Martin Sanda and Rebecca Arnold Inducted into Millipub Club
March 2015
Dr. Martin G. Sanda, Chair of the Emory Department of Urology, and Dr. Rebecca Arnold, Assistant Professor in Emory Urology, have been inducted into the Emory MilliPub Club, an organization that honors and recognizes Emory faculty members who have published papers that have garnered more than 1000 citations. Such papers are commonly considered citation classics, and represent high impact scholarship.
Dr. Sanda's study, "The Polycomb Group Protein EZH2 is Involved in Progression of Prostate Cancer," reported a specific genetic expression (dysregulated expression of EZH2) that helps determines prostate cancer prognosis. The study was published inNature, one of the top 10 scientific journals in the world with an impact factor of 30.
"Cell Transformation by the Superoxide-Generating Oxidase Mox1," Dr. Arnold's study, was also published inNature. Dr. Arnold cloned and described the characterization of Mox1 (later updated to Nox1), a key enzyme that generates reactive oxygen species, which are crucial molecules in cancer biology. Her discovery led to the subsequent description of a family of enzymes, Noxs 1-5 and dual oxidases Duox1/2.
