Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine 2010
  • M.B.B.S., Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur (India) 2004
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • United States of America (Country) 

  • Teaching

    • United States of America (Country) 
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Smith, V. L., R. C. Bentley, M. A. Morse, and A. A. Pendse. “Unique presentation of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, epithelioid type, with a dual copy loss of SDHA gene as a liver primary.” Human Pathology: Case Reports 22 (November 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehpc.2020.200427.
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    • Ho, Lisa M., Avani A. Pendse, James Ronald, Marcus Luciano, Daniele Marin, Tracy A. Jaffe, and Rendon C. Nelson. “Ultrasound-guided non-targeted liver core biopsy: comparison of the efficacy of two different core needle biopsy systems using an ex-vivo animal model and retrospective review of clinical experience.” Clin Imaging 61 (May 2020): 36–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.01.005.
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    • Klein, Lauren J., Avani A. Pendse, Rhonda Mittenzwei, and Richard Noel. “Defying Occam's Razor: Colonic Luminal Endometriosis in an Adolescent With Crohn's Disease.” J Adolesc Health 66, no. 3 (March 2020): 375–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.09.018.
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    • Brown, C Scott, Ralph Abi Hachem, Avani Pendse, John F. Madden, and Howard W. Francis. “Low-Grade Papillary Schneiderian Carcinoma of the Sinonasal Cavity and Temporal Bone.” Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 127, no. 12 (December 2018): 974–77. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003489418803391.
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    • Tan, Queenie K-G, Heidi Cope, Rebecca C. Spillmann, Nicholas Stong, Yong-Hui Jiang, Marie T. McDonald, Jennifer A. Rothman, et al. “Further evidence for the involvement of EFL1 in a Shwachman-Diamond-like syndrome and expansion of the phenotypic features.” Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 4, no. 5 (October 2018). https://doi.org/10.1101/mcs.a003046.
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    • Pendse, Avani A., Anna E. Bauer, Leslie Dodd, and Lori Scanga. “Increased Rate of ASCUS Diagnosis With Concomitant Request for High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Reflex Testing May Be Due to Cognitive Bias.” Am J Clin Pathol 149, no. 5 (March 29, 2018): 425–33. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqy011.
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    • Pendse, Avani A., Sara E. Wobker, Kevin G. Greene, Scott V. Smith, Robert J. Esther, and Leslie G. Dodd. “Intraosseous Rosai-Dorfman disease diagnosed by touch imprint cytology evaluation: A case series.” Diagn Cytopathol 46, no. 1 (January 2018): 83–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.23802.
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    • Swanson, Karen V., Robert D. Junkins, Cathryn J. Kurkjian, Elizabeth Holley-Guthrie, Avani A. Pendse, Rachid El Morabiti, Alex Petrucelli, Glen N. Barber, Chris A. Benedict, and Jenny P-Y Ting. “A noncanonical function of cGAMP in inflammasome priming and activation.” J Exp Med 214, no. 12 (December 4, 2017): 3611–26. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20171749.
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    • Pendse, Avani A., and Leslie G. Dodd. “Fine-needle-aspiration cytology of a proximal type epithelioid sarcoma: A case report.” Diagn Cytopathol 43, no. 10 (October 2015): 859–62. https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.23294.
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    • Pendse, Avani A., and Siobhan M. O’Connor. “Primary Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nipple.” Case Rep Pathol 2015 (2015): 327487. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/327487.
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    • Pendse, Avani A., Claire H. Edgerly, and Yuri Fedoriw. “Hemolytic anemia and metastatic carcinoma: case report and literature review.” Lab Med 45, no. 2 (2014): 132–35. https://doi.org/10.1309/lm6fenwrxx5grwbt.
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    • Pendse, Avani A., Lance A. Johnson, Hyung-Suk Kim, Marcus McNair, C Taylor Nipp, Carolyn Wilhelm, and Nobuyo Maeda. “Pro- and antiatherogenic effects of a dominant-negative P465L mutation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ in apolipoprotein E-Null mice.” Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 32, no. 6 (June 2012): 1436–44. https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.248682.
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    • Johnson, Lance A., Jose M. Arbones-Mainar, Raymond G. Fox, Avani A. Pendse, Michael K. Altenburg, Hyung-Suk Kim, and Nobuyo Maeda. “Apolipoprotein E4 exaggerates diabetic dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis in mice lacking the LDL receptor.” Diabetes 60, no. 9 (September 2011): 2285–94. https://doi.org/10.2337/db11-0466.
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    • Pendse, Avani, Pamela Lockyer, Jonathan Schisler, and Monte Willis. “Konrad Bloch, PhD.” Laboratory Medicine 42, no. 6 (June 2011): 370–73. https://doi.org/10.1309/lm3ycf1i6ccbbzjor.
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    • Pendse, A., Y. Fedoriw, and M. S. Willis. “Unexpected cause of anemia in a 45-year-old patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.” Laboratory Medicine 41, no. 11 (November 1, 2010): 645–48. https://doi.org/10.1309/LMK7OA1GYP3SRDBD.
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    • Pendse, Avani A., Lance A. Johnson, Yau-Sheng Tsai, and Nobuyo Maeda. “Pparg-P465L mutation worsens hyperglycemia in Ins2-Akita female mice via adipose-specific insulin resistance and storage dysfunction.” Diabetes 59, no. 11 (November 2010): 2890–97. https://doi.org/10.2337/db10-0673.
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    • Tsai, Yau-Sheng, Pei-Jane Tsai, Man-Jin Jiang, Ting-Yu Chou, Avani Pendse, Hyung-Suk Kim, and Nobuyo Maeda. “Decreased PPAR gamma expression compromises perigonadal-specific fat deposition and insulin sensitivity.” Mol Endocrinol 23, no. 11 (November 2009): 1787–98. https://doi.org/10.1210/me.2009-0073.
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    • Pendse, Avani A., Jose M. Arbones-Mainar, Lance A. Johnson, Michael K. Altenburg, and Nobuyo Maeda. “Apolipoprotein E knock-out and knock-in mice: atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, and beyond.” J Lipid Res 50 Suppl (April 2009): S178–82. https://doi.org/10.1194/jlr.R800070-JLR200.
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    • Tsai, Yau-Sheng, Avani Pendse, Sheryl S. Moy, Ikuko Mohri, Antonio Perez, Jacqueline N. Crawley, Kinuko Suzuki, and Nobuyo Maeda. “A de novo deafwaddler mutation of Pmca2 arising in ES cells and hitchhiking with a targeted modification of the Pparg gene.” Mamm Genome 17, no. 7 (July 2006): 716–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00335-005-0191-z.
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  • Book Sections

    • Stansfield, W. E., M. Ranek, A. Pendse, J. C. Schisler, S. Wang, T. Pulinilkunnil, and M. S. Willis. “The Pathophysiology of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure.” In Cellular and Molecular Pathobiology of Cardiovascular Disease, 51–78, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-405206-2.00004-1.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Maule, Jake, Jadee Neff, Shannon Mccall, and Avani Pendse. “Patients with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (DiGeorge Syndrome) Have a Significant Decrease in Lamina Propria Plasma Cells in the Gastro-intestinal Tract: Morphologic Description of a Unique Cohort.” In Laboratory Investigation, 100:715–16. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020.
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    • Maule, Jake, Jadee Neff, Shannon Mccall, and Avani Pendse. “Patients with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (DiGeorge Syndrome) Have a Significant Decrease in Lamina Propria Plasma Cells in the Gastro-intestinal Tract: Morphologic Description of a Unique Cohort.” In Modern Pathology, 33:715–16. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020.
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    • Underwood, Caroline Mullins, Hayley Premo, Barbara Anderson, Sarah Rapisardo, Avani Pendse, Carolyn Glass, and Jadee Neff. “Autopsy Findings in Adult Onset Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A 5 Case Series and Literature Review.” In Laboratory Investigation, 100:19–21. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020.
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    • Underwood, Caroline Mullins, Hayley Premo, Barbara Anderson, Sarah Rapisardo, Avani Pendse, Carolyn Glass, and Jadee Neff. “Autopsy Findings in Adult Onset Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A 5 Case Series and Literature Review.” In Modern Pathology, 33:19–21. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020.
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    • Schild, Michael, Liyan Xu, Ayako Suzuki, Diana Cardona, Lani Clinton, Shannon McCall, Avani Pendse, et al. “Sonic Hedgehog Immunohistochemistry Improves Inter-observer Agreement for Ballooning and the Diagnosis of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) among Less Experienced Liver Pathologists.” In Modern Pathology, 31:648–49. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2018.
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    • Schild, Michael, Liyan Xu, Ayako Suzuki, Diana Cardona, Lani Clinton, Shannon McCall, Avani Pendse, et al. “Sonic Hedgehog Immunohistochemistry Improves Inter-observer Agreement for Ballooning and the Diagnosis of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) among Less Experienced Liver Pathologists.” In Laboratory Investigation, 98:648–49. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2018.
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    • Hollyfield, Johnathan, Avani Pendse, and Leslie Dodd. “The Prognostic Significance of a Few Cells: Anti-PD-L1 Testing in FNA Samples of Non-Small Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma.” In Modern Pathology, 30:98A-98A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2017.
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    • Hollyfield, Johnathan, Avani Pendse, and Leslie Dodd. “The Prognostic Significance of a Few Cells: Anti-PD-L1 Testing in FNA Samples of Non-Small Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma.” In Laboratory Investigation, 97:98A-98A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2017.
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    • Jackson, Amanda Lynn, Avani Pendse, Megan J. DiFurio, Emily C. Ko, and John T. Soper. “Absence of occult micrometastases in histologically negative lymph nodes among patients with distant recurrent endometrial cancer.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32:5606–5606. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2014. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2014.32.15_suppl.5606.
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    • Pendse, A. A., and J. D. Hertel. “Sampling Error Is a Major Contributor to the Low Sensitivity of Anal Cytology as a Screening Tool for High Grade Dysplasia.” In Laboratory Investigation, 94:509A-510A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2014.
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    • Pendse, A. A., and J. D. Hertel. “Sampling Error Is a Major Contributor to the Low Sensitivity of Anal Cytology as a Screening Tool for High Grade Dysplasia.” In Modern Pathology, 27:509A-510A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2014.
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    • Pendse, Avani, Yau-Sheng Tsai, and Nobuyo Maeda. “Simultaneous presence of Ins2C96Y mutation uncovers the insulin resistance phenotype in the adipose tissue of PPAR gamma P465L female mice.” In Faseb Journal, Vol. 24. FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, 2010.
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