Research Funding

  • December 5, 2012 - November 30, 2016 - Mechanism regulating ErbB signaling network in head and neck cancer, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NIDCR, Sponsor Award ID: R01DE022565
  • April 1, 1995 - August 31, 2013 - Regulation of Survival in Head and Neck Cancer Progression, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NIDCR, Sponsor Award ID: R56DE011436
  • August 5, 1999 - September 29, 2012 - Cancer Center Support Grant, Co-Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NCI, Sponsor Award ID: P30CA082103
  • August 1, 2003 - May 31, 2009 - SKELETAL MUSCLE STEM CELLS FOR TISSUE REPAIR, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NIDCR, Sponsor Award ID: R01DE015404

Education

University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1971, Biochemistry
Yale University School of Medicine, M.S., 1974, Pharmacology
Yale University School of Medicine, Ph.D., 1977, Pharmacology
University of California, Irvine, Postdoc., 1977-80, Cell Biology

Honors & Awards

  • 1983, 1988
    National Institutes of Health, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Pathology B Study Section
  • 1984
    International Institute for Microcirculation, Cambridge, England, Research Award
  • 1985
    Veterans1 Administration, Career Development Program, Reviewer
  • 1986
    National Cancer Institute, Cancer Therapeutics Review Committee, Consultant
  • 1987-1989
    National Cancer Institute of Canada, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Panel B
  • 1987-1996
    National Science Foundation, Research Grant Program, Reviewer
  • 1989
    National Institutes of Health, Pathobiochemistry Study Section, Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • 1990, 1994
    National Cancer Institute, Program Project, Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • 1990-1993
    Gordon Conference, Basement Membranes, Cell Contact and Adhesion, Invited Speaker
  • 1991, 1993
    American Cancer Institute, Advisory Committee on Cell and Developmental Biology
  • 1995, 1996, 1999
    Oral Biology and Medicine Study Section, Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • 1999, 2004
    NCI Workshop, Head and Neck Cancer
  • 2000
    NIDCR Review Panel, Genetic Basis of Oral Cancer
  • 2001, 2003
    NIDCR Special Review Panel on Oral Cancer
  • 2002, 2004
    NCI Head and Neck SPORE Panel Review
  • 2005, 2006
    NIH Tumor Microenvironment Study Section
  • 2006
    NIDCR Special Review Panel

Selected Publications

  1. Ozeki N, Mogi M, Yamaguchi H, Hiyama T, Kawai R, Hase N, Nakata K, Nakamura H, Kramer RH. Withdrawal: Differentiation of human skeletal muscle stem cells into odontoblasts is dependent on induction of α1 integrin expression. J Biol Chem. 2021 Jan-Jun; 296:100768.  View on PubMed
  2. Yang F, Xiao W, Liu Y, Liu R, Kramer R, Li X, Ajena Y, Baehr CM, Rojalin T, Zhang H, Lam KS. One-bead one-compound combinatorial library derived targeting ligands for detection and treatment of oral squamous cancer. Oncotarget. 2019 Sep 10; 10(52):5468-5479.  View on PubMed
  3. Humtsoe JO, Pham E, Louie RJ, Chan DA, Kramer RH. ErbB3 upregulation by the HNSCC 3D microenvironment modulates cell survival and growth. Oncogene. 2016 Mar 24; 35(12):1554-64.  View on PubMed
  4. Yang F, Liu R, Kramer R, Xiao W, Jordan R, Lam KS. Discovery of specific ligands for oral squamous carcinoma to develop anti-cancer drug loaded precise targeting nanotherapeutics. J Calif Dent Assoc. 2012 Dec; 40(12):939-43.  View on PubMed
  5. Humtsoe JO, Koya E, Pham E, Aramoto T, Zuo J, Ishikawa T, Kramer RH. Transcriptional profiling identifies upregulated genes following induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in squamous carcinoma cells. Exp Cell Res. 2012 Feb 15; 318(4):379-90.  View on PubMed
  6. Zuo J, Ishikawa T, Boutros S, Xiao Z, Humtsoe JO, Kramer RH. Bcl-2 overexpression induces a partial epithelial to mesenchymal transition and promotes squamous carcinoma cell invasion and metastasis. Mol Cancer Res. 2010 Feb; 8(2):170-82.  View on PubMed
  7. Ishikawa T, Kramer RH. Sdc1 negatively modulates carcinoma cell motility and invasion. Exp Cell Res. 2010 Apr 01; 316(6):951-65.  View on PubMed
  8. Humtsoe JO, Kramer RH. Differential epidermal growth factor receptor signaling regulates anchorage-independent growth by modulation of the PI3K/AKT pathway. Oncogene. 2010 Feb 25; 29(8):1214-26.  View on PubMed
  9. Pawlikowski B, Lee L, Zuo J, Kramer RH. Analysis of human muscle stem cells reveals a differentiation-resistant progenitor cell population expressing Pax7 capable of self-renewal. Dev Dyn. 2009 Jan; 238(1):138-49.  View on PubMed
  10. Gorfu G, Virtanen I, Hukkanen M, Lehto VP, Rousselle P, Kenne E, Lindbom L, Kramer R, Tryggvason K, Patarroyo M. Laminin isoforms of lymph nodes and predominant role of alpha5-laminin(s) in adhesion and migration of blood lymphocytes. J Leukoc Biol. 2008 Sep; 84(3):701-12.  View on PubMed
  11. El-Sayed I, Huang X, Macheret F, Humstoe JO, Kramer R, El-Sayed M. Effect of plasmonic gold nanoparticles on benign and malignant cellular autofluorescence: a novel probe for fluorescence based detection of cancer. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2007 Oct; 6(5):403-12.  View on PubMed
  12. Onishi A, Chen Q, Humtsoe JO, Kramer RH. STAT3 signaling is induced by intercellular adhesion in squamous cell carcinoma cells. Exp Cell Res. 2008 Jan 15; 314(2):377-86.  View on PubMed
  13. Jethanandani P, Kramer RH. Alpha7 integrin expression is negatively regulated by deltaEF1 during skeletal myogenesis. J Biol Chem. 2005 Oct 28; 280(43):36037-46.  View on PubMed
  14. Kramer RH, Shen X, Zhou H. Tumor cell invasion and survival in head and neck cancer. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2005 Jan; 24(1):35-45.  View on PubMed
  15. Zhou H, Kramer RH. Integrin engagement differentially modulates epithelial cell motility by RhoA/ROCK and PAK1. J Biol Chem. 2005 Mar 18; 280(11):10624-35.  View on PubMed
  16. Shen X, Kramer RH. Adhesion-mediated squamous cell carcinoma survival through ligand-independent activation of epidermal growth factor receptor. Am J Pathol. 2004 Oct; 165(4):1315-29.  View on PubMed
  17. Chen Q, Lipkina G, Song Q, Kramer RH. Promoter methylation regulates cadherin switching in squamous cell carcinoma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Mar 19; 315(4):850-6.  View on PubMed
  18. Xiao J, Jethanandani P, Ziober BL, Kramer RH. Regulation of alpha7 integrin expression during muscle differentiation. J Biol Chem. 2003 Dec 12; 278(50):49780-8.  View on PubMed
  19. Ferguson JW, Thoma BS, Mikesh MF, Kramer RH, Bennett KL, Purchio A, Bellard BJ, LeBaron RG. The extracellular matrix protein betaIG-H3 is expressed at myotendinous junctions and supports muscle cell adhesion. Cell Tissue Res. 2003 Jul; 313(1):93-105.  View on PubMed
  20. Yeh MG, Ziober BL, Liu B, Lipkina G, Vizirianakis IS, Kramer RH. The beta1 cytoplasmic domain regulates the laminin-binding specificity of the alpha7X1 integrin. Mol Biol Cell. 2003 Sep; 14(9):3507-18.  View on PubMed

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