Lisa Shantz, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile

Lisa Shantz, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Scientific Program:Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis
Research Interests
- Ornithine Decarboxylase
- Polyamines
- Neoplasms
- Carcinogenesis
- Skin
- Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase
- Transgenic Mice
- Enzymes
- Growth
- Messenger RNA
- Spermine
- Proteins
Recent Publications
2022
Feehan, RP, Coleman, CS, Ebanks, S, Lang, CH & Shantz, LM 2022, 'REDD1 interacts with AIF and regulates mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generation in the keratinocyte response to UVB', Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 616, pp. 56-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.05.066
2021
Suryawanshi, RK, Patil, CD, Agelidis, A, Koganti, R, Ames, JM, Koujah, L, Yadavalli, T, Madavaraju, K, Shantz, LM & Shukla, D 2021, 'mTORC2 confers neuroprotection and potentiates immunity during virus infection', Nature communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 6020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26260-5
2019
Osei-Amponsa, V, Buckwalter, JM, Shuman, L, Zheng, Z, Yamashita, H, Walter, V, Wildermuth, T, Ellis-Mohl, J, Liu, C, Warrick, JI, Shantz, LM, Feehan, RP, Al-Ahmadie, H, Mendelsohn, C, Raman, JD, Kaestner, KH, Wu, XR & DeGraff, DJ 2020, 'Hypermethylation of FOXA1 and allelic loss of PTEN drive squamous differentiation and promote heterogeneity in bladder cancer', Oncogene, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 1302-1317. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-019-1063-4
Stump, CL, Feehan, RP, Jordan, T, Shantz, LM & Nowotarski, SL 2020, 'Knocking down raptor in human keratinocytes affects ornithine decarboxylase in a post-transcriptional Manner following ultraviolet B exposure', Amino Acids, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 141-149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-019-02732-3