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George Vasmatzis

George Vasmatzis

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
11074
World Ranking
11004
National Ranking
4759

Overview

George Vasmatzis is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research portfolio encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their main areas of study include Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. These subfields align with the scientist's focused topics, which include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Genetic Factors in Colorectal Cancer.

George Vasmatzis has contributed actively to research, publishing in numerous venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Cancer Genetics
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • NKG7 Is a T-cell-Intrinsic Therapeutic Target for Improving Antitumor Cytotoxicity and Cancer Immunotherapy, 2021, Cancer Immunology Research
  • Biology and grading of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma-what have we learned about it?, 2020, Brain Pathology
  • Three-dimensional microscale hanging drop arrays with geometric control for drug screening and live tissue imaging, 2021, Science Advances
  • Assessment of isochromosome 12p and 12p abnormalities in germ cell tumors using fluorescence in situ hybridization, single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays, and next-generation sequencing/mate-pair sequencing, 2021, Human Pathology
  • Chromosomal rearrangements and their neoantigenic potential in mesothelioma, 2020, Translational Lung Cancer Research

The scientist maintains collaborative relationships with several frequent co-authors, including James B. Smadbeck, Sarah H. Johnson, John C. Cheville, Stephen J. Murphy, and Aaron S. Mansfield. These collaborations indicate an active engagement within a network of researchers working on related topics.

Best Publications

  • Determination of atomic desolvation energies from the structures of crystallized proteins.

    Chao Zhang;George Vasmatzis;James L Cornette;Charles DeLisi

  • ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a genetically heterogeneous disease with widely disparate clinical outcomes

    Edgardo R. Parrilla Castellar;Elaine S. Jaffe;Jonathan W. Said;Steven H. Swerdlow

  • DNA-mediated fluctuations in ionic current through silicon oxide nanopore channels

    H. Chang;F. Kosari;G. Andreadakis;M. A. Alam

  • Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 translocations in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

    Rondell P. Graham;Emily G. Barr Fritcher;Ekaterina Pestova;John Schulz

  • Discovery of recurrent t(6;7)(p25.3;q32.3) translocations in ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphomas by massively parallel genomic sequencing.

    Andrew L. Feldman;Ahmet Dogan;David I. Smith;Mark E. Law

  • Genetic variants and risk of lung cancer in never smokers: a genome-wide association study

    Yafei Li;Chau Chyun Sheu;Yuanqing Ye;Mariza de Andrade

  • Genome-wide analysis reveals recurrent structural abnormalities of TP63 and other p53-related genes in peripheral T-cell lymphomas

    George Vasmatzis;Sarah H. Johnson;Ryan A. Knudson;Rhett P. Ketterling

  • Genetic Alterations Associated With Progression From Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia to Invasive Pancreatic Tumor

    Stephen J. Murphy;Steven N. Hart;Joema Felipe Lima;Benjamin R. Kipp

  • Discovery of three genes specifically expressed in human prostate by expressed sequence tag database analysis

    George Vasmatzis;Magnus Essand;Ulrich Brinkmann;Byungkook Lee

  • Clear cell renal cell carcinoma: gene expression analyses identify a potential signature for tumor aggressiveness.

    Farhad Kosari;Alexander S. Parker;Dagmar Marie Kube;Christine M. Lohse

  • Detection and Quantification of Methylation in DNA using Solid-State Nanopores

    Jiwook Shim;Gwendolyn I. Humphreys;Bala Murali Venkatesan;Bala Murali Venkatesan;Jan Marie Munz

  • Anaplastic lymphoma kinase immunoreactivity correlates with ALK gene rearrangement and transcriptional up-regulation in non–small cell lung carcinomas

    Jennifer M. Boland;Sibel Erdogan;George Vasmatzis;Ping Yang

  • Novel markers for enterochromaffin cells and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine carcinomas.

    Justyna Leja;Ahmed Essaghir;Magnus Essand;Kenneth Wester

  • USP44 regulates centrosome positioning to prevent aneuploidy and suppress tumorigenesis

    Ying Zhang;Oded Foreman;Dennis A. Wigle;Farhad Kosari

  • Truncated ERG Oncoproteins from TMPRSS2-ERG Fusions Are Resistant to SPOP-Mediated Proteasome Degradation

    Jian An;Shancheng Ren;Stephen J. Murphy;Sumiya Dalangood

  • Novel genes in the PAGE and GAGE family of tumor antigens found by homology walking in the dbEST database.

    Ulrich Brinkmann;George Vasmatzis;Byungkook Lee;Ira Pastan

  • Identification of Independent Primary Tumors and Intrapulmonary Metastases Using DNA Rearrangements in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Stephen J. Murphy;Marie Christine Aubry;Faye R. Harris;Geoffrey C. Halling

  • Heterogeneity of Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 Expression in Multifocal Lung Cancer

    Aaron S. Mansfield;Stephen J. Murphy;Tobias Peikert;Eunhee S. Yi

  • High expression levels of survivin protein independently predict a poor outcome for patients who undergo surgery for clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

    Alexander S. Parker;Farhad Kosari;Christine M. Lohse;R. Houston Thompson

  • Integrated mate-pair and RNA sequencing identifies novel, targetable gene fusions in peripheral T-cell lymphoma

    Rebecca L. Boddicker;Gina L. Razidlo;Surendra Dasari;Yu Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Cheville
John C. Cheville Mayo Clinic
Ping Yang
Ping Yang Mayo Clinic
Byungkook Lee
Byungkook Lee National Institutes of Health
Michael J. Levy
Michael J. Levy Harvard Medical School
Bruce W. Eckloff
Bruce W. Eckloff Mayo Clinic
Zhifu Sun
Zhifu Sun Mayo Clinic
Jin Jen
Jin Jen Bristol Myers Squibb

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