University of Pittsburgh
Christina Kline
5230 Centre Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
http://www.pittbiospecimencore.pitt.edu/
RRID: RRID:SCR_025229
1.) Kim M, Park Y, Covitz R, Kwon J, Liu JJ, Liu S, Ko S (2025 Aug 19). SALL4 is required for YAP1-dependent malignant and regenerative hepatocyte reprogramming into cholangiocyte lineage bioRxiv, (), 2025.08.15.670568. . PMCID: 12393310.
2.) Wang H, Cody B, Osmanbeyoglu HU (2025 Jul 9). DGAT: A Dual-Graph Attention Network for Inferring Spatial Protein Landscapes from Transcriptomics bioRxiv, (), 2025.07.05.662121. . PMCID: 12265741.
3.) Chang AC, Balic M, Bartholow T, Bhargava R, Brown DD, Brown L, Brufsky A, Cao Y, Carleton N, Clark AM, Cody M, Ding K, Deible C, Elangovan A, Foldi J, Geisler D, Hodgdon C, Howard N, Li Z, Liu JB, Lopez-Nunez O, Mary DJ, McGinn O, Miller L, Mori K, Pecar G, Priedigkeit N, Puhalla S, Rosenzweig MQ, Roy P, Savariau L, Walker S, Waltermire H, Wedn AM, Wells A, Yates ME, Xavier J, Lee AV, Oesterreich S (2025 Jun 19). Hope for OTHERS (Our Tissue Helping Enhance Research & Science): research results from the University of Pittsburgh rapid autopsy program for breast cancer Breast Cancer Research : BCR, 27(), 111. . PMCID: 12180227.
4.) Diergaarde B, Young G, Hall DW, Mazloom A, Costa GL, Subramaniam S, Palomares MR, Garces J, Baehner FL, Schoen RE (2025 Jan 25). Circulating Tumor DNA as a Marker of Recurrence Risk in Stage III Colorectal Cancer: The α-CORRECT Study Journal of surgical oncology, (), 10.1002/jso.27989. . PMCID: 12302971.
5.) Zhang YR, Keshari S, Kurihara K, Liu J, McKendrick LM, Chen CS, Yang Y, Falo LD Jr, Das J, Sumpter TL, Kaplan DH (2024 Dec 11). Agonism of the glutamate receptor GluK2 suppresses dermal mast cell activation and cutaneous inflammation Science translational medicine, 16(777), eadq9133. . PMCID: 12087757.
6.) Chang AC, Balic M, Bartholow T, Bhargava R, Brown DD, Brown L, Brufsky A, Cao Y, Carleton N, Clark AM, Cody M, Ding K, Deible C, Elangovan A, Foldi J, Geisler D, Hodgdon C, Howard N, Li Z, Liu JB, Lopez-Nunez O, Mary SJ, McGinn O, Miller L, Mori K, Pecar G, Priedigkeit N, Puhalla S, Rosenzweig MQ, Roy P, Savariau L, Walker S, Waltermire H, Wedn AM, Wells A, Yates ME, Xavier J, Lee AV, Oesterreich S (2024 Nov 8). Hope for Others: Research Results from the University of Pittsburgh Rapid Autopsy Program for Breast Cancer bioRxiv, (), 2024.11.06.621982. . PMCID: 11580927.
The Pitt Biospecimen Core provides human sample procurement in multiple UPMC hospitals across Pittsburgh. Standard operating procedures for procurement and processing are developed for each project in partnership with each study's principal investigator. A rigorous quality assurance program ensures SOP compliance. In addition to specimen banking and pathology consultation, research histology services by expert histology specialists are also available.
