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87
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2796
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1442

Overview

Wadih Arap is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist has contributed to various topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

Some frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JCI Insight
  • eLife
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Wadih Arap has collaborated extensively with various co-authors, including:

  • Renata Pasqualini
  • Zhihui Wang
  • Vittorio Cristini
  • Prashant Dogra
  • Daniela I. Staquicini

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Preclinical efficacy of the GPER-selective agonist G-1 in mouse models of obesity and diabetes (2020), Science Translational Medicine
  • Fatty acid mobilization from adipose tissue is mediated by CD36 posttranslational modifications and intracellular trafficking (2021), JCI Insight
  • Mathematical prediction of clinical outcomes in advanced cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy (2020), Science Advances
  • Design and proof of concept for targeted phage-based COVID-19 vaccination strategies with a streamlined cold-free supply chain (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mathematical modeling of cancer immunotherapy for personalized clinical translation (2022), Nature Computational Science

Best Publications

  • Cancer Treatment by Targeted Drug Delivery to Tumor Vasculature in a Mouse Model

    Wadih Arap;Renata Pasqualini;Erkki Ruoslahti

  • Anti-cancer activity of targeted pro-apoptotic peptides

    H. Michael Ellerby;H. Michael Ellerby;Wadih Arap;Lisa M. Ellerby;Lisa M. Ellerby;Renate Kain;Renate Kain

  • A Population of Multipotent CD34-Positive Adipose Stromal Cells Share Pericyte and Mesenchymal Surface Markers, Reside in a Periendothelial Location, and Stabilize Endothelial Networks

    Dmitry O. Traktuev;Stephanie Merfeld-Clauss;Jingling Li;Mikhail G Kolonin

  • Aminopeptidase N Is a Receptor for Tumor-homing Peptides and a Target for Inhibiting Angiogenesis

    Renata Pasqualini;Erkki Koivunen;Renate Kain;Johanna Lahdenranta;Johanna Lahdenranta

  • Steps toward mapping the human vasculature by phage display

    Wadih Arap;Mikhail G. Kolonin;Martin Trepel;Johanna Lahdenranta

  • Reversal of obesity by targeted ablation of adipose tissue.

    Mikhail G Kolonin;Pradip K Saha;Lawrence Chan;Renata Pasqualini

  • Intravascular Delivery of Particulate Systems: Does Geometry Really Matter?

    Paolo Decuzzi;Renata Pasqualini;Wadih Arap;Mauro Ferrari;Mauro Ferrari

  • Tumor targeting with a selective gelatinase inhibitor

    Erkki Koivunen;Wadih Arap;Heli Valtanen;Aija Rainisalo

  • Three-dimensional tissue culture based on magnetic cell levitation

    Glauco R. Souza;Jennifer R. Molina;Robert M. Raphael;Michael G. Ozawa

  • Molecular heterogeneity of the vascular endothelium revealed by in vivo phage display.

    Daniel Rajotte;Wadih Arap;Martin Hagedorn;Erkki Koivunen

  • Random peptide libraries displayed on adeno-associated virus to select for targeted gene therapy vectors

    Oliver J Müller;Felix Kaul;Matthew D Weitzman;Renata Pasqualini

  • Cell surface expression of the stress response chaperone GRP78 enables tumor targeting by circulating ligands

    Marco A. Arap;Johanna Lahdenranta;Paul J. Mintz;Amin Hajitou

  • Suppression of glioblastoma angiogenicity and tumorigenicity by inhibition of endogenous expression of vascular endothelial growth factor

    Shi Yuan Cheng;H. J.Su Huang;Motoo Nagane;Xiang Dong Ji

  • Platinum-Based Chemotherapy for Variant Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer

    Ana M. Aparicio;Andrea L. Harzstark;Paul G. Corn;Sijin Wen;Sijin Wen

  • Genetic basis for in vivo daptomycin resistance in enterococci

    Cesar A. Arias;Cesar A. Arias;Diana Panesso;Diana Panesso;Danielle M. McGrath;Xiang Qin

  • Fingerprinting the circulating repertoire of antibodies from cancer patients

    Paul J. Mintz;Jeri Kim;Kim Anh Do;Xuemei Wang

  • Targeting the prostate for destruction through a vascular address

    Wadih Arap;Wadih Arap;Wolfgang Haedicke;Wolfgang Haedicke;Michele Bernasconi;Renate Kain;Renate Kain

  • Display technologies: application for the discovery of drug and gene delivery agents.

    Anna Sergeeva;Mikhail G. Kolonin;Jeffrey J. Molldrem;Renata Pasqualini

  • CD13/APN is activated by angiogenic signals and is essential for capillary tube formation.

    Shripad V. Bhagwat;Johanna Lahdenranta;Ricardo J. Giordano;Wadih Arap

  • Differential binding of drugs containing the NGR motif to CD13 isoforms in tumor vessels, epithelia, and myeloid cells.

    Flavio Curnis;Gianluigi Arrigoni;Angelina Sacchi;Lucia Fischetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Renata Pasqualini
Renata Pasqualini University of New Mexico
Richard L. Sidman
Richard L. Sidman Harvard University
Webster K. Cavenee
Webster K. Cavenee University of California, San Diego
Kim Anh Do
Kim Anh Do The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Federico Bussolino
Federico Bussolino University of Turin
Angelo Corti
Angelo Corti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Rubin M. Tuder
Rubin M. Tuder University of Colorado Denver
Mirco Ponzoni
Mirco Ponzoni Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Mauro Ferrari
Mauro Ferrari Houston Methodist
Christopher J. Logothetis
Christopher J. Logothetis The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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