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Karthik Devarajan

Associate Professor, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System
Verified email at fccc.edu
Cited by 6259

Comprehensive assay of kinase catalytic activity reveals features of kinase inhibitor selectivity

T Anastassiadis, SW Deacon, K Devarajan, H Ma… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Small-molecule protein kinase inhibitors are widely used to elucidate cellular signaling
pathways and are promising therapeutic agents. Owing to evolutionary conservation of the ATP-…

[HTML][HTML] Thymine DNA glycosylase is essential for active DNA demethylation by linked deamination-base excision repair

…, E Caretti, A Cigliano, M Le Coz, K Devarajan… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
DNA methylation is a major epigenetic mechanism for gene silencing. Whereas
methyltransferases mediate cytosine methylation, it is less clear how unmethylated regions in …

[HTML][HTML] Nonnegative matrix factorization: an analytical and interpretive tool in computational biology

K Devarajan - PLoS computational biology, 2008 - journals.plos.org
In the last decade, advances in high-throughput technologies such as DNA microarrays have
made it possible to simultaneously measure the expression levels of tens of thousands of …

Improved operative efficiency of free fibula flap mandible reconstruction with patient‐specific, computer‐guided preoperative planning

JM Toto, EI Chang, R Agag, K Devarajan… - Head & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Free fibula osteocutaneous flaps are the primary option for reconstruction after
segmental mandibulectomies. This study evaluates the impact of CT‐guided preoperative …

A mouse model recapitulating molecular features of human mesothelioma

…, CA Vaslet, KL Skele, A De Rienzo, K Devarajan… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Malignant mesothelioma has been linked to asbestos exposure and generally has a poor
prognosis because it is often diagnosed in advanced stages and is refractory to conventional …

Synthetic lethal screen of an EGFR-centered network to improve targeted therapies

…, MB Einarson, T Bagnyukova, Y Zhou, K Devarajan… - Science …, 2010 - science.org
Intrinsic and acquired cellular resistance factors limit the efficacy of most targeted cancer
therapeutics. Synthetic lethal screens in lower eukaryotes suggest that networks of genes …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic impact of immune gene expression signature and tumor infiltrating immune cells in localized clear cell renal cell carcinoma

…, F Kuo, E Dulaimi, KQ Cai, K Devarajan… - … for ImmunoTherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Background The tumor immune microenvironment has become the focus of research in
clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) due to its important role in immune surveillance post …

[HTML][HTML] Specificity profiling of Pak kinases allows identification of novel phosphorylation sites

…, SW Deacon, SA Parker, K Devarajan… - Journal of Biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
The p21-activated kinases (Paks) serve as effectors of the Rho family GTPases Rac and
Cdc42. The six human Paks are divided into two groups based on sequence similarity. Group I …

The codon 72 polymorphism of p53 regulates interaction with NF-κB and transactivation of genes involved in immunity and inflammation

…, I Julia, J Leu, Y Zhou, K Devarajan… - … and cellular biology, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
A common polymorphism at codon 72 in the p53 tumor suppressor gene encodes either
proline (P72) or arginine (R72). Several groups have reported that in cultured cells, this …

Netrin G1 promotes pancreatic tumorigenesis through cancer-associated fibroblast–driven nutritional support and immunosuppression

…, KQ Cai, HH Hensley, Y Tan, WD Kruger, K Devarajan… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
This study demonstrates the feasibility of targeting a fibroblastic protein, NetG1, which can
limit PDAC tumorigenesis in vivo by reverting the protumorigenic properties of CAFs. Moreover…