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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
20740
World Ranking
4565
National Ranking
2221

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mary C. Farach-Carson is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the broader domains of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist's primary fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 63 publications, and Medicine with 62 publications. Their work also involves significant contributions in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Oncology.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, notably:

  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Bone health and treatments

Some of the frequently published venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Current Osteoporosis Reports
  • Biomolecules
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

Recent publications highlight a focus on cancer biology, bone metastasis, and cellular signaling mechanisms:

  • "SULF1 suppresses Wnt3A-driven growth of bone metastatic prostate cancer in perlecan-modified 3D cancer-stroma-macrophage triculture models" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Flipping the Molecular Switch: Influence of Perlecan and Its Modifiers in the Tumor Microenvironment" (2020, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
  • "All bone metastases are not created equal: Revisiting treatment resistance in renal cell carcinoma" (2021, Journal of Bone Oncology)
  • "TWIST1 interacts with β/δ-catenins during neural tube development and regulates fate transition in cranial neural crest cells" (2022, Development)
  • "Skeletal Functions of Voltage Sensitive Calcium Channels" (2021, Current Osteoporosis Reports)

Mary C. Farach-Carson collaborates regularly with multiple co-authors, including:

  • Danielle Wu
  • Daniel A. Harrington
  • Tristen V. Tellman
  • Daniel D. Carson
  • Lissette A. Cruz

Among professional recognitions, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010 and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Hyaluronan: A simple polysaccharide with diverse biological functions☆

    Kevin T. Dicker;Lisa A. Gurski;Swati Pradhan-Bhatt;Robert L. Witt

  • Interactions between the bone matrix proteins osteopontin and bone sialoprotein and the osteoclast integrin alpha v beta 3 potentiate bone resorption.

    F. P. Ross;J. Chappel;J. I. Alvarez;D. Sander

  • Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels: from a natural polysaccharide to complex networks

    Xian Xu;Amit K. Jha;Daniel A. Harrington;Mary C. Farach-Carson

  • Changes in gene expression during the early to mid-luteal (receptive phase) transition in human endometrium detected by high-density microarray screening.

    Daniel D. Carson;Errin Lagow;Amantha Thathiah;Rania Al-Shami

  • Tumor Budding: The Name is EMT. Partial EMT.

    Alexandru Dan Grigore;Mohit Kumar Jolly;Dongya Jia;Mary C. Farach-Carson

  • Three-dimensional in vitro tumor models for cancer research and drug evaluation.

    Xian Xu;Mary C. Farach-Carson;Xinqiao Jia

  • Evaluation of Cross-Linking Methods for Electrospun Gelatin on Cell Growth and Viability

    Kristin Sisson;Chu Zhang;Mary C. Farach-Carson;D. Bruce Chase

  • FANTOM5 CAGE profiles of human and mouse samples

    Shuhei Noguchi;Takahiro Arakawa;Shiro Fukuda;Masaaki Furuno

  • Vitamin D3 metabolites modulate dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium currents in clonal rat osteosarcoma cells.

    J. M. Caffrey;Mary C Farach-Carson

  • 1,25(OH)2-vitamin D3, a steroid hormone that produces biologic effects via both genomic and nongenomic pathways

    Anthony W. Norman;Ilka Nemere;Li Xin Zhou;June E. Bishop

  • Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels as 3D matrices for in vitro evaluation of chemotherapeutic drugs using poorly adherent prostate cancer cells.

    Lisa A. Gurski;Amit K. Jha;Chu Zhang;Xinqiao Jia

  • Ribozyme knockdown functionally links a 1,25(OH)2D3 membrane binding protein (1,25D3-MARRS) and phosphate uptake in intestinal cells

    I. Nemere;M. C. Farach-Carson;B. Rohe;T. M. Sterling

  • Demonstration that 1 beta,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 is an antagonist of the nongenomic but not genomic biological responses and biological profile of the three A-ring diastereomers of 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.

    A W Norman;Roger Bouillon;M C Farach-Carson;J E Bishop

  • Modeling Ewing sarcoma tumors in vitro with 3D scaffolds

    Eliza Li Shan Fong;Salah Eddine Lamhamedi-Cherradi;Emily Burdett;Vandhana Ramamoorthy

  • Ultrastructural immunolocalization of noncollagenous (osteopontin and osteocalcin) and plasma (albumin and α2HS-glycoprotein) proteins in rat bone

    Marc D. McKee;Mary C Farach-Carson;W. T. Butler;P. V. Hauschka

  • Fiber diameters control osteoblastic cell migration and differentiation in electrospun gelatin.

    Kristin Sisson;Chu Zhang;Mary C. Farach-Carson;D. Bruce Chase

  • Attachment, proliferation, and migration of marrow stromal osteoblasts cultured on biomimetic hydrogels modified with an osteopontin-derived peptide.

    Heungsoo Shin;Kyriacos Zygourakis;Mary C. Farach-Carson;Michael J. Yaszemski

  • Coating electrospun collagen and gelatin fibers with perlecan domain I for increased growth factor binding.

    Cheryl L. Casper;Weidong Yang;Mary C. Farach-Carson;John F. Rabolt

  • Interleukin-6: a bone marrow stromal cell paracrine signal that induces neuroendocrine differentiation and modulates autophagy in bone metastatic PCa cells.

    Nikki A. Delk;Mary C. Farach-Carson

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel D. Carson
Daniel D. Carson Rice University
Xinqiao Jia
Xinqiao Jia University of Delaware
Leland W.K. Chung
Leland W.K. Chung Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Frank Brombacher
Frank Brombacher University of Cape Town
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute
Hans Clevers
Hans Clevers Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research
William T. Butler
William T. Butler The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Stefano Gustincich
Stefano Gustincich Italian Institute of Technology
Antonios G. Mikos
Antonios G. Mikos Rice University

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