Dr Rachel Barker
B.Sc.(Warw.), PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Publications
Recent publications
12/03/2025Curious Dichotomies of Apolipoprotein E Function in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cancer—One Explanatory Mechanism of Inverse Disease Associations?
Genes
The Role of Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein (IGFBP)-2 in DNA Repair and Chemoresistance in Breast Cancer Cells
Cancers
Untangling the role of tau in sex hormone responsive cancers
Clinical Science
A role for androgen receptor variant 7 in sensitivity to therapy
Translational Oncology
Associations of CTCF and FOXA1 with androgen and IGF pathways in men with localized prostate cancer
Growth Hormone and IGF Research
Thesis
The Plasminogen System in Alzheimer's Disease
Supervisors
Award date
19/01/2011
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