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Zhengping Zhuang is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a prolific output emphasizing molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, immunology, and neurology.

The scientist's work addresses diverse topics including cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism; glioma diagnosis and treatment; immunotherapy and immune responses; cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers; adrenal and paraganglionic tumors; CAR-T cell therapy research; and cancer research and treatments.

Zhuang has published extensively in several key journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include Cancers, Neuro-Oncology, Advanced Science, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, and JCI Insight.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Herui Wang, Karel Pacák, Jared S. Rosenblum, Ondřej Uher, and Mark R. Gilbert, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary network.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhengping Zhuang include:

  • Somatic SF3B1 hotspot mutation in prolactinomas (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Application of toll-like receptors (TLRs) and their agonists in cancer vaccines and immunotherapy (2023, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Metformin enhances anti-cancer effects of cisplatin in meningioma through AMPK-mTOR signaling pathways (2020, Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics)
  • SMARCB1 deletion in atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors results in human endogenous retrovirus K (HML-2) expression (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Venous-plexus-associated lymphoid hubs support meningeal humoral immunity (2024, Nature)

Best Publications

  • Laser Capture Microdissection

    Michael R. Emmert-Buck;Robert F. Bonner;Paul D. Smith;Rodrigo F. Chuaqui

  • Positional Cloning of the Gene for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia-Type 1

    Settara C. Chandrasekharappa;Siradanahalli C. Guru;Pachiappan Manickam;Shodimu Emmanuel Olufemi

  • Germline and Somatic Mutations in the Tyrosine Kinase Domain of the MET Proto-Oncogene in Papillary Renal Carcinomas

    L. Schmidt;F.-M. Duh;F. Chen;T. Kishida

  • Neurofibromatosis type 2

    Ashok R Asthagiri;Dilys M Parry;John A Butman;H Jeffrey Kim

  • Cognition-activated low-frequency modulation of light absorption in human brain.

    B Chance;Z Zhuang;C UnAh;C Alter

  • BORIS, a novel male germ-line-specific protein associated with epigenetic reprogramming events, shares the same 11-zinc-finger domain with CTCF, the insulator protein involved in reading imprinting marks in the soma

    Dmitri I. Loukinov;Elena Pugacheva;Sergei Vatolin;Svetlana D. Pack

  • Germline Mutations of the MEN1 Gene in Familial Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 and Related States

    Sunita K. Agarwal;Mary Beth Kester;Larisa V. Debelenko;Christina Heppner

  • Somatic mutation of the MEN1 gene in parathyroid tumours.

    Heppner C;Kester Mb;Agarwal Sk;Debelenko Lv

  • Allelic Loss on Chromosome 8p12–21 in Microdissected Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia

    Michael R. Emmert-Buck;Cathy D. Vocke;Rudy O. Pozzatti;Paul H. Duray

  • Somatic HIF2A gain-of-function mutations in paraganglioma with polycythemia

    Zhengping Zhuang;Chunzhang Yang;Felipe Lorenzo;Maria Merino

  • Trisomy 7-Harbouring Non-Random Duplication of the Mutant MET Allele in Hereditary Papillary Renal Carcinomas

    Z. Zhuang;W.-S. Park;S. Pack;L. Schmidt

  • A microdissection technique for archival DNA analysis of specific cell populations in lesions < 1 mm in size.

    Zhengping Zhuang;P. Bertheau;M. R. Emmert-Buck;L. A. Liotta

  • Somatic mutations of the MEN1 tumor suppressor gene in sporadic gastrinomas and insulinomas

    Zhengping Zhuang;Alexander O. Vortmeyer;Svetlana Pack;Steve Huang

  • Somatic Mutations in the Kinase Domain of the Met/Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor Gene in Childhood Hepatocellular Carcinomas

    Won Sang Park;Seung Myung Dong;Su Young Kim;Eun Young Na

  • Hereditary and sporadic papillary renal carcinomas with c-met mutations share a distinct morphological phenotype.

    Irina A. Lubensky;Laura Schmidt;Zhengping Zhuang;Gregor Weirich

  • Evidence of Independent Origin of Multiple Tumors From Patients With Prostate Cancer

    Liang Cheng;Sang Yong Song;Thomas G. Pretlow;Fadi W. Abdul-Karim

  • Mutations of the MEN1 Tumor Suppressor Gene in Pituitary Tumors

    Zhengping Zhuang;Shereen Z. Ezzat;Alexander O. Vortmeyer;Robert Weil

  • Identification of MEN1 Gene Mutations in Sporadic Carcinoid Tumors of the Lung

    Larisa V. Debelenko;Elisabeth Brambilla;Sunita K. Agarwal;Jennifer I. Swalwell

  • Monoclonal origin of multicentric Kaposi's sarcoma lesions.

    Charles S. Rabkin;Siegfried Janz;Alex Lash;Allen E. Coleman

  • Multiple neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas in von Hippel-Lindau disease patients: histopathological and molecular genetic analysis.

    Irina A. Lubensky;Svetlana Pack;David Ault;Alexander O. Vortmeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Svetlana Pack
Svetlana Pack National Institutes of Health
Karel Pacak
Karel Pacak National Institutes of Health
Edward H. Oldfield
Edward H. Oldfield University of Virginia
Michael R. Emmert-Buck
Michael R. Emmert-Buck Avoneaux Medical Institute
Lance A. Liotta
Lance A. Liotta George Mason University
Mark R. Gilbert
Mark R. Gilbert National Institutes of Health
Maria J. Merino
Maria J. Merino National Institutes of Health
W. Marston Linehan
W. Marston Linehan National Institutes of Health
Stephen J. Marx
Stephen J. Marx National Institutes of Health
Chi-Chao Chan
Chi-Chao Chan National Institutes of Health

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