Steven R Post, PhD

Research Program: Cancer Biology Faculty Rank: Professor Campus: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College: College of Medicine Department: Pathology

Cancer Research Interest

• Disease Site Focus: Breast, Leukemia/ Lymphoma
• Research Focus Area: Treatment, Carcinogenesis, Diagnosis/ Prognosis
• Type of Research: Basic
• Research Interest Statement: My research interests relate to inhibiting cancer growth and metastasis by defining and targeting the pathways used by macrophages to recognize and respond to factors in the tumor microenvironment.

Contact Information

• Email Address: SPOST@UAMS.EDU
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Active Grants

• NIH/Nat. Cancer Institute – 1R21CA280448
  “SR-A as a therapeutic target in breast cancer”
  Principal Investigator
  1/1/2024 – 12/31/2025

Recent Publications

• Chen J, Fan J, Malaviarachchi PA, [et al., including Post SR]. Alterations in Cellular Gene Expression Due to Co-Infection With Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and SARS-CoV-2: Implications for Disease Severity. Journal of medical virology. 2025 97(1):e70149. PMID: 39740042.
• Tesfay MZ, Zhang Y, Ferdous KU, [et al., including Post SR]. Enhancing immune response and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma with novel oncolytic Jurona virus and immune checkpoint blockade. Molecular therapy. Oncology. 2024 32(4):200913. PMID: 39758249. PMCID: PMC11697550.
• Ferdous KU, Tesfay MZ, Cios A, [et al., including Post SR]. Enhancing Neoadjuvant Virotherapy's Effectiveness by Targeting Stroma to Improve Resectability in Pancreatic Cancer. Biomedicines. 2024 12(7). PMID: 39062169. PMCID: PMC11275208.
• Monzavi-Karbassi B, Kelly T, Post SR. The Tumor Microenvironment and Immune Response in Breast Cancer. International journal of molecular sciences. 2024 25(2). PMID: 38255987. PMCID: PMC10815817.
• Chen J, Lin Z, Fan J, [et al., including Post SR]. Identification of new microtubule small-molecule inhibitors and microtubule-associated genes against triple negative breast cancer. American journal of cancer research. 2024 14(4):1545-1560. PMID: 38726264. PMCID: PMC11076258.
• Marin LP, Presley JH, Noori K, [et al., including Post SR]. Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR) Program Increases Medical Student Knowledge and Confidence to Perform Cancer Research. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education. 2023. PMID: 37957501. PMCID: PMC10995089.
• Chen J, Lin Z, Song J, [et al., including Post SR]. Echinomycin as a promising therapeutic agent against KSHV-related malignancies. Journal of hematology & oncology. 2023 16(1):48. PMID: 37143124. PMCID: PMC10161613.
• Chen J, Song J, Plaisance-Bonstaff K, [et al., including Post SR]. Role of Histamine and Related Signaling in Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Pathogenesis and Oncogenesis. Viruses. 2023 15(4). PMID: 37112991. PMCID: PMC10142667.
• Nounamo B, Jousheghany F, Siegel ER, [et al., including Post SR]. VT68.2: An Antibody to Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4) Displays Reactivity against a Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigen. International journal of molecular sciences. 2023 24(3). PMID: 36768830. PMCID: PMC9917008.
• Nakamura N, Rogers P, Eggerson R, [et al., including Post SR]. Translational Research for Identifying Potential Early-stage Prostate Cancer Biomarkers. Cancer genomics & proteomics. 2023 20(1):1-8. PMID: 36581341. PMCID: PMC9806668.
• Nagalo BM, Zhou Y, Loeuillard EJ, [et al., including Post SR]. Characterization of Morreton virus as an oncolytic virotherapy platform for liver cancers. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2022. PMID: 36052732.
• Chen J, Song J, Dai L, [et al., including Post SR]. SARS-CoV-2 infection and lytic reactivation of herpesviruses: A potential threat in the postpandemic era?. Journal of medical virology. 2022. PMID: 35819034. PMCID: PMC9350099.
• Chen J, Dai L, Kendrick S, [et al., including Post SR]. The Anti-COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir Promotes Oncogenic Herpesvirus Reactivation through Regulation of Intracellular Signaling Pathways. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2022:aac0239521. PMID: 35041508. PMCID: PMC8923226.
• Dai L, Lu YC, Chen J, [et al., including Post SR]. Oral Shedding of an Oncogenic Virus Alters the Oral Microbiome in HIV+ Patients. Frontiers in microbiology. 2022 13:882520. PMID: 35516440. PMCID: PMC9063630.
• Zhang Y, Gabere M, Taylor MA, [et al., including Post SR]. Repurposing live attenuated trivalent MMR vaccine as cost-effective cancer immunotherapy. Frontiers in oncology. 2022 12:1042250. PMID: 36457491. PMCID: PMC9706410.
• Chen J, Song J, James J, [et al., including Post SR]. Activation of IL1 signaling molecules by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 2022 12:1049624. PMID: 36457850. PMCID: PMC9705745.
• Chen J, Dai L, Barrett L, [et al., including Post SR]. SARS-CoV-2 proteins and anti-COVID-19 drugs induce lytic reactivation of an oncogenic virus. Communications biology. 2021 4(1):682. PMID: 34083759. PMCID: PMC8175744.
• Del Valle L, Dai L, Lin HY, [et al., including Post SR]. Role of EIF4G1 network in non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) cell survival and disease progression. Journal of cellular and molecular medicine. 2021. PMID: 33539648. PMCID: PMC7957206.
• Dai L, Jung BG, Chen J, [et al., including Post SR]. The potential impacts of early secreted antigenic target of 6 kDa of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on KSHV-infected cells. Journal of medical virology. 2020. PMID: 32648938. PMCID: PMC7796979.
• Chen J, Goyal N, Dai L, [et al., including Post S]. Developing new ceramide analogs and identifying novel sphingolipid-controlled genes against a virus-associated lymphoma. Blood. 2020. PMID: 32518949. PMCID: PMC7645984.
• Murray GP, Post SR, Post GR. ABO blood group is a determinant of von Willebrand factor protein levels in human pulmonary endothelial cells. Journal of clinical pathology. 2020 73(6):347-349. PMID: 31662441. PMCID: PMC7279561.
• Dai L, Forrest J, Barrett L, [et al., including Post SR]. Porphyromonas gingivalis coinfects with KSHV in oral cavities of HIV+ patients and induces viral lytic reactivation. Journal of medical virology. 2020. PMID: 32436999. PMCID: PMC7679274.