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Andrea Piras

Candiolo Cancer InstituteORCID 0000-0002-4297-6285Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1

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Alberto PuliafitoiD· 1 shared Andrea BertottiiD· 1 shared Antonio CelaniiD· 1 shared Elena GrassiiD· 1 shared Federica GalvagnoiD· 1 shared Giulia MenichettiiD· 1 shared Gordana IspirovaiD· 1 shared Letizia Pizzini· 1 shared

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Inference of lineage hierarchies, growth and drug response mechanisms in cancer cell populations without tracking

Andrea Piras, Federica Galvagno, Letizia Pizzini, Matteo Nunziante, Sabrina Johanna Fletcher, Elena Grassi, Andrea Bertotti, Luca Primo, Antonio Celani, Alberto Puliafito

This study introduces a method to infer lineage hierarchies and drug response mechanisms in cancer cell populations without single-cell tracking, demonstrating its effectiveness through simulations and experiments.

Cell Reports Methods · Aug 17, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology

CPIExtract: A software package to collect and harmonize small molecule and protein interactions

Michael Sebek, Andrea Piras, Lucia Prieto Santamaría, Shi Chenghao, Gordana Ispirova, Giulia Menichetti

CPIExtract collects and harmonizes compound-protein interaction data from multiple sources, providing more annotations than DrugBank and enabling downstream analyses.

bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2024 · PreprintBioinformatics