Richard K. Assoian, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Department: Pharmacology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Department of Pharmacology
421 Curie Blvd.
Rm 805(office)/833 (lab)
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160
421 Curie Blvd.
Rm 805(office)/833 (lab)
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160
Office: (215) 898-7157
Fax: (215) 573-5656
Fax: (215) 573-5656
Email:
assoian@mail.med.upenn.edu
assoian@mail.med.upenn.edu
Publications
Education:
B.A. (Natural Science)
Johns Hopkins University, 1975.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
University of Chicago, 1981.
Permanent linkB.A. (Natural Science)
Johns Hopkins University, 1975.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
University of Chicago, 1981.
Selected Publications
Castagnino Paola, Kothapalli Devashish, Hawthorne Elizabeth A, Xu Tina, Assoian Richard K: Cell-type- and cell-cycle-specific anti-mitogenesis by cicaprost. Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators May 2010.Klein, E.A., Yin, L., Kothapalli, D., Castagnino, P., Byfield, F.J., Xu, T., Levantal, I., Hawthorne, E., Janmey, P.A., and Assoian, R.K.: Cell cycle control by phsyiological matrix elasticity and in vivo tissue stiffening. Current Biology 19: 1511-8, 2009.
Assoian, R.K. and Klein, E.A.: Growth control by intracellular tension and extracellular stiffness. Trends in Cell Biology 18(7): 347-52, 2008.
Klein, E.A., Campbell, L.E., Kothapalli, D., Fournier, A.K., and Assoian, R.K.: Joint requirement for Rac and ERK activities underlies the mid-G1 phase induction of cyclin D1 and S phase entry in both epithelial and mesenchymal cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 283: 30911-8, 2008.
Yung Y, Walker JL, Roberts JM, Assoian RK: A Skp2 autoinduction loop and restriction point control. J Cell Biol 178: 741-747, 2007.
Kothapalli D, Fuki I, Ali K, Stewart SA, Zhao L, Yahil R, Kwiatkowski D, Hawthorne EA, FitzGerald GA, Phillips MC, Lund-Katz S, Pure E, Rader DJ, Assoian RK: Antimitogenic effects of HDL and APOE mediated by Cox-2-dependent IP activation. J Clin Invest 113: 609-618, 2004.