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25039
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1070
National Ranking
557

Overview

Michael E. Berens is affiliated with the Translational Genomics Research Institute in the United States. Their research spans several fields, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these broad areas, their work delves into subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Extracellular Vesicles in Disease
  • Ferroptosis and Cancer Prognosis
  • CAR-T Cell Therapy Research
  • MicroRNA in Disease Regulation

Michael E. Berens has contributed frequently to several publication venues, notably:

  • Neuro-Oncology (36 publications)
  • Cancer Research (23 publications)
  • Neuro-Oncology Advances (7 publications)
  • Clinical Cancer Research (2 publications)
  • Journal of Neuro-Oncology (2 publications)

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several peers, including Nanyun Tang (32 joint publications), Yue Hao (16 joint publications), Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan (15 joint publications), Sen Peng (15 joint publications), and Harshil Dhruv (14 joint publications).

Notable papers authored by Michael E. Berens include:

  • Intraventricular B7-H3 CAR T Cells for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: Preliminary First-in-Human Bioactivity and Safety, 2022, Cancer Discovery
  • Sex Differences in Cancer Incidence and Survival: A Pan-Cancer Analysis, 2020, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Importance of the Intersection of Age and Sex to Understand Variation in Incidence and Survival for Primary Malignant Gliomas, 2021, Neuro-Oncology
  • Functional Precision Medicine Identifies New Therapeutic Candidates for Medulloblastoma, 2020, Cancer Research
  • Upfront Biology-Guided Therapy in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: Therapeutic, Molecular, and Biomarker Outcomes from PNOC003, 2022, Clinical Cancer Research

Best Publications

  • Molecular classification of cutaneous malignant melanoma by gene expression profiling

    M. Bittner;P.S.J. Meltzer;Y.D. Chen;Y. Jiang

  • Dependency of a therapy-resistant state of cancer cells on a lipid peroxidase pathway

    Vasanthi S. Viswanathan;Matthew J. Ryan;Harshil D. Dhruv;Shubhroz Gill

  • Cost of Migration: Invasion of Malignant Gliomas and Implications for Treatment

    A. Giese;R. Bjerkvig;M.E. Berens;M. Westphal

  • Drug-tolerant persister cancer cells are vulnerable to GPX4 inhibition

    Matthew J. Hangauer;Vasanthi S. Viswanathan;Matthew J. Ryan;Dhruv Bole

  • An anatomic transcriptional atlas of human glioblastoma

    Ralph B. Puchalski;Nameeta Shah;Jeremy Miller;Rachel Dalley

  • Molecular mechanisms of glioma cell migration and invasion.

    Tim Demuth;Michael E. Berens

  • Molecular targets of glioma invasion

    M. Nakada;M. Nakada;S. Nakada;T. Demuth;N. L. Tran

  • Dichotomy of astrocytoma migration and proliferation

    Alf Giese;Melinda A. Loo;Nhan Tran;Dorothy Haskett

  • Autocrine factors that sustain glioma invasion and paracrine biology in the brain microenvironment.

    Dominique B. Hoelzinger;Tim Demuth;Michael E. Berens

  • Integrated Genomic and Epigenomic Analysis of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis

    Bodour Salhia;Jeff Kiefer;Julianna T. D. Ross;Raghu Metapally

  • Cell migration and invasion assays.

    Aline Valster;Nhan L. Tran;Mitsutoshi Nakada;Michael E. Berens

  • Gene Expression Profile of Glioblastoma Multiforme Invasive Phenotype Points to New Therapeutic Targets

    Dominique B Hoelzinger;Luigi Mariani;Joachim Weis;Tanja Woyke

  • A mathematical model of glioblastoma tumor spheroid invasion in a three-dimensional in vitro experiment.

    Andrew M. Stein;Tim Demuth;David Mobley;Michael Berens

  • SLC7A11 expression is associated with seizures and predicts poor survival in patients with malignant glioma

    Stephanie M. Robert;Susan C. Buckingham;Susan L. Campbell;Stefanie Robel

  • The Tumor Necrosis Factor-like Weak Inducer of Apoptosis (TWEAK)-Fibroblast Growth Factor-inducible 14 (Fn14) Signaling System Regulates Glioma Cell Survival via NFκB Pathway Activation and BCL-XL/BCL-W Expression

    Nhan L. Tran;Wendy S. McDonough;Benjamin A. Savitch;Thomas F. Sawyer

  • Pattern of self-organization in tumour systems: complex growth dynamics in a novel brain tumour spheroid model.

    T. S. Deisboeck;M. E. Berens;A. R. Kansal;S. Torquato

  • Migration of human glioma cells on myelin.

    Alt Giese;Lan Kluwe;Britta Laube;Hildegard Meissner

  • Determinants of Human Astrocytoma Migration

    Alf Giese;Monique D. Rief;Melinda A. Loo;Michael E. Berens

  • An expression signature classifies chemotherapy-resistant pediatric osteosarcoma.

    Michelle B. Mintz;Rebecca Sowers;Kevin M. Brown;Sara C. Hilmer

  • Molecular classification of cutaneous malignant melanoma by gene expression profiling

    M. Bittner;P. Meltzer;Y. Chen;Y. Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan
Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan Case Western Reserve University
Justin D. Lathia
Justin D. Lathia Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
James R. Connor
James R. Connor Pennsylvania State University
John D. Carpten
John D. Carpten University of Southern California
Michael D. Prados
Michael D. Prados University of California, San Francisco
Frank B. Furnari
Frank B. Furnari University of California, San Diego
Mark L. Rosenblum
Mark L. Rosenblum Henry Ford Health System
Marc Symons
Marc Symons Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Jeffrey A. Winkles
Jeffrey A. Winkles University of Maryland, Baltimore
David Craig
David Craig University of Southern California

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