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Oscar Urtatiz

University of British ColumbiaORCID 0000-0002-6891-4517Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Prenatal diet buffers infant epigenetic changes linked to pollution and transient wheeze

Samantha A. Lee, Chaini Konwar, Robert F Balshaw, Julia L. MacIsaac, Katia E. Ramadori, David T.S. Lin, Oscar Urtatiz, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Catherine J. Karr, Alicia K. Smith, Michael Steffen Kobor, Kecia N. Carroll, Nicole R. Bush, Meaghan J. Jones

This study examines how prenatal air pollution exposure affects DNA methylation in cord blood and its link to childhood wheeze, finding some epigenetic changes are partially buffered by maternal diet.

bioRxiv · Apr 1, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Loss of neurofibromin accelerates uveal and dermal melanoma formation driven by GNAQ

Anne Nathalie Longakit, Oscar Urtatiz, Amy Luty, Christina Zhang, Chloe Hess, Alyssa Yoo, Hannah Bourget, Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk

This study shows that Nf1 loss accelerates melanoma formation in mice with GNAQ mutations, highlighting cAMP signaling and its link to MMNSTs.

Cancer Research Communications · Jan 13, 2025Peer-reviewedCancer Biology