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Overview

Sayyed K. Zaidi is affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States. Their research spans across multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these broad categories, their work engages with subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed to a range of topics, predominantly:

  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Science, Research, and Medicine
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Zaidi's recent publications demonstrate engagement with cancer research and its intersection with public health and epidemiology. Notable papers include:

  • Priority COVID-19 Vaccination for Patients with Cancer while Vaccine Supply Is Limited, 2020, Cancer Discovery
  • AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022, 2022, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • RUNX1 and RUNX2 transcription factors function in opposing roles to regulate breast cancer stem cells, 2020, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024: Achieving the Bold Vision of Health Equity, 2024, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • AACR Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Research and Patient Care, 2022, Clinical Cancer Research

The venues in which Zaidi frequently publishes include Clinical Cancer Research, with six publications, followed by Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, Cancer Discovery, Journal of Cellular Physiology, and Oncotarget.

Zaidi collaborates regularly with several researchers. The most frequent coauthors are:

  • Rajarshi Sengupta
  • Patrick A. Williams
  • Janet L. Stein
  • Gary S. Stein
  • Joseph R. Boyd

Zaidi's interdisciplinary work reflects a confluence of cancer biology, public health, and economic perspectives. Their research addresses both molecular mechanisms involved in oncology and broader systemic issues such as cancer disparities, vaccination priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic impacts of cancer.

Best Publications

  • Runx2 control of organization, assembly and activity of the regulatory machinery for skeletal gene expression.

    Gary S. Stein;Jane B. Lian;Andre J. Van Wijnen;Janet L. Stein

  • Regulatory controls for osteoblast growth and differentiation: role of Runx/Cbfa/AML factors

    Jane B. Lian;Amjad Javed;S. Kaleem Zaidi;Christopher Lengner

  • Tyrosine phosphorylation controls Runx2‐mediated subnuclear targeting of YAP to repress transcription

    Sayyed K. Zaidi;Andrew J. Sullivan;Ricardo F. Medina;Yoshiaki Ito

  • Runx2 (Cbfa1, AML-3) interacts with histone deacetylase 6 and represses the p21(CIP1/WAF1) promoter.

    Jennifer J. Westendorf;S. Kaleem Zaidi;Jonathan E. Cascino;Rachel Kahler

  • MicroRNAs 221 and 222 Bypass Quiescence and Compromise Cell Survival

    Ricardo Medina;Sayyed K. Zaidi;Chang Gong Liu;Janet L. Stein

  • Subnuclear targeting of Runx/Cbfa/AML factors is essential for tissue-specific differentiation during embryonic development.

    Je Yong Choi;Je Yong Choi;Jitesh Pratap;Amjad Javed;S. Kaleem Zaidi

  • Integration of Runx and Smad regulatory signals at transcriptionally active subnuclear sites

    Sayyed K. Zaidi;Andrew J. Sullivan;Andre J. van Wijnen;Janet L. Stein

  • Mitotic occupancy and lineage-specific transcriptional control of rRNA genes by Runx2

    Daniel W. Young;Mohammad Q. Hassan;Jitesh Pratap;Mario Galindo;Mario Galindo

  • Structural Coupling of Smad and Runx2 for Execution of the BMP2 Osteogenic Signal

    Amjad Javed;Jong-Sup Bae;Faiza Afzal;Soraya E. Gutierrez

  • Runx2 transcriptional activation of Indian Hedgehog and a downstream bone metastatic pathway in breast cancer cells.

    Jitesh Pratap;John J. Wixted;Tripti Gaur;Sayyed K. Zaidi

  • A specific targeting signal directs Runx2/Cbfa1 to subnuclear domains and contributes to transactivation of the osteocalcin gene.

    S. Kaleem Zaidi;Amjad Javed;Je-Yong Choi;André J. van Wijnen

  • Mitotic bookmarking of genes: A novel dimension to epigenetic control

    Sayyed K. Zaidi;Daniel W. Young;Martin A. Montecino;Jane B. Lian

  • Mitotic retention of gene expression patterns by the cell fate-determining transcription factor Runx2

    Daniel W. Young;Mohammad Q. Hassan;Xiaoqing Yang;Mario Galindo;Mario Galindo

  • Nuclear microenvironments in biological control and cancer

    Sayyed K. Zaidi;Daniel W. Young;Daniel W. Young;Amjad Javed;Amjad Javed;Jitesh Pratap

  • Functional architecture of the nucleus: organizing the regulatory machinery for gene expression, replication and repair.

    Gary S. Stein;Sayyed K. Zaidi;Corey D. Braastad;Martin A. Montecino;Martin A. Montecino

  • HiNF-P directly links the cyclin E/CDK2/p220NPAT pathway to histone H4 gene regulation at the G1/S phase cell cycle transition.

    Angela Miele;Corey D. Braastad;William F. Holmes;Partha Mitra

  • The Abbreviated Pluripotent Cell Cycle

    Kristina Kapinas;Rodrigo Grandy;Prachi N. Ghule;Ricardo F. Medina

  • Altered Runx1 Subnuclear Targeting Enhances Myeloid Cell Proliferation and Blocks Differentiation by Activating a miR-24/MKP-7/MAPK Network

    Sayyed K. Zaidi;Christopher R. Dowdy;Andre J. van Wijnen;Jane B. Lian

  • Mitotic partitioning and selective reorganization of tissue-specific transcription factors in progeny cells

    Sayyed K. Zaidi;Daniel W. Young;Shirwin M. Pockwinse;Amjad Javed

  • The dynamic organization of gene-regulatory machinery in nuclear microenvironments.

    Sayyed K. Zaidi;Daniel W. Young;Je-Yong Choi;Jitesh Pratap

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary S. Stein
Gary S. Stein University of Vermont
Janet L. Stein
Janet L. Stein University of Vermont
Jane B. Lian
Jane B. Lian University of Vermont
Andre J. Van Wijnen
Andre J. Van Wijnen University of Connecticut Health Center
Martin Montecino
Martin Montecino Andrés Bello University
Amjad Javed
Amjad Javed University of Alabama at Birmingham
Anthony N. Imbalzano
Anthony N. Imbalzano University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Jeffrey A. Nickerson
Jeffrey A. Nickerson University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Je-Yong Choi
Je-Yong Choi Kyungpook National University
Christopher J. Lengner
Christopher J. Lengner University of Pennsylvania

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