Key Documents
Patrick O. Brown
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Member, Cancer Center
Administrative Appointments
- Board of Directors, Co-founder, Public Library of Science , (2001– present )
- Scientific Advisory Board, Canary Fund , (2004– present )
- Scientific Advisory Board, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , (2000– present )
Honors and Awards
- Member, Institute of Medicine (2009)
- Medal of Honor, American Cancer Society (2006)
- Curt Stern Award, American Society for Human Genetics (2005)
- Takeda Award, Takeda Foundation (2002)
- Member, National Academy of Sciences (2002)
- NAS Award in Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences (2000)
- Rave Award, WIRED Magazine (2004)
- ASM-Promega Biotechnology Award, American Society for Microbiology (2003)
- Biotech Helsinki Prize, Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (2003)
- Innovation Award, Discover Magazine (2002)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1999)
- Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award, Brandeis University (1998)
Professional Education
- MD, University of Chicago (1982)
- PhD, University of Chicago Biochemistry (1980)
- BA, University of Chicago Chemistry (1976)
Postdoctoral Advisees
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community & International Work
- Public Library of Science, San Francisco & Cambridge England More »
Web Site Links
Research Interests
Each cell in our bodies expresses a specific set of genes according to a precisely controlled genetic script that gives that cell its distinctive design and functional capabilities. The gene expression program that unfolds during a developmental or physiological or pathological process can be read as a kind of a script for that process.
Much of our research is directed at defining the gene expression scripts of the yeast and human genomes, understanding the logic and the molecular mechanisms that control them. These studies aim to provide a detailed picture of the rules and processes that govern expression of each gene. We are developing new genetic and biochemical approaches to systematically map out the regulatory circuitry that control that synthesis, processing, localization, translation and degradation of each gene’s transcripts. Our results thus far provide compelling evidence that post-transcriptional control plays a much richer and more important role in biological regulation than previously suspected.
We are characterizing the gene expression patterns in thousands of human cells and tissues under diverse conditions. These studies provide detailed molecular pictures of the programmed responses of the human genome to diverse physiological and pathological conditions, and clues to the mechanisms by which these processes are deranged in cancer and other diseases. We focus most of this effort in four areas:
1. Systematic investigation of the global program and molecular mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in human development, physiology and disease.
2. Defining the cellular and molecular composition of human tissue and tumor microenvironments; understanding how they influence the survival, proliferation, differentiation and physiology of normal and cancer cells.
3. Identifying patterns of gene expression that can be used to detect and precisely identify human cancers and predict their potential for progression or response to specific therapies.
4. Developing new strategies and technologies for early detection of cancer.
Clinical Trials
Publications
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- PLoS Med. 2009; (7): e1000114
- Nucleic Acids Res. 2008; (Database issue): D871-7
- PLoS One. 2008; (5): e2126
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- PLoS Biol. 2008; (10): e255
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- Nucleic Acids Res. 2007; (Database issue): D766-70
- PLoS One. 2007; (3): e323
- Mol Biol Cell. 2007; (11): 4261-78
- Mol Biol Cell. 2007; (11): 4245-60
- PLoS Biol. 2007; (7): e177
- PLoS Genet. 2007; (9): 1770-84
- Genome Biol. 2007; (8): R174
- PLoS One. 2007; (5): e460
- PLoS One. 2007; (9): e945
- Genome Biol. 2007; (12): R261
- Genome Biol. 2007; (9): R191
- PLoS Med. 2006; (3): e47
- PLoS Genet. 2006; (1): e11
- Nucleic Acids Res. 2006; (1): e5
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006; (3): 690-5
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006; (14): 5478-83
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006; (12): 4487-92
- Breast Cancer Res. 2006; (5): R62
- Am J Hum Genet. 2006; (3): 429-33
- BMC Genomics. 2006; 231
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- BMC Genomics. 2006; 115
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- Mol Syst Biol. 2006; 37
- PLoS Biol. 2005; (6): e187
- Nucleic Acids Res. 2005; (8): 2421-32
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- Genome Biol. 2005; (9): R74
- PLoS Med. 2005; (10): e265
- Nucleic Acids Res. 2005; (Database issue): D580-2
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- PLoS Medicine. 2004; (1): e31
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- Nucleic Acids Res. 2003; (1): 94-6
- PLoS Biol. 2003; (2): E53
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- PLoS Biol. 2003; (1): E36
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003; (21): 12319-24
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- PLoS Biol. 2003; (3): E65
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- J Virol. 2001; (23): 11851-62
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- Toxicol Lett. 2001; (3): 189-203
- Nat Genet. 2001; (4): 327-34
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- Mol Cell Biol. 2001; (3): 916-27
- Nucleic Acids Res. 2001; (1): 152-5
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- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001; (5): 2199-204
- Mol Microbiol. 2001; (3): 595-605
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- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000; (14): 7957-62
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- Curr Opin Genet Dev. 1999; (6): 715-22
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- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999; (17): 9721-6
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- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999; (22): 12833-8
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999; (23): 13118-23
- J Virol. 1999; (5): 3649-60
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999; (16): 9212-7
- Methods Enzymol. 1999; 179-205
- Nucleic Acids Res. 1999; (6): 1517-23
- Nat Genet. 1999; (1 Suppl): 33-7
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999; (1): 67-72
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- Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1999; 71-8
- Genetics. 1998; (4): 1377-91
- J Virol. 1998; (6): 5046-55
- Biochemistry. 1998; (19): 6667-78
- J Virol. 1998; (7): 5781-8
- Mol Biol Cell. 1998; (12): 3273-97
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998; (25): 14863-8
- J Clin Immunol. 1998; (6): 373-9
- Genomics. 1998; (1): 7-11
- Nat Med. 1998; (11): 1293-301
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- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998; (13): 7299-304
- Nat Genet. 1998; (2): 91-3
- J Biol Chem. 1997; (41): 25809-15
- Biochemistry. 1997; (35): 10655-65
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997; (4): 1304-9
- Genes Dev. 1997; (3): 371-82
- J Virol. 1997; (2): 1334-40
- Science. 1997; (5338): 680-6
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997; (24): 13057-62
- J Virol. 1996; (3): 1580-7
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- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996; (20): 10614-9
- Nat Genet. 1996; (4): 457-60
- Science. 1996; (5295): 2069-74
- J Virol. 1995; (1): 456-68
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- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995; (14): 6479-83
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- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994; (15): 7316-20
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