Publications
Recent Articles
S.J. Weiss. Viewpoint on cell migration in 3D systems. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, September 2012 Link
Wu, Z.-Q., Brabletz, T., Fearon, E., Hu, C.Y., Li, X.-Y. and S.J. Weiss. The Canonical Wnt Suppressor, Axin2, Promotes Colon Carcinoma Oncogenic Activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2012, 109:11312-7. PubMed Link
Wu, Z-Q., Li, X-Y., Hu, C.Y., Ford, M., Kleer, C.G. and S.J. Weiss. Canonical Wnt Signaling Regulates Slug Activity and Links Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition with Epigenetic BRCA1 Repression. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2012, 109:16654-9. PubMed Link
Shimizu-Hirota, R., Xiong, W., Baxter, B.T., Kunkel, S.L., Maillard, I., Chen, X.-Y., Sabeh, F., Liu, R., Li, X.-Y., and S.J. Weiss. MT1-MMP-Dependent Regulation of a PI3Kδ-Nucleosome Remodeling Axis Controls Macrophage Immune Function. Genes & Development, 2012, 26:395-413. PubMed Link
Weiss, S.J. Tying the collagen-sulfilimine knot. Nature Chemical Biology 2012, Vol. 9, September 2012. PubMed Link
Kim, N.H., Kim, H.S., Li, X.-Y., Lee, I., Choi, H.-S., Kang, S.E., Cha, SY, Ryu, J.K., Yoon, D., Fearon, E.R., Rowe, R.G., Lee, S., Maher, C.A., *Weiss, S.J., and J.I. Yook*. A p53/miRNA-34 Axis Regulates Snail1-Dependent Cancer Cell Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Journal of Cell Biology, 2011, 195:417-33 (*co-senior authors) PubMed Link
Li, X.-Y., Zhou, X., Rowe, G.R., Hu, Y., Schlaepfer, D.D., Ilic, D., Dressler, G., Park, A., Guan, J.-L. and S.J. Weiss. Snail1 Controls Epithelial-Mesenchymal Lineage Commitment in Focal Adhesion Kinase-Null Embryonic Cells. Journal of Cell Biology, 2011, 195:729-38. PubMed Link
Kim, N.H., Kim, H.S., Kim, N.-G., Lee, I., Choi, H.S., Li, X.-Y., Kang, S.E., Cha, S.Y., Ryu, J.K., Na, J.M., Park, C., Kim, K., Lee, S., Gumbiner, B.M., Yook, J.I. and S.J. Weiss. P53 and microRNA-34 Are Suppressors of Canonical Wnt Signaling. Science Signaling, 2011, 4:ra71. PubMed Link
Lu, C., Li, X.Y., Hu, Y., Rowe, R.G., Weiss, S.J. (2010). MT1-MMP controls human mesenchymal stem cell trafficking and differentiation. Blood, 115(2), 221-229. PubMed Link
Feinberg, T., Weiss, S.J. (2009). Developmental ECM sculpting: laying it down and cutting it up. Developmental Cell, 17(5), 584-586. PubMed Link
Ota, I., Li, X.Y., Hu, Y., Weiss, S.J. (2009). Induction of a MT1-MMP and MT2-MMP-dependent basement membrane transmigration program in cancer cells by Snail1. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 106(48), 20318-20323. PubMed Link
Sabeh, F., Li, X.Y., Saunders, T.L., Rowe, R.G., Weiss, S.J. (2009). Secreted versus membrane-anchored collagenases: relative roles in fibroblast-dependent collagenolysis and invasion. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284(34), 23001-23011. PubMed Link
Sabeh, F., Shimizu-Hirota, R., Weiss, S.J. (2009). Protease-dependent versus -independent cancer cell invasion programs: three-dimensional amoeboid movement revisited. Journal of Cell Biology, 185(1), 11-19. PubMed Link
Rowe, R.G., Li, X.Y., Hu, Y., Saunders, T.L., Virtanen, I., Garcia de Herreros, A., Becker, K.F., Ingvarsen, S., Engelholm, L.H., Bommer, G.T., Fearon, E.R., Weiss, S.J. (2009). Mesenchymal cells reactivate Snail1 expression to drive three-dimensional invasion programs. Journal of Cell Biology, 184(3), 399-408. PubMed Link
Zhou, X., Rowe, R.G., Hiraoka, N., George, J.P., Wirtz, D., Mosher, D.F., Virtanen, I., Chernousov, M.A., Weiss, S.J. (2008). Fibronectin fibrillogenesis regulates three-dimensional neovessel formation. Genes and Development, 22(9), 1231-1243. PubMed Link
Li, X-Y., Ota, I., Yana, I., Sabeh, F., & Weiss, S.J. (2008). Molecular dissection of the structural machinery underlying the tissue-invasive activity of MT1-MMP. Molecular Biology Cell, 19, 3221-3233. PubMed Link
Yook, J.I., Li, X.Y., Ota, I., Hu, C., Kim, H.S., Kim, N.H., cha, S.Y., Ryu, J.K., Choi, Y.J., Kim, J., Fearon, E.R., & Weiss, S. J. (2006). A Wnt/Asin2/GSK3b cascade regulates Snail1 activity in breast cancer cells. Nature Cell Biology, 8, 1398-1406. PubMed Link
Hotary, K., Li, X.Y., Allen, E., Stevens, S.L., & Weiss, S. J. (2006). A cancer cell metalloprotease triad regulates the basement membrane transmigration program. Genes and Development, 20, 2673-2686. PubMed Link
Chun, T.H., Hotary, K.B., Sabeh, F., Saltiel, A.R., Holmbeck, K., Birkedal-Hansen, H., Allen, E.D., & Weiss, S. J. (2006). A pericellular collagenase directs the 3-dimensional development of white adipose tissue. Cell, 125, 577-591. PubMed Link