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  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Robert L. Martuza is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular emphasis on several subfields including Genetics, Epidemiology, Biotechnology, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably in virus-based gene therapy research, herpesvirus infections and treatments, cancer research and treatments, CAR-T cell therapy research, glioma diagnosis and treatment, meningioma and schwannoma management, as well as neurofibromatosis and schwannoma cases.

Robert L. Martuza has coauthored with several researchers frequently, including:

  • Samuel D. Rabkin
  • Hiroaki Wakimoto
  • Juri Kiyokawa
  • Shanawaz M. Ghouse
  • Yoichiro Kawamura

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on glioblastoma and related immunotherapies, including the following publications:

  • Modification of Extracellular Matrix Enhances Oncolytic Adenovirus Immunotherapy in Glioblastoma, 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Temozolomide antagonizes oncolytic immunovirotherapy in glioblastoma, 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Characterization and oncolytic virus targeting of FAP-expressing tumor-associated pericytes in glioblastoma, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Versus Surveillance After Surgical Resection of Atypical Meningiomas, 2020, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • In Situ Cancer Vaccination and Immunovirotherapy Using Oncolytic HSV, 2021, Viruses

Their contributions have appeared in several publication venues, such as:

  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Viruses

Robert L. Martuza was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Single-cell RNA-seq highlights intratumoral heterogeneity in primary glioblastoma

    Anoop Premswaroop Patel;I. Tirosh;J. J. Trombetta;Alexander Kann Shalek

  • A novel moesin-, ezrin-, radixin-like gene is a candidate for the neurofibromatosis 2 tumor suppressor

    James A. Trofatter;Mia M. MacCollin;Joni L. Rutter;Jill R. Murrell

  • Experimental therapy of human glioma by means of a genetically engineered virus mutant

    R. L. Martuza;A. Malick;J. M. Markert;K. L. Ruffner

  • Meningioma: analysis of recurrence and progression following neurosurgical resection

    René O. Mirimanoff;Daniel E. Dosoretz;Rita M. Linggood;Robert G. Ojemann

  • Conditionally replicating herpes simplex virus mutant, G207 for the treatment of malignant glioma: results of a phase I trial.

    J M Markert;M D Medlock;S D Rabkin;G Y Gillespie

  • Attenuated multi-mutated herpes simplex virus-1 for the treatment of malignant gliomas

    Toshihiro Mineta;Samuel D. Rabkin;Takahito Yazaki;William D. Hunter

  • Single-cell RNA-seq supports a developmental hierarchy in human oligodendroglioma

    Itay Tirosh;Andrew S. Venteicher;Andrew S. Venteicher;Christine Hebert;Christine Hebert;Leah E. Escalante;Leah E. Escalante

  • Reconstructing and Reprogramming the Tumor-Propagating Potential of Glioblastoma Stem-like Cells

    Mario Luca Suva;Mario Luca Suva;Mario Luca Suva;Esther Rheinbay;Esther Rheinbay;Esther Rheinbay;Shawn M. Gillespie;Shawn M. Gillespie;Shawn M. Gillespie;Anoop Premswaroop Patel;Anoop Premswaroop Patel

  • Von Hippel–Lindau disease maps to the region of chromosome 3 associated with renal cell carcinoma

    B. R. Seizinger;G. A. Rouleau;L. J. Ozelius;A. H. Lane

  • Loss of genes on chromosome 22 in tumorigenesis of human acoustic neuroma.

    Bernd R. Seizinger;Robert L. Martuza;James F. Gusella

  • Sequestration of T cells in bone marrow in the setting of glioblastoma and other intracranial tumors.

    Pakawat Chongsathidkiet;Christina Jackson;Shohei Koyama;Franziska Loebel

  • Oncolytic herpes simplex virus vector with enhanced MHC class I presentation and tumor cell killing.

    Tomoki Todo;Robert L. Martuza;Samuel D. Rabkin;Paul A. Johnson

  • Genetic linkage of bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis to a DNA marker on chromosome 22

    G A Rouleau;W Wertelecki;J L Haines;W J Hobbs

  • Neurofibromatosis 2 (bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis).

    R L Martuza;R Eldridge

  • Assessment of therapeutic efficacy and fate of engineered human mesenchymal stem cells for cancer therapy

    Laura S. Sasportas;Randa Kasmieh;Hiroaki Wakimoto;Shawn Hingtgen

  • Replication-selective virotherapy for cancer: Biological principles, risk management and future directions.

    David Kirn;Robert L. Martuza;James Zwiebel

  • Macrophage Polarization Contributes to Glioblastoma Eradication by Combination Immunovirotherapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade

    Dipongkor Saha;Robert L. Martuza;Samuel D. Rabkin

  • Long-term recurrence rates of atypical meningiomas after gross total resection with or without postoperative adjuvant radiation.

    Manish K. Aghi;Bob S. Carter;Garth R. Cosgrove;Robert G. Ojemann

  • Genetic linkage of von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis to the nerve growth factor receptor gene

    B.R. Seizinger;G.A. Rouleau;L.J. Ozelius;A.H. Lane

  • Reconstructing and Reprogramming the Tumor-Propagating Potential of Glioblastoma Stem-like Cells

    Mario L. Suvà;Esther Rheinbay;Shawn M. Gillespie;Anoop P. Patel

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel D. Rabkin
Samuel D. Rabkin Harvard University
James F. Gusella
James F. Gusella Harvard University
Bradley E. Bernstein
Bradley E. Bernstein Broad Institute
Fred G. Barker
Fred G. Barker Harvard University
David N. Louis
David N. Louis Harvard University
Jay S. Loeffler
Jay S. Loeffler Harvard University
Bernd R. Seizinger
Bernd R. Seizinger Oxford Biotherapeutics (United Kingdom)
Xandra O. Breakefield
Xandra O. Breakefield Harvard University
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech

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