Academic Information
Departments Primary - Oncological Sciences
Research Interests
- Cellular Senescence
- Developmental Biology
- Adrenal Cancer
- Mouse Models of Cancer
- Wnt Pathway
Education History
| Postdoctoral Fellowship |
University of Michigan (Endocrine Cancer) |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
|---|---|---|
| Doctoral Training |
University of Utah |
PhD |
| Undergraduate |
Saint Mary’s College of California |
BS |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Sherwin O, Basham KJ, Andoniadou CL (2026). Stem Cells of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis. Endocr Rev.
- Haykir B, Berber M, Basham KJ, Silva Borges K, Ribeiro C, Ho HH, Carlone DL, Breault DT (2026). ROR1/ROR2 regulate aldosterone production from the zona glomerulosa. Endocrinology, 167(8).
- Dumontet T, Basham KJ, Foster MC, Silverman E, Heard KA, Johnson D, Lee C, Plaska SW, Breault DT, Penton D, Beuschlein F, Turcu AF, LaPensee CR, Marcondes Lerario A, Hammer GD (2026). The transcription factor HHEX maintains glucocorticoid levels and protects adrenals from androgen-induced lipid depletion. Nat Commun, 17(1), 1535.
- Borges KS, Little DW 3rd, Magalhes TA, Ribeiro C, Dumontet T, Lapensee C, Basham KJ, Seth A, Azova S, Guagliardo NA, Barrett PQ, Berber M, OConnell AE, Turcu AF, Lerario AM, Mohan DR, Rainey W, Carlone DL, Hirschhorn JN, Salic A, Breault DT, Hammer GD (2024). Non-canonical Wnt signaling triggered by WNT2B drives adrenal aldosterone production. bioRxiv.
- Fu R, Walters K, Kaufman ML, Koc K, Baldwin A, Clay MR, Basham KJ, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Fishbein L, Mukherjee N (2023). In Situ Spatial Reconstruction of Distinct Normal and Pathological Cell Populations Within the Human Adrenal Gland. J Endocr Soc, 7(12), bvad131.
- Warde KM, Smith LJ, Liu L, Stubben CJ, Lohman BK, Willett PW, Ammer JL, Castaneda-Hernandez G, Imodoye SO, Zhang C, Jones KD, Converso-Baran K, Ekiz HA, Barry M, Clay MR, Kiseljak-Vassiliades K, Giordano TJ, Hammer GD, Basham KJ (2023). Senescence-induced immune remodeling facilitates metastatic adrenal cancer in a sex-dimorphic manner. Nat Aging, 3(7), 846-865.
Review
- Gorelick DA, Gertz J, Basham KJ, Trevio LS (2024). A Stronger IMPACT on Career Development for Early- and Mid-career Faculty. [Review]. J Endocr Soc, 8(12), bvae191.
- Warde KM, Smith LJ, Basham KJ (2023). Age-related Changes in the Adrenal Cortex: Insights and Implications. [Review]. J Endocr Soc, 7(9)(9), bvad097. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvad097.
- Leo J, Dondossola E, Basham KJ, Wilson NR, Alhalabi O, Gao J, Kurnit KC, White MG, McQuade JL, Westin SN, Wellberg EA, Frigo DE (2023). Stranger Things: New Roles and Opportunities for Androgen Receptor in Oncology Beyond Prostate Cancer. [Review]. Endocrinology, 164(6), bqad071. 10.1210/endocr/bqad071.
- Hahn AW, Siddiqui BA, Leo J, Dondossola E, Basham KJ, Miranti CK, Frigo DE (2023). Cancer Cell-Extrinsic Roles for the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer. [Review]. Endocrinology, 164(6), bqad078. doi:10.1210/endocr/bqad078.
- Hammer GD, Basham KJ (2020). Stem cell function and plasticity in the normal physiology of the adrenal cortex. [Review]. Mol Cell Endocrinol, 519, 111043.