Pancreatic Cancer Research

ResearcherSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteActive in the last 2 years

Michael Karin

ORCID-verified (high confidence, 0.95), identity_conf@1As of 7 November 2026

Matched on ORCID iD 0000-0002-2758-6473; OpenAlex author ID A5056315342; NIH RePORTER profile ID 1861927. Sources: OpenAlex.

Their work

Papers
8 (first author 0, last author 6)
Trials
0
Grants
4
Labs led
2
Collaborators
37
Papers, trials and grants by year

2013: 1 paper · 2014: none · 2015: 1 paper, 1 grant · 2016: 1 grant · 2017: none · 2018: none · 2019: none · 2020: none · 2021: none · 2022: 1 paper · 2023: 1 paper · 2024: none · 2025: 2 papers · 2026: 2 papers, 2 grants

Papers 8

  1. Selective targeting of NRF2-high pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with an NQO1-activatable prodrug. Last author DOI 10.1073/pnas.2511733123↗
  2. Inflammatory memory inactivates AMPK-stimulated DDR1 degradation to enable pancreatic cancer growth. Co-author DOI 10.1073/pnas.2616901123↗
  3. Author Correction: Collagenolysis-dependent DDR1 signalling dictates pancreatic cancer outcome. Last author DOI 10.1038/s41586-025-09285-4↗
  4. Self-amplifying NRF2-EZH2 epigenetic loop converts KRAS-initiated progenitors to invasive pancreatic cancer. Last author DOI 10.1038/s43018-025-01003-3↗
  5. Publisher Correction: Collagenolysis-dependent DDR1 signalling dictates pancreatic cancer outcome. Last author DOI 10.1038/s41586-023-05920-0↗
  6. Collagenolysis-dependent DDR1 signalling dictates pancreatic cancer outcome. Last author DOI 10.1038/s41586-022-05169-z↗
  7. BAG3 promotes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma growth by activating stromal macrophages. Co-author DOI 10.1038/ncomms9695↗
  8. Inflammation, autophagy, and obesity: common features in the pathogenesis of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. Last author DOI 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.02.007↗

Grants 4

  1. Collagen fibers and fragments regulate pancreatic cancer metabolism and growth R01CA285997↗
  2. Regulation of PDAC metabolism and immunity by collagen and its cleavage products U01CA274295↗
  3. IKKalpha, autophagy, obesity and injury enhanced pancreatic cancer R01CA163798↗
  4. TOR signaling and autophagy in obesity-promoted liver tumorigenesis R01CA155120↗

Closest collaborators

The 25 strongest of 37 by collab_strength@1: shared papers, trials and grants, recent and small-team work weighing most.

  1. Andrew M. Lowy · 5 shared papers, 1 shared grant, 2022–2026 · strength 1.81
  2. David A. Brenner · 3 shared papers, 1 shared grant, 2022–2026 · strength 1.69
  3. Robert F. Schwabe · 3 shared papers, 1 shared grant, 2022–2026 · strength 1.43
  4. Beicheng Sun · 5 shared papers, 2022–2026 · strength 0.90
  5. Hua Su · 4 shared papers, 2022–2026 · strength 0.68
  6. Christian M. Metallo · 3 shared papers, 2022–2025 · strength 0.43
  7. Dafna Bar‐Sagi · 2 shared papers, 2025–2026 · strength 0.38
  8. Laura Antonucci · 2 shared papers, 2025–2026 · strength 0.38
  9. David W. Dawson · 2 shared papers, 2025–2026 · strength 0.38
  10. Fei Yang · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.25
  11. Jelena Todoric · 3 shared papers, 2013–2025 · strength 0.24
  12. Jonathan Weitz · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22
  13. Hervé Tiriac · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.22
  14. Vidhi M. Shah · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.16
  15. Isidoro Cobo · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.16
  16. Terry K. Morgan · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.16
  17. Motoyuki Tsuda · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.16
  18. Rosalie C. Sears · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.16
  19. Guido Eibl · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.16
  20. Ilya Gukovsky · 1 shared paper, 2013 · strength 0.05
  21. Anna S. Gukovskaya · 1 shared paper, 2013 · strength 0.05
  22. Ning Li · 1 shared paper, 2013 · strength 0.05
  23. Morena d’Avenia · 1 shared paper, 2015 · strength 0.03
  24. Alessandra Rosati · 1 shared paper, 2015 · strength 0.03
  25. Vittoria Iorio · 1 shared paper, 2015 · strength 0.03

How to reach this person

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