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Sihai Dave Zhao

Associate Professor of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Verified email at illinois.edu
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[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive genomic characterization of long non-coding RNAs across human cancers

X Yan, Z Hu, Y Feng, X Hu, J Yuan, SD Zhao, Y Zhang… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
The discovery of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) has dramatically altered our understanding
of cancer. Here, we describe a comprehensive analysis of lncRNA alterations at …

[PDF][PDF] A functional genomic approach identifies FAL1 as an oncogenic long noncoding RNA that associates with BMI1 and represses p21 expression in cancer

X Hu, Y Feng, D Zhang, SD Zhao, Z Hu, J Greshock… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
In a genome-wide survey on somatic copy-number alterations (SCNAs) of long noncoding
RNA (lncRNA) in 2,394 tumor specimens from 12 cancer types, we found that about 21.8% of …

Meta-analysis of shared genetic architecture across ten pediatric autoimmune diseases

YR Li, J Li, SD Zhao, JP Bradfield, FD Mentch… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified hundreds of susceptibility genes,
including shared associations across clinically distinct autoimmune diseases. We …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated analysis of genetic ancestry and genomic alterations across cancers

J Yuan, Z Hu, BA Mahal, SD Zhao, KH Kensler, J Pi… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Disparities in cancer care have been a long-standing challenge. We estimated the genetic
ancestry of The Cancer Genome Atlas patients, and performed a pan-cancer analysis on the …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic sharing and heritability of paediatric age of onset autoimmune diseases

YR Li, SD Zhao, J Li, JP Bradfield… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Autoimmune diseases (AIDs) are polygenic diseases affecting 7–10% of the population in
the Western Hemisphere with few effective therapies. Here, we quantify the heritability of …

Deep evolutionary conservation of autism-related genes

…, L Block, A Cash Ahmed, SD Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
EO Wilson proposed in Sociobiology that similarities between human and animal societies
reflect common mechanistic and evolutionary roots. When introduced in 1975, this …

High-dimensional classification via nonparametric empirical Bayes and maximum likelihood inference

LH Dicker, SD Zhao - Biometrika, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We propose new nonparametric empirical Bayes methods for high-dimensional classification.
Our classifiers are designed to approximate the Bayes classifier in a hypothesized …

Cross‐species systems analysis of evolutionary toolkits of neurogenomic response to social challenge

…, L Stubbs, GE Robinson, SD Zhao… - Genes, Brain and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Social challenges like territorial intrusions evoke behavioral responses in widely diverging
species. Recent work has showed that evolutionary “toolkits”—genes and modules with …

Neck dissection after chemoradiotherapy: timing and complications

LA Goguen, CI Chapuy, Y Li, SD Zhao… - … –Head & Neck Surgery, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives To determine the incidence of postchemoradiotherapy (post-CRT) neck dissection
(ND) complications; to ascertain whether timing (<12 vs ≥12 weeks) from CRT to ND or …

More powerful genetic association testing via a new statistical framework for integrative genomics

SD Zhao, TT Cai, H Li - Biometrics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Integrative genomics offers a promising approach to more powerful genetic association
studies. The hope is that combining outcome and genotype data with other types of genomic …