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Research Interests:
Dr. Rao is interested in cytogenetics, immunohistochemical and molecular analysis of bone and soft tissue tumors and melanoma. She is the reference pathologist for the melanoma center at UPCI, and pathology co-chair for the Melanoma section of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group .
Selected Publications:
View Dr. Rao's publications on PubMed.
Immunohistochemical analysis of the endoribonucleases Drosha, Dicer and Ago2 in smooth muscle tumours of soft tissues. Papachristou DJ, Sklirou E, Corradi D, Grassani C, Kontogeorgakos V, Rao UN. Histopathology. 2012 Mar 6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04192.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Cajaiba MM, Jianhua Luo, Goodman MA, Fuhrer KA, Rao UN. Sox9 expression is not limited to chondroid neoplasms: variable occurrence in other soft tissue and bone tumors with frequent expression by synovial sarcomas. Int J Surg Pathol. 2010 Oct;18(5):319-23. Epub 2010 May 18.
Jukic DM, Rao UN, Kelly L, Skaf JS, Drogowski LM, Kirkwood JM, Panelli MC.
Microrna profiling analysis of differences between the melanoma of young adults and older adults.
J Transl Med. 2010 Mar 19;8(1):27.
Rao UN, Lee SJ, Luo W, Mihm MC Jr, Kirkwood JM.
Presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and a dominant nodule within primary melanoma are prognostic factors for relapse-free survival of patients with thick (t4) primary melanoma: pathologic analysis of the e1690 and e1694 intergroup trials.
Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Apr;133(4):646-53.
Papachristou DJ, Palekar A, Surti U, Cieply K, McGough RL, Rao UN.
Malignant granular cell tumor of the ulnar nerve with novel cytogenetic and molecular genetic findings.
Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2009 May;191(1):46-50.
Wang W, Edington HD, Rao UN, Jukic DM, Radfar A, Wang H, Kirkwood JM.
Effects of high-dose IFNalpha2b on regional lymph node metastases of human melanoma: modulation of STAT5, FOXP3, and IL-17.
Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Dec 15;14(24):8314-20.
Raab SS, Grzybicki DM, Mahood LK, Parwani AV, Kuan SF, Rao UN.
Effectiveness of random and focused review in detecting surgical pathology error.
Am J Clin Pathol. 2008 Dec;130(6):905-12.
Mauro CS, McGough RL 3rd, Rao UN.
Angiomyomatous hamartoma of a popliteal lymph node: an unusual cause of posterior knee pain.
Ann Diagn Pathol. 2008 Oct;12(5):372-4. Epub 2007 Oct 3.
Papachristou DJ, Gkretsi V, Rao UN, Papachristou GI, Papaefthymiou OA, Basdra EK, Wu C, Papavassiliou AG.
Expression of integrin-linked kinase and its binding partners in chondrosarcoma: association with prognostic significance.
Eur J Cancer. 2008 Nov;44(16):2518-25. Epub 2008 Aug 20.
Armah HB, Palekar A, Rao UN, Parwani AV.
Proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma of the scrotum: a difficult diagnosis in an unusual location and review of the literature.
Pathology. 2008 Apr;40(3):326-30. No abstract available.
Parwani AV, Esposito N, Rao UN.
Primary cardiac osteosarcoma with recurrent episodes and unusual patterns of metastatic spread.
Cardiovasc Pathol. 2008 Nov-Dec;17(6):413-7. Epub 2008 Apr 1.
Wang W, Edington HD, Jukic DM, Rao UN, Land SR, Kirkwood JM.
Impact of IFNalpha2b upon pSTAT3 and the MEK/ERK MAPK pathway in melanoma.
Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2008 Sep;57(9):1315-21. Epub 2008 Apr 3.
Wang W, Edington HD, Rao UN, Jukic DM, Wang H, Shipe-Spotloe JM, Kirkwood JM.
STAT3 as a biomarker of progression in atypical nevi of patients with melanoma: dose-response effects of systemic IFNalpha therapy.
J Invest Dermatol. 2008 Aug;128(8):1997-2002. Epub 2008 Feb 28.
Armah HA, McGough RL, Goodman MA, Gollin SM, Surti U, Parwani AV, Rao UN. Chondromyxoid fibroma of rib with a novel chromosomal translocation: a report of four additional cases at unusual sites. Diagn Patholo, 2007; 2(1):44.
Wenjun Wang, Howard D. Edington, Drazen M. Jukic, Uma N. M. Rao, Stephanie R. Land, John M. Kirkwood. Impact of IFNa2b upon pSTAT3 and the MEK/ERK MAPK Pathway in Melanoma. Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy. In press
Armah H, Rao UMN, Parwani AV. Primary angiosarcoma of the testis: report of a rare entity and review of the literature. Diagn Pathol. 2007 2;2(1):23.
Parwani AV, Esposito N, Rao UNM. Primary Cardiac Osteosarcoma with recurrent episodes and unusual patterns of metastatic spread. Accepted for publication (Cardiovascular Pathology, 2008).
Wang W, Edington HD, Rao UN, Jukic DM, Wang H, Shipe-Spotloe JM, Kirkwood JM. STAT 3 as a Biomarker of Progression in Atypical Nevi of Patients with Melanoma: Dose-Response Effects of Systemic IFNalpha Therapy. J Invest Dermatol. 2008 (Epub ahead of print).
Moschos SJ, Edington HD, Land SR, Rao UM, Jukic D, Shipe-Spotloe J, Kirkwood J. Neoadjuvant treatment of regional stage IIIB melanoma with high-dose interferon alfa-2b induces objective tumor regression in association with modulation of tumor infiltrating host cellular immune responses. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006 24(19):3164-71.
Khan MH, Darji R, Rao U, McGough R. Pain and swelling in a 22-year-old man. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006 .448:259-266.
Jian-Hua Luo, Baoguo Ren, Sergei Keryanov, George C. Tseng, Uma N.M. Rao, Satdarshan P. Monga, Steven Strom, Anthony J. Demetris, Michael Nalesnik, Yan P. Yu, Sarangarajan Ranganath, George K. Michalopoulos. Transcriptomic and Genomic Analysis of Human Hepatocellular Carcinomas and Hepatoblastomas. Hepatology 2006;44:1012-1024.
Gamblin TC, Edington H, Kirkwood, JM, Rao UN. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for atypical melanocytic lesions with spitzoid features. Ann Surg Oncol. 2006 Oct 7.
Papachristou DJ, Goodman MA, Cieply K, Hunt JL, Rao UN. Comparison of allelic losses in chondroblastoma and primary chondrosarcoma of bone and correlation with fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis. Hum Pathol. 2006 Jul;37(7):890-8. Epub 2006 May 22.
Nelson MA, Reynolds SH, Rao UN, Goulet AC, Feng Y, Beas A, Honchak B, Averill J, Lowry DT, Senft JR, Jefferson AM, Johnson RC, Sargent LM. Increased Gene Copy Number of The Transcription Factor E2F1 in Malignant Melanoma. Cancer Biol Ther. 2006 Apr 17;5(4)
Rao UN, Goodman M, Chung WW, Swalski P, Pal R, Finkelstein S. Molecular analysis of primary and recurrent giant cell tumors of bone. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2005 Apr 15;158(2):126-36.
Kirkwood JM, Manola J, Ibrahim J, Sondak V, Ernstoff MS, Rao U. A pooled analysis of eastern cooperative oncology group and intergroup trials of adjuvant high-dose interferon for melanoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2004 Mar 1;10(5):1670-7.
Rao UN, Jones MW, Finkelstein SD. Genotypic analysis of primary and metastatic cutaneous melanoma. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2003 Jan 1;140(1):37-44.
Baoguo Ren, MD, Yan Ping Yu, MD, PhD, Ling Jing, MD, PhD, Lijun Liu, MD, George K Michalopoulos, MD, PhD, Jian-Hua Luo, MD, PhD, and Uma NM Rao, MD, Gene expression analysis of human soft tissueLeiomyosarcoma, Human Pathology 34;549-558, 2003
Vogelin E, Jones NF, Rao UN. Long-term viability of articular cartilage after microsurgical whole-joint transplantation and immunosuppression with rapamycin, mycophenolate mofetil, and tacrolimus. J Hand Surg 27:307-15, 2002.
Rao, U.N.M.. Ibrahim, J.. Flaherty, L.E.. Richards, J.. Kirkwood, J.M.. Implications of Microscopic Satellites of the Primary and Extracapsular Lymph Node Spread in Patients With High-Risk Melanoma: Pathologic Corollary of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Trial E1690. [ORIGINAL REPORTS: Melanoma] Journal of Clinical Oncology 20:2053-2057, 2002
Jones NF, Hebebrand D, Buttemyer R, Zhao M, Benhaim P, Rao U. Comparison of long-term immunosuppression of limb transplantation using cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil: implications for clinical composite tissue transplantation. Plast Reconstr Surg 107:777-784, 2001.
Rao UN, Gollin SM, Beaves S, Cieply K, Nalesnik M, Michalopoulos GK Comparative genomic hybridization of hepatocellular carcinoma: Correlation with fluorescence in situ hybridization in paraffin-embedded tissue. Mol Diagn 6:27-37, 2001
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