Allyn Sue Menko

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Thomas Jefferson University
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Pathology, Anatomy And Cell Biol
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical College
Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Associate Professor

Mailing Address

1020 Locust Street
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-5587
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (215) 503-2166
A.Menko@jefferson.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D..

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Blindness, Cell Differentiation, Extracellular Matrix, Eye Diseases, Gene Expression, Ophthalmology, Phosphorylation, Vision.

Additional Terms:

Biological Signal Transduction, Cell Adhesion Molecule, Cell Cell Interaction, Cell Differentiation, Chick Embryo, Cytoskeletal Protein, Embryo Fetus Cell Culture, Extracellular Matrix, Fluorescent Dye Probe, Gene Expression, Integrin, Lens, Microinjection, Monoclonal Antibody, Phosphorylation, Protein Tyrosine Kinase, Rous Sarcoma Virus, Temperature Sensitive Mutant, Western Blotting.

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH), 5 R01 EY10577-03, ADHESION MOLECULES AND LENS DEVELOPMENT, $235324, 1995-1997

Publications

  • Leong L, Menko AS, Grunwald GB, Differential expression of N- and B-cadherin during lens development, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 41(11), 3503-10, October 2000 Abstract
  • Ferreira-Cornwell MC, Veneziale RW, Grunwald GB, Menko AS, N-cadherin function is required for differentiation-dependent cytoskeletal reorganization in lens cells in vitro, Experimental Cell Research, 256(1), 237-47, April 2000 Abstract
  • Walker JL, Menko AS, alpha6 Integrin is regulated with lens cell differentiation by linkage to the cytoskeleton and isoform switching., Developmental Biology, 210(2), 497-511, 15 Jun 1999 Abstract
  • Fernandes RP, Cotanche DA, Lennon-Hopkins K, Erkan F, Menko AS, Kukuruzinska MA, Differential expression of proliferative, cytoskeletal, and adhesive proteins during postnatal development of the hamster submandibular gland, Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 111(2), 153-62, February 1999 Abstract
  • Menko S, Philp N, Veneziale B, Walker J, Integrins and development: how might these receptors regulate differentiation of the lens, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 842, 36-41, April 1998 Abstract
  • Claudio JO, Veneziale RW, Menko AS, Rouleau GA, Expression of schwannomin in lens and Schwann cells, Neuroreport, 8(8), 2025-30, May 1997 Abstract
  • Menko AS, Philip NJ, Beta 1 integrins in epithelial tissues: a unique distribution in the lens., Experimental Cell Research, 218(2), 516-21, 1995 Abstract
  • Boettiger D, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Yoon HY, Hofer U, Menko AS, Chiquet-Ehrismann R, Regulation of integrin alpha 5 beta 1 affinity during myogenic differentiation, Developmental Biology, 169(1), 261-72, May 1995 Abstract
  • Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Menko AS, Philp N, Boettiger D, Evaluation of integrin molecules involved in substrate adhesion, Cell Adhesion and Communication, 1(3), 191-202, December 1993 Abstract
  • Enomoto M, Leboy PS, Menko AS, Boettiger D, Beta 1 integrins mediate chondrocyte interaction with type I collagen, type II collagen, and fibronectin, Experimental Cell Research, 205(2), 276-85, April 1993 Abstract
  • Enomoto MI, Boettiger D, Menko AS, Alpha 5 integrin is a critical component of adhesion plaques in myogenesis, Developmental Biology, 155(1), 180-97, January 1993 Abstract
  • Leboy PS, Sullivan TA, Menko AS, Enomoto M, Ascorbic acid induction of chondrocyte maturation, Bone and Mineral, 17(2), 242-6, May 1992 Abstract
  • Menko AS, Boettiger D, Inhibition of chicken embryo lens differentiation and lens junction formation in culture by pp60v-src, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 8(4), 1414-20, April 1988 Abstract
  • Boettiger D, Menko AS, Effect of oncogenes on chondrogenesis, Pathology and Immunopathology Research, 7(1-2), 32-7, 1988 Abstract
  • Menko AS, Boettiger D, Occupation of the extracellular matrix receptor, integrin, is a control point for myogenic differentiation, Cell, 51(1), 51-7, October 1987 Abstract
  • Menko AS, Klukas KA, Liu TF, Quade B, Sas DF, Preus DM, Johnson RG, Junctions between lens cells in differentiating cultures: structure, formation, intercellular permeability, and junctional protein expression, Developmental Biology, 123(2), 307-20, October 1987 Abstract
  • Sas DF, Sas MJ, Johnson KR, Menko AS, Johnson RG, Junctions between lens fiber cells are labeled with a monoclonal antibody shown to be specific for MP26, Journal of Cell Biology, 100(1), 216-25, January 1985 Abstract
  • Menko AS, Klukas KA, Johnson RG, Chicken embryo lens cultures mimic differentiation in the lens, Developmental Biology, 103(1), 129-41, May 1984 Abstract
  • Menko AS, Toyama Y, Boettiger D, Holtzer H, Altered cell spreading in cytochalasin B: a possible role for intermediate filaments, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 3(1), 113-25, January 1983 Abstract
  • Menko AS, Croop J, Toyama Y, Holtzer H, Boettiger D, The response of chicken embryo dermal fibroblasts to cytochalasin B is altered by Rous sarcoma virus-induced cell transformation, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2(3), 320-30, March 1982 Abstract
  • Atkinson MM, Menko AS, Johnson RG, Sheppard JR, Sheridan JD, Rapid and reversible reduction of junctional permeability in cells infected with a temperature-sensitive mutant of avian sarcoma virus, Journal of Cell Biology, 91(2 Pt 1), 573-8, November 1981 Abstract
  • Menko AS, Tan KB, Nuclear tubulin of tissue culture cells, Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta, 629(2), 359-70, May 1980 Abstract

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