Alessandro Fatatis
Professor
Pharmacology & Physiology
Drexel University College of Medicine
United States of America
Biography
"Alessandro Fatatis, MD, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology and director of the MD/PhD program at Drexel University College of Medicine. MD - University of Naples, Italy PhD - University of Chieti, Italy"
Research Interest
Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating metastatic potential of solid tumors, studies in vitro and in animal models of neoplastic disease
Publications
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Russell MR, Liu Q, Fatatis A. Targeting the α receptor for platelet-derived growth factor as a primary or combination therapy in a preclinical model of prostate cancer skeletal metastasis. Clinical Cancer Research. 2010 Oct 15;16(20):5002-10.
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Russell MR, Liu Q, Lei H, Kazlauskas A, Fatatis A. The α-receptor for platelet-derived growth factor confers bone-metastatic potential to prostate cancer cells by ligand-and dimerization-independent mechanisms. Cancer research. 2010 May 15;70(10):4195-203.
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D’Ambrosio J, Fatatis A. Osteoblasts modulate Ca2+ signaling in bone-metastatic prostate and breast cancer cells. Clinical & experimental metastasis. 2009 Dec 1;26(8):955.
