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Melissa J. Kasiewicz

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A tailored in vivo CRISPR screen identifies BAP1 as a potent tumor suppressor of soft tissue sarcoma

Jianguo Huang, Xingliang Liu, Warren Floyd, William Haugh, Zhaoyu Sun, Melissa J. Kasiewicz, Yaping Wu, Brian Piening, John T. Welle, Wesley K. Rosales, Venkatesh Rajamanickam, So Young Kim, Eric S. Xu, Lixia Luo, Yan Ma, , David G. Kirsch

The paper identifies BAP1 as a tumor suppressor in soft tissue sarcoma using an in vivo CRISPR screen and shows that PLK1 inhibition can suppress tumor growth in BAP1-deficient models.

bioRxiv · Dec 5, 2025 · PreprintCancer Biology