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Rex Colle Bentley

Professor of Pathology
Pathology
Duke Box 3712, Durham, NC 27710
216A Davison Bldg, Durham, NC

Selected Grants


Validation of UM1 candidate targets in fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma preclinical models

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2024 - 2029

ZEB2 as a cell fate switch in fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Hyundai Hope on Wheels · 2024 - 2026

Targeting the Macro lncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in Rhabdomyosarcoma Tumorigenesis

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2024 - 2026

Targeting CDK8 in fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Rally! Foundation · 2021 - 2023

Role of the macro lncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma tumorigenesis

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Kate Amato Foundation Inc. · 2019 - 2023

Role of the macro lncRNA KCNQ1OT1 in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma tumorigenesis

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Alex's Lemonade Stand · 2019 - 2023

A Novel Immune Modulating Antibody for the Treatment of Lung Cancer

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2019 - 2022

Role of MST/Hippo kinase inactivation in driving fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma

FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021

Identification and validation of the PAX3-FOXO1 protein interactome

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by St. Baldrick's Foundation · 2018 - 2020

Targeting the Hippo pathway in Ras-driven rhabdomyosarcoma

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by V Foundation for Cancer Research · 2016 - 2020

Investigating the role of the transcriptional coactivator TAZ in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by St. Baldrick's Foundation · 2016 - 2019

A Novel Hippo-Notch axis controlling embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma tumorigenesis

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by V Foundation for Cancer Research · 2016 - 2018

The role of MST1 in non-canonical Hippo signaling in rhabdomyosarcoma

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Alex's Lemonade Stand · 2015 - 2018

Tissue and Data Acquisition Activity for the Study of Gynecologic Disease

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Henry M. Jackson Foundation · 2016 - 2017

The Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer in African American Women

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Virginia - Charlottesville · 2015 - 2017

The role of MEST (mesoderm specific transcript) in rhabdomyosarcoma

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by St. Baldrick's Foundation · 2015 - 2016

Endometrial Cancer TCGA Project

ResearchPathologist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Disparities in cervical cancer precursors and deregulation of imprinted genes

ResearchClinical Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2014

Molecular Modeling of Pediatric Skeletal Muscle Tumors

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2013

Tissue and Data Acquisition Activity for the Study of Gynecologic Disease

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command · 2010 - 2011

Erythropoietin Receptors in Breast Cancer

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010

Developing Biomarker-Based Prognostics in Breast Cancer

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2009

Improving genomic prediction models in breast cancer.

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2007

CDC PO- IUGR Study

ResearchPathologist · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2003 - 2004

Spore In Breast Cancer

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 1998

Role Of Type-C Retroviral Antigens In Autoimmunity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1989 - 1993

External Relationships


  • WellCare of North Carolina

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