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  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Robert D. Cardiff is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Neurology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

Robert D. Cardiff has contributed to several recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • Highly metastatic claudin-low mammary cancers can originate from luminal epithelial cells, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Environmental Exposures during Puberty: Window of Breast Cancer Risk and Epigenetic Damage, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Aberrant androgen action in prostatic progenitor cells induces oncogenesis and tumor development through IGF1 and Wnt axes, 2022, Nature Communications
  • HER2 Isoforms Uniquely Program Intratumor Heterogeneity and Predetermine Breast Cancer Trajectories During the Occult Tumorigenic Phase, 2021, Molecular Cancer Research
  • Rheb1-Independent Activation of mTORC1 in Mammary Tumors Occurs through Activating Mutations in mTOR, 2020, Cell Reports

Frequent collaborators include Charles M. Perou, Alexander D. Borowsky, Kay-Uwe Wagner, Patrick D. Rädler, and Aleata A. Triplett.

Robert D. Cardiff's publications have appeared regularly in journals and venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Robert D. Cardiff was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Induction of mammary tumors by expression of polyomavirus middle T oncogene: a transgenic mouse model for metastatic disease.

    Chantale T. Guy;Robert D. Cardiff;William J. Muller

  • Expression of the neu protooncogene in the mammary epithelium of transgenic mice induces metastatic disease

    Chantale T. Guy;Marc A. Webster;Michael Schaller;Thomas J. Parsons

  • Mammary Hyperplasia and Carcinoma in MMTV-cyclin D1 Transgenic Mice

    Timothy C. Wang;Robert D. Cardiff;Lawrence Zukerberg;Emma Lees

  • MYC inactivation uncovers pluripotent differentiation and tumour dormancy in hepatocellular cancer

    Catherine M. Shachaf;Andrew M. Kopelman;Constadina Arvanitis;Åsa Karlsson

  • The transcriptional repressor Snail promotes mammary tumor recurrence

    Susan E. Moody;Denise Perez;Tien-Chi Pan;Christopher J. Sarkisian

  • Roles for Nkx3.1 in prostate development and cancer

    Rajula Bhatia-Gaur;Annemarie A. Donjacour;Peter J. Sciavolino;Peter J. Sciavolino;Minjung Kim;Minjung Kim

  • Prostate Pathology of Genetically Engineered Mice: Definitions and Classification. The Consensus Report from the Bar Harbor Meeting of the Mouse Models of Human Cancer Consortium Prostate Pathology Committee

    Scott B. Shappell;George V. Thomas;Richard L. Roberts;Ron Herbert

  • Manual Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining of Mouse Tissue Sections

    Robert D. Cardiff;Claramae H. Miller;Robert J. Munn

  • Somatic inactivation of E-cadherin and p53 in mice leads to metastatic lobular mammary carcinoma through induction of anoikis resistance and angiogenesis

    Patrick W.B. Derksen;Xiaoling Liu;Francis Saridin;Hanneke van der Gulden

  • PTEN tumor suppressor regulates p53 protein levels and activity through phosphatase-dependent and -independent mechanisms

    Daniel J. Freeman;Andrew G. Li;Gang Wei;Heng-Hong Li

  • Elevated expression of activated forms of Neu/ErbB-2 and ErbB-3 are involved in the induction of mammary tumors in transgenic mice: implications for human breast cancer.

    Peter M. Siegel;Eamonn D. Ryan;Robert D. Cardiff;William J. Muller

  • The mammary pathology of genetically engineered mice: the consensus report and recommendations from the Annapolis meeting{

    Robert D Cardiff;Miriam R Anver;Barry A Gusterson;Lothar Hennighausen

  • Cooperativity of TMPRSS2-ERG with PI3-kinase pathway activation in prostate oncogenesis

    Jennifer C King;Jin Xu;John Wongvipat;Haley Hieronymus

  • Transforming growth factor β signaling impairs Neu-induced mammary tumorigenesis while promoting pulmonary metastasis

    Peter M. Siegel;Weiping Shu;Robert D. Cardiff;William J. Muller

  • c-MYC induces mammary tumorigenesis by means of a preferred pathway involving spontaneous Kras2 mutations

    Celina M. D'Cruz;Edward J. Gunther;Robert B. Boxer;Jennifer L. Hartman

  • Bethesda proposals for classification of nonlymphoid hematopoietic neoplasms in mice.

    Scott C. Kogan;Jerrold M. Ward;Miriam R. Anver;Jules J. Berman

  • Protein kinase CK2 in mammary gland tumorigenesis.

    Esther Landesman-Bollag;Raphaëlle Romieu-Mourez;Diane H Song;Gail E Sonenshein

  • Cooperativity of Nkx3.1 and Pten loss of function in a mouse model of prostate carcinogenesis

    Minjung J. Kim;Robert D. Cardiff;Nishita Desai;Nishita Desai;Whitney A. Banach-Petrosky;Whitney A. Banach-Petrosky

  • Conditional activation of Neu in the mammary epithelium of transgenic mice results in reversible pulmonary metastasis

    Susan E Moody;Christopher J Sarkisian;Kristina T Hahn;Edward J Gunther

  • Lineage analysis of basal epithelial cells reveals their unexpected plasticity and supports a cell-of-origin model for prostate cancer heterogeneity

    Zhu A. Wang;Antonina Mitrofanova;Sarah K. Bergren;Cory Abate-Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Muller
William J. Muller McGill University
Cory Abate-Shen
Cory Abate-Shen Columbia University
Michael M. Shen
Michael M. Shen Columbia University
Jerrold M. Ward
Jerrold M. Ward National Institutes of Health
David C. Seldin
David C. Seldin Boston University
Philip Leder
Philip Leder Harvard University
Katherine W. Ferrara
Katherine W. Ferrara Stanford University
Robert G. Oshima
Robert G. Oshima Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Lesley G. Ellies
Lesley G. Ellies University of California, San Diego
Senthil K. Muthuswamy
Senthil K. Muthuswamy Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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