Smita Mascharak, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
Drug Resistance, NeoplasmEmergenciesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-metVascular Surgical ProceduresAdipose TissueGlucose Transporter Type 3Complement Factor DCongresses as TopicGlycolysisPatient AdmissionGlioblastomaBevacizumabPhysicians, WomenLipodystrophyIntegrin beta1

• Invited Commentary: Robotics and Trauma: Not So Fast.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2026 Mascharak S, Mendoza A
• Panel composition and disparities in the topics of presentation in vascular surgery conferences.
  Vascular 2023 Soni U, Phair J, Zekelman L, Mascharak S, Choinski K, Lipsitz E, Koleilat I
• Do surgical emergencies stay at home? Observations from the first United States Coronavirus epicenter.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 Dong CT, Liveris A, Lewis ER, Mascharak S, Chao E, Reddy SH, Teperman SH, McNelis J, Stone ME
• Contribution of Adipose-Derived Factor D/Adipsin to Complement Alternative Pathway Activation: Lessons from Lipodystrophy.
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2018 Wu X, Hutson I, Akk AM, Mascharak S, Pham CTN, Hourcade DE, Brown R, Atkinson JP, Harris CA
• Cross-activating c-Met/β1 integrin complex drives metastasis and invasive resistance in cancer.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2017 Jahangiri A, Nguyen A, Chandra A, Sidorov MK, Yagnik G, Rick J, Han SW, Chen W, Flanigan PM, Schneidman-Duhovny D, Mascharak S, De Lay M, Imber B, Park CC, Matsumoto K, Lu K, Bergers G, Sali A, Weiss …
• GLUT3 upregulation promotes metabolic reprogramming associated with antiangiogenic therapy resistance.
  JCI insight 2017 Kuang R, Jahangiri A, Mascharak S, Nguyen A, Chandra A, Flanigan PM, Yagnik G, Wagner JR, De Lay M, Carrera D, Castro BA, Hayes J, Sidorov M, Garcia JLI, Eriksson P, Ronen S, Phillips J, Molinaro A, …
• Dexamethasone-mediated changes in adipose triacylglycerol metabolism are exaggerated, not diminished, in the absence of a functional GR dimerization domain.
  Endocrinology 2013 Roohk DJ, Mascharak S, Khambatta C, Leung H, Hellerstein M, Harris C