Author

Yashar S. Niknafs

University of Michigan

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Bioinformatics· 1 Cancer Biology· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Arul M. ChinnaiyaniD· 2 shared Felix Yi-Chung FengiD· 2 shared Rohit MalikiD· 2 shared Alan AshworthiD· 1 shared Alexander GawronskiiD· 1 shared Alma L. BurlingameiD· 1 shared Bhavna Malik· 1 shared Chao ZhangiD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2018-2025 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 35 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

2 shared papersCancer Biology

Arul M. ChinnaiyanORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

2 papers

Recent·Most cited

Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 21, 2025

Identification and Characterization of PCAHIT, a Novel Long Non-Coding RNA Associated with Poor Outcomes in Prostate Cancer

Hui Li, Noah Spector Younger, Bhavna Malik…·Haolong Li

This study identifies PCAHIT, a lncRNA linked to poor outcomes in prostate cancer, showing it promotes aggressive phenotypes by affecting steroid biosynthesis and immune response.

DOI 10.1101/2025.05.21.655369

humanbulk RNA-seq

𝕏 PostBluesky

BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewedMar 27, 2018

MechRNA: prediction of lncRNA mechanisms from RNA-RNA and RNA-protein interactions

Alexander Gawronski, Michaël Uhl, Yajia Zhang…·Rolf Backofen

MechRNA predicts lncRNA mechanisms by integrating RNA-RNA and RNA-protein interaction predictions to identify potential targets and mechanisms for cancer-related lncRNAs.

100 citations

statistical modelgene regulatory network inference

𝕏 PostBluesky