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D-Index
54
Citations
16079
World Ranking
15392
National Ranking
40

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Parry Guilford is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research primarily lies within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Materials Chemistry, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work covers key topics such as Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, Cancer-related gene regulation, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Selected recent publications by Parry Guilford include:

  • "Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: updated clinical practice guidelines," 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • "Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer," 2023, Gastroenterology
  • "Cohesin mutations are synthetic lethal with stimulation of WNT signaling," 2020, eLife
  • "Circulating tumor DNA is a sensitive marker for routine monitoring of treatment response in advanced colorectal cancer," 2020, Carcinogenesis
  • "E-Cadherin-Deficient Epithelial Cells Are Sensitive to HDAC Inhibitors," 2021, Cancers

Frequent co-authors with whom Parry Guilford has collaborated include Nicola Bougen-Zhukov, Tanis Godwin, Andreas Luxenburger, Michael G. Fraser, and Henry Beetham.

The scientist's work has been published frequently in venues including:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Cancers
  • Cancer Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Parry Guilford was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2016.

Best Publications

  • E-cadherin germline mutations in familial gastric cancer

    Parry Guilford;Justin Hopkins;James Harraway;Maybelle McLeod

  • Defective myosin VIIA gene responsible for Usher syndrome type 1B

    Dominique Well;Stéphane Blanchard;Josseline Kaplan;Parry Guilford

  • Incidence of gastric cancer and breast cancer in CDH1 (E-cadherin) mutation carriers from hereditary diffuse gastric cancer families.

    Paul D.P. Pharoah;Parry Guilford;Carlos Caldas

  • Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: updated consensus guidelines for clinical management and directions for future research

    Rebecca C. Fitzgerald;Richard H Hardwick;David George Huntsman;Fátima Carneiro

  • Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer syndrome: CDH1 mutations and beyond

    Samantha Hansford;Pardeep Kaurah;Hector Li-Chang;Michelle Woo

  • Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: updated clinical guidelines with an emphasis on germline CDH1 mutation carriers.

    Rachel S van der Post;Ingrid P Vogelaar;Fátima Carneiro;Parry Guilford

  • Aligning male and female linkage maps of apple (Malus pumila Mill.) using multi-allelic markers

    C.A. Maliepaard;F.H. Alston;G. van Arkel;L.M. Brown

  • Methylation of the CDH1 promoter as the second genetic hit in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.

    William M. Grady;Joseph Willis;Parry J. Guilford;Anita K. Dunbier

  • Microsatellites in Malus X domestica (apple): abundance, polymorphism and cultivar identification

    P. Guilford;S. Prakash;J. M. Zhu;E. Rikkerink

  • Early events in cell adhesion and polarity during epithelial-mesenchymal transition

    Ruby Yun-Ju Huang;Parry Guilford;Jean Paul Thiery;Jean Paul Thiery

  • A non-syndrome form of neurosensory, recessive deafness maps to the pericentromeric region of chromosome 13q.

    Parry Guilford;Saida Ben Arab;Stéphane Blanchard;Jacqueline Levilliers

  • Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer: Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Vanessa R. Blair;Maybelle McLeod;Fátima Carneiro;Daniel G. Coit

  • E-cadherin germline mutations define an inherited cancer syndrome dominated by diffuse gastric cancer

    Parry J. Guilford;Justin B W Hopkins;William M. Grady;Sanford D. Markowitz

  • Triple gene block proteins of white clover mosaic potexvirus are required for transport.

    David L. Beck;Parry J. Guilford;Davin M. Voot;Mark T. Andersen

  • The Y deletion gr/gr and susceptibility to testicular germ cell tumor

    Katherine L. Nathanson;Peter A. Kanetsky;Rachel Hawes;David J. Vaughn

  • Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: predominance of multiple foci of signet ring cell carcinoma in distal stomach and transitional zone

    Amanda Charlton;Vanessa Blair;David Shaw;Susan Parry

  • Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: diagnosis and management.

    Vanessa Blair;Iain Martin;David Shaw;Ingrid Winship

  • The role of the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) in diffuse gastric cancer susceptibility: from the laboratory to clinical practice

    F. Graziano;B. Humar;P. Guilford

  • E-Cadherin Deficiency Initiates Gastric Signet-Ring Cell Carcinoma in Mice and Man

    Bostjan Humar;Vanessa Blair;Amanda Charlton;Helen More

  • Chromoendoscopic surveillance in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: an alternative to prophylactic gastrectomy?

    D Shaw;V Blair;A Framp;P Harawira

Frequent Co-Authors

Raquel Seruca
Raquel Seruca University of Porto
Christine Petit
Christine Petit Université Paris Cité
Antony W. Braithwaite
Antony W. Braithwaite University of Otago
Michael R. Stratton
Michael R. Stratton Wellcome Sanger Institute
Lawrence H. Einhorn
Lawrence H. Einhorn Indiana University
Fátima Carneiro
Fátima Carneiro University of Porto
Michael Friedlander
Michael Friedlander University of New South Wales
David G. Huntsman
David G. Huntsman University of British Columbia
Carla Oliveira
Carla Oliveira University of Porto
Sophie D. Fosså
Sophie D. Fosså Oslo University Hospital

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