Nikolina Dioufa
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
6 Founders Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
6 Founders Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
MD
University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2007.
MSc
University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2010.
PhD
University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2014.
Permanent linkMD
University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2007.
MSc
University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2010.
PhD
University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, 2014.
Selected Publications
Zenezan D, Yin J, Dioufa N, Firde K, Mollaee M, Akhtar I: Navigating the diagnostic maze: the challenge of sclerosing pneumocytoma in frozen sections. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 17(6): 182-188, June 2024 Notes: doi: 10.62347/KLWT4935.Ahmed AA, Habeebu S, Farooqi MS, Gamis AS, Gonzalez E, Flatt T, Sherman A, Surrey L, Arnold MA, Conces M, Koo S, Dioufa N, Barr FG, Tsokos MG.: MYOD1 as a prognostic indicator in rhabdomyosarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 68(9): e29085, September 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1002/pbc.29085. Epub 2021 Apr 29.
Dioufa N., Zhang P.J., Black R., Khurana J.S., Kuklani R.: A rare case of parosteal osteosarcoma of the maxilla in a 14-year old and a review of the current literature. Oral Surg 13(2): 168-176, May 2020 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1111/ors.12474.
Dioufa N., Clark M. A., Ma B., Beckwitt C. H., Wells A.: Bi-directional exosome-driven intercommunication between the hepatic niche and cancer cells. Mol Cancer 16(1): 172, November 2017 Notes: doi: 10.1186/s12943-017-0740-6.
Sokratis A Apostolidis, Noé Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Abel Suárez-Fueyo, Nikolina Dioufa, Esra Ozcan, José C Crispín, Maria G Tsokos, George C Tsokos: Protein phosphatase 2a is requisite for the function of regulatory T cells. Nat Immunol 17(5): 556-64, May 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1038/ni.3390. Epub 2016 Mar 14.
Sokratis A Apostolidis, Noé Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Abel Suárez-Fueyo, Nikolina Dioufa, Esra Ozcan, José C Crispín, Maria G Tsokos, George C Tsokos: Phosphatase PP2A is requisite for the function of regulatory T cells. Nat Immunol 17(5): 556-64, May 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1038/ni.3390. Epub 2016 Mar 14.
Ioulia Chatzistamou 1, Nikolina Dioufa, George Trimis, Alexandra Sklavounou, Christos Kittas, Hippokratis Kiaris, Athanasios G Papavassiliou : p21/waf1 and smooth-muscle actin α expression in stromal fibroblasts of oral cancers Anal Cell Pathol (Amst) 33(1): 19-26, January 2013 Notes: https://doi.org/10.3233/ACP-CLO-2010-0528.
Nikolina Dioufa, Elena Farmaki, Andrew V Schally, Hippokratis Kiaris, Dimitris Vlahodimitropoulos, Athanasios G Papavassiliou, Christos Kittas, Norman L Block, Ioulia Chatzistamou: Growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor splice variant 1 is frequently expressed in oral squamous cell carcinomas. Horm Cancer 3(4): 172-80, August 2012 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s12672-012-0108-8. Epub 2012 Mar 23.
Nikolina Dioufa, Ioulia Chatzistamou, Elena Farmaki, Athanasios G Papavassiliou, Hippokratis Kiaris: p53 antagonizes the unfolded protein response and inhibits ground glass hepatocyte development during endoplasmic reticulum stress Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 237(10): 1173-80, October 2012 Notes: doi: 10.1258/ebm.2012.012140. Epub 2012 Oct 4.
Hippokratis Kiaris, Lina Dioufa, Elena Farmaki, Daniel Lafkas, George Trimis, Ioulia Chatzistamou, Athanasios G. Papavassiliou: Essential role for p53/p21-mediated signaling in the regulation of stromal fibroblast/cancer cell interaction and therapeutic efficacy. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 203(1): P74, November 2010.