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Dinesh Rakheja

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Verified email at utsouthwestern.edu
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2-hydroxyglutarate detection by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in IDH-mutated patients with gliomas

…, RJ DeBerardinis, KJ Hatanpaa, D Rakheja… - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
Mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenases 1 and 2 (IDH1 and IDH2) have been shown to be
present in most World Health Organization grade 2 and grade 3 gliomas in adults. These …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of the alternative lengthening of telomeres telomere maintenance mechanism in human cancer subtypes

…, QK Li, CG Eberhart, JM Taube, D Rakheja… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Approximately 10% to 15% of human cancers lack detectable telomerase activity, and a
subset of these maintain telomere lengths by the telomerase-independent telomere …

[HTML][HTML] The aging kidney

XJ Zhou, D Rakheja, X Yu, R Saxena, ND Vaziri… - Kidney international, 2008 - Elsevier
Renal aging, by itself, is associated with alterations in renal morphology and a decline in
renal function, which is accelerated and/or accentuated by diseases such as diabetes mellitus …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidation of alpha-ketoglutarate is required for reductive carboxylation in cancer cells with mitochondrial defects

…, LK Boroughs, Z Kovacs, R Boriack, D Rakheja… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
Mammalian cells generate citrate by decarboxylating pyruvate in the mitochondria to supply
the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. In contrast, hypoxia and other impairments of …

Intrauterine transmission of SARS-COV-2 infection in a preterm infant

…, RRJ Collins, RC Savani, D Rakheja… - The Pediatric …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
We present a preterm infant who developed a fever and mild respiratory disease on the
second day of life. Infant severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

l-2-Hydroxyglutarate: An Epigenetic Modifier and Putative Oncometabolite in Renal Cancer

EH Shim, CB Livi, D Rakheja, J Tan, D Benson… - Cancer discovery, 2014 - AACR
Through unbiased metabolomics, we identified elevations of the metabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate
(2HG) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). 2HG can inhibit 2-oxoglutaratre (2-OG)–dependent …

[HTML][HTML] Somatic mutations in DROSHA and DICER1 impair microRNA biogenesis through distinct mechanisms in Wilms tumours

D Rakheja, KS Chen, Y Liu, AA Shukla… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Wilms tumour is the most common childhood kidney cancer. Here we report the whole-exome
sequencing of 44 Wilms tumours, identifying missense mutations in the microRNA (miRNA)…

[PDF][PDF] Lin28b is sufficient to drive liver cancer and necessary for its maintenance in murine models

…, DA Robinton, MT Seligson, L Wu, L Li, D Rakheja… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Lin28a/b are RNA-binding proteins that influence stem cell maintenance, metabolism, and
oncogenesis. Poorly differentiated, aggressive cancers often overexpress Lin28, but its role in …

[PDF][PDF] Genomic analysis of hepatoblastoma identifies distinct molecular and prognostic subgroups

…, M Chintagumpala, R Meyers, D Rakheja… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite being the most common liver cancer in children, hepatoblastoma (HB) is a rare
neoplasm. Consequently, few pretreatment tumors have been molecularly profiled, and there are …

p53 genes function to restrain mobile elements

…, WJ Lu, P Kurtz, JV Moran, D Rakheja… - Genes & …, 2016 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Throughout the animal kingdom, p53 genes govern stress response networks by specifying
adaptive transcriptional responses. The human member of this gene family is mutated in …