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Somasekar Seshagiri

Somasekar Seshagiri

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
31262
World Ranking
6132
National Ranking
2876

Overview

Somasekar Seshagiri is affiliated with Genentech in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research addresses several major topics, notably Biochemical and Structural Characterization, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Cancer-related Molecular Pathways, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Somasekar Seshagiri has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Human ACE2 receptor polymorphisms and altered susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2" (2021, Communications Biology)
  • "The Indian cobra reference genome and transcriptome enables comprehensive identification of venom toxins" (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • "Human ACE2 receptor polymorphisms predict SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility" (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • "Anti-ferroptotic mechanism of IL4i1-mediated amino acid metabolism" (2021, eLife)
  • "Targeted alveolar regeneration with Frizzled-specific agonists" (2023, Cell)

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • GigaScience
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature Genetics

Collaborations are an important component of Seshagiri's research. Frequent co-authors include Eric Stawiski, Sameer Phalke, Zora Modrušan, Kushal Suryamohan, and Ravi Gupta. These partnerships highlight interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches in their work.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and in KRAS Are Predictive and Prognostic Indicators in Patients With Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Chemotherapy Alone and in Combination With Erlotinib

    David A. Eberhard;Bruce E. Johnson;Lukas C. Amler;Audrey D. Goddard

  • De-ubiquitination and ubiquitin ligase domains of A20 downregulate NF-κB signalling

    Ingrid E. Wertz;Karen M. O'Rourke;Honglin Zhou;Michael Eby

  • RAF inhibitors prime wild-type RAF to activate the MAPK pathway and enhance growth

    Georgia Hatzivassiliou;Kyung Song;Ivana Yen;Barbara J. Brandhuber

  • Diverse somatic mutation patterns and pathway alterations in human cancers

    Zhengyan Kan;Bijay S. Jaiswal;Jeremy Stinson;Vasantharajan Janakiraman

  • Comprehensive genomic analysis identifies SOX2 as a frequently amplified gene in small-cell lung cancer

    Charles M Rudin;Steffen Durinck;Eric W Stawiski;John T Poirier

  • Recurrent R-spondin fusions in colon cancer

    Somasekar Seshagiri;Eric W. Stawiski;Steffen Durinck;Zora Modrusan

  • Smoothened mutation confers resistance to a Hedgehog pathway inhibitor in medulloblastoma

    Robert L. Yauch;Gerrit J. P. Dijkgraaf;Bruno Alicke;Thomas Januario

  • Inhibition of ICE family proteases by baculovirus antiapoptotic protein p35

    Nancy J. Bump;Maria Hackett;Margaret Hugunin;Somasekar Seshagiri

  • Sensitivity to antitubulin chemotherapeutics is regulated by MCL1 and FBW7

    Ingrid E. Wertz;Saritha Kusam;Cynthia Lam;Toru Okamoto

  • Comprehensive genomic analysis of malignant pleural mesothelioma identifies recurrent mutations, gene fusions and splicing alterations

    Raphael Bueno;Eric W Stawiski;Leonard D Goldstein;Steffen Durinck

  • Phase I/II Trial Evaluating the Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Monoclonal Antibody Bevacizumab in Combination With the HER-1/Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Erlotinib for Patients With Recurrent Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Roy S. Herbst;David H. Johnson;Eric Mininberg;David P. Carbone

  • Bcl10 activates the NF-κB pathway through ubiquitination of NEMO

    Honglin Zhou;Ingrid Wertz;Ingrid Wertz;Karen O'Rourke;Mark Ultsch

  • A comprehensive transcriptional portrait of human cancer cell lines

    Christiaan Klijn;Steffen Durinck;Eric W Stawiski;Peter M Haverty

  • Epithelial versus mesenchymal phenotype determines in vitro sensitivity and predicts clinical activity of erlotinib in lung cancer patients.

    Robert L. Yauch;Thomas Januario;David A. Eberhard;Guy Cavet

  • The mutation spectrum revealed by paired genome sequences from a lung cancer patient

    William Lee;Zhaoshi Jiang;Jinfeng Liu;Peter M. Haverty

  • The emerging mutational landscape of G proteins and G-protein-coupled receptors in cancer

    Morgan O'Hayre;José Vázquez-Prado;Irina Kufareva;Eric W. Stawiski

  • A specificity map for the PDZ domain family.

    Raffi Tonikian;Yingnan Zhang;Stephen L Sazinsky;Bridget Currell

  • Identification of a mutation in the extracellular domain of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor conferring cetuximab resistance in colorectal cancer

    Clara Montagut;Alba Dalmases;Beatriz Bellosillo;Marta Crespo

  • Somatic Mutations Lead to an Oncogenic Deletion of Met in Lung Cancer

    Monica Kong-Beltran;Somasekar Seshagiri;Jiping Zha;Wenjing Zhu

  • Abstract LB-331: Comprehensive genomic analysis of malignant pleural mesothelioma identifies recurrent mutations, gene fusions and splicing alterations

    Somasekar Seshagiri;Eric Stawiski;Leonard Goldstein;Steffen Durinck

Frequent Co-Authors

Zora Modrusan
Zora Modrusan Genentech
Zemin Zhang
Zemin Zhang Peking University
Florian Gnad
Florian Gnad Roche (Germany)
Jinfeng Liu
Jinfeng Liu Genentech
Stephan C. Schuster
Stephan C. Schuster Nanyang Technological University
David Stokoe
David Stokoe Genentech
Sachdev S. Sidhu
Sachdev S. Sidhu University of Waterloo

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