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Elana J. Fertig

University of Maryland, BaltimorePrimary ORCID profile (0000-0003-3204-342X · 1 paper)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Elana J. FertigiD1 paper · Institute for Genome Sciences; Department of Epidemiology; Department of Medicine; Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Organism:human· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Alejandro Arroyo Roman· 1 shared Aurelie Labbe· 1 shared Brent W. Zanke· 1 shared Carrie L McCrackeniD· 1 shared Celia M.T. Greenwood· 1 shared Christina M. FerreriD· 1 shared Deborah de la Caridad Delgado HerreraiD· 1 shared Emily Lasse-Opsahl· 1 shared

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GSTT1 mediates stemness and FGFR inhibitor sensitivity in pancreatic cancer through regulation of CD133 (PROM1)

Deborah de la Caridad Delgado Herrera, Alejandro Arroyo Roman, Riyan N. Campbell, Emily Lasse-Opsahl, Carrie L McCracken, Lisa Sadzewicz, Luke J. Tallon, Elana J. Fertig, Christina M. Ferrer

This study identifies GSTT1HighCD133High cells as a stem-like subpopulation in pancreatic cancer that is sensitive to FGFR inhibitors, highlighting a therapeutic target.

bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2025 · PreprintCancer Biology

Functional normalization of 450k methylation array data improves replication in large cancer studies

Jean-Philippe Fortin, Aurelie Labbe, Mathieu Lemire, Brent W. Zanke, Thomas J. Hudson, Elana J. Fertig, Celia M.T. Greenwood, Kasper D. Hansen

The paper introduces functional normalization for 450k methylation array data, improving replication in cancer studies by reducing technical variation and batch effects.

bioRxiv · Feb 23, 2014Bioinformatics