Notch and Kras reprogram pancreatic acinar cells to ductal intraepithelial neoplasia

JP De La O, LL Emerson… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Efforts to model pancreatic cancer in mice have focused on mimicking genetic changes found
in the human disease, particularly the activating KRAS mutations that occur in pancreatic …

Comparison of esomeprazole to aerosolized, swallowed fluticasone for eosinophilic esophagitis

KA Peterson, KL Thomas, K Hilden, LL Emerson… - Digestive diseases and …, 2010 - Springer
Background Both gastroesophageal reflux disease and allergy/atopy have been implicated
in the pathogenesis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). There are no prospective studies …

Serum osteopontin and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for pancreatic adenocarcinoma

KE Poruk, MA Firpo, CL Scaife, DG Adler, LL Emerson… - Pancreas, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a dismal 5-year survival rate of 5%.
There is an urgent need for early detection while the tumors are small and surgically …

Macrophage HIF-1α is an independent prognostic indicator in kidney cancer

…, N Kandula, D Sirohi, AM Agarwal, LL Emerson… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is frequently associated with inactivation
of the von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor, resulting in activation of HIF-1α and HIF-2α. The …

Serum platelet factor 4 is an independent predictor of survival and venous thromboembolism in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma

…, MA Firpo, LM Huerter, CL Scaife, LL Emerson… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2010 - AACR
Background: Improved diagnostic, predictive, and prognostic biomarkers for pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are urgently needed. Platelet factor 4 (PF4) has been proposed …

[HTML][HTML] KIT mutations in ocular melanoma: frequency and anatomic distribution

ML Wallander, LJ Layfield, LL Emerson, N Mamalis… - Modern …, 2011 - nature.com
KIT mutations are known to occur in∼ 15% of chronic sun damaged cutaneous, mucosal,
and acral melanomas. Melanomas with demonstrated activating mutations in KIT or platelet-…

[HTML][HTML] Structural variation and its potential impact on genome instability: Novel discoveries in the EGFR landscape by long-read sequencing

…, HD Herbold, JM O'Shea, TK Varghese, LL Emerson - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Structural variation (SV) is typically defined as variation within the human genome that
exceeds 50 base pairs (bp). SV may be copy number neutral or it may involve duplications, …

Collecting duct carcinoma arising in association with BK nephropathy post‐transplantation in a pediatric patient. A case report with immunohistochemical and in situ …

LL Emerson, HM Carney, LJ Layfield… - Pediatric …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… A case report with immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study - Emerson - 2008
- Pediatric Transplantation - Wiley Online Library … EmersonEmerson

A comparison of immunohistochemical stain quality in conventional and rapid microwave processed tissues

LL Emerson, SR Tripp, BC Baird… - American journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Same-day turnaround of pathology specimens is desirable in this era of managed care, and
rapid microwave tissue processing produces histologic features of a quality equivalent to …

Solitary peripheral pulmonary papilloma evaluation on frozen section: a potential pitfall for the pathologist

LL Emerson, LJ Layfield - Pathology-Research and Practice, 2012 - Elsevier
Emerson , Lester J. Layfield … The pathologist (LL) reading the frozen section favored a
reactive proliferation, and the surgery was completed at that point. …