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Dianbo Qu

University of OttawaORCID 0000-0002-0435-9585Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:mouse· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Arezu Jahani‐AsliD· 3 shared Vahab D. SoleimaniiD· 3 shared Hamed Shateri NajafabadiiD· 2 shared Aldo Hernández-CorchadoiD· 1 shared Alvin P. JoseliniD· 1 shared Amir Hossein MansourabadiiD· 1 shared Antonis E. KoromilasiD· 1 shared Ariel MadrigaliD· 1 shared

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2022-2026 · peak 2/yr

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TCF4 Mediates PHF6 Transcriptional Regulation of Neural Stem Cells in the Developing Brain, a Mechanism Disrupted in Börjeson Forssman Lehmann Syndrome (BFLS)

Behnaz Nateghi, Yunqiao Li, Dianbo Qu, Dilan Rasool, Ariel Madrigal, Hamed Shateri Najafabadi, Pierre A. Mattar, Vahab D. Soleimani, Azad Bonni, Arezu Jahani‐Asl

This study identifies TCF4 as a downstream effector of PHF6 in neural stem cell regulation, showing its role in restricting self-renewal and rescuing BFLS phenotypes.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

A Multiomic Analysis of Cachectic Mice Reveals Cancer Driven Suppression of Muscle Stem Cell Differentiation

Darren M. Blackburn, Aldo Hernández-Corchado, Korin Sahinyan, Hedieh Habibi Khorasani, Felicia Lazure, Vincent R. Richard, Dianbo Qu, Shuo Wang, Christoph H. Borchers, Arezu Jahani‐Asl, Hamed Shateri Najafabadi, Antonis E. Koromilas, Vahab D. Soleimani

This study identifies cancer-driven suppression of muscle stem cell differentiation in cachectic mice through GDF15 and MMP9, revealing a new mechanism of muscle wasting.

bioRxiv · Jan 16, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology

An OSMR-CLIC1 cross talk drives key oncogenic pathways in glioblastoma

Amir Hossein Mansourabadi, Dianbo Qu, Francesca Cianci, Jamie D. Snider, Kamaldeep Randhawa, Laura Raco, Max Kotlyar, Mohammad Al Ayach, Guido Rey, Shridhar Sanghvi, Mark Abovsky, Harpreet Singh, Artee H. Luchman, Dylan E Burger, Janusz W. Rak, , Arezu Jahani‐Asl

This study identifies a bidirectional OSMR-CLIC1 crosstalk that drives oncogenic pathways in glioblastoma and suggests targeting this interaction as a therapeutic strategy.

bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

PFTK1 kinase regulates axogenesis during development via RhoA activation.

Yasmilde Rodríguez González, Fatemeh Kamkar, Paymaan Jafar‐Nejad, Suzi Wang, Dianbo Qu, Leticia Sánchez-Alvarez, Dina Hawari, Margaret J. Sonnenfeld, Ruth S. Slack, Paul R. Albert, David S. Park, Alvin P. Joselin

This study identifies PFTK1's role in axogenesis by regulating RhoA phosphorylation and activity during CNS development in Drosophila and mice.

bioRxiv · Jan 11, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience