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Virginia Espina is a researcher affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their scientific contributions span fields such as Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Epidemiology, Spectroscopy, and Genetics.

The researcher's work primarily centers on topics including Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, PARP inhibition in cancer therapy, Cancer-related Molecular Pathways, DNA Repair Mechanisms, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Virginia Espina has published multiple papers in various scientific journals, with recent representative publications including:

  • A Randomized Phase II Preoperative Study of Autophagy Inhibition with High-Dose Hydroxychloroquine and Gemcitabine/Nab-Paclitaxel in Pancreatic Cancer Patients, 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Effects of HER Family-targeting Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors on Antibody-dependent Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity in HER2-expressing Breast Cancer, 2020, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Local production of lactate, ribose phosphate, and amino acids by human triple-negative breast cancer, 2021, Med
  • Laser Capture Proteomics: spatial tissue molecular profiling from the bench to personalized medicine, 2021, Expert Review of Proteomics
  • Encouraging long-term survival following autophagy inhibition using neoadjuvant hydroxychloroquine and gemcitabine for high-risk patients with resectable pancreatic carcinoma, 2021, Cancer Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include Lance A. Liotta, Claudius Mueller, Alessandra Luchini, Emanuel F. Petricoin, and Maren K. Levin.

Virginia Espina often publishes in venues such as Cancer Research, Scientific Reports, Clinical Cancer Research, Expert Review of Proteomics, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Laser-capture microdissection

    Virginia Espina;Julia D Wulfkuhle;Valerie S Calvert;Amy VanMeter

  • Proteomic profiling of the NCI-60 cancer cell lines using new high-density reverse-phase lysate microarrays

    Satoshi Nishizuka;Lu Charboneau;Lynn Young;Sylvia Major

  • Protein microarrays: meeting analytical challenges for clinical applications.

    Lance A Liotta;Virginia Espina;Arpita I Mehta;Arpita I Mehta;Valerie Calvert

  • Adipocyte-derived collagen VI affects early mammary tumor progression in vivo, demonstrating a critical interaction in the tumor/stroma microenvironment.

    Puneeth Iyengar;Virginia Espina;Terence W. Williams;Ying Lin

  • Use of Reverse Phase Protein Microarrays and Reference Standard Development for Molecular Network Analysis of Metastatic Ovarian Carcinoma

    Katherine M. Sheehan;Katherine M. Sheehan;Valerie S. Calvert;Elaine W. Kay;Yiling Lu

  • Protein microarrays: molecular profiling technologies for clinical specimens.

    Virginia Espina;Arpita I. Mehta;Arpita I. Mehta;Mary E. Winters;Valerie Calvert

  • Tumorigenic and metastatic activity of human thyroid cancer stem cells.

    Matilde Todaro;Flora Iovino;Vincenzo Eterno;Patrizia Cammareri

  • Phosphoprotein pathway mapping: Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin activation is negatively associated with childhood rhabdomyosarcoma survival.

    Emanuel F. Petricoin;Virginia Espina;Virginia Espina;Robyn P. Araujo;Brieanne Midura

  • Protein microarray detection strategies: focus on direct detection technologies.

    Virginia Espina;Elisa C. Woodhouse;Julia Wulfkuhle;Heather D. Asmussen

  • A Portrait of Tissue Phosphoprotein Stability in the Clinical Tissue Procurement Process

    Virginia A. Espina;Kirsten H. Edmiston;Michael Heiby;Mariaelena Pierobon;Mariaelena Pierobon

  • Smart hydrogel particles: biomarker harvesting: one-step affinity purification, size exclusion, and protection against degradation

    Alessandra Luchini;David H. Geho;Emanuel Petricoin;Lance A. Liotta

  • Laser capture microdissection technology.

    Virginia Espina;Michael Heiby;Mariaelena Pierobon;Lance A Liotta

  • Safety and Biologic Response of Pre-operative Autophagy Inhibition in Combination with Gemcitabine in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

    Brian A. Boone;Nathan Bahary;Amer H. Zureikat;A. James Moser

  • Mapping Molecular Networks Using Proteomics: A Vision for Patient-Tailored Combination Therapy

    Emanuel F. Petricoin;Verena E. Bichsel;Valerie S. Calvert;Virginia Espina

  • Serum Proteomics in Cancer Diagnosis and Management

    Kevin P. Rosenblatt;Peter Bryant-Greenwood;J. Keith Killian;Arpita Mehta

  • A phase II and pharmacodynamic study of gefitinib in patients with refractory or recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer.

    Edwin M. Posadas;Meghan S. Liel;Virginia Kwitkowski;Lori Minasian

  • Clinical proteomics: revolutionizing disease detection and patient tailoring therapy.

    Emanuel Petricoin;Julia Wulfkuhle;Virginia Espina;Lance A. Liotta

  • A randomized phase II preoperative study of autophagy inhibition with high-dose hydroxychloroquine and gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel in pancreatic cancer patients

    Herbert J. Zeh;Nathan Bahary;Brian A. Boone;Aatur D. Singhi

  • Laser capture microdissection.

    Espina;Milia J;Wu G;Cowherd S

Frequent Co-Authors

Lance A. Liotta
Lance A. Liotta George Mason University
Emanuel F. Petricoin
Emanuel F. Petricoin George Mason University
Joyce O'Shaughnessy
Joyce O'Shaughnessy Baylor University Medical Center
Piero Picci
Piero Picci University of Bologna
John D. Carpten
John D. Carpten University of Southern California
Elise C. Kohn
Elise C. Kohn National Institutes of Health
Francesco Di Raimondo
Francesco Di Raimondo University of Catania
Seth M. Steinberg
Seth M. Steinberg National Institutes of Health
Michael T. Lotze
Michael T. Lotze University of Pittsburgh
David Craig
David Craig University of Southern California

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