Francisco Vega, MD PhD
Department of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Tenured Professor, Department of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Lymphoma Section Head, Department of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor, Division of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1997 | University of Navarra, Pamplona, ESP, PHD, Cell Biology |
1992 | College of Medicine, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, ESP, MD, Medicine |
Postgraduate Training
2005-2006 | Clinical Fellowship, Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
2003-2005 | Clinical Residency, Anatomic Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
2002-2003 | Research Fellowship, Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
1999-2002 | Research Fellowship, Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
1994-1997 | Clinical Residency, Anatomic Pathology, University of Navarra, Pamplona |
Board Certifications
2007 | American Board of Hematopathology |
2005 | American Board of Anatomic Pathology (Valid Indefinitely) |
2002 | Certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, USA |
1997 | License in Anatomic Pathology, Spain |
1992 | License in Medicine and Surgery, Spain |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, 2015 - 2019
Member, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, 2014 - 2019
Professor, University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, 2013 - 2019
Director, Department of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, 2013 - 2019
Associate Professor, Department of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2013
Faculty, Department of Hematopathology, Division of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2008 - 2013
Assistant Professor, Department of Hematopathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2011
Faculty, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario de Orense, Orense, 1998 - 1999
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Vice Chair, University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, 2018 - 2019
Medical Director, Department of Biorepository Shared Resources, University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, 2018 - 2019
Director of Hematopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, 2013 - 2019
Lymphoma Section Head, Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2012 - 2013
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Ambassador Oversight Committee, American Society of Hematology, Washington, DC, 2022 - Present
Member, HIV + Tumor Molecular Characterization Project (HTMCP), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 2021 - Present
Member, T Cell Lymphoma working group for the Lymphoma Epidemiology and Outcome (LEO) Consortium, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Member, ASH Committee on Promoting Diversity, Washington, DC, 2020 - 2024
Faculty - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 2019 - Present
Faculty - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2013
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Promotion and Tenure at MDACC, 2023 - 2026
Member, Clinical Genomics and Biomarker Council (CGC), Division of Hematopathology, MDACC, 2021 - Present
Member, Planning/Organizing Committee for the Divisional Grand Rounds, Department of Pathology, MDACC, 2021 - Present
Member, Lymphoma/Myeloma immune effector cells (IEC)/CART Steering Committee comprised, 2020 - Present
Member, Progress Review Committee for the Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, 2020 - Present
Member, Co-chair of the Clinical Trial Developmental Team, Operational Priority Working Group, Department of Pathology, MDACC, 2020 - Present
Co-Chair, Lymphoma Outcome Database (LOD) Steering Committee, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma and Hematopathology, 2020 - Present
Member, Formal Mentorship Committee, Department of Hematopathology, MDACC, 2020 - Present
Member, Institutional T cell Lymphoma Group, MDACC, 2019 - Present
Member, Institutional Aggressive Lymphoma Group, MDACC, 2019 - Present
Member, Committee for the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series for the Translational Molecular Pathology Department (TMP), MDACC, 2019 - Present
Member, Feasibility Review Committee for Sylvester's developing Biospecimen Shared Resource, 2018 - 2019
Member, Medical School Faculty Council, University of Miami, 2016 - 2018
Member, IRB Committee, University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2015 - 2019
Member, Quality Assessment Committee of the Department of Pathology, University of Miami, 2015 - 2019
Member, Research Committee of the Department of Pathology, University of Miami, 2015 - 2019
Member, Cancer Biology Graduate Program, University of Miami, 2014 - 2019
Member, Hematologic Malignancy Program, University of Miami/Sylvester Cancer Center, 2013 - 2019
Member, Leukemia/Lymphoma Faculty Recruit Committee, University of Miami/Sylvester Cancer Center, 2013 - 2014
Member, Human and Molecular Genetics Program, MDACC, 2012 - 2013
Member, Experimental Therapeutics Program, MDACC, 2012 - 2013
Member, Advisory Committee of Graduate Students, MDACC, 2012 - 2013
Alternate Member, Institutional Credentialing Committee, MDACC, 2011 - 2013
Member, Institutional Large Cell Lymphoma Group, MDACC, 2011 - 2013
Member, Institutional T-Cell Lymphoma Group, MDACC, 2011 - 2013
Member, Institutional Hodgkin Lymphoma Group, MDACC, 2011 - 2013
Member, Institutional Grant Review Committee (IRG), MDACC, 2009 - 2013
Member, Strike Force, Pathology Department, MDACC, 2007 - 2009
Member, Medical and Surgical Academy of Orense (Spain), 1998 - 1999
Member, Research Commission of Complejo Hospitalario de Orense (Spain), 1998 - 1999
Member, Commission of Tissue and Mortality of Complejo Hospitalario de Orense (Spain), 1998 - 1999
Military or Other Governmental Service
Grant Reviewer and ad hoc Chair of the Lymphoma grant program for the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP). Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, United States Army, 2020 - Present
Grant Reviewer for the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP). Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, United States Army, 2019 - Present
Honors & Awards
2023 | President Award in Research Excellence, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2021 | Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology (ASH) |
2018 | Mentor of George Aquilino, 2nd place of county Science Fair, American Heritage School of Boca-Delray, Miami FL |
2012 | Mentor of Vicky Leventaki (Clinical Fellow), Awarded with the fellow grant "Immunophenotypic Characterization of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) Positive Stromal Dendritic Cells in Malignant Lymphomas |
2012 | Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology (ASH) |
2011 | Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology (ASH) |
2009 | Mentor of Raj Davuluri, Premedical Student, 1st Place of DeBakey Premedical School, Research Award at Baylor College of Medicine |
2008 | Mentor of Keith Newton (Undergraduate Student), Awarded with the Annual Research Student Award of the Association of Genetic Technologists, 2008 |
2006 | The Janice Davis Singletary Award for Clinical Fellowship in Lymphoma, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
1999 | Best Platform Presentation, XX Meeting of the Galician Society of Gastroenterology, Spain |
1999 | Postgraduate Grant from the Fundacion Pedro Barrie de la Maza La Coruna, Fundacion Pedro Barrie de la Maza, Spain |
1998 | "Manual Cabaleiro Goas" award, Official School of Medical Doctors of Orense, Spain |
1996 | Scholarship from The Government of Navarra, Pamplona Spain |
1995 | Best Teacher Department of Anatomic Pathology, University Clinic of Navarra |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Jain P, Nomie K, Kotlov N, Segodin V, Hill H, Ok CY, Fetooh A, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Vega F, Bagaev A, Fowler N, Flowers CR, Wang M.. Immune-depleted tumor microenvironment is associated with poor outcomes and BTK inhibitor resistance in mantle cell lymphoma. Blood Cancer J 13(1):156, 2023. PMID: 37821434.
- Strati P, Li X, Deng Q, Marques-Piubelli ML, Henderson J, Watson G, Deaton L, Cain T, Yang H, Ravanmehr V, Fayad LE, Iyer SP, Nastoupil LJ, Hagemeister FB, Parra ER, Saini N, Takahashi K, Fowler NH, Westin JR, Steiner RE, Nair R, Flowers CR, Wang L, Ahmed S, Al-Atrash G, Vega F, Neelapu SS, Green MR. Prolonged cytopenia following CD19 CAR T cell therapy is linked with bone marrow infiltration of clonally expanded IFNγ-expressing CD8 T cells. Cell Rep Med 15(4), 2023. PMID: 37586321.
- Steiner RE, Hwang SR, Khurana A, Habermann TM, Epperla N, Annunzio K, Allen PB, Baird K, Paulino D, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, David KA, Evens AM, Pandya K, Bair SM, Kamdar M, Ba Aqeel SH, Torka P, Lynch RC, Smith SD, Feng L, Noorani M, Ahmed S, Nair R, Vega F, Wu S, Fang PQ, Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Lee HJ.. Impact of Cumulative Dose of Brentuximab Vedotin on Outcomes of Frontline Therapy for Advanced Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma. Blood Adv, 2023. PMID: 37603594.
- Khanlari M, Mo H, Kim DH, Sakhdari A, Young KH, Jain P, Wang M, Li S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Miranda RN, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Ok CY. Blastoid and Pleomorphic Mantle Cell Lymphoma Demonstrate Distinct Clinicopathologic and Genetic Features. Am J Surg Pathol, 2023. PMID: 37288826.
- Mas G, Man N, Nakata Y, Martinez-Caja C, Karl DL, Beckedorff F, Tamiro F, Chen C, Duffort S, Itonaga H, Mookhtiar AK, Kunkalla K, Valencia AM, Collings CK, Kadoch C, Vega F, Kogan SC, Morey L, Bilbao D, Nimer SD. The SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling subunit DPF2 facilitates NRF2-dependent anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant gene expression. J Clin Invest, 2023. PMID: 37200093.
- Steiner RE, Parra ER, Vega F, Feng L, Westin JR, Neelapu SS, Strati P, Green MR, Flowers CR, Solis LM, Wistuba II, Ahmed S, Nair R, Hagemeister FB, Noorani M, Marques-Piubelli ML. PD-L1+ macrophages are associated with favorable features in primary mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma. Exp Hematol Oncol 12(1):32, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36941707.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Kim DH, Medeiros LJ, Lu W, Khan K, Gomez-Bolanos LI, Rodriguez S, Parra ER, Ok CY, Aradhya A, Solis LM, Nieto YL, Steiner R, Ahmed S, Vega F. CD30 expression is frequently decreased in relapsed classic Hodgkin lymphoma after anti-CD30 CAR T-cell therapy. Histopathology. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36994939.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Amador C, Vega F. Pathologic and molecular insights in nodal T-follicular helper cell lymphomas. Front Oncol, 2023. PMID: 36793612.
- Nahmod KA, Vega F. ALK-positive large B-cell lymphoma, a rare B-cell lymphoma expressing ALK. Blood 141(2):209, 2023. PMID: 36633881.
- Qiu L, Tang G, Li S, Vega F, Lin P, Wang SA, Wang W, Iyer SP, Malpica L, Miranda RN, Konoplev S, Tang Z, Fang H, Medeiros LJ, Xu J. DUSP22 rearrangement is associated with distinctive immunophenotype but not outcome in patients with systemic ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Haematologica. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36453104.
- Aguilar C, Beltran BE, Morales D, Gutiérrez-Garibay M, Villela L, Marques-Piubelli ML,Vega F, Miranda RN, Malpica L. Isolated cardiac valve involvement in smoldering adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Cardiovasc Pathol:107513. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36567046.
- Tang G, Li S, Toruner GA, Jain P, Tang Z, Hu S, Xu J, Cheng J, Robinson M, Vega F, Medeiros LJ. Clinical impact of 5'MYC or 3'MYC gain/loss detected by FISH in patients with aggressive B-cell lymphomas. Cancer Genet 272-273:1-8. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36566629.
- Qiu L, Xu J, Lin P, Cohen EN, Tang G, Wang SA, Khanlari M, Wang W, Khoury JD, Konoplev S, Yin CC, Jorgensen JL, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Li S.. Unique pathologic features and gene expression signatures distinguish blastoid high-grade B-cell lymphoma from B acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma. Haematologica, 2022. PMID: 36325892.
- Cherng HJ, Alig S, Oki Y, Nastoupil LJ, Fayad LE, Neelapu SS, Turturro F, Hagemeister FB, Craig A, Macaulay C, Rodriguez MA, Lee HJJ, McDonnell T, Flowers CR, Vega F, Green MR, Feng L, Kurtz DM, Alizadeh AA, Davis RE, Westin JR.. A phase 1/2 study of lenalidomide and obinutuzumab with CHOP for newly diagnosed DLBCL. Blood Adv, 2022. PMID: 36375046.
- Nair R, Oki Y, Fowler N, Wang M, Ma MCJ, Vega F, McDonnell T, Pinnix C, Griffith D, Lu Y, Tewari S, Sun R, Scott DW, Flowers CR, Neelapu S, Green MR. Smart Start: Rituximab, Lenalidomide, and Ibrutinib in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Large B-Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol, 2022. PMID: 35952327.
- Brown DN, Blessing MM, Marcogliese AN, Vega F, Prose N, Metry D. Childhood lymphomatoid papulosis Type D, a rare and challenging diagnosis. Pediatr Dermatol, 2022. PMID: 35817594.
- Fang H, Khoury JD, Torres-Cabala CA, Ng SB, Xu J, El Hussein S, Hu S, Vega F, Li S, Tang Z, Tang G, Medeiros LJ, Wang W. Expression pattern and diagnostic utility of BCL11B in mature T- and NK-cell neoplasms. Pathology, 2022. PMID: 35864006.
- Romain G, Strati P, Rezvan A, Fathi M, Bandey IN, Adolacion JR, Heeke DS, Liadi I, Marques-Piubelli ML, Solis Soto LM, Mahendra A, Vega F, Cooper LJ, Singh H, Mattie M, Bot A, Neelapu S, Varadarajan N. Multidimensional single-cell analysis identifies a role for CD2-CD58 interactions in clinical antitumor T cell responses. J Clin Inves, 2022. PMID: 35881486.
- Gouni S, Strati P, Toruner G, Aradhya A, Landgraf R, Bilbao D, Vega F, Agarwal NK. Statins enhance the chemosensitivity of R-CHOP in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 63(6):1302-1313, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34969327.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Parra Cuentas ER, Feng L, Solis Soto L, Gallardo M, Gouni S, Samaniego F, Noorani M, Hagemeister FB, Westin JR, Lee HJ, Rodriguez MA, Neelapu SS, Gunther JR, Fowler NH, Flowers CR, Wistuba II, Nastoupil LJ, Vega F, Strati P. SIRPα+ macrophages are increased in patients with FL who progress or relapse after frontline lenalidomide and rituximab. Blood Adv 6(11):3286-3293, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35359004.
- Ghosh A, Marques-Piubelli ML, Wang X, Sheu TG, Cheng J, Khan K, Lu W, Manning J, Tang G, Solis LM, Vega F. CD2-negative lymphoma-associated T-cells: a potential mechanism of immune-evasion in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Virchows Arch, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35622145.
- Han G, Deng Q, Marques-Piubelli ML, Dai E, Dang M, Ma MCJ, Li X, Yang H, Henderson J, Kudryashova O, Meerson M, Isaev S, Kotlov N, Nomie KJ, Bagaev A, Parra ER, Solis Soto LM, Parmar S, Hagemeister FB, Ahmed S, Iyer SP, Samaniego F, Steiner R, Fayad L, Lee H, Fowler NH, Flowers CR, Strati P, Westin JR, Neelapu SS, Nastoupil LJ, Vega F, Wang L, Green MR. Follicular lymphoma microenvironment characteristics associated with tumor cell mutations and MHC class II expression. Blood Cancer Discov, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35687817.
- Alaggio R, Amador C, Anagnostopoulos I, Attygalle AD, Araujo IBO, Berti E, Bhagat G, Borges AM, Boyer D, Calaminici M, Chadburn A, Chan JKC, Cheuk W, Chng WJ, Choi JK, Chuang SS, Coupland SE, Czader M, Dave SS, de Jong D, Du MQ, Elenitoba-Johnson KS, Ferry J, Geyer J, Gratzinger D, Guitart J, Gujral S, Harris M, Harrison CJ, Hartmann S, Hochhaus A, Jansen PM, Karube K, Kempf W, Khoury J, Kimura H, Klapper W, Kovach AE, Kumar S, Lazar AJ, Lazzi S, Leoncini L, Leung N, Leventaki V, Li XQ, Lim MS, Liu WP, Louissaint A, Marcogliese A, Medeiros LJ, Michal M, Miranda RN, Mitteldorf C, Montes-Moreno S, Morice W, Nardi V, Naresh KN, Natkunam Y, Ng SB, Oschlies I, Ott G, Parrens M, Pulitzer M, Rajkumar SV, Rawstron AC, Rech K, Rosenwald A, Said J, Sarkozy C, Sayed S, Saygin C, Schuh A, Sewell W, Siebert R, Sohani AR, Tooze R, Traverse-Glehen A, Vega F, Vergier B, Wechalekar AD, Wood B, Xerri L, Xiao W. The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Lymphoid Neoplasms. Leukemia, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35732829.
- Chioureas D, Beck J, Baltatzis G, Vardaki I, Fonseca P, Tsesmetzis N, Vega F, Leventaki V, Eliopoulos AG, Drakos E, Rassidakis GZ, Panaretakis T. ALK+ Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL)-Derived Exosomes Carry ALK Signaling Proteins and Interact with Tumor Microenvironment. Cancers (Basel) 14(12), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35740600.
- Qiu L, Cho JH, Jelloul FZ, Vega F. SOHO State of the Art Updates and Next Questions: Pathology and Pathogenesis of Nodal Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 22(5):287-296, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34776400.
- El Hussein S, Wang X, Fang H, Jelloul FZ, Wang W, Loghavi S, Vega F, Miranda RN, Muzzafar T, Manning JT, Khoury JD, Burack WR, Evans AG, Medeiros LJ. Nodular Lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma With Nodular Sclerosis: An Underrecognized Feature Associated With Pattern D. Am J Surg Pathol, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35575765.
- Agarwal NK, Kim CH, Kunkalla K, Vaghefi A, Sanchez S, Manuel S, Bilbao D, Vega F, Landgraf R. Smoothened (SMO) regulates insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) levels and protein kinase B (AKT) localization and signaling. Lab Invest 102(4):401-410, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34893758.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Sagert J, Pham MT, Will M, Henderson D, Tipton K, Iyer S, Lu W, Khan KB, Hamana L, Chapman JR, Thakral B, Xu J, Miranda RN, Jennings K, Solis LM, Vega F. CD70 is a Potential Target Biomarker in Peripheral T-cell Lymphomas. Histopathology, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35474464.
- Vega F, Amador C, Chadburn A, Hsi ED, Slack G, Medeiros LJ, Feldman AL. Genetic profiling and biomarkers in peripheral T-cell lymphomas: current role in the diagnostic work-up. Mod Pathol 35(3):306-318, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34584212.
- Khanlari M, Li S, Miranda RN, Iyer S, Konoplev S, Lin P, Yin CC, Tang G, Qiu L, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Xu J. Small cell/lymphohistiocytic morphology is associated with peripheral blood involvement, CD8 positivity and retained T-cell antigens, but not outcome in adults with ALK+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Mod Pathol 35(3):412-418, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34628481.
- Qiu L, Wang SA, Vega F, Khoury JD, Tang Z, Garces S, Medeiros LJ, Thakral B. From the archives of MD Anderson Cancer Center: Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma with numerous circulating lymphoma cells. Ann Diagn Pathol 58:151934, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35299081.
- Wang ML, Jain P, Zhao S, Lee HJ, Nastoupil L, Fayad L, Ok CY, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Hill HA, Yao Y, Hagemeister FB, Westin JR, Fowler N, Samaniego F, Steiner R, Nair R, Iyer SP, Navsaria L, Badillo M, Mantle Cell Research Group, Feng L, Xuelin H, Nogueras Gonzalez GM, Xu G, Wagner-Bartak N, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Tang G, Lin P, Wang SA, Jorgensen J, Yin CC, Li S, Patel KP, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Flowers CR, Wang L. Ibrutinib-rituximab followed by R-HCVAD as frontline treatment for young patients (=65 years) with mantle cell lymphoma (WINDOW-1): a single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 23(3):406-415, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35074072.
- Latchmansingh KA, Wang X, Verdun RE, Marques-Piubelli ML, Vega F, You MJ, Chapman J, Lossos IS. LMO2 expression is frequent in T-lymphoblastic leukemia and correlates with survival, regardless of T-cell stage. Mod Pathol, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35322192.
- Kim DH, Vega F. Relapsed classic Hodgkin lymphoma with decreased CD30 expression after brentuximab and anti-CD30 CAR-T therapies. Blood 139(6):951, 2022. PMID: 35142847.
- Qiu L, Xu J, Tang G, Wang SA, Lin P, Ok CY, Garces S, Yin CC, Khanlari M, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Li S. Mantle Cell Lymphoma with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia-Like Features: A Diagnostic Mimic and Pitfall. Hum Pathol 119:59-68, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34767860.
- Jain P, Zhao S, Lee HJ, Hill HA, Ok CY, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Hagemeister FB, Fowler N, Fayad L, Yao Y, Liu Y, Moghrabi OB, Navsaria L, Feng L, Nogueras Gonzalez GM, Xu G, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Iliescu C, Tang G, Medeiros LJ, Vega F, Avellaneda M, Badillo M, Flowers CR, Wang L, Wang ML. Ibrutinib With Rituximab in First-Line Treatment of Older Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 40(2):JCO2101797, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34797699.
- Wang ML, Jain P, Zhao S, Lee HJ, Nastoupil L, Fayad L, Ok CY, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Hill HA, Yao Y, Hagemeister FB, Westin JR, Fowler N, Samaniego F, Steiner R, Nair R, Iyer SP, Navsaria L, Badillo M; Mantle Cell Research Group, Feng L, Xuelin H, Nogueras Gonzalez GM, Xu G, Wagner-Bartak N, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Tang G, Lin P, Wang SA, Jorgensen J, Yin CC, Li S, Patel KP, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Flowers CR, Wang L.. Ibrutinib-rituximab followed by R-HCVAD as frontline treatment for young patients (≤65 years) with mantle cell lymphoma (WINDOW-1): a single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol:S1470-2045, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35074702.
- Medeiros LJ, Marques-Piubelli ML, Sangiorgio VFI, Ruiz-Cordero R, Vega F, Feldman AL, Chapman JR, Clemens MW, Hunt KK, Evans MG, Khoo C, Lade S, Silberman M, Morkowski J, Pina EM, Mills DC, Bates CM, Magno WB, Sohani AR, Sieling BA, O'Donoghue JM, Bacon CM, Patani N, Televantou D, Turner SD, Johnson L, MacNeill F, Wotherspoon AC, Iyer SP, Malpica LE, Patel KP, Xu J, Miranda RN. Epstein-Barr-virus-positive large B-cell lymphoma associated with breast implants: an analysis of eight patients suggesting a possible pathogenetic relationship. Mod Pathol 34(12):2154-2167, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34226673.
- Tashakori M, Kim DH, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Vega F, Miranda RN, Jain P, Wang M, Medeiros LJ, Ok CY. Mantle Cell Lymphoma Involving Tonsils: A Clinicopathologic Study of 83 Cases. Hum Pathol 118:60-68, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34655612.
- Steiner RE, Banchs J, Koutroumpakis E, Becnel M, Gutierrez C, Strati P, Pinnix CC, Feng L, Rondon G, Claussen C, Palaskas N, Karimzad K, Ahmed S, Neelapu SS, Shpall E, Wang M, Vega F, Westin J, Nastoupil LJ, Deswal A. Cardiovascular events in patients treated with chimeric antigen receptor t-cell therapy for aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Haematologica, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34758610.
- Magistri M, Happ LE, Ramdial J, Lu X, Stathias V, Kunkalla K, Agarwal N, Jiang X, Schürer SC, Dubovy SR, Chapman JR, Vega F, Dave S, Lossos IS. The Genetic Landscape of Ocular Adnexa MALT Lymphoma Reveals Frequent Aberrations in NFAT and MEF2B Signaling Pathways. Cancer Res Commun 1(1):1-16, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35528192.
- Plaks V, Rossi JM, Chou J, Wang L, Poddar S, Han G, Wang Z, Kuang SQ, Chu F, Davis RE, Vega F, Bashir Z, Jacobson CA, Locke FL, Reagan PM, Rodig SJ, Lekakis LJ, Flinn IW, Miklos DB, Bot A, Neelapu SS. CD19 target evasion as a mechanism of relapse in large B-cell lymphoma treated with axicabtagene ciloleucel. Blood 138(12):1081-1085, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34041526.
- Chapman JR, Bouska AC, Zhang W, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, Rimsza LM, Maguire A, Yi S, Chan WC, Vega F, Song JY. EBV-positive HIV-associated diffuse large B cell lymphomas are characterized by JAK/STAT (STAT3) pathway mutations and unique clinicopathologic features. Br J Haematol 194(5):870-878, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34272731.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Solis LM, Parra ER, Castillo LM, Gouni S, Nair R, Chihara D, Konopleva M, Wistuba II, Iyer SP, Vega F, Strati P. BCL-W expression associates with poor outcome in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified. Blood Cancer J 11(9):153, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34531377.
- Collins K, Gu J, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Huen A, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Tetzlaff MT, Duvic M, Miranda RN, Vega F, Torres-Cabala CA. Is immunohistochemical expression of GATA3 helpful in the differential diagnosis of transformed mycosis fungoides and primary cutaneous CD30-positive T cell lymphoproliferative disorders?. Virchows Arch 479(2):377-383, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33604757.
- Thakral B, Jain N, Tang G, Konoplev S, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Wang SA. From the archives of MD Anderson Cancer Center: Concurrent BCR-ABL1 and CRLF2 rearrangements in B-lymphoblast phase of chronic myeloid leukemia. Ann Diagn Pathol 53:151767, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34118580.
- Martinez-Baquero D, Sakhdari A, Mo H, Kim DH, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Li S, Young KH, O'Malley DP, Dogan A, Jain P, Wang ML, McDonnell TJ, Miranda RN, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Ok CY. EZH2 expression is associated with inferior overall survival in mantle cell lymphoma. Mod Pathol, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34376807.
- Oishi N, Hundal T, Phillips JL, Dasari S, Hu G, Viswanatha DS, He R, Mai M, Jacobs HK, Ahmed NH, Syrbu SI, Salama Y, Chapman JR, Vega F, Sidhu J, Bennani NN, Epstein AL, Medeiros JL, Clemens MW, Miranda RN, Feldman AL. Molecular profiling reveals a hypoxia signature in breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Haematologica 106(6):1714-1724, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32414854.
- Wang X, Wang W, Vega F, Quesada AE. Aggressive Mediastinal Lymphomas. Semin Diagn Pathol(21), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34175178.
- Diaz-Perez JA, Poveda JC, Chapman JR, Velez-Torres JM, Vega F, Rosenberg AE. Unexpected Primary Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Bone in Amputation and Arthroplasty Specimens. Am J Clin Pathol, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34075398.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Schlette EJ, Khoury JD, Furqan F, Vega F, Soto LMS, Wistuba II, Wierda WG, Konopleva M, Ferrajoli A, Strati P. Expression of BCL2 alternative proteins and association with outcome in CLL patients treated with venetoclax. Leuk Lymphoma 62(5):1129-1135, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33327833.
- Jain P, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Zhang S, Ok CY, Navsaria L, Nastoupil L, Lee HJ, Tang G, Yin CC, Badillo M, Nair R, Li S, Patel KM, Flowers C, Vega F, Wang L, Wang ML. Outcomes of relapsed mantle cell lymphoma patients after discontinuing acalabrutinib. Am J Hematol 96(5):E137-E140, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33491779.
- Qiu L, Weitzman SP, Nastoupil LJ, Williams MD, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Disseminated ALK-positive histiocytosis with KIF5B-ALK fusion in an adult. Leuk Lymphoma 62(5):1234-1238, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33353436.
- Sweeney KJ, Tetzlaff MT, Vega F, Gillenwater A, Zuo Z, Gross N, Nagarajan P, Wargo J, Nelson K, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL. Tertiary lymphoid structures with overlapping histopathologic features of cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma during neoadjuvant cemiplimab therapy are associated with antitumor response. J Cutan Pathol 48(5):674-679, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33399228.
- Poveda J, Cassidy DP, Zhou Y, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, Vega F, Chapman J. Expression of germinal center cell markers by extranodal marginal zone lymphomas of MALT type within colonized follicles, a diagnostic pitfall with follicular lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 62(5):1116-1122, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33283568.
- Chihara D, Miljkovic M, Iyer SP, Vega F. Targeted based therapy in nodal T-cell lymphomas. Leukemia 35(4):956-967, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33664464.
- Lyapichev KA, Bah I, Huen A, Duvic M, Routbort MJ, Wang W, Jorgensen JL, Medeiros LJ, Vega F, Craig FE, Wang SA. Determination of immunophenotypic aberrancies provides better assessment of peripheral blood involvement by mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome than quantification of CD26- or CD7- CD4+ T-cells. Cytometry B Clin Cytom 100(2):183-191, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32667737.
- Arumov A, Liyanage PY, Trabolsi A, Roberts ER, Li L, Ferreira BCLB, Gao Z, Ban Y, Newsam AD, Taggart MW, Vega F, Bilbao D, Leblanc RM, Schatz JH. Optimized doxorubicin chemotherapy for diffuse Large B-Cell lymphoma exploits nanocarrier delivery to transferrin receptors. Cancer Res 81(3):763-775, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33177062.
- Lyapichev KA, Tang G, Li S, You MJ, Cheng TJ, Miranda RN, Iyer S, Yin CC, Konoplev S, Bueso-Ramos C, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Xu J. MYC expression is associated with older age, common morphology, increased MYC copy number, and poorer prognosis in patients with ALK+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Hum Pathol 108:22-31, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33221344.
- Khanlari M, Tang G, Hao S, Gong Y, Li S, Miranda RN, Lin P, Iyer S, Yin CC, Xie W,Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Xu J. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma with MYC rearrangement. Br J Haematol 192(1):e17-e21, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33216956.
- El Hussein S, Shaw KRM, Vega F. Evolving insights into the genomic complexity and immune landscape of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: opportunities for novel biomarkers. Mod Pathol 33(12):2422-2436, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32620919.
- Tran J, Vega F, Duvic M. Unmasking a T cell lymphoma: Folliculotropic mycosis fungoides with a gamma-delta phenotype. JAAD Case Rep 6(12):1316-1319, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32989422.
- Vega F, Amador C, Chadburn A, Feldman AL, Hsi ED, Wang W, Medeiros LJ. American Registry of Pathology Expert Opinions: Recommendations for the diagnostic workup of mature T cell neoplasms. Ann Diagn Pathol 49:151623, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32947231.
- Lyapichev KA, You MJ, Vega F, Solis LM, Medeiros LJ. Classic Hodgkin lymphoma and Castleman disease: an entity appears to be emerging. Virchows Arch 477(33):437-444, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32152665.
- Vega F. Pathology and Pathogenesis of T-Cell Lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 20(Suppl 1):S89-S93, 2020. PMID: 32862884.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ. A Suggested Immunohistochemical Algorithm for the Classification of T Cell Lymphomas Involving Lymph Node. Hum Pathol 102:104-116, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32479842.
- Safavi S, Larouche A, Zahn A, Patenaude AM, Domanska D, Dionne K, Rognes T, Dingler F, Kang SK, Johnson N, Hebert J, Verdun RE, Rada CA, Vega F, Nilsen H, Di Noia JM.. The uracil-DNA glycosylase UNG protects the fitness of normal and cancer B cells expressing AID. Nuclei Acids Research Cancer 2(3):zcaa019, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33554121.
- Husnain M, Kuker R, Reis IM, Iyer SG, Zhao W, Chapman JR, Vega F, Lossos IS, Alderuccio JP. Clinical and radiological characteristics of patients with pulmonary marginal zone lymphoma: A single center analysis. Cancer Med 9(14):5051-5064, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32452658.
- Zhao S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Navsaria L, Ok CY, Zhang S, Nomie K, Han G, Hao D, Hill HA, Jiang C, Yao Y, Nastoupil L, Westin J, Fayad L, Nair R, Steiner R, Ahmed S, Samaniego F, Iyer SP, Oriabure O, Chen W, Song X, Zhang J, Badillo M, Moghrabi O, Aranda J, Tang G, Yin CC, Patel K, Medeiros LJ, Li S, Vega F, Thirumurthi S, Xu G, Neelapu S, Flowers CR, Romaguera J, Fowler N, Wang L, Wang ML, Jain P. Efficacy of venetoclax in high risk relapsed mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) - outcomes and mutation profile from venetoclax resistant MCL patients. Am J Hematol 95(6):623-629, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32239765.
- Fayne R, Rengifo SS, Gonzalez I, Solorzano JL, Gonzalez D, Vega F, Cho-Vega JH. Primary cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease; a case-based review of a diagnostically and therapeutically challenging rare variant. Ann Diagn Pathol 45:151446, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31978810.
- Alderuccio JP, Isrow D, Reis IM, Iyer SG, Meshman JJ, Zhao W, Vega F, Chapman JR, Markoe AM, Lossos IS. Diagnostic bone marrow biopsy in patients with stage I EMZL treated with radiation therapy: needed or not?. Blood 135(15):1299-1302, 2020. PMID: 31978219.
- Chapman JR, Alvarez JP, White K, Sanchez S, Khanlari M, Algashaamy K, Cassidy D, Peng JH, Fan YS, Alencar A, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, Vega F. Unusual variants of follicular lymphoma: case-based review. Am J Surg Pathol 44(3):329-339, 2020. PMID: 31688142.
- Guo F, Luo Y, Jiang X, Lu X, Roberti D, Lossos C, Kunkalla K, Magistri M, Rui L, Verdun R, Vega F, Moy VT, Lossos IS. Recent BCR stimulation induces a negative auto-regulatory loop via FBXO10 mediated degradation of HGAL. Leukemia 34(2):553-566, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31570756.
- Cassidy DP, Chapman JR, Lopez R, White K, Fan YS, Casas C, Severson EA, Vega F. Comparison Between Integrated Genomic DNA/RNA Profiling and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization in the Detection of MYC, BCL-2, and BCL-6 Gene Rearrangements in Large B-Cell Lymphomas. Am J Clin Pathol 153(3):353-359, 2020. PMID: 31872861.
- Vega F, Miranda RN, Medeiros LJ. KSHV/HHV8 Positive Large B-Cell Lymphomas and Associated Diseases: A Heterogeneous Group of Lymphoproliferative Processes with Significant Clinicopathological Overlap. Mod Pathol 33(1):18-28, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31527708.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Salas YI, Pachas C, Becker-Hecker R, Vega F, Miranda RN. Epstein-Barr virus-associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders and lymphomas: a review. Pathology 52(1):40-52, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31706670.
- Gallastegui N, Cassidy DP, Heros DO, Vega F, Schatz JH. Central Nervous System Involvement by Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma after a Myxoma-Related Embolic Event. Case Rep Hematol 2019:1825491, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31827948.
- Fayne R, Rosenberg M, Whi9te K, Alencar A, Kirsner RS, Vega F, Cho-Vega JH. Disseminated cutaneous immunoglobulin M macroglobulinosis associated with cryoglobulinemia and minimal residual disease of Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. JAAD Case Rep 5(10):918-922, 2019. PMID: 31646164.
- Alvarez J, Algashaamy K, Tan Y, Mackrides N, Peng JH, Alderuccio JP, Alencar A, Vega F, Chapman J.. Richter-like Pleomorphic Mantle Cell Lymphoma Composed of EBV-Positive Hodgkin-like Cells, a Diagnostic Challenge 24(5):235-239, 2019.
- Parvin S, Labrada AR, Aumann S, Lu XQ, Weich N, Santiago GE, Cortizas E, Eden S, Yu Z, Sanchez-Garcia I, Gentles AJ, Roberts E, Bilbao-Cortes D, Vega F, Chapman J, Vertun R, Lossos I. LMO2 confers synthetic lethality to PARP inhibition in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Cancer Cell 36(3):237-249, 2019. PMID: 31447348.
- Lossos C, Liu Y, Kolb KE, Christie AL, Van Scoyk A, Prakadan SM, Shigemori K, Stevenson KE, Morrow S, Plana OD, Fraser C, Jones KL, Liu H, Pallasch CP, Modiste R, Nguyen QD, Craig JW, Morgan EA, Vega F, Aster JC, Sarosiek KA, Shalek AK, Hemann MT, Weinstock DM. Mechanisms of Lymphoma Clearance Induced by High-Dose Alkylating Agents. Cancer Discov 9(7):944-961, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31040105.
- Rajan SS, Li L, Kweh MF, Kunkalla K, Amin A, Agarwal N, Vega F, Schatz JH.. CRISPR genome editing of murine hematopoietic stem cells to create NPM1-ALK causes ALK positive lymphoma after transplantation Blood advances 3(12):1788-1794, 2019. PMID: 31189527.
- Husnain M, Mackrides N, Vega F, Paez-Escamilla M, Markoe AM, Harbour JW, Lossos IS.. CD4+/CD8+ immunophenotype switching as a marker for intraocular and CNS involvement in mycosis fungoides. Leuk Lymphoma 60(5):1308-1311, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30424702.
- Kim CH, Chapman JR, Vega F. A case of EBV-associated blastic lymphoplasmacytic proliferation in an oesophageal ulcer with a self-limiting course: overlapping lesion between EBV mucocutaneous ulcer and polymorphic lymphoplasmacytic disorder. Histopathology 74(6):964-966, 2019. PMID: 30725484.
- Alderuccio JP, Zhao W, Desai A, Ramdial J, Gallastegui N, Kimble E, de la Fuente MI, Husnain M, Rosenblatt JD, Alencar AJ, Schatz JH, Moskowitz CH, Chapman JR, Vega F, Reis IM, Lossos IS. Short survival and frequent transformation in extranodal marginal zone lymphoma with multiple mucosal sites presentation. Am J Hematol 94(5):585-596, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30784098.
- Khashab T, Hagemeister F, Romaguera JE, Fanale MA, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Rodriguez MA, Neelapu SS, Fayad L, Younes A, Feng L, Vega F, Kwak LW, Samaniego F. Long-term overall- and progression-free survival after pentostatin, cyclophosphamide and rituximab therapy for indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Br J Haematol 185(4):670-678, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30820940.
- Mackrides M, Chapman J, Larson MC, Ramos JC, Toomey N, Lin P, Maurer MJ, Rafaelle M, Tan Y, Ikpatt F, Syrbu S, Ansell S, Habermann TM, Link BK, Feldman A, Lossos IS, Cerhan J, Vega F. Prevalence, clinical characteristics and prognosis of EBV-positive follicular lymphoma. Am J Hematol 94(2):E62-E64, 2019. PMID: 30474261.
- Alderuccio JP, Mackrides N, Chapman JR, Vega F, Lossos IS. Rapid complete response to blinatumomab as a successful bridge to allogeneic stem cell transplantation in a case of refractory Richter syndrome. Leuk Lymphoma 60(1):230-233, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29745744.
- Mackrides N, Lossos IS, Vega F. Intracytoplasmic azurophilic inclusions in prolymphocytes 108(6):565, 2018. PMID: 30302738.
- Lu X, Fernando TM, Lossos C, Yusufova N, Liu F, Fontán L, Durant M, Geng H, Melnick J, Luo Y, Vega F, Moy V, Inghirami G, Nimer S, Melnick AM, Lossos IS. PRMT5 interacts with the BCL6 oncoprotein and is required for germinal center formation and lymphoma cell survival. Blood 132(19):2026-2039, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30082494.
- Qu C, Kunkalla K, Vaghefi A, Frederiksen JK, Liu Y, Chapman JR, Blonska M, Bernal-Mizrachi L, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, Landgraf R, Vega F. Smoothened stabilizes and protects TRAF6 from degradation: A novel non-canonical role of smoothened with implications in lymphoma biology. Cancer Lett 436:149-158, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30165192.
- Chapman J, Vega F. Monotypic and IgH-rearranged lymphoplasmacytic cells restricted to the light zone of germinal centers: an early (in situ?) marginal zone lymphoma?. Ann Hematol 97(10):1999-2000, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29725761.
- Alderuccio JP, Zhao W, Desai A, Gallastegui N, Ramdial J, Kimble E, de la Fuente MI, Rosenblatt JD, Chapman JR, Vega F, Reis IM, Lossos IS. Risk Factors for Transformation to Higher-Grade Lymphoma and Its Impact on Survival in a Large Cohort of Patients With Marginal Zone Lymphoma From a Single Institution. J Clin Oncol 36(34):JCO1800138, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30312133.
- Alderuccio JP, Stefanovic A, Dammrich D, Chapman JR, Vega F, Selvaggi G, Tzakis A, Lossos IS. Decreased survival in hepatitis C patients with monomorphic post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder after liver transplantation treated with frontline immunochemotherapy. Leuk Lymphoma 59(9):2096-2104, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29252057.
- Peters TL, Tillotson J, Yeomans AM, Wilmore S, Lemm E, Jiménez-Romero C, Amador LA, Li L, Amin AD, Pongtornpipat P, Zerio CJ, Ambrose AJ, Paine-Murrieta G, Greninger P, Vega F, Benes CH, Packham G, Rodríguez AD, Chapman E, Schatz JH. Target-Based Screening against eIF4A1 Reveals the Marine Natural Product Elatol as a Novel Inhibitor of Translation Initiation with In Vivo Antitumor Activity. Clin Cancer Res 24(17):4256-4270, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29844128.
- Khanlari M, Ramos JC, Sanchez SP, Cho-Vega JH, Amador A, Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Vega F, Chapman JR. Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma can be indistinguishable from other more common T-cell lymphomas. The University of Miami experience with a large cohort of cases. Mod Pathol 31(7):1046-1063, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29449683.
- Bini Viotti J, Doblecki S, Luca CC, Mackrides N, Vega F, Alcaide ML. Primary Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lymphoma Presenting as a Cervical Ring-Enhancing Lesion in an AIDS Patient. Open Forum Infect Dis 5(6):ofy128, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29951566.
- Greenblatt SM, Man N, Hamard PJ, Asai T, Karl D, Martinez C, Bilbao D, Stathias V, Jermakowicz AM, Duffort S, Tadi M, Blumenthal E, Newman S, Vu L, Xu Y, Liu F, Schurer SC, McCabe MT, Kruger RG, Xu M, Yang FC, Tenen DG, Watts J, Vega F, Nimer SD. CARM1 Is Essential for Myeloid Leukemogenesis but Dispensable for Normal Hematopoiesis. Cancer Cell 33(6):1111-1127.e5, 2018. PMID: 29894694.
- Alderuccio JP, Desai A, Yepes MM, Chapman JR, Vega F, Lossos IS. Frontline brentuximab vedotin in breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Clin Case Rep 6(4):634-637, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29636930.
- Chapman J, Geyer JT, Khanlari M, Moul A, Casas C, Connor ST, Fan YS, Watts JM, Swords RT, Vega F, Orazi A. Myeloid neoplasms with features intermediate between primary myelofibrosis and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Mod Pathol 31(3):429-441, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29192651.
- Swords RT, Azzam D, Al-Ali H, Lohse I, Volmar CH, Watts JM, Perez A, Rodriguez A, Vargas F, Elias R, Vega F, Zelent A, Brothers SP, Abbasi T, Trent J, Rangwala S, Deutsch Y, Conneally E, Drusbosky L, Cogle CR, Wahlestedt C. Ex-vivo sensitivity profiling to guide clinical decision making in acute myeloid leukemia: A pilot study. Leuk Res 64:34-41, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29175379.
- Algashaamy K, Tan Y, Mackrides N, Alencar A, Peng JH, Rosenblatt J, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, Vega F, Chapman J. Splenic B-Cell Lymphomas with Diffuse Cyclin D1 Protein Expression and Increased Prolymphocytic Cells: A Previously Unrecognized Diagnostic Pitfall. Case Rep Hematol 2018, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30363761.
- Cassidy DP, Vega F, Chapman JR. Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Bronchial-Associated Lymphoid Tissue in the Posttransplant Setting: An Immunodeficiency-Related (Posttransplant) Lymphoproliferative Disorder?. Am J Clin Pathol 149(1):42-49, 2017. PMID: 29228090.
- Wu SC, Chapman JR, Vega F, Abrahams N, Lossos IS, Alderuccio JP. Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma associated with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Leuk Lymphoma 58(11):2734-2737, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28351190.
- Chapman J, Vega F. Incidental brown adipose tissue in bone marrow biopsy. Blood 130(7):952, 2017. PMID: 28818979.
- Watts JM, Perez A, Pereira L, Fan YS, Brown G, Vega F, Petrie K, Swords RT, Zelent A. A Case of AML Characterized by a Novel t(4;15)(q31;q22) Translocation That Confers a Growth-Stimulatory Response to Retinoid-Based Therapy. Int J Mol Sci 18(7), 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28696354.
- De la Fuente MI, Haggiagi A, Moul A, Young RJ, Sidani C, Markoe A, Vega F, DeAngelis LM, Lossos IS. Marginal zone dural lymphoma: the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and University of Miami experiences. Leuk Lymphoma 58(4):882-888, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27649904.
- Mackrides N, Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Maque-Acosta Y, Moul A, Hijazi N, Ikpatt FO, Levy R, Verdun RE, Kunkalla K, Natkunam Y, Lossos IS, Vega F, Chapman J. Epstein-Barr virus-positive follicular lymphoma. Mod Pathol 30(4):519-529, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27982024.
- Bhatt S, Parvin S, Zhang Y, Cho HM, Kunkalla K, Vega F, Timmerman JM, Shin SU, Rosenblatt JD, Lossos IS. Anti-CD20-interleukin-21 fusokine targets malignant B cells via direct apoptosis and NK-cell-dependent cytotoxicity. Blood 129(16):2246-2256, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28137826.
- Villada G, Vega F. Clusters of paracortical plasmacytoid dendritic cells in lupus lymphadenitis. Blood 129(13):1884, 2017. PMID: 28360360.
- Alderuccio JP, Amarapurkar P, Chapman JR, Vega F, Lossos IS. Characteristics and outcomes of lymphoblastic lymphoma - the University of Miami experience. Leuk Lymphoma 58(1):195-198, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27252116.
- Desai A, Joag MG, Lekakis L, Chapman JR, Vega F, Tibshirani R, Tse D, Markoe A, Lossos IS. Long-term course of patients with primary ocular adnexal MALT lymphoma: a large single-institution cohort study. Blood 129(3):324-332, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27789481.
- Lyapichev KA, Chapman JR, Iakymenko O, Ikpatt OF, Teomete U, Sanchez SP, Vega F. Bone Marrow-Liver-Spleen Type of Large B-Cell Lymphoma Associated with Hemophagocytic Syndrome: A Rare Aggressive Extranodal Lymphoma. Case Rep Hematol 2017:8496978, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28835859.
- Gil VS, Bhagat G, Howell L, Zhang J, Kim CH, Stengel S, Vega F, Zelent A, Petrie K. Deregulated expression of HDAC9 in B cells promotes development of lymphoproliferative disease and lymphoma in mice. Dis Model Mech 9(12):1483-1495, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27799148.
- Cortizas EM, Zahn A, Safavi S, Reed JA, Vega F, Di Noia JM, Verdun RE. UNG protects B cells from AID-induced telomere loss. J Exp Med 213(11):2459-2472, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27697833.
- Kozloski GA, Jiang X, Bhatt S, Ruiz J, Vega F, Shaknovich R, Melnick A, Lossos IS. miR-181a negatively regulates NF-κB signaling and affects activated B-cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma pathogenesis. Blood 127(23):2856-66, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26941399.
- Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Ortiz D, Peng JH, Francis Ikpatt O, Fan YS, Barredo JC, Vega F, Chapman JR. Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma With Translocations Involving BCL6 and MYC (Double-Hit Lymphoma). Am J Clin Pathol 145(5):710-6, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27124935.
- Yabe M, Medeiros LJ, Tang G, Wang SA, Ahmed S, Nieto Y, Hu S, Bhagat G, Oki Y, Patel KP, Routbort M, Luthra R, Fanale MA, Bueso-Ramos CE, Jorgensen JL, Vega F, Chen W, Hoehn D, Konoplev S, Milton DR, Wistuba I, Li S, You MJ, Young KH, Miranda RN. Prognostic Factors of Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma: Clinicopathologic Study of 28 Cases. Am J Surg Pathol 40(5):676-88, 2016. PMID: 26872013.
- Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Deutsch Y, Salzberg M, Gomez A, Vargas F, Elias R, Kwon D, Goodman M, Ikpatt OF, Chapman JR, Watts J, Vega F, Swords R. Routine interim disease assessment in patients undergoing induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia: Can we do better?. Am J Hematol 91(3):277-82, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26663264.
- Agarwal NK, Kim CH, Kunkalla K, Konno H, Tjendra Y, Kwon D, Blonska M, Kozloski GA, Moy VT, Verdun RE, Barber GN, Lossos IS, Vega F. Active IKKβ promotes the stability of GLI1 oncogene in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood 127(5):605-15, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26603838.
- Chapman J, Gentles AJ, Sujoy V, Vega F, Dumur CI, Blevins TL, Bernal-Mizrachi L, Mosunjac M, Pimentel A, Zhu D, Lossos IS. Gene expression analysis of plasmablastic lymphoma identifies downregulation of B-cell receptor signaling and additional unique transcriptional programs. Leukemia 29(11):2270-3, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25921246.
- Blonska M, Agarwal NK, Vega F. Shaping of the tumor microenvironment: Stromal cells and vessels. Semin Cancer Biol 34:3-13, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25794825.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Bueso-Ramos CE, Arboleda P, Miranda RN. Hematolymphoid neoplasms associated with rearrangements of PDGFRA, PDGFRB, and FGFR1. Am J Clin Pathol 144(3):377-92, 2015. PMID: 26276769.
- Zhu D, Bhatt S, Lu X, Guo F, Veelken H, Hsu DK, Liu FT, Alvarez Cubela S, Kunkalla K, Vega F, Chapman-Fredricks JR, Lossos IS. Chlamydophila psittaci-negative ocular adnexal marginal zone lymphomas express self polyreactive B-cell receptors. Leukemia 29(7):1587-99, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25676418.
- Samaniego F, Hagemeister F, Romaguera JE, Fanale MA, Pro B, McLaughlin P, Rodriguez MA, Neelapu SS, Fayad L, Younes A, Feng L, Berkova Z, Khashab T, Sehgal L, Vega-Vazquez F, Kwak LW. Pentostatin, cyclophosphamide and rituximab for previously untreated advanced stage, low-grade B-cell lymphomas. Br J Haematol 169(6):814-23, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25828695.
- Blonska M, Zhu Y, Chuang HH, You MJ, Kunkalla K, Vega F, Lin X. Jun-regulated genes promote interaction of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with the microenvironment. Blood 125(6):981-91, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25533033.
- Ruiz-Cordero, R, Lewis J, Blieden C, Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Hernandez J, Lossos IS, Ikpatt F, Chapman JR, Vega F. Unusual immunophenotypic variant of large B-cell lymphoma associated with HHV-8 and EBV in an HIV positive patient 2:49-54, 2015.
- Ruiz-Cordero R, Chapman J, Vega F. Synaptophysin is frequently expressed in megakaryocytes: a novel immunohistochemical finding of unknown significance(62):76-80, 2015.
- Blieden C, Fan YS, Chapman JR, Vega F. De novo acute myeloid leukemia with monocytoid blasts and erythrophagocytosis. Clin Case Rep 2(6):333-5, 2014. PMID: 25548641.
- Blieden C, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Acquired B-cell immunophenotype of follicular dendritic cells in a B-cell depleted lymph node after treatment with rituximab Ann Hematol 93(11):1947-8, 2014. PMID: 24752418.
- Blieden C, Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Moul A, Chapman JR, Cioffi-Lavina, Ikpatt OF Byrne GE, Vega F. Anaphylactic Reaction to Platelet Transfusion as the Initial Symptom of an Undiagnosed Systemic Mastocytosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature 26:26-8,389, 2014. PMID: 25424186.
- Chapman-Fredricks J, Sandoval-Sus J, Vega F, Lossos IS.. Progressive Leukemic Non-nodal Mantle Cell Lymphoma Associated with Deletions of TP53, ATM, and / or 13q14 18(4):214-9, 2014. PMID: 24852242.
- Gera S, Dekmezian MS, Duvic M, Tschen J, Vega F, Cho-Vega JH. Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm;evolving insights in an aggressive hematopoatic malignancy with a prediction of skin involvement. Am J Dermatopathol 36(3):244-51, 2014. PMID: 24247574.
- Leventaki V, Oki Y, Romaguera J, Vega F. Indolent Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Involving the Gastrointestinal Tract 45(2):421-6, 2014. PMID: 24439229.
- Cho-Vega JH, Vega F. CD30-negative lymphomatoid papulosis type D in an elderly man 36(2):190-2, 2014. PMID: 24394303.
- Oki Y, Westin JR, Vega F, Chuang H, Fowler N, Neelapu S, Hagemeister FB, McLaughlin P, Kwak LW, Romaguera JE, Fanale M, Younes A, Rodriguez MA, Orlowski RZ, Wang M, Ouzounian ST, Samaniego F, Fayad L. Prospective phase II study of rituximab with alternating cycles of hyper-CVAD and high-dose methotrexate with cytarabine for young patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Br J Haematol 163(5):611-20, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24117234.
- Vega F. Time to look for CD30 expression in diffuse large B cell lymphomas, along the way to immunotherapy. Leuk Lymphoma 54(11):2341-2, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23472971.
- Sánchez-Espiridión B, Martín-Moreno AM, Montalbán C, Figueroa V, Vega F, Younes A, Medeiros LJ, Alvés FJ, Canales M, Estévez M, Menarguez J, Sabín P, Ruiz-Marcellán MC, Lopez A, Sánchez-Godoy P, Burgos F, Santonja C, López JL, Piris MA, Garcia JF. MicroRNA signatures and treatment response in patients with advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Br J Haematol 162(3):336-47, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23725219.
- Kunkalla L, Liu Y, Changju Q, Leventaki V, Agarwal NK, Singh R, Vega F. Functional inhibition of BCL2 is needed to increase the susceptibility to apoptosis to SMO Inhibitors in diffuse large B-cell Lymphoma of germinal center subtype. Annals Hematol 92(6):777-87, 2013. PMID: 23370596.
- Qu C, Liu Y, Kunkalla K, Singh RR, Blonska M, Lin X, Agarwal NK, Vega F. Trimeric G protein-CARMA1 axis links smoothened, the hedgehog receptor transducer, to NF-KB activation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood 121(23):4718-28, 2013. PMID: 23632891.
- Rawal S, Chu F, Zhang M, Park HJ, Nattamai D, Kannan S, Sharma R, Delgado D, Chou T, Lin HY, Baladandayuthapani V, Luong A, Vega F, Fowler N, Dong C, Davis RE, Neelapu SS. Cross Talk between Follicular Th Cells and Tumor Cells in Human Follicular Lymphoma Promotes Immune Evasion in the Tumor Microenvironment. J Immunol 190(12):6681-6693, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23686488.
- Agarwal NK, Qu C, Kunkalla K, Liy Y, Vega F. Transcriptional Regulation of Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase (AKT) Genes by Glioma-Associated Oncogene Homolog 1. J Biol Chem 288(21):15390-401, 2013. PMID: 23580656.
- Jain P, Vega-Vazquez F, Faderl S. "Cup-like" blasts and NPM1 and FLT3 (ITD) mutations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Int J Hematol 98(1):3, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23690292.
- Li S, Feng X, Li T, Zhang S, Zuo Z, Lin P, Konoplev S, Bueso-Ramos CE, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Yin CC. Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma, Nasal Type: A Report of 73 Cases at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Am J Surg Pathol 37(1):14-23, 2013. PMID: 23232851.
- Handal B, Entow R, Lara D, Bailey M, Vega F, Hu P, Lennon A.. Investigating the expression of oncogenic and tumor suppressive microRNA in DLBCL 39(1):14-20, 2013. PMID: 26030163.
- Merrit BY,Curry JL, Duvic M, Vega F, Sheehan AM, Curry CV. Pediatric subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma with features of hemophagocytic syndrome. Pediatric Blood Cancer 60:1916-7, 2013. PMID: 23868752.
- Kanagal-Shamanna R, Medeiros LJ, Lu G, Wang SA, Manning JT, Lin P, Penn GM, Young KH, You MJ, Vega F, Bassett R, Miranda RN. High-grade B cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with blastoid features: an unusual morphological subgroup associated frequently with BCL2 and/or MYC gene rearrangements and a poor prognosis. Histopathology 61(5):945-54, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22804688.
- Ramirez E, Singh RR, Kunkalla K, Liu Y, Qu C, Cain C, Multani AS, Lennon PA, Jackacky J, Ho M, Dawud S, Gu J, Yang S, Hu PC, Vega F. Defining causative factors contributing in the activation of hedgehog signaling in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leuk Res 36(10):1267-73, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22809693.
- Greaves WO, Xiao L, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Kunkalla K, Dave KS, Liang CS, Singh RR, Younes A, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Detection of ABCC1 expression i classical Hodgkin Lymphoma is associated with increased risk of treatment failure using standard chemotherapy protocols. J Hematol Oncol 5:47, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22871336.
- Buglio D, Palakurthi S, Byth K, Vega F, Toader D, Saeh J, Neelapu SS, Younes A. Essential role of TAK1 in regulating mantle cell lymphoma survival. Blood 120(2):347-55, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22649101.
- Sánchez-Espiridión B, Martin-Moreno AM, Montalbán C, Medeiros LJ, Vega F, Younes A, Piris MA, Garcia JF. Immunohistochemical markers for tumor associated macrophages and survival in advanced classical Hodgkin's lymphoma. Haematologica 97(7):1080-4, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22315492.
- Kim Y, Leventaki V, Bhaijee F, Jackson CC, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Extracavitary/Solid Variant of Primary Effusion Lymphoma. Ann Diagn Pathol 16(6):441-6, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22497739.
- Li C, Thompson MA, Tamaya AT, Zuo Z, Lee J, Vega F, Ford RJ, Pham LV. Over-expression of thioredoxin-1 mediates growth, survival, and chermoresistance aand is a drugable target in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Oncotarget 3(3):314-326, 2012. PMID: 22447839.
- Moretti L, Medeiros LJ, Kunkalla K, Williams MD, Singh RR, Vega F. N-terminal PAX8 polyclonal antibody shows cross-reactivity with N-terminal region of PAX5 and is responsible for reports of PAX8 positivity in malignant lymphomas. Mod Path 25(2):231-6, 2012. PMID: 22037256.
- Meadows SA, Vega F, Kashishian A, Johnson D, Diehl V, Miller LL, Younes A, Lannutti BJ. PI3Kδ inhibitor, GS-1101 (CAL-101), attentuates pathway signaling, induces apoptosis, and overcomes signals from the microenvironment in cellular models of Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 119(8):1897-900, 2012. PMID: 22210877.
- Ok CH, Singh RR, Vega F. Aberrant activation of the hedgehog signaling pathway in malignant hematological neoplasms. Am J Pathol 180(1):2-11, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22056910.
- Cho-Vega JH, Tschen JA, Vega F. CD4 CD8 Double-Negative Early Stage Mycosis Fungoides Associated with Primary Cutaneous Follicular Center Lymphoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 65(4):884-6, 2011. PMID: 21920253.
- Greaves WO, Kim JE, Singh RR, Drakos E, Kunkalla K, Sánchez-Espiridión B, Garcia JF, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Glioma associated oncogene homologue 3 (GLI3), a Hedgehog transcription factor, is highly expressed in hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells of Classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Hum Pathol 42(11):1643-52, 2011. PMID: 21531006.
- Drakos E, Leventaki V, Atsaves V, Schlette EJ, Lin P, Vega F, Miranda RN, Claret FX, Medeiros LJ, Rassidakis GZ. Expression of serine 194-phosphorylated Fas-associated death domain protein correlates with proliferation in B-cell non-Hodgkin-type lymphomas. Hum Pathol 42(8):1117-24, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21315423.
- Vishwamitra D, Shi P, Wilson D, Manshouri R, Vega F, Schlette EJ, Amin HM. Expression and effects of inhibition of IGF-IR tyrosine kinase in mantle cell lymphoma. Haematologica 96(6):871-90, 2011. PMID: 21330319.
- Drakos E, Singh RR, Rassidakis GZ, Schlette EJ, Li J, Claret FX, Ford RJ, Vega F, Medeiros LJ. Activation of p53 pathway by MDM2 inhibitor nutlin-3a overcomes BCL2 overexpression in a preclinical model of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leukemia 25(5):856-67, 2011. PMID: 21394100.
- Huh YO, Schweighofer CD, Ketterling RP, Knudson RA, Vega F, Kim JE, Luthra R, Keating MJ, Medeiros LJ, Abruzzo LV.. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia With t(14;19)(q32;q13) Is Characterized by Atypical Morphologic and Immunophenotypic Features and Distinctive Genetic Features. Am J Clin Pathol 135(5):686-96, 2011. PMID: 21502423.
- Hsu C, Vega F, Grimes LM, Hunt KK. Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma and associated myasthenia gravis: true, true, related?. J Clin Oncol 29(13):e369-71, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21321294.
- Curry LJ, Prieto VG, Jones DM, Vega F, Duvic M, Diwan AH. Transient iatrogenic immunodeficiency-related B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of the skin in a patient with mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome. J Cutan Pathol 38(3):295-7, 2011. PMID: 19889052.
- Pham LV, Fu L, Tamayo AT, Bueso-Ramos C, Drakos E, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Ford RJ. Constitutive BR3 receptor signaling in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas stabilizes NK-{kappa}B-inducing kinase, while activating both canonical and alternative NF-{kappa}B pathways. Blood 117(1):200-10, 2011. PMID: 20889926.
- Singh R, Kunkalla K, Qu C, Schlette E, Neelapu S, Samaniego F, Vega F. ABCG2 is a Direct Transcriptional Target of Hedgehog Signaling and Involved in Stroma-Induced Drug Tolerance in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Oncogene 30(49):4874-66, 2011. PMID: 21625222.
- Cho-Vega JH, Tschen J, Duvic M, Vega F. Early stage mycosis fungoides variants: Case based review. Ann Diagn Pathol 14(5):369-85, 2010. PMID: 20850703.
- Vega F, Davuluri Y, Cho-Vega JH, Ma S, Wang RU, Multani AS, Drakos I, Pham L, Shen L, Ambrus J, Medeiros LJ, Ford R. Side population contains cells with "tumor-initiating cell" features responsible for lymphoma maintenance and systemic dissemination. J Cell Mol Med 14(6B):1532-45, 2010. PMID: 19656242.
- Singh RR, Kim JE, Davuluri Y, Drakos-E, Cho-Vega JH, Amin H, Vega F. Hedgehog-signaling pathway contributes to tumor cell survival and proliferation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leukemia 24(5):1025-36, 2010. PMID: 20200556.
- Wang SA, Jabbark, Lu G, Chen SS, Galili N, Vega F, Jones D, Raza A, Kantarjian H, Garcia-Manero G, McDonnell TJ, Medeiros LJ. Trisomy 11 in myelodysplastic syndromes defines a unique group of disease with aggressive clinicopathologic features. Leukemia 24(4):740-7, 2010. PMID: 20072149.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ. V(D)J recombination and staggered DNA breaks: guilty again. Blood 115(11):2121-2, 2010. PMID: 20299518.
- Khokhar FA, Payne WD, Talwalkar SS, Jorgensen J, Bueso-Ramos C, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma in Bone Marrow: A Morphologic and Immunophenotypic Study. Hum Pathol 41(1):79-87, 2010. PMID: 19740519.
- Drakos E, Rassidakis RZ, Leventaki V, Cotta C, Vega F, Medeiros LJ. Nodular Lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma with clusters of L&H-like cells, acute inflammation, and fibrosis: a syncitial variant. Am J Surg Pathol 33(11):1725-31, 2009. PMID: 19730363.
- Kim JE, Singh RR, Cho-Vega JH, Drakos E, Davuluri Y, Khokhar FA, Fayad L, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Sonic hedgehog signaling proteins and ATP-binding cassette G2 are aberrantly expressed in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Mod Pathol 22(10):1312-20, 2009. PMID: 19593328.
- Falchook G, Vega F, Dang N, Samaniego F, Rofriguez M, Champlin R, Hosing C, Verstovsek S, Pro B. Hepatosplenic gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma: clinicopathological features and treatment. Ann Oncol 20(6):1080-1085, 2009. PMID: 19237479.
- Singh RR, Cho-Vega JH, Davuluri Y, Ma S, Kasbidi F, Milito C, Lennon PA, Drakos E, Medeiros LJ, Luthra R, Vega F. Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway is activated in ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Cancer Res 69(6):2550-8, 2009. PMID: 19244133.
- Huh Yang, I-Chun Lin K, Vega F, Schlette E, Yin C, Keating M, Luthra R. Medeiros LJ and Abruzzo L. MYC translocation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia is associated with increased prolymphocytes and a poor prognosis. Br J Haematol 142(1):36-44, 2008. PMID: 18477041.
- Quintas-Cardama A, Tong W, Manshouri T, Vega F, Lennon PA, Cools J, Gilliland DG, Lee F, Cortes J, Kantarjian H, Garcia-Manero G.. Activity of tyrosine kinase inhibitors against human nup214-abl-positive T-cell malignancies. Leukemia 22(6):1117-1124, 2008. PMID: 18401417.
- Vega F, Cho-Vega JH, Lennon PA, Luthra MG, Bailey J, Breeden M, Jones D, Medeiros LJ, Luthra R.. Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphomas are characterized by loss of Interstitial Regions of Chromosome 7q,7q31.32 and 7q36.2, that include protection of Telomere 1 (POT1) and Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) Genes. Br J Haematol 142(2):216-226, 2008. PMID: 18492102.
- Cho-Vega JH, Vega F, Medeiros LJ.. An Attractive Therapeutic Target, mTOR Pathway, for an Effective Combinatorial Cancer Therapy in Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-Positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. Adv Anat Pathol 15(2):105-12, 2008. PMID: 18418091.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Davuluri R, Cromwell CC, Alkan S, Abruzzo LV.. t(8;13)-positive bilineal lymphomas:report of six cases. Am J Surg Pathol 32(1):14-20, 2008. PMID: 18162765.
- Cho-Vega JH, Medeiros LJ, Prieto VG, Vega F. Leukemia Cutis. Am J Clin Pathol 129(1):130-42, 2008. PMID: 18089498.
- Jain N, Hubbard J, Vega F, Vidal G, Garcia-Manero G, Borthakur G.. Spontaneous Remission of Acute Myeloid Leukemia:Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature. Clin Leuk 2:64-67, 2008.
- Cho-Vega JH, Vega F, Schwartz MR, Prieto VG.. Expression of dicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductase (DCXR) in human skin and melanocytic lesions:morphological studies supporting cell adhesion function of DCXR. J Cutan Pathol 34(7):535-542, 2007. PMID: 17576332.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Gaulard P.. Hepatosplenic and other gamma delta T-cell Lymphomas. Am J Clin Pathol 127(6):869-80, 2007. PMID: 17509984.
- Vega F, Padula A, Valbuena JR, Stancu M, Jones D, Medeiros LJ.. Systemic lymphomas involving the pleura. A Clinicopathologic study of 34 cases diagnosed by pleural biopsy. Arch Pathol Lab Med 130(10):1497-1502, 2006. PMID: 17090191.
- Lin P, Jones D, Medeiros LJ, Chen W, Vega F, Luthra R. Activating FLT3 Mutations are detectable in Chronic and Blast Phase of Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders other than Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Am J Clin Pathol 126(4):530-3, 2006. PMID: 16938665.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Leventaki V, Atwell C, Cho-Vega JH, Tian L, Claret FX, Rassidakis GZ. Activation of mTOR Signaling Pathway Contributes to Tumor Cell Survival in ALK-Positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. Cancer Res 66(13):6589-97, 2006. PMID: 16818631.
- Cho-Vega JH, Vega F, Rassidakis G, Medeiros LJ.. Primary Cutaneous Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma. Am J Clin Pathol 125:S38-S49, 2006. PMID: 16830956.
- Vega F, Chang CC, Schwartz MR, Verm R, Preti HA, Etwon A, Younes M, Jaffe ES.. Atypical NK-cell proliferation of the gastrointestinal tract in a patient with antigliadin antibodies but not celiac disease. Am J Surg Pathol 4:539-544, 2006. PMID: 16625103.
- Vega F, Coombes KR, Thomazy VA, Patel K, Lang W, Jones D.. Tissue-Specific Function of Lymph Node Fibroblastic Reticulum Cells. Pathobiology 73(2):71-81, 2006. PMID: 16943687.
- Vega F, Lin P, Medeiros LJ.. Extranodal lymphomas of the head and neck. Ann of Diagn Pathol 9(6):340-350, 2005. PMID: 16308165.
- Vega F, Chang CC, Medeiros LJ, Udden MM, Cho-Vega JH, Lau CC, Finch C, Vilchez RA, McGregor DK, Jorgensen JL. Plasmablastic lymphomas and plasmablastic plasma cells myelomas have nearly identical immunophenotypic profiles. Mod Pathol 18(6):806-815, 2005. PMID: 15578069.
- Cho-Vega JH, Rassidakis GZ, Amin HM, Tsioli P, Spurgers K, Remache YK, Vega F, Goy AH, Gilles F, Medeiros LJ.. Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 expression in anaplastic cell lymphoma. Leukemia 18(11):1872-1878, 2004. PMID: 15385932.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ. Chromosomal translocations involved in non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Arch Pathol Lab Med 127(9):1148-1160, 2003. PMID: 12946230.
- Thomazy VA, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Davis PJ, Jones D. Phenotypic modulation of the stromal reticular network in normal and neoplastic lymph nodes:transglutaminase reveals coordinate regulation. Am J Pathol 163(1):165-174, 2003. PMID: 12819021.
- Vega F, Luthra R, Medeiros LJ, Dunmire V, Lee SJ, Duvic M, Jones D.. Clonal heterogeneity in mycosis fungoides and its relationship to clinical course. Blood 100(9):3369-3373, 2002. PMID: 12384439.
- Vega F, Orduz R, Medeiros LJ. Chromosomal translocations and their role in the pathogenesis of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Pathology 34(5):397-409, 2002. PMID: 12408337.
- Stancu M, Jones D, Vega F, Medeiros LJ. Peripheral T-cell lymphoma arising in the liver. Am J Clin Pathol 118(4):574-581, 2002. PMID: 12375645.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Lang WH, Mansoor A, Bueso-Ramos C, Jones D. The stromal composition of malignant lymphoid aggregates in bone marrow: variations in architecture and phenotype in different in different B-cell tumors. Br J Haematol 117(3):569-576, 2002. PMID: 12028024.
- Abruzzo LV, Rosales CM, Medeiros LJ, Vega F, Luthra R, Manning JT, Keating MJ, Jones D. Epstein-Barr virus positive B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders arising in immunodeficient patients previously treated with fludarabine for low-grade B-cell neoplasms. Am J Surg Pathol 26(5):630-636, 2002. PMID: 11979093.
- Sen F, Vega F, Medeiros LJ. Molecular genetic methods in the diagnosis of hematologic neoplasms. Semin Diagn Pathol 19(2):72-93, 2002. PMID: 12036283.
- Jones D, Vega F, Sarris AH, Medeiros LJ.. A CD4 and CD8 "double-negative" immunophenotype in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is predictive of an aggressive clinical course. Am J Surg Pathol 26:225-231, 2002.
- Onciu M, Lai R, Vega F, Bueso-Ramos C, Medeiros LJ.. Precursor T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults. Am J Clin Pathol 117(2):252-258, 2002. PMID: 11863221.
- Sanchez-Vega B, Vega F, Hai S, Medeiros LJ, Luthra R.. Real-time t(14;18) PCR assay combined with high resolution PCR fragment analysis: A novel approach to monitor disease/tumor burden in follicular lymphoma patients. Mod Pathol 15:441-453, 2002.
- Sanchez-Vega B, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Lee MS, Luthra R.. Quantification of BCL-2/JH fusion sequences and a control gene by multiplex real-time PCR coupled with automated amplicon sizing by capillary electrophoresis. J Mol Diagn 4:223-229, 2002.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Luthra R.. Taqman PCR in the detection and of chromosomal translocations in follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma and chronic myeloid leukemia. Internet J Pathol 2(1), 2002.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Jones D, Abruzzo LV, Lai R, Manning J, Dunmire V, Luthra R.. A novel 4-color PCR assay to assess T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangements in lymphoproliferative lesions. Am J Clin Pathol 116(1):17-24, 2001. PMID: 11447747.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Abruzzo LV.. Primary paratesticular lymphoma:a report of two cases and literature review. Arch Patol Lab Med 125:428-432, 2001.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Bueso-Ramos C, Jones D, Lai R, Luthra R, Abruzzo LV.. Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma in bone marrow: An intra-sinusoidal neoplasm with blastic cytologic features. Am J Clin Pathol 116:410-419, 2001.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ. Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of extranodal MALT-type. Molecular genetics provides new insides into pathogenesis. Adv Anat Pathol 8:313-326, 2001.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ. Chromosomal translocations in Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (Part I). Patologia 34:277-286, 2001.
- Calvo M, Firvida JL, Vega F, Salgado M, Garcia Mata J, Ruben M, Barreiro A.. Wilms tumor in the adult. Arch Esp Urol 54:370-374, 2001.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ. Chromosomal translocations in Non-Hodgkins's lymphomas (Part II). Patologia 34:353-366, 2001.
- Panizo A, Sola I, Vega F, de Alava E, Lozano MD, Idoate MA, Pardo-Mindan FJ.. Predicting metastatic risk of gastrointestinal stromal tumors:role of cell proliferation and cell cycle regulatory proteins. Int J Surg Pathol 8(2):133-144, 2000. PMID: 11493978.
- Rodriguez-Gomez M, Fernandez-Sueiro JL, Willisch A, Fernandez-Dominguez L, Lopez-Barros G, Vega F. Multifocal dactylitis as the sole clinical expression of sarcoidosis. J Rheumatol 27:245-247, 2000. PMID: 10648047.
- Vega F, Diaz MS.. Extramedullary hematopoiesis in polyposis. Gastrointest Endosc 51:330-331, 2000. PMID: 10699782.
- Olivieri DN, Vega F. Image prototype similarity matching for lymph node hematopathology. Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition 15(2):279-282, 2000.
- Vega F, Panizo A, Diez, Pardo-Mindan FJ.. Susceptibility to apoptosis of arterioles and capillaries in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Hypertens 12(8):815-820, 1999. PMID: 10480475.
- Vega F, Lozano MD, Alcade J, Pardo-Mindan FJ. Role of the immunohistochemical and molecular biology in necrotic lymph node. Virchows Arch 434:245-248, 1999.
- Pastrana J, Conchillo MA, Vega F, Beloqui O.. Granulomatosis linfomatoide pulmonar asociada a SIDA. Descripcion de un caso y revision de la literatura. An Med Interna 15:487-489, 1998.
- Diez J, Panizo A, Hernandez M, Vega F Sola I, Fortuno MA, Pardo J.. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis and cardiac angiotensin-converting enzyme in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension 30:1029-1034, 1997. PMID: 9369251.
- Vega F, Errasti F, Pardo-Mindan FJ.. Renal Transplantation from a donor with a Nail-Patella Syndrome. Nephr Dyal Transp 12:1742-1744, 1997. PMID: 9269666.
- Panizo A, Vega F. Revision de la tecnica del TUNEL. Patologia 30:243-245, 1997.
- Panizo A, Vega F. Glosario de biologia molecular. Patologia 30:259-260, 1997.
- Perez-Requena J, Vega F, Guezmez Domingo A, Ruiz ML, Paloma Gonzalez MJ, Diaz l.. Gliomatosis peritoneal: presentacion de los casos asociados a gliomatosis ganglionar y ovarica y elevacion de las concentraciones de alfa-fetoproteina. Patologia 30:150-153, 1997.
- Idoate MA, Vega F. Diagnostico de las enfermedades neurometabolicas y neurodegenerativas mediante biopsia cutanea. Rev Neurol 25:S269-S280, 1997.
- Arriagada C, Leyes, M, Valenti JR, Vega F. Papel de la artroscopia en la condrocalcinosis. Cuadren Artroscopia 4:21-25, 1997.
- Vega F, Díaz L, Castro L, Panizo A, Sierrasesúmaga L, Pardo-Mindán J. [Lymphatic metastases of osteosarcomas]. Rev Med Univ Navarra 40(3):27-30, 1996. PMID: 9499823.
- García-Rayo S, Gúrpide A, Vega F, Brugarolas A. [Spontaneous tumor regression in a patient with multiple myeloma. Report of another case]. Rev Med Univ Navarra 40(3):41-2, 1996. PMID: 9499825.
- Vega F, Sierrasesumaga L, Panizo A, Diaz L, Foncillas J.. Metastasis Pulmonares de Osteosarcoma:Factores pronosticos. Patologia 29:325-331, 1996.
- Vega F. Adenocarcinoma de Sigma. Rev Med Univ Navarra 40:190, 1996.
- Vega F. Pseudomixoma Peritonei. Rev Med Univ Navarra 2:64, 1996.
- Arias M, Abreu JA, Iglesias A, Longo J, Lecumberri F, Vega F. Primary amyloidosis presenting as renal infarction. Eur-Radiol 6:346-8, 1996. PMID: 8798004.
- Vega F, Pardo-Mindan FJ. Carcinoma Difuso Gastrico. Rev Med Univ Navarra 1995 39:84, 1995.
- Vega F, Pardo-Mindan FJ. Carcinoma Gastrico de Celulas en Anillo de Sello. Rev Med Univ Navarra 39:47, 1995.
- Gimeno Ballester J, Ruza-Paz Curbera E, Crespo Cuadrado E, Azcona San Julian C, Vega F, Sierrasesumaga L. Actualizacion de la Hepatitis C. A proposito de un caso. Bol S Vasco-Nav Ped 89:79-85, 1995.
- Vega F, Pardo-Mindan FJ. Colecistitis Cronica Esclerosante. Rev Med Univ Navarra 39:30, 1994.
- Vega F, Pardo-Mindan FJ. Quiste Hidatidico Hepatico. Cir Iber Americana 3:62, 1994.
- Vega F, Pardo-Mindan FJ. Carcinoma Ductal Infiltrante de Mama. Cir Iber Americana 3:127, 1994.
Manuals, Teaching Aids, Other Teaching Publications
- Vega F. Understanding Hodgkin lymphoma. A guide for patients, survivors and loved ones. Lymphoma Research Foundation, 2017.
- Pardo-Mindan FJ, Sola I, Idoate M, de Alva E, Lozano MD, Panozo A, Vega F, Diaz L, Fernandez J. CD-ROM INTERPAT Interactive Teaching of Anatomic Pathology by Computer, 1999.
Editorials
- Bueso Ramos CE, Medeiros LJ, Vega-Vazquez F. Introduction to the 2013 Workshop of the Society for Hematopathology/European Association for Haematopathology. Am J Clin Pathol 144(1):4-5, 2015. PMID: 26071457.
Abstracts
- Hamana Zorilla LG, Lee H, Schmidt J, Kamel S, Bota Rabassedas MN, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Shen L, Wang J, Wistuba I, Solis Soto L, Vega F, Marques-Piubelli ML. Gene Expression Profile as a Therapeutic Biomarker for Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma Treated with Immunotherapy-Based Regimens. USCAP, 2023.
- Kim DH, Jelloul FZ, Loghavi S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Yin C, Zuo Z, Patel K, Routbort M, Li S, Vega F, Miranda R, Medeiros LJ, Ok CY. Next-Generation Sequencing Identifies Approximately One Third of Mantle Cell Lymphoma Patients with Nuclear Factor-kappa B Pathway Mutations. USCAP, 2023.
- Nahmod K, Thakral B, Wang W, Aakash F, Patel K, Routbort M, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Ok CY, Tang G, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Wang S, Loghavi S. Bone Marrow Immunophenotype and Genotype Characteristics Assessed by Flow Cytometry and Next Generation Sequencing in 147 Patients with Myeloid Sarcoma. USCAP, 2023.
- Nwogbo O, San Lucas F, Dang H, Marques-Piubelli ML, Ayers A, Alvarez H, Luthra R, Nastoupil L, Flowers C, Medeiros LJ, Patel K, Vega F. Targeted Sequencing in DLBCL, Clinicopathologic Features and LymphGen Signature: Our Clinical Experience. USCAP, 2023.
- Owhofasa O. Agbedia, Rishab Prakash, Jie Xu, Melody R. Becnel, Ranjit Nair, Raphael E Steiner, Lei Feng, Hun Ju Lee, Paolo Strati, Sairah Ahmed, Simrit Parmar, Yago Nieto, Chitra Hosing, Jason Westin, Loretta J. Nastoupil, Felipe Samaniego, Nathan H. Fowler, Neeraj Saini, Issa F. Khouri, Jin S. Im, MD, Luis Fayad, Preetesh Jain, Michael L. Wang, Roberto N. Miranda, Vega F, Jeffrey Medeiros, Yasuhiro Oki, Christopher R. Flowers, Sattva S. Neelapu, Swaminathan P. Iyer. Updated Results of an Investigator-Initiated Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab and Romidepsin for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory T-Cell Lymphoma (TCL) with Survival Analysis. ASH 2022 Meeting, 2022.
- Nitin Agarwal, Akanksha Aradhya, Mario L. Marques-Piubelli, Luisa M Solis Soto, Daniel Bilbao, Ralf Landgraf, Vida Ravanmeh, Jared Henderson, Michael R. Green, Eric Davis, Vega F. B-Cell Receptor Signaling Modulates Cholesterol Biosynthesis in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. ASH 2022 Meeting, 2022.
- Ranjit Nair, Amy Ayers, Loretta J. Nastoupil, Jillian R. Gunther, Luis Fayad, Nathan H. Fowler, Roberto N. Miranda, Fredrick B. Hagemeister, Hun Ju Lee, Maria Alma Rodriguez, Raphael Steiner, Paolo Strati, Yago Nieto, Jeremy L. Ramdial, Dai Chihara, Michael L. Wang, Luis E Malpica Castillo, Neeraj Saini, Preetesh Jain, Chelsea C. Pinnix, Bouthaina S. Dabaja, Michael R. Green, Christopher R. Flowers, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Mario L. Marques-Piubelli, Vega F, Mansoor Noorani, Sairah Ahmed, Jason Westin, Sattva S. Neelapu, Lei Feng, Swaminathan Padmanabhan Iyer. CAR-T Outcomes in Patients with EBV-Positive DLBCL. ASH 2022 Meeting, 2022.
- Chijioke Nze, Clark R Andersen, Amy Ayers, Jason Westin, Michael L. Wang, Swaminathan P. Iyer, Sairah Ahmed, Chelsea C. Pinnix, Vega F, Lorna McNeil, Lynne Nguyen, Loretta J. Nastoupil, Christopher R. Flowers. Impact of Patient Demographics and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Variables on Clinical Trial Participation Patterns for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma at a Major Academic Institution. ASH 2022 Meeting, 2022.
- Preetesh Jai, Chi Young Ok, Ahmed Fetooh, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, Fatima Zahra Jelloul, Holly Hill, Kristen Floyd, Sanam Loghavi, Zhuang Zuo, C. Cameron Yin, Mark Routbort, Guilin Tang, Sairah Ahmed, Luis Enrique Malpica Castillo, Asiya Siddiqui, Wendy Chen, Onyeka Oriabure, Maria Badillo, Raphael E Steiner, Swaminathan P. Iyer, Hun Ju Lee, Rajyalakshmi Luthra, Vega F, Christopher R. Flowers, Jeffrey Medeiros, Michael L. Wang, Keyur P. Patel, Nathan H. Fowler, Ranjit Nair. Mutation Spectrum, Characteristics and Impact of Mutation Profiling on Prognosis, Outcome and Treatment Responses in Patients (pts) with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. ASH 2022 Meeting, 2022.
- Qing Deng, Cem Meydan, Priya Lakra, Darko Barisic, Christopher R Chin, Estela Rojas-Neira, Vida Ravanmehr, Jared Henderson, Panhong Gou, Nader Kim El-Mallawany, Carl Allen, Branko Cuglievan, Vega F, Christopher E Maso, Ari Melnick, Michael R. Green. Smarca4 (Brg1) Controls Germinal Center B-Cell Development and Is a Haploinsufficient. ASH 2022 Meeting, 2022.
- Jia Ruan, Melissa C. Larson, Zhengming Chen, N. Nora Nora Bennani, Pamela B. Allen, David L. Jaye, Jonathon B. Cohen, Dai Chihara, Vega F, Giorgio Inghirami, Eric Mou, Carla Casulo, Neha Mehta-Shah, Peter Martin, Matthew J. Maurer, Brad S. Kahl, Izidore S. Lossos, Christopher R. Flowers, James R. Cerhan, Andrew L. Feldman. Patterns of Care and Clinical Outcomes in Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas: The Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes (LEO) and Molecular Epidemiology Resource (LEO-MER) Prospective Cohort Study. ASH 2022 Meeting, 2022.
- Mario L. Marques-Piubelli, Daniela Dueñas, Lianqun Qiu, Karen Nahmod, Jeong Hee Cho, M, Mei Jiang, Salome McAllen, Luisa M Solis Soto, Raphael Steiner, Chelsea C. Pinnix, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Edwin R. Parra, Vega F. EOMES+ Tr1-like Cells Are Enriched in Areas of NLPHL Group II (Patterns D to F) Supporting the Role of Tregs in Disease. ASH 2022 Meeting, 2022.
- Atish Kizhakeyil, Sreejoyee Ghosh, Estela Rojas-Neira, Qing Deng, Jared Henderson, Jordan Showell, Ari Melnick, Wendy Béguelin, Vega F, Loretta J. Nastoupil, Michael R. Green. DTX1 Controls Germinal Center B-Cell Development and Lymphomagenesis. ASH 2022 Meeting, 2022.
- Hua-Jay Jeffery Cherng, Stefan Alig, Yasuhiro Oki, Loretta J. Nastoupil, Luis Fayad, Sattva Swarup Neelapu, Francesco Turturro, Frederick B. Hagemeister, Maria Alma Rodriguez, Hun Ju Lee, Timothy McDonnell, Christopher Flowers, Vega F, Michael Richard Green, Ash A. Alizadeh, Richard Eric Davis, Jason Westin. Long-term outcomes and circulating tumor DNA analysis from a phase I/II study of lenalidomide and obinutuzumab with CHOP for newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology 40(16_suppl):7553-7553, 2022.
- Xiaoqiong Wang, Sofia A. Garces, Hong Fang, Lianqun Qiu, Wei Wang, Sanam Loghavi, Fatima Zahra Jelloul, Vega F, Roberto N Miranda, Tariq Muzzafar, John T Manning, Ilyas Yambayev, Richard Burack, Andrew G. Evans, Joseph D. Khoury, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Siba El Hussein. Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma with Nodular Sclerosis-Like Features: An Underrecognized Variant with a Strong Association with Pattern D. Los Angeles USCAP. USCAP, 2022.
- Kerri-Ann Latchmansingh, Xiaoqiong Wang, Ramiro E Verdun, Vega F, M. James You, Izidore S Lossos, Jennifer Rose Chapman. LMO2 Expression is Frequent in T-lymphoblastic Leukemia and Correlates with Survival, Regardless of T-cell Stage. Los Angeles USCAP. USCAP, 2022.
- Christopher M Humphries, Robert S Ohgami, Ken H. Young, Bangchen Wang, Vega F, Mario L. L. Marques-Piubelli, Xiaoxian Zhao, James Rubenstein, Eric D His. Clinicopathologic Features of Primary Central Nervous System (PCNS) Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL): A Multicenter Study. Los Angeles USCAP. USCAP, 2022.
- Do Hwan Kim, Shaoying Li, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, Roberto N Miranda, Vega F, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Chi Young Ok. Next-generation Sequencing Revealed Frequent TP53 mutation in Mantle Cell Lymphoma with Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) Expression. Los Angeles USCAP. USCAP, 2022.
- Preetesh Jain, Krystle Nomie, Vitaly Segodin, Evgeniy Egorov, Yixin Yao, Lucy Navsaria, Holly Hill, Nikita Kotlov, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna,, Chi Young Ok, Vega F, Shaoying Li, Yuxuan Che, Yijing Li, Viktor Svekolkin, Alexander Bagaev, Felix Frenkel, Ravshan Attaulakhanov, Nathan H. Fowler, Christopher R. Flowers, Michael Wang. Immune-Depleted Tumor Microenvironment Signature Is Associated with BTK Inhibitor Resistance in Mantle Cell Lymphoma. 2021 ASH Annual Meeting, 2021.
- Luis Malpica-Castillo, Lei Feng, Jie Xu, Ranjit Nair, Alexandra Elias, Preetesh Jain, Dai Chihara, Raphael Steiner, Luis Fayad, Felipe Samaniego, Sairah Ahmed, Nathan H. Fowler, MD1, Loretta Nastoupil, Samer A Srour, Yago Nieto, Chitra Hosing,, Roberto N. Miranda, Vega F, Chelsea C. Pinnix,, Jillian R. Gunther, Penny Fang, Susan Wu, Bouthaina S. Dabaja,, Jeffrey Medeiros, Michael Wang, Sattva S. Neelapu, Christopher R. Flowers, Swaminathan Padmanabhan Iyer. Long Term Outcome Patterns and Risk Factors for Early Mortality and Disease Progression in ALK-Positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. 2021 ASH Annual Meeting, 2021.
- Ranjit Nair, Nafis Deen, Sairah Ahmed, Roberto N. Miranda, Nathan H. Fowler, Luis Fayad, Raphael E Steiner, Fredrick B. Hagemeister, Maria Alma Rodriguez, Hun Ju Lee, Paolo Strati, Luis Malpica-Castillo, Dai Chihara, Preetesh Jain, Jillian R. Gunther, MD, Christopher R. Flowers, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Yago Nieto, Jeremy L Ramdial, Sattva S. Neelapu, Loretta Nastoupil, Michael R Green, Michael Wang, Vega F, Lei Feng, Swaminathan Padmanabhan Iyer, Jason R. Westin. Outcome of Patients with T- Cell Histiocyte Rich B Cell Lymphoma: Single Institution Series. 2021 ASH Annual Meeting, 2021.
- Michael Wang, Preetesh Jain, Hun Ju Lee, Chi Young Ok, Holly Hill, Lucy Navsaria, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, Luis Malpica-Castillo, Ranjit Nair, Swaminathan Padmanabhan Iyer, Felipe Samaniego, Wendy Chen, Onyeka Oriabure1, Lei Feng, Selvi Thirumurthi, David Santos, Guilin Tang, Vega F, Shaoying Li, Michelle Avellaneda1, Maria Badillo, Christopher R. Flowers. Ibrutinib Plus Rituximab and Venetoclax (IRV) Followed By Risk-Stratified Observation or Short Course R-Hypercvad/MTX in Young Patients with Previously Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma – Phase-II Window-2 Clinical Trial. 2021 ASH Annual Meeting, 2021.
- Mario L. Marques-Piubelli, Edwin R. Parra, Lei Feng, Mariana Gallardo, Luisa Solis Soto, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Christopher R. Flowers, Sattva S. Neelapu, Vega F, Paolo Strati. Sirpα and CSF1R Positive Tissue Macrophages Are Increased in Patients with Follicular Lymphoma Who Relapse after Frontline Lenalidomide and Rituximab. 2021 ASH Annual Meeting, 2021.
- Rajan Kumar Choudhary, Richard J. Jones, Isere Kuiatse, Hua Wang, Vega F, Alyssa C. Bouska, Waseem G. Lone, Javeed Iqbal, Robert Z. Orlowski. A Novel Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) Targeting Cell Surface Heat Shock Protein 70 (csHSP70) Is Active Against Pre-Clinical Models of Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL). 2021 ASH Annual Meeting, 2021.
- Chapman J, Bouska A, Zhang W, Alderuccio J, Lossos I, Yi S, Chan W, Vega F, Song J.. Mutational Differences Between EBV-Negative and EBV-Positive HIV-Associated Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphomas. USCAP, 2021.
- Poveda J, Cassidy D, Zhou Y, Alderuccio J, Lossos I, Vega F, Chapman J.. Upregulation of Germinal Center Markers by Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma in Colonized Follicles, a Diagnostic Pitfall with Follicular Lymphoma. USCAP, 2021.
- Martin G Mas, Man N, Karl D, Martinez C, Duffort S, Itonga H, Mookhtiar A, Bilbao D, Kunkalla K, Valencia A, Collings C, Kadoch C, Vega F, Kogan S, Nimer S.. The Baf Subunit Dpf2 Regulates Resolution of Inflammation By Controlling Macrophage Differentiation Transcription Factor Networks. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Jain P, Zhang S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Navsaria L, Ok C, Tang G, Yin C, Badillo M, Chen W, Oriabure O, Lee H, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Moghrabi O, Che Y, Samaniego F, Ahmed S, Nair R, Li S, Vega F, Flowers C, Wang L, Wang M.. Outcomes of Acalabrutinib Failures in Relapsed Mantle Cell Lymphoma. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Jain P, Tang G, Yin C, Ok C, Navsaria L, Badillo M, Chen W, Li Y, Che Y, Yang L, Oriabure O, Nogueras Gonzalez G, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Ahmed S, Nair R, Thirumurthi S, Li S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Vega F, Flowers C, Wang M.. Complex Karyotype Is a Significant Predictor for Worst Outcomes in Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) treated with BTK Inhibitors – Comprehensive Analysis of 396 Patients. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Jain P, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Navsaria L, Ok C, Hill H, Jung D, Nogueras Gonzalez G, Lee H, Nair R, Ahmed S, Steiner R, Tang G, Li S, Patel K, Thirumurthi S, Tinsu P, Xu G, Vega F, Flowers C, Wang M.. Comprehensive Analysis of Factors Predictive for Time to Transformation and Risk of Transformation in Patients (pts) with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Jain P, Yao Y, hao S, Liu Y, Hill H, Che Y, Li Y, Jordan A, McIntosh J, Lee H, Steiner R, Samaniego F, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Nair R, Ahmed S, Ok C, Kanagal-Shamana R, Oriabure O, Xu G, Chen W, Moghrabi O, McClain C, Badillo M, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Iliescu C, Yin C, Li S, Tang G, Vega F, Neelapu S, Flowers C, Wang L, Wang M.. Combination of Ibrutinib with Rituximab (IR) In Previously Untreated Older Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) – a Phase II Clinical Trial. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Srour S, Xu J, Al-Juhaishi T, Steiner R, Ensor J, Ahmed S, Parmar S, Strati P, Nastoupil L, Nieto Y, Hosing C, Lee H, Westin J, Fowler N, Fayad L, Dabaja B, Pinnix C, Gunther J, Fang P, Samaniego F, Jain P, Champlin R, Khouri I, Wang , Miranda R, Vega F, Neelapu S, Flowers C, Iyer S.. Retrospective Review of Prognostic and Predictors Markers in Newly Diagnosed Angioimmunoblastic T Cell Lymphoma at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Strati P, Samaniego F, Gallardo M, Noorani M, Hagemeister F, Westin J, Lee H, Rodriguez M, Neelapu S, Gunther J, Kanagal-Shamanna, R, Vega F, Fowler N, Flowers C, Nastoupil L.. Treatment and Outcome of Patients with Follicular Lymphoma Relapsed or Progressed after Frontline Lenalidomide and Rituximab. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Kirill Lyapichev, Ismael Bah, Mark Routbort, Jeff Jorgensen, Vega F, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Sa Wang.. Improved Blood Staging of Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome (MF/SS) via the Use of ICCS Immunophenotyping Method for Aberrant T-cell Quantitation. USCAP, 2020.
- Collin K. Chin, Chan Y. Cheah, Preteesh Jain, Nathan H. Fowler Luis E. Fayad, Jason R. Westin, Maria A. Rodriguez, Sattva S. Neelapu, Frederick B. Hagemeister, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Vega F, Felipe Samaniego, Christopher R. Flowers, Loretta J. Nastoupil. Clinicopathologic features & outcomes of de novo transformed indolent lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 38, 2020.
- Iyer S, Xu J, Becnel M, Nair R, Steiner R, Feng L, Lee H, Strati P, Ahmed S, Parmar S, Nieto Y, Hosing C, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Vo A, Samaniego F, Fowler N, Saini N, Khouri I, Jain P, Fayad L, Wang M, Miranda R, Vega F, Flowers C, Neelapu S.. A Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab in Combination with Romidepsin Demonstrates Durable Responses in Relapsed or Refractory T-Cell Lymphoma (TCL). ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Wang M, Jain P, Yao Y, Liu Y, Shao S, Hill H, Moghrabi O, Lee H, Samaniego F, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Ok C, Chen W, Oriabure O, Che Y, Li Y, Feng L, Nogueras Gonzalez G, Xu G, Wagner-Bartak N, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Tang G, Vega F, Yin C, Avellaneda M, Badillo M, Flowers C, Wang L.. Ibrutinib Plus Rituximab (IR) Followed By Short Course R-Hypercvad/MTX in Patients (age </=65 years) with Previously Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma – Phase-II Window-1 Clinical Trial. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Gouni S, Strati P, Westin J, Lastoupil L, Steiner R, Nair R, Fayad L, Neelapu S, Landgraf R, Bilbao D, Vega F, Agarwal N.. Use of Medium Potency Statins Is Associated with Improved Outcomes after Frontline RCHOP in Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Jain P, Tang G, Yin C, Ok C, Navsaria L, Badillo M, Chen W, Li Y, Che Y, Liu Y, Oriabure O, Nogueras Gonzalez G, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Ahmed S, Nair R, Thirumurthi S, Li S, Kanagal-Shamana R, Vega F, Flowers C, Wang M.. Mantle Cell, Follicular, and Other Indolent B-Cell Lymphoma-Clinical Studies: Poster I. Complex Karyotype Is a Significant Predictor for Worst Outcomes in Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) Treated with BTK Inhibitors – Comprehensive Analysis of 396 Patients. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Jain P, Yao Y, hao S, Liu Y, Hill H, Che Y, Li Y, Jordan A, McIntosh J, Lee H, Steiner R, Samaniego F, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Nair R, Ahmed S, Ok C, Kanagal-Shamana R, Oriabure O, Xu G, Chen W, Moghrabi O, McClain C, Badillo M, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Iliescu C, Yin C, Li S, Tang G, Vega F, Neelapu S, Flowers C, Wang L, Wang M.. Mantle Cell, Follicular, and Other Indolent B-Cell Lymphoma – Clinical Studies: Poster II. Combination of Ibrutinib with Rituximab (IR) In Previously Untreated Older Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) – a Phase II Clinical Trial. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Gouni S, Strati P, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Steiner R, Nair R, Fayad L, Neelapu S, Landgraf R, Bilbao D, Vega F, Agarwal N.. Aggressive Lymphoma (Diffuse Large B-Cell and Other Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas) – Results from Retrospective/Observational Studies: Poster III. Use of Medium Potency Statins Is Associated with Improved Outcomes after Frontline RCHOP in Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Martin G, Man N, Karl D, Martinez C, Duffort S, Itonaga H, Mookhtiar A, Bilbao D, unkalla K, Valencia A, Collings C, Kadoch C, Vega F, Kogan S, Nimer S.. Disordered Gene Expression in Hematologic Malignancy, including Disordered Epigenetic Regulation: Poster III. The Bf Subunit Dpf2 Regulates Resolution of Inflammation By Controlling Macrophage Differentiation Transcription Factor Networks. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Srour S, Xu J, Al-Juhaishi T, Steiner R, Ensor J, Ahmed S, Parmar S, Strati P, Nastoupil L, Nieto Y, Hosing C, Lee H, Westin J, Fowler N, Fayad L, Dabaja B, Pinnix C, Junther J, Fang P, Amaniego F, Jain P, Champlin R, Khouri I, Wang M, Miranda R, Vega F, Neelapu S, Flowers C, Iyer S.. Hodgkin Lymphoma and T/NK Cell Lymphoma – Clinical Studies: Poster I. Retrospective Review of Prognostic and Predictors Markers in Newly Diagnosed Angioimmunoblastic T Cell Lymphoma at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. ASH Annual Meeting (Virtual), 2020.
- Agarwal N, Kunkalla K, Bilbao D, Landgraf R, Vega F. Novel role of RAFT-associated smoothened (SMO) in AKT signal regulation in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. ASH 2019, Orlando FL 134, 2019.
- Cassidy D, White K, Kwon D, Casas C, Sanchez S, Ikpatt O, Chapman J, Vega F. Comparison between Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and FISH in the Detection of Rearrangements in Large B-cell Lymphomas (LBCLs). USCAP 32, 2019.
- Sanchez S, Ali R, Weinreb N, Osorio N, Cassidy D, White K, Chapman J, Vega F, Ikpatt O.. Gaucher disease and associated plasma cell myeloma: A diagnostic challenge. USCAP 32, 2019.
- White K, Cassidy D, Algashaamy K, Iakymenko O, Sanchez S, Ikpatt O, Vega F, Chapman J.. Cyclin D1 Expression in Prolymphocytic Transformation of Marginal Zone Lymphomas. USCAP 32, 2019.
- Oishi N, Dasari S, Jacobs H, Syrbu S, Chapman J, Vega F, Sidhu J, Clemens M, Medeiros LJ, Miranda R, Feldman A.. Molecular Profiling Reveals Hypoxia-related Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Breast Implant-associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. USCAP 32, 2019.
- Drakos E, Li L, Bilbao D, Leventaki V, Farrajota Neves Da Silva P, Atsaves V. Medeiros LJ, Vega F, Schatz JH, Claret F, Rassidakis G.. NPM-ALK upregulates Jab1/CSn5 through STAT3 activation in anaplastic large cell lymphoma: a novel function of NPM-ALK that contributes to PD1/PDL1 immune checkpoint regulation. ASH 2019, Orlando FL, 2019.
- Flowers C, Link B, Nastoupil L, McDonnell T, Kahl B, Vij K, Casulo C, Friedberg J , Burack R, Lossos I, Thompson C, Yost K, Vega F, Syrbu S, Martin P, Leonard J, Inghirami G, Bernal-Mizrachi L, Mann K, Allmer C, Lunde L, Maurer M, Slager S, Habermann T, Jaye D, Feldman A, and Cerhan JR.. The Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes (LEO) Cohort Study Reflects the Demographics and Subtypes of Patients Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in the United States. Blood 132, 2018.
- Magistri M, Happ L, Ramdial J, Kunkalla K, Dubovy SR, Chapman JR, Vega F, Dave S, and Lossos I.. Genetic Landscape of Ocular Adnexa Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma. Blood 132, 2018.
- Mackrides N, Chapman J, Larson M, Feldman A, Lossos I, Ikpatt O, Tan Y, Syrbu S, Ansell S, Habermann T, Link B, Cerhan J, Vega F. Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of EBV-Positive Follicular Lymphoma. USCAP 31:537, 2018.
- Tan Y, Mackrides N, Kim JH, Yi S, Gong K, White K, Ikpatt O, Chang WC, Chapman J, Vega F. Mutational Profile of HIV-Related Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. USCAP 31:559, 2018.
- Agarwal N, Kunkalla K, Sanchez S, Mackrides, N, Tan Y, Vaghefi A, Chapman J, Ikpatt O, Juskevicius D, Tzankov A, Landgraf R, Vega F. Upregulation and Glycosylation of Smoothened (SMO) Contributes to Doxorubicin (DXR) Resistance in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. USCAP, 2018.
- Shuai W, Wu R, Tan Y, Mackrides, N, Alderuccio J, Ikpatt O, Vega F, Chapman J.. Primary Bone Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. USCAP, 2018.
- Cinar M, Rong HR, Chineke I, Louissaint A Jr, Chapman-Fredricks JR, Vega F, Gunthel CJ, Love C, Mosunjac M, Flowers C, Dave S, Lossos I, and Bernal-Mizrachi L.. Genetic Analysis of Plasmablastic Lymphomas in HIV (+) Patients Reveals Novel Driver Regulators of the Noncanonical NF-Κb Pathway. ASH Annual Meeting, 2018.
- Verdun R, Parvin S, Labrada A, Santiago GE, Cortizas E3*, Eden S, Shlomzion A, Yu Z, Sanchez-Garcia I, Vega F, Chapman-Fredricks J, and Izidore S. Lossos.. LMO2 Facilitates Synthetic Lethality after PARP Inhibition (PARPi) in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). ASH Annual Meeting, 2018.
- Rajan SS, Li L, Kunkalla K, Amin AD, Agarwal N, Vega F, Schatz JH.. CRISPR/Cas9 Generation of Npm1-Alk in Transplantable Murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells Accurately Models ALK-Positive Lymphoma in Recipients. ASH Annual Meeting, 2018.
- Bradley TJ, Monge J, Talati C, Algaze SD, Vaupel CA, Chapman JR, Vega F, Hall J , Lancet JE, Padron E, Swords R, Watts JM.. Mutational Frequency in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): Updated Analysis of 227 Patients. Blood 130, 2017.
- Qu C, Vaghefi A, Kunkalla K, Chapman JR, Liu Y, Blonska M, Alderuccio JP, Bernal-Mizrachi L, Lossos IS, Landgraf R, Vega F. Smoothened Stabilizes and Protects TRAF6 from Proteosomal Degradation: A Novel Non-Canonical Role of Smoothened with Implications in Lymphoma Biology. Blood 130, 2017.
- Agarwal N, Kunkalla K, Sanchez S, Vaghefi A, Juskevicius D, Tzankov A, Verdun RE, Landgraf R, Vega F. Upregulation of Alternatively Glycosylated Smoothened (SMO) Is Involved in Doxorubicin (DXR) Resistance in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Blood 130, 2017.
- Kerr DA, Vega F, Rosenberg AE.. Fibroblastic reticular cell tumor (cytokeratin-positive interstitial reticulum cell tumor): A series of 6 cases with emphasis on extra-nodal presentations. USCAP 30:18A, 2017.
- Chapman J, Vega F, Moul A, Khanlari M, Poveda JC, Villada G, Ikpatt OF, Geyer JT, Orazi A.. Myeloid neoplasms with morphologic and molecular features intermediate between PMF and CMML. USCAP 30:341A, 2017.
- Khanlari M, Sanchez S, Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Ramos JC, Cho-Vega JH, Vega F, Chapman J.. Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL): A mimicker of other most common T cell neoplasms. USCAP, 2017.
- Haghefi A, Agarwal NK Kunkalla K, Kim CH, Tjendra Y, Landgraf R, Vega F. Role of SMO in the activation of PI3k/AKT signaling in DLBCL. USCAP, 2017.
- Monge J, Vaupel C, Swords RT, Bradley T, Chapman R, Gunaratne N, Chapman JR, Vega F, Padron E, Vargas F, Hall J, Watts J.. Mutational frequency in Hispanics vs non-hispanic patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood, 2016.
- Fisher OG, Fernandez MP, Vega F, Dubovy SR.. Intraocular extramedullary hematopoiesis: a clinicopathologic case series. Association for research in vision and ophthalmology. Investigate Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2016.
- Gajzer DC, Tjendra Y, Kunkalla K, Kim CH, Ikpatt OF, Chapman J, Sanchez S, Yang G, Kwon D, Vega F, Agarwal NK.. Clinical and Biological Significance of GLI1 Expression in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. USCAP 29:345A, 2016.
- Tjendra Y, Agarwal NK, Kunkalla K, Hwa KC, Gupta A, Chapman J, Torres A, Alderuccio J, Chen SX, Kwon D, Vega F. Significance of Expression of SMO in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. USCAP 29:379A, 2016.
- Mackrides N, Maque-Acosta Y, Moul A, Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Natkunam Y, Vega F, Chapman J.. EBV-Positive Follicular Lymphoma: Another Age-Related Lymphoma With Aggressive Clinical Features?. USCAP, 2016.
- Mackrides N, Maque-Acosta Y, Moul A, Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Vega F, Chapman J.. CD20 Negative Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. USCAP, 2016.
- Tan Y, Moul E, Gupta A, White KJ, Fan YS, Vega F, Chapman J.. HIV-Associated Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma has a disproportionate rate of MYC / BCL6 double translocations. USCAP, 2016.
- Moul A, Tan Y, Hijazi N, Sanchez S, Ikpatt OF, Chapman J, Vega F. Double-Hit Lymphomas with BCL6 / MYC Translocations are Clinicopathologically Different from Those with IgH-BCL2 / MYC and from Triple-Hit Lymphomas. USCAP, 2016.
- Watts J, Perez A, Vargas F, Fan YS, Weismman A, Rodriguez A, Lopez O, Vega F, Swords RT, Zelent A.. The Novel Translocation t(4;15)(q31;q22) in AML Is Associated with a Proliferative Phenotype in the Presence of All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA). ASH Annual Meeting, 2016.
- Agarwal NK, Kim CH, Kunkalla K, Tang G, Tjendra Y, Liu Y, Qu C, Vega F.. Smoothened (SMO) is an adaptor protein that recruits TRAF6 and phospholipase C gamma 2 (PLCg2) to enhance the activation of NF-kB signaling pathway. Blood 126(23), 2015.
- Azzam D, Henry Volmar C, Ali Hassan A, Perez A, Watts JM, Vargas F, Elias R, Vega F, Zelent A, Cogle C, Wahlestedt C, Swords RT.. A patient-specific Ex vivo screening platform for personalized acute myeloid leukemia (AML) therapy. Blood 126(23), 2015.
- Moul A, Teomete U, Ikpatt F, Chapman J, Vega F. HHV8 positive multicentric Castleman disease in an HIV negative patient. 2015 Workshop of the Society for Hematopatholohy/European Association for Haematopathology, 2015.
- Ruiz‐Cordero R, Moul A, Ikpatt F, Chapman J,Vega F. Unusual Immunophenotypic variant of extracaviatry/solid primary effusion lymphoma expressing IgM. 2015 Workshop of the Society for Hematopatholohy/European Association for Haematopathology, 2015.
- Agarwal NK, Kunkalla K, Kin CH, Vega F. The Inhibitor of NF-kB Kinase, IKKβ, Regulates the Stability of the Hedgehog Transcription Factor GLI1. USCAP, 2015.
- Zhou X Rosenblatt J; Vega F; Cho-Vega JH.. Selection and Rapid Proliferation of an Aggressive Transformed Mycosis Fungoides Clone in a Patient with Classic Mycosis Fungoides and Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Treated with Cytotoxic Chemotherapy. 23rd World Congress of Dermatology, 2015.
- Agarwal NK, Kunkalla K, Hawke DH, Liu Y, Qu C, Vega F. The inhibitor of NF-ĸB kinase, IKKβ, regulates the stability of GLI1 transcription factor. AACR Annual Meeting, 2014.
- Agarwal NK, Kunkalla K, Kin CH, Vega F. Smoothened, hedgehog transducer, contributes to activate NF-kB pathway in diffuse large B cell lymphoma through stabilization of the E3 ligase TRAF6. 15th Annual Zubrod Memorial Lecture and Cancer Research Poster Session, 2014.
- Blieden C, Zhou X, Amini S, Vega F, Cho-Vega JH.. Cutaneous plasmablastic plasma cell myeloma with MYC gene amplification after antilogous stem-cell transplantation. 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, 2014.
- Deutsch Yehuda E, Campuzano-Zuluaga G, Salzberg M, Gomez Arteaga A, Watts JM, Chapman-Fredricks JR, Ikpatt OF, Vega F, Swords RT.. Clinical Utility of Morphological Evaluation of Day 14 Bone Marrow Biopsies in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Undergoing Standard Induction Chemotherapy: Time to Change Practice?. ASH Annual Meeting, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Agarwal NK, Kunkalla K, Kin CH, Lossos I, Vega F. The Inhibitor of NF-KB Kinase, IKKβ Regulates the Transcriptional Activity of GLI1 By Blocking Its Proteasomal Degradation. ASH Annual Meeting, 2014.
- Agarwal NK, Kunkalla K, Kin CH, <b>Vega F</b>. Smoothened, Hedgehog Transducer, Contributed to activate NF-KB pathway in diffuse large B cell lymphoma through stabilization of TRAF6. 2014 ASH Meeting on Lymphoma Biology, 2014.
- Agarwal NK, Kunkalla K, Hawke DH, Liu Y, Qu C, Vega F. Transcriptional Regulation Of GLI1, Potential New Therapeutic Target For Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Blood 122(21), 2013.
- Leventaki L, Kunkalla K, Liu Y, Qu C, Agarwal N, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) is a novel marker for tumor-associated macrophages and dendritic cells in mature B-cell lymphomas. Mod Pathol 26:341A, 2013.
- Qu C, Liu Y, Kunkalla K, Singh RR, Blonska M, Agarwal NK, Lin X, Vega F. Trimeric G protein-CARMA1 axis links smoothened to NF-κΒ activation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. AACR Annual Meeting, 2013.
- Agarwal NK, Qu C, Kunkalla K, Liu Y, Vega F. GLI1 Directly Regulates the Transcription of AKT Genes in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Blood 120(21), 2012.
- Leventaki L, Kunkalla K, Liu Y, Qu C, Agarwal N, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Expression of Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) by tumor-infiltrating macrophages and dendritic cells in mature B cell lymphomas. Symposia on Cancer Research 2012: Immunology and Inflammation in Cancer, 2012.
- Alayed K, Kunkalla K, Qu C, Chakhachiro Z, Medeiros LJ, Singh R, Vega F. Glioma-associated oncogene homologue-3, a hedgehog transcription factor, contributes to the classical Hodgkin lymphoma microenvironment through the modulation of a subset of inflammatory chemokines and cytokines. Mod Pathol 25:321A, 2012.
- Leventaki L, Bourbon E, Qu C, Liu Y, Kunkalla K, Nguyen, Bueso-Ramos C, Singh R, Agarwal N, Vega F. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cells promote paracrine activation of NF-kB pathway in tumor-associated stromal cells. Mod Pathol 25:351A, 2012.
- Qu C, Liu Y, Kunkalla K, Agarwal NK, Vega F. Smoothened activates NF-kB pathway through PKCβ/CARMA1/TRAF6 activation and TRAF6 stabilization in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood(120A):1298, 2012.
- Sanchez-Espiridion B, Figueroa V, Montalban C, Guisado P, Rodriguez ME, Canales M, Alves FJ, Vega F, Younes A, Morente MM, Tomas JF, Piris MA, Garcia FJ. MicroRNAs in advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma:signatures with prognostic significance. 11th International Meeting of Malignant Lymphomas 22:152, 2011.
- Greaves WO, Sanchez-Espiridon B, Kunkalla K, Liang CS, Drakos E, Xiao L, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Expression of the ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter MRP1 in Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg Cells is Associated with Lower Treatment Failure - Free Survival in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. Lab Invest 91:299A, 2011.
- Kunkalla K, Qu C, Liu Y, Singh R, Vega F. The t(14:18)(q32:q21) Confers Resistance to Apoptosis-Induced by Smoothened Inhibitors In Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma That Can Be Overcome by Functional Inhibition of BCL2. Blood 118A:1486-7, 2011.
- Qu C, Liu Y, Kunkalla K, Agarwal NK, Bourbon E, Pham LV, Ford RJ, Singh R, Vega F. Smoothened (SMO), a G-rotein-Coupled Receptor (GPCR) Activated by Hedgehog Ligands, Modulates the Activity Levels of PI3K/AKT and NF-Kβ in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Blood 118A:1062, 2011.
- Bourbon E, Qu C, Liu Y, Kunkalla K, Liang CS, Leventaki V, Martinez F, Singh R, Agarwal NK, Vega F. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cells promote paracrine NF-KB activation in stromal cells and monocytes that is mediated by the hedgehog receptor smoothened (SMO). Tumor Microenvironment Complexity - AACR, 2011.
- Singh R, Kunkalla K, Greaves W, Vega F. Stroma-induced increase in ABCG2 Expression is involved in resistance to chemotherapy in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood 116A:428, 2010.
- Greaves WO, Kim JE, Kunkalla K, Medeiros LJ, Singh R, Vega F. Glioma-associated oncogene homologue-3 (GLI3): A novel marker for classical hodgkin lymphoma. Mod Pathol 90:289A, 2010.
- Greaves WO, Kim JE, Kunkalla K, Medeiros LJ, Singh R, Vega F. Hedgehog signaling pathway is aberrantly activated in a subset of high grade lymphomas. Mod Pathol 23:298A, 2010.
- Buglio D, Palakurti S, Vega F, Neelapu S, Berry D, Ji Y, Myth K, Younes A. Inhibition of Tak-1 by AZ-Tak1 impairs NF-κB activation, downregulates XIAP and activates Caspase-9 inducing apoptosis in mantle cell lymphoma. Blood 116A:1175, 2010.
- Sanchez-Espiridion B, Montalban C, Guisado P, Rodriguez ME, Canales M, Alves J, Vega F, Morente M, Tomás JF, Piris MA Garcia JF. MicroRNA expression signatures as prognostic markers in advanced classical hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 116A:1692, 2010.
- Singh R, Kim JE, Kunkalla K, Vega F. Hedgehog signaling is a therapeutic target in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Keystone Symposia Conference, 2010.
- Garcia F, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Rodriguez ME, Canales M, Alves FJ, Vega F, Morente MM, Tomas JF, Montalban C, Guisado PM, Piris MA. miRNA expression signatures with prognostic significance in advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma. European Association for Hematopathology, 2010.
- Singh R, Kim JE, Vega F. The ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCG2 is transcriptionally regulated by Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 69, 2009.
- Milito C, Khokhar FA, Newton K, Singh RR, Kasbidi F, Schlette E, Yao H, Biasoli I, Medeiros LJ, Jones D, Luthra R, Vega F. Extra Copies of GLI1 Gene at 12q13.12 Are Detected in a Subset of Cases of Trisomy 12 Negative Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphomas. Lab Invest 89:277A, 2009.
- Kim JE, Singh RR, Milito C, Cho-Vega JH, Karanikou M, Kasbidi F, Medeiros LJ, Luthra R, Vega F. Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway as a Therapeutic Target in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Mod Pathol 89:271A, 2009.
- Huh YO, Ketterling RP, Vega F, Kim JE, Medeiros LJ, Abruzzo LV. The t(14;19)(q32; q13)-Positive B-Cell Leukemia: A Comprehensive Genetic and Clinicopathologic Study of Six Cases. Mod Pathol 89:268A, 2009.
- Cho-Vega JH, Davuduri R, Rivell G, Wang RY, Multani AS, Medeiros LJ, Ford RJ, Vega F. Identification and characterization of lymphoma stem cells in non-Hodgkin lymphoma cell lines. Mod Pathol 21:249A, 2008.
- Cho-Vega JH, Singh RR, Luthra R, Ma S, Davuluri Y, Drakos E, Rassidaki GZ, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Sonic hedgehog signaling is activated by NPM/ALK in ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphomas. Lab Invest 88:249A, 2008.
- Konoplev S, Nguyen M, Huang X, Rassiddakis GZ, Garcia-Manero G, Yin CC, Amin H, Schlette E. Lin P, Vega F, Admirand J, Huh Y, You J, Jorgensen JL,Kantarjian HM, Medeiros LJ, Bueso-Ramos C. Cytoplasmic expression of nucleophosmin does not predict favorable prognosis in AML patients. Lab Invest 88:260A, 2008.
- Vega F, Lennon PA, Luthra M, Jones D, Breeden M, Cho J, Medeiros L, Luthra R. Array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) of splenic and nodal marginal zone lymphomas (MZLs). Mod Pathol 20:262A, 2007.
- Huh Y, Vega F, Schlette E, Medeiros LJ, Abruzzo LV. MYC gene translocation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Lab Invest 87:245A, 2007.
- Tan M, Chen W, Jones D, Leventaki V, Medeiros LJ, Vega F. Histological and immunophenoitypical characterization of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AILT) involving the bone marrow. Mod Pathol 20:261A-62A, 2007.
- Cho-Vega JH, Vega F, Schwartz MR, Prieto VG. Expression of dicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductase (DCXR), a novel cell adhesion molecule, in melanocytic lesions. Lab Invest 86:78A, 2006.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Abruzzo LV. T(8;13) positive "Bilineage lymphomas" with T-Cell and myeloid components: Report of 4 patients with the 8p11 myeloproliferative syndrome (EMS). Lab Invest 19:249A-250A, 2006.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Atwell C, Cho JH, Tian L, Claret FX, Rassidakis GZ. Activation of mTOR signaling pathway contributes to tumoral cell survival in ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Blood 106(11):680A, 2005.
- Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Atwell C, Claret FX, Rassidakis GZ. Activation of mTOR and its downstream effectors in ALK plus anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). Mod Pathol 18:255A, 2005.
- M. S Binkley , J. E Flerlage , P. Borchmann , M. Fuchs , S. Hartmann , H. T. Eich , K. J Savage , A. Lo , B. Skinnider , S. Akhtar , M. S. Rauf , I. Maghfoor , C. C Pinnix , R. Steiner , S. A Milgrom , F. Vega , M. Alomari , X. Zhang , G. Collins , R. H Advani , M. Metzger , M. Dickinson , A. Wirth , R. Tsang , A. Prica , A. Major , S. Smith , P. G Hendrickson , C. R Kelsey , D. Hopkins , P. McKay , A. Ng , J. Koenig , L. S Constine , C. Casulo , G. Sakthivel , J. Baron , J. P Plastaras , K. B Roberts , S. Gao , J. Al Kendi , N. Al Rahbi , A. Balogh , M. Levis , U. Ricardi , A. Sridhar , P. Torka , L. Specht , R. De Silva , N. Shah , K. Pickard , W. Osborne , L. J Blazin , M. Henry , I. Chang , C. M Smith , D. Halperin , F. Miall , J. Brady , G. Mikhaeel , B. Brennan , A. Penn , M. A. Senchenko , E. V. Volchkov , M. Reeves , B. Hoppe , S. Terezakis , D. Talaulikar , R. Della Pepa , M. Picardi , Y. Kirova , P. Fergusson , M. Northend , A. Shankar , M. J Maurer , Y. Natkunam , K. M Kelly , D. A Eichenauer , R. T Hoppe. The prognostic impact of clinical factors and immunoarchitectural patterns for nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma: an international study by GLOW. International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma.
Book Chapters
- Nair R, Vega F, Iyer SP. Nodal peripheral T-cell lymphomas. In: The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology. 4th. Mc Graw Hill: New York, 2022.
- Vega F. Angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. ALK negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. ALK positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Adult T cell lymphoma/leukemia. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Burkitt lymphoma. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series, 2017.
- Vega F. Double hit lymphoma. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Processing lymph node and spleen specimens. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Extranodal NK T cell lymphoma. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Infectious agents and lymphoma. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. MALT lymphoma. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Systemic mastocytosis. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Mycosis fungoides. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Myeloid neoplasm associated with FGFR1. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Peripheral T cell lymphoma NOS. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. T-cell histocyte rich large B cell lymphoma. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Vega F. Normal anatomy and function of lymph nodes and spleen. In Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen. Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIF (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series: Washington DC, 2017.
- Blieden C, Agarwal NK, Vega F.. Microenvironment abnormalities and cytokine network deregulation in lymphoma genesis and progression. In: Future Science Group: UK, London, 2015.
- Vega F. Diffuse large B Cell Lymphoma. In: Familial Cancer Syndromes. Amirsys, 2014.
- Vega F. Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology Spleen. Amirsys, 2014.
- Vega F. Lymphomas involving the lung and pleura. In: Diagnostic Pathology of Pleuropulmonary Neoplasia. Springer: New York, 319-347, 2013.
- Leventacki V, Vega F. Molecular Diagnostics of Lymphoid Malignancies. In: Essentials of Molecular Genetic Pathology. 2nd edition. Springer, 887-928, 2013.
- Vega F. Intravascular large B cell lymphoma involving the skin. In: Neoplastic Dermatopathology. Amirsys, 2013.
- Vega F. Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Skin Neoplasms. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2012.
- Vega F. Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Pediatric Pathology. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2012.
- Vega F. Syphilitic Lymphadenitis. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Inflammatory Pseudotumor Involving Lymph Node. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirysis: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma, Immunoblastic. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma, Centroblastic. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. T-cell/Histiocyte Rich Large B-cell Lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Plasmablastic Lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) and solid variant of PEL. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Primary Mediastinal (Thymic) Large B-cell Lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis,. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Intravascular Large B-cell Lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. B-cell Lymphomas with Features of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK+. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Spleen with Extranodal Lymphomas. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, UT, 2011.
- Vega F. Lymphomas and reactive diseases involving lymph nodes, spleen with extranodal lymphomas. In: Amirsys: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011.
- Vega F. Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma in Spleen. In: Amirsys: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011.
- Vega F. Author of multiple chapters. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Lymph Nodes and Extranodal Lymphomas. 2nd edition. Amirsys: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011.
- Cho-Vega JH, Vega F. Essentials in Cancer Cytogenetics. In: Garcia-Foncillas, J editor. Molecular Biology in cancer, an approach to new therapies. Barcelona: Prouse Science: Barcelona, 1-27, 2009.
- Vega F, Jones D.. Molecular Diagnostics of Lymphoid Malignancies. In: Essentials of Molecular Genetic Pathology. Humana Press, 655-674, 2008.
- Vega F, Toledo G. Alteraciones Anatomo-Patologicas de las Vias Aereas en el Asma bronquial. In: Asma Vision Actual. Aula Medica Ediciones, 33-54, 2001.
- Idoate M, Vega F.. Mecanismos Implicados en la Afectacion Cutanea por la Enfermedad de Injerto contra Huesped. In: Fisiopatologia de las Enfermedades Cutaneas II. Schering Plough, 281-303, 1999.
- Cervera J, Vega F, Garcia-Tapia R.. Lesiones Benignas de las Cuerdas Vocales. In: Diagnostico y Tratamiento de los Transtornos de la Voz. Garsi, 223-240, 1996.
- Cervera J, Vega F, Garcia-Tapia R.. Estructura Histologica de las Cuerda Vocal. In: Diagnostico y Tratamiento de la Voz. Garsi, 48-53, 1996.
- Vega F, Panizo A, Pardo-Mindan FJ.. Caracteristicas Biologicas de los Tumores. In: Enfermeria Oncologica. Ediciones Eunsa, 15-45, 1995.
Books (edited and written)
- Medeiros, O'Malley, Caraway, Vega F, Elenitoba-Johnson, and Lim.. Tumors of the Lymph Node and Spleen; Atlas of Tumor Pathology of the AFIP (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology). In: American Registry of Pathology. 4th series. AFIP: Washington DC, 2017.
Letters to the Editor
- Chapman J, Vega F. Indolent ALK-negative anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, DUSP22 rearranged, with an unusual immunophenotype in a human immunodeficiency virus patient. Histopathology 70: 1173-1175, 2017.
- Lamela J, Vega F. Immunologic aspects of chronic obstuctive pulmonary disease. N Eng J Med 361: 1024, 2009.
- Lamela J, Vega F, Blanco J.. Airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Eng J Med 351: 1459-1461, 2004.
- Vega F. Uterine Rupture. N Eng J Med 339: 268-269, 1998.
Grant & Contract Support
Title: | European epidemiologic study about rare tumors associated with occupational risk factors |
Funding Source: | Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria (FIS) y Ayuda de Investigacion del Gobierno de Navarra (Spain) |
Role: | Collaborator |
Title: | Identification and Characterization of Tumor Initiating Cells in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Effort 10% (1.2 calendar months) |
Funding Source: | CLL Global Research Foundation |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway as a Therapeutic Target in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma, Effort 10% (1.2 calendar months) |
Funding Source: | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Research Fund Application |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Array-Based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) in splenic and nodal marginal zone lymphomas, Effort N/A |
Funding Source: | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Genetics and Molecular factors with prognostic value in Ewing sarcomas and osteosarcomas |
Funding Source: | Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria, University of Navarra Pamplona, Spain |
Role: | Collaborator |
Title: | K08 award. Role of Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphomas. Effort 75% (9 calendar months) |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | 1K08CA14315101 Physician-Scientist |
Title: | Targeting Sonic Hedgehog Signaling to Overcome Chemoresistance in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Effort 1% (0.12 calendar months) |
Funding Source: | Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation, New York |
Role: | Principal Investigator and mentor of Dr. Rajesh Singh (Instructor, Department of Hematopathology) |
Title: | Hedgehog Signaling a Therapeutic Target for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Effort 1% (0.12 calendar) |
Funding Source: | Developmental Research Award SPORE Lymphoma |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
Funding Source: | Wendy Will Case Cancer Foundation |
Role: | Mentor for Dr. Rajesh Singh |
Title: | Cross-talking between Smoothened and NF-KB Signaling Pathway in Diffuse large B Cell Lymphoma |
Funding Source: | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Research Fund Application |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Smoothened as a Novel Signal Stabilization Scaffold in Doxorubicin Resistance |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Smoothened as a Novel Signal Stabilization Scaffold in Doxorubicin Resistance |
Funding Source: | American Society of Hematology (ASH) |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes (LEO) cohort study |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Epigenetic Targeting of HTLV-1 and Adult T-cell Leukemia-lymphoma in Afro-Caribbean Immigrants |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Collaborator |
Title: | The Role of LMO2 in Double Strand DNA Repair and Lymphoma Pathogenesis |
Funding Source: | SCCC |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Effect of Combining SMO and BTK Inhibitors in a Human Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Xenograft Model |
Funding Source: | Women's Cancer Association |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | IKKβ Regulates the Transcriptional Activity of GLI1 in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
Funding Source: | Miami CTSI |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | R01 Application Bridge Funding: “SMO as a Novel Signal Stabilization Scaffold in doxorubicin resistance |
Funding Source: | University of Miami |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Hedgehog Signaling a Therapeutic Target for Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma |
Funding Source: | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Recruitment of Established Investigators Award |
Funding Source: | CPRIT |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | CD70 expression in T cell lymphomas |
Funding Source: | CRISPR Therapeutics AG |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Targeting Heat Shock Protein 70 as a Novel Approach to T-cell Lymphomas |
Funding Source: | Institutional Research Grant |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Functional characterization and rational therapeutic targeting of 18q DNA copy number gains in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Roles of Coactivator-Associated Arginine Methyltransferase 1 in B cell activation and lymphomagenesis |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Pharmacologic inhibition of Telomerase using Imelestat in non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
Funding Source: | Geron Corporation |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Role of the Heat Shock Protein 70 as a mediator and therapeutic Target in T-cell lymphomas |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | BAF Complex Deregulation in Lymphoma |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Targeting Tumor-specific Cell Surface Heat Shock Protein 70 as a Novel Strategy for Advanced T-cell Lymphomas |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Targeting the stromal microenvironment in relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphomas |
Funding Source: | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Identifying/Targeting Mechanisms of Lymphomagenesis Driven by CREBBP Inactivation |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Epigenetic basis and therapeutic targeting of the unique lymphoma immunological niche |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Shared Resource Director |
Title: | Project 2. Functional identification of response and resistance to targeting apoptosis in T-cell leukemia and lymphomas (TCLs) |
Funding Source: | MDACC Moonshot |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Immunotherapeutic approaches to novel cell surface targets in T/NK malignancies |
Funding Source: | MDACC Moonshot |
Role: | Co-Principal Investigator |
Title: | Characterize and modulate the immune microenvironment in T-cell neoplasms |
Funding Source: | MDACC Moonshot |
Role: | Co-Principal Investigator |
Title: | CAR T-Cell Therapy to Target CD94 in T/NK-Cell Malignancies |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
Role: | Co-Investigator |