Margaret Wallace,
Professor
Department:
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Business Phone:
(352) 214-7123
Business Email:
peggyw@ufl.edu
About Margaret Wallace
Fun Fact: I love all kinds of animals except wasps (and maybe scorpions and certain spiders). I am a human molecular geneticist, and the lab studies neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a common dominant tumor syndrome. This progressive condition is caused by mutations in the NF1 tumor suppressor gene, encoding a large protein that is not well understood. We utilize genetic and cell biology approaches, using samples donated from patients. Both the mutation repertoire and the clinical features are heterogeneous, and we are testing for phenotype-genotype correlations within families with NF1. I am also involved in projects aimed at understanding genetic contributors of multifactorial disorders, such as in pain-related conditions.
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Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2019-2024
GMS6224 Foundations in Precision Medicine: Medical Molecular Genetics
2013-2014,2016-2021
GMS6001 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences I
2008-2024
GMS6920 Genetics Journal Colloquy
2006-2007,2019-2024
BMS6003 Genetics and Health
2014-2015,2017-2022,2022
GMS6065 Fundamentals of Cancer Biology
2007,2010-2012,2012-2016,2015-2024
GMS6012 Human Genetics
2011-2019,2021-2024
GMS5905 Special Topics in Biomedical Sciences
2018
GMS7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2015-2017
GMS6895 CTS Journal Club
2006,2011-2014,2014-2016,2016
GMS6015 Human Genetics II
Clinical Profile
Areas of Interest
- Neurofibromatosis-1
Research Profile
The lab works on neurofibromatosis (NF) as well as other human genetics projects (Mendelian disorders and multifactorial traits). The lab focuses on finding and characterizing genes and their mutations/variants/mechanisms that contribute to health and disease, through approaches of molecular genetics/genomics, cell biology, and animal models. Besides NF, projects have focused on genetics of pain, taste, vitiligo, cardiomyopathy, and cataracts. Dr. Wallace works closely with clinicians, and recruits her own subjects as well. Approaches in the lab include mutation analysis (including exome), variant characterization to evaluate potential pathogenesis, genetic association, RNA-level analyses, and cell culture from primary tissues and cell immortalization.
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0002-5202-8895
Areas of Interest
- Genetics
Publications
2024
snRNA-seq of human cutaneous neurofibromas before and after selumetinib treatment implicates role of altered Schwann cell states, inter-cellular signaling, and extracellular matrix in treatment response.
Acta neuropathologica communications.
12(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s40478-024-01821-z.
[PMID] 38907342.
2023
Biopsychosocial influence on shoulder pain: results from a randomized preclinical trial of exercise-induced muscle injury.
Pain.
164(2):305-315
[DOI] 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002700.
[PMID] 35604152.
2023
Circulating Inflammatory Biomarkers Predict Pain Change Following Exercise-Induced Shoulder Injury: Findings From the Biopsychosocial Influence on Shoulder Pain Preclinical Trial.
The journal of pain.
24(8):1465-1477
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.04.001.
[PMID] 37178095.
2023
Deep genomic analysis of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor cell lines challenges current malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor diagnosis.
iScience.
26(2)
[DOI] 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106096.
[PMID] 36818284.
2022
A High-Throughput Screening Platform Identifies Novel Combination Treatments for Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.
21(7):1246-1258
[DOI] 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-21-0947.
2022
Analysis of AVPR1A, thermal and pressure pain thresholds, and stress in sickle cell disease.
Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland).
3
[DOI] 10.3389/fpain.2022.1060245.
[PMID] 36688082.
2022
HUMAN STUDY COMT and DRD3 haplotype-associated pain intensity and acute care utilization in adult sickle cell disease.
Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.).
247(17):1601-1608
[DOI] 10.1177/15353702221080716.
[PMID] 35285297.
2022
Targeted exon skipping of NF1 exon 17 as a therapeutic for neurofibromatosis type I.
Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids.
28:261-278
[DOI] 10.1016/j.omtn.2022.03.011.
[PMID] 35433111.
2021
Effects of Patient and Surgery Characteristics on Persistent Postoperative Pain: A Mediation Analysis.
The Clinical journal of pain.
37(11):803-811
[DOI] 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000979.
[PMID] 34475340.
2021
Patient and Procedural Determinants of Postoperative Pain Trajectories.
Anesthesiology.
134(3):421-434
[DOI] 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003681.
[PMID] 33449996.
2021
Predicting long-term postsurgical pain by examining the evolution of acute pain.
European journal of pain (London, England).
25(3):624-636
[DOI] 10.1002/ejp.1698.
[PMID] 33171546.
2021
Sensory and Psychological Factors Predict Exercise-Induced Shoulder Injury Responses in a High-Risk Phenotype Cohort.
The journal of pain.
22(6):669-679
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpain.2020.12.002.
[PMID] 33400997.
2021
Slow Dynamics of Acute Postoperative Pain Intensity Time Series Determined via Wavelet Analysis Are Associated With the Risk of Severe Postoperative Day 30 Pain.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
132(5):1465-1474
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005385.
[PMID] 33591118.
2021
Survival and NF1 Analysis in a Cohort of Orthopedics Patients with Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Sarcoma.
2021:1-6
[DOI] 10.1155/2021/9386823.
[PMID] 34646065.
2020
Association of P2RX7 functional variants with localized aggressive periodontitis.
Journal of periodontal research.
55(1):32-40
[DOI] 10.1111/jre.12682.
[PMID] 31292966.
2020
Genetics of human malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
Neuro-oncology advances.
2(Suppl 1):i50-i61
[DOI] 10.1093/noajnl/vdz049.
[PMID] 32642732.
2020
NF1 patient missense variants predict a role for ATM in modifying neurofibroma initiation.
Acta neuropathologica.
139(1):157-174
[DOI] 10.1007/s00401-019-02086-w.
[PMID] 31664505.
2020
OPRM1, OPRK1, and COMT genetic polymorphisms associated with opioid effects on experimental pain: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
The pharmacogenomics journal.
20(3):471-481
[DOI] 10.1038/s41397-019-0131-z.
[PMID] 31806881.
2019
Assessment of nociception and related quality-of-life measures in a porcine model of neurofibromatosis type 1.
Pain.
160(11):2473-2486
[DOI] 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001648.
[PMID] 31246731.
2019
EZH1/2 function mostly within canonical PRC2 and exhibit proliferation-dependent redundancy that shapes mutational signatures in cancer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
116(13):6075-6080
[DOI] 10.1073/pnas.1814634116.
[PMID] 30867289.
2019
Low mutation burden and frequent loss of CDKN2A/B and SMARCA2, but not PRC2, define premalignant neurofibromatosis type 1-associated atypical neurofibromas.
Neuro-oncology.
21(8):981-992
[DOI] 10.1093/neuonc/noz028.
[PMID] 30722027.
2018
A porcine model of neurofibromatosis type 1 that mimics the human disease.
JCI insight.
3(12)
[DOI] 10.1172/jci.insight.120402.
[PMID] 29925695.
2018
Development of 3D culture models of plexiform neurofibroma and initial application for phenotypic characterization and drug screening.
Experimental neurology.
299(Pt B):289-298
[DOI] 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.10.012.
[PMID] 29055717.
2018
Genetic and psychological factors interact to predict physical impairment phenotypes following exercise-induced shoulder injury
Journal of Pain Research.
Volume 11:2497-2508
[DOI] 10.2147/jpr.s171498.
2018
Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in NF1: Evidence for a More Severe Phenotype Associated with Missense Mutations Affecting NF1 Codons 844-848.
American journal of human genetics.
102(1):69-87
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.12.001.
[PMID] 29290338.
2018
Neurofibromin level directs RAS pathway signaling and mediates sensitivity to targeted agents in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
Oncotarget.
9(32):22571-22585
[DOI] 10.18632/oncotarget.25181.
[PMID] 29854299.
2018
Pharmacological and genomic profiling of neurofibromatosis type 1 plexiform neurofibroma-derived schwann cells.
Scientific data.
5
[DOI] 10.1038/sdata.2018.106.
[PMID] 29893754.
2017
Biopsychosocial influence on shoulder pain: Rationale and protocol for a pre-clinical trial.
Contemporary clinical trials.
56:9-17
[DOI] 10.1016/j.cct.2017.03.005.
[PMID] 28315479.
2017
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the COL11A2 Gene Associated with Heat Pain Sensitivity in Knee Osteoarthritis.
Molecular pain.
13
[DOI] 10.1177/1744806917724259.
[PMID] 28741447.
2016
Biopsychosocial Influence on Shoulder Pain: Influence of Genetic and Psychological Combinations on Twelve-Month Postoperative Pain and Disability Outcomes.
Arthritis care & research.
68(11):1671-1680
[DOI] 10.1002/acr.22876.
[PMID] 26945673.
2016
Immortalization of human normal and NF1 neurofibroma Schwann cells.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology.
96(10):1105-15
[DOI] 10.1038/labinvest.2016.88.
[PMID] 27617404.
2015
Biopsychosocial influence on shoulder pain: risk subgroups translated across preclinical and clinical prospective cohorts.
Pain.
156(1):148-156
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pain.0000000000000012.
[PMID] 25599310.
2014
Biopsychosocial influence on exercise-induced injury: genetic and psychological combinations are predictive of shoulder pain phenotypes.
The journal of pain.
15(1):68-80
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.09.012.
[PMID] 24373571.
2014
Inflammatory genes and psychological factors predict induced shoulder pain phenotype.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise.
46(10):1871-81
[DOI] 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000328.
[PMID] 24598699.
2014
Investigation of Gene X Gene Interactions in a Model of Exercise Induced Shoulder Pain
Journal of Pain.
15(4, 1)
2014
Jaffe-Campanacci syndrome, revisited: detailed clinical and molecular analyses determine whether patients have neurofibromatosis type 1, coincidental manifestations, or a distinct disorder.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics.
16(6):448-59
[DOI] 10.1038/gim.2013.163.
[PMID] 24232412.
2014
Trp53 haploinsufficiency modifies EGFR-driven peripheral nerve sheath tumorigenesis.
The American journal of pathology.
184(7):2082-98
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.04.006.
[PMID] 24832557.
2013
Canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling drives human schwann cell transformation, progression, and tumor maintenance.
Cancer discovery.
3(6):674-89
[DOI] 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-13-0081.
[PMID] 23535903.
2013
Do polymorphisms in the TAS1R1 gene contribute to broader differences in human taste intensity?
Chemical senses.
38(8):719-28
[DOI] 10.1093/chemse/bjt040.
[PMID] 24000232.
2013
Forward genetic screen for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor formation identifies new genes and pathways driving tumorigenesis.
Nature genetics.
45(7):756-66
[DOI] 10.1038/ng.2641.
[PMID] 23685747.
2012
Conditional Inactivation of Pten with EGFR Overexpression in Schwann Cells Models Sporadic MPNST.
Sarcoma.
2012
[DOI] 10.1155/2012/620834.
[PMID] 23319880.
2012
Ethnicity interacts with the OPRM1 gene in experimental pain sensitivity.
Pain.
153(8):1610-1619
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pain.2012.03.022.
[PMID] 22717102.
2012
Regulation of mTOR complex 2 signaling in neurofibromatosis 2-deficient target cell types.
Molecular cancer research : MCR.
10(5):649-59
[DOI] 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-11-0425-T.
[PMID] 22426462.
2012
Variation in the gene TAS2R13 is associated with differences in alcohol consumption in patients with head and neck cancer.
Chemical senses.
37(8):737-44
[DOI] 10.1093/chemse/bjs063.
[PMID] 22824251.
2011
Allelic variation in TAS2R bitter receptor genes associates with variation in sensations from and ingestive behaviors toward common bitter beverages in adults.
Chemical senses.
36(3):311-9
[DOI] 10.1093/chemse/bjq132.
[PMID] 21163912.
2011
Comprehensive association analysis of candidate genes for generalized vitiligo supports XBP1, FOXP3, and TSLP.
The Journal of investigative dermatology.
131(2):371-81
[DOI] 10.1038/jid.2010.337.
[PMID] 21085187.
2011
Genome-wide analysis identifies a quantitative trait locus in the MHC class II region associated with generalized vitiligo age of onset.
The Journal of investigative dermatology.
131(6):1308-12
[DOI] 10.1038/jid.2011.12.
[PMID] 21326295.
2011
Pain sensitivity and vasopressin analgesia are mediated by a gene-sex-environment interaction.
Nature neuroscience.
14(12):1569-73
[DOI] 10.1038/nn.2941.
[PMID] 22019732.
2011
Two novel mutations of SCN9A (Nav1.7) are associated with partial congenital insensitivity to pain.
European journal of pain (London, England).
15(3):223-30
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.07.003.
[PMID] 20692858.
2010
Analysis of steroid hormone effects on xenografted human NF1 tumor schwann cells.
Cancer biology & therapy.
10(8):758-64
[PMID] 20699653.
2010
Gene expression analysis identifies potential biomarkers of neurofibromatosis type 1 including adrenomedullin.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
16(20):5048-57
[DOI] 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-10-0613.
[PMID] 20739432.
2010
HPV in head and neck cancers among 5-year survivors.
American journal of clinical oncology.
33(4):425-6
[DOI] 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181d6b43a.
[PMID] 20689367.
2010
MicroRNA-10b regulates tumorigenesis in neurofibromatosis type 1.
Cancer science.
101(9):1997-2004
[DOI] 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2010.01616.x.
[PMID] 20550523.
2009
A retroviral mutagenesis screen reveals strong cooperation between Bcl11a overexpression and loss of the Nf1 tumor suppressor gene.
Blood.
113(5):1075-85
[DOI] 10.1182/blood-2008-03-144436.
[PMID] 18948576.
2009
Expansion of the human mu-opioid receptor gene architecture: novel functional variants.
Human molecular genetics.
18(6):1037-51
[DOI] 10.1093/hmg/ddn439.
[PMID] 19103668.
2009
Integrative genomic analyses of neurofibromatosis tumours identify SOX9 as a biomarker and survival gene.
EMBO molecular medicine.
1(4):236-48
[DOI] 10.1002/emmm.200900027.
[PMID] 20049725.
2009
Modeling genetic imprinting effects of DNA sequences with multilocus polymorphism data.
Algorithms for molecular biology : AMB.
4
[DOI] 10.1186/1748-7188-4-11.
[PMID] 19671182.
2009
Neurofibromin physically interacts with the N-terminal domain of focal adhesion kinase.
Molecular carcinogenesis.
48(11):1005-17
[DOI] 10.1002/mc.20552.
[PMID] 19479903.
2008
A computational model for sex-specific genetic architecture of complex traits in humans: implications for mapping pain sensitivity.
Molecular pain.
4
[DOI] 10.1186/1744-8069-4-13.
[PMID] 18416828.
2008
Biopsychosocial influence on exercise-induced delayed onset muscle soreness at the shoulder: pain catastrophizing and catechol-o-methyltransferase (COMT) diplotype predict pain ratings.
The Clinical journal of pain.
24(9):793-801
[DOI] 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31817bcb65.
[PMID] 18936597.
2008
Evidence for a biopsychosocial influence on shoulder pain: pain catastrophizing and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) diplotype predict clinical pain ratings.
Pain.
136(1-2):53-61
[PMID] 17686583.
2008
Influence of hormones and hormone metabolites on the growth of Schwann cells derived from embryonic stem cells and on tumor cell lines expressing variable levels of neurofibromin.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists.
237(2):513-24
[DOI] 10.1002/dvdy.21430.
[PMID] 18213578.
2008
Novel Tas2R Snp Associations With Taste Sensation, Liking Or Intake for Alcoholic and Bitter Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Chemical Senses.
33
2008
p53 regulates FAK expression in human tumor cells.
Molecular carcinogenesis.
47(5):373-82
[PMID] 17999388.
2007
An orthotopic xenograft model of intraneural NF1 MPNST suggests a potential association between steroid hormones and tumor cell proliferation.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology.
87(11):1092-102
[PMID] 17876295.
2007
In vitro studies of steroid hormones in neurofibromatosis 1 tumors and Schwann cells.
Molecular carcinogenesis.
46(7):512-23
[PMID] 17393410.
2007
Plexiform-like neurofibromas develop in the mouse by intraneural xenograft of an NF1 tumor-derived Schwann cell line.
Journal of neuroscience research.
85(6):1347-57
[PMID] 17335073.
2007
Variation in optineurin (OPTN) allele frequencies between and within populations.
Molecular vision.
13:151-63
[PMID] 17293779.
2006
Large-scale molecular comparison of human schwann cells to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor cell lines and tissues.
Cancer research.
66(5):2584-91
[PMID] 16510576.
2005
Analysis of somatic NF1 promoter methylation in plexiform neurofibromas and Schwann cells.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics.
157(2):181-6
[PMID] 15721644.
2005
Fine mapping of chromosome 17 translocation breakpoints > or = 900 Kb upstream of SOX9 in acampomelic campomelic dysplasia and a mild, familial skeletal dysplasia.
American journal of human genetics.
76(4):663-71
[PMID] 15717285.
2005
The A118G single nucleotide polymorphism of the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) is associated with pressure pain sensitivity in humans.
The journal of pain.
6(3):159-67
[PMID] 15772909.
2005
Tumorigenic properties of neurofibromin-deficient Schwann cells in culture and as syngrafts in Nf1 knockout mice.
Journal of neuroscience research.
82(3):357-67
[PMID] 16180234.
2003
Cataracts in the Bichon Frise.
Veterinary ophthalmology.
6(1):3-9
[PMID] 12641835.
2003
Delayed rectifier K currents in NF1 Schwann cells. Pharmacological block inhibits proliferation.
Neurobiology of disease.
13(2):136-46
[PMID] 12828937.
2003
Routine cytogenetic and FISH studies for 17p11/15q11 duplications and subtelomeric rearrangement studies in children with autism spectrum disorders.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A.
117A(2):105-11
[PMID] 12567405.
2003
The melanocortin-1 receptor gene mediates female-specific mechanisms of analgesia in mice and humans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
100(8):4867-72
[PMID] 12663858.
2002
NF1 mutations and molecular testing.
Journal of child neurology.
17(8):555-61; discussion 571
[PMID] 12403553.
2002
RT-PCR splicing analysis of the NF1 open reading frame.
Human genetics.
110(5):495-502
[PMID] 12073021.
Grants
Aug 2023
ACTIVE
Biopsychosocial Influence on Shoulder Pain
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: DUKE UNIVERSITY
via NATL INST OF HLTH NIAMS
May 2023
ACTIVE
Susceptibility Patterns for Grade C Periodontitis in Young Individuals
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF KENTUCKY
via NATL INST OF HLTH NIDCR
Dec 2022
– May 2023
Professional Service Agreement
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: INDIANA UNIV
Oct 2022
ACTIVE
Study of NF1 in Families
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CHILDRENS TUMOR FOU
Apr 2021
– Dec 2022
UFF UF Neurofibromatosis Research: Wallace Genetics Bank
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UF FOUNDATION
Jul 2020
– Jul 2021
Contributions of biopsychosocial factors in sickle cell disease pain
Role: Other
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI
May 2020
– May 2022
Analysis of Clinical and Molecular Parameters in MPNST
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION
Jul 2018
– Jun 2022
Genetic Studies of Neurofibromatosis
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
via BLOOMBERG FAMILY FOU – PHILANTHROPIES
Jan 2017
ACTIVE
Distribution of Immortalized Schwann Cell Lines
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: MULTIPLE SPONSORS
Sep 2016
– Apr 2022
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL INFLUENCE ON SHOULDER PAIN
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: DUKE UNIVERSITY
via NATL INST OF HLTH NIAMS
Jul 2015
– Jun 2021
Finding Good TEMporal PostOperative pain Signatures (TEMPOS)
Role: Project Manager
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIGMS
Jun 2015
– Jun 2018
Wallace CTF Contract
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CHILDRENS TUMOR FOU
Jun 2014
– Nov 2021
Mechanisms and Treatment Response of Aggressive Periodontitis in Children
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIDCR
Jun 2013
– May 2016
Development of a Plexiform Neurofibroma Cellular Assay for High-Throughput Screening
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Jan 2008
– Oct 2020
UF Fibromatosis Research
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UF FOUNDATION
Sep 2002
ACTIVE
92050504
Role: Project Manager
Funding: HAYWARD FOU, JOHN & WINIFRED
Education
Ph.D., Medical Genetics
1982-1987
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Indiana University, School of Medicine
B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics
1982
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Miami University
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 214-7123
Emails:
- Business:
- peggyw@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100266
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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RG-293, RG-285 ARB
GAINESVILLE FL 32610