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1954
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Michael J. Eck is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a total of 88 publications in the former and 52 in the latter. The scientist's work further narrows into key subfields such as Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Organic Chemistry, and Cell Biology.

Their research topics focus predominantly on lung cancer treatments and mutations, cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, melanoma and MAPK pathways, HER2/EGFR in cancer research, protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling, protein degradation and inhibitors, as well as quinazolinone synthesis and applications.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Tyler S. Beyett with 23 collaborations, David E. Heppner with 17, Pasi A. Jänne with 14, Hyesung Jeon with 13, and Eunyoung Park with 12.

The scientist has published regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 papers, Nature Communications with 6, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry with 5, Journal of Biological Chemistry with 3, and Neuro-Oncology with 3 publications.

Examples of recent papers include:

  • An allosteric inhibitor against the therapy-resistant mutant forms of EGFR in non-small cell lung cancer, 2022, Nature Cancer
  • Mutant-Selective Allosteric EGFR Degraders are Effective Against a Broad Range of Drug-Resistant Mutations, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Molecular basis for cooperative binding and synergy of ATP-site and allosteric EGFR inhibitors, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Allosteric MEK inhibitors act on BRAF/MEK complexes to block MEK activation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Structural Basis for EGFR Mutant Inhibition by Trisubstituted Imidazole Inhibitors, 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Best Publications

  • EGFR mutations in lung cancer: correlation with clinical response to gefitinib therapy.

    J. Guillermo Paez;Pasi A. Jänne;Pasi A. Jänne;Jeffrey C. Lee;Sean Tracy

  • EGFR Mutation and Resistance of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer to Gefitinib

    Susumu Kobayashi;Titus J. Boggon;Tajhal Dayaram;Pasi A. Jänne

  • Activating mutation in the tyrosine kinase JAK2 in polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis.

    Ross L. Levine;Ross L. Levine;Martha Wadleigh;Jan Cools;Benjamin L. Ebert;Benjamin L. Ebert

  • The T790M mutation in EGFR kinase causes drug resistance by increasing the affinity for ATP

    Cai-Hong Yun;Kristen E. Mengwasser;Angela V. Toms;Michele S. Woo

  • Three-dimensional structure of the tyrosine kinase c-Src

    Wenqing Xu;Stephen C. Harrison;Michael J. Eck

  • Novel mutant-selective EGFR kinase inhibitors against EGFR T790M

    Wenjun Zhou;Dalia Ercan;Liang Chen;Cai-Hong Yun

  • Structures of Lung Cancer-Derived Egfr Mutants and Inhibitor Complexes: Mechanism of Activation and Insights Into Differential Inhibitor Sensitivity

    Cai-Hong Yun;Titus J. Boggon;Yiqun Li;Michele S. Woo

  • Catalytic specificity of protein-tyrosine kinases is critical for selective signalling

    Zhou Songyang;Zhou Songyang;Kermit L. Carraway;Michael J. Eck;Stephen C. Harrison

  • Crystal Structure of the Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP-2

    Peter Hof;Scott Pluskey;Sirano Dhe-Paganon;Michael J Eck

  • Crystal structures of c-Src reveal features of its autoinhibitory mechanism.

    Wenqing Xu;Amish Doshi;Ming Lei;Michael J Eck

  • Mechanism and Function of Formins in the Control of Actin Assembly

    Bruce L. Goode;Michael J. Eck

  • Structure and regulation of Src family kinases.

    Titus J Boggon;Michael J Eck

  • The structure of tumor necrosis factor-alpha at 2.6 A resolution. Implications for receptor binding.

    M J Eck;S R Sprang

  • Overcoming EGFR(T790M) and EGFR(C797S) resistance with mutant-selective allosteric inhibitors

    Yong Jia;Cai-Hong Yun;Eunyoung Park;Dalia Ercan

  • Recognition of a high-affinity phosphotyrosyl peptide by the Src homology-2 domain of p56lck

    Michael J. Eck;Steven E. Shoelson;Stephen C. Harrison;Stephen C. Harrison

  • A Novel ALK Secondary Mutation and EGFR Signaling Cause Resistance to ALK Kinase Inhibitors

    Takaaki Sasaki;Jussi Koivunen;Atsuko Ogino;Masahiko Yanagita

  • Structure of PAK1 in an Autoinhibited Conformation Reveals a Multistage Activation Switch

    Ming Lei;Wange Lu;Wuyi Meng;Maria-Carla Parrini

  • Small molecule blockade of transcriptional coactivation of the hypoxia-inducible factor pathway.

    Andrew L. Kung;Sonya D. Zabludoff;Sonya D. Zabludoff;Steven J. Freedman;Steven J. Freedman

  • Structural basis for recruitment of CBP/p300 by hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha.

    Steven J. Freedman;Zhen-Yu J. Sun;Florence Poy;Andrew L. Kung

  • Mutations in the DDR2 Kinase Gene Identify a Novel Therapeutic Target in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

    Peter S. Hammerman;Martin L. Sos;Alex H. Ramos;Chunxiao Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Pasi A. Jänne
Pasi A. Jänne Harvard University
Matthew Meyerson
Matthew Meyerson Harvard University
Nathanael S. Gray
Nathanael S. Gray Stanford University
Heidi Greulich
Heidi Greulich Broad Institute
Kwok-Kin Wong
Kwok-Kin Wong New York University
Stephen C. Harrison
Stephen C. Harrison Harvard University
Titus J. Boggon
Titus J. Boggon Yale University
Steven E. Shoelson
Steven E. Shoelson Harvard University
Jarrod A. Marto
Jarrod A. Marto Harvard University
Scott B. Ficarro
Scott B. Ficarro Harvard University

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