STEPHANIE PANGAS

TitleProfessor
InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
DepartmentDepartment of Pathology & Immunology
AddressOne Baylor Plaza
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    InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
    DepartmentDepartment of Molecular & Cellular Biology
    DivisionMolecular & Cellular Biology


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    2013New Investigator Award -Society for the Study of Reproduction, Society for the Study of Reproduction
    2007 - 2009Duncan Scholar -Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Bayor College of Medicine

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    Research Summary
    Twenty percent of women’s health problems worldwide are attributed to reproductive and sexual health issues. Disruptions in normal reproductive function cause health problems that extend beyond infertility, and include increases in cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive disorders. Furthermore, ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy in women. In part, this is due to a lack of diagnostics needed for early detection. Therefore, the origin, diagnosis, and treatment of gynecological diseases are critical health issues that need to be addressed. Our research laboratory focuses on understanding how the ovary normally develops and functions, and how defects in these processes result in reproductive disorders and cancer development. We use a multifaceted approach, generating data from patient samples, immortalized cancer cell lines, and genetically modified mice. Since the laboratory has started in 2007, our research has contributed a number of key mouse models for genes that cause infertility, ovarian dysfunction, and ovarian cancer. These models are paramount in the search for novel therapeutics and diagnostics for patients with reproductive diseases.

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    R21HD116116     (PANGAS, STEPHANIE A.)Aug 1, 2024 - Jul 31, 2026
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    SMAD5 signaling in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
    Role: Principal Investigator

    R13HD116531     (PANGAS, STEPHANIE A.)Jul 16, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
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    XXIII Ovarian Workshop
    Role: Principal Investigator

    T32GM152777     (PEREIRA, FRED A)Feb 1, 2024 - Jan 31, 2029
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    Baylor College of Medicine Initiative for Maximizing Student Development
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

    R01HD108153     (PANGAS, STEPHANIE A.)May 1, 2023 - Apr 30, 2025
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    Grem1 and Grem2 in embryonic ovary development
    Role: Principal Investigator

    R21HD109807     (PANGAS, STEPHANIE A.)Aug 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2024
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    A functional neddylation pathway underlies oocyte quality and aging
    Role: Principal Investigator

    T32HD098068     (PANGAS, STEPHANIE A.)May 1, 2020 - Apr 30, 2025
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    Comprehensive Mechanisms in Reproductive Sciences
    Role: Principal Investigator

    R01HD085994     (PANGAS, STEPHANIE A.)Feb 1, 2017 - Jan 31, 2022
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    Protein Sumoylation in OOCYTE Development
    Role: Principal Investigator

    R01CA138628     (PANGAS, STEPHANIE A.)Jul 1, 2010 - Dec 31, 2015
    NIH
    Role of the BMP SMADs in Oncogenesis
    Role: Principal Investigator

    F32HD046335     (PANGAS, STEPHANIE A)Sep 1, 2004 - Aug 31, 2007
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    Role of Tudor Domain Protein 1 in Mouse Germ Cells
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Anaya ES, de Groot EL, Lydon JP, Pangas SA, Hartig SM. Contributions of white adipose tissue to energy requirements for female reproduction. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Sep; 35(9):809-820. PMID: 38749883; PMCID: PMC11387141.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    2. Briley SM, Ahmed AA, Steenwinkel TE, Jiang P, Hartig SM, Schindler K, Pangas SA. Global SUMOylation in mouse oocytes maintains oocyte identity and regulates chromatin remodeling and transcriptional silencing at the end of folliculogenesis. Development. 2023 09 01; 150(17). PMID: 37676777; PMCID: PMC10499029.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    3. Ahmed AA, Salas E, Lanza DG, Heaney JD, Pangas SA. Generation of a novel Stra8-driven Cre recombinase strain for use in pre-meiotic germ cells in mice?. Biol Reprod. 2023 08 10; 109(2):184-191. PMID: 37279768; PMCID: PMC10427807.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    4. Patton BK, Madadi S, Briley SM, Ahmed AA, Pangas SA. Sumoylation regulates functional properties of the oocyte transcription factors SOHLH1 and NOBOX. FASEB J. 2023 02; 37(2):e22747. PMID: 36607631; PMCID: PMC10129296.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    5. Rydze RT, Patton BK, Briley SM, Salazar Torralba H, Gipson G, James R, Rajkovic A, Thompson T, Pangas SA. Deletion of Gremlin-2 alters estrous cyclicity and disrupts female fertility in mice?. Biol Reprod. 2021 11 15; 105(5):1205-1220. PMID: 34333627; PMCID: PMC8599072.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    6. Cox AR, Chernis N, Kim KH, Masschelin PM, Saha PK, Briley SM, Sharp R, Li X, Felix JB, Sun Z, Moore DD, Pangas SA, Hartig SM. Ube2i deletion in adipocytes causes lipoatrophy in mice. Mol Metab. 2021 06; 48:101221. PMID: 33771728; PMCID: PMC8080079.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    7. Patton BK, Madadi S, Pangas SA. Control of ovarian follicle development by TGF? family signaling. Curr Opin Endocr Metab Res. 2021 Jun; 18:102-110. PMID: 34693075; PMCID: PMC8535782.
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    8. Rodriguez A, Briley SM, Patton BK, Tripurani SK, Rajapakshe K, Coarfa C, Rajkovic A, Andrieux A, Dejean A, Pangas SA. Loss of the E2 SUMO-conjugating enzyme Ube2i in oocytes during ovarian folliculogenesis causes infertility in mice. Development. 2019 12 02; 146(23). PMID: 31704792; PMCID: PMC6918767.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Chen H, Crosley P, Azad AK, Gupta N, Gokul N, Xu Z, Weinfeld M, Postovit LM, Pangas SA, Hitt MM, Fu Y. RUNX3 Promotes the Tumorigenic Phenotype in KGN, a Human Granulosa Cell Tumor-Derived Cell Line. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jul 15; 20(14). PMID: 31311113; PMCID: PMC6678151.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    10. Monsivais D, Matzuk MM, Pangas SA. The TGF-? Family in the Reproductive Tract. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2017 Oct 03; 9(10). PMID: 28193725; PMCID: PMC5554737.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    11. Rajkovic A, Pangas S. Ovary as a Biomarker of Health and Longevity: Insights from Genetics. Semin Reprod Med. 2017 05; 35(3):231-240. PMID: 28658706.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    12. Wu H, Pangas SA, Eldin KW, Patel KR, Hicks J, Dietrich JE, Venkatramani R. Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor of the Ovary: A Clinicopathologic Study. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2017 Feb; 30(1):138-143. PMID: 27702598.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Rodriguez A, Tripurani SK, Burton JC, Clementi C, Larina I, Pangas SA. SMAD Signaling Is Required for Structural Integrity of the Female Reproductive Tract and Uterine Function During Early Pregnancy in Mice. Biol Reprod. 2016 08; 95(2):44. PMID: 27335065; PMCID: PMC5029477.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    14. Rodriguez A, Pangas SA. Regulation of germ cell function by SUMOylation. Cell Tissue Res. 2016 Jan; 363(1):47-55. PMID: 26374733; PMCID: PMC4703547.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    15. Peng J, Monsivais D, You R, Zhong H, Pangas SA, Matzuk MM. Uterine activin receptor-like kinase 5 is crucial for blastocyst implantation and placental development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Sep 08; 112(36):E5098-107. PMID: 26305969; PMCID: PMC4568667.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Liu Z, Ren YA, Pangas SA, Adams J, Zhou W, Castrillon DH, Wilhelm D, Richards JS. FOXO1/3 and PTEN Depletion in Granulosa Cells Promotes Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumor Development. Mol Endocrinol. 2015 Jul; 29(7):1006-24. PMID: 26061565; PMCID: PMC4484779.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    17. Tripurani SK, Gokul N, Piard H, Anderson ML, Eldin K, Pangas SA, Mansouri-Attia N. TGF? signaling promotes juvenile granulosa cell tumorigenesis by suppressing apoptosis. Mol Endocrinol. 2014 Nov; 28(11):1887-98. PMID: 25243859; PMCID: PMC4213364.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    18. James R, Ligon A, Li X, Pangas SA, Mansouri-Attia N. Soy promotes juvenile granulosa cell tumor development in mice and in the human granulosa cell tumor-derived COV434 cell line. Biol Reprod. 2014 Oct; 91(4):100. PMID: 25165122; PMCID: PMC4435027.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    19. Clementi C, Tripurani SK, Large MJ, Edson MA, Creighton CJ, Hawkins SM, Kovanci E, Kaartinen V, Lydon JP, Pangas SA, DeMayo FJ, Matzuk MM. Activin-like kinase 2 functions in peri-implantation uterine signaling in mice and humans. PLoS Genet. 2013 Nov; 9(11):e1003863. PMID: 24244176; PMCID: PMC3828128.
      Citations: 42     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    20. Myers M, Mansouri-Attia N, James R, Peng J, Pangas SA. GDF9 modulates the reproductive and tumor phenotype of female inha-null mice. Biol Reprod. 2013 Apr; 88(4):86. PMID: 23446452; PMCID: PMC4013870.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    21. Pangas SA. Regulation of the ovarian reserve by members of the transforming growth factor beta family. Mol Reprod Dev. 2012 Oct; 79(10):666-79. PMID: 22847922; PMCID: PMC3473177.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    22. Tripurani SK, Cook RW, Eldin KW, Pangas SA. BMP-specific SMADs function as novel repressors of PDGFA and modulate its expression in ovarian granulosa cells and tumors. Oncogene. 2013 Aug 15; 32(33):3877-85. PMID: 22964636; PMCID: PMC3525720.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    23. Li X, Tripurani SK, James R, Pangas SA. Minimal fertility defects in mice deficient in oocyte-expressed Smad4. Biol Reprod. 2012 Jan; 86(1):1-6. PMID: 21900682.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    24. Szigeti R, Pangas SA, Nagy-Szakal D, Dowd SE, Shulman RJ, Olive AP, Popek EJ, Finegold MJ, Kellermayer R. SMAD4 haploinsufficiency associates with augmented colonic inflammation in select humans and mice. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2012; 42(4):401-8. PMID: 23090737; PMCID: PMC3875295.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    25. Myers M, Tripurani SK, Middlebrook B, Economides AN, Canalis E, Pangas SA. Loss of gremlin delays primordial follicle assembly but does not affect female fertility in mice. Biol Reprod. 2011 Dec; 85(6):1175-82. PMID: 21832168; PMCID: PMC3223251.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    26. Pangas SA. Bone morphogenetic protein signaling transcription factor (SMAD) function in granulosa cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2012 Jun 05; 356(1-2):40-7. PMID: 21763749; PMCID: PMC3203253.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    27. Nagaraja AK, Middlebrook BS, Rajanahally S, Myers M, Li Q, Matzuk MM, Pangas SA. Defective gonadotropin-dependent ovarian folliculogenesis and granulosa cell gene expression in inhibin-deficient mice. Endocrinology. 2010 Oct; 151(10):4994-5006. PMID: 20739397; PMCID: PMC2946151.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    28. Edson MA, Nalam RL, Clementi C, Franco HL, Demayo FJ, Lyons KM, Pangas SA, Matzuk MM. Granulosa cell-expressed BMPR1A and BMPR1B have unique functions in regulating fertility but act redundantly to suppress ovarian tumor development. Mol Endocrinol. 2010 Jun; 24(6):1251-66. PMID: 20363875; PMCID: PMC2875809.
      Citations: 54     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    29. Richards JS, Pangas SA. The ovary: basic biology and clinical implications. J Clin Invest. 2010 Apr; 120(4):963-72. PMID: 20364094; PMCID: PMC2846061.
      Citations: 137     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    30. Myers M, Pangas SA. Regulatory roles of transforming growth factor beta family members in folliculogenesis. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med. 2010 Jan-Feb; 2(1):117-125. PMID: 20836015.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    31. Richards JS, Pangas SA. New insights into ovarian function. Handb Exp Pharmacol. 2010; (198):3-27. PMID: 20839083; PMCID: PMC4551424.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    32. Middlebrook BS, Eldin K, Li X, Shivasankaran S, Pangas SA. Smad1-Smad5 ovarian conditional knockout mice develop a disease profile similar to the juvenile form of human granulosa cell tumors. Endocrinology. 2009 Dec; 150(12):5208-17. PMID: 19819941; PMCID: PMC2819741.
      Citations: 36     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    33. Myers M, Middlebrook BS, Matzuk MM, Pangas SA. Loss of inhibin alpha uncouples oocyte-granulosa cell dynamics and disrupts postnatal folliculogenesis. Dev Biol. 2009 Oct 15; 334(2):458-67. PMID: 19666016; PMCID: PMC2753717.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    34. Li Q, Pangas SA, Jorgez CJ, Graff JM, Weinstein M, Matzuk MM. Redundant roles of SMAD2 and SMAD3 in ovarian granulosa cells in vivo. Mol Cell Biol. 2008 Dec; 28(23):7001-11. PMID: 18809571; PMCID: PMC2593383.
      Citations: 69     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    35. Su YQ, Sugiura K, Wigglesworth K, O'Brien MJ, Affourtit JP, Pangas SA, Matzuk MM, Eppig JJ. Oocyte regulation of metabolic cooperativity between mouse cumulus cells and oocytes: BMP15 and GDF9 control cholesterol biosynthesis in cumulus cells. Development. 2008 Jan; 135(1):111-21. PMID: 18045843.
      Citations: 129     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    36. Pangas SA, Li X, Umans L, Zwijsen A, Huylebroeck D, Gutierrez C, Wang D, Martin JF, Jamin SP, Behringer RR, Robertson EJ, Matzuk MM. Conditional deletion of Smad1 and Smad5 in somatic cells of male and female gonads leads to metastatic tumor development in mice. Mol Cell Biol. 2008 Jan; 28(1):248-57. PMID: 17967875; PMCID: PMC2223289.
      Citations: 99     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    37. Pangas SA, Jorgez CJ, Tran M, Agno J, Li X, Brown CW, Kumar TR, Matzuk MM. Intraovarian activins are required for female fertility. Mol Endocrinol. 2007 Oct; 21(10):2458-71. PMID: 17609433.
      Citations: 55     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    38. Pangas SA. Growth factors in ovarian development. Semin Reprod Med. 2007 Jul; 25(4):225-34. PMID: 17594603.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    39. Sugiura K, Su YQ, Diaz FJ, Pangas SA, Sharma S, Wigglesworth K, O'Brien MJ, Matzuk MM, Shimasaki S, Eppig JJ. Oocyte-derived BMP15 and FGFs cooperate to promote glycolysis in cumulus cells. Development. 2007 Jul; 134(14):2593-603. PMID: 17553902.
      Citations: 104     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    40. Suzumori N, Pangas SA, Rajkovic A. Candidate genes for premature ovarian failure. Curr Med Chem. 2007; 14(3):353-7. PMID: 17305537.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    41. Pangas SA, Choi Y, Ballow DJ, Zhao Y, Westphal H, Matzuk MM, Rajkovic A. Oogenesis requires germ cell-specific transcriptional regulators Sohlh1 and Lhx8. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 May 23; 103(21):8090-5. PMID: 16690745; PMCID: PMC1472434.
      Citations: 104     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    42. Ballow DJ, Xin Y, Choi Y, Pangas SA, Rajkovic A. Sohlh2 is a germ cell-specific bHLH transcription factor. Gene Expr Patterns. 2006 Oct; 6(8):1014-8. PMID: 16765102.
      Citations: 38     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    43. Pangas SA, Li X, Robertson EJ, Matzuk MM. Premature luteinization and cumulus cell defects in ovarian-specific Smad4 knockout mice. Mol Endocrinol. 2006 Jun; 20(6):1406-22. PMID: 16513794.
      Citations: 66     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    44. Pangas SA, Rajkovic A. Transcriptional regulation of early oogenesis: in search of masters. Hum Reprod Update. 2006 Jan-Feb; 12(1):65-76. PMID: 16143663.
      Citations: 33     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    45. Yan W, Ma L, Stein P, Pangas SA, Burns KH, Bai Y, Schultz RM, Matzuk MM. Mice deficient in oocyte-specific oligoadenylate synthetase-like protein OAS1D display reduced fertility. Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Jun; 25(11):4615-24. PMID: 15899864; PMCID: PMC1140637.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    46. Pangas SA, Matzuk MM. The art and artifact of GDF9 activity: cumulus expansion and the cumulus expansion-enabling factor. Biol Reprod. 2005 Oct; 73(4):582-5. PMID: 15917343.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    47. Pangas SA, Yan W, Matzuk MM, Rajkovic A. Restricted germ cell expression of a gene encoding a novel mammalian HORMA domain-containing protein. Gene Expr Patterns. 2004 Dec; 5(2):257-63. PMID: 15567723.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    48. Pangas SA, Matzuk MM. Genetic models for transforming growth factor beta superfamily signaling in ovarian follicle development. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2004 Oct 15; 225(1-2):83-91. PMID: 15451572.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    49. McKenzie LJ, Pangas SA, Carson SA, Kovanci E, Cisneros P, Buster JE, Amato P, Matzuk MM. Human cumulus granulosa cell gene expression: a predictor of fertilization and embryo selection in women undergoing IVF. Hum Reprod. 2004 Dec; 19(12):2869-74. PMID: 15471935.
      Citations: 100     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    50. Rajkovic A, Pangas SA, Ballow D, Suzumori N, Matzuk MM. NOBOX deficiency disrupts early folliculogenesis and oocyte-specific gene expression. Science. 2004 Aug 20; 305(5687):1157-9. PMID: 15326356.
      Citations: 189     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    51. Pangas SA, Jorgez CJ, Matzuk MM. Growth differentiation factor 9 regulates expression of the bone morphogenetic protein antagonist gremlin. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 30; 279(31):32281-6. PMID: 15133038.
      Citations: 39     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    52. Pangas SA, Saudye H, Shea LD, Woodruff TK. Novel approach for the three-dimensional culture of granulosa cell-oocyte complexes. Tissue Eng. 2003 Oct; 9(5):1013-21. PMID: 14633385.
      Citations: 87     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    53. Pangas SA, Rademaker AW, Fishman DA, Woodruff TK. Localization of the activin signal transduction components in normal human ovarian follicles: implications for autocrine and paracrine signaling in the ovary. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Jun; 87(6):2644-57. PMID: 12050229.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    54. Pangas SA, Woodruff TK. Production and purification of recombinant human inhibin and activin. J Endocrinol. 2002 Jan; 172(1):199-210. PMID: 11786387.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    55. Pangas SA, Woodruff TK. Activin signal transduction pathways. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2000 Oct; 11(8):309-14. PMID: 10996525.
      Citations: 43     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    56. Chong H, Pangas SA, Bernard DJ, Wang E, Gitch J, Chen W, Draper LB, Cox ET, Woodruff TK. Structure and expression of a membrane component of the inhibin receptor system. Endocrinology. 2000 Jul; 141(7):2600-7. PMID: 10875264.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    57. Jurivich DA, Pangas S, Qiu L, Welk JF. Phospholipase A2 triggers the first phase of the thermal stress response and exhibits cell-type specificity. J Immunol. 1996 Aug 15; 157(4):1669-77. PMID: 8759754.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
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