Brian P. Rubin

Joint Staff
Cancer Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
United States of America

Professor Medical Sciences
Biography

Brian is focused on understanding the pathogenesis of bone and soft tissue cancers, collectively known as sarcomas. We take a comprehensive approach by analyzing actual human tumors, human tumor cell lines, mouse tumor cell lines and mouse models.

Research Intrest

Sarcoma; genetics, oncogene addiction, targeted therapy, pathology, mouse models of human cancer

List of Publications
Rubin BP (2005) A knock-in mouse model of gastrointestinal stromal tumor harboring Kit K641E. Cancer Res 65:6631-6639.
Rubin BP (2002) Molecular targeting of PDGFB by imatinib mesylate (STI571/Gleevec) in a patient with metastatic dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. J Clin Oncol 20:3586-3591.
Rubin BP (2001) KIT activation is a ubiquitous feature of gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Cancer Res 15:8118-8121.

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