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Ayaan Akhtar

Brown University

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Cancer Biology· 2

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Adam M. SonabendiD· 1 shared Alicia Catezone· 1 shared Andrea Schmidt· 1 shared Atique U. AhmediD· 1 shared Austin Jacobson· 1 shared Brenda Auffinger· 1 shared Charles H. CookiD· 1 shared Dieter Henrik HeilandiD· 1 shared

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Temozolomide-associated inflammatory-repair remodeling in recurrent glioblastoma exposes a ROCK-linked therapeutic vulnerability

Rafał Chojak, Umme Habiba Faisal, Priya Kumthekar, Noah B. Drewes, Lara Koutah, Jessica Jia, Jillyn R Turunen, Maeve C. O’Shea, Victoria Falkowski, Ayaan Akhtar, Shu Wang, Justin Chen, Shanti Ahmed, Hasaan A Kazi, Brenda Auffinger, , Atique U. Ahmed

This study shows that preoperative temozolomide exposure in recurrent glioblastoma leads to inflammatory-repair remodeling and a ROCK-linked therapeutic vulnerability, which can be targeted by fasudil.

bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

Preclinical evaluation of Brincidofovir in glioblastoma demonstrates improved long term-survival and cytomegalovirus-dependent and independent effects

Noe B. Mercado, Philippa C. Vaughn-Beaucaire, William M. Hawkins, Andrea Schmidt, Jasmine S. Clark, Michelle Shub, Mariia Vorobeva, Yovany Padilla, Austin Jacobson, Ayaan Akhtar, Paola Sundaram, Eleni Panagioti, Eain A. Murphy, James Arthur Lederer, Masatoshi Hazama, , Sean Edward Lawler

This study evaluates Brincidofovir's effects on glioblastoma, showing improved survival and both CMV-dependent and independent antitumor activity.

bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology