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Patricia L. M. Dahia is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Surgery, Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Neurology.

Dahia's scientific work primarily addresses topics including Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension, Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and Ubiquitin and Proteasome Pathways.

Recent publications by Patricia L. M. Dahia include:

  • International consensus on initial screening and follow-up of asymptomatic SDHx mutation carriers, 2021, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • A membrane-associated MHC-I inhibitory axis for cancer immune evasion, 2023, Cell
  • The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Consensus Guidelines for Surveillance and Management of Metastatic and/or Unresectable Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma, 2021, Pancreas
  • Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 2 Alpha (HIF2α) Inhibitors: Targeting Genetically Driven Tumor Hypoxia, 2022, Endocrine Reviews
  • Single-nuclei and bulk-tissue gene-expression analysis of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma links disease subtypes with tumor microenvironment, 2022, Nature Communications

Dahia collaborates regularly with several researchers, frequently co-authoring papers with Qianjin Guo, Ricardo C.T. Aguiar, Roderick Clifton-Bligh, Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo, and Camilo Jiménez.

Their work is published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Cancers, Journal of the Endocrine Society, and Nature Reviews Endocrinology, indicating an ongoing engagement with both pre-print and peer-reviewed platforms.

Best Publications

  • Germline mutations of the PTEN gene in Cowden disease, an inherited breast and thyroid cancer syndrome

    D. Liaw;D. J. Marsh;J. Li;P. L M Dahia

  • Gene Mutations in the Succinate Dehydrogenase Subunit SDHB Cause Susceptibility to Familial Pheochromocytoma and to Familial Paraganglioma

    Dewi Astuti;Farida Latif;Ashraf Dallol;Patricia L.M. Dahia

  • Mutation Spectrum and Genotype-Phenotype Analyses in Cowden Disease and Bannayan-Zonana Syndrome, Two Hamartoma Syndromes With Germline PTEN Mutation

    Debbie J. Marsh;Valérie Coulon;Kathryn L. Lunetta;Philippe Rocca-Serra

  • Germline mutations in PTEN are present in Bannayan-Zonana syndrome.

    Debbie J. Marsh;Patricia L. M. Dahia;Zimu Zheng;Danny Liaw

  • Clinical presentation and penetrance of Pheochromocytoma/ Paraganglioma syndromes.

    Diana E. Benn;Anne Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo;Jennifer R. Reilly;Jérôme Bertherat

  • PTEN Mutation Spectrum and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome Suggest a Single Entity With Cowden Syndrome

    Debbie J. Marsh;Debbie J. Marsh;Jennifer B. Kum;Jennifer B. Kum;Kathryn L. Lunetta;Michael J. Bennett

  • Defects in succinate dehydrogenase in gastrointestinal stromal tumors lacking KIT and PDGFRA mutations

    Katherine A. Janeway;Su Young Kim;Maya Lodish;Vânia Nosé

  • Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma pathogenesis: learning from genetic heterogeneity.

    Patricia L M Dahia

  • Immunohistochemical Evidence of Loss of PTEN Expression in Primary Ductal Adenocarcinomas of the Breast

    Aurel Perren;Liang Ping Weng;Alexander H. Boag;Ulricke Ziebold

  • A HIF1α Regulatory Loop Links Hypoxia and Mitochondrial Signals in Pheochromocytomas

    Patricia L. M. Dahia;Ken N Ross;Matthew E Wright;Cesar Y. Hayashida

  • Phase I/II Study of Imatinib Mesylate for Recurrent Malignant Gliomas: North American Brain Tumor Consortium Study 99-08

    Patrick Y. Wen;W. K Alfred Yung;Kathleen R. Lamborn;Patricia L. Dahia

  • Germline mutations in TMEM127 confer susceptibility to pheochromocytoma

    Yuejuan Qin;Li Qin Yao;Elizabeth E. King;Kalyan Buddavarapu

  • PTEN Is Inversely Correlated With the Cell Survival Factor Akt/PKB and Is Inactivated Via Multiple Mechanisms in Haematological Malignancies

    Patricia L M Dahia;Ricardo C T Aguiar;John Alberta;Jennifer B. Kum

  • The kinesin KIF1Bβ acts downstream from EglN3 to induce apoptosis and is a potential 1p36 tumor suppressor

    Susanne Schlisio;Rajappa S. Kenchappa;Liesbeth C.W. Vredeveld;Rani E. George

  • PTEN Suppresses Breast Cancer Cell Growth by Phosphatase Activity-dependent G1 Arrest followed by Cell Death

    Liang Ping Weng;Wendy M. Smith;Patricia L M Dahia;Ulrike Ziebold

  • PTEN, a unique tumor suppressor gene.

    P. L.M. Dahia

  • MAX Mutations Cause Hereditary and Sporadic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

    Nelly Burnichon;Alberto Cascón;Francesca Schiavi;Nicole Paes Morales

  • An update on the genetics of paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma, and associated hereditary syndromes.

    A. P. Gimenez-Roqueplo;A. P. Gimenez-Roqueplo;P. L. Dahia;M. Robledo

  • Somatic deletions and mutations in the Cowden disease gene, PTEN, in sporadic thyroid tumors

    Patricia L M Dahia;Debbie J. Marsh;Zimu Zheng;Jan Zedenius

  • Targeting of SMAD5 links microRNA-155 to the TGF-β pathway and lymphomagenesis

    Deepak Rai;Sang Woo Kim;Morgan R. McKeller;Patricia L M Dahia

Frequent Co-Authors

Charis Eng
Charis Eng Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Ashley B. Grossman
Ashley B. Grossman University of Oxford
Eamonn R. Maher
Eamonn R. Maher University of Cambridge
Bruce G. Robinson
Bruce G. Robinson University of Sydney
Charles D. Stiles
Charles D. Stiles Harvard University
Lois M. Mulligan
Lois M. Mulligan Queen's University
Neil Aronin
Neil Aronin University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Ian Tomlinson
Ian Tomlinson University of Oxford
Ramon Parsons
Ramon Parsons Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Karel Pacak
Karel Pacak National Institutes of Health

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