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Overview

Robert M. Stephens is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, cell biology, cancer research, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and oncology.

The scientist's work covers several core topics including microtubule and mitosis dynamics, bioinformatics and genomic networks, FOXO transcription factor regulation, RNA research and splicing, protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Robert M. Stephens has coauthored publications with Ming Yi, Dwight V. Nissley, Frank McCormick, Andrew C. Nelson, and Thomas J. Turbyville.

Their research has been published in venues such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, Molecular Cancer Research, and McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks.

Significant publications include the following:

  • ssGSEA score-based Ras dependency indexes derived from gene expression data reveal potential Ras addiction mechanisms with possible clinical implications, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • RAS internal tandem duplication disrupts GTPase-activating protein (GAP) binding to activate oncogenic signaling, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Abstract B051: IFNL4-deltaG allele is associated with an interferon signature in tumors and survival of African-American men with prostate cancer, 2020, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Abstract B03: Biologic and biochemical interactions of NF1 GAP on KRAS G13x mutations, 2020, Molecular Cancer Research
  • Index, 2024, McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks

Best Publications

  • Unique microRNA molecular profiles in lung cancer diagnosis and prognosis

    Nozomu Yanaihara;Natasha Caplen;Elise Bowman;Masahiro Seike

  • DAVID Bioinformatics Resources: expanded annotation database and novel algorithms to better extract biology from large gene lists

    Da Wei Huang;Brad T. Sherman;Qina Tan;Joseph Kir

  • DAVID-WS

    Xiaoli Jiao;Brad T. Sherman;Da Wei Huang;Robert Stephens

  • Genomic profiling of microRNA and messenger RNA reveals deregulated microRNA expression in prostate cancer.

    Stefan Ambs;Robyn L. Prueitt;Ming Yi;Robert S. Hudson

  • Trk receptors use redundant signal transduction pathways involving SHC and PLC-γ1 to mediate NGF responses

    Robert M. Stephens;David M. Loeb;Terry D. Copeland;Tony Pawson

  • Tumor Immunobiological Differences in Prostate Cancer between African-American and European-American Men

    Tiffany A. Wallace;Robyn L. Prueitt;Ming Yi;Tiffany M. Howe

  • DAVID Knowledgebase: a gene-centered database integrating heterogeneous gene annotation resources to facilitate high-throughput gene functional analysis

    Brad T. Sherman;Da Wei Huang;Qina Tan;Yongjian Guo

  • RTCGD: retroviral tagged cancer gene database.

    Keiko Akagi;Takeshi Suzuki;Robert M. Stephens;Nancy A. Jenkins

  • bioDBnet: the biological database network

    Uma Mudunuri;Anney Che;Ming Yi;Robert M. Stephens

  • Extracting biological meaning from large gene lists with DAVID.

    Da Wei Huang;Brad T. Sherman;Xin Zheng;Jun Yang

  • MYC-driven accumulation of 2-hydroxyglutarate is associated with breast cancer prognosis

    Atsushi Terunuma;Nagireddy Putluri;Prachi Mishra;Ewy A. Mathé

  • Initial sequence and comparative analysis of the cat genome

    Joan U. Pontius;James C. Mullikin;Douglas R. Smith;Agencourt Sequencing Team

  • Gene expression profiling of substantia nigra dopamine neurons: further insights into Parkinson's disease pathology

    Filip Simunovic;Ming Yi;Yulei Wang;Laurel Macey

  • High-Throughput GoMiner, an 'industrial-strength' integrative gene ontology tool for interpretation of multiple-microarray experiments, with application to studies of Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID)

    Barry R. Zeeberg;Haiying Qin;Sudarshan Narasimhan;Margot Sunshine

  • MiR-1 and miR-200 inhibit EMT via Slug -dependent and tumorigenesis via Slug -independent mechanisms

    Y. N. Liu;J. J. Yin;W. Abou-Kheir;P. G. Hynes

  • Equine infectious anemia virus gag and pol genes: relatedness to visna and AIDS virus.

    Robert M. Stephens;James W. Casey;Nancy R. Rice

  • Genetic loci associated with delayed clearance of Plasmodium falciparum following artemisinin treatment in Southeast Asia

    Shannon Takala-Harrison;Taane G Clark;Christopher G Jacob;Michael P Cummings

  • Human Glioma Growth is Controlled by MicroRNA-10b

    Galina Gabriely;Ming Yi;Ravi S. Narayan;Johanna M. Niers

  • Downregulated MicroRNA-200a in Meningiomas Promotes Tumor Growth by Reducing E-Cadherin and Activating the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway

    Okay Saydam;Yiping Shen;Thomas Würdinger;Thomas Würdinger;Ozlem Senol

  • The Cytoplasmic and Transmembrane Domains of the p75 and Trk A Receptors Regulate High Affinity Binding to Nerve Growth Factor

    Darren Esposito;Pulin Patel;Robert M. Stephens;Pilar Perez

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
Richard A. Lempicki
Richard A. Lempicki National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Frank McCormick
Frank McCormick University of California, San Francisco
Raymond V. Gilden
Raymond V. Gilden National Institutes of Health
H. Clifford Lane
H. Clifford Lane National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Carlo M. Croce
Carlo M. Croce The Ohio State University
Anna M. Krichevsky
Anna M. Krichevsky Brigham and Women's Hospital
Timothy D. Veenstra
Timothy D. Veenstra Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Alejandro A. Schäffer
Alejandro A. Schäffer National Institutes of Health
Michael Baseler
Michael Baseler Leidos (United States)

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