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Citations
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12276
National Ranking
5249

Overview

Vivek Mittal is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has a significant research profile primarily in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including oncology, molecular biology, surgery, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's principal work focuses on cancer and related biological mechanisms. Main research topics include cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, CAR-T cell therapy research, epigenetics and DNA methylation, immune cells in cancer, cancer cells and metastasis, and immunotherapy and immune responses.

Frequent coauthors working alongside Mittal include:

  • Nasser K. Altorki
  • Geoffrey J. Markowitz
  • Timothy E. McGraw
  • Olivier Elemento
  • Fathima Shehnaz Ayoobkhan

Mittal has published extensively in various scientific venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
  • Nature Communications
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Recent papers authored by or involving Mittal include:

  • "Connecting copper and cancer: from transition metal signalling to metalloplasia" (2021) published in Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • "Neutrophil phenotypes and functions in cancer: A consensus statement" (2022) published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "Copper depletion modulates mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation to impair triple negative breast cancer metastasis" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Tim-4+ cavity-resident macrophages impair anti-tumor CD8+ T cell immunity" (2021) published in Cancer Cell
  • "Inhibition of EZH2 Catalytic Activity Selectively Targets a Metastatic Subpopulation in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer" (2020) published in Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is not required for lung metastasis but contributes to chemoresistance

    Kari R. Fischer;Anna Durrans;Sharrell Lee;Jianting Sheng

  • Role of transposable elements in heterochromatin and epigenetic control

    Zachary Lippman;Anne Valérie Gendrel;Michael Black;Michael Black;Matthew W. Vaughn

  • Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in Tumor Metastasis

    Vivek Mittal

  • Connecting copper and cancer: from transition metal signalling to metalloplasia.

    Eva J Ge;Ashley I Bush;Angela Casini;Paul A Cobine

  • The lung microenvironment: an important regulator of tumour growth and metastasis

    Nasser K. Altorki;Geoffrey J. Markowitz;Dingcheng Gao;Jeffrey L. Port

  • Inductive angiocrine signals from sinusoidal endothelium are required for liver regeneration

    Bi Sen Ding;Daniel J. Nolan;Jason M. Butler;Daylon James

  • Endothelial progenitor cells control the angiogenic switch in mouse lung metastasis

    Dingcheng Gao;Daniel J. Nolan;Albert Sleiman Mellick;Kathryn Bambino

  • Engraftment and Reconstitution of Hematopoiesis Is Dependent on VEGFR2-Mediated Regeneration of Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells

    Andrea T. Hooper;Jason M. Butler;Jason M. Butler;Daniel J. Nolan;Daniel J. Nolan;Andrea Kranz

  • Rb inactivation promotes genomic instability by uncoupling cell cycle progression from mitotic control

    Eva Hernando;Zaher Nahlé;Zaher Nahlé;Gloria Juan;Elena Diaz-Rodriguez

  • Bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells are a major determinant of nascent tumor neovascularization

    Daniel J. Nolan;Daniel J. Nolan;Alessia Ciarrocchi;Albert Sleiman Mellick;Jaspreet S. Jaggi

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Might Cause Esophagitis Through a Cytokine-Mediated Mechanism Rather Than Caustic Acid Injury

    Rhonda F. Souza;Xiaofang Huo;Vivek Mittal;Christopher M. Schuler;Christopher M. Schuler

  • TGF-β IL-6 axis mediates selective and adaptive mechanisms of resistance to molecular targeted therapy in lung cancer

    Zhan Yao;Silvia Fenoglio;Ding Cheng Gao;Matthew Camiolo

  • Amyloid formation by mutant huntingtin: threshold, progressivity and recruitment of normal polyglutamine proteins.

    C. Chris Huang;Peter W. Faber;Francesca Persichetti;Vivek Mittal

  • Microenvironmental Regulation of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transitions in Cancer

    Dingcheng Gao;Linda T. Vahdat;Stephen T. Wong;Jenny C. Chang

  • Myeloid Progenitor Cells in the Premetastatic Lung Promote Metastases by Inducing Mesenchymal to Epithelial Transition

    Dingcheng Gao;Natasha Joshi;Hyejin Choi;Seongho Ryu

  • Adipogenesis is inhibited by brief, daily exposure to high-frequency, extremely low-magnitude mechanical signals

    C. T. Rubin;E. Capilla;Y. K. Luu;B. Busa

  • Effect of angiogenesis inhibition by Id loss and the contribution of bone-marrow-derived endothelial cells in spontaneous murine tumors

    Marianna B. Ruzinova;Rebecca A. Schoer;William Gerald;James E. Egan

  • Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cancer stem cells and treatment resistance

    Bhuvanesh Dave;Vivek Mittal;Nicholas M Tan;Jenny C Chang

  • ID genes mediate tumor reinitiation during breast cancer lung metastasis

    Gaorav Pankaj Gupta;Jonathan Perk;Swarnali Acharyya;Paola De Candia

  • High-Throughput Selection of Effective RNAi Probes for Gene Silencing

    Rajeev Kumar;Douglas S. Conklin;Vivek Mittal

Frequent Co-Authors

Nasser K. Altorki
Nasser K. Altorki Cornell University
Shahin Rafii
Shahin Rafii Cornell University
Robert Benezra
Robert Benezra Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Stephen T. C. Wong
Stephen T. C. Wong Houston Methodist
Jenny C. Chang
Jenny C. Chang Houston Methodist
Alexander Swarbrick
Alexander Swarbrick Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Olivier Elemento
Olivier Elemento Cornell University
Timothy E. McGraw
Timothy E. McGraw Cornell University
Nouria Hernandez
Nouria Hernandez University of Lausanne
Lars A. Akslen
Lars A. Akslen University of Bergen

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