Postdoctoral Research Associate
2121 W. Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
Email: tkatz@ibt.tamhsc.edu
EDUCATION & TRAINING
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute March 2011-March 2016
Postdoctoral training in the Women’s Cancer Research Center
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey August 2005-May 2011
Ph.D. in Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences
The Pennsylvania State University August 2000-December 2004
B.S. in Animal Bioscience with a Minor in Microbiology
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Crismale-Gann C, Stires H, Katz TA, Cohick WS. “Tumor phenotype and gene expression during early mammary tumor development in offspring exposed to alcohol in utero” Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Submitted
Katz TA, Palmieri VJ, Liao SG, Pathiraja T, Dearth RK, Small S, Tseng GC, Lee AV, Oesterreich S. “Genome-wide DNA methylation screen reveals a parity-induced hypermethylation of IGF1R which persists long after parturition” Cancer Prevention Research. 2015; Epub. PMID: 26290394
Jiang S, Katz TA, Garee J, DeMayo F, Lee AV, Oesterreich S. “Scaffold attachment factor B2 (SAFB2) null mice reveal non-redundant functions compared to its paralog SAFB1” Disease Models and Mechanisms.2015; Epub. PMID: 26092125
Katz TA, Vasilatos S, Harrington E, Oesterreich S, Davidson NE, Huang Y. “Inhibition of histone demethylase, LSD2 (KDM1B), attenuates DNA methylation and increases sensitivity to DNMT inhibitor-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells” Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.2014; 146(1):99-108. PMID: 24924415
Vasilatos S*, Katz TA*, Oesterreich S, Wan Y, Davidson NE, Huang Y. “Crosstalk between lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) and histone deacetylases mediates antineoplastic efficacy of HDAC inhibitors in breast cancer cells” Carcinogenesis. 2013; 34:1196-1207. *These authors contributed equally PMID: 23354309
Polanco TA, Crismale-Gann C, Cohick WS. “Alcohol exposure in utero leads to enhanced prepubertal mammary development and alterations in mammary IGF and estradiol systems” Hormones and Cancer. 2011; 2:239-248. PMID: 21761112
Polanco TA, Crismale-Gann C, Reuhl KR, Sarkar DK, Cohick WS. “Fetal alcohol exposure increases mammary tumor susceptibility and alters tumor phenotype in rats” Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 2010; 34:1879-1887. PMID: 20662802
Fleming JM, Desury G, Polanco TA, Cohick WS. “IGF-I and epidermal growth factor receptors recruit distinct upstream signaling molecules to enhance AKT activation in mammary epithelial cells” Endocrinology. 2006; 147:6027-6035. PMID: 16990343
August A, Mueller C, Weaver V, Polanco TA, Walsh ER, Cantorna MT. “Nutrients, nuclear receptors, inflammation, immunity lipids, PPAR, and allergic asthma” The Journal of Nutrition. 2006; 136:695-699. PMID: 16484545
August A, Polanco TA. “The Role of PPAR-γ in relieving symptoms of allergic asthma” The Penn State McNair Scholars Journal. 2004; 11:48-54.
REVIEWS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Cohick, WS, Crismale-Gann C, Stires H, Katz TA. “Fetal Alcohol Exposure and Mammary Tumorigenesis in Offspring: Role of the Estrogen and Insulin-like Growth Factor Systems” Biological Basis of Alcohol-Induced Cancer Ed. Vasiliou V, Zakhari S, Seitz HK, Hoek JB, 2014. PMID: 25427921 (http://www.springer.com/biomed/cancer/book/978-3-319-09613-1)
Katz TA, Huang Y, Davidson NE, Jankowitz RC. “Epigenetic Reprogramming in Breast Cancer: From New Targets to New Therapies” Annals of Medicine. 2014; Jul 24:1-12. PMID: 25058177
AWARDS
http://dpcd.pitt.edu/career-development-spotlight-issue-1