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Xiaofan Zhao

Oregon Health & Science UniversityORCID 0000-0002-7286-7303Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Global mRNA 3'UTR lengthening in small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma

Yi Zhang, Xiaofan Zhao, Huan Wang, Yamei Hu, Xiao‐Xin Sun, Faming Zhao, Shunyu Du, Roselyn S Dai, Nicole K. Andeen, Rosalie C. Sears, Eva Corey, Jonathan Robert Brody, Joshi J. Alumkal, Gordon Brent Mills, Peter S. Nelson, , Zheng Xia

The paper identifies global 3'UTR lengthening in SCNC through APA and develops a neural network model to classify SCNC using APA signatures.

bioRxiv · Jan 28, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

Stromal KITL/SCF promotes pancreas tissue homeostasis and restrains tumor progression

Maria Kathrina Oñate, Chet Huan Oon, Sohinee Bhattacharyya, Vivien Low, Canping Chen, Xiaofan Zhao, Frank Arnold, Ziqiao Yan, Sneha Pramod, Yan Hang, Yu-Jui Ho, Scott W. Lowe, Seung K. Kim, Zheng Xia, Mara H. Sherman

The paper identifies loss of stromal KITL as a mechanism promoting tumor progression in the pancreas by disrupting tissue homeostasis.

Cancer Discovery · Feb 7, 2025Peer-reviewedCancer Biology

Deciphering single-cell heterogeneity and cellular ecosystem dynamics during prostate cancer progression

Faming Zhao, Jianming Zeng, Canping Chen, Xiaofan Zhao, Tingting Zhang, GEORGE V. THOMAS, Rosalie C. Sears, Joshi J. Alumkal, Amy E. Moran, Gordon Brent Mills, Peter S. Nelson, Zheng Xia

This study constructs the Prostate Cancer Cell Atlas by analyzing ~710,000 single cells from 197 human samples to characterize cell states and dynamics across prostate cancer progression stages.

bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2024 · PreprintCancer Biology