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Overview

Paul B. Fisher is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research spans several areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach towards understanding cancer and cellular function.

The primary fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broader fields, their work focuses on key subfields as follows:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Immunology
  • Cancer Research
  • Cell Biology

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of subjects in cancer biology and related mechanisms, notably:

  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • CAR-T cell therapy research

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul B. Fisher are:

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): Epidemiology, etiology and molecular classification, 2020, published in Advances in cancer research
  • EGFR: An essential receptor tyrosine kinase-regulator of cancer stem cells, 2020, published in Advances in cancer research
  • Cell competition in intratumoral and tumor microenvironment interactions, 2021, published in The EMBO Journal
  • Vascular mimicry: Triggers, molecular interactions and in vivo models, 2020, published in Advances in cancer research
  • CPT1A-mediated fatty acid oxidation confers cancer cell resistance to immune-mediated cytolytic killing, 2023, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The researcher frequently collaborates with a network of scientists. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Swadesh K. Das
  • Luni Emdad
  • Devanand Sarkar
  • Amit Kumar
  • Praveen Bhoopathi

Key publication venues for this scientist reflect a strong presence in cancer and biomedical research literature. The most common venues include:

  • Advances in cancer research
  • Cancer Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • β-Lactam antibiotics offer neuroprotection by increasing glutamate transporter expression

    Jeffrey D. Rothstein;Sarjubhai Patel;Melissa R. Regan;Christine Haenggeli

  • Interleukin-10 and Related Cytokines and Receptors

    Sidney Pestka;Christopher D. Krause;Devanand Sarkar;Mark R. Walter

  • MAPK pathways in radiation responses.

    Paul Dent;Adly Yacoub;Paul B Fisher;Michael P Hagan

  • mda-5: An interferon-inducible putative RNA helicase with double-stranded RNA-dependent ATPase activity and melanoma growth-suppressive properties

    Dong Chul Kang;Rahul V. Gopalkrishnan;Rahul V. Gopalkrishnan;Qingping Wu;Qingping Wu;Eckhard Jankowsky

  • The melanoma differentiation associated gene mda-7 suppresses cancer cell growth

    Hongping Jiang;Zao-Zhong Su;Jiao Jiao Lin;Neil I. Goldstein

  • mda-7 (IL-24) mediates selective apoptosis in human melanoma cells by inducing the coordinated overexpression of the GADD family of genes by means of p38 MAPK

    Devanand Sarkar;Zao-Zhong Su;Irina V. Lebedeva;Moira Sauane

  • Astrocyte elevated gene-1 regulates hepatocellular carcinoma development and progression

    Byoung Kwon Yoo;Luni Emdad;Zao-zhong Su;Augusto Villanueva

  • Induction of apoptosis in U937 human leukemia cells by suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) proceeds through pathways that are regulated by Bcl-2/Bcl-XL, c-Jun, and p21CIP1, but independent of p53.

    J A Vrana;R H Decker;C R Johnson;Z Wang

  • Identification and cloning of human astrocyte genes displaying elevated expression after infection with HIV-1 or exposure to HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein by rapid subtraction hybridization, RaSH.

    Zao-Zhong Su;Dong-Chul Kang;Yinming Chen;Olga Pekarskaya

  • Radiation-induced cell signaling: inside-out and outside-in

    Kristoffer Valerie;Adly Yacoub;Michael P. Hagan;David T. Curiel

  • The cancer growth suppressor gene mda-7 selectively induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells and inhibits tumor growth in nude mice

    Zao-zhong Su;Malavi T. Madireddi;Jiao Jiao Lin;Charles S. H. Young

  • Cloning and characterization of HIV-1-inducible astrocyte elevated gene-1, AEG-1

    Dong-chul Kang;Zao-zhong Su;Devanand Sarkar;Luni Emdad

  • Activation of the Nuclear Factor κB Pathway by Astrocyte Elevated Gene-1: Implications for Tumor Progression and Metastasis

    Luni Emdad;Devanand Sarkar;Zao-zhong Su;Aaron Randolph

  • Deoxycholic Acid (DCA) Causes Ligand-independent Activation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) and FAS Receptor in Primary Hepatocytes: Inhibition of EGFR/Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase-Signaling Module Enhances DCA-induced Apoptosis

    Liang Qiao;Elaine Studer;Kevin Leach;Robert McKinstry

  • Genomic structure, chromosomal localization and expression profile of a novel melanoma differentiation associated (mda-7) gene with cancer specific growth suppressing and apoptosis inducing properties.

    Eric Y Huang;Malavi T Madireddi;Malavi T Madireddi;Rahul V Gopalkrishnan;Magdalena Leszczyniecka

  • Is mda-7/IL-24 a "magic bullet" for cancer?

    Paul B. Fisher

  • The cancer growth suppressing gene mda-7 induces apoptosis selectively in human melanoma cells.

    Irina V Lebedeva;Zao-zhung Su;Yonmee Chang;Shinichi Kitada

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular Basis of Nuclear Factor-κB Activation by Astrocyte Elevated Gene-1

    Devanand Sarkar;Eun Sook Park;Luni Emdad;Seok-Geun Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Dent
Paul Dent Virginia Commonwealth University
Zao-Zhong Su
Zao-Zhong Su Columbia University Medical Center
David T. Curiel
David T. Curiel Washington University in St. Louis
Steven Grant
Steven Grant Virginia Commonwealth University
I. Bernard Weinstein
I. Bernard Weinstein Columbia University
Adly Yacoub
Adly Yacoub Virginia Commonwealth University
Pankaj Gupta
Pankaj Gupta Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Kristoffer Valerie
Kristoffer Valerie Virginia Commonwealth University
Devanand Sarkar
Devanand Sarkar Virginia Commonwealth University
Soldano Ferrone
Soldano Ferrone Harvard University

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