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Peter J. A. Davies

Peter J. A. Davies

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Biology and Biochemistry

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69
Citations
16046
World Ranking
7437
National Ranking
3392

Overview

Peter J. A. Davies is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant work in Molecular Biology, Oncology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, and Cancer Research.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, as well as Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Challenges and Opportunities with Causal Discovery Algorithms: Application to Alzheimer's Pathophysiology, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Reliable tumor detection by whole-genome methylation sequencing of cell-free DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of pediatric medulloblastoma, 2020, Science Advances
  • A combination strategy targeting enhancer plasticity exerts synergistic lethality against BETi-resistant leukemia cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mammary-specific expression of Trim24 establishes a mouse model of human metaplastic breast cancer, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Comparison of Group-Level and Individualized Brain Regions for Measuring Change in Longitudinal Tau Positron Emission Tomography in Alzheimer Disease, 2023, JAMA Neurology

Frequent coauthors in their research include Clifford Stephan, Reid T. Powell, Laurel Beckett, John C. Morris, and Zaven S. Khachaturian.

Their work has appeared regularly in several publication venues such as Cancer Research, Scientific Reports, Nature Communications, JAMA Neurology, and Research Square.

Best Publications

  • Sensitization of diabetic and obese mice to insulin by retinoid X receptor agonists

    Ranjan Mukherjee;Peter J. A. Davies;Diane L. Crombie;Eric D. Bischoff

  • Transglutaminase is essential in receptor-mediated endocytosis of alpha 2-macroglobulin and polypeptide hormones.

    Peter J. A. Davies;Dana R. Davies;Alexander Levitzki;Alexander Levitzki;Frederick R. Maxfield

  • Apoptosis: Molecular mechanisms in programmed cell death

    L. Fesus;P. J A Davies;M. Piacentini

  • Unloaded heart in vivo replicates fetal gene expression of cardiac hypertrophy

    Christophe Depre;Gregory L. Shipley;Wenhao Chen;Qiuying Han

  • Retinoid X receptors: X-ploring their (patho)physiological functions

    A. Szanto;V. Narkar;Q. Shen;Ivan Peter Uray

  • Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones to mouse macrophage and human endothelial cell tissue transglutaminases.

    V. Gentile;M. Saydak;E. A. Chiocca;O. Akande

  • Tissue transglutaminase and apoptosis: sense and antisense transfection studies with human neuroblastoma cells.

    Gerry Melino;Margherita Annicchiarico-Petruzzelli;Lucia Piredda;Eleonora Candi

  • Amines inhibit the clustering of alpha2-macroglobulin and EGF on the fibroblast cell surface.

    Frederick R. Maxfield;Mark C. Willingham;Peter J. A. Davies;Ira Pastan

  • Expression of tissue transglutaminase in Balb-C 3T3 fibroblasts: effects on cellular morphology and adhesion.

    Vittorio Gentile;Vilmos Thomazy;Mauro Piacentini;Laszlo Fesus

  • ACTIVATION OF RETINOID X RECEPTORS INDUCES APOPTOSIS IN HL-60 CELL LINES

    László Nagy;Vilmos A. Thomázy;Gregory L. Shipley;László Fésüs

  • Streptozotocin-induced Changes in Cardiac Gene Expression in the Absence of Severe Contractile Dysfunction

    Christophe Depre;Martin E. Young;Jun Ying;Harleen Singh Ahuja

  • Uncoupling protein 3 transcription is regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α in the adult rodent heart

    Martin E. Young;Sarita Patil;Jun Ying;Christophe Depre

  • The formation of ooids

    Peter J. Davies;B. Bubela;James Ferguson

  • A role for tissue transglutaminase in hepatic injury and fibrogenesis, and its regulation by NF-kappaB

    Ahmed Mirza;Shu Ling Liu;Eduardo Frizell;Jianling Zhu

  • Retinoic acid-induced expression of tissue transglutaminase in human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cells

    P. J A Davies;M. P. Murtaugh;W. T. Moore;G. S. Johnson

  • Reduced expression of tissue transglutaminase in a human endothelial cell line leads to changes in cell spreading, cell adhesion and reduced polymerisation of fibronectin

    R. A. Jones;B. Nicholas;S. Mian;P. J. A. Davies

  • Purification and properties of filamin, and actin binding protein from chicken gizzard.

    Y Shizuta;H Shizuta;M Gallo;P Davies

  • Protein crosslinking, tissue transglutaminase, alternative splicing and neurodegeneration.

    Bruce A Citron;Zhiming Suo;Zhiming Suo;Karen SantaCruz;Peter J.A Davies

  • Identification and characterization of a versatile retinoid response element (retinoic acid receptor response element-retinoid X receptor response element) in the mouse tissue transglutaminase gene promoter

    Laszlo Nagy;Margaret Saydak;Nancy Shipley;Shan Lu

  • The molecular basis of retinoic acid action. Transcriptional regulation of tissue transglutaminase gene expression in macrophages.

    E. A. Chiocca;P. J. A. Davies;J. P. Stein

Frequent Co-Authors

Laszlo Nagy
Laszlo Nagy University of Debrecen
Ira Pastan
Ira Pastan Center for Cancer Research
Heinrich Taegtmeyer
Heinrich Taegtmeyer The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Michael P. Murtaugh
Michael P. Murtaugh University of Minnesota
László Fésüs
László Fésüs University of Debrecen
Russell Broaddus
Russell Broaddus University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark C. Willingham
Mark C. Willingham Wake Forest University
Martin E. Young
Martin E. Young University of Alabama at Birmingham
Barry W. Festoff
Barry W. Festoff University of Kansas

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