Cristina Mitrea, PhD

 Cristina Mitrea
Lecturer IV in Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
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Cristina Mitrea, PhD
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    • Journal Article
      Nanovaccine targeting in colorectal cancer: a multi-dataset analysis of CEA expression, cytokine profiles, and co-expressed genes
      Zdrehus RS, Mitrea C, Mocan L. Medicine and Pharmacy Reports, 2025 Jan 1; 98 (3): 358 - 370. DOI:10.15386/mpr-2917
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      Metabolic landscape of the healthy pancreas and pancreatic tumor microenvironment
      Bonilla ME, Radyk MD, Perricone MD, Elhossiny AM, Harold AC, Medina-Cabrera PI, Kadiyala P, Shi J, Frankel TL, Carpenter ES, Green MD, Mitrea C, Lyssiotis CA, di Magliano MP. JCI Insight, 2025 Mar 10; 9 (18): e180114 - e180114. DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.180114
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      Detecting qualitative changes in biological systems
      Mitrea C, Bollig-Fischer A, Voichiţa C, Donato M, Romero R, Drăghici S. Scientific Reports, 2020 Dec 1; 10 (1): DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-62578-8
      PMID: 32424123
    • Journal Article
      Role of TET1 and 5hmC in an obesity-linked pathway driving cancer stem cells in triple-negative breast cancer
      Bao B, Teslow EA, Mitrea C, Boerner JL, Dyson G, Bollig-Fischer A. Molecular Cancer Research, 2020 Dec 1; 18 (12): 1803 - 1814. DOI:10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-20-0359
      PMID: 32913111
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      Abstract B053: Expression of alternative mRNA splicing variant MBD2_v2 promotes triple-negative breast cancer tumor initiation and is associated with body mass index
      Teslow EA, Mitrea C, Bao B, Mohammad RM, Polin LA, Dyson G, Purrington KS, Bollig-Fischer A. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 2020 Aug 13; 29 (6_Supplement_1): b053 - b053. DOI:10.1158/1538-7755.disp18-b053
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      Abstract 3680: SRSF2-dependent MBD2v2 expression is induced by obesity and promotes tumor-initiating triple negative breast cancer stem cells
      Teslow EA, Mitrea C, Bao B, Mohammad RM, Polin LA, Dyson G, Purrington KS, Bollig-Fischer A. 2019 Jul 6; 3680 - 3680. DOI:10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-3680
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      Abstract 3680: SRSF2-dependent MBD2v2 expression is induced by obesity and promotes tumor-initiating triple negative breast cancer stem cells
      Teslow EA, Mitrea C, Bao B, Mohammad RM, Polin LA, Dyson G, Purrington KS, Bollig-Fischer A. Cancer Research, 2019 Aug 10; 79 (13_Supplement): 3680 - 3680. DOI:10.1158/1538-7445.am2019-3680
    • Journal Article
      Obesity-induced MBD2_v2 expression promotes tumor-initiating triple-negative breast cancer stem cells
      Teslow EA, Mitrea C, Bao B, Mohammad RM, Polin LA, Dyson G, Purrington KS, Bollig-Fischer A. Molecular Oncology, 2019 Apr 1; 13 (4): 894 - 908. DOI:10.1002/1878-0261.12444
      PMID: 30636104

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