Research Interest: Harnessed the Biological Principle that Pregnancy and
Hormones Mimicking Pregnancy Induced Breast Cancer Prevention. The Preventive Effect of Pregnancy is
Mediated by the Induction of Differentiation of the Mammary Gland. In Studies Performed in Humans, He has Found that
During the Post-Menopausal Years the Breast of Both Parous and Nulliparous
Women Contains Preponderantly Lob 1 that Differs Biologically By Exhibiting
Different Susceptibility to Carcinogenesis, And Remodeling Of Chromatin That
Emerges As Novel Marker For Defining The Concept Of Differentiation In The
Adult Breast. His Laboratory Has Studied
The Genomic Profile Of Nulliparous And Parous Women In The Premenopausal And
Postmenopausal Period And Find That There Are Genes Only Activated During The
First Five Years After Pregnancy That May Contribute To The Increased Risk
Experimented By Certain Women After Pregnancy And At The Same Time They Have
Confirmed That Pregnancy Induces A Long Lasting Genomic Signature That Start
After Pregnancy That Explain Its Preventive Effect. The Molecular Mechanism
Related To Prevention Is Around The Chromatin Remodeling Process. Using The In
Vitro In Vivo Model Developed In His Laboratory He Is Identifying Drugs That
Can Control Chromatin Remodeling As A Preventive Strategy.
Research Interest:
Genes
Involved in Cell Cycle Regulation, Differentiation, Apoptosis and Senescence
Such as the Retinoblastoma (RB) Family. He has Evaluated the Role of Retinoblastoma
Genes in the Regulation of Cell Proliferation, Differentiation and Apoptosis in
Cancer and Normal Stem Cells. In Detail, his Group has Analyzed the Biology of
Neural Stem Cells and Mesenchymal Stem Cells. These Studies Prompted the
Attention Also on Chromatin
Remodeling Factors that Interact with RB Family Members and Play a Key Role in the
Life of StemCells.
Research Interest:
During those
Years She Extended her Initial Research Interests on Endothelial Progenitor
Cell (EPC) Biology and their Potential use in Regenerative Medicine.
Research Interest: As Is Clear From The Biography, Shigetaka Asano Accomplisheddistinguished
Performance In Research Based On Medical Needs By Full Of Enthusiasm With
State-Of-The-Art New Technology, Such As 1. Verification Of Existence Of Rabbit
Neutrophil Cell Membrane Knack+-Atpase, 2. Discovery Of Laterarity Of Mouse
Intestinal Mucous Membrane Proteins, 3. Finding Of Human Tumor Cell Mediated By
Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF; Bioactive Substance To Stimulate
Differentiation, Proliferation And Functional Activity Of Neutrophil), 4. Analysis
Of Human G-CSF Activity, 5. Succeeding In Incubation Of Human Tumor
Infiltrating T Lymphocyte Colony, 6. Discovery Of Allogenicimmunosuppression Of
Placenta Decidual Cells, 7. Differentiation Induction Of Mesenchymalstem Cell,
8. Cloning Of G-Csfcdna And Development Of Recombinant Human Native G-CSF (Lenograstim)
As The 1st Generation Biomedicine, 9. Constitution Of International Clinical
Guideline For Transplantation Of Bone-Marrow And Cord Blood, And Construction
Of Public Bank Of Bone-Marrow And Cord Blood, 10. Non-Clinical Study Of Human
Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF; Bioactive Substance To Stimulate
Differentiation, Proliferation And Functional Activity Of Macrophage Besides
Neutrophil)Immunogene Therapy And Execution Of The Phase Iia Clinical Study,
11. Non-Clinical Study Of Utilizing Maxizyme For Immunogene Therapy Of Myeloid
Leukemia Cell, 12. Acquisition And Molecular Analysis Of Leukemia Stem Cell
Like Property By Stochastic Adhesion Of In Vitro Human Myelogenous Leukemic
Cell Line Cell And Stromal Cell, 13. Pathological Analysis Of Mesenchymalstem
Cell(Parental Cell Of Range Of Cell Consist Ofstroma) Differentiation And
Proliferation In Translin(Substance Found As Molecule To Bind Fusion Gene Of
Lymphatic Leukemia) Knockout Mouse.
Research Interest: Bone Marrow
Transplantation, Immunology, Autoimmunity, Thymus and Bone Marrow
Derived-Mesenchymal Stem Cells. His Cutting-Edge Technology for Bone Marrow
Cell Harvesting and Intra-Bone Marrow-Bone Marrow Transplantation has Led to
Significant Research Into Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation.
Research Interest: Neuropsychopharmacology of Lipid Transmitters (CTS643,
Andalusian Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and Employment): The Group is
Formed in the University Regional Hospital of Malaga, in Collaboration with the
University of Malaga, and Integrated Into the Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga
(IBIMA). Our Interest Focuses on the Role that Regulatory Lipid Molecules,
Mainly Lysophosphatidic Acid, Exerted on the Central Nervous System and Related
Mainly to the Neural Genesis (Neurogenesis / Gliogenesis) and its Effect on
Behavioral Level. It Also Examines the Role of Lysophosphatidic Acid in the
Dynamic Processes that Regulate Neuroinflammation and Demyelination in Multiple
Sclerosis, Studying Animal Models and Samples from Patients with Multiple
Sclerosis, As Well As Mesenchymal Cell Therapy for the Disease.
Dr. Monther AlAlwan is a scientist at the Stem Cell and Tissue Re-engineering Program (SCTRP), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, as well as an Associate professor at Alfaisal University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia. He holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Immunology from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada). Dr. AlAlwan conducted a 3-years postdoctoral fellowship studying signaling in immune cells at the University of Manitoba, Canada. During his graduate studies and postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. AlAlwan made substantial contribution in the immunology field, particularly his groundbreaking discovery that highlighted the significance of the dendritic cells in the immunological synapse. After joining the SCTRP in 2007, he shifted gear to study cancer, where he identified novel mechanisms that regulate cancer metastasis and chemoresistance. Currently, he is actively involved in dissecting the molecular pathways that regulate the function of cancer stem cells and how this related to chemoresistance and metastasis. Dr. AlAlwan is an author in 20 peer-reviewed publications, has delivered several invited lectures and is a regular reviewer for various international journals.
Dr. Edgar Grinstein is a Principal Investigator at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf (Germany). He researches hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells, signal transduction, gene transcription regulation. He has more than 11 years of experience as Editor-In-Chief at SAGE Publications Inc. (USA) and Libertas Academica (New Zealand), and also serves as Deputy Editor-In-Chief for Baishideng Publishing Group (USA).
Raised in a family of researchers – both parents are PhD scientists - he received his PhD summa cum laude in Molecular Biology from the Humboldt University and the Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin. He has published a number of papers in high-ranking journals and received a highly regarded Research Award from Dr.-Günther- and Imme-Wille-Foundation. Dr. Grinstein qualified as Professor in Molecular Medicine at the University of Düsseldorf in 2008 and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Latvia (Latvia, European Union) since 2010.
Dr. Grinstein`s research in the field of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, funded by research grants from German Research Foundation (DFG) and José Carreras Leukämie-Stiftung (José Carreras Foundation), has focused on markers, signal transduction and transcriptional control. Among other important findings made, his research group provided new insights into the role of the prominent surface marker AC133/CD133 (Leukemia 2015; 29: 2208-2220), that is expressed on stem/progenitor cells in normal hematopoiesis as well as on tumor-initiating cells in certain hematological malignancies. The study analyzed the control of AC133/CD133 expression in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, and revealed the impact thereof on molecular network relevant to these cells.
Research Interest: hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells, cancer stem cells, stem cell markers, signal transduction, cell cycle control, regulation of apoptosis, gene transcription regulation
Grants: Principal Investigator of stem cell-related projects funded by German Research Foundation (DFG) and by José Carreras Leukämie-Stiftung (José Carreras Foundation)
Grinstein, E., and H.-D. Royer. 1995. Multiple octamer-binding proteins are targets for the cell cycle regulated nuclear inhibitor I-92. DNA Cell Biol. 14: 493-500.
Grinstein, E., I. Weinert, B. Droese, M. Pagano, and H.-D. Royer. 1996. Cell cycle regulation of nuclear factor p92 DNA-binding activity by novel phase-specific inhibitors. J. Biol. Chem. 271: 9215-9222.
Bargou, R.C., C. Wagener, K. Bommert, W. Arnold, P.T. Daniel, M.Y. Mapara, E. Grinstein, H.-D. Royer, and B. Dörken. 1996. Blocking of transcription factor E2F/DP by dominant-negative mutants in a normal breast epithelial cell line efficiently inhibits apoptosis and induces tumor growth in SCID mice. J. Exp. Med. 183: 1205-1213.
Bargou, R.C., F. Emmerich, D. Krappmann, K. Bommert, M.Y. Mapara, W. Arnold, H.-D. Royer, E. Grinstein, A. Greiner, C. Scheidereit, and B. Dörken. 1997. Constitutive nuclear factor kappaB-RelA activation is required for proliferation and survival of Hodkin’s desease tumor cells. J. Clin. Invest. 12: 2961-2969.
Janke, J., K. Schlüter, B. Jandrig, M. Theile, K. Kölble, W. Arnold, E. Grinstein, A. Schwartz, L.E. Schwarz, P.M. Schlag, B.M. Jockusch, and S. Scherneck. 2000. Suppression of tumoriginecity in breast cancer cells by the microfilament protein profilin1. J. Exp. Med. 191: 1675-1685.
Grinstein, E.,* F. Jundt, I. Weinert, P. Wernet, and H.-D. Royer. 2002. Sp1 as G1 cell cycle phase specific transcription factor in epithelial cells. Oncogene. 21: 1485-1492.
Grinstein, E., P. Wernet, P.J. Snijders, F. Rösl, I. Weinert, W. Jia, R. Kraft, Ch. Schewe, M. Schwabe, S. Hauptmann, M. Dietel, Ch. Meijer, and H.-D. Royer. 2002. Nucleolin as activator of human papillomavirus type 18 oncogene transcription in cervical cancer. J. Exp. Med. 196: 1067-1078.
Grinstein, E.,* Y. Shan, L. Karawajew, P.J. Snijders, C.J. Meijer, H.-D. Royer, and P. Wernet. 2006. Cell cycle controlled interaction of nucleolin with the retinoblastoma protein and cancerous cell transformation. J. Biol. Chem. 281: 22223-22235.
Grinstein, E.,* Y. Du, S. Santourlidis, J. Christ, M. Uhrberg, and P. Wernet. 2007. Nucleolin regulates gene expression in CD34 positive hematopoietic cells. J. Biol. Chem. 282: 12439-12449.
Grinstein, E.,* and P. Wernet. 2007. Cellular signaling in normal and cancerous stem cells. Cell. Signal. 19: 2428-2433. This was the most read article of the Journal Cell. Signal. from July 2007 till March 2008. Source: SCIENCEDIRECT TOP 25 HOTTEST ARTICLES
Wethkamp, N., H. Hanenberg, C. Suschek, W. Wetzel, S. Heikaus, E. Grinstein, U. Ramp, R. Engers, H. Gabbert, and C. Mahotka. 2011. DAXX-beta and DAXX-gamma: two novel splice variants of the transcriptional co-repressor DAXX. J. Biol. Chem. 19576-19588.
Grinstein, E.,* C. Mahotka, and A. Borkhardt. 2011. Rb and nucleolin antagonize in controlling human CD34 gene expression. Cell. Signal. 23: 1358-1365.
Bhatia, S., S. Reister, C. Mahotka, R. Meisel, A. Borkhardt, and E. Grinstein.* 2015. Control of AC133 / CD133 and impact on human hematopoietic progenitor cells through nucleolin. Leukemia. 29: 2208-2220.
Mahotka, C., S. Bhatia, J. Kollet, and E. Grinstein.* 2018. Nucleolin promotes execution of the hematopoietic stem cell gene expression program. Leukemia. 32: 1865–1868.
Reister, S., C. Mahotka, N. van den Höfel, and E. Grinstein.* 2019. Nucleolin promotes Wnt signaling in human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Leukemia. 33: 1052-1054.
Research Interest: Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Osteogenesis
and Adipogenesis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Inhibitory Effects of Chinese Herbal
Medicine on RANKL-Induced Osteoclastgenesis of RAW264.7 Cells, Effect of Chinese
Herbal Medicine on Different Osteoporotic Rat Models, Establishment of the
Screening Platform for Neuro-Regenerative Chinese Herbal Medicine by Using Rat
Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Topical Application of Chinese Medicine in
Musculoskeletal Injuries, Wound Healing, Cancer Stem Cells, Neuroprotection.
Research Interest: Centered on Translational Oncology with Main
Emphasis on Identification of Novel Targets in Cancer Stem Cells, Validation of
Targeted Cancer Therapeutics, Nanomedicine and Drug Development Program.
Research Interest: Stem Cell Biology; Breast Cancer Dormancy; Neural
Regulation of Hematopoiesis, the Immunology and Clinical Application of Adult
Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
Two Major Projects are Currently Underway in the Laboratory.
A Cell Reprogramming Technique Has Been Used to Convert Heterogeneous Malignant
Breast Cancer Cells into Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Sox2/Oct4/Nanog
Proteins. Dr. Wu’s Laboratory is Clarifying these Induced Pluripotent Stem
Cells for their Differentiation Potential and Oncogenic Properties, and Try to
Develop a Novel Cell Converting Therapy for Malignant Breast Cancer Treatment.
Metastasis, the Spread of Cancer Cells from the Primary Tumor To Distant
Organs, Is The Most Dreadful Development Of Breast Cancer, As Well As Other
Neoplastic Diseases. Although Metastasis Contributes To Over 90% Of Human
Cancer Mortality, The Molecular Mechanism Of This Process Remains Largely
Unknown. Dr. Wu’s Laboratory Is In The Process Of Identifying Molecular
Signatures Involved In Breast Cancer Metastasis Using Integrative Genetic,
Epigenetic And Proteomic Approach, As Well As Animal Models And Clinical
Specimens.
Research Interest: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Breast Cancer, Cancer
Prevention, Anti-Cancer Drug Development, Cancer Metastasis, Transcription
Factors, Kinase, Glucose Metabolism.
Research Interest: Fate Decisions of Embryonic Stem Cell, Induced
Pluripotent Stem Cell (ESC/Ips): Pluripotency and Direct Lineage Specification to
the Three Germ Layers.
Research Interest: In his Consulting Experience, Devyn Led a Wide
Range of Projects, Across Multiple Therapeutic Areas and a Host of Technology
Platforms, Including Basic R&D Tools, Regenerative Medicine, Gene Therapy and
Macromolecules/Biologic Products.
Research Interest: Leptin Receptors (Lepr) are Expressed by Various
Types of Stem Cells Including Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Hematopoietic Stem Cells,
Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Leptin/Lepr Signaling
is also a Central Regulator of Metabolism.