Publications

2024

• Diaz D, Bergdorf K, Loberg MA, Phifer CJ, Xu GJ, Sheng Q, Chen SC, Byrant JM, Tigue ML, Hartmann H, Rohde SL, Netterville JL, Baregamian N, Goettel JA, Ye F, Lee E, Weiss VL. Wnt/β-catenin signaling is a therapeutic target in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Endocrine.2024 May 28;. doi: 10.1007/s12020-024-03887-0. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38806891; NIHMSID:NIHMS2002531.
• Wolf MM, Madden MZ, Arner EN, Bader JE, Ye X, Vlach L, Tigue ML, Landis MD, Jonker PB, Hatem Z, Steiner KK, Gaines DK, Reinfeld BI, Hathaway ES, Xin F, Tantawy MN, Haake SM, Jonasch E, Muir A, Weiss VL, Beckermann KE, Rathmell WK, Rathmell JC. VHL loss reprograms the immune landscape to promote an inflammatory myeloid microenvironment in renal tumorigenesis. J Clin Invest. 2024 Apr 15;134(8). doi: 10.1172/JCI173934. PubMed PMID: 38618956; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11014672.
• Ye W, Guo KS, Gallant JN, Stevens MN, Weiss VL, Bendfeldt GA, O'Brien MT, Rosenthal EL, Netterville JL, Mannion K, Langerman AJ, Sinard RJ, Topf MC, Rohde SL. Impact of comorbidities on immediate post-operative complications in oral cavity free flap patients. Am J Otolaryngol.2024 Jan-Feb;45(1):104068. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.104068. Epub 2023 Sep 29. PubMed PMID: 37832328.

2023

• Ng, V.H., Spencer, Z., Neitzel, L.R. Nayak A, Loberg MA, Shen C, Kassel SN, Kroh HK, An Z, Anthony CC, Bryant JM, Lawson A, Goldsmith L, Benchabane H, Hansen AG, Li J, D’Souza S, Lebensohn AM, Rohatgi R, Weiss WA, Weiss VL, Williams C, Hong CC, Robbins DJ, Ahmed Y, and Lee E. The USP46 complex deubiquitylates LRP6 to promote Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Nat Commun 14, 6173 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41836-z
• Xu GJ, Loberg MA, Gallant JN, Sheng Q, Sheau-Chiann C, Lehmann BD, Shaddy SM, Tigue ML, Phifer CJ, Wang L, Saab-Chalhoub MW, Dehan LM, Wei Q, Chen R, Li B, Kim CY, Ferguson DC, Netterville JL, Rohde SL, Solórzano CC, Bischoff LA, Baregamian N, Shaver AC, Mehrad M, Ely KA, Byrne DW, Stricker TP, Murphy BA, Choe JH, Kagohara LT, Jaffee EM, Huang EC, Ye F, Lee E, Weiss VL. Molecular signature incorporating the immune microenvironment enhances thyroid cancer outcome prediction. Cell Genomics. 2023, 100409, ISSN 2666-979X, doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100409
• Yang J, Bergdorf K, Yan C, Luo W, Chen SC, Ayers GD, Liu Q, Liu X, Boothby M, Weiss VL, Groves SM, Oleskie AN, Zhang X, Maeda DY, Zebala JA, Quaranta V, Richmond A. CXCR2 expression during melanoma tumorigenesis controls transcriptional programs that facilitate tumor growth. Mol Cancer. 2023 Jun 3;22(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s12943-023-01789-9. PubMed PMID: 37270599; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10239119.
• Kassel S, Hanson AJ, Benchabane H, Saito-Diaz K, Cabel CR, Goldsmith L, Taha M, Kanuganti A, Ng VH, Xu G, Ye F, Picker J, Port F, Boutros M, Weiss VL, Robbins DJ, Thorne CA, Ahmed Y, Lee E. USP47 deubiquitylates Groucho/TLE to promote Wnt-β-catenin signaling. Sci Signal. 2023 Feb 7;16(771):eabn8372. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abn8372. Epub 2023 Feb 7. PubMed PMID: 36749823; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10038201.

2022

• Baregamian N, Sekhar KR, Krystofiak ES, Vinogradova M, Thomas G, Mannoh E, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Abumrad N, Freeman ML, Weiss VL, Rathmell JC, Rathmell WK. Engineering functional 3-dimensional patient-derived endocrine organoids for broad multiplatform applications. Surgery. 2023 Jan;173(1):67-75. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2022.09.027. Epub 2022 Nov 16. PubMed PMID: 36400581; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9939934.
• Bharti V, Weiss VL, Shen C, Chen SC, Blevins A, Shattuck-Brandt R, Richmond A, and Vilgelm A. BCL-xL inhibition potentiates cancer therapies by redirecting the outcome of p53 activation from senescence to apoptosis. Cell Rep. 2022 Dec 20;41(12):111826. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111826. PMID: 36543138
• VanderLaan PA, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Griffith CC, Weiss VL, Booth CN. Molecular testing of cytology specimens: overview of assay selection with focus on lung, salivary gland, and thyroid testing. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2022 Nov-Dec;11(6):403-414. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2022.08.002. Epub 2022 Aug 19. PMID: 36184436.
• Sharma RK, Patel S, Gallant JN, Esianor BI, Duffus S, Wang H, Weiss VL, Belcher RH. Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in the presentation and management of pediatric thyroid cancer. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Nov;162:111331. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111331. Epub 2022 Oct 1. PMID: 36206698.
• Tigue ML, Loberg MA, Goettel JA, Weiss WA, Lee E, Weiss VL; Wnt Signaling in the Phenotype and Function of Tumor-Associated Macrophages. Cancer Res. 2022 Oct 10; 83 (1): 3–11. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-1403
• Compton ML, Taylor SS, Weeks AG, Weiss VL, Hogan MM, Wang H, Ely KA. Cytology and LGBT+ health: establishing inclusive cancer screening programs. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2022 Sep-Oct;11(5):241-252. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2022.06.003. Epub 2022 Jun 21.PMID: 35840516.
• Gallant JN, Belcher, R, and Weiss VL. Investigations Into Obesity and the Risk of Malignant Disease in Pediatric Thyroid Nodules. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Jun 23. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2022.1341.
• Gallant JN, Ortega C,Chen SC, Ye F, Wang H, Belcher R, Nikiforov Y, Nikiforova M, and Weiss VL. The Molecular Landscape of Pediatric Thyroid Nodules and The Utility of a Multigene Genomic Classifier in Children. JAMA Oncol. 2022 Jun 9;. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.1655. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35679040.
• Trabzonlu L, Jager L, Tabibi S, Compton ML, Weiss VL, Kanber Y, Robila V, Antic T, Maleki Z, Morency E, Barkan GA. Adrenal gland cytology reporting: a multi-institutional proposal for a standardized reporting system. Cancer Cytopathology. 2022 Mar 4. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22564. PMID: 35244974.
• Bergdorf K, Bauer JA, Westover D, Phifer C, Murphy B, Tyson DR, Lee E, and Weiss VL. Utilizing Three-Dimensional Culture Methods to Improve High-Throughput Drug Screening in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 7;14(8):1855. doi: 10.3390/cancers14081855. PMID: 35454763 PMCID: PMC9031362.
• Wang H, Liang J, Belcher RH, Compton ML, Weiss VL, Ely KA, Johnson JE, Coogan AC. Nondiagnostic category of Milan System for Reporting Pediatric Salivary Gland Cytopathology: outcomes and root cause analysis. Cancer Cytopathol. 2022 Aug;130(8):609-619. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22571. Epub 2022 Mar 17. PMID: 35298098; PMCID: PMC10030067.
• Wang H, Liang J, Borinstein SC, Belcher R, Mannion K, Virgin F, Compton ML, Weiss VL, Ely K, Johnson J, Coogan A. Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Pediatric Salivary Gland Tumors: Analysis of Patient Tolerability, Sedation Requirement, and Procedural Complication. Acta Cytol. 2022;66(3):179-186. doi: 10.1159/000522208. Epub 2022 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 35226899.
• Yan C, Chen SC, Ayers GD, Nebhan CA, Roland JT, Weiss VL, Johnson DB, Richmond A. Proximity of immune and tumor cells underlies response to BRAF/MEK-targeted therapies in metastatic melanoma patients. NPJ Precision Oncology. 2022 Jan 20;6(1):6. doi: 10.1038/s41698-021-00249-1. PMID: 35058553; PMCID: PMC8776860.

2021

• Weiss VL, Heher YK, Seegmiller A, VanderLaan PA, Nishino M. All in for patient safety: a team approach to quality improvement in our laboratories. J American Society of Cytopathology. 2022 Mar-Apr;11(2):87-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2021.12.001. Epub 2021 Dec 15. PMID: 34996748.
• Ortega C, Gallant JN, Chen SC, Ye F, Wang H, Belcher R, and Weiss VL. Evaluation of thyroid nodule malignancy and obesity among children. JAMA Network Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2116369. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.16369. PMID: 34241632; PMCID: PMC8271420.
• Wang H, Weiss VL, Borinstein SC, Ely K, Johnson J, Coogan A, Belcher R, Mannion K, Virgin F, Liang J. Application of the Milan System for Reporting Pediatric Salivary Gland Cytopathology: Analysis of histologic follow-up, risk of malignancy, and diagnostic accuracy. Cancer Cytopathology. 2021 Jul;129(7):555-565. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22415. Epub 2021 Feb 17. PMID: 33595882.
• Bergdorf KN, Phifer CJ, Bechard ME, Lee M, McDonald OG, Lee E, and Weiss VL. Immunofluorescent staining of cancer spheroids and fine-needle aspiration-derived organoids. STAR Protocols, 2021 May 31;2(2):100578. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100578. PMID: 34136836; PMCID: PMC8182106.

2020

• Wang H, Weiss VL, Hoffman RD, Abel T, Ho RH, Borinstein SC, Mannion K, Bridge JA, Black J, Liang J. Salivary Gland NUT Carcinoma with Prolonged Survival in Children: Case Illustration and Systematic Review of Literature. Head and Neck Pathology. 2021 Mar;15(1):236-243. doi: 10.1007/s12105-020-01141-3. Epub 2020 Feb 19. PMID: 32077054; PMCID: PMC8010040.
• Bergdorf KN, Phifer CJ, Bharti V, Westover D, Bauer J, Vilgelm A, Lee E, and Weiss VL. High-throughput drug screening of fine-needle aspiration-derived cancer organoids. STAR Protocols, 2020 Dec 18; 1(3): 100212. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100212. PMID: 33377106; PMCID: PMC7757655.
• Phifer CJ, Bergdorf, KN, Bechard ME, Vilgelm A, Baregamian N, McDonald OG, Lee E, and Weiss VL. Obtaining patient-derived organoid cultures via fine-needle aspiration. STAR Protocols, 2020 Dec 21;2(1):100220. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100220. PMID: 33377121; PMCID: PMC7758553.
• Hu R, Xu G, Stricker T, Li B, Weiss VL, and Bischoff L. Incidental pulmonary metastases revealing subcentimeter papillary thyroid carcinoma. AACE Clinical Case Reports. 2020 Sep-Oct; 6(5): e273–e278. doi: 10.4158/ACCR-2020-0051. PMID: 32984537; PMCID: PMC7511093.
• Klofas LK, Bogan CM, Coogan A, Schultenover SJ, Weiss VL, Daniels AB. Instrument gauge and type in uveal melanoma fine needle biopsy: implications for diagnostic yield and molecular prognostication. American J Ophthalmology. 2020 Aug 17:S0002-9394(20)30440-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.08.014. PMID: 32818452.
• Bechard ME, Smalling R, Hayashi A, Zhong Y, Word AE, Campbell SL, Tran AV, Weiss VL, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Wellen KE, McDonald OG. Pancreatic cancers suppress negative feedback of glucose transport to reprogram chromatin for metastasis. Nature Communications. 2020 Aug 13;11(1):4055. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17839-5. PubMed PMID: 32792504; PMCID: PMC7426874.
• Vilgelm AE, Bergdorf K, Wolf M, Bharti V, Shattuck-Brandt R, Blevins A, Jones C, Phifer C, Lee M, Lowe C, Hongo R, Boyd K, Netterville J, Rohde S, Idrees K, Bauer JA, Westover D, Reinfeld B, Baregamian N, Richmond A, Rathmell WK, Lee E, McDonald OG, Weiss VL. Fine-Needle Aspiration-Based Patient-Derived Cancer Organoids. iScience. 2020 Jul 24;23(8):101408. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101408. PMID: 32771978; PMCID: PMC7415927.
• Compton ML, Weiss VL, Barkan GA, Ely KA. Targeted education as a method for reinforcing Paris System criteria and reducing urine cytology atypia rates. J American Society of Cytopathology. 2020 Jul 15;. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2020.06.008. PMID: 32771394.
• Wright F, Weiss VL, Lewis JS, Schimtz JE, and Ely KA. Determination of high-risk HPV status of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using the Roche cobas HPV test on cytologic specimens and acellular supernatant fluid. Cancer Cytopathology. 2020. Mar 4. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22258. PMID: 32129949.
• Lee MA, Bergdorf KN, Phifer CJ, Jones C, Byon SY, Sawyer LM, Bauer J, and Weiss VL. Novel three dimensional cultures provide insights into thyroid cancer behavior. Endocrine-Related Cancer. 2020 Feb;27(2):111-121. doi: 10.1530/ERC-19-0374. PMID: 31804972.
• Bergdorf KN, Lee LA, and Weiss VL. BRAF molecular testing in cytopathology:  implications for diagnosis, prognosis, and targeted therapeutics. Cancer Cytopathology. 2020 Jan;128(1):9-11. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22209. PMID: 31765065.

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2019

• Wang H, Mehrad M, Ely K, Liang J, Solorzano C, Neblett W, Coogan A, and Weiss VL. Incidence and malignancy rates in indeterminate pediatric thyroid nodules. Cancer Cytopathology. 2019 Apr;127(4):231-239. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22104. PMID: 30768868.
• Bergdorf K, Ferguson DC, Ely K, Mehrad M, Stricker T, and Weiss VL. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Behavior: Clues in the Tumor Microenvironment. Endocrine-Related Cancer. 2019 Jun;26(6):601-614. doi: 10.1530/ERC-19-0074. PMID: 30965283.

2018

• Weiss VL, Andreotti RF, Ely KA. Use of the thyroid imaging, reporting, and data system (TI-RADS) scoring system for the evaluation of subcentimeter thyroid nodules. Cancer Cytopathology. 2018 Aug;126(8):518-524. doi: 10.1002/cncy.22015. Epub 2018 May 7. PMID: 29733503.
• Ely KA, Bischoff LA, Weiss VL. Wnt Signaling in Thyroid Homeostasis and Carcinogenesis. Genes (Basel). 2018 Apr 10;9(4):204. doi: 10.3390/genes9040204. PMID: 29642644; PMCID: PMC5924546.
• Weiss VL, Kiernan C, Wright J, Merchant NB, Coogan AC, Shi C. Fine-Needle Aspiration-Based Grading of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms Using Ki-67: Is Accurate WHO Grading Possible on Cytologic Material? J American Society of Cytopathology. 2018 May-Jun;7(3):154-459. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2018.02.001. Epub 2018 Feb 13. PMID: 30038894; PMCID: PMC6054317.
• Adkins BD, Barlow AB, Jack A, Schultenover SJ, Desouki MM, Coogan AC, Weiss VL. Characteristic findings of cervical Papanicolaou tests from transgender patients on androgen therapy: Challenges in detecting dysplasia. Cytopathology. 2018 Jun;29(3):281-287. doi: 10.1111/cyt.12525. Epub 2018 Feb 28. PMID: 29488269.
• Kiernan CM, Weiss VL, Mehrad M, Ely K, Baregamian N, Solórzano CC. New terminology-noninvasive follicular neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP) and its effect on the rate of malignancy at a single institution. Surgery. 2018 Jan;163(1):55-59. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.04.041. Epub 2017 Nov 7. PMID: 29126555.

2017

• Weiss VL, Jeffords C, Stratton CW, Ely K. Spontaneous cryptococcal peritoneal effusion: an unusual cytological diagnosis with a poor prognosis. Cytopathology. 2017 Apr;28(2):168-169. doi: 10.1111/cyt.12383. Epub 2016 Oct 5. PMID: 27704635.

2016

• Weiss VL, Dueber J, Wright JP, Cates J, Revetta F, Parikh AA, Merchant NB, Shi C. Immunohistochemical analysis of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. World J Gastrointestinal Oncology. 2016 Aug 15;8(8):615-22. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v8.i8.615. PMID: 27574554; PMCID: PMC4980652.
• Weiss VL, Cate F, Fadare, O, Bloom L, Coogan A, and Desouki MM. Age cut-off for reporting endometrial cells on a Papanicolaou test: 50 years may be more appropriate than 45 years. Cytopathology. 2016 Aug; 27(4):242-8. doi: 10.1111/cyt.12280
• Li S, Weiss VL, Wang XJ, Desai PA, Hu S, Yin CC, Tang G, Reddy NM, Medeiros LJ, Lin P. High-grade B-cell Lymphoma With MYC Rearrangement and Without BCL2 and BCL6 Rearrangements Is Associated With High P53 Expression and a Poor Prognosis. American J Surgical Pathology. 2016 Feb;40(2):253-61. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000542. PMID: 26448193.

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