Jack Lenz, Ph.D.
- Professor, Department of Genetics
- Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Area of research
- Retroviruses. Evolution of human endogenous retroviruses, and their roles in normal functions and diseases. Retrovirus gene expression. Pathological consequences of virus DNA integration into host genomes.
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Location
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus 1300 Morris Park Avenue Ullmann Building 1203 Bronx, NY 10461
Selected Publications
Agoni, L., Lenz, J, and Guha, C. Influence of ionizing radiation on transcription of Human Endogenous Retrovirus K (HERV-K) in cancer cell lines. PLoS One. 2013 8(10):e76472. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076472.
Lenz J. HERV-K HML-2 diversity among humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2016 Apr 19;113(16):4240-2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1603569113.
Van Arsdale A, Patterson N, Maggi E, Agoni L, Van Doorslaer K, Harmon B, Nevadunsky N, Kuo DSY, Einstein MH, Lenz J and Montagna C. Insertional oncogenesis by HPV70 revealed by multiple genomic analyses in a clinically HPV‐negative cervical cancer. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2020 Feb; 59(2): 84–95.