Mary Breslin, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Research Institute for Children
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504) 896-2741
Fax: (504) 568-7532

mbreslin@chnola-research.org

Degrees

PhD - 1999
LSU Health Sciences Center

Research Interests

Small cell lung cancer
insulinoma associate-1 (IA-1) in SCLC in gene expression
zinc finger transcriptional repressor protein

Selected Publications

Breslin MB, Zhu M, Lan MS, NeuroD1/E47 Regulates the E-box Element of a Novel Zinc-Finger Transcription Factor, IA-1, in Developing Nervous System, J Biol Chem 278:38991-38997, 2003.

Breslin MB, Zhu M, Notkins AL, Lan MS, Neuroendocrine differentiation factor, IA-1, is a transcriptional repressor and contains a specific DNA-binding domain: identification of consensus IA-1 binding sequence, Nucleic Acids Research 30:1038-1045, 2002.

Breslin MB, Geng CD, Vedeckis WV, Multiple promoters exist in the human GR gene, one of which is activated by glucocorticoids, Mol Endocrinol 8:1381-95, 2001.

Zhu M, Breslin M, Lan MS, , Pancreas 24:139-145, 2001.

Wagner BL, Giangrande PP, Webster JC, Breslin M, Mais DE, Cook CE, Vedeckis WV, Cidlowski JA, McDonnell DP, The Novel Progesterone Receptor Antagonists RTI 3021-012 and RTI 3021-022 Exhibit Complex Glucocorticoid Receptor Antagonist activities: Implications for the Development of Dissociated Antiprogestins, Endocrinology 140:1449-1458, 1999.

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