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Ryan A. Flynn
Boston Children's HospitalORCID 0000-0001-5013-0442Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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2016-2026 · peak 7/yrCo-Author Collaboration Network
10 top collaborators · 25 mutual co-author links21 papers
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- Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprint
- Systems BiologyNature Structural & Molecular BiologyPeer-reviewed
A nanoscale map of the human cell surface proteome reveals spatial and functional organization
Brendan M. Floyd, Elizabeth Lea Schmidt, Nicholas A. Till…·Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi
This study maps the human cell surface proteome at nanoscale resolution, identifying functional modules and spatial organization patterns in T-lymphocytes and B-lymphoblasts.
6 citationstop 3% - Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
Unbiased, systematic surfaceome profiling of Acute Leukemia to identify novel immunotherapy targets
Benson M. George, Anna Rodríguez-Pöhnlein, Donavelle J DeCastro…·Ryan A. Flynn
The paper presents an unbiased surfaceome atlas of leukemic cell lines, identifying novel surface proteins and discordant gene expression patterns, with CD70 highlighted as a potential therapeutic target in AML.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.16.752145 - BioengineeringProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
4D force patterning enables spatial control of angiogenesis
Sina Kheiri, Jessica Shah, Peiyuan Chai…·Ritu Raman
This paper demonstrates that 4D force patterning using a magnetically actuated vessel-on-a-chip platform enables precise spatiotemporal control over angiogenesis by modulating mechanical strain magnitude, frequency, and direction.
2 citations - BiochemistrybioRxivPreprint
Intact and single-molecule analysis of heparan sulfate
Petar Hristov, Pooria Daneshvar Kakhaki, Talia Tzadikario…·Ryan A. Flynn
This paper introduces HS-nano-seq, a method to analyze heparan sulfate using nanopore sequencing, enabling single-molecule detection of sulfation patterns and structural features.
- NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Aβ Aggregates Bind the U1 Spliceosomal Ribonucleoprotein in Alzheimer Disease Brain
Youqi Tao, Anna E. Francis, Wen Liu…·Andrew M. Stern
The paper identifies that Aβ aggregates bind the U1 snRNP in Alzheimer's disease brain, linking Aβ aggregation to spliceosome dysfunction and connecting it to other fibril-forming proteins in neurodegenerative diseases.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.02.729610 - BioengineeringbioRxivPreprint
Z-TAC enables custom and combinatorial degradation of cell surface proteins
Dingjingyu Zhou, Lawrence Shue, Sean H Gao…·Xin X. Zhou
Z-TAC converts IgG antibodies into cell-surface protein degraders, enabling efficient and sustained degradation of multiple receptors and receptor combinations.
- Cell BiologybioRxivPreprint
DNASE1L3 surveils mitochondrial DNA on the surface of distinct mammalian cells
Jennifer Porat, Valentina Poli, Karim Almahayni…·Ryan A. Flynn
This study shows DNASE1L3 clears surface DNA on B and T cells, and variants in DNASE1L3 are linked to higher surface DNA levels in autoimmune disease.
- Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
Catch and release of sialoglycoRNAs enables sequencing-based profiling across cellular and extracellular material
Ruiqi Ge, Dennis K. Jeppesen, Sandeep K. Rai…·Ryan A. Flynn
The paper introduces rPAL-seq, a method for profiling sialoglycoRNAs with low RNA input, revealing lineage-associated patterns and secreted glycoRNA profiles.
5 citations - BiochemistryNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Development and application of GlycanDIA workflow for glycomic analysis
Yixuan Xie, Xingyu Liu, Li Yi…·Benjamin A. Garcia
The paper develops GlycanDIA, a DIA-based workflow for glycan identification and quantification, showing improved sensitivity and the ability to detect low-abundant modified glycans.
41 citationstop 1% - Molecular BiologyNaturePeer-reviewed
irCLIP-RNP and Re-CLIP reveal patterns of dynamic protein associations on RNA
Luca Ducoli, Brian J. Zarnegar, Douglas F. Porter…·Paul A. Khavari
The paper introduces irCLIP-RNP and Re-CLIP methods to identify dynamic RNA-protein assemblies, revealing new patterns of RBP-RNA associations and EGF-induced remodeling.
17 citationstop 3% - Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
O-glycosylation contributes to mammalian glycoRNA biogenesis
Jennifer Porat, Christopher P. Watkins, Chunsheng Jin…·Ryan A. Flynn
This study demonstrates that O-glycosylation contributes to sialoglycoRNA biogenesis and shows increased sialylation in ulcerative colitis-derived organoids.
23 citations - Molecular BiologyCellPeer-reviewed
The modified RNA base acp3U is an attachment site for N-glycans in glycoRNA
Yixuan Xie, Peiyuan Chai, Nicholas A. Till…·Ryan A. Flynn
The paper identifies acp3U as the site where N-glycans attach to RNA in glycoRNA using rPAL and SWATH-MS.
138 citationstop 1% - Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
Cell surface ribonucleoproteins cluster with heparan sulfate to regulate growth factor signaling
Peiyuan Chai, Jonathan Perr, Lauren Kageler…·Ryan A. Flynn
The paper identifies heparan sulfate proteoglycans as key organizers of cell surface glycoRNA and RNA binding proteins, showing their role in regulating growth factor signaling.
9 citations - Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
Rapid and sensitive detection of native glycoRNAs
Helena Hemberger, Peiyuan Chai, Charlotta G. Lebedenko…·Ryan A. Flynn
This paper introduces rPAL, a method for detecting native sialoglycoRNAs with significantly improved sensitivity compared to existing methods, demonstrating its application in human clinical samples.
15 citations - GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
LINE-associated cryptic splicing induces dsRNA-mediated interferon response and tumor immunity
Rong Zheng, Mikayla Dunlap, Jingyi Lyu…·Chonghui Cheng
This study identifies hnRNPM as a suppressor of cryptic splicing and shows its role in preventing dsRNA-mediated interferon responses and tumor immunity.
5 citations - Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
A memory of RPS25 loss drives resistance phenotypes
Alex G. Johnson, Ryan A. Flynn, Christopher P. Lapointe…·Joseph Daniel Puglisi
The paper investigates the phenotypic consequences of RPS25 and RACK1 loss in human cells, finding that RPS25 knockout leads to irreversible resistance traits and gene expression rewiring.
2 citations - Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprint
Mammalian Y RNAs are modified at discrete guanosine residues with N-glycans
Ryan A. Flynn, Benjamin A. H. Smith, Alex G. Johnson…·Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi
The paper identifies N-glycan modifications on mammalian Y RNAs, showing RNA can be a scaffold for glycosylation in the secretory pathway.
14 citations - NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewed
The novel lncRNA lnc-NR2F1 is pro-neurogenic and mutated in human neurodevelopmental disorders
Cheen Euong Ang, Qing Ma, Orly L. Wapinski…·Howard Y. Chang
The paper identifies lnc-NR2F1 as a pro-neurogenic lncRNA mutated in neurodevelopmental disorders through genetic and functional studies.
75 citationstop 5% - GenomicsNature GeneticsPeer-reviewed
Enhancer connectome in primary human cells reveals target genes of disease-associated DNA elements
Maxwell R. Mumbach, Ansuman T. Satpathy, Evan A. Boyle…·Howard Y. Chang
This paper uses HiChIP to map enhancer-promoter interactions in primary human cells, linking disease-associated DNA variants to their target genes.
- GenomicsbioRxiv
HiChIP: Efficient and sensitive analysis of protein-directed genome architecture
Maxwell R Mumbach, Adam J. Rubin, Ryan A. Flynn…·Howard Y. Chang
HiChIP improves the yield and reduces input requirements of chromatin conformation analysis, revealing multi-scale genome architecture with better signal-to-background.
DOI 10.1038/nmeth.3999