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Research

The Department of Pathology is deeply invested in scientific efforts to improve treatments in our field. Learn more about our department’s investigations below.

Message from the Vice Chair

"We are driven by a shared passion for discovery and a deep commitment to advancing human health through innovative research programs and collaborative partnerships among scientists and pathologists."

Peng Ji, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Research 

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Areas of Research

Members of the Department of Pathology are defining the cellular and molecular basis of disease toward the development of new and improved strategies to diagnose and treat, inherited, acquired and infectious disorders. Learn more about the work being done in our labs.

Research Areas

Affiliated Research Centers and Institutes

The faculty members of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology are engaged in research within the department and throughout Northwestern Medicine and Northwestern University. Our work throughout the community, including director appointments, illustrate the importance we put on scientific collaboration.

Research Cores

Core facilities provide cost-efficient access of state-of-the-art equipment, the most current technologies and expert technical advice to individual scientists.

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Recent Publications

Verticillium dahliae Elicitor VdSP8 Enhances Disease Resistance Through Increasing Lignin Biosynthesis in Cotton.

Wang Y, Qin J, Wei M, Liao X, Shang W, Chen J, Subbarao KV, Hu X.

Plant Cell Environ. 2025 Jan;48(1):728-745. doi: 10.1111/pce.15170. Epub 2024 Sep 26.

Higher sensitivity of pericardial fluid cytology than biopsy in malignant effusions with potential explanation of false-negative cytology: A multi-institutional analysis.

Takeda K, Gereg C, Liu X, Ma W, Bearse M, Tang H, Delfino I, Huang E, Lin X, Chandler JB, Wang H.

Cytopathology. 2025 Jan;36(1):31-40. doi: 10.1111/cyt.13447. Epub 2024 Sep 20.

ATEC23 Challenge: Automated prediction of treatment effectiveness in ovarian cancer using histopathological images.

Wang CW, Firdi NP, Chu TC, Faiz MFI, Iqbal MZ, Li Y, Yang B, Mallya M, Bashashati A, Li F, Wang H, Lu M, Xia Y, Chao TK.

Med Image Anal. 2025 Jan;99:103342. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2024.103342. Epub 2024 Sep 5.

AASLD Practice Guideline on blood-based noninvasive liver disease assessment of hepatic fibrosis and steatosis.

Sterling RK, Patel K, Duarte-Rojo A, Asrani SK, Alsawas M, Dranoff JA, Fiel MI, Murad MH, Leung DH, Levine D, Taddei TH, Taouli B, Rockey DC.

Hepatology. 2025 Jan 1;81(1):321-357. doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000845. Epub 2024 Mar 15.

Accuracy of blood-based biomarkers for staging liver fibrosis in chronic liver disease: A systematic review supporting the AASLD Practice Guideline.

Patel K, Asrani SK, Fiel MI, Levine D, Leung DH, Duarte-Rojo A, Dranoff JA, Nayfeh T, Hasan B, Taddei TH, Alsawaf Y, Saadi S, Majzoub AM, Manolopoulos A, Alzuabi M, Ding J, Sofiyeva N, Murad MH, Alsawas M, Rockey DC, Sterling RK.

Hepatology. 2025 Jan 1;81(1):358-379. doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000842. Epub 2024 Mar 15.

Selective synergistic effects of oxalic acid and salicylic acid in enhancing amino acid levels and alleviating lead stress in Zea mays L.

Gupta M, Kumar S, Dwivedi V, Gupta DG, Ali D, Alarifi S, Patel A, Yadav VK.

Plant Signal Behav. 2024 Dec 31;19(1):2400451. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2024.2400451. Epub 2024 Sep 5.

A novel STAT3 CCD inhibitor for suppressing macrophage activation and lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury.

Yang S, Zhou S, Wang W, Cao L, Xue T, Xu J, Lv K, Huang M.

Int Immunopharmacol. 2024 Dec 25;143(Pt 2):113523. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2024.113523. Epub 2024 Oct 29.

Efficacy and Safety of Denileukin Diftitox-Cxdl, an Improved Purity Formulation of Denileukin Diftitox, in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma.

Foss FM, Kim YH, Prince HM, Akilov OE, Querfeld C, Seminario-Vidal L, Fisher DC, Kuzel TM, Yannakou CK, Geskin LJ, Feldman T, Sokol L, Allen PB, Dang NH, Cabanillas F, Wong HK, Ooi CE, Xing D, Sauter N, Singh P, Czuczman M, Duvic M.

J Clin Oncol. 2024 Dec 19:JCO2401549. doi: 10.1200/JCO-24-01549. Online ahead of print.

Heterogeneity in response to neoadjuvant radiotherapy between soft tissue sarcoma histotypes: associations between radiology and pathology findings.

Gennaro N, van der Loo I, Reijers SJM, van Boven H, Snaebjornsson P, Bekers EM, Bodalal Z, Trebeschi S, Schrage YM, van der Graaf WTA, van Houdt WJ, Haas RLM, Velichko YS, Beets-Tan RGH, Bruining A.

Eur Radiol. 2024 Dec 19. doi: 10.1007/s00330-024-11258-6. Online ahead of print.

Placental Pathology and Blood Pressure at Age 7: A Longitudinal Discordant Twin Analysis.

Freedman AA, Miller GE, Franklin AD, Keenan-Devlin LS, Gilman SE, Borders A, Khan SS, Ernst LM.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Dec 19. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.321666. Online ahead of print.

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