Peter Pyrko

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Autophagy in Disease and Therapy(4), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease(4), Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling(4), Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects(3), Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies(3)

Publications12 total

Targeting ER stress for malignant glioma therapy
University of Southern California Digital Library·2015Open Access
Targeting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress for Malignant Glioma Therapy
Humana Press eBooks·2009
Aggravated Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress as a Basis for Enhanced Glioblastoma Cell Killing by Bortezomib in Combination with Celecoxib or Its Non-Coxib Analogue, 2,5-Dimethyl-Celecoxib
Cancer Research·2008· 136 cited
HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors Nelfinavir and Atazanavir Induce Malignant Glioma Death by Triggering Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress
Cancer Research·2007· 140 citedOpen Access
The Unfolded Protein Response Regulator GRP78/BiP as a Novel Target for Increasing Chemosensitivity in Malignant Gliomas
Cancer Research·2007· 447 cited
Celecoxib transiently inhibits cellular protein synthesis
Biochemical Pharmacology·2007· 31 cited
Reduced survivin expression and tumor cell survival during chronic hypoxia and further cytotoxic enhancement by the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor celecoxib
Journal of Biomedical Science·2007· 17 cited
Calcium-activated endoplasmic reticulum stress as a major component of tumor cell death induced by 2,5-dimethyl-celecoxib, a non-coxib analogue of celecoxib
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics·2007· 128 cited
Downregulation of survivin expression and concomitant induction of apoptosis by celecoxib and its non-cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitory analog, dimethyl-celecoxib (DMC), in tumor cells in vitro and in vivo
Molecular Cancer·2006· 88 citedOpen Access
The role of contortrostatin, a snake venom disintegrin, in the inhibition of tumor progression and prolongation of survival in a rodent glioma model
Journal of neurosurgery·2005· 14 cited
Contortrostatin, a Snake Venom Disintegrin Inhibits Invasion and Proliferation of Malignant Gliomas
Journal of Investigative Medicine·2005
183 CONTORTROSTATIN, A SNAKE VENOM DISINTEGRIN INHIBITS INVASION AND PROLIFERATION OF MALIGNANT GLIOMAS
Journal of Investigative Medicine·2005

Frequent Co-authors

Axel H. Schönthal(9), Thomas C. Chen(7), Adel Kardosh(6), Florence M. Hofman(4), Jasim Uddin(3), Nicos A. Petasis(3), Yen‐Ting Liu(3), Nathaniel Soriano(3), Francis S. Markland(3), Weijun Wang(2), Wenyong Xiong(2), Stan G. Louie(2), Stephen Swenson(2), Amy S. Lee(1), Encouse B. Golden(1), Robert H. Chow(1), Austin K. Mircheff(1), Robert A. Farley(1), Ching-Shih Chen(1), Mark N. Jabbour(1)