Brandi Brandon Knight
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Morehouse School of Medicine
United States of America
Biography
Brandi Brandon Knight is working as an assistant professor in the department of Medical Education at Morehouse school of medicine. She completed her degree of Doctor from Morehouse school of medicine
Research Interest
Breast Cancer and Obesity in African-American Women Under 40
Publications
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Saxena, NK., Taliaferro-Smith, L., Knight, BB., Merlin, D., Anania, FA., O’Regan, RMO., and Sharma, DS. “Bidirectional crosstalk between leptin and insulin-like growth factor-1 signaling promotes invasion and migration of breast cancer cells via transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor.†Cancer Research. 2008 Dec 1;68(23):9712-22. PMID: 19047149
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Knight, BB., Oprea-Ilies, GM., Nagalingam, A., Taliaferro-Smith, L., Yang, L., Ospio, C., Cohen, C., Saxena, NK., and Sharma, D. “Survivin upregulation, dependent on leptin-EGFR-Notch axis, is essential for leptin-induced migration of breast carcinoma cells.†Endocrine Related Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;18(4):413-28. PMID: 21555376
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Taliaferro-Smith, L., Nagalingam, A., Knight, BB., Oberlick, E., Saxena, NK., Sharma, D. “Integral Role of PTP1B in Adiponectin-Mediated Inhibition of Oncogenic Actions of Leptin in Breast Carcinogenesis.†Neoplasia. 2013 Jan; 15(1):23-38.
