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Kenneth J. Pienta
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Publications - 751
Citations - 72579
Kenneth J. Pienta is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prostate cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 127, co-authored 671 publications receiving 64531 citations. Previous affiliations of Kenneth J. Pienta include Rutgers University & Harper University Hospital.
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HypoxiaStabilizes GAS6/Axl Signaling in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Anjali Mishra,Jingcheng Wang,Yusuke Shiozawa,Samantha McGee,Jin Koo Kim,Younghun Jung,Jeena Joseph,Janice E. Berry,Aaron M. Havens,Kenneth J. Pienta,Russell S. Taichman +10 more
TL;DR: It is found that Axl plays a crucial role in prostate cancer metastasis and that GAS6 regulates the expression of Axl, and in a hypoxic tumor microenvironment Axl expression is maintained leading to enhanced signaling.
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Abstract 1690: Myc suppression permits entry into the cancer endocycle to evade toxic effects of chemotherapy
TL;DR: Loycano et al. as mentioned in this paper showed that myc downregulation is essential for cells to activate the cancer endocyle and enter the protective polyaneuploid cancer cell (PACC) state, in which cells enter a functionally dormant state upon environmental stress.
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Impact of the cancer endocycle on cell survival after therapy
Chi-Ju Kim,Anna L.K. Gonye,Kevin Truskowski,Cheng-Fan Lee,Yoon-Kyoung Cho,Kenneth J. Pienta,Robert H. Austin,Sarah R. Amend +7 more
TL;DR: Kim, C-J, Gonye, ALK as discussed by the authors , Truskowski, K: methodology, investigation, Cho, Y-K: conceptualization, writing (review and editing), funding acquisition.