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Selin Jessa

Stanford University
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K27M in canonical and noncanonical H3 variants occurs in distinct oligodendroglial cell lineages in brain midline gliomas

S Jessa, A Mohammadnia, AS Harutyunyan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Canonical (H3.1/H3.2) and noncanonical (H3.3) histone 3 K27M-mutant gliomas have unique
spatiotemporal distributions, partner alterations and molecular profiles. The contribution of …

Stalled developmental programs at the root of pediatric brain tumors

S Jessa, A Blanchet-Cohen, B Krug, M Vladoiu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Childhood brain tumors have suspected prenatal origins. To identify vulnerable developmental
states, we generated a single-cell transcriptome atlas of >65,000 cells from embryonal …

[PDF][PDF] Histone H3. 3G34-mutant interneuron progenitors co-opt PDGFRA for gliomagenesis

CCL Chen, S Deshmukh, S Jessa, D Hadjadj, V Lisi… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Histone H3.3 glycine 34 to arginine/valine (G34R/V) mutations drive deadly gliomas and
show exquisite regional and temporal specificity, suggesting a developmental context …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide discovery of somatic regulatory variants in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

…, PK Lat, EY Zhao, L Culibrk, D Ennishi, S Jessa… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive cancer originating from mature B-cells.
Prognosis is strongly associated with molecular subgroup, although the driver mutations …

ZFTA–RELA dictates oncogenic transcriptional programs to drive aggressive supratentorial ependymoma

…, Y Zhao, S Varadharajan, HC Chen, S Jessa… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Ependymomas are aggressive brain tumors. Although drivers of supratentorial ependymoma
( ZFTA - and YAP1 -associated gene fusions) have been discovered, their functions remain …

Epigenetically defined therapeutic targeting in H3. 3G34R/V high-grade gliomas

…, AJ Scott, DR Wahl, S Jessa… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
High-grade gliomas with arginine or valine substitutions of the histone H3.3 glycine-34 residue
(H3.3G34R/V) carry a dismal prognosis, and current treatments, including radiotherapy …

Human iPSC-derived Down syndrome astrocytes display genome-wide perturbations in gene expression, an altered adhesion profile, and increased cellular …

…, WT Farmer, EV Jones, S Jessa… - Human Molecular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Down syndrome (DS), caused by the triplication of human chromosome 21, leads to significant
alterations in brain development and is a major genetic cause of intellectual disability. …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of rhenium and iodine as contrast agents in X-ray imaging

JC De La Vega, PL Esquinas, JK Gill, S Jessa… - Contrast Media & …, 2021 - hindawi.com
Purpose. The majority of X-ray contrast agents (XCA) are made with iodine, but iodine-based
XCA (I-XCA) exhibit low contrast in high kVp X-rays due to iodine’s low atomic number (Z = …

[HTML][HTML] Latency and interval therapy affect the evolution in metastatic colorectal cancer

H Nikbakht, S Jessa, MA Sukhai, M Arseneault… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
While comparison of primary tumor and metastases has highlighted genomic heterogeneity
in colorectal cancer (CRC), previous studies have focused on a single metastatic site or …

Chromswitch: a flexible method to detect chromatin state switches

S Jessa, CL Kleinman - Bioinformatics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin state plays a major role in controlling gene expression, and comparative analysis
of ChIP-seq data is key to understanding epigenetic regulation. We present chromswitch, …