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Xizeng Mao

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:whole-exome sequencing· 2 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1

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Xingzhi SongiD· 3 shared Huandong Sun· 2 shared Jeffrey J. MolldremiD· 2 shared P. Andrew FutrealiD· 2 shared Priya KoppikariD· 2 shared Sahil SethiD· 2 shared Shoudan Liang· 2 shared A Reuben· 1 shared

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Biophysical modeling for accurate T cell specificity prediction of viral and tumor antigens

Zahra S. Ghoreyshi, Noah J. Tubo, Luca Arrigo Zammataro, Xizeng Mao, Ho Ngai, Duncheng Wang, Yibin Chen, Qiuming He, Eduardo Cisneros de la Rosa, Shoudan Liang, Priya Koppikar, Xingcheng Lin, Jeffrey J. Molldrem, Jason Thomas George

The paper develops a biophysical model to predict T cell receptor specificity for viral and tumor antigens using structural data and sequence-based clustering.

Nature Communications · Jun 23, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology

Evolution of chronic lymphocytic leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplant

Haven R. Garber, Danwei Wang, Céline Kerros, Hannah C. Beird, Xizeng Mao, Nina Howard, Jianhua Zhang, Jason Roszik, John P. Miller, Paul G. Leonard, Yu Cao, Li Zhao, Xingzhi Song, Sahil Seth, Pei Lin, , Jeffrey J. Molldrem

This study examines how allogeneic stem cell transplant affects subclonal evolution in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, identifying cellular homogeneity as a biomarker for immune response.

bioRxiv · Jan 22, 2025 · PreprintCancer Biology

The histologic phenotype of lung cancers may be driven by transcriptomic features rather than genomic characteristics

Ming Tang, Hussein A. Abbas, Marcelo Vailati Negrao, Maheshwari Ramineni, Xin Hu, Junya Fujimoto, A Reuben, Susan Varghese, Jianhua Zhang, Jun Li, Chi-Wan B. Chow, Xizeng Mao, Xingzhi Song, Won‐Chul Lee, Jia Wu, , Jianjun J. Zhang

This study shows that transcriptomic features, not genomic characteristics, drive the histologic phenotype of lung cancers.

bioRxiv · Jan 1, 2021 · PreprintGenomics

Flowr: Robust and efficient pipelines using a simple language-agnostic approach

Sahil Seth, Samir Amin, Xingzhi Song, Xizeng Mao, Huandong Sun, Andrew Futreal, Jianhua Zhang

Flowr provides a robust, scalable, and portable framework for designing computing pipelines using a simple language-agnostic approach.

bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2015 · PreprintBioinformatics