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Nhan L. Tran

Mayo Clinic in ArizonaORCID 0000-0003-0908-9964Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cancer Biology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1 Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Genomics· 1

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Organism:human· 5 Research Focus:differential expression· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:ATAC-seq· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintOct 26, 2026

Aquaporin-4 Regulates Edema, Sustains Astrocyte Differentiation, and Constrains Immunosuppressive Remodeling in Glioblastoma

Tanvi Joshi, Kaisha Garvin, Matthew J. Flick…·Dolores Hambardzumyan

This study shows that AQP4 regulates edema, maintains astrocyte differentiation, and limits immunosuppressive changes in glioblastoma.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.23.761345

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintFeb 5, 2026

Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis Identifies a Functional Enhancer Driving Tumorigenesis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Pengfei Xu, Xiaorong Liu, Jane Jingya Pu…·Junwen Wang

The paper identifies a functional enhancer, GH05J001312, that drives tumorigenesis in HNSCC by enhancing TERT expression and affecting cancer-related pathways.

DOI 10.64898/2026.02.03.703438

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineScience Translational MedicinePeer-reviewedJan 11, 2023

Analysis of fragment ends in plasma DNA from patients with cancer

Karan Kumar Budhraja, Bradon R. McDonald, Michelle D. Stephens…·Muhammed Murtaza

Analyzing the positioning and nucleotide sequence at fragment ends in plasma DNA may enable cancer diagnostics.

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humanwhole-genome sequencing

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintJul 9, 2018

Joint analysis of matched tumor samples with varying tumor contents improves somatic variant calling in the absence of a germline sample

Rebecca F. Halperin, Winnie S. Liang, Sidharth Kulkarni…·Sara Ann Byron

LumosVar 2.0 improves somatic variant calling by jointly analyzing tumor and adjacent normal samples without a germline reference.

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humanwhole-exome sequencing

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GenomicsScientific ReportsPeer-reviewedMay 3, 2018

Evaluation of pre-analytical factors affecting plasma DNA analysis

Havell Markus, Tania Contente‐Cuomo, Maria Farooq…·Muhammed Murtaza

The paper evaluates pre-analytical factors affecting plasma DNA analysis by comparing DNA extraction methods and blood collection tubes using a multiplexed ddPCR assay.

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humanDNA methylation

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