Patrizia Pessina

Staff Scientist

Email

patrizia.pessina@bcm.edu

Positions

Staff Scientist: Center for Stem Cell & Regeneration
Baylor College of Medicine

Staff Scientist: Stem Cell Program
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Addresses

One Baylor Plaza (Lab): Houston
United States

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Pompeu Fabra University: 12/2015 - Barcelona, Spain

PhD from University of Milano-Bicocca: 11/2009 - Milan, Italy

MSc from University Milano-Bicocca: 04/2005 - Milan, Italy

Selected Publications

Gupta M, Concepcion C, Fahey C, Fillmore-Brainson C, Sanchez-Rivera F, Pessina P,...Kim CF.. " BRG1 loss predisposes lung cancers to replicative stress and ATR dependency. " Cancer Res. 2020 ;
Pubmed PMID: 32690724.
Leeman KT, Pessina P, Lee JH, Kim CF.. " Mesenchymal stem cells increase alveolar differentiation in lung progenitor organoid culture. " Sci Rep. 2019 ;
Pubmed PMID: 31015509.
Rowbotham SP, Li F, Dost AFM, Louie SM, Marsh BP, Pessina P, Anbarasu CR, Brainson CF, Tuminello SJ, Lieberman A, Ryeom S, Schlaeger TM, Aronow BJ, Watanabe H, Wong KK & Kim CF.. " H3K9 methyltransferases and demethylases control lung tumor-propagating cells and lung cancer progression " Nat Comm. 2018 ;
Pubmed PMID: 30455465.
Pessina P, Kharraz Y, Jardí M, Fukada S, Serrano AL, Perdiguero E and Muñoz-Cánoves P.. " Fibrogenic cell plasticity blunts tissue regeneration and aggravates muscular dystrophy. " Stem Cell Reports. 2015 ;
Pubmed PMID: 25981413.
Pessina P, Cabrera D, Morales MG, Riquelme CA, Gutiérrez J, Serrano AL, Brandan E, Muñoz-Cánoves P.. " Novel and optimizes strategies for inducing fibrosis in vivo: focus on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. " Skelet Muscle. 2014 ;
Pubmed PMID: 25157321.
Pessina P, Conti V, Tonlorenzi T, Touvier T, Meneveri R, Cossu G, Brunelli S.. " Necdin enhances muscle reconstitution of dystrophic muscle by vessel associated progenitors, by promoting cell survival and myogenic differentiation. " Cell Death Differ. 2011 ;
Pubmed PMID: 22095287.
Pessina P, Conti V, Pacelli F, Rosa F, Foglietto GB, Brunelli S, Bossola M.. " Skeletal muscle of gastric cancer patients expresses genes involved in muscle regeneration. " Oncol Rep. 2010 ;
Pubmed PMID: 20664982.