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Robin J. Leach is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work spans several subfields, including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, genetics, oncology, and spectroscopy. The scientist's publications address various aspects of prostate cancer research, treatment, and diagnosis, as well as molecular biology techniques and genetic epidemiology.

Frequent coauthors of Robin J. Leach include:

  • Michael A. Liss
  • Ian M. Thompson
  • Teresa L. Johnson-Pais
  • Esther M. John
  • Jay H. Fowke

They have published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Cancer Research
  • The Journal of Urology
  • European Urology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Some of the notable recent papers by Robin J. Leach include:

  • Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA vaccines in patients with cancer, 2021, Cancer Cell
  • Adiponectin Alleviates Diet-Induced Inflammation in the Liver by Suppressing MCP-1 Expression and Macrophage Infiltration, 2021, Diabetes
  • Polygenic hazard score is associated with prostate cancer in multi-ethnic populations, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A Germline Variant at 8q24 Contributes to Familial Clustering of Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry, 2020, European Urology
  • A Rare Germline HOXB13 Variant Contributes to Risk of Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry, 2022, European Urology

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Best Publications

  • Mutations of a mutS homolog in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

    Fredrick S. Leach;Nicholas C. Nicolaides;Nickolas Papadopoulos;Bo Liu

  • A novel potassium channel gene, KCNQ2, is mutated in an inherited epilepsy of newborns

    N. A. Singh;Carole Charlier;D. Stauffer;B. R. DuPont

  • A pore mutation in a novel KQT-like potassium channel gene in an idiopathic epilepsy family.

    Carole Charlier;Nanda A. Singh;Stephen G. Ryan;Tracey B. Lewis

  • The peripheral myelin protein gene PMP-22 is contained within the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A duplication.

    V. Timmerman;E. Nelis;W. Van Hui;B. W. Nieuwenhuijsen

  • Linkage of type 2 diabetes mellitus and of age at onset to a genetic location on chromosome 10q in Mexican Americans.

    Ravindranath Duggirala;John Blangero;Laura Almasy;Thomas D. Dyer

  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

    David V. Conti;Burcu F. Darst;Lilit C. Moss;Edward J. Saunders

  • Global Patterns of Prostate Cancer Incidence, Aggressiveness, and Mortality in Men of African Descent

    Timothy R. Rebbeck;Susan S. Devesa;Bao-Li Chang;Clareann H. Bunker

  • Single-cell analysis of circulating tumor cells identifies cumulative expression patterns of EMT-related genes in metastatic prostate cancer.

    Chun Liang Chen;Devalingam Mahalingam;Pawel Osmulski;Rohit R. Jadhav

  • Genetic heterogeneity in benign familial neonatal convulsions: identification of a new locus on chromosome 8q.

    Tracey B. Lewis;Robin J. Leach;Ken Ward;Peter O'Connell

  • Factors of Insulin Resistance Syndrome–Related Phenotypes Are Linked to Genetic Locations on Chromosomes 6 and 7 in Nondiabetic Mexican-Americans

    Rector Arya;John Blangero;Ken Williams;Laura Almasy

  • Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA vaccines in patients with cancer.

    Alfredo Addeo;Pankil K. Shah;Natacha Bordry;Robert D. Hudson

  • Effects of combining transforming growth factor beta and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on differentiation of a human osteosarcoma (MG-63).

    Lynda F. Bonewald;Mary Beth Kester;Zvi Schwartz;Larry D. Swain

  • Isolation and regional localization of DNA segments revealing polymorphic loci from human chromosome 13.

    W Cavenee;R Leach;T Mohandas;P Pearson

  • A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in MGEA5 Encoding O-GlcNAc–selective N-Acetyl-β-d Glucosaminidase Is Associated With Type 2 Diabetes in Mexican Americans

    Donna M Lehman;Dong Jing Fu;Angela B. Freeman;Kelly J. Hunt

  • Genetic Linkage of Paget Disease of the Bone to Chromosome 18q

    J.D. Cody;F.R. Singer;G.D. Roodman;B. Otterund

  • Evidence for a Novel Osteosarcoma Tumor-Suppressor Gene in the Chromosome 18 Region Genetically Linked with Paget Disease of Bone

    Maggie J. Nellissery;Susan S. Padalecki;Zoran Brkanac;Frederick R. Singer

  • Congenital anomalies and anthropometry of 42 individuals with deletions of chromosome 18q.

    Jannine D. Cody;Patricia Davis Ghidoni;Barbara R. DuPont;Daniel E. Hale

  • Three Novel Mutations in SQSTM1 Identified in Familial Paget's Disease of Bone

    Teresa L Johnson-Pais;Julie H Wisdom;Korri S Weldon;Jannine D Cody

  • Microcell mediated chromosome transfer maps the Fanconi anaemia group D gene to chromosome 3p

    Michael Whitney;Matt Thayer;Carol Reifsteck;Susan Olson

  • Predicting Prostate Cancer Risk Through Incorporation of Prostate Cancer Gene 3

    Donna Pauler Ankerst;Jack Groskopf;John R. Day;Amy Blase

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian M. Thompson
Ian M. Thompson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Peter O'Connell
Peter O'Connell Virginia Commonwealth University
Catherine M. Tangen
Catherine M. Tangen Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
William B. Isaacs
William B. Isaacs Johns Hopkins University
Jianfeng Xu
Jianfeng Xu Arkansas State University
Adam S. Kibel
Adam S. Kibel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University
Janet L. Stanford
Janet L. Stanford Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ravindranath Duggirala
Ravindranath Duggirala Texas A&M University – San Antonio
James L. Mohler
James L. Mohler Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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