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Noushin Niknafs

Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University
Verified email at jhu.edu
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Genome-wide cell-free DNA fragmentation in patients with cancer

…, C Hruban, JR White, DN Palsgrove, N Niknafs… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Cell-free DNA in the blood provides a non-invasive diagnostic avenue for patients with
cancer 1 . However, characteristics of the origins and molecular features of cell-free DNA are …

Evolution of neoantigen landscape during immune checkpoint blockade in non–small cell lung cancer

V Anagnostou, KN Smith, PM Forde, N Niknafs… - Cancer discovery, 2017 - AACR
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have shown significant therapeutic responses against tumors
containing increased mutation-associated neoantigen load. We have examined the evolving …

Exome sequencing identifies frequent inactivating mutations in BAP1, ARID1A and PBRM1 in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas

…, FM Selaru, MM Streppel, DJ Lucas, N Niknafs… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Through exomic sequencing of 32 intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas, we discovered frequent
inactivating mutations in multiple chromatin-remodeling genes (including BAP1, ARID1A …

[HTML][HTML] Detection and characterization of lung cancer using cell-free DNA fragmentomes

…, J Phallen, KR Larsen, DC Bruhm, N Niknafs… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
… are as follows: stage I n = 15, II n = 7, III n = 35, IV n = 72; and individuals in the cohort with
lung adenocarcinoma comprised stage I n = 8, II n = 3, III n = 14, IV n = 37. The points colored …

[HTML][HTML] High grade serous ovarian carcinomas originate in the fallopian tube

SI Labidi-Galy, E Papp, D Hallberg, N Niknafs… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
… and the length of the cell cycle is constant, the number of somatic mutations in the metastasis
cell that were present in the STIC follows a binomial distribution with parameters n k and …

A combination of molecular markers and clinical features improve the classification of pancreatic cysts

…, SP Raman, CL Wolfgang, T Tomita, N Niknafs… - Gastroenterology, 2015 - Elsevier
Background & Aims The management of pancreatic cysts poses challenges to both patients
and their physicians. We investigated whether a combination of molecular markers and …

The genomic landscape of response to EGFR blockade in colorectal cancer

…, J Phallen, CA Hruban, C Tokheim, N Niknafs… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
… We represent the occurrences of each context in the entire protein coding sequence by N i
, and in each gene of interest by g i . Subsequently, we identify the dinucleotide context for all …

[HTML][HTML] Pathologic features of response to neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 in resected non-small-cell lung carcinoma: a proposal for quantitative immune-related pathologic …

…, JD Cuda, PB Illei, E Gabrielson, FB Askin, N Niknafs… - Annals of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 may improve outcomes for patients with resectable
NSCLC and provides a critical window for examining pathologic features associated with …

Emulsification: mechanistic understanding

LL Lee, N Niknafs, RD Hancocks, IT Norton - Trends in Food Science & …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper reviews current work from our group on the mechanism of droplet break-up and
coalescence. In order to do this a reflectance technique was used to measure the rate of …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent mutation burden drives sustained anti-tumor immune responses

N Niknafs, A Balan, C Cherry, K Hummelink… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Tumor mutation burden is an imperfect proxy of tumor foreignness and has therefore failed
to consistently demonstrate clinical utility in predicting responses in the context of …