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10040
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Overview

Ron Prywes is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States, with a primary focus on research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cell Biology, Epidemiology, and Immunology.

Their research interests cover multiple topics, notably:

  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Interferon and immune responses

Ron Prywes has coauthored several publications with frequent collaborators including Ana María Low-Calle, Hana Ghoneima, Nicholas Ortega, Adriana M. Cuibus, and Chen Katz.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • "A non-canonical Hippo pathway represses the expression of ΔNp63" (2023), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "A Non-Canonical Hippo Pathway Represses the Expression of ΔNp63" (2024), Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • "Re-epithelialization of cancer cells increases autophagy and DNA damage: Implications for breast cancer dormancy and relapse" (2025), Science Signaling
  • "Identifying serum-inducible sequence elements on the mouse ZFP36 promoter" (2020), Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal
  • "Faculty Opinions recommendation of TRIM15 and CYLD regulate ERK activation via lysine-63-linked polyubiquitination." (2021), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Frequent publication venues for Ron Prywes include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Science Signaling
  • Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal

Best Publications

  • ER Stress Induces Cleavage of Membrane-Bound ATF6 by the Same Proteases that Process SREBPs

    Jin Ye;Robert B Rawson;Ryutaro Komuro;Xi Chen

  • ER stress regulation of ATF6 localization by dissociation of BiP/GRP78 binding and unmasking of Golgi localization signals.

    Jingshi Shen;Xi Chen;Linda Hendershot;Linda Hendershot;Ron Prywes

  • IRE1-mediated unconventional mRNA splicing and S2P-mediated ATF6 cleavage merge to regulate XBP1 in signaling the unfolded protein response

    Kyungho Lee;Witoon Tirasophon;Xiaohua Shen;Marek Michalak

  • Activation of ATF6 and an ATF6 DNA Binding Site by the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response

    Yan Wang;Jingshi Shen;Natalia Arenzana;Witoon Tirasophon

  • Wild-type p53 activates transcription in vitro

    George Farmer;Jill Bargonetti;Hua Zhu;Paula Friedman

  • cAMP response element-binding protein is activated by Ca2+/calmodulin- as well as cAMP-dependent protein kinase

    Pramod Dash;K. A. Karl;M. A. Colicos;R. Prywes

  • The Luminal Domain of ATF6 Senses Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Stress and Causes Translocation of ATF6 from the ER to the Golgi

    Xi Chen;Jingshi Shen;Ron Prywes

  • Inducible binding of a factor to the c-fos enhancer

    Ron Prywes;Robert G. Roeder

  • Apoptosis of T cells mediated by Ca2+-induced release of the transcription factor MEF2.

    Hong Duk Youn;Luo Sun;Ron Prywes;Jun O. Liu

  • Megakaryoblastic Leukemia 1, a Potent Transcriptional Coactivator for Serum Response Factor (SRF), Is Required for Serum Induction of SRF Target Genes

    Bo Cen;Ahalya Selvaraj;Rebecca C. Burgess;Johann K. Hitzler

  • Reconstitution of human epidermal growth factor receptors and its deletion mutants in cultured hamster cells.

    E Livneh;R Prywes;O Kashles;N Reiss

  • Novel Roles of Specific Isoforms of Protein Kinase C in Activation of the c-fos Serum Response Element

    Jae-Won Soh;Eun Hae Lee;Ron Prywes;I. Bernard Weinstein

  • Stable Binding of ATF6 to BiP in the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response

    Jingshi Shen;Erik L. Snapp;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Ron Prywes

  • Ca2+-dependent Gene Expression Mediated by MEF2 Transcription Factors

    Frank Blaeser;Nga Ho;Ron Prywes;Talal A. Chatila

  • Regulatory role of MEF2D in serum induction of the c-jun promoter.

    Tae-Hee Han;R. Prywes

  • A thrombospondin-dependent pathway for a protective ER stress response

    Jeffrey M. Lynch;Marjorie Maillet;Davy Vanhoutte;Aryn Schloemer

  • Myocardin/MKL family of SRF coactivators: key regulators of immediate early and muscle specific gene expression.

    Bo Cen;Ahalya Selvaraj;Ron Prywes

  • The sarcomeric actin CArG-binding factor is indistinguishable from the c-fos serum response factor.

    L M Boxer;R Prywes;R G Roeder;L Kedes

  • Expression profiling of serum inducible genes identifies a subset of SRF target genes that are MKL dependent

    Ahalya Selvaraj;Ron M. Prywes

  • Avian serum response factor expression restricted primarily to muscle cell lineages is required for alpha-actin gene transcription.

    Jeffrey D. Croissant;Jae Hong Kim;Gregor Eichele;Lisa Goering

Frequent Co-Authors

Finn-Eirik Johansen
Finn-Eirik Johansen University of Oslo
Carol Prives
Carol Prives Columbia University
Kazutoshi Mori
Kazutoshi Mori Kyoto University
Thomas Gudermann
Thomas Gudermann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jeffery D. Molkentin
Jeffery D. Molkentin Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Linda M. Hendershot
Linda M. Hendershot St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Robert J. Schwartz
Robert J. Schwartz University of Houston
Xinbin Chen
Xinbin Chen University of California, Davis
Stephan W. Morris
Stephan W. Morris St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Bruce J. Aronow
Bruce J. Aronow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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