Andres J.p. Klein-szanto
Department of Cancer Research
Fox Chase Cancer Center
United States of America
Biography
Andres J.P. Klein-Szanto,Educational Background PhD, Pathology, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Argentina, 1970. MD, Medicine, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Argentina, 1965. Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science. American Association for Cancer Research. US and Canadian Academy of Pathology. European Society of Pathology. Associate Editor, Acta Odontologica Latinoamericana, 1984-present. Associate Editor, Molecular Carcinogenesis, 1994-present. Member, External Advisory Committee, Wistar/Penn Skin SPORE, 2001-2004. Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Cancer Etiology Study Section Section, National Institutes of Health, Division of Research Grants, Bethesda, MD, 2004-2008 .
Research Interest
Role of the Pro-protein convertases furin and PACE-4 in cancer progression. Inhibition of Furin and other Pro-protein convertases as potential cancer therapy. Pathobiology and pathogenesis of skin, oral mucosa and esophageal cancer.
Publications
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Li, Y., Chitnis, N., Nakagawa, H., Kita, Y., Natsugoe, S., Yang, Y., ... & Diehl, J. A. (2015). PRMT5 is required for lymphomagenesis triggered by multiple oncogenic drivers. Cancer discovery, 5(3), 288-303.
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Wong, G. S., Habibollahi, P., Heidari, P., Lee, J. S., Klein–Szanto, A. J., Waldron, T. J., ... & Mahmood, U. (2013). Optical imaging of periostin enables early endoscopic detection and characterization of esophageal cancer in mice. Gastroenterology, 144(2), 294-297.
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Fu, J., Bassi, D. E., Zhang, J., Li, T., Cai, K. Q., Testa, C. L., ... & Klein-Szanto, A. J. (2013). Enhanced UV-induced skin carcinogenesis in transgenic mice overexpressing proprotein convertases. Neoplasia, 15(2), 169-179.
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Klein-Szanto, A. J., Zhang, J., & Bassi, D. (2012, August). Proprotein Convertases in gynecological cancers. In Colloquium Series on Protein Activation and Cancer (Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-43). Morgan & Claypool Life Sciences.
