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James P. Vaughn, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Office:

336-716-7122

Email: jvaughn@wakehealth.edu

Clinical Specialties

Breast Cancer

Languages

English

Education & Training

	BS	Duke University	1983
	PhD	University of Virginia	1992
Fellowship	Biophysical Chemistry	University of Virginia	1984
	Surgery	Duke University School of Medicine	1995

James P. Vaughn, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Comprehensive Cancer Center

Contact Information

Office:

336-716-7122

Email: jvaughn@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Giri B, Smaldino PJ, Thys RG, Creacy SD, Routh ED, Hantgan RR, Lattmann S, Nagamine Y, Akman SA, Vaughn JP. G4 Resolvase 1 tightly binds and unwinds unimolecular G4-DNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011; 39(16):7161-7178.

Lattmann S, Stadler MB, Vaughn JP, Akman SA, Nagamine Y. The DEAH-box RNA helicase RHAU binds an intramolecular RNA G-quadruplex in TERC and associates with telomerase holoenzyme. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011; 39(21):9390-9404.

Lattmann S, Giri B, Vaughn JP, Akman SA, Nagamine Y. Role of the amino terminal RHAU-specific motif in the recognition and resolution of guanine quadruplex-RNA by the DEAH-box RNA helicase RHAU. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010; 38(18):6219-6233.

Kute TE, Savage L, Stehle JR Jr, Kim-Shapiro JW, Blanks MJ, Wood J, Vaughn JP. Breast tumor cells isolated from in vitro resistance to trastuzumab remain sensitive to trastuzumab anti-tumor effects in vivo and to ADCC killing. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2009; 58(11):1887-1896.

Creacy SD, Routh ED, Iwamoto F, Nagamine Y, Akman SA, Vaughn JP. G4 resolvase-1 binds both DNA and RNA tetramolecular quadruplex with high affinity and is the major source of tetramolecular quadruplex G4-DNA and G4-RNA resolving activity in HeLa cell lysates. J Biol Chem. 2008; 283(50):34626-34.

Kute TE, Savage L, Wood J, Vaughn J. Mechanism of action of herceptin killing of HER-2+breast cancer cells under 'in vitro' and 'in vivo' conditions [abstract]. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2007; 106(Suppl 1):S123.

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Last Updated 2/6/2012

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