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Xu J, Yu X, Martin TC, Bansal A, Cheung K, Lubin A, Stratikopoulos E, Cahuzac KM, Wang L, Xie L, Zhou RW, Shen Y, Wu X, Yao S, Qiao R, Poulikakos PI, Chen X, Liu J, Jin J, Parsons R. AKT degradation selectively inhibits the growth of PI3K/PTEN pathway mutant cancers with wild-type KRAS and BRAF by destabilizing Aurora kinase B. Cancer Discovery (2021) 11(12): 3064–3089.
Bansal A, Sanchez DJ, Nimgoankar V, Sanchez D, Riscal R, Skuli N, Simon MC. Gamma-Glutamyltransferase 1 promotes clear cell renal cell carcinoma initiation and progression. Molecular cancer research (2019) 17(9):1881–1892.
Bansal A, Simon MC. Glutathione metabolism in cancer progression and treatment resistance. Journal of Cell Biology (2018) 217(7):2291–2298.
Sanchez DJ, Steger DJ, Skuli N, Bansal A, Simon MC. PPARG is dispensable for clear cell renal cell carcinoma progression. Molecular Metabolism (2018) 14:139–149.
Bansal A, Yen K, Tissenbaum HA. Dissociating lifespan and healthspan using C elegans as model system. PNAS (2015) 112(3):E277-86. (Commentary in Science)
Bansal A, Kwon ES, Liu H, MacNeil L, Walhout AJM, Tissenbaum HA. ELT-2/4 GATA factors and SWI/SNF promote longevity by controlling Caenorhabditis elegans FOXO/DAF-16 transcription. Longevity and Healthspan (2014) 3:5.
Narasimhan SD, Yen K, Bansal A, Kwon ES, Padmanabhan S and Tissenbaum HA. PDP-1 links the TGF-β and insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathways to regulate longevity, development and metabolism. PLoS Genetics (2011) 7(4):e1001377.
Yen K, Le TL, Bansal A, Narasimhan SD, Cheng JX, and Tissenbaum HA. A Comparative study of fat storage quantitation in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans using label and label-free methods. PLoS One (2010) 5(9):e12810.