M. Cristina Pacheco, MD

PMM2-CDG and the Role of Liver Transplantation as a Long-Term Solution: A Case Report. Blasingame, BA; Yang, A; Valentino, PL; Penon-Portmann, M; Lam, C; Pacheco, MC; Lin, H. Pediatric Transplantation. 2026; 30(1):e70266.

Liver biopsies obtained throughout SIV infection reveal evolving interferon stimulated protein expression within distinct monocyte/macrophage subsets. Derby, N; Johnson, BI; Biswas, S; Fischer, M; Fancher, KA; Luevano-Santos, C; Yusova, S; Meyer, KA; Abraham, YM; Lutz, SS; Fisher, C; Pacheco, MC; Smedley, JV; Burwitz, BJ; Sodora, DL. PLoS Pathogens. 2025; 21(9):e1013175.

Positive Predictive Value of Tissue Transglutaminase IgA for Celiac Disease. Chang, D; Wong, M; Camila Cardenas, M; Stahl, MG; Liu, E; Caplan, M; Gidrewicz, D; King, JA; Turner, JM; Leonard, MM; Fahey, L; Walsh, CM; Silvester, JA; Absah, I. Pediatrics. 2025; 156(3).

What is New in Pediatric Hepatic Neoplasms. González, IA; Pacheco, MC. Surgical Pathology Clinics. 2025; 18(2):281-300.

Validation of Congestive Hepatic Fibrosis Score in Pediatric and Adult Fontan-Associated Liver Disease. Reed, RC; Yeh, MM; Files, MD; Price, J; Ahmed, H; Hsu, EK; Wang, X; Mau, B; Pacheco, MC. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2025; 49(9):942-947.

Tissue transglutaminase immunoglobulin A exceeds endomysial antibody in specificity of celiac diagnosis at ≥10 times the upper limit of normal. Pacheco, MC; Fink, SL; Lee, D; Dickerson, J. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2024; 79(6):1164-1171.

SIV Infection Is Associated with Transient Acute-Phase Steatosis in Hepatocytes In Vivo. Derby, N; Biswas, S; Yusova, S; Luevano-Santos, C; Pacheco, MC; Meyer, KA; Johnson, BI; Fischer, M; Fancher, KA; Fisher, C; Lutz, SS; Smedley, JV; Burwitz, BJ; Sodora, DL. Viruses. 2024; 16(2).

Considerations for liver transplantation in deoxyguanosine kinase deficiency: A case series and review of the literature. Duong, JT; Pacheco, MC; Hsu, E; Blondet, N. Pediatric Transplantation. 2024; 28(1):e14670.

A tip-predominant distribution of villous intraepithelial lymphocytes is not specific to celiac disease in children with Marsh I lesions. Chang, D; Kim, CF; Horton, M; Lee, D; Pacheco, MC; Silvester, JA; Goldsmith, JD. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2024; 161(2):149-154.

Clinical Data Do Not Reliably Predict Duodenal Histology at Follow-up in Celiac Disease: A 13 Center Correlative Study. Patel, N; Leffler, DA; Al-Toma, A; Mulder, CJ; Elli, L; Gan, G; Patil, P; Atsawarungruangkit, A; Kuijpers, KC; Del Gobbo, A; Hammer, S; Moreno Prats, M; Bronner, MP; Robert, ME. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2024; 48(2):212-220.