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86
Citations
27391
World Ranking
2955
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1512

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Vito Quaranta is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Epidemiology, Cancer Research, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist has focused on several main topics within their work:

  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • Patterns of transcription factor programs and immune pathway activation define four major subtypes of SCLC with distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities, 2021, Cancer Cell
  • New Approaches to SCLC Therapy: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, 2020, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • MuSyC is a consensus framework that unifies multi-drug synergy metrics for combinatorial drug discovery, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Charting the Fragmented Landscape of Drug Synergy, 2020, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
  • ASCL1 represses a SOX9 + neural crest stem-like state in small cell lung cancer, 2021, Genes & Development

Vito Quaranta collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Darren R. Tyson (23 publications)
  • Sarah M. Groves (11 publications)
  • Christian T. Meyer (10 publications)
  • Leonard A. Harris (10 publications)
  • Carlos F. Lopez (8 publications)

The scientist has published in a variety of academic venues. The most frequent outlets for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 13 publications
  • Cancer Research, 6 publications
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2 publications
  • Frontiers in Oncology, 2 publications
  • Cancers, 2 publications

In addition to journal articles, Vito Quaranta has contributed to book publications, notably through Springer International Publishing with the work titled Methods of Mathematical Oncology published in 2021.

Recognition of their scientific contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Induction of cell migration by matrix metalloprotease-2 cleavage of laminin-5.

    Gianluigi Giannelli;Jutta Falk-Marzillier;Oronzo Schiraldi;William G. Stetler-Stevenson

  • A simplified laminin nomenclature

    Monique Aumailley;Leena Bruckner-Tuderman;William G. Carter;Rainer Deutzmann

  • Molecular subtypes of small cell lung cancer: a synthesis of human and mouse model data.

    Charles M. Rudin;John T. Poirier;Lauren Averett Byers;Caroline Dive

  • Tumor morphology and phenotypic evolution driven by selective pressure from the microenvironment.

    Alexander R.A. Anderson;Alissa M. Weaver;Peter T. Cummings;Peter T. Cummings;Vito Quaranta

  • Integrin cytoplasmic domains mediate inside-out signal transduction

    Timothy E. O'Toole;Yasuhiro Katagiri;Yasuhiro Katagiri;Randall J. Faull;Randall J. Faull;Karlheinz Peter;Karlheinz Peter

  • Role of Cell Surface Metalloprotease Mt1-Mmp in Epithelial Cell Migration over Laminin-5

    Naohiko Koshikawa;Naohiko Koshikawa;Gianluigi Giannelli;Vincenzo Cirulli;Kaoru Miyazaki

  • Intracellular transport of class II MHC molecules directed by invariant chain

    Vincent Lotteau;Luc Teyton;Annick Peleraux;Tommy Nilsson;Tommy Nilsson

  • Neuritic plaques and cerebrovascular amyloid in Alzheimer disease are antigenically related

    Caine W. Wong;Vito Quaranta;George G. Glenner

  • Patterns of transcription factor programs and immune pathway activation define four major subtypes of SCLC with distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities

    C. Allison Stewart;Elizabeth M. Park;Lixia Diao

  • Cooperative interactions of laminin 5 gamma2 chain, matrix metalloproteinase-2, and membrane type-1-matrix/metalloproteinase are required for mimicry of embryonic vasculogenesis by aggressive melanoma.

    Richard E. B. Seftor;Elisabeth A. Seftor;Naohiko Koshikawa;Paul S. Meltzer

  • Integrative mathematical oncology

    Alexander R. A. Anderson;Vito Quaranta

  • Kisspeptin-10, a KiSS-1/metastin-derived decapeptide, is a physiological invasion inhibitor of primary human trophoblasts.

    Martin Bilban;Martin Bilban;Martin Bilban;Nassim Ghaffari-Tabrizi;Edith Hintermann;Sandra Bauer

  • A novel vitronectin receptor integrin (αvβx) is responsible for distinct adhesive properties of carcinoma cells

    David A. Cheresh;Jeffrey W. Smith;Helen M. Cooper;Vito Quaranta

  • A novel integrin (alpha E beta 4) from human epithelial cells suggests a fourth family of integrin adhesion receptors.

    S Kajiji;R N Tamura;V Quaranta

  • The amyloid deposits in Alzheimer's disease: their nature and pathogenesis

    G G Glenner;C W Wong;V Quaranta;E D Eanes

  • Binding to EGF receptor of a laminin-5 EGF-like fragment liberated during MMP-dependent mammary gland involution

    Susann Schenk;Edith Hintermann;Martin Bilban;Naohiko Koshikawa

  • Expression of Ia-like antigens in normal human nonlymphoid tissues.

    Natali Pg;De Martino C;Quaranta;Nicotra Mr

  • A function for the integrin alpha 6 beta 4 in the hemidesmosome.

    J C Jones;M A Kurpakus;H M Cooper;V Quaranta

  • Immunohistochemical localization of integrins in the normal, hyperplastic, and neoplastic breast. Correlations with their functions as receptors and cell adhesion molecules.

    G K Koukoulis;I Virtanen;M Korhonen;L Laitinen

  • Cell type-specific integrin variants with alternative alpha chain cytoplasmic domains.

    Richard N. Tamura;Helen M. Cooper;Ginetta Collo;Vito Quaranta

Frequent Co-Authors

Soldano Ferrone
Soldano Ferrone Harvard University
Jonathan C. R. Jones
Jonathan C. R. Jones Northwestern University
Alexander R. A. Anderson
Alexander R. A. Anderson Moffitt Cancer Center
Naohiko Koshikawa
Naohiko Koshikawa Tokyo Institute of Technology
Gianluigi Giannelli
Gianluigi Giannelli Gastroenterology Hospital "Saverio de Bellis"
Martin Bilban
Martin Bilban Medical University of Vienna
Peter T. Cummings
Peter T. Cummings Heriot-Watt University
Pierre P. Massion
Pierre P. Massion Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Alissa M. Weaver
Alissa M. Weaver Vanderbilt University
Roy Zent
Roy Zent Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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