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Pamela Cowin is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on molecular biology and reproductive medicine.

The scientist's work covers several specific topics in biomedical research, including:

  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Cancer cells and metastasis
  • Sperm and testicular function
  • Reproductive biology and fertility
  • Ovarian function and disorders
  • Immunotherapy and immune responses
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Key publications by Pamela Cowin include:

  • "Embryonic mammary gland development," 2021, published in Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Gpr125 is a unifying hallmark of multiple mammary progenitors coupled to tumor latency," 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Loss of Adgra3 causes obstructive azoospermia with high penetrance in male mice," 2023, published in The FASEB Journal
  • "Optopharmacological tools for precise spatiotemporal control of oxytocin signaling in the central nervous system and periphery," 2022, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Gpr125 identifies myoepithelial progenitors at tips of lacrimal ducts and is essential for tear film," 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has frequently collaborated with a number of researchers, including:

  • Elena Spina
  • Maja L. Nybo
  • Jone M. Kvam
  • John E. Nielsen
  • Hanne Frederiksen

Publications by Pamela Cowin often appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • BMC Biology

Best Publications

  • Evidence that transgenes encoding components of the Wnt signaling pathway preferentially induce mammary cancers from progenitor cells

    Yi Li;Bryan Welm;Katrina Podsypanina;Shixia Huang

  • Plakoglobin: a protein common to different kinds of intercellular adhering junctions.

    Pamela Cowin;Hans Peter Kapprell;Werner W. Franke;John Tamkun

  • Cadherins and catenins in breast cancer

    Pamela Cowin;Tracey M Rowlands;Sarah J Hatsell

  • Expression of Wnt-1 in PC12 cells results in modulation of plakoglobin and E-cadherin and increased cellular adhesion.

    Roger S. Bradley;Pamela Cowin;Anthony M. C. Brown

  • Nomenclature of the desmosomal cadherins.

    R S Buxton;P Cowin;W W Franke;D R Garrod

  • Untangling Desmosomal Knots with Electron Tomography

    Wanzhong He;Pamela Cowin;David L. Stokes

  • Cytoskeleton—membrane interactions

    Pam Cowin;Brian Burke

  • β-catenin and tcfs in mammary development and cancer

    Sarah Hatsell;Tracey Rowlands;Minoti Hiremath;Pamela Cowin

  • Molecular cloning and amino acid sequence of human plakoglobin, the common junctional plaque protein

    Werner W. Franke;Michaela D. Goldschmidt;Ralf Zimbelmann;Hubert M. Mueller

  • Δn89β-Catenin Induces Precocious Development, Differentiation, and Neoplasia in Mammary Gland

    Alexandra Imbert;Rachel Eelkema;Sara Jordan;Helen Feiner

  • The complement of desmosomal plaque proteins in different cell types.

    Pamela Cowin;Hans Peter Kapprell;Werner W. Franke

  • Desmosomal proteins: new markers for identification and classification of tumors.

    R. Moll;P. Cowin;H. P. Kapprell;W. W. Franke

  • Antibodies to epithelial desmosomes show wide tissue and species cross-reactivity

    P. Cowin;D. R. Garrod

  • Molecular mechanisms guiding embryonic mammary gland development.

    Pamela Cowin;John Wysolmerski

  • Interactions of the cytoplasmic domain of the desmosomal cadherin Dsg1 with plakoglobin.

    Mukul Mathur;L. Goodwin;P. Cowin

  • Key signaling nodes in mammary gland development and cancer: β-catenin

    Angela Incassati;Anupama Chandramouli;Rachel Eelkema;Pamela Cowin

  • Desmoglein shows extensive homology to the cadherin family of cell adhesion molecules

    Leslie Goodwin;John E. Hill;Karen Raynor;Linda Raszi

  • Plakoglobin Suppresses Epithelial Proliferation and Hair Growth in Vivo

    Emmanuelle Charpentier;Robert M. Lavker;Elizabeth Acquista;Pamela Cowin

  • Identification of desmosomal surface components (desmocollins) and inhibition of desmosome formation by specific Fab

    P. Cowin;D. Mattey;D. Garrod

  • Desmosomal Cadherin Binding Domains of Plakoglobin

    Lora L. Witcher;Russell Collins;Sailaja Puttagunta;Susan E. Mechanic

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner W. Franke
Werner W. Franke German Cancer Research Center
Yi Li
Yi Li University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John P. Lydon
John P. Lydon Baylor College of Medicine
Christine Grund
Christine Grund German Cancer Research Center
Kathleen J. Green
Kathleen J. Green Northwestern University
Richard G. Pestell
Richard G. Pestell The Wistar Institute
Derek L. Mattey
Derek L. Mattey Keele University
Brian Burke
Brian Burke Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Aysegul A. Sahin
Aysegul A. Sahin The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Zena Werb
Zena Werb University of California, San Francisco

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