Rosemary Akhurst, PhD

Professor In Residence
M_HDF Comprehensive Cancer Ctr
+1 415 514-0215

TGFβ signaling is important in cancer, vascular, and stem cell biology, as well as tumor drug-resistance and immunotherapy. We study how TGFβ regulates these processes in vivo, and how genetic variation affects TGFβ related diseases and drug outcomes.

Akhurst Lab

Publications

Erratum: Mouse and human strategies identify PTPN14 as a modifier of angiogenesis and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia.

Nature communications

Michael Benzinou, Frederic F. Clermont, Tom G W. Letteboer, Jai-hyun Kim, Silvia Espejel, Kelly A. Harradine, Juan Arbelaez, Minh Thu Luu, Ritu Roy, David Quigley, Mamie Nakayama Higgins, Musa Zaid, Bradley E. Aouizerat, Johannes Kristian Ploos van Amstel, Sophie Giraud, Sophie Dupuis-Girod, Gaetan Lesca, Henri Plauchu, Christopher C W. Hughes, Cornelius J.J. Westermann, Rosemary J. Akhurst

Dev. Biol

Differential expression of the actin gene family of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Akhurst RJ (Shott RJ) Lee JJ, Britten RJ, Davidson EH