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  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sally A. Camper is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the broader fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine. They have contributed to 64 publications in the former and 58 in the latter.

Their work frequently focuses on specialized subfields such as Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Genetics, Cancer Research, and Surgery.

Major topics addressed in their research include:

  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Several recent papers illustrate the thematic focus and impact of their work:

  • "High-throughput splicing assays identify missense and silent splice-disruptive POU1F1 variants underlying pituitary hormone deficiency" (2021) published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Pituitary Neoplasm Nomenclature Workshop: Does Adenoma Stand the Test of Time?" (2021) published in Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • "Activating mutations in BRAF disrupt the hypothalamo-pituitary axis leading to hypopituitarism in mice and humans" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Comprehensive Identification of Pathogenic Gene Variants in Patients With Neuroendocrine Disorders" (2021) published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • "PROP1-Dependent Retinoic Acid Signaling Regulates Developmental Pituitary Morphogenesis and Hormone Expression" (2020) published in Endocrinology

The primary venues where they have published include:

  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Endocrinology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology

Collaborations form an integral part of their research activities. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Michelle L. Brinkmeier
  • Leonard Cheung
  • María Inés Pérez-Millán
  • Hironori Bando
  • Péter Gergics

Among their recognitions is the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Receptor editing: an approach by autoreactive B cells to escape tolerance.

    Thomas Saunders;Sally Camper;Martin Weigert

  • The α(1,3)Fucosyltransferase Fuc-TVII Controls Leukocyte Trafficking through an Essential Role in L-, E-, and P-selectin Ligand Biosynthesis

    Petr Malý;Aron D Thall;Bronislawa Petryniak;Clare E Rogers

  • Dosage requirement of Pitx2 for development of multiple organs.

    Philip J. Gage;Hoonkyo Suh;Sally A. Camper

  • Expression of anti-DNA immunoglobulin transgenes in non-autoimmune mice.

    Jan Erikson;Marko Z. Radic;Sally A. Camper;Richard R. Hardy

  • Correction of deafness in shaker-2 mice by an unconventional myosin in a BAC transgene

    Frank J. Probst;Robert A. Fridell;Yehoash Raphael;Thomas L. Saunders

  • Association of Unconventional Myosin MYO15 Mutations with Human Nonsyndromic Deafness DFNB3

    Aihui Wang;Yong Liang;Robert A. Fridell;Frank J. Probst

  • Role of Ahch in gonadal development and gametogenesis

    R N Yu;M Ito;T L Saunders;S A Camper

  • Diversity of alpha-fetoprotein gene expression in mice is generated by a combination of separate enhancer elements

    Robert E. Hammer;Robb Krumlauf;Sally A. Camper;Ralph L. Brinster

  • Claudin 14 knockout mice, a model for autosomal recessive deafness DFNB29, are deaf due to cochlear hair cell degeneration

    Tamar Ben-Yosef;Inna A. Belyantseva;Thomas L. Saunders;Elizabeth D. Hughes

  • The site and stage of anti-DNA B-cell deletion

    Ching Chen;Zoltan Nagy;Marko Z. Radic;Richard R. Hardy

  • Pituitary homeobox 2, a novel member of the bicoid-related family of homeobox genes, is a potential regulator of anterior structure formation

    Philip J. Gage;Sally A. Camper

  • Analysis of the vestigial tail mutation demonstrates that Wnt-3a gene dosage regulates mouse axial development.

    Tamara L. Greco;Shinji Takada;Shinji Takada;Matthew M. Newhouse;Matthew M. Newhouse;Jill A. McMahon

  • SnoRNA Snord116 (Pwcr1/MBII-85 ) Deletion Causes Growth Deficiency and Hyperphagia in Mice

    Feng Ding;Hong Hua Li;Shengwen Zhang;Nicola M. Solomon

  • Targeted disruption of the pituitary glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit produces hypogonadal and hypothyroid mice.

    Susan K. Kendall;Linda C. Samuelson;Thomas L. Saunders;Ruth I. Wood

  • Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1) is essential for pituitary gonadotrope function.

    Liping Zhao;Marit Bakke;Yelena Krimkevich;Lisa J. Cushman

  • Cloning and nucleotide sequencing of the bovine growth hormone gene

    R. P. Woychik;S. A. Camper;R. H. Lyons;S. Horowitz

  • Pitx2 is required at multiple stages of pituitary organogenesis: pituitary primordium formation and cell specification.

    Hoonkyo Suh;Philip J. Gage;Jacques Drouin;Sally A. Camper

  • Gata2 is required for HSC generation and survival

    Emma de Pater;Polynikis Kaimakis;Chris S. Vink;Tomomasa Yokomizo

  • The Pit-1 transcription factor gene is a candidate for the murine Snell dwarf mutation

    Sally A. Camper;Thomas L. Saunders;Ronald W. Katz;Roger H. Reeves

  • Vitronectin is not essential for normal mammalian development and fertility.

    Xianxian Zheng;Thomas L. Saunders;Sally A. Camper;Linda C. Samuelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas L. Saunders
Thomas L. Saunders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David F. Dolan
David F. Dolan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yehoash Raphael
Yehoash Raphael University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jun Li
Jun Li University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Berenice B. Mendonca
Berenice B. Mendonca Universidade de São Paulo
Thomas B. Friedman
Thomas B. Friedman National Institutes of Health
Jacob O. Kitzman
Jacob O. Kitzman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thierry Brue
Thierry Brue Aix-Marseille University
Martin Weigert
Martin Weigert University of Chicago

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