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Biology and Biochemistry

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105
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32613
World Ranking
1222
National Ranking
722

Medicine

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105
Citations
32613
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6856
National Ranking
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Overview

Paul B. Fisher is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their scholarly output spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist has published extensively in primary fields of study including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 104 publications and Medicine with 64 publications. Their research also covers several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Oncology, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Cell Biology.

Key research topics include:

  • 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

Paul B. Fisher has frequently collaborated with a number of researchers, including:

  • Swadesh K. Das (44 coauthored works)
  • Luni Emdad (37 coauthored works)
  • Devanand Sarkar (22 coauthored works)
  • Amit Kumar (19 coauthored works)
  • Praveen Bhoopathi (19 coauthored works)

In terms of publication venues, Fisher has contributed primarily to:

  • Advances in cancer research (20 publications)
  • Cancer Research (6 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 publications)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature (5 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (3 publications)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Paul B. Fisher include:

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

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

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

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

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

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

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

  • Subtraction hybridization identifies a novel melanoma differentiation associated gene, mda-7, modulated during human melanoma differentiation, growth and progression

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

  • Induction of differentiation in human promyelocytic HL-60 leukemia cells activates p21, WAF1/CIP1, expression in the absence of p53.

    Hongping Jiang;Jian Lin;Zao-Zhong Su;F. R. Collart

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): Epidemiology, etiology and molecular classification.

    Saranya Chidambaranathan-Reghupaty;Paul B Fisher;Devanand Sarkar

  • Therapeutic cancer vaccines: past, present, and future.

    Chunqing Guo;Masoud H. Manjili;John R. Subjeck;Devanand Sarkar

  • Molecular mechanisms of aging-associated inflammation.

    Devanand Sarkar;Paul B. Fisher

  • Role of Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter‐2 (EAAT2) and glutamate in neurodegeneration: Opportunities for developing novel therapeutics

    Keetae Kim;Seok-Geun Lee;Timothy P. Kegelman;Zhao-Zhong Su

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

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

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

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

  • Mechanism of ceftriaxone induction of excitatory amino acid transporter-2 expression and glutamate uptake in primary human astrocytes

    Seok Geun Lee;Zhao Zhong Su;Zhao Zhong Su;Luni Emdad;Luni Emdad;Pankaj Gupta

  • Differentiation therapy of human cancer: basic science and clinical applications

    Magdalena Leszczyniecka;Terry Roberts;Paul Dent;Steven Grant

  • 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

  • GADD45 Proteins: Central Players in Tumorigenesis

    R. E. Tamura;J. F. de Vasconcellos;D. Sarkar;T. A. Libermann

  • 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

  • Enhanced expression of surface tumor-associated antigens on human breast and colon tumor cells after recombinant human leukocyte α-interferon treatment

    John W. Greiner;Patricia Horan Hand;Philip Noguchi;Paul B. Fisher

  • Targeting the Bcl-2 family for cancer therapy

    Shibu Thomas;Bridget A Quinn;Swadesh K Das;Rupesh Dash

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Devanand Sarkar
Devanand Sarkar Virginia Commonwealth University
Paul Dent
Paul Dent Virginia Commonwealth University
Steven Grant
Steven Grant Virginia Commonwealth University
Zao-Zhong Su
Zao-Zhong Su Columbia University Medical Center
David T. Curiel
David T. Curiel Washington University in St. Louis
Adly Yacoub
Adly Yacoub Virginia Commonwealth University
Maurizio Pellecchia
Maurizio Pellecchia University of California, Riverside
Sujit K. Bhutia
Sujit K. Bhutia National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Mahitosh Mandal
Mahitosh Mandal Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
John C. Reed
John C. Reed Johnson & Johnson (United States)

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