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Sara Pai

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Verified email at mgh.harvard.edu
Cited by 13221

Molecular pathology of head and neck cancer: implications for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment

SI Pai, WH Westra - Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The prototypic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) arises from the mucosal
lining of the upper aerodigestive tract, demonstrates squamous differentiation …

Prospects of RNA interference therapy for cancer

SI Pai, YY Lin, B Macaes, A Meneshian, CF Hung… - Gene therapy, 2006 - nature.com
RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful gene-silencing process that holds great promise in
the field of cancer therapy. The discovery of RNAi has generated enthusiasm within the …

B7-DC, a new dendritic cell molecule with potent costimulatory properties for T cells

SY Tseng, M Otsuji, K Gorski, X Huang… - The Journal of …, 2001 - rupress.org
Dendritic cells (DCs), unique antigen-presenting cells (APCs) with potent T cell stimulatory
capacity, direct the activation and differentiation of T cells by providing costimulatory signals …

Association between BRAF V600E mutation and mortality in patients with papillary thyroid cancer

M Xing, AS Alzahrani, KA Carson, D Viola, R Elisei… - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance BRAF V600E is a prominent oncogene in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), but its
role in PTC-related patient mortality has not been established. Objective To investigate the …

Evidence for a role of the PD-1: PD-L1 pathway in immune resistance of HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

S Lyford-Pike, S Peng, GD Young, JM Taube… - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Human papillomavirus-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HPV-
HNSCC) originate in the tonsils, the major lymphoid organ that orchestrates immunity to oral …

PET/CT in the management of thyroid cancers

C Marcus, PW Whitworth, DS Surasi… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer. This review evaluates
the established use of 18F-FDG PET/CT in papillary, follicular, Hürthle cell, anaplastic, and …

[PDF][PDF] Successful anti-PD-1 cancer immunotherapy requires T cell-dendritic cell crosstalk involving the cytokines IFN-γ and IL-12

CS Garris, SP Arlauckas, RH Kohler, MP Trefny… - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
Anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint blockers can induce sustained clinical responses in cancer
but how they function in vivo remains incompletely understood. Here, we combined intravital …

[HTML][HTML] BRAF V600E and TERT promoter mutations cooperatively identify the most aggressive papillary thyroid cancer with highest recurrence

M Xing, R Liu, X Liu, AK Murugan, G Zhu… - Journal of clinical …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BRAF V600E and TERT Promoter Mutations Cooperatively Identify the Most Aggressive
Papillary Thyroid Cancer With Highest Recurrence - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH …

[HTML][HTML] Highly prevalent TERT promoter mutations in aggressive thyroid cancers

X Liu, J Bishop, Y Shan, S Pai, D Liu… - Endocrine-related …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Mutations 1 295 228 C> T and 1 295 250 C> T (termed C228T and C250T
respectively), corresponding to− 124 C> T and− 146 C> T from the translation start site in the …

Cystic lymph node metastasis in patients with head and neck cancer: an HPV‐associated phenomenon

D Goldenberg, S Begum, WH Westra… - Head & Neck …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Cystic lymph node metastases have been associated with tonsil cancer. A
subset of oropharyngeal cancers contain human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA. The clinical …