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Ekrem Emrah Er

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Ekrem Emrah EriD2 papers · University of Illinois Chicago

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Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1

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Alexa M Gajda· 1 shared Beata Maria WolskaiD· 1 shared Caitlyn C. Castillo· 1 shared Eron N Mendenhall· 1 shared Faruk HosseniD· 1 shared Irena LevitaniD· 1 shared Jalees RehmaniD· 1 shared James C. LeeiD· 1 shared

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Alexa M Gajda

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Ionic Regulation of Mechanosurveillance and Metastasis via the MRTFA/KCNMB1 Axis

Alexa M Gajda, Mohamed Haloul, Vinay Pai, Keyvan Mollaeian, Khushi J Patel, Raymundo Rodríguez-López, Katie Beverley, Mark A. Sanborn, Kihak Lee, Caitlyn C. Castillo, Stephanie M. Wilk, Beata Maria Wolska, Faruk Hossen, Eron N Mendenhall, James C. Lee, , Ekrem Emrah Er

This study identifies KCNMB1 and potassium efflux as regulators of cellular stiffness in cancer cells, showing that BK channel activation reduces metastasis and enhances immune cell cytotoxicity.

Developmental Cell · Jun 1, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology

Correlative multiscale 3D imaging of mouse primary and metastatic tumors by sequential light sheet and confocal fluorescence microscopy

Jingtian Zheng, Yi-Chien Wu, Xiaoying Cai, Philana Phan, Meghna Gill, Ekrem Emrah Er, Zongmin Zhao, Zaijie J. Wang, Steve Seung-Young Lee

This paper develops a method to obtain correlative multiscale 3D images of mouse tumors using sequential light sheet and confocal fluorescence microscopy, enabling spatial analysis of immune responses and metastasis.

iScience · Feb 3, 2025Peer-reviewedCancer Biology