell;Kathryn E. Howell;John R. Henley;John R. Henley;Hong Cao;Hong Cao

  • Dynamin-like protein 1 is involved in peroxisomal fission

    Annett Koch;Meinolf Thiemann;Markus Grabenbauer;Yisang Yoon

  • The dynamins: Redundant or distinct functions for an expanding family of related GTPases?

    Raul Urrutia;John R. Henley;Tiffany Cook;Mark A. McNiven

  • A Role for Fis1 in Both Mitochondrial and Peroxisomal Fission in Mammalian Cells

    Annett Koch;Yisang Yoon;Nina A. Bonekamp;Mark A. McNiven

  • The dynamin-like protein DLP1 is essential for normal distribution and morphology of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria in mammalian cells.

    K.R. Pitts;Y. Yoon;E.W. Krueger;M.A. McNiven

  • Dynamin at the actin-membrane interface.

    James D Orth;Mark A McNiven

  • Mammalian dynamin-like protein DLP1 tubulates membranes.

    Yisang Yoon;Kelly R. Pitts;Mark A. McNiven

  • The large GTPase dynamin regulates actin comet formation and movement in living cells.

    James D. Orth;E. W. Krueger;H. Cao;Mark A. McNiven

Frequent Co-Authors

Yisang Yoon
Yisang Yoon Augusta University
Raul Urrutia
Raul Urrutia Medical College of Wisconsin
Xian Ming Chen
Xian Ming Chen Creighton University
Gregory J. Gores
Gregory J. Gores Mayo Clinic
Bechara Kachar
Bechara Kachar National Institutes of Health
Pietro De Camilli
Pietro De Camilli Yale University
Shi Yuan Cheng
Shi Yuan Cheng Northwestern University
Richard G. Vile
Richard G. Vile Mayo Clinic

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