e-mail address: [email protected]
Position: Senior Scientist
Education: BS., University of Chicago
Research Interests
Application of cell and molecular biological techniques to the early detection of and prevention of metastasis in oral cancer.
Publications, Manuscript Submissions
Johnson JJ, Shi Z, Liu Y and Stack MS. NF-κB Regulation of Genes Associated with Invasion and Metastasis in Aggressive Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Submitted 6/25/13.
Shi Z, Johnson JJ, Stack MS. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization for MicroRNA Detection in Archived Oral Cancer Tissues. J Oncol. 2012;2012:903581. doi:10.1155/2012/903581.
Shi Z, Liu Y, Johnson JJ, Stack MS. Urinary-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) modulates oral cancer cell behavior with alteration in p130cas. Mol Cell Biochem. 2011 Nov;357(1-2):151-61. doi: 10.1007/s11010-011-0885-3.
Jiang R, Shi Z, Johnson JJ, Liu Y, Stack MS. Kallikrein-5 promotes cleavage of desmoglein-1 and loss of cell-cell cohesion in oral squamous cell carcinoma. J Biol Chem. 2011 Mar 18;286(11):9127-35. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.191361.
Ghosh S, Koblinski J, Johnson J, Liu Y, Ericsson A, Davis JW, Shi Z, Ravosa MJ, Crawford S, Frazier S, Stack MS. Urinary-type plasminogen activator receptor/alpha 3 beta 1 integrin signaling, altered gene expression, and oral tumor progression. Mol Cancer Res. 2010 Feb;8(2):145-58. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-09-0045.
Pettus JR1, Johnson JJ1, Shi Z, Davis JW, Koblinski J, Ghosh S, Liu Y, Ravosa MJ, Frazier S, Stack MS. Multiple kallikrein (KLK 5, 7, 8, and 10) expression in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. Histol Histopathol. 2009 Feb;24(2):197-207.
Ghosh S, Johnson JJ, Sen R, Mukhopadhyay S, Liu Y, Zhang F, Wei Y, Chapman HA, Stack MS. Functional relevance of urinary-type plasminogen activator receptor-alpha3beta1 integrin association in proteinase regulatory pathways. J Biol Chem. 2006 May 12;281(19):13021-9.
1 Contribution equally as the first author.