Publications – Molecular Genetics Laboratory of Female Reproductive Cancer

Yu Y, Gaillard S, Jude MP, Huang TC, Pinto SM, Tessarollo NG, Zhang Z, Pandey A, Wirtz D, Ayhan A, Davidson B, Wang TL, Shih IM. Inhibition of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Potentiates Paclitaxel-Induced Cytotoxicity in Ovarian Cancer Cells by Stabilizing Microtubules. Cancer Cell, 28:82-96, 2015. PMID:26096845

Chui MH, Wang Y, Wu RC, Seidman J, Kurman RJ, Wang TL, Shih IM. Loss of ALDH1A1 expression is an early event in the pathogenesis of ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma. Mod Pathol, 28:437-445, 2015. PMID:25216223

Ayhan A, Mao TL, Rahmanto YS, Ogawa H, Wu RC, Wang TL, Shih IM. Increased proliferation in atypical hyperplasia/endometrioid intraepithelial neoplasia of endometrium with concurrent inactivation of ARID1A and PTEN tumor suppressors. J Pathol Clin Res, 1:186-193, 2015.

Kobayashi Y, Kashima H, Wu RC, Jung J, Kuan JC, Gu J, Xuan J, Visvanathan K, Shih IM, Wang TL. Mevalonate pathway antagonist inhibits proliferation of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma and ovarian carcinoma in mouse models. Clin Cancer Res, Jun 24. pii: clincanres.3368.2014. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID:26109099

Zhang B, Hou X, Yuan X, Shih IM, Zhang Z, Clarke R, Wang RR, Fu Y, Madhavan S, Wang Y, Yu G. AISAIC, a sofrware suite for accurate identification of significant aberrations in cancers. Bioinformatics, in press 2014. PMID:24292941

Maniar KP, Wang YH, Visvanathan K, Shih IM, Kurman RJ. Evaluation of microinvastion and lymph node involvement in ovarian atypical proliferative (borderline) serous tumors. A morphologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 37 cases. Am J Surg Pathol, in press.

Kuhn E, Ayhan A, Bahadirli-Talbott, Zhao Chengquan, Shih IM. Molecular characterization of undifferentiated carcinoma associated with endometrioid carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol, accepted.

Wu RC, Syhan A, Maeda D, Kim KR, Clarke BA, Shaw P, Chiu MH, Rosen B, Shih IM, Wang TL. Frequent somatic mutations of the telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter in ovarian clear cell carcinoma but not in other major types of gynecologic malignancies. J Pathol, in press. PMID:24338723. (corresponding author)

Ardighieri L, Zeppernick F, Hannibal CG, Vang R, Cope L, Junge J, Kjaer SK, Kurman RJ, Shih IM. Mutational analysis of BRAF and KRAS in ovarian atypical proliferative serous (borderline) tumors and associated peritoneal implants. J Pathol, 232:16-22, 2014. PMID:24307542

Kuhn E, Bahadirli A, Shih IM. Frequent CCNE1 amplification in endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma and uterine serous carcinoma. Mod Pathol, in press. PMID:24309323.

Ardighieri L, Lonardi S, Moratto D, Facchetti F, Shih IM, Vermi W, Kurman RJ. Characterization of the immune cell repertoire in the normal fallopian tube- implications for understanding ovarian carcinogenesis. Int J Gyn Cancer, in press.

Gao M, Uw RC, Herlinger AL, Yap K, Kim JW, Wang TL, Shih IM. Identification of NAC1-regulated genes in ovarian cancer. Am J Pathol, 184:133-140, 2014. PMID:24200849

Kuhn E, Seidman J, Ayhan A, Shih IM, Kurman RJ. Ovarian Brenner tumor: a morphologic and immunohistochemical analysis suggesting an origin from fallopian tube epithelium. Eur J Cancer, in press. PMID:24012099

Jung J, Stoeck A, Guan B, Wu RC, Zhu H, Blackshaw S, Shih IM, Wang TL. Notch3 interactome analysis identified WWP2 as a negative regulator of Notch3 signaling in ovarian cancer. PLoS Genet. 2014 Oct 30;10(10):e1004751. PMID: 25356737.

Guan B, Rahmanto YS, Wu RC, Wang Y, Wang Z, Wang TL, Shih IM. The roles of deletion of Arid1a, a tumor suppressor, in mouse ovarian tumorigenesis. J Natl Cancer Inst, doi: 10.1093/jnci/dju146 (July issue). 2014. PMID:24 899687

Wu RC, Wang TL, Shih IM. The emerging roles of ARID1A in tumor suppression. Cancer Biol Ther, 15:655-664, 2014. PMID:24618703

Kuhn E, Ayhan A, Bahadirli-Talbott, Zhao Chengquan, Shih IM. Molecular characterization of undifferentiated carcinoma associated with endometrioid carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol, 38:660-665, 2014. PMID:24451280

Gao M, Uw RC, Herlinger AL, Yap K, Kim JW, Wang TL, Shih IM. Identification of NAC1-regulated genes in ovarian cancer. Am J Pathol, 184:133-140, 2014. PMID: 24200849

Sheu J, Choi JH, Guan B, Tsai FJ, Hua CH, Lai MT, Wang TL, Shih IM. Rsf-1, a chromatin remodeling protein, interacts with cyclin E1 and promotes tumor development. J Pathol, 229:559-568, 2013. PMID:23378270

Cope L, Wu, RC, Shih IM, Wang TL. High level of chromosomal aberration in ovarian cancer genome correlates with poor clinical outcome. Gyn Oncol, 128:500-505, 2013. PMID:23200914

Davidson B, Abeler VM, Hellesylt E, Hoth A, Shih IM, Skele-Jensen, Chen L, Yang Y, Wang TL. Gene expression signatures differentiate uterine endometrial stromal sarcoma from leiomyosarcoma. Gyn Oncol, 128:349-355, 2013. PMID:23181618

Cope L, Wu, RC, Shih IM, Wang TL. High level of chromosomal aberration in ovarian cancer genome correlates with poor clinical outcome. Gyn Oncol, 128:500-505, 2013. PMID:23200914

Maeda D, Shih IM. Pathogenesis and the role of ARID1A mutation in endometriosis-related ovarian neoplasms. Adv Anatomic Pathol, 20:45-52, 2013. PMID:23232571

Marzinke MA, Choi CH, Chen L, Shih IM, Chan DW, Zhang H. Proteomic analysis of temporally stimulated ovarian cancer cells for biomarker discovery. Mol Cell Proteom, 12:356-368, 2013. PMID: 23172893

Hromatka BS, Drake PM, Kapidzic m, Stolp H, Goldfien GA, Shih IM, Fisher SJ. Polysialic acid enhances the migration and invastion of human cytotrophoblast. Glycobiology, 23:593-602, 2013. PMID:23208007

Vang R, Shih IM, Kurman RJ. Fallopian tube precursors of ovarian low- and high-grade serous neoplasms. Histopathology, 62:44-58, 2013. PMID:23240669

Kinde I, Bettegowda C, Wang Y, Wu J, Agrawal N, Shih IM, Kurman RJ, Dao F, Levine DA, Giuntoli R, Roden R, Eshleman FR, Carvalho JP, Marie SKN, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Diaz LA. Evaluation of DNA from the Papanicolaou test to detect ovarian and endometrial cancers. Sci Transl Med, 5:167ra4, 2013. PMID:23303603

Yang G, Mercado-Uribe I, Multani A, Sen S, Shih IM, Wong KK, Gershenson D, Liu J. RAS promotes tumorigenesis through genomic instability induced by imbalanced expression of Aruora-A and BRCA2. Int J Cancer, in press. PMID:23319376

Mao TL, Ardighieri L, Ayhan A, Kuo KT, Wang TL, Shih IM. Loss of ARID1A expression correlates with stages of tumor progression in uterine endometrioid carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol, 37:1342-1348, 2013. PMID: 24076775

Zheng G, Martignoni G, Antonescu C, Montgomery E, Eberhart C, Netto G, Taube J, Westra W, Epstein J, Lotan T, Maitra A, Gabrielson E, Torbeson M, Iacobuzio-Donahue, Dermazo A, Shih IM, Ellei P, Wu TC, Argani P. A broad survey of cathepsin K immunoreactivity in human neoplasms. Am J Clin Pathol, 139:151-9, 2013. PMID:23355199

Wu E, Shih IM, Diaz-Montes TP. Dedifferentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma: an under-recognized but aggressive tumor? Gynecol Oncol Case Rep, 5:25-27, 2013. PMID: 24371688

Kushnir CL, Gerardi M, Banet N, Shih IM, Diaz-Montes T. Extrauterine inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A case report. Gynecol Oncol Case Rep, 6:39-41, 2013. PMID: 24371717

Killela PJ, Ritman ZJ, Jiao Y, Bettegowda C, Agrawal N, Diaz LA, Friedman A, Gallia G, Giovanella BC, Grollman AP, He TC, He Y, Hruban RH, Jallo GI, Meeker AK, Mertens F, Netto G, Rasheed A, Rosenquist T, Schiffman M, Shih IM, Theodorescu D, Torbenson MS, Velculescu VE, Wang TL, Wentzensen N, Wood LD, Zhang M, McLendon RE, Bigner DD, Papadopoulos N, Kinzer KW, Vogelstein B, Yan H. TERT promoter mutations occur frequently in gliomas and in a subset of tumors derived from cells with low rates of self-renewal. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 110:6021-6026, 2013. PMID:23530248

Kurman RJ, Visvanathan K, Shih IM. Bokhman’s dualistic model of endometrial carcinoma- revisited. Gyn Oncol, 129:271-272, 2013. PMID: 23582581

Yap KL, Shah PS, Bolon B, Wu RC, Gao M, Wang F, Faiola F, Huso D, Wang TL, Wang JL, Shih IM. Loss of NAC1 expression is associated with defective cell fate specification and bony patterning in the murine vertebral axis. PLoS one, 8:e69099, 2013. PMID: 23922682

Guan B, Mogami T, Wang TL, Shih IM. Establishing isogenic inducible cell lines using founder reporter lines and recombinase-mediated cassette exchange. Biotechniques, 55:233-242, 2013. PMID: 24215638

Kuhn E, Ayhan A, Shih IM, Seidman JD, Kurman RJ. The pathogenesis of atypical proliferative Brenner tumor: an immunohistochemical and molecular genetic analysis. Mod Pathol, 2013, PMID: 23887305

Mao TL, Shih IM. The roles of ARID1A in gynecological cancer. J Gyn Oncol, 24:376-381, 2013. PMID:24167674

Allo G, Bernardini MQ, Wu RC, Shih IM, Kalloger S, Pollett A, Gilks CB, Clarke BA. ARID1A loss correlates with mismatch repair deficiency and intact p53 expression in high-grade endometrial carcinomas. Mod Pathol, 2013. PMID: 23887303

Nik NN, Vang R, Shih IM, Kurman RJ. Origin and pathogenesis of pelvic (ovarian, tubal and primary peritoneal) serous carcinoma. Ann Rev Pathol: 2013. PMID: 23937438

Guan B, Gao M, Wu CS, Wang TL, Shih IM. Functional analysis of in-frame indel ARID1A mutations reveals new regulatory mechanisms of its tumor suppressor functions. Neoplasia, 14:986-993, 2012. PMID: 23097632

Kuhn E, Wu RC, Wu G, Guan B, Zhang J, Wang Y, Song L, Yuan X, Wei L, Roden RBS, Kuo KT, Nakayama K, Clarke B, Shaw P, Olvera N, Levine DA, Kurman RJ, Wang TL, Shih IM. Genome-wide analyses of uterine serous carcinoma identify pathway aberrations involving cyclin E-Fbxw7, PI3K and p53. J Natl Cancer Inst, 104:1503-1513, 2012. PMID:22923510.

Yap KL, Fraley SI, Thiaville MM, Jinawath N, Nakayama K, Wang J, Wang TL, Wirtz D, Shih IM. NAC1 is an actin-binding protein that is essential for effective cytokinesis in cancer cells. Cancer Res. 2012 Jul 3. PMID:22761335

Chen X, Gao M, Xuan J, Chen L, Thiaville M, Stoeck A, Shih IM, Wang TL. Definition of NOTCH3 target genes in ovarian cancers. Cancer Res, May 2012; 72(9):2294-303. PMID: 22396495

Kuhn E, Kurman RJ, Shih IM. Ovarian cancer is an imported disease- fact or fiction? Current Ob Gyn Report, 1:1-9, 2012. PMID: 22506137

Sheu JJC, Guan b, Tsai FJ, Hsia YT, Chen CM, Wang TL, Shih IM. Mutant BRAF induces DNA strand breaks, activates DNA damage response pathway and upregulates glucose transporter-1 in non-transformed epithelial cells. Am J Pathol, 180:1179-1188, 2012. PMID: 22227015

Jones S*, Wang TL*, Kurman RJ, Nakayama K, Velculescu VE, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, Papadopoulos N, Shih IM. Low-grade serous carcinomas of the ovary contain very few point mutations. J Pathol, 226:413-420, 2012. PMID: 22102435

Kuhn E, Kurman RJ, Vang R, Sehdev AS, Han G, Soslow R, Wang TL, Shih IM. TP53 mutations in serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) and concurrent pelvic high-grade serous carcinoma- evidence supporting their clonal relationship. J Pathol, 226:421-426, 2012. PMID:21990067

Zhang Y, Cheng Y, Ren X, Zhang L, Yap KL, Wu H, Patel R, Liu D, Qin ZH, Shih IM, Yang JM. NAC1 modulates sensitivity of ovarian cancer cells to cisplatin via altering the HMGB1-mediated autophagic response. Oncogene, 31:1055-1064, 2012. (co-corresponding author) PMID: 21743489

Wu CH, Mao TL, Vang R, Ayhan A, Wang TL, Kurman RJ, Shih IM. Endocervical-type mucinous borderline tumors are related to endometrioid tumors based on mutation and koss of expression of ARID1A. Int J Gyn Pathol, 31:297-303, 2012. PMID: 22653341

Vang R, Visvanathan K, Gross A, Maambo E, Gupta M, Kuhn e, Fanghong L, Ronnett BM, Seidman JD, Yemelyanova a, Shih IM, Shaw PA, Soslow RA, Kurman RJ. Validation of an algorithm for the diagnosis of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma. Int J Gyn Pathol, 31:243-253, 2012. PMID: 22498942

Kuhn E, Kurman RJ, Sehdev AS, Shih IM. Ki-67 Labeling Index as an Adjunct in the Diagnosis of Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma. Int J Gyn Pathol, 31:416-422, 2012. PMID: 22833080

Kuhn E, Kurman RJ, Shih IM. Ovarian cancer is an imported disease- fact or fiction? Current Ob Gyn Report, 1:1-9, 2012. PMID: 22506137

Zhang Y, Liu K, Wang TL, Shih IM, Wang TH. Mapping DNA quality into electrophoretic mobility through quantum dot nanotethers for high resolution genetic and epigenetic analysis. ACS Nano, 6:858-864, 2012. PMID: 221366000

Rahman MT, Nakayama K, Rahman M, Nakayama N, Ishikawa M, Katagiri A, Lida K, Nakayama S, Otsuki Y, Shih IM, Miyazaki K. Prognostic and therapeutic impact of the chromosome 20q13.2 ZNF217 locus amplification in ovarian clear cell carcinoma. Cancer, 118:2846-2857, 2012. PMID:22139760

Chen X, Gao M, Xuan J, Chen L, Thiaville M, Stoeck A, Shih IM, Wang TL. Definition of NOTCH3 target genes in ovarian cancers. Cancer Res, 2012; 72 2294-2303. PMID: 22396495

Thiaville, M, Stoeck A, Chen L, Wu RC, Magnani L, Oidtman J, Shih IM, Lupien M, Wang TL. Identification of PBX1 target genes in cancer cells by global mapping of PBX1 binding sites. PLoS ONE, e36054, 2012. PMID: 22567123

Zhang Y, Cheng Y, Ren X, Hori T, Huber-Keener K, Zhang L, Yap KL, Liu D, Shantz LM, Qin ZH, Zhang S, Wang J, Wang HG, Shih IM, Yang JM. Dysfunction of nucleus accumbens-1 (NAC1) activates cellular senescence and inhibits tumor cell proliferation and oncogenesis. Cancer Res, 72:4265-4275, 2012. PMID: 22665267

Kuhn E, Kurman RJ, Soslow R, Sehdev AS, Morin PJ, Wang TL, Shih IM. The diagnostic and biological implications of laminin expression in serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol, 36:1826-1834, 2012. PMID: 22892598

Wang C, Xuan J, Shih IM, Clarke R, Wang Y. Regulatory component analysis: a semi-blind extraction approach to infer gene regulatory networks with imperfect biological knowledge. Signal Processing, 92:1902-1915, 2012. PMID: 22685363

Rahman M, Nakayama K, Rahman MT, Nakayama N, Ishikawa M, Katagiri A, Iida K, Nakayama S, Otsuki Y, Shih IM, Miyazaki K. Clinicopathological and biological analysis of PIK3CA mutation in ovarian clear cell carcinoma. Hum Pathol, 43:2197-2206, 2012. PMID: 22705003

Yeh HC, Sharma J, Shih IM, Vu D, Martinez J, Werner J. A flouresence ligh-up Ag nanocluster probe that discriminates single-nucleotide variants by emission color. J Am Chem Society. 134:11550-11558, 2012. PMID: 22775452

Ayhan A, Mao TL, Seckin T, Wu CH, Guan B, Ogawa H, Futagami M, Mizukami H, Yokoyama Y, Kurman RJ, Shih IM. Loss of ARID1A expression is an early molecular event in tumor progression from ovarian endometriotic cyst to clear cell and endometrioid carcinoma. Int J Gyn Cancer. 22:1310-1315, 2012. PMID:22976498

Yuan x, Yu G, Hou X, Shih IM, Clarke R, Zhang J, Hoffman EP, Wang RR, Zhang Z, Wang Y. Genome-wide identification of significant aberrations in cancer genome. BMC Genomics, 13:342, 2012. PMID: 22839576

Yap KL, Shih IM. NACC1 (nucleus accumbens associated 1, BEN and BTB (POZ) domain containing). Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol, 16:723-726, 2012.

Shih IM, Ho CM, Nakayama K, Salani R. Pathogenesis and new therapeutic targets of ovarian cancer. J Oncol, 2012:867512, 2012. PMID:22969800

Yang YI, Lee KT, Park HJ, Kim TJ, Choi YS, Shih IM, Choi JH. Tectorigenin sensitize paclitaxel-resistant human ovarian cancer cells through downregulation of the Akt and NF B pathway. Carcinogenesis, 33:2488-2498, 2012. PMID:23027625.

Gao M, Shih IM, Wang TL. The role of Forkhead Box Q1 transcription factor in ovarian epithelial carcinomas. Int J Mol Sci, 13:13881-13893, 2012. PMID:23203039

Kshirsagar M, Jiang W, Shih IM. DNA damage response is prominent in ovarian high-grade serous carcinomas, especially those with Rsf-1 (HBXAP) overexpression. J Oncol, 2012:621685, 2012. PMID: 22028712

Guan B, Wang TL, Shih IM. ARID1A, a factor that promotes formation of SWI/SNF-mediated chromatin remodeling, is a tumor suppressor in gynecologic cancers. Cancer Res, 71:6718-6727, 2011.

Kurman RJ and Shih IM. Molecular pathogenesis and extraovarian origin of epithelial ovarian cancer-Shifting the paradigm. Human Pathol, 42:918-931, 2011. PMID: 21683865.

Shih IM, Panuganti PK, Kuo KT, Mao TL, Kuhn E, Jones J, Velculescu VE, Kurman R, Wang TL. Somatic mutations of PPP2R1A in ovarian and uterine carcinomas. Am J Pathol, 178: 1442-1447, 2011. PMID: 21435433.

Shih IM, Wang TL. Commentary: Mutations in PPP2R1A- a new road map to elucidating the pathogenesis of uterine serous carcinoma. J Pathol, 224:1-4, 2011. PMID: 21432855.

Guan B, Mao TL, Panuganti PK, Kuhn E, Kurman RJ, Maeda D, Chen E., Jeng YM, Wang TL, Shih IM. Mutation and loss of expression of ARID1A in uterine low-grade endometrioid carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol, 35:625-632, 2011. PMID: 21412130.

Davidson B, Stavnes HT, Holth A, Chen X, Yang Y, Shih IM, Wang TL. Gene expression signatures differentiate ovarian/peritoneal serous carcinoma from breast carcinoma in effusions. J Cell Mol Med, 15:535-544, 2011. PMID: 20132413

Maeda D, Xu C, Wang TL, Shih IM. Rsf-1 (HBXAP) expression is associated with advanced stage and lymph node metastasis in ovarian clear cell carcinoma. Int J Gyn Pathol, 30:30-35, 2011. PMID: 21131837

Olson M, Gocke C, Giuntoli R, Shih IM. Evolution of a trophoblastic tumor from an endometrioid carcinoma- a morphological and molecular analysis. Int J Gyn Pathol, 30:117-120, 2011. PMID:21293290

Davidson B, Holth A, Moripen L, Trope CG, Wang TL, Shih IM. Osteopontin expression in ovarian carcinoma effusions is related to improved clinical outcome. Hum Pathol, 42:991-997, 2011. PMID:21315424

Shih IM. Trophoblastic vasculogenic mimicry in gestational choriocarcinoma. Mod Pathol, 24:646-652, 2011. PMID: 21217646

Wu PH, Hung SH, Ren C, Shih IM, Tseng Y. Cell cycle dependent alteration in NAC1 nuclear body dynamics and morphology. Phys Biol, 8:015005, 2011. PMID:21301057

Shih IM, Nakayama K, Wu G, Nakayama N, Zhang J, Wang TL. Amplification of the ch19p13.2 NACC1 locus in ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma. Mod Pathol, 24:638-645, 2011. PMID: 21240255

Kuhn, E, Meeker A, Visvanathan K, Gross AL, Wang TL, Kurman RJ, Shih IM. Telomere length in different histologic types of epithelial ovarian cancer with emphasis on clear cell carcinoma. Mod Pathol, 24:1139-1145, 2011. PMID: 21499239

Fang FM, Li CF, Huang HY, Lai MT, Chen CM, Chiu IW, Wang TL, Tsai FJ, Shih IM, Sheu JJ. Overexpression of a chromatin remodeling factor, Rsf-1/HBXAP, correlates with aggressive oral squamous cell carcinoma. Am J Pathol, 178:2407-2415, 2011. PMID: 21514451 (corresponding author)

Shih IM, Wang TL. Commentary: Mutation in PPP2R1A- a new clue in unveiling the pathogenesis of uterine serous carcinoma. J Pathol, 223:567-573, 2011. PMID: 21432855

Zhang B, Tian Y, Jin L, Li H, Shih IM, Madhavan S, Clarke R, Hoffman EP, Xuan J, Hilakivi-Clarke L, Wang Y. DDN: A caBIG(R) analytical tool for differential network analysis. Bioinformatics, 27:1036-1038, 2011. PMID:21296752

Kurman RJ, Shih IM. Molecular pathogenesis and extraovarian origin of epithelial ovarian cancer: Shifting the paradigm. Hum Pathol, 42:918-931, 2011. PMID: 21683865

Yemelyanova A, Vang R, Morgan MA, Kshirsagar M, Lu D, Shih IM, Kurman RJ. Immunohistochemical staining patterns of p53 can serve as a surrogate marker for TP53 mutations in ovarian carcinoma. An immunohistochemical and nucleotide sequencing analysis. Mod Pathol, 24:1248-1253, 2011. PMID: 21552211

Yu G, Zhang B, Bova SG, Xu J, Shih IM, Wang Y. BACOM: In silico detection of genomic deletion types and correlation of normal cell contamination in copy number data. Bioinormatics, 27:1473-1480, 2011. PMID: 21498400

Lu D, Kuhn E, Bristow RE, Giuntoli RL 2nd, Kjaer SK, Shih IM, Roden RB. Comparison of candidate serologic markers for thye I and type II ovarian cancer. Gyn Oncol, 122:560-566, 2011. PMID: 21704359

Guan B, Wang TL, Shih IM. The tumor suppressor role of ARID1A in gynecological cancer. Cancer Res, 71:6718-6727, 2011. PMID: 21900401

Kurman RJ, Vang R, Jung J, Hannibal CG, Kjaer SK, Shih IM. Papillary tubal hyperplasia: the putative precursor of ovarian atypical proliferative (borderline) serous tumors, noninvasive implants, and endosalpingiosis. Am J Surg Pathol, 35:1605-1614, 2011. PMID: 21997682

Visvanathan K, Vang R, Shaw P, Gross A, Soslow R, Parkash V, Shih IM, Kurman RJ. Diagnosis of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) based on morphologic and immunohistochemical features- a reproducibility study. Am J Surg Pathol, 35:1766-1775, 2011. PMID: 21989347

Davidson B, Stavnes HT, Nesland JM, Wohlschlager J, Yang Y, Shih IM, Wang TL. Gene expression signatures differentiate adenocarcinoma of lung and breast origin in effusions. Human Pathol, 43:684-694, 2012. PMID:21937081

Heaphy CM, Subhawong AP, Jong SM, Goggins MG, Montgomery EA, Gabrielson E, Netto GJ, Epstein JI, Lotan TL, Westra WH, Shih IM, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, MaitraA, Li QK, Eberhart CG, Taube JM, Rakheja D, Kurman RJ, Wu, TC, Roden R, Argani, P, De Marzo AM, Terracciano L, Torbenson, M, Meeker AK. Prevalence of the alternative lengthening of telomeres telomere maintenance mechanism in human cancer subtypes. Am J Pathol, 179:1608-1615, 2011. PMID:21888887