Marie Beckner, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology
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Dr. Beckner comes to Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport from the University of Pittsburgh where she trained in molecular genetic pathology and neuropathology and conducted research on the invasiveness of brain tumors. She was previously at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, and West Virginia University. Her research at the NCI included the discovery of angio-associated migratory cell protein (AAMP) which led to studies of angiogenesis and other adaptations to hypoxia in tumors. She will continue her career as an academic pathologist at LSUHSC-S in the Department of Pathology as an assistant professor with responsibilities in molecular pathology, other areas of clinical pathology, and neuropathology.

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Beckner ME, Angio-associated migratory cell protein (AAMP).  In: Encyclopedia of Cancer, Ed. Schwab M, Springer, In press.

            Vogt F, Zernecke A, Beckner M, Krott N, Bosserhoff A-K, Hoffmann R, Zandvoort MAMJ, Jahnke T, Kelm M, Weber C and Blindt R.  Blockade of angio-associated migratory cell protein inhibits smooth muscle cell migration and neointima formation in accelerated atherosclerosis.  J Am Coll Cardiol. 52:302-314, 2008.

            Beckner ME, Jane EP, Jankowitz B, Agostino NR, Walter KA, Hamilton RL, and Pollack IF.  Tumor cells from ultrasonic aspirations of glioblastomas migrate and form spheres with radial outgrowth. Cancer Lett. 255:135-144, 2007.

Beckner ME, Bioenergetics of brain tumor invasion.  In:  Progress in Tumor Marker Research, Ed. Swenson LI, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 1-8, 2007.

            Beckner ME, Fellows-Mayle W, Agostino NR, Gobbel GT, Pollack IF.  Tumor markers in pseudopodia for invasive migration.  In:  Progress in Tumor Marker Research, Ed. Swenson LI, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 43-66, 2007.

Beckner ME, Zhang Z, Agostino NR, Day BW, and Pollack IF.  Albumin marks pseudopodia of astrocytoma cells responding to hepatocyte growth factor or serum.  Lab Invest. 86:1103-1114, 2006.

            Beckner ME, Gobbel GT, Abounader R, Burovic F, Agostino NR, Laterra J, and Pollack IF.  Glycolytic glioma cells with active glycogen synthase are sensitive to PTEN and inhibitors of PI3K and gluconeogenesis.  Lab Invest. 85:1457-1470, 2005.

            Beckner ME, Chen X, An, J, Day BW, and Pollack IF.  Proteomic characterization of harvested pseudopodia with differential gel electrophoresis and specific antibodies.  Lab Invest. 85:316-27,2005. 

             Beckner ME, Sasatomi E, Swalsky PA, Hamilton RL, Pollack IF, and Finkelstein SD.  Loss of heterozygosity reveals non-VHL allelic loss in hemangioblastomas at 22q13.  Human Pathol. 35:1104-1110, 2004.

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