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Epithelial Biochemistry Laboratory Kaye Stenvers BA, PhD National Cancer Institute Research Fellow

Current work: TGF-beta receptor signalling

Research Interests: embryology, anatomy, neurobiology

Publication Snapshot:
Heart and Liver Defects and Reduced Transforming Growth Factor-beta2 Sensitivity in Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type III Receptor-Deficient Embryos.
Stenvers KL, Tursky ML, Kountouri N, Amatayakul-Chantler S, Grail D, Small C, Weinberg RA, Sizeland AM, Zhu H-J.
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The specificity of receptor binding by vascular endothelial growth factor-d is different in mouse and man.
Baldwin ME, Catimel B, Nice EC, Roufail S, Hall NE, Stenvers KL, Karkkainen MJ, Alitalo K, Stacker SA, Achen MG.
J Biol Chem. 276: 19166-19171 (2001). [Medline entry]

Localization of vascular endothelial growth factor-D in malignant melanoma suggests a role in tumour angiogenesis.
Achen MG, Williams RA, Minekus MP, Thornton GE, Stenvers K, Rogers PA, Lederman F, Roufail S, Stacker SA.
J Pathol. 193: 147-154 (2001). [Medline entry]

Characterization of mouse A33 antigen, a definitive marker for basolateral surfaces of intestinal epithelial cells.
Johnstone CN, Tebbutt NC, Abud HE, White SJ, Stenvers KL, Hall NE, Cody SH, Whitehead RH, Catimel B, Nice EC, Burgess AW, Heath JK.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 279: G500-G510 (2000). [Medline entry]

Biosynthesis of vascular endothelial growth factor-D involves proteolytic processing which generates non-covalent homodimers.
Stacker SA, Stenvers K, Caesar C, Vitali A, Domagala T, Nice E, Roufail S, Simpson RJ, Moritz R, Karpanen T, Alitalo K, Achen MG.
J Biol Chem. 274: 32127-32136 (1999). [Medline entry]

Insulin-like growth factor-I: Regulation and interaction during aging-induced cognitive decline and impairment within the hippocampus.
Lund PK, Stenvers KL, Gallagher M
In: IGFs in the Nervous System (Muller, E.E.,ed.) pp. 47-59. (1998)

Increased expression of type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor messenger RNA in rat hippocampal formation is associated with aging and behavioral impairment.
Stenvers KL, Lund PK, Gallagher M.
Neuroscience. 72: 505-518 (1996). [Medline entry]