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Cara C. Schafer

Henry M. Jackson FoundationORCID 0000-0002-2115-678XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Amina Ali· 2 shared Ayesha A. ShafiiD· 2 shared Gregory Thomas ChesnutiD· 2 shared Isabell A. SesterhenniD· 2 shared Jiji JiangiD· 2 shared Sally I. ElsamanoudiiD· 2 shared Xiaofeng A. SuiD· 2 shared Albert L. DobiiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Stage-Specific Regulation of DNA Damage Repair by the Circadian Regulator, CRY1, in Prostate Cancer

Arwa Fallatah, Stefan DiFazio, Lakshmi Ravindranath, Thomas Janas, Filippo Pederzoli, Laila N. Scroggins, Noor Abdalla, Orly I. Richter, Sally I. Elsamanoudi, Amina Ali, Jiji Jiang, Isabell A. Sesterhenn, Cara C. Schafer, Massimo F. Loda, Gregory Thomas Chesnut, , Ayesha A. Shafi

This study identifies CRY1 as a stage-specific regulator of DNA damage repair in prostate cancer, showing it promotes NHEJ/BER in hormone-sensitive disease and HR in castration-resistant disease.

bioRxiv · May 21, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

Integrated proteogenomics uncovers ancestry-specific and shared molecular drivers in localized prostate cancer

Cara C. Schafer, Tamara S. Abulez, Xijun Zhang, Kun-Lin Ho, Jiji Jiang, Denise Young, Jesse Fox, Kelly A. Conrads, Brian L. Hood, Gauthaman Sukumar, Darryl Nousome, Praveen-Kumar Raj-Kumar, Mariano Russo, Ayesha A. Shafi, Xiaofeng A. Su, , Shyh‐Han Tan

This study uses proteogenomics to identify ancestry-specific and shared molecular drivers in prostate cancer, revealing distinct biological programs and improving risk prediction.

bioRxiv · Nov 28, 2025 · PreprintCancer Biology