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Semir Vranić juni 2017

Semir Vranić, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, UICC Fellow

Affiliation

  • College of Medicine
  • Qatar University
  • Doha, 2713, Doha, Qatar
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 Degrees

  • M.D. degree, University of Sarajevo School of Medicine (2004)
  • UICC Lifetime Fellow, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America (2010)
  • Pathologist, Clinical Center of the University of Sarajevo (2011)
  • Ph.D. degree, Zagreb University School of Medicine (2012)
  • Research associate, Zagreb University School of Medicine (2013)
  • Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Sarajevo School of Medicine (2016-2017)
  • Assistant Professor of Pathology, College of Medicine, Qatar University (2017)

Post-Doctoral Training

  • Department of Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America (2008-2009)
  • Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy (2012-2013)

Research Interests

  • Breast cancer pathology (special types of breast carcinomas)
  • Precision medicine (personalized medicine) biomarkers (immune therapy, targeted therapy)
  • Molecular pathology of rare tumors and molecular diagnostics 
  • Genitourinary pathology
  • Surgical pathology (diagnostics)
  • Scientific publishing and ethics, journal editing

Administrative/Organizational Experience/Peer-review/

  • Organizer and course coordinator of the Bryan Warren School of Pathology (earlier: Bosnian British School of Pathology) (collaboration with British Division of the International Academy of Pathology/BDIAP/) (since 2007-)
  • President of the Association of Pathologists and Cytologists of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015-2017), link: http://www.bosnianpathology.org/upcfbih
  • Peer-reviewer (since 2011): >80 biomedical journals including BMC Cancer, BMC Clinical Pathology, Journal of Clinical Pathology, Histopathology, Pathology - Research and Practice, APMIS, Cancer Letters, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, PLoS One, Oncotarget, Future Oncology, Targeted Oncology, International Journal of Surgical Pathology, World Journal of Surgical Oncology, Diagnostic Pathology, Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, Journal of ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, Frontiers in Bioscience, Molecular Medicine, Journal of International Medical Research, Diagnostic Cytopathology, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cell Biology and Toxicology, OncoTargets and Therapy, Clinical Epidemiology, Chinese Journal of Cancer Research, Journal of Drug Targeting, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, Personalized Medicine, Cancer Cell International, Molecular Oncology, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Frontiers in Oncology, Cancer Management and Research, Heliyon, Oxford Medical Case Reports, Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, Cancers, Gene, Tumor Biology, Medical Science Monitor, Frontiers of Medicine (Springer), Clinical Case Reports, Journal of Pathology, Clinical Cancer Investigation, Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, Clinical Breast Cancer, DNA and Cell Biology, Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology, Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, Current Molecular Medicine, Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology, Oncology Letters, Acta Medica Croatica, Acta Medica Academica, Nanomedicine, European Journal of Pharmacology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cancer Medicine, Acta Biochimica Polonica, Chronic Disease and Translational Medicine, Immunotherapy, Molecular Biology Reports, Journal of Oncology, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International, Eurasian Journal of Medical Investigation, Cancer Immunology Research, F1000Research, Current Drug Targets, SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, Case Reports in Pathology, Current Oncology, JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft. Cancers (Basel), BMC Case Reports, Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research.

Editorial boards

Teaching skills

  • Undergraduate medical students courses in general and systemic pathology including:
  • Genetic and developmental diseases
  • Fundamental principles of cancer biology and pathology
  • Lung and mediastinal pathology
  • Endocrine pathology
  • Breast pathology
  • Gynecological pathology
  • Genitourinary pathology
  • Postgraduate medical (biomedical) students:
  • Microscopic methods in cancer research
  • The role of pathology in cancer research
  • The role of pathology in precision medicine
  • Advances in molecular pathology of breast cancer
  • Predatory journals

Fellowships and Awards

  • Breast training program in a European Breast Unit (sponsored by the European Society of Mastology), City Hospital Nottingham, United Kingdom (2008)
  • American Cancer Society international fellowship for beginning investigators (ACSBI) (2008)
  • UICC Lifetime Fellow (2010)
  • Visiting Fellowship in Breast Pathology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust/King's College London (2012)
  • Post-doc Fellowship at the University of Turin (Italy), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (2012)
  • Award as the most productive Ph.D. student at the Zagreb University School of Medicine (2012)
  • President of the Association of Pathologists and Cytologists of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015-2017)
  • "The rising stars in pathology", award by the Pathologist (2016)
  • Member of the Council for Science and Art, University of Sarajevo (2016-2017)

Memberships

  • European Association for Cancer Research (2005-)
  • European Society of Pathology (ESP) (2006-)
  • Clinical Genetic Society of Croatia (2007-)
  • The United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) (2010-)
  • Fellow and Life Member of International Union Against Cancer (UICC) (2010-)
  • The European Network of Uropathology (2011-)
  • ESP Working Group for Breast Pathology (2011-)
  • World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) (2015-)
  • Council of Science Editors (2015-)
  • Association of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015-)
  • Association of Pathologists and Cytologists of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015-)
  • COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) (2016-)

Selected Recent Publications/Abstracts (Peer-reviewed and SCI Indexed)

  1. Bilalović N, Vranić S, Bašić H, Tatarević A, Selak I. Immunohistochemical evaluation of cyclin D1 expression in breast cancer. Croat Med J 2005;46:382-88.
  2. Vranić S, Kapur L, Fočo F, Bilalović N, Hainaut P. The first case of Li-Fraumeni syndrome in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a Case report. Pathologica 2006;98:156-59.
  3. Vranić S, Bilalović N, Lee LMJ, Krušlin B, Lilleberg S, Gatalica Z. PIK3CA and PTEN mutations in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast metastatic to kidney. Hum Pathol 2007;38:1425-31.
  4. Silva E, Gatalica Z, Snyder C, Vranic S, Lynch JF, Lynch HT. Management of Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer Syndrome. Part II. Breast J 2008;14:14-24.
  5. Vranic S, Caughron SK, Djuricic S, et al. Hamartomas, teratomas and teratocarcino-sarcomas of the head and neck: Report of 3 new cases with clinico-pathologic correlation, cytogenetic analysis, and review of the literature. BMC Ear Throat Nose Dis 2008;8:8.
  6. Gatalica Z, Lilleberg SL, Vranic S, Eyzaguirre E, Orihuela E, Velagaleti G. Novel intronic germ-line FLCN gene mutation in a patient with multiple ipsilateral renal neoplasms. Hum Pathol 2009;40:1813-19.
  7. Vranic S, Tawfik O, Palazzo J, Bilalovic N, Eyzaguirre E, Lee LMJ, Adegboyega P, Hagenkord J, Gatalica Z. EGFR and HER-2/neu expression in invasive apocrine carcinoma of the breast. Mod Pathol 2010;23:644-53.
  8. Vranic S, Frkovic-Grazio S, Lamovec J, Serdarevic F, Gurjeva O, Palazzo J, Bilalovic N, Lee LMJ, Gatalica Z. Adenoid cystic carcinomas of the breast have low Topo IIα expression but frequently over-express EGFR protein without EGFR gene amplification. Hum Pathol 2010;41:1617-23.
  9. Vranic S, Teruya B, Repertinger S, Ulmer P, Hagenkord J, Gatalica Z. Assessment of HER2 gene status in breast carcinomas with polysomy of chromosome 17. Cancer 2011;117:48-53.
  10. Zhang XT, Kang LG, Ding L, Vranic S, Gatalica Z, Wang ZY. A positive feedback loop of ER-α36/EGFR promotes malignant growth of ER-negative breast cancer cells. Oncogene 2011;30:770-80.
  11. Vranic S, Gatalica Z, Frkovic-Grazio S, Deng H, Lee LMJ, Gurjeva O, Wang ZY. ER-α36 a novel isoform of ER-α66 is commonly over-expressed in apocrine and adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast. J Clin Pathol 2011;64:54-7.
  12. Vranic S, Gurjeva O, Frkovic-Grazio S, Palazzo J, Tawfik O, Gatalica Z. IMP3, a proposed novel basal phenotype marker, is commonly over-expressed in adenoid cystic carcinomas but not in apocrine carcinomas of the breast. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2011;19:413-16.
  13. Vranic S, Gatalica Z, Wang ZY. Update on molecular profile of the MDA-MB-453 cell line, a a model for apocrine carcinoma studies. Oncol Lett 2011;2:1131-37.
  14. Vranic S, Frkovic-Grazio S, Bilalovic N, Gatalica Z. Angiogenesis in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast. Virchows Arch 2011;459:377-82.
  15. Foco F, Bilalovic N, Vranic S, Serdarevic F, Ramovic I, Imamovic E. Peritumoral expression of p53 protein in oral carcinoma. Coll Antropol 2012;36(suppl.2):129-32.
  16. Dotlic S, Vranic S, Jakovljevic G, Ilic I, Kardum-Paro MM, Dojcinov SD. Neonatal hyperimmune T-cell reaction mimicking T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma following BCG and Hepatitis B co-vaccination. Virchows Arch 2012; 461:601-5.
  17. Vranic S, Bender R, Palazzo J, Gatalica. Z. A review of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast with emphasis on its molecular and genetic characteristics. Hum Pathol 2013;44:301-9.
  18. Vranic S, Hes O, Grossmann P, Gatalica Z. Low frequency of HIF-alpha over-expression in germ cell tumors of the testis. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2013;21:168-72.
  19. Skenderi F, Krakonja F, Vranic S. Infarcted fibroadenoma of the breast: Report of two cases with review of the literature. Diagn Pathol 2013;8(1):38.
  20. Vranic S, Schmitt F, Sapino A, Costa JL, Castro M, Reddy S, Gatalica Z. Apocrine carcinoma of the breast: A comprehensive review. Histol Histopathol 2013;28:1393-1409.
  21. Vranic S, Castellano I, Marchio C, Botta C, Tondat F, diCelle PF, Scalzo MS, Sapino A. Immunohistochemical and molecular profiling of invasive apocrine carcinoma of the breast. Virchows Arch 2013;463(2):250-1.
  22. Costa LJ, Justino A, Gomes M, Alvarenga CA, Gerhard R, Vranic S, Gatalica Z, Machado JC, Schmitt F. Comprehensive genetic characterization of apocrine lesions of the breast. Cancer Res 2013;73(8):2013.
  23. Zmijanac J, Fabijanovic D, Skrtic A, Vranic S, Nikuseva Martic T, Serman L. Immunohistochemical expression of Sfrp1 and Sfrp3 proteins in normal and malignant reproductive tissues of rats and humans. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2014;22:681-7.
  24. Serman L, Nikuseva-Martic T, Vranic S. T-cell factor 1 expression in germ cell tumors with trophoblastic differentiation. Pathol Int 2014;64:86-7.
  25. Dotlic S, Gatalica Z, Wen W, Ghazalpour A, Bridge JA, Mangham C, Babic D, Zekan J, Vranic S. Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of the vulva with PLAG1 gene activation: Molecular genetic characterization of two cases. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2014;22:537-42.
  26. Millis S, Bryant D, Basu G, Bender R, Vranic S, Gatalica Z, Vogelzang N. Molecular profiling of infiltrating urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. J Clin Oncol 2014;32(suppl.4):Abstr 311; Note: ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium 2014.
  27. Gatalica Z, Snydder C, Maney T, Ghazalpour A, Holterman DA, Xiao N, Overberg P, Rose I, Basu GD, Vranic S, Lynch HT, Von Hoff DD, Hamid O. Programmed cell death (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1) expression in common cancers and their correlation with molecular cancer type. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2014;23:2965-70.
  28. Gatalica Z, Millis ZS, Vranic S, Bender R, Basu G, Voss A, Von Hoff D. Comprehensive tumor profiling identifies numerous biomarkers of drug response in cancers of unknown primary site: Analysis of 1806 cases. Oncotarget 2014;5:12440-7.
  29. Marusic Z, Kos M, Labinec-Peteh L, Vranic S, Luzar B. Cystic fibroepithelioma of Pinkus: Report of two new cases and review of cystic changes in classical fibroepithelioma of Pinkus. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2014;14:205-8.
  30. Silva E, Gatalica, Vranic S, Basu G, Sandeep KR, Voss A. Molecular profiling of angiosarcomas of the breast. Ann Oncol 2014;25(suppl.4):iv494-iv510.
  31. Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Basu G, Lynch HT. Thymidylate Synthase over-expression underlies the observed lack of 5-FU therapy benefit for MSI-H colorectal cancer. Ann Oncol 2014;25(suppl.4):iv167-iv209.
  32. Gatalica Z, Ghazalpour A, Bender R, Vranic S, Basu G, Millis S, Voss A. Biomarkers of targeted therapies in phyllodes sarcomas of the breast. Ann Oncol 2014;25(suppl.4):iv110-iv115.
  33. Kos M, Vranic S, Djuricic S, Hes O, Basu G, Gatalica Z. Renal cell carcinomas in pediatric population: A comprehensive molecular profiling of 7 cases. Virchows Arch 2014; 465(suppl.1):S195.
  34. Kovari B, Vranic S, Kocsis L, Sapino A, Cserni G. Growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRH-R) expression in various types of apocrine epithelial lesions - apocrine breast carcinomas and cutaneous tumors with apocrine features. Virchows Arch 2014; 465(suppl.1):S102.
  35. Ghazalpour A, Kiss O, Vranic S, Kulka J, Gatalica Z. Identification of differentially expressed miRNAs and their targets in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast.  Virchows Arch 2014;465(suppl.1):S322.
  36. Kiss O, Ghazalpour A, Vranic S, Kulka J, Gatalica Z. Cyclin D1 and Bcl-2 expression in breast- and salivary gland-derived adenoid cystic carcinoma: An immunohistochemical study. Virchows Arch 2014; 465(suppl.1):S118. 
  37. Peckova K, Martinek P, Vranic S,  Kokoskova B, Hora M, Michal M, Hes O. Aggressive and non-aggressive translocation t(6;11) renal cell carcinoma: Comparative study of 6 cases. Virchows Arch 2014; 465(suppl.1):S160.
  38. Skenderi F, Ulamec M, Vranic S, Bilalovic N, Peckova K, Rotterova P, Kokoskova B, Branzovsky J, Michal M, Hes O. Cystic renal oncocytoma and tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma: Morphological and immunohistohemical study. Pathology 2014;46(S2):135-6. 
  39. Peckova K, Vanecek K, Martinek P, Spagnolo D, Kuroda N, Brunelli M, Vranic S, Djuricic S, Rotterova P, Daum O, Kokoskova B, Vesela P, Pivovarcikova K, Bauleth K, Dubova M, Kalusova K, Hora M, Michal M, Hes O. Aggressive and non-aggressive translocation t(6;11) renal cell carcinoma: Comparative study of 6 cases and review of the literature. Ann Diagn Pathol 2014;18:351-7.
  40. Serman L, Nikuseva Martic T, Serman A, Vranic S. Epigenetic alterations of the Wnt signaling pathway in cancer. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2014;14:191-4.
  41. Millis S, Bryant D, Basu G, Bender R, Vranic S, Gatalica Z, Vogelzang NJ. Theranostic molecular profiling of infiltrating urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2015;13:e37-49. 
  42. Silva E, Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Basu G, Sandeep KR, Voss A. Refractory angiosarcoma of the breast with VEGFR2 upregulation successfully treated with Sunitinib: A case report and review of 16 additional cases with molecular profiling. Breast J 2015;21:205-7.
  43. Peckova K, Martinek P, Suster S, Sperga S, Montiel DP, Daum O, Rotterova P, Kalusova K, Hora M, Pivovarcikova K, Rychly B, Vranic S, Davidson W, Vodicka J, Michal M, Hes O. Mucinous spindle and tubular renal cell carcinoma: Analysis of chromosomal aberration pattern of low grade, high grade, and overlapping morphologic variant with papillary renal cell carcinoma. Ann Diagn Pathol 2015;19;226-31. 
  44. Gatalica Z, Bilalovic N, Palazzo J, Bender RP, Swensen J, Millis SZ, Vranic S, Von Hoff DD, Arceci RJ. Disseminated histiocytoses: Biomarkers beyond BRAFV600E. J Clin Oncol 2015;33(suppl. abstr. e22207).
  45. Gatalica Z, Vijayvergia N, Vranic S, Xiu J, Reddy S, Lynch HT, El-Deiry WS. Therapeutic biomarker differences between MSI-H and MSS colorectal cancers. J Clin Oncol 2015;33(suppl. abstr. 3597).
  46. Gatalica Z, Bilalovic N, Palazzo JP, Bender RP, Swensen J, Millis SZ, Vranic S, Von Hoff D, Arceci DJ. Disseminated histiocytoses biomarkers beyond BRAFV600E: Frequent expression of PD-L1. Oncotarget 2015;6(23):19819-25.
  47. Cesarec S, Kirgin MS, Skenderi F, Ulamec M,  Stimac G, Chikha A, Vranic S, Kruslin B. Sarcomatoid variant of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder. A study of 27 cases. Virchows Arch 2015;467(suppl.1):S263.
  48. Vranic S, Marchio C, Castellano I, Botta C, Scalzo MS, Bender RP, Payan-Gomez C, Verdun di Cantogno L, Gugliotta P, Tondat F, Francia di Celle P, Mariani S, Gatalica Z, Sapino A. Immunohistochemical and molecular profiling of histologically defined apocrine carcinomas of the breast. Hum Pathol 2015;46:1350-9.
  49. Skenderi F, Vranic S, Damjanov I. Programmed cell death in diagnostic histopathology. Int J Dev Biol 2015;59:149-58.
  50. Gatalica Z, Burnett K, Bender R, Feldman R, Vranic S, Reddy S. BRAF mutations are potentially targetable alterations in a wide variety of solid tumors. Eur J Cancer 2015; 50(suppl.3): S31.(Abstract #213, ECCO/ESMO 2015). 
  51. Millis S, Gatalica Z, Winkler J, Vranic S, Kimbrough J, Reddy S, O'Shaughnessy JA. Predictive biomarker profiling of >6,000 breast cancer patients shows heterogeneity in TNBC with treatment implications. Clin Breast Cancer 2015;15:473-81.
  52. Kiss O, Tokes AM, Vranic S, Gatalica Z, Szilagyi A, Lippai N, Vass L, Jackel M, Udvarhelyi N, Szasz AM, Kulka J. Expression of miRNAs in adenoid cystic carcinomas of the breast and salivary glands. Virchows Arch 2015;467:551-62.
  53. Gatalica Z, Bilalovic N, Vranic S, Arguello D, Reddy S, Gosh N. PD-1 and PD-L1 expression in lymphomas. Blood 2015;126:3899. (Annual Meeting, American Society of Hematology 2015). 
  54. Damjanov I, Vranic S, Skenderi F. Does everything a surgeon takes out have to be seen by a pathologist? A review of the current pathology practice. Virchows Arch 2016;468:69-74.
  55. Skenderi F, Ulamec M, Vranic S, Bilalovic N, Peckova N, Rotterova P, Kokoskova B, Branzovsky J, Michal M, Hes O. Cystic renal oncocytoma and tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma. Morphological and immunohistochemical study. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2016;24(2):112-9.
  56. Lukenda A, Dotlic S, Vukojevic N, Saric B, Vranic S, Zarkovic K. Expression and prognostic value of putative cancer stem cell markers CD117 and CD15 in choroidal and ciliary body melanoma. J Clin Pathol 2016;69:234-9
  57. Kurtovic-Kozaric A, Hasic A, Radich JP, Bijedic V, Nefic H, Eminovic I, Kurtovic S, Colakovic F, Kozaric M, Vranic S, Bovan NS. The reality of cancer treatment in a developing country: The effects of delayed TKI treatment on survival, cytogenetic and molecular responses in chronic myeloid leukaemia patients. Br J Haematol 2016;172(3):420-7.
  58. Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Ghazalpour A, Xiu J, Ocal I, McGill J, Bender RP, Discianno E, Schlum A, Sanati S, Palazzo J, Reddy S, Pockaj B. Multiplatform molecular profiling identifies potentially targetable biomarkers in malignant phyllodes tumors of the breast. Oncotarget 2016;7(2):1707-16.
  59. Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Ghazalpour A, Xiu J, Ocal IT, McGill J, Bender R, Disciano E, Sanati S, Reddy S, Pockaj B. Multiplatform molecular profiling identifies potentially targetable biomarkers in malignant phyllodes tumors of the breast. Cancer Res 2016;76(4 Suppl.):Abstract nr P4-09-19.
  60. Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Rose I, Teresi P, Feldman R, Bender RP. Concordance of anti-BRAF p. V600E immunohistochemistry with BRAF gene sequence in solid tumors carrying diverse BRAF mutations. Mod Pathol 2016;29(suppl.2):454A (Abstract#1797).
  61. Redzepagic J, Skenderi F, Bajrovic J, Beslagic V, Ibisevic N, Vranic S. Low grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the breast: A report of the first case and literature review. APMIS 2016;124:428-30. 
  62. Feldman R, Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Bender R, Reddy S, Ghazalpour A. Caveolin-1: Beyond a marker for basal-like breast cancers. Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl.):3928. (AACR Annual Meeting 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2016).
  63. Arguello D, Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Reddy S, VanderWalde A. Analysis of MET-amplified solid tumors using chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH). Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl.):396. (AACR Annual Meeting 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2016).
  64. Ulamec M, Skenderi F, Trpkov K, Kruslin B, Vranic S, Bulimbasic S, Trivunic S, Perez-Montiel D, Peckova K, Pivovarcikova K, Ondic O, Daum D, Rotterova P, Dusek M, Hora M, Michal M, Hes O. Solid papillary renal cell carcinoma: Clinicopathologic, morphologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 10 cases and review of the literature. Ann Diagn Pathol 2016;23:51-7.
  65. Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Xiu J, Swensen J, Reddy S. Microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal carcinoma: A brief review of predictive markers in the era of personalized medicine. Fam Cancer 2016;15:405-12.
  66. Damjanov I, Skenderi F, Vranic S. Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma (MASC) of the salivary gland: A new tumor entity. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2016;16:237-8.
  67. Jurcic P, Kruslin B, Gatalica Z, Sanati S, Vranic S. Breast carcinoma with neuroendocrine features: a brief review. Endocr oncol metab 2016;2(2):138-45.
  68. Kurtovic-Kozaric A, Kugic A, Hasic A, Beslija S, Ceric T, Pasic A, Vranic S, Kopric D, Iljazovic E, Todorovic Barbuscia J, Ibisevic N, Kurtovic S. Long-term outcome of GIST patients with delayed imatinib therapy. J Clin Oncol 2016;34(suppl; abstr e22518).
  69. Fabijanovic D, Zunic I, Nikuseva Martic T, Skenderi F, Serman L, Vranic S. The expression of SFRP1, SFRP3, DVL1 and DVL2 proteins in germ cell tumors of the testis. APMIS 2016;124:942-9.
  70. Fabijanovic D, Zunic I, Nikuseva Martic T, Skenderi F, Serman L, Vranic S. The members of Wnt pathway SFRP1, SFRP3 and DVL1 are downregulated in testicular germ cell tumors. Virchows Arch 2016;469(suppl.1):S218-9.
  71. Skenderi F, Ibisevic N, Topcagic J, Bilalovic N, Vranic S. Breast cancer incidence, demographic, and pathological characteristics in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Virchows Arch 2016;469(suppl.1):S58.
  72. Skenderi F, Ulamec M, Vranic S, Michal M, Hes O. Warthin-like papillary renal cell carcinoma with prominent lymphocytic infiltrate: Morphologic and immunohistochemical study. Virchows Arch 2016;469(suppl.1):S14.
  73. Ibisevic N, Skenderi F, Chikha A, Bilalovic N, Vranic S. Cervical cancer incidence, demographic and pathologic characteristics in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Virchows Arch 2016;469(suppl.1):S289.
  74. Chikha A, Ibisevic N, Skenderi F, Bilalovic N, Kulovac B, Selimović M, Vranic S. Spermatocytic seminoma: Report of three cases. Virchows Arch 2016; 469(suppl.1):S236.
  75. Vranic S, Jin J, Kimbrough J, Ghosh N, Bilalovic N, Arguello D, Veloso Y, Hendershot T, Dizdarevic A, Reddy S, Gatalica Z. PD-L1 status in refractory lymphomas. Ann Oncol 2016;27(suppl.6):vi317-8 (ESMO 2016, Copenhagen).
  76. Gatalica Z, Ghazalpur A, Swensen J, Bender R, Vranic S, Feldman R, Reddy S. Molecular profiling of locally advanced/metastatic olfactory neuroblastomas (esthesioneuroblastomas). Ann Oncol;2016;27(suppl.6):vi334 (ESMO 2016, Copenhagen).
  77. Vranic S, Ghosh N, Kimbrough J, Bilalovic N, Bender R, Arguello D, Veloso Y, Dizdarevic A, Gatalica Z. PD-L1 status in refractory lymphomas. PLOS One 2016;11(11):e0166266.
  78. Karin V, Kakarigi L, Skrtic A, Nikuseva Martic T, Ibisevic N, Skenderi F, Vranic S, Serman L. Sonic Hedgehog proteins are overexpressed in high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas. Libri Oncologici 2016;44(1):38. 
  79. Skenderi F, Chikha A, Ibisevic N, Tatarevic-Suko A, Kantardzic N, Vranic S. Skeletal muscle metastases of the cervical carcinoma: Report of two cases with literature review. Int J Gynecol Pathol 2017;36:95-100.
  80. Upasana J, Vranic S, Swensen J, Feldman R, Chen S, Xiao N, Reddy S, Palazzo J, Gatalica Z. Comprehensive profiling of metaplastic breast carcinomas reveals frequent over-expression of PD-L1. J Clin Pathol 2017;70:255-9.
  81. Vranic S, Feldman R, Gatalica Z. Apocrine carcinoma of the breast: A brief update on the molecular features and targetable biomarkers. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2017;17:9-11.
  82. Skenderi F, Ulamec M, Vanecek T, Martinek P, Alaghehbandan R, Pane Foix M, Babankova I, Perez Montiel D, Alavarado-Cabrero I, Svajdler M, Dubinsky P, Cempirkova D, Pavlovsky M, Vranic S, Daum O, Ondic O, Pivovarcikova K, Michalova K, Hora M, Rotterova P, Stehlikova A, Michal M, Dusek M, Hes O. Warthin-like papillary renal cell carcinoma: Clinicopathologic, morphologic, immunohistochemical and molecular genetic analysis of 11 cases. Ann Diagn Pathol 2017;27:48-56.
  83. Gatalica Z, Feldman R, Ghazalpour A, Vranic S. Characterization of neuroendocrine breast carcinomas for biomarkers of therapeutic options. Cancer Res 2017;77(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P6-07-27.
  84. Dzinic SH, Bernardo MM, Li X, Fernandez-Valdivia R, Ho YS, Mi QS, Bandyopadhyay S, Lonardo F, Vranic S, Oliveira DSM, Bonfil RD, Dyson G, Chen K, Omerovic A, Sheng X, Han X, Wu D, Bi X, Cabaravdic D, Jakupovic U, Wahba M,  Sakr W, Sheng S. An essential role of maspin in embryogenesis and tumor suppression. Cancer Res 2017;77(4):1-11.
  85. Michal M, Kazakov D, Agaimy A, Hosova M, Michalova K, Grossmann P, Steiner P, Skenderi F, Vranic S, Michal M. Whorling Cellular Perineurioma: A previously undescribed variant closely mimicking monophasic fibrous synovial sarcoma. Ann Diagn Pathol 2017;27:74-8.
  86. Senarathne J, Gates P, Vranic S, Gatalica Z. A comparative analysis of PD-L1 distribution in primary NSCLC and metastatic tumors to the lung. Mod Pathol 2017;30(supplement 2s):494A.
  87. Michal M, Kazakov DV, Agaimy A, Michalova K, Grossmann P, Skenderi F, Vranic S, Michal M. Whorling Cellular Perineurioma: An undescribed benign tumor mimicking monophasic fibrous synovial sarcoma. Mod Pathol 2017;30(supplement 2s):20A.
  88. Mahdi Z, Dzinic SH, Vranic S, Skenderi F, Sheng S, Beydoun R. Differential Expression and Subcellular Localization of Tumor Suppressor Maspin as a Diagnostic Marker in Gastroesophageal Junction Carcinoma and Its Precursors. Mod Pathol 2017;30(supplement 2s):185A.
  89. Kurtovic-Kozaric A, Kugic A, Hasic A, Beslija S, Ceric T, Pasic A, Vranic S, Kopric D, Iljazovic D, Todorovic Barbuscia J, Ibisevic N, Kurtovic S. The effects of delayed imatinib mesylate treatment on outcome in patients with GIST. Eur J Cancer 2017;78:118-21.
  90. Demirović A, Vranić S, Skenderi F, Perić Balja M, Ulamec M, Vučić M, Krušlin B. Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast: a diagnostic approach to the rare primary breast malignancy. Neuroendocrinology 2017;105(suppl.1):1-338. (Abstracts of the 14th Annual ENETS Conference for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor Disease, March 8–10, 2017, Barcelona, Spain)
  91. Gatalica Z, Senarathne J, Vranic S. PD-L1 expression patterns in the metastatic tumors to the lung: a comparative study with the primary non-small cell lung cancer. Ann Oncol 2017;28(suppl.2):mdx094.003. (European Lung Cancer Conference 2017).
  92. Kurtovic-Kozaric A, Vranic S, Kurtovic S, Hasic A. Access to targeted cancer treatment modalities in developing world in the era of personalized medicine: Lessons from Bosnia. J Glob Oncol 2018;4:1-5. doi: 10.1200/JGO.2016.008698.
  93. Kővári B, Vranic S, Marchio C, Sapino A, Cserni G. The expression of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) and its receptors in breast carcinomas with apocrine differentiation – further evidence of the presence of a GHRH pathway in these tumors. Hum Pathol 2017;64:164-70.
  94. Vranic S. Recent advances in molecular pathology of breast cancer. 26thLjudevit Jurak International Symposium on Comparative Pathology. Book of Abstracts, Zagreb, 2017, p.20.
  95. Kardum V, Karin V, Glibo M, Skrtic A, Nikuseva Martic T, Ibisevic N, Skenderi F, Vranic S, Serman L. Methylation-associated silencing of SFRP1 gene in high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas. Ann Diagn Pathol 2017;31:45-9.
  96. Zmijanac Partl J, Karin V, Skrtic A, Nikuseva-Martic T, Serman A, Mlinarec J, Curkovic-Perica M, Vranic S, Serman L. Negative regulators of Wnt signaling pathway SFRP1 and SFRP3 expression in preterm and term pathologic placentas. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2018;31:2971-9.
  97. Karin V, Kardum V, Glibo M, Skrtic A, Nikuseva Martic T, Ibisevic N, Skenderi F, Vranic S, Serman L. Methylation-associated silencing of SFRP1 gene in high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas. 10th ISABS Conference on Forensic and Anthropologic Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine. Dubrovnik, June 19-24, 2017.
  98. Kurtovic-Kozaric A, Kugic A, Hasica A, Ceric T, Vranic S, Djuran A, et al. Impact of CD117 Expression on the Survival of GIST Patients. 10th ISABS Conference on Forensic and Anthropologic Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine. Dubrovnik, June 19-24, 2017.
  99. Vranic S. Microsatellite instability status predicts response to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy regardless of the histotype: A comment on recent advances. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2017;17(3):274-5.
  100. Imamovic D, Bilalovic N, Skenderi F, Beslagic V, Ceric T, Hasanbegovic B, Beslija S, Vranic S. A Clinicopathologic Study of Invasive Apocrine Carcinoma of the Breast: A single-center experience. Breast J 2018;24:1105-8.
  101. Imamovic D, Vranic S. Novel regulators of PD-L1 expression in cancer: CMTM6 and CMTM4: A new avenue to enhance the therapeutic benefits of immune checkpoint inhibitors. Ann Transl Med 2017;5(23):467.
  102. Vranic S, Palazzo J, Swensen J, Xiu J, Florento E, Gatalica Z. Theranostic molecular profiling of pleomorphic ductal carcinoma of the breast. Breast J 2019;25(1):175-6.
  103. Topcagic J, Feldman R, Ghazalpour A, Swensen J, Gatalica Z, Vranic S. Comprehensive molecular profiling of advanced/metastatic olfactory neuroblastomas. PLoS ONE 2018;13(1): e0191244.
  104. Senarathne W, Vranic S, Xiu J, Rose I, Gates P, Gatalica Z. Primary lung non-small cell carcinomas differ in the composition of the immune microenvironment from the carcinomas metastatic to the lungs. Ann Diagn Pathol 2018;33:62-8.
  105. Gatalica Z, Palazzo J, Sanati S, Florento E, Xiu J, Swensen J, Vranic S. Comprehensive molecular profiling of neuroendocrine breast carcinoma reveals biomarkers of targeted treatment. Mod Pathol 2018;31(suppl.2):61. (USCAP 2018).
  106. Vranic S, Palazzo J, Swensen J, Xiu J, Florento E, Gatalica Z. Comprehensive molecular profiling of pleomorphic ductal carcinoma of the breast with theranostic implications. Mod Pathol 2018;31(suppl.2):112 (USCAP 2018).
  107. Karin V, Slavica M, Skrtic A, Vranic S, Serman L. Hedgehog signaling pathway status in serous ovarian carcinomas. Mod Pathol 2018;31(suppl.2):428-9. (USCAP 2018).
  108. Skoda AM, Simovic D, Karin V, Kardum V, Vranic S, Serman S. The role of the Hedgehog signaling pathway in cancer: A comprehensive review. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2018;18(1):1-13.
  109. Imamovic D, Bilalovic N, Skenderi F, Beslagic V, Ceric T, Hasanbegovic B, Beslija S, Vranic S. Clinicopathologic characteristics of invasive apocrine carcinoma of the breast: A single center experience from a country with limited resources. Eur J Cancer 2018;92(suppl.3):S24. (EBCC-11, Barcelona 2018).
  110. Gatalica Z, Xiu J, Swensen J, Vranic S. Comprehensive analysis of cancers of unknown primary for the biomarkers of response to immune checkpoint blockade therapy. Eur J Cancer 2018;94:179-86.
  111. Karin V, Skrtic A, Skenderi F, Ibisevic N, Vranic S, Serman L. The status of SHH and IHH in serous ovarian carcinomas. Ann Oncol 2018;31(suppl_3):mdy047.016. (TAT 2018 – Targeted Anticancer Therapies, Paris, March 2018).
  112. Bonfil DR, Friedman R, Vranic S, et al. Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1): A potential suppressor of prostate cancer progression. Cancer Res 2018;78(13)(suppl.):1070. (https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2018-1070)
  113. Vranic S, Cyprian FS, Akhtar S, Al Moustafa AE. The role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in cervical cancer: A brief update. Front Oncol 2018;8:113.
  114. Cyprian FS, Al-Farsi HF, Vranic S, Akhtar S, Al Moustafa AE. Epstein-Barr virus and human papillomaviruses interactions and their roles in the initiation of EMT and cancer progression: A brief review. Front Oncol 2018;8:111.
  115. Akhtar S, Cyprian FS, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Epstein-Barr Virus in Gliomas: Cause, Association or Artefact? Front Oncol 2018;8:123.
  116. Willenbacher W, Seeber A, Steiner N, Willenbacher E, Gatalica Z, Swensen J, Kimbrough J, Vranic S. Is the time ready for molecular profiling in relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma patients? A comprehensive literature review. Int J Mol Sci 2018;19:2087; doi:10.3390/ijms19072087.
  117. Al-Thawadi H, Ghabreau L, Aboulkassim T, Yasmeen A, Vranic S, Batist G, Al Moustafa AE. Co-incidence of Epstein–Barr virus and high-risk human papillomaviruses in cervical cancer of Syrian women. Front Oncol 2018;8:250.
  118. Vranic S, Ghabreau L, Al-Thawadi H, Alkhalaf M, Al Moustafa AE. The frequency of Epstein-Barr virus and high-risk human papillomaviruses co-infection in cervical carcinoma samples of Syrian women. Abstract book of Posters and Oral Presentations, XXXII Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, P-06, Abstract No. 053, Amman 2018
  119. AlAhmad YFM, Abdelhafez IHE, Cyprian FS, Skenderi F, Akhtar S, Vranic S. Predatory journals in pathology: A comprehensive assessment. Abstract book of Posters and Oral Presentations, XXXII Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, FOP-08-1, Abstract No. 003, Amman, 2018.
  120. Chikha A, Ibisevic N, Skenderi F, Junuzovic D, Vranic S. A bilateral sex-cord stromal tumor of the testis. Report of the case. Abstract book of Posters and Oral Presentations, XXXII Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, P-18, Abstract No. 10, Amman 2018.
  121. Gatalica Z, Xiu J, Swensen J, Maney T, Vranic S. Molecular characterization of cancers with NTRK gene fusions. Mod Pathol 2019;32:147-53.
  122. Sadek KW, Haik MY, Ashour AA, Aboulkassim T, Yasmeen A, Vranic S, Zeidan A, Al Moustafa AE. Water-pipe smoking promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and invasion of human breast cancer cells via ERK1/ERK2 pathways. Cancer Cell International 2018;18:180.
  123. Vranic S, Palazzo J, Sanati S, Florento E, Contreras E, Xiu J, Swensen J, Gatalica Z. Novel predictive biomarkers of targeted treatment for patients with neuroendocrine carcinoma of the breast. Clin Breast Cancer 2019;19:131-6.
  124. Terlević R, Perić Balja M, Tomas D, Krušlin B, Vranic S, Skenderi F. Demirović A. Somatostatin receptor SSTR2A and SSTR5 expression in neuroendocrine breast cancer. Ann Diagn Pathol  2019;38:62-6..
  125. Bedri S, Sultan AA, Alkhalaf M, Al Moustafa AE, Vranic S. The status of Epstein-Barr virus in colorectal cancer: A brief review. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics 2019;15:603-10. 
  126. Gatalica Z, Senarathne W, Vranic S, Pockaj BA. Profiling of metastatic carcinomas to the breast for the biomarkers of immuno-oncology therapy [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-10-27.
  127. Karin-Kujundzic V, Kardum V, Skrtic A, Skenderi F, Vranic S, Serman L. Expression of Dishevelled family proteins DVL1, DVL2 and DVL3 in serous ovarian carcinomas. Proceedings of the 2nd Frankfurt Conference on Quality Control in Life Processes & 8th International p63/p73 Workshop, September 2-6, 2018, Proceedings, pp 112-3 (Poster P1-031).
  128. Zvizdic Z, Haxhija E, Chikha A, Vranic S, Milisic E, Jonuzi A. Laparoscopic extirpation of adrenal gland ganglioneuroma incidentally diagnosed after evaluation for alopecia areata patchy in an adolescent boy. Medical Principles and Practice 2019;28(5):485-9.
  129. Terlevic R, Perić Balja M, Tomas D, Kruslin B, Vranic S, Skenderi F, Demirovic A. Somatostatin receptor expression in neuroendocrine breast cancer. Virchows Arch 2018;473(suppl.1):30. (30th European Congress of Pathology, Bilbao 2018)
  130. Dzinic SH, Mahdi Z, Bernardo MM, Vranic S, Beydoun H, Nahra N, Alijagic A, Harajli D, Pang A, Saliganan DM, Rahman AM, Latchmansingh KA, Raval K, Skenderi F, Hasanbegovic B, Dyson G, Beydoun R, Sheng S. Maspin Differential Expression Pattern as a Marker for Targeted Screening of Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma. PLoS One 2019;14(4):e0215089. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215089. eCollection 2019.
  131. Zvizdic Z, Jonuzi A, Djuran A, Vranic S. Gastric Necrosis and Perforation Following Massive Acute Gastric Dilatation in an Adolescent Girl: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen. Front Surg 2019;6:3. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2019.00003/abstract.
  132. Mardekian S, Senarathne W, Feldman F, Florento E, Swensen J, Vranic S, Gatalica Z. Comprehensive molecular profiling of salivary duct carcinomas. Mod Pathol 2019;32(suppl.2):15. (USCAP 2019).
  133. Zvizdic Z, Milisic E, Chikha A, Sefic I, Dzananovic A, Vranic S. Encysted Hydrocele of the Canal of Nuck in an 11-Month-Old-Child with a Past History of Duodenal Atresia and Arnold-Chiari Malformation: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Jan;98(4):e14232. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000014232.
  134. Vranic S, Senarathne W, Stafford P, Poorman K, Pockaj B, Gatalica Z. Biomarkers of targeted therapy and immuno-oncology in cancers metastatic to the breast. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2019 Sep 11 Epub Ahead of Print doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000808 
  135. Vranic S, Sadek KW, Haik MY, Ashour AA, Al Moustafa AA. Water-pipe smoking enhances the progression and invasiveness of human breast cancer cells. Cancer Res 2019, suppl., in press (American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2019).
  136. Al-Qahdi SS, Alzohari N, Alsaid AY, Ashour AA, Aboulkassim T, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE, Khalil A. Teucrium Polium Plant Extract Provokes Substantial Cytotoxicity at the Early Stage of Embryonic Development. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2019;19(1):67-71.
  137. Imamovic D, Bilalovic N, Skenderi F, Beslagic V, Ceric T, Hasanbegovic B, Beslija S, Vranic S. Reply Letter to the Editor. Breast J 2019;25(3):569.https://doi.org/10.1111/tbj.13284 
  138. Gargano S, Senarathne J, Feldman R, Florento E, Stafford J, Swensen J, Vranic, S, Gatalica Z. Novel therapeutic targets in salivary duct carcinoma uncovered by comprehensive molecular profiling. Cancer Med 2019;8(17):7322-7329. doi: 10.1002/cam4.2602. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/cam4.2602.
  139. Gatalica S, Vranic S, Stafford P, Skenderi F, Swensen J, Xiu J, Spetzler D. Spindle cell carcinoma of the breast: rare cancer with potentially targetable biomarkers. Ann Oncol 2019;30(suppl.3):mdz095.057, https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdz095.057
  140. Gupta IR, Sareyeldin RM, Al-Hashimi I, Al-Thawadi H, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Progression of the triple negative breast cancer profile from gene to microRNA: an overview. Cancers (Basel) 2019;11(3):363. doi: 10.3390/cancers11030363
  141. Cyprian FS, Akhtar S, Gatalica Z, Vranic S. Targeted immunotherapy with a checkpoint inhibitor in combination with chemotherapy:  A new clinical paradigm in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2019;19(3):227-33. doi: 10.17305/bjbms.2019.4204 
  142. Vranic S. Letter to Editor/Comment on the metaplastic carcinoma study. Breast J 2019;25(6):1330-1. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13469. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tbj.13469
  143. Gatalica Z, Feldman R, Vranić S, Spetzler D. Immunohistochemistry-enabled Precision Medicine. Cancer Treat Res 2019;178:111-135. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-16391-4_4.
  144. Cubro H, Cengic V, Burina N, Kravic Z, Beciragic E, Vranic S. Appendiceal Mucocele Presenting as an Exacerbated Chronic Tubo-ovarian Abscess: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019;98(39):e17149. https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/Fulltext/2019/09270/Mucocele_of_the_appendix_presenting_as_an.28.aspx
  145. Karin-Kujundzic V, Kardum V, Sola IM, Paic F, Skrtic A, Skenderi F, Serman S, Nikuseva-Martic N, Vranic S, Serman L. Dishevelled family proteins in human placentas and serous ovarian carcinomas: A clinicopathologic and molecular study. APMIS 2020 Mar;128(3):201-210. doi: 10.1111/apm.13012 
  146. Sareyeldin RM, Gupta I, Al-Hashimi I, Al-Thawadi HA, Al Farsi H, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Gene Expression and miRNAs Profiling: Function and Regulation in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-positive Breast Cancer. Cancers 2019;11(5):646.  doi: 10.3390/cancers11050646
  147. Vranic S, Arguello D, Contreras E, Cimic A, Gatalica Z. Molecular profiling reveals novel targetable biomarkers in neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Ann Oncol 2019;(30;supplement_5), October 2019, mdz250.065, https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdz250.065
  148. AlAhmad YFM, Abdelhafez IHE, Cyprian FS, Skenderi F, Akhtar S, Vranic S. A critical appraisal of predatory journals in pathology. J Clin Pathol 2020;73(1):58-60. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2019-206245.
  149. Karin-Kujundzic V, Sola IM, Predavec N, Potkonjak A, Somen E, Mioc P, Serman A, Vranic S, Serman L. Novel Epigenetic Biomarkers in Pregnancy-Related Disorders and Cancers. Cells 2019;8(11):1459. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells8111459 
  150. Mioc P, Karin Kujundzic V, Matijevic R, Skrtic A, Vranic S, Serman L. Smoothened protein expression and promoter methylation status in serous ovarian carcinomas. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2019;29(suppl.4):A495. DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2019-ESGO.969 (ESGO, Athens November 2019).
  151. Ziegler C, Mir A, Anandakrishnan S, Farmer A, Contreras E, Richardson D, Vranic S, Gatalica Z, Derkach DN. Novel Method for Patient Stratification in Breast Carcinoma Based Upon Spatial Analysis of Tumor Microenvironment. Mol Cancer Therapeut 2019;18(12 Suppl):B094 (AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics October 2019) DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.TARG-19-B094
  152. Zvizdic Z, Pasic-Sefic I, Vranic S. Acute perforated appendicitis after blunt abdominal trauma from horse hoof kick: coincidence or consequence: A case report and literature review. Am J Emerg Med 2020;38(2):408.e1-408.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2019.158447
  153. Abbas T, Vranic S, Pennisi P. Histological evaluation of the male rabbit urethra: Regional and age-related variations and their relevance in tissue engineering and reconstructive surgery applications. The 6th World Congress of the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgery” (WOFAPS 2019): Book of Abstracts. 2019. p. 226
  154. Zvizdic Z, Islamovic B, Milisic E, Jonuzi A, Vranic S. Changing trends in the referral and timing of treatment for congenital cryptorchidism: a single-center experience from Bosnia and Herzegovina. J Pediatr Surg 2020;55:1965-8, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.08.013
  155. Gupta I, Jabeen A, Smatti MK, Al-Thawadi HA, Nasrallah GK, Sultan AA, Alkhalaf M, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Human Papillomaviruses and Epstein Barr Virus are prevalent among healthy blood donors in Qatar. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Meeting of the Middle-Eastern Association for Cancer Research: Cancer Science from Bench to Clinic, Doha, 2019, pp 95-6 (Abstract#49). 
  156. Vranic S. Letter to Editor: Apocrine carcinoma is the fact. Comment on the recent paper entitled “Invasive apocrine carcinoma of the breast: Myth or fact?” by Gurrado et al (Breast J. 2019;26(3):545‐546.). Breast J 2020;26(4):838. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13681
  157. Vranic S, Cyprian FS, Gatalica Z, Palazzo J. PD-L1 status in breast cancer: Current view and perspectives. Semin Cancer Biol 2019 Dec 26 Epub Ahead of Print https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcancer.2019.12.003.
  158. Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Krušlin B, Poorman K, Stafford P, Kacerovska D, Senarathne W, Florento E, Contreras E, Leary A, In GK. Biomarkers of targeted therapy in Extramammary and mammary Paget's Disease. Cancer Medicine 2020;9(4):1441-50, https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.2820.
  159. Zvizdic Z, Pasic Sefic I, Dzananovic A, Rustempasic N, Milisic E, Jonuzi A, Vranic S. Bowel dilatation on initial plane abdominal radiography may help to assess the severity of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants. Children (Basel) 2020;7(2):9, https://doi.org/10.3390/children7020009.
  160. Zvizdic Z, Popovic N, Milisic E, Mesic E, Vranic S. Apple-peel jejunal atresia associated with multiple ileal atresias in a preterm newborn: A rare congenital anomaly. J Paediatr Child Health 2020 Jan 29 Epub Ahead of Print https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jpc.14793.
  161. Zvizdic Z, Milisic E, Vranic S. Penile degloving and dorsal dartos flap rotation surgery in the management of severe isolated penile torsion in a 6-year-old boy. Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove) 2020;63(1):52-4.
  162. Zvizdic Z, Milisic E, Skenderi F, Sefic Pasic I, Vranic S. A free terminal ileal perforation as the presenting sign of Crohn's disease in an adolescent female. Central Eur J Paediatr 2020;16(1):83-4, https://doi.org/10.5457/p2005-114.259.
  163. Skenderi F, Palazzo J, Swensen J, Contreras E, Florento E, Gatalica Z, Vranic S. Molecular Profiling of Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Breast Reveals Novel Targetable Biomarkers. Mod Pathol 2020;33(suppl.2):263. (Poster#267, USCAP 2020, Los Angeles).
  164. Gupta I, Jabeen A, Skenderi F, Malki MI, Al-Thawadi H, Al Moustafa AE, Vranic S. High-risk Human Papillomaviruses (HPV) and Epstein - Barr virus (EBV) are Commonly Present in Rectal Cancer. Mod Pathol 2020;33(suppl.2):676. (Poster#683, USCAP 2020, Los Angeles).
  165. Malki MI, Gupta I, Fernandes Q, Aboulkassim T, Yasmeen A, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE, Al-Thawadi HA. Co-presence of Epstein–Barr virus and high-risk human papillomaviruses in colorectal cancers in Syria. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics 2020 March 18 Epub Ahead of Print, https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1726680.
  166. Padmanabhan R, Kheraldine HS, Meskin N, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Crosstalk between HER2 and PD-1/PD-L1 in breast cancer: from clinical applications to mathematical models. Cancers (Basel) 2020;12(3):636, https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12030636.
  167. Vranic S, Stafford P, Palazzo J, Skenderi F, Swensen J, Xiu J, Spetzler D, Gatalica Z. Molecular profiling of the metaplastic spindle cell carcinoma of the breast reveals potentially targetable biomarkers. Clin Breast Cancer 2020;20(4):326-31, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2020.02.008
  168. Vranic S, Skenderi F, Beslagic V, Gatalica Z. Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of the breast: A concise review. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2020 Mar 11. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000850. 
  169. Kalhor N, Lindholm K, Brunnstrom H, Langman G, Jang, Se J, Spagnolo D, Chai S, Laycock A, Falconieri G, Pizzolitto S, de Pellegrin A, Medeiros F, Edmunds L, Catarino A, Cunha F, Ro J, Pina-Oviedo S, Torrealba J, Coppola D, Petersson F, Oon M, Elmberger G, Cajal S, Sansano-Valero I, Dalurzo L, Soares F, Campos A, Vranic S, Skenderi F, Correa A, Sepesi B, Rice D, Merhan R, Walsh G, Moran C. Clinical and pathological features of neuroendocrine neoplasms of the lung (typical and atypical carcinoid) with emphasis on mitotic counts. A clinicopathological analysis of 783 cases. Hum Pathol 2020;98:98-109.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humpath.2020.02.005.
  170. Gupta I, Jabeen A, Smatti MK, Al-Thawadi H, Nasrallah GK, Sultan AA, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Co-Prevalence of Human Papillomaviruses (HPV) and Epstein Barr virus (EBV) in Healthy Blood Donors from diverse Nationalities in Qatar. Cancer Cell Int 2020;20:107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-020-01190-2
  171. Skenderi F, Palazzo J, Swensen J, Feldman R, Contreras E, Florento E, Gatalica Z, Vranic S. Novel Targetable Biomarkers in Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Breast Uncovered by Molecular Profiling: A study of nine cases. Breast J 2020 April 11 Epub Ahead of Print, https://doi.org/10.1111/tbj.13842
  172. Zvizdic Z, Bukvic M, Murtezic S, Skenderi F, Vranic S. Giant paratubal serous cystadenoma in an adolescent female: Case report and literature review. J Pediatric Adolescent Gynecol 2020;33(4):338-40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2020.03.010
  173. Fernandes Q, Gupta I, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Human papillomaviruses and Epstein–Barr virus interaction in human colorectal cancers:  A narrative review. Pathogens (Basel) 2020;9(4):300, https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9040300.
  174. Bešlija S, Gojković Z, Cerić T, Mekić Abazović A, Marijanović I, Vranić S, Mustedanagić–Mujanović J, Skenderi F, Rakita I, Guzijan A, Koprić D, Humačkić A, Trokić D, Alidžanović J, Efendić A, Šišić I, Drljević H, Bešlagić V, Babić B, Pašić A, Ramić A, Mikić D, Guzin Z, Karan D, Buhovac T, Miletić D, Šečić S, Đozić Šahmić A, Mujbegović L, Kubura A, Burina M, Lalović N, Dukić N, Vladičić Mašić J, Ćuk M, Stanušić R. 2020 consensus guideline for optimal approach to the diagnosis and treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2020 May 16. doi: 10.17305/bjbms.2020.4846. Online ahead of print.
  175. Ashour A, Alhussain H, Bin Rashid U, Abughazzah L, Gupta I, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. E-cigarette liquid provokes a significant embryotoxicity and angiogenesis inhibition of normal development. Toxics (Basel) 2020;8(2):38. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020038 
  176. Gupta I, Ghabreau L, Al-Thawadi H, Yasmeen A, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE, Malki MI. Co-Incidence of Human Papillomaviruses and Epstein–Barr Virus is Associated with High to Intermediate Tumor grade in Human Head and Neck Cancer in Syria. Front Oncol 2020;10:1016, https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.01016
  177. Allouch S, Malki A, Allouch A, Gupta I, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Oncoproteins of High-Risk HPVs and PD-1/PD-L1 Crosstalk in Cervical Cancer: Recent Evidence and Future Directions. Front Oncol 2020;10:914, https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.00914.
  178. Zvizdic Z, Rustempasic N, Sefic Pasic I, Skenderi F, Vranic S. A case of extra-adrenal retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma enclosing large blood vessels in a 9-year-old female: A report of rare case and comprehensive literature review. Central J Eur Paediatrics 2020, in press, link: https://cejpaediatrics.com/upcoming/CEJP_2-2020-Zvizdic2.pdf
  179. Gupta I, AlFarsi H, Jabeen A, Skenderi F, Al-Thawadi H, AlAhmad YM, Al Moustafa AE, Vranic S. High-risk Human Papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr virus in Colorectal Cancer and their Association with Clinicopathological Status. Pathogens (Basel) 2020;9(6):E452. doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060452 
  180. Vranic S, Gatalica Z. Targeting HER2 expression in cancer: New drugs and new indications. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2020 Jun 7 Epub Ahead of Print, doi: 10.17305/bjbms.2020.4908.
  181. Zvizdic Z, Anic D, Popovic N, Vranic S. Acute glans ischemia after circumcision successfully treated with low-molecular-weight heparin and topical dihydrotestosterone. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020;99(29):p e21340; doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000021340, https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/Fulltext/2020/07170/Acute_glans_ischemia_after_circumcision.128.aspx
  182. Glibo M, Serman A, Karin-Kujundzic V, Bekavac I, Miskovic B, Vranic S, Serman L. The role of glycogen synthase kinase 3 in ovarian cancer development: A comprehensive review. Bosn J Basic Med Sci 2020 Aug 4 Epub Ahead of Print, https://doi.org/10.17305/bjbms.2020.5036.
  183. Zvizdic Z, Vranic S. Decreased number of acute appendicitis cases in pediatric population during the COVID-19 pandemic: Any link? J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Aug 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.08.016 [Epub ahead of print]
  184. Zvizdic Z, Moinuddin Z, Summers A, Pasic-Sefic I, Skenderi F, Van Dellen D, Vranic S, Augustine T. Successful treatment of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis in an adolescent boy on long-term peritoneal dialysis: A case report. Prague Med Rep 2020, in press.
  185. Al-Thawadi H, Jabeen A, Gupta I, Skenderi F, Sharma A, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Co-Presence of Human Papillomaviruses and Epstein–Barr Virus is Linked with Advanced Tumor Stage: A Tissue Microarray Study in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. Cancer Cell Int 2020;20:361, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-020-01348-y
  186. Gupta I, Rizeq B, Elkord E, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. SARS-CoV-2 infection and lung cancer: Prognosis and therapeutic modalities. Cancers (Basel) 2020;12(8):2186, https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12082186
  187. Zvizdic Z, Kovacevic A, Milisic E, Jonuzi A, Vranic S. Clinical course and short-term outcome of postsplenectomy reactive thrombocytosis in children without myeloproliferative disorders: A single institutional experience from a developing country. PLoS ONE 2020;15(8):e0237016. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237016
  188. Gupta I, Rizeq B, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE; Al Farsi H. Circulating MiRNAs in HER2-positive and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Potential biomarkers & therapeutic targets. Int J Mol Sci 2020;21(18):6750, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21186750.
  189. Gupta I, Jabeen A, Al-Sarraf R, Farghaly HC, Vranic S, Sultan AA, Al Moustafa AE, Al-Thawadi H. The co-presence of high-risk human papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr virus is linked with tumor grade and stage in Qatari women with breast cancer. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics 2020, in press.
  190. López-Ozuna VM, Gupta I, Chen Kiow RL, Matanes E, Yasmeen A, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE, Al Farsi HF. Water-pipe smoking exposure deregulates a set of genes and molecular pathways associated with human head and neck cancer development and prognosis. Toxics (Basel) 2020;8(3):73, https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8030073.
  191. Jabeen A, Sharma A, Gupta I, Kheraldine H, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE, Al Farsi H. Elaeagnus Angustifolia plant extract inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition and induces apoptosis via HER2 inactivation and JNK pathway in HER2-positive Breast Cancer Cells. Molecules (Basel) 2020;25(18):4240, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25184240
  192. Zvizdic Z, Milisic E, Jonuzi A, Terzic S, Zvizdic D, Vranic S. The effect of ranitidine on the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: A case-control study. Resubmitted, July 2020.
  193. Skenderi F, Alahmad MAM, Alahamd YM, Abdelhafez IHE, Gatalica Z, Vranic S. HER2-positive Apocrine Carcinoma of the Breast: A population-based Analysis of Incidence, Treatment, and Outcome. Virchows Arch 2020, suppl., in press (ECP/IAP presentation, December 2020).
  194. Ziegler C, Mir A, Anandakrishnan S, Martin P, Contreras E, Slemons I, Witkowski B, DeSilva S, Ganesan N, Farmer A, Vranic S, Gatalica Z, Spetzler D, Richardson D, Derkach DN. The assay-agnostic spatial profiling method reveals TMB, MSI, and PD-L1 insufficient to resolve activated immune microenvironments. To be resubmitted, July 2020.
  195. Zvizdic D, Bulja D, Sidran A, Skenderi F, Zvizdic Z, Vranic S. Isolated orbital hemangioma treated successfully with oral propranolol in a 2-month-old infant: Case report and literature review. Submitted, August 2020.
  196. Gupta I, López Ozuna V, Matanes E, Malki M, Yasmeen A, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE, Al-Farsi H. Identification of a set of genes associated with breast cancer development and prognosis induced by water-pipe smoking. To be revised, August 2020.
  197. Allouch S, Gupta I, Malik I, Al Farsi HF, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE. Breast cancer and pregnancy: A marked propensity to triple-negative phenotype. Submitted, July 2020.
  198. Sola IM, Serman A, Karin-Kujundzic V, Paic F, Skrtic A, Slatina P, Kakarigi L, Vranic S, Serman L. Dishevelled family proteins expression in IUGR placentas. Submitted, May 2020.
  199. Cimic A, Vranic S, Arguello D, Contreras E, Gatalica Z, Swensen J. Molecular profiling reveals novel targetable biomarkers in neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix. Submitted, May 2020.
  200. Kruslin B, Gatalica Z, Hes O, Skenderi F, Miettinen M, Vranic S, Contreras E, Xiu J, Elis M, Florento E, Swensen J. TERT gene fusions characterize a subset of metastatic Leydig cell tumors. Resubmitted, September 2020.
  201. Gupta I, Jabeen A, Vranic S, Al Moustafa AE, Al-Thawadi H. Oncoproteins of high-risk HPV and EBV cooperate to enhance cell motility and invasion of human breast cancer cells via Erk1/Erk2 and Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathways. Submitted, August 2020.
  202. Sharma S, Moinuddin Z, Summers A, Shenoy M, Plant N, Vranić S, Prytula A, Zvizdic Z, Karava V, Printza N, Vlot J, van Dellen D, Augustine T. Surgical management of Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS) in children – case series from an international referral centre. To be submitted, September 2020.
  203. Zvizdic Z, Milisic E, Vranic S. Clamping of a persistent omphalomesenteric duct in the herniated umbilical cord in a 2-day-old infant: A case report. Submitted, September 2020.

 Books/chapters

  1. Damjanov I, Vranic S, Skenderi F. Review of Gynecologic and Breast Pathology. Jaypee Brother Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. 2017, links: https://www.amazon.com/Review-Gynecologic-Breast-Pathology-Damjanov/dp/9352700473/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506668227&sr=8-1&keywords=review+of+gynecologic+and+breast+pathology and http://www.jpmedpub.com/bookdetails.aspx?SearchTxt=vranic&OBookID=2514)
  2. Vranic S, Gatalica Z. Apocrine Carcinoma. Pathology Encyclopedia: Breast Pathology. Springer, 2018, link: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_4693-1
  3. Gatalica Z, Feldman R, Vranic S, Spetzler D. Immunohistochemistry-enabled Precision Medicine. In: D. Von Hoff and H. Han (eds.), Precision Medicine in Cancer Therapy, Cancer Treatment and Research 178, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16391-4_4
  4. Provenzano E, Gatalica Z, Vranic S. Carcinoma with apocrine differentiation. WHO Classification of Tumours 5th Edition - Tumours of the Breast. IARC, Lyon, 2019. Link: https://publications.iarc.fr/581
  5. Vranic S., Gatalica Z. (2020) Apocrine Carcinoma. In: Sapino A., Kulka J. (eds) Breast Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62539-3 

Other articles

  1. Vranić, S. Topoisomerase II alpha (TOP2A). PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stainstop2a.html.
  2. Vranic S. The School of Life: A collaboration between Britain and Bosnia – the Bryan Warren School of Pathology – is bringing education to trainees with limited access (2017), https://thepathologist.com/outside-the-lab/the-school-of-life 
  3. AlAhmad YFM, Abdelhafez IHE, Skenderi F, Vranic S. When progress becomes predation. The Pathologist 2019, https://thepathologist.com/outside-the-lab/when-progress-becomes-predation  
  4. Terlević R, Vranić S. SSTR2A. PathologyOutlines.com website (2019). https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stainsSSTR2A.html. 
  5. Terlević R, Vranić S. OCT 3/4. PathologyOutlines.com website (2020). http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stainsoct34.html

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