{"id":5,"date":"2017-06-21T15:13:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T15:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-template.sites.unc.edu\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:01:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1395\/2026\/02\/Pruitt_lab_homepage-1500-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2473\" style=\"padding-right: 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1395\/2026\/02\/Pruitt_lab_homepage-1500-3-300x210.png\" alt=\"Shown are schematics of three core projects of the Pruitt lab.\" width=\"750\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1395\/2026\/02\/Pruitt_lab_homepage-1500-3-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1395\/2026\/02\/Pruitt_lab_homepage-1500-3-1024x717.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1395\/2026\/02\/Pruitt_lab_homepage-1500-3-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1395\/2026\/02\/Pruitt_lab_homepage-1500-3-600x420.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1395\/2026\/02\/Pruitt_lab_homepage-1500-3.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Project 1<\/h3>\n<p>We are defining the role of DVL paralogs in mediating oncogenic signaling<br \/>\nand regulating\u00a0immune evasion in the tumor microenvironment.<\/p>\n<h3>Project 2<\/h3>\n<p>We are defining the role that estrogen synthesis and signaling play in regulating<br \/>\nmalignant properties of cancers such as colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n<h3>Project 3<\/h3>\n<p>We are elucidating the role of epigenetic regulators such as DNA methylation readers and histone<br \/>\nmodifying enzymes in mediating oncogenic signaling in breast and colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Project 1 We are defining the role of DVL paralogs in mediating oncogenic signaling and regulating\u00a0immune evasion in the tumor microenvironment. 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Project 3 We are elucidating the role of epigenetic regulators &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Home\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1369,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/front-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Home - Pruitt Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/pruittlab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Home - Pruitt Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Project 1 We are defining the role of DVL paralogs in mediating oncogenic signaling and regulating\u00a0immune evasion in the tumor microenvironment. 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