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Overview

David Zagzag is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research portfolio primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a notable emphasis on genetics, neurology, epidemiology, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including glioma diagnosis and treatment, neuroblastoma research and treatments, meningioma and schwannoma management, long-term effects of COVID-19, brain metastases and treatment, pituitary gland disorders and treatments, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Matija Snuderl
  • John G. Golfinos
  • Dimitris G. Placantonakis
  • Christopher William
  • Rajan Jain

Zagzag's publications often appear in journals such as Neuro-Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, Neuro-Oncology Advances, and American Journal of Neuroradiology.

Some recent notable papers authored by or involving David Zagzag are:

  • Hemorrhagic stroke and anticoagulation in COVID-19, 2020, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • The transcriptional landscape of Shh medulloblastoma, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Carotid web: an occult mechanism of embolic stroke, 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Cavernous sinus lesions, 2020, Clinical Imaging
  • Endarterectomy for symptomatic internal carotid artery web, 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery

Best Publications

  • Overexpression of Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1α in Common Human Cancers and Their Metastases

    Hua Zhong;Angelo M. De Marzo;Erik Laughner;Michael Lim

  • Vessel Cooption, Regression, and Growth in Tumors Mediated by Angiopoietins and VEGF

    J. Holash;P. C. Maisonpierre;D. Compton;P. Boland

  • Prediction of central nervous system embryonal tumour outcome based on gene expression

    Scott L. Pomeroy;Pablo Tamayo;Michelle Gaasenbeek;Lisa M. Sturla

  • Glioma grading: sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of perfusion MR imaging and proton MR spectroscopic imaging compared with conventional MR imaging

    Meng Law;Stanley Yang;Hao Wang;James S. Babb;James S. Babb

  • Id1 and Id3 are required for neurogenesis, angiogenesis and vascularization of tumour xenografts

    David Lyden;Alison Z. Young;David Zagzag;Wei Yan

  • Molecular Classification of Ependymal Tumors across All CNS Compartments, Histopathological Grades, and Age Groups

    Kristian W. Pajtler;Kristian W. Pajtler;Hendrik Witt;Martin Sill;David T.W. Jones

  • Expression of hypoxia‐inducible factor 1α in brain tumors

    David Zagzag M.D.;Hua Zhong M.D.;Joanne M. Scalzitti;Erik Laughner

  • Glial neoplasms: dynamic contrast-enhanced T2*-weighted MR imaging.

    Edmond A. Knopp;Soonmee Cha;Glyn Johnson;Avi Mazumdar

  • Transforming fusions of FGFR and TACC genes in human glioblastoma

    Devendra Singh;Joseph Minhow Chan;Pietro Zoppoli;Francesco Niola;Francesco Niola

  • Intracranial Mass Lesions: Dynamic Contrast-enhanced Susceptibility-weighted Echo-planar Perfusion MR Imaging

    Soonmee Cha;Edmond A. Knopp;Glyn Johnson;Stephan G. Wetzel

  • Genomic analysis of diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas identifies three molecular subgroups and recurrent activating ACVR1 mutations

    Pawel Buczkowicz;Christine Hoeman;Patricia Rakopoulos;Sanja Pajovic

  • Comparison of cerebral blood volume and vascular permeability from dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced perfusion MR imaging with glioma grade.

    Meng Law;Stanley Yang;James S. Babb;James S. Babb;Edmond A. Knopp

  • Gliomas: Predicting Time to Progression or Survival with Cerebral Blood Volume Measurements at Dynamic Susceptibility-weighted Contrast-enhanced Perfusion MR Imaging

    Meng Law;Robert J. Young;James S. Babb;Nicole Peccerelli

  • Mechanisms of Glioma-Associated Neovascularization

    Matthew E. Hardee;David Zagzag

  • Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 and VEGF upregulate CXCR4 in glioblastoma: implications for angiogenesis and glioma cell invasion.

    David Zagzag;Yevgeniy Lukyanov;Li Lan;M Aktar Ali

  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1-Dependent Repression of E-cadherin in von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor–Null Renal Cell Carcinoma Mediated by TCF3, ZFHX1A, and ZFHX1B

    Balaji Krishnamachary;David Zagzag;Hideko Nagasawa;Karin Rainey

  • Clonal selection drives genetic divergence of metastatic medulloblastoma

    Xiaochong Wu;Paul A. Northcott;Adrian Dubuc;Adam J. Dupuy

  • Craniopharyngiomas: a clinicopathological analysis of factors predictive of recurrence and functional outcome.

    Howard L. Weiner;Jeffrey H. Wisoff;Michael E. Rosenberg;Mark J. Kupersmith

  • Angiogenesis in gliomas: biology and molecular pathophysiology.

    Ingeborg Fischer;Jean Pierre Gagner;Meng Law;Elizabeth W. Newcomb

  • Vascular Apoptosis and Involution in Gliomas Precede Neovascularization: A Novel Concept for Glioma Growth and Angiogenesis

    David Zagzag;Ramin Amirnovin;M Alba Greco;Herman Yee

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan M. Pfister
Stefan M. Pfister German Cancer Research Center
Charles G. Eberhart
Charles G. Eberhart Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David Capper
David Capper Charité - University Medicine Berlin
David T. W. Jones
David T. W. Jones German Cancer Research Center
Adriana Heguy
Adriana Heguy New York University
Andrey Korshunov
Andrey Korshunov German Cancer Research Center
James S. Babb
James S. Babb New York University
Andreas von Deimling
Andreas von Deimling Heidelberg University
Aristotelis Tsirigos
Aristotelis Tsirigos New York University
Orrin Devinsky
Orrin Devinsky New York University

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