Karel Pacák

Research interests

Publications

• Genetics, diagnosis, management and future directions of research of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma: a position statement and consensus of the Working Group on Endocrine Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension

  Journal of Hypertension · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000002438

• Mapping of human brown adipose tissue in lean and obese young men

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705287114

• Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

  Cancer Cell · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2017.01.001

• Characteristics of Pediatric vs Adult Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas

  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-3829

• SDHB/SDHA immunohistochemistry in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas: a multicenter interobserver variation analysis using virtual microscopy: a Multinational Study of the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors (ENS@T)

  Modern Pathology · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.2015.41

• Irisin and FGF21 Are Cold-Induced Endocrine Activators of Brown Fat Function in Humans

  Cell Metabolism · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2013.12.017

• MAX Mutations Cause Hereditary and Sporadic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

  Clinical Cancer Research · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-0160

• An immunohistochemical procedure to detect patients with paraganglioma and phaeochromocytoma with germline SDHB, SDHC, or SDHD gene mutations: a retrospective and prospective analysis

  The Lancet Oncology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(09)70164-0

• Clinical and molecular genetics of patients with the Carney–Stratakis syndrome and germline mutations of the genes coding for the succinate dehydrogenase subunits SDHB, SDHC, and SDHD

  European Journal of Human Genetics · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201904

• Pheochromocytoma: recommendations for clinical practice from the First International Symposium

  Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology &#38 Metabolism · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0396

• Impaired Chronotropic and Vasodilator Reserves Limit Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure and a Preserved Ejection Fraction

  Circulation · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.106.632745

• Cushing’s Syndrome Due to Ectopic Corticotropin Secretion: Twenty Years’ Experience at the National Institutes of Health

  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2004-2527

• Biochemical Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma

  JAMA · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.287.11.1427

• The Molecular Pathogenesis of Hereditary and Sporadic Adrenocortical and Adrenomedullary Tumors

  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2002-021069

• Stressor Specificity of Central Neuroendocrine Responses: Implications for Stress-Related Disorders

  Endocrine Reviews · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1210/edrv.22.4.0436

• Recent Advances in Genetics, Diagnosis, Localization, and Treatment of Pheochromocytoma

  Annals of Internal Medicine · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-134-4-200102200-00016

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