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Zafar Nawaz is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The main fields of study include Medicine with 32 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with 16 publications. Subfields prominently addressed are Molecular Biology and Genetics, each with 10 publications, followed by Oncology and Hematology with 6 publications each, and Rheumatology represented by 3 publications.

The scientist's work centers around key topics such as FOXO transcription factor regulation, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia treatments, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia research. Other focused areas include research into Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and RNA modifications in cancer.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Zafar Nawaz include the following:

  • Sanguinarine Induces Apoptosis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer Cells via Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species, 2020, published in Molecules
  • Plasma Cell Myeloma with an Aggressive Clinical Course and Anaplastic Morphology in a 22-Year-Old Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature, 2020, published in American Journal of Case Reports
  • Downregulation of Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF-1) expression (by immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry) in chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with atypical immunophenotypic and cytologic features, 2020, published in International Journal of Laboratory Hematology
  • The QChip1 knowledgebase and microarray for precision medicine in Qatar, 2022, published in npj Genomic Medicine
  • A Rare Case of Systemic Mastocytosis with Associated Hematologic Neoplasm (SM-AHN) Involving Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Case Report and Literature Review, 2020, published in American Journal of Case Reports

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zafar Nawaz include:

  • Dina Sameh Soliman
  • Kodappully Sivaraman Siveen
  • Feryal Ibrahim
  • Ahmad Al-Sabbagh
  • Mohamed A. Yassin

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • American Journal of Case Reports
  • Case Reports in Oncology
  • Research Square
  • Molecules
  • npj Genomic Medicine

Best Publications

  • Coactivator and corepressor regulation of the agonist/antagonist activity of the mixed antiestrogen, 4-hydroxytamoxifen

    Carolyn L. Smith;Zafar Nawaz;Bert W. O’Malley

  • Both corepressor proteins SMRT and N-CoR exist in large protein complexes containing HDAC3.

    Jiwen Li;Jin Wang;Jianxiang Wang;Zafar Nawaz

  • Proteasome-dependent degradation of the human estrogen receptor

    Zafar Nawaz;David M. Lonard;Andrew P. Dennis;Carolyn L. Smith

  • The 26S Proteasome Is Required for Estrogen Receptor-α and Coactivator Turnover and for Efficient Estrogen Receptor-α Transactivation

    David M Lonard;Zafar Nawaz;Carolyn L Smith;Bert W O'Malley

  • The Angelman syndrome-associated protein, E6-AP, is a coactivator for the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily

    Zafar Nawaz;David M. Lonard;Carolyn L. Smith;Efrat Lev-Lehman

  • Nuclear receptor coactivators: multiple enzymes, multiple complexes, multiple functions.

    Neil J. McKenna;Jianming Xu;Zafar Nawaz;Sophia Y. Tsai

  • Variant Human Breast Tumor Estrogen Receptor with Constitutive Transcriptional Activity

    Suzanne A. W. Fuqua;Saundra D. Fitzgerald;Gary C. Chamness;Atul K. Tandon

  • Identification of Functional Estrogen Response Elements in the Gene Coding for the Potent Angiogenic Factor Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

    Salman M. Hyder;Zafar Nawaz;Constance Chiappetta;George M. Stancel

  • Inhibition of estrogen receptor action by a naturally occurring variant in human breast tumors.

    Fuqua Sa;Fitzgerald Sd;Fitzgerald Sd;Allred Dc;Allred Dc;Elledge Rm

  • An overview of HCV molecular biology, replication and immune responses

    Usman A Ashfaq;Tariq Javed;Sidra Rehman;Zafar Nawaz

  • Gene silencing by chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor I (COUP-TFI) is mediated by transcriptional corepressors, nuclear receptor-corepressor (N-CoR) and silencing mediator for retinoic acid receptor and thyroid hormone receptor (SMRT).

    Hirotaka Shibata;Zafar Nawaz;Sophia Y. Tsai;Bert W. O'Malley

  • Distinct steady–state nuclear receptor coregulator complexes exist in vivo

    Neil J. Mckenna;Zafar Nawaz;Sophia Y. Tsai;Ming Jer Tsai

  • MDM2 Acts Downstream of p53 as an E3 Ligase to Promote FOXO Ubiquitination and Degradation

    Wei Fu;Qiuping Ma;Lei Chen;Pengfei Li

  • Glycyrrhizin as antiviral agent against Hepatitis C Virus

    Usman A Ashfaq;Muhammad S Masoud;Zafar Nawaz;Sheikh Riazuddin

  • High level expression of biologically active estrogen receptor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    D.P. McDonnell;Z. Nawaz;C. Densmore;N.L. Weigel

  • Urban renewal in the nucleus: is protein turnover by proteasomes absolutely required for nuclear receptor-regulated transcription?

    Zafar Nawaz;Bert W. O’Malley

  • Forkhead Homologue in Rhabdomyosarcoma Functions as a Bifunctional Nuclear Receptor-interacting Protein with Both Coactivator and Corepressor Functions

    Holly Hong Zhao;Rafael E. Herrera;Rafael E. Herrera;Ester Coronado-Heinsohn;Michael C. Yang

  • Regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor expression by estrogens and progestins.

    Salman M. Hyder;Jaou Chen Huang;Zafar Nawaz;Holly Boettger-Tong

  • Label-free quantitative LC-MS proteomics of Alzheimer's disease and normally aged human brains.

    Victor P. Andreev;Vladislav A. Petyuk;Heather M. Brewer;Yuliya V. Karpievitch

  • Enhancement of human estrogen receptor activity by SPT6: a potential coactivator.

    Claudia Baniahmad;Zafar Nawaz;Aria Baniahmad;Martin A.G. Gleeson

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert W. O'Malley
Bert W. O'Malley Baylor College of Medicine
Ming-Jer Tsai
Ming-Jer Tsai Baylor College of Medicine
Donald P. McDonnell
Donald P. McDonnell Duke University
Sheikh Riazuddin
Sheikh Riazuddin University of Health Sciences Lahore
Sophia Y. Tsai
Sophia Y. Tsai Baylor College of Medicine
Suzanne A. W. Fuqua
Suzanne A. W. Fuqua Baylor College of Medicine
Marius Sudol
Marius Sudol Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
William L. McGuire
William L. McGuire The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Rami I. Aqeilan
Rami I. Aqeilan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jianming Xu
Jianming Xu Zhejiang University

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