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Irene Esposito is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany and focuses their research primarily within the field of Medicine, with extensive work in Oncology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, and Epidemiology.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Esposito has contributed to a number of recent publications, exemplifying their focus areas. Among the notable papers are:

  • Downregulation of TGR5 (GPBAR1) in biliary epithelial cells contributes to the pathogenesis of sclerosing cholangitis, 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • Diagnosis and management of secondary causes of steatohepatitis, 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • Detection of gene fusions using targeted next-generation sequencing: a comparative evaluation, 2021, BMC Medical Genomics
  • Treatment outcome of atypical EGFR mutations in the German National Network Genomic Medicine Lung Cancer (nNGM), 2022, Annals of Oncology
  • S3-Leitlinie Pankreatitis - Leitlinie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten (DGVS) - September 2021 - AWMF Registernummer 021-003, 2022, Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie

Frequent coauthors working alongside Esposito include:

  • Lena Haeberle
  • Lena Häberle
  • Wolfram Trudo Knoefel
  • Gerald Antoch
  • Sami Alexander Safi

Their work is published repeatedly in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Pancreatology
  • Cancers
  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Diabetes
  • Journal of Hepatology

Esposito has also contributed to the scholarly literature through book publication, notably with Springer International Publishing. Their book titled Pathology of the Pancreas was published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Inactivation of the ferroptosis regulator Gpx4 triggers acute renal failure in mice

    Jose Pedro Friedmann Angeli;Manuela Schneider;Bettina Proneth;Yulia Y. Tyurina

  • European evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms

    Marco Del Chiaro;Marc G. Besselink;Lianne Scholten;Marco J. Bruno

  • Structure-Preserving Color Normalization and Sparse Stain Separation for Histological Images

    Abhishek Vahadane;Tingying Peng;Amit Sethi;Shadi Albarqouni

  • Most pancreatic cancer resections are R1 resections.

    Irene Esposito;Irene Esposito;Jörg Kleeff;Jörg Kleeff;Frank Bergmann;Caroline Reiser;Caroline Reiser

  • A Revised Classification System and Recommendations From the Baltimore Consensus Meeting for Neoplastic Precursor Lesions in the Pancreas.

    Olca Basturk;Seung Mo Hong;Laura D. Wood;N. Volkan Adsay

  • European experts consensus statement on cystic tumours of the pancreas.

    Marco Del Chiaro;Caroline Verbeke;Roberto Salvia;Gunter Klöppel

  • The Activated Stroma Index Is a Novel and Independent Prognostic Marker in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Mert Erkan;Christoph W Michalski;Christoph W Michalski;Simon Rieder;Carolin Reiser-Erkan

  • StellaTUM: current consensus and discussion on pancreatic stellate cell research

    Mert Erkan;Guido Adler;Minoti V. Apte;Max G. Bachem

  • Selective Requirement of PI3K/PDK1 Signaling for Kras Oncogene-Driven Pancreatic Cell Plasticity and Cancer

    Stefan Eser;Nina Reiff;Marlena Messer;Barbara Seidler

  • Combined inhibition of BET family proteins and histone deacetylases as a potential epigenetics-based therapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

    Pawel K Mazur;Alexander Herner;Stephano S Mello;Matthias Wirth

  • Periostin creates a tumor-supportive microenvironment in the pancreas by sustaining fibrogenic stellate cell activity.

    Mert Erkan;Jörg Kleeff;Andre Gorbachevski;Carolin Reiser

  • Transcriptional Network Governing the Angiogenic Switch in Human Pancreatic Cancer

    A. Abdollahi;C. Schwager;J. Kleeff;I. Esposito

  • Cancer-stellate cell interactions perpetuate the hypoxia-fibrosis cycle in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

    Mert Erkan;Carolin Reiser-Erkan;Christoph W. Michalski;Stefanie Deucker

  • Benefit of Surveillance for Pancreatic Cancer in High-Risk Individuals: Outcome of Long-Term Prospective Follow-Up Studies From Three European Expert Centers

    Hans Vasen;Isaura Ibrahim;Carmen Guillen Ponce;Emily P. Slater

  • Inflammatory cells contribute to the generation of an angiogenic phenotype in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

    I Esposito;M Menicagli;N Funel;F Bergmann

  • Pancreatic Resection for M1 Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Shailesh V. Shrikhande;Jörg Kleeff;Carolin Reiser;Jürgen Weitz

  • Specific Hepatic Sphingolipids Relate to Insulin Resistance, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.

    Maria Apostolopoulou;Ruth Gordillo;Chrysi Koliaki;Sofia Gancheva

  • Clinical outcome and long-term survival in 118 consecutive patients with neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas.

    L Fischer;J Kleeff;I Esposito;U Hinz

  • Pancreatic cancer microenvironment.

    Jörg Kleeff;Philipp Beckhove;Irene Esposito;Stephan Herzig

  • [S3-guideline exocrine pancreatic cancer].

    T. Seufferlein;M. Porzner;T. Becker;V. Budach

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Kleeff
Jörg Kleeff Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Helmut Friess
Helmut Friess Technical University of Munich
Markus W. Büchler
Markus W. Büchler Champalimaud Foundation
Jens T. Siveke
Jens T. Siveke German Cancer Research Center
Peter Schirmacher
Peter Schirmacher University Hospital Heidelberg
Roland M. Schmid
Roland M. Schmid Technical University of Munich
Thomas Giese
Thomas Giese Heidelberg University
Gerald Antoch
Gerald Antoch Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Mathias Heikenwalder
Mathias Heikenwalder German Cancer Research Center
Eckhard Wolf
Eckhard Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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