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Sid Rao PhD, MD

Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Pediatrics Hematology Oncology Blood and Marrow Transplant

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Member of the Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

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Mindfulness vs. sleep education during autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for multiple myeloma: Feasibility of a randomized controlled pilot study. (Henley EC, Liphart HA, Morris KJ, Awoyinka I, Irwin MR, Costanzo ES, Winston D, D'Souza A, Stolley M, Dhakal B, Mohan M, Pasquini MC, Cole SW, Doerwald ES, Bendis PC, Rentscher KE, Rumble ME, Szabo A, Rao S, Knight JM) Contemp Clin Trials Commun 2025 Oct;47:101540 PMID: 40893725 PMCID: PMC12397865 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105013637528 09/02/2025

Chromatin interaction maps of human arterioles reveal mechanisms for the genetic regulation of blood pressure. (Liu Y, Pandey R, Qiu Q, Liu P, Xue H, Wang J, Therani B, Ying R, Usa K, Grzybowski M, Yang C, Mishra MK, Greene AS, Cowley AW Jr, Rao S, Geurts AM, Widlansky ME, Liang M) Nat Commun 2025 Jul 17;16(1):6577 PMID: 40675959 PMCID: PMC12271514 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105011067559 07/18/2025 1 Citation

Molecular and immunological determinants of long-term survival in multiple myeloma. (Kasomva K, Yadav K, Janz S, Dhakal B, Rao S) Blood Adv 2025 Oct 28;9(20):5134-5147 PMID: 40674709 PMCID: PMC12550235 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105022754796 07/17/2025

Physiological role and mechanisms of action for a long noncoding haplotype region. (Xue H, Mishra MK, Liu Y, Liu P, Grzybowski M, Pandey R, Usa K, Vanden Avond MA, Bala N, Alli AA, Cowley AW Jr, Qiu Q, Greene AS, Rao S, O'Meara CC, Geurts AM, Liang M) Cell Rep 2025 Jun 24;44(6):115805 PMID: 40493452 PMCID: PMC12263090 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105007437771 06/10/2025 1 Citation

An EMT-like signature as a potential driver of myeloid sarcoma. (Zorn KE, Alvarez-Argote J, Meyer AE, Cunningham A, Hintzke M, Giever E, Stelloh C, Atallah E, Vassiliou GS, Rao S) Blood Neoplasia 2024 Sep;1(3) PMID: 40060005 PMCID: PMC11887653 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105013233207 03/10/2025 1 Citation

Chromatin State Maps of Blood Pressure-Relevant Renal Segments Reveal Potential Regulatory Role for SNPs. (Ray A, Yang C, Stelloh C, Tutaj M, Liu P, Liu Y, Qiu Q, Auer PL, Lin CW, Widlansky ME, Geurts AM, Cowley AW Jr, Liang M, Kwitek AE, Greene AS, Rao S) Hypertension 2025 Mar;82(3):476-488 PMID: 39723540 PMCID: PMC12236357 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85213707759 12/26/2024

Chromatin interaction maps of human arterioles reveal new mechanisms for the genetic regulation of blood pressure. (Liu Y, Pandey R, Qiu Q, Liu P, Xue H, Wang J, Therani B, Ying R, Usa K, Grzybowski M, Yang C, Mishra MK, Greene AS, Cowley AW Jr, Rao S, Geurts AM, Widlansky ME, Liang M) bioRxiv 2024 Oct 14 PMID: 39463975 PMCID: PMC11507733 10/28/2024

The SWI/SNF subunit ARID1B is important for regenerative ability of hematopoietic stem cells in normal hematopoiesis. (Arnold O, Bluemn T, Stelloh C, Rao S, Zhu N) PLoS One 2024;19(10):e0312616 PMID: 39446840 PMCID: PMC11500929 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85207335726 10/25/2024 1 Citation

Cohesin mutations in acute myeloid leukemia. (Boucher A, Murray J, Rao S) Leukemia 2024 Nov;38(11):2318-2328 PMID: 39251741 PMCID: PMC12284909 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85203381202 09/10/2024 2 Citations

Temporally resolved early bone morphogenetic protein-driven transcriptional cascade during human amnion specification. (Sekulovski N, Wettstein JC, Carleton AE, Juga LN, Taniguchi LE, Ma X, Rao S, Schmidt JK, Golos TG, Lin CW, Taniguchi K) Elife 2024 Jul 25;12 PMID: 39051990 PMCID: PMC11272160 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85170502786 07/26/2024

Erratum: Histone H3.1 is a chromatin-embedded redox sensor triggered by tumor cells developing adaptive phenotypic plasticity and multidrug resistance (Cell Reports (2024) 43(3), (S2211124724002250), (10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113897)) (Palma FR, Coelho DR, Pulakanti K, Sakiyama MJ, Huang Y, Ogata FT, Danes JM, Meyer A, Furdui CM, Spitz DR, Gomes AP, Gantner BN, Rao S, Backman V, Bonini MG) Cell Reports 23 July 2024;43(7) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196720962 07/23/2024 3 Citations

Transcriptomic diversity of innate lymphoid cells in human lymph nodes compared to BM and spleen. (Hashemi E, McCarthy C, Rao S, Malarkannan S) Commun Biol 2024 Jun 25;7(1):769 PMID: 38918571 PMCID: PMC11199704 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196869670 06/26/2024 3 Citations

Temporally resolved early BMP-driven transcriptional cascade during human amnion specification. (Sekulovski N, Wettstein JC, Carleton AE, Juga LN, Taniguchi LE, Ma X, Rao S, Schmidt JK, Golos TG, Lin CW, Taniguchi K) bioRxiv 2024 Mar 06 PMID: 38496419 PMCID: PMC10942271 03/18/2024

Histone H3.1 is a chromatin-embedded redox sensor triggered by tumor cells developing adaptive phenotypic plasticity and multidrug resistance. (Palma FR, Coelho DR, Pulakanti K, Sakiyama MJ, Huang Y, Ogata FT, Danes JM, Meyer A, Furdui CM, Spitz DR, Gomes AP, Gantner BN, Rao S, Backman V, Bonini MG) Cell Rep 2024 Mar 26;43(3):113897 PMID: 38493478 PMCID: PMC11209755 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188001867 03/17/2024 21 Citations

N-MYC regulates cell survival via eIF4G1 in inv(16) acute myeloid leukemia. (Peramangalam PS, Surapally S, Veltri AJ, Zheng S, Burns R, Zhu N, Rao S, Muller-Tidow C, Bushweller JH, Pulikkan JA) Sci Adv 2024 Mar;10(9):eadh8493 PMID: 38416825 PMCID: PMC10901375 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186742316 02/28/2024 2 Citations

Histone Modifications and Their Contributions to Hypertension. (Ray A, Stelloh C, Liu Y, Meyer A, Geurts AM, Cowley AW Jr, Greene AS, Liang M, Rao S) Hypertension 2024 Feb;81(2):229-239 PMID: 38031837 PMCID: PMC11229175 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85182776843 11/30/2023 11 Citations

Robustness of single-cell RNA-seq for identifying differentially expressed genes. (Liu Y, Huang J, Pandey R, Liu P, Therani B, Qiu Q, Rao S, Geurts AM, Cowley AW Jr, Greene AS, Liang M) BMC Genomics 2023 Jul 03;24(1):371 PMID: 37394518 PMCID: PMC10316566 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85163598768 07/03/2023 11 Citations

SOCS1 regulates a subset of NFκB-target genes through direct chromatin binding and defines macrophage functional phenotypes. (Coelho DR, Palma FR, Paviani V, LaFond KM, Huang Y, Wang D, Wray B, Rao S, Yue F, Bonini MG, Gantner BN) iScience 2023 Apr 21;26(4):106442 PMID: 37020964 PMCID: PMC10068561 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85151424842 04/07/2023 8 Citations

The kids are alright: MDS clones mature. (Rao S) Blood 2023 Mar 16;141(11):1243-1245 PMID: 36929441 PMCID: PMC10163310 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149456323 03/18/2023 1 Citation

Pediatric Myeloid Sarcoma, More than Just a Chloroma: A Review of Clinical Presentations, Significance, and Biology. (Zorn KE, Cunningham AM, Meyer AE, Carlson KS, Rao S) Cancers (Basel) 2023 Feb 24;15(5) PMID: 36900239 PMCID: PMC10000481 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149898211 03/12/2023 14 Citations

A timeline of genetic variant enrichment: from multiple myeloma diagnosis to myeloma-associated myeloid malignancy. (Kleman A, Singavi A, Pommert L, Mathison AJ, Hari P, Dhakal B, Mohan M, Janz S, Knight JM, Shah MV, Schinke C, Burns R, Steinhardt GF, Rao S, Carlson K) Blood Adv 2023 Sep 26;7(18):5549-5553 PMID: 36724511 PMCID: PMC10514068 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164933174 02/02/2023 2 Citations

HSCT for adults with immunodeficiencies. (Rao S, Broglie L) Blood 2022 Oct 06;140(14):1580-1581 PMID: 36201332 PMCID: PMC9707395 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85139305566 10/07/2022 1 Citation

Mutant CALR's "sweet tooth". (Rao S, Carlson K) Blood 2022 Sep 15;140(11):1187-1189 PMID: 36107460 PMCID: PMC9479035 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85137879249 09/16/2022

Advancing Physiology with Expanded Multi-Omics. (Liang M, Cowley AW Jr, Greene AS, Geurts AM, Liu P, Liu Y, Rao S) Function (Oxf) 2022;3(4):zqac031 PMID: 35801086 PMCID: PMC9247404 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140379715 07/09/2022 3 Citations

Combinatorial genetics reveals the Dock1-Rac2 axis as a potential target for the treatment of NPM1;Cohesin mutated AML. (Meyer AE, Stelloh C, Pulakanti K, Burns R, Fisher JB, Heimbruch KE, Tarima S, Furumo Q, Brennan J, Zheng Y, Viny AD, Vassiliou GS, Rao S) Leukemia 2022 Aug;36(8):2032-2041 PMID: 35778533 PMCID: PMC9357218 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85133226227 07/02/2022 10 Citations

Downregulation of neurodevelopmental gene expression in iPSC-derived cerebral organoids upon infection by human cytomegalovirus. (O'Brien BS, Mokry RL, Schumacher ML, Pulakanti K, Rao S, Terhune SS, Ebert AD) iScience 2022 Apr 15;25(4):104098 PMID: 35391828 PMCID: PMC8980761 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127531399 04/09/2022 22 Citations

Rap1A, Rap1B, and β-Adrenergic Signaling in Autologous HCT: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Propranolol. (Johnson AK, Lorimer EL, Szabo A, Wu R, Shah NN, D'Souza A, Chhabra S, Hamadani M, Dhakal B, Hari P, Rao S, Carlson K, Williams CL, Knight JM) Yale J Biol Med 2022 Mar;95(1):45-56 PMID: 35370486 PMCID: PMC8961707 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127524780 04/05/2022 5 Citations

Hydrostatic Pressure Controls Angiogenesis Through Endothelial YAP1 During Lung Regeneration. (Mammoto T, Hunyenyiwa T, Kyi P, Hendee K, Matus K, Rao S, Lee SH, Tabima DM, Chesler NC, Mammoto A) Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022;10:823642 PMID: 35252132 PMCID: PMC8896883 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125874454 03/08/2022 15 Citations

Decitabine and vorinostat with FLAG chemotherapy in pediatric relapsed/refractory AML: Report from the therapeutic advances in childhood leukemia and lymphoma (TACL) consortium. (Pommert L, Schafer ES, Malvar J, Gossai N, Florendo E, Pulakanti K, Heimbruch K, Stelloh C, Chi YY, Sposto R, Rao S, Huynh VT, Brown P, Chang BH, Colace SI, Hermiston ML, Heym K, Hutchinson RJ, Kaplan JA, Mody R, O'Brien TA, Place AE, Shaw PH, Ziegler DS, Wayne A, Bhojwani D, Burke MJ) Am J Hematol 2022 May;97(5):613-622 PMID: 35180323 PMCID: PMC8986610 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125935481 02/19/2022 40 Citations

Laboratory Mice - A Driving Force in Immunopathology and Immunotherapy Studies of Human Multiple Myeloma. (Pisano M, Cheng Y, Sun F, Dhakal B, D'Souza A, Chhabra S, Knight JM, Rao S, Zhan F, Hari P, Janz S) Front Immunol 2021;12:667054 PMID: 34149703 PMCID: PMC8206561 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85108140164 06/22/2021 5 Citations

Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived hepatocytes provide insights on parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis in the immature liver. (Nghiem-Rao TH, Pfeifer C, Asuncion M, Nord J, Schill D, Pulakanti K, Patel SB, Cirillo LA, Rao S) Sci Rep 2021 Jun 11;11(1):12386 PMID: 34117281 PMCID: PMC8196029 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85107825189 06/13/2021 11 Citations

GATA4 Controls Epithelial Morphogenesis in the Developing Stomach to Promote Establishment of Glandular Columnar Epithelium. (DeLaForest A, Kohlnhofer BM, Franklin OD, Stavniichuk R, Thompson CA, Pulakanti K, Rao S, Battle MA) Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021;12(4):1391-1413 PMID: 34111600 PMCID: PMC8479485 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85115766757 06/11/2021 13 Citations

Super-Enhancers and CTCF in Early Embryonic Cell Fate Decisions. (Agrawal P, Rao S) Front Cell Dev Biol 2021;9:653669 PMID: 33842482 PMCID: PMC8027350 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103817823 04/13/2021 24 Citations

DOT1L inhibitors block abnormal self-renewal induced by cohesin loss. (Heimbruch KE, Fisher JB, Stelloh CT, Phillips E, Reimer MH Jr, Wargolet AJ, Meyer AE, Pulakanti K, Viny AD, Loppnow JJ, Levine RL, Pulikkan JA, Zhu N, Rao S) Sci Rep 2021 Mar 31;11(1):7288 PMID: 33790356 PMCID: PMC8012605 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103745135 04/02/2021 10 Citations

A cohesive look at leukemogenesis: The cohesin complex and other driving mutations in AML. (Heimbruch KE, Meyer AE, Agrawal P, Viny AD, Rao S) Neoplasia 2021 Mar;23(3):337-347 PMID: 33621854 PMCID: PMC7905235 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85101390156 02/24/2021 19 Citations

Novel germline TRAF3IP3 mutation in a dyad with familial acute B lymphoblastic leukemia. (Pommert L, Burns R, Furumo Q, Pulakanti K, Brandt J, Burke MJ, Rao S) Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2021 Jun;4(3):e1335 PMID: 33503336 PMCID: PMC8222551 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85099938449 01/28/2021 6 Citations

Genome editing demonstrates that the -5 kb Nanog enhancer regulates Nanog expression by modulating RNAPII initiation and/or recruitment. (Agrawal P, Blinka S, Pulakanti K, Reimer MH Jr, Stelloh C, Meyer AE, Rao S) J Biol Chem 2021;296:100189 PMID: 33334884 PMCID: PMC7948488 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85101802426 12/19/2020 12 Citations

The miR-23a∼27a∼24-2 microRNA Cluster Promotes Inflammatory Polarization of Macrophages. (Boucher A, Klopfenstein N, Hallas WM, Skibbe J, Appert A, Jang SH, Pulakanti K, Rao S, Cowden Dahl KD, Dahl R) J Immunol 2021 Feb 01;206(3):540-553 PMID: 33328213 PMCID: PMC7855803 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85099958710 12/18/2020 17 Citations

RUNX1 and inv(16) are frenemies in AML. (Rao S) Blood 2020 Nov 19;136(21):2361-2362 PMID: 33211836 PMCID: PMC7685212 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096457850 11/20/2020 1 Citation

Loss of Fbxw7 triggers mammary tumorigenesis associated with E2F/c-Myc activation and Trp53 mutation (Meyer AE, Furumo Q, Stelloh C, Minella AC, Rao S) Neoplasia (United States) November 2020;22(11):644-658 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088218084 11/01/2020 13 Citations

Loss of Fbxw7 triggers mammary tumorigenesis associated with E2F/c-Myc activation and Trp53 mutation. (Meyer AE, Furumo Q, Stelloh C, Minella AC, Rao S) Neoplasia 2020 Nov;22(11):644-658 PMID: 33070870 PMCID: PMC7573506 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088218084 10/20/2020 14 Citations

Determinants and role of chromatin organization in acute leukemia. (Fang C, Rao S, Crispino JD, Ntziachristos P) Leukemia 2020 Oct;34(10):2561-2575 PMID: 32690881 PMCID: PMC7999176 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088989024 07/22/2020 19 Citations

Single-cell transcriptome reveals the novel role of T-bet in suppressing the immature NK gene signature. (Yang C, Siebert JR, Burns R, Zheng Y, Mei A, Bonacci B, Wang D, Urrutia RA, Riese MJ, Rao S, Carlson KS, Thakar MS, Malarkannan S) Elife 2020 May 14;9 PMID: 32406817 PMCID: PMC7255804 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085630468 05/15/2020 22 Citations

ARID3A and ARID3B induce stem promoting pathways in ovarian cancer cells. (Dausinas P, Pulakanti K, Rao S, Cole JM, Dahl R, Cowden Dahl KD) Gene 2020 May 15;738:144458 PMID: 32061921 PMCID: PMC7384259 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85080959019 02/18/2020 27 Citations

Comparative and Functional Genomic Resource for Mechanistic Studies of Human Blood Pressure-Associated Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms. (Mishra MK, Liang EY, Geurts AM, Auer PWL, Liu P, Rao S, Greene AS, Liang M, Liu Y) Hypertension 2020 Mar;75(3):859-868 PMID: 31902252 PMCID: PMC7035167 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081142576 01/07/2020 20 Citations

Closing the loop on cohesin in hematopoiesis. (Rao S) Blood 2019 Dec 12;134(24):2123-2125 PMID: 31830276 PMCID: PMC6908834 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076351549 12/13/2019 4 Citations

Closing the loop on cohesin in hematopoiesis (Rao S) Blood 12 December 2019;134(24):2123-2125 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076351549 12/12/2019 4 Citations

Nongenotoxic antibody-drug conjugate conditioning enables safe and effective platelet gene therapy of hemophilia A mice. (Gao C, Schroeder JA, Xue F, Jing W, Cai Y, Scheck A, Subramaniam S, Rao S, Weiler H, Czechowicz A, Shi Q) Blood Adv 2019 Sep 24;3(18):2700-2711 PMID: 31515232 PMCID: PMC6759737 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072272107 09/14/2019 46 Citations

Mirc11 Disrupts Inflammatory but Not Cytotoxic Responses of NK Cells. (Nanbakhsh A, Srinivasamani A, Holzhauer S, Riese MJ, Zheng Y, Wang D, Burns R, Reimer MH, Rao S, Lemke A, Tsaih SW, Flister MJ, Lao S, Dahl R, Thakar MS, Malarkannan S) Cancer Immunol Res 2019 Oct;7(10):1647-1662 PMID: 31515257 PMCID: PMC7428857 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072848720 09/14/2019 11 Citations

Heterogeneity of human bone marrow and blood natural killer cells defined by single-cell transcriptome. (Yang C, Siebert JR, Burns R, Gerbec ZJ, Bonacci B, Rymaszewski A, Rau M, Riese MJ, Rao S, Carlson KS, Routes JM, Verbsky JW, Thakar MS, Malarkannan S) Nat Commun 2019 Sep 02;10(1):3931 PMID: 31477722 PMCID: PMC6718415 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85071610251 09/04/2019 235 Citations

Deletion of Tet proteins results in quantitative disparities during ESC differentiation partially attributable to alterations in gene expression. (Reimer M Jr, Pulakanti K, Shi L, Abel A, Liang M, Malarkannan S, Rao S) BMC Dev Biol 2019 Jul 08;19(1):16 PMID: 31286885 PMCID: PMC6615237 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068878011 07/10/2019 9 Citations

Critical role of Jumonji domain of JMJD1C in MLL-rearranged leukemia. (Izaguirre-Carbonell J, Christiansen L, Burns R, Schmitz J, Li C, Mokry RL, Bluemn T, Zheng Y, Shen J, Carlson KS, Rao S, Wang D, Zhu N) Blood Adv 2019 May 14;3(9):1499-1511 PMID: 31076406 PMCID: PMC6517669 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068626845 05/12/2019 24 Citations

Stem cell damage after chemotherapy- can we do better? (Tang J, Zhu N, Rao S, Carlson KS) Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2019 Mar;32(1):31-39 PMID: 30927973 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061244660 04/01/2019 7 Citations

Mature IgD^low/- B cells maintain tolerance by promoting regulatory T cell homeostasis. (Ray A, Khalil MI, Pulakanti KL, Burns RT, Gurski CJ, Basu S, Wang D, Rao S, Dittel BN) Nat Commun 2019 Jan 14;10(1):190 PMID: 30643147 PMCID: PMC6331566 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060004031 01/16/2019 29 Citations

HNF4A Regulates the Formation of Hepatic Progenitor Cells from Human iPSC-Derived Endoderm by Facilitating Efficient Recruitment of RNA Pol II. (DeLaForest A, Di Furio F, Jing R, Ludwig-Kubinski A, Twaroski K, Urick A, Pulakanti K, Rao S, Duncan SA) Genes (Basel) 2018 Dec 28;10(1) PMID: 30597922 PMCID: PMC6356828 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060566689 01/02/2019 39 Citations

Genome-Wide Maps of Transcription Regulatory Elements and Transcription Enhancers in Development and Disease. (Agrawal P, Heimbruch KE, Rao S) Compr Physiol 2018 Dec 13;9(1):439-455 PMID: 30549021 PMCID: PMC6566905 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85058739003 12/15/2018 16 Citations

Degenerate minigene library analysis enables identification of altered branch point utilization by mutant splicing factor 3B1 (SF3B1). (Gupta AK, Murthy T, Paul KV, Ramirez O, Fisher JB, Rao S, Rosenberg AB, Seelig G, Minella AC, Pillai MM) Nucleic Acids Res 2019 Jan 25;47(2):970-980 PMID: 30462273 PMCID: PMC6344872 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060616422 11/22/2018 8 Citations

A CHAF1B-Dependent Molecular Switch in Hematopoiesis and Leukemia Pathogenesis. (Volk A, Liang K, Suraneni P, Li X, Zhao J, Bulic M, Marshall S, Pulakanti K, Malinge S, Taub J, Ge Y, Rao S, Bartom E, Shilatifard A, Crispino JD) Cancer Cell 2018 Nov 12;34(5):707-723.e7 PMID: 30423293 PMCID: PMC6235627 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85055279677 11/14/2018 70 Citations

Tumor suppressor Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 selectively blocks expression of endogenous retrovirus. (Stoltz KP, Jondle CN, Pulakanti K, Sylvester PA, Urrutia R, Rao S, Tarakanova VL) Virology 2019 Jan 02;526:52-60 PMID: 30342302 PMCID: PMC6875439 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85054799725 10/21/2018 8 Citations

Frontline Science: PECAM-1 (CD31) expression in naïve and memory, but not acutely activated, CD8⁺ T cells. (Newman DK, Fu G, McOlash L, Schauder D, Newman PJ, Cui W, Rao S, Johnson BD, Gershan JA, Riese MJ) J Leukoc Biol 2018 Nov;104(5):883-893 PMID: 30063264 PMCID: PMC6195461 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85053248137 08/01/2018 18 Citations

Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) and CDK2 have opposing roles in regulating interactions of splicing factor 3B1 with chromatin. (Murthy T, Bluemn T, Gupta AK, Reimer M Jr, Rao S, Pillai MM, Minella AC) J Biol Chem 2018 Jun 29;293(26):10220-10234 PMID: 29764937 PMCID: PMC6028971 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049607076 05/17/2018 17 Citations

Dextran Enhances the Lentiviral Transduction Efficiency of Murine and Human Primary NK Cells. (Nanbakhsh A, Best B, Riese M, Rao S, Wang L, Medin J, Thakar MS, Malarkannan S) J Vis Exp 2018 Jan 15(131) PMID: 29364266 PMCID: PMC5908645 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85041082468 01/25/2018 18 Citations

Ruxolitinib for treatment of refractory hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. (Broglie L, Pommert L, Rao S, Thakar M, Phelan R, Margolis D, Talano J) Blood Adv 2017 Aug 22;1(19):1533-1536 PMID: 29296794 PMCID: PMC5728466 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85040141428 01/04/2018 119 Citations

Cohesin mutations: contributors to myeloid malignancies. (Meyer AE, Rao S, Fisher JB) Oncotarget 2017 Oct 06;8(46):80107-80108 PMID: 29113287 PMCID: PMC5655182 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85030639277 11/09/2017 4 Citations

Nanog Expression in Embryonic Stem Cells - An Ideal Model System to Dissect Enhancer Function. (Blinka S, Rao S) Bioessays 2017 Dec;39(12) PMID: 28977693 PMCID: PMC5878941 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85035339592 10/05/2017 21 Citations

T Cells Deficient in Diacylglycerol Kinase ζ Are Resistant to PD-1 Inhibition and Help Create Persistent Host Immunity to Leukemia. (Jing W, Gershan JA, Holzhauer S, Weber J, Palen K, McOlash L, Pulakanti K, Wesley E, Rao S, Johnson BD, Riese MJ) Cancer Res 2017 Oct 15;77(20):5676-5686 PMID: 28916658 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85031429221 09/17/2017 18 Citations

Cohesin Mutations in Myeloid Malignancies. (Fisher JB, McNulty M, Burke MJ, Crispino JD, Rao S) Trends Cancer 2017 Apr;3(4):282-293 PMID: 28626802 PMCID: PMC5472227 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85016763591 06/20/2017 34 Citations

GATA6 is essential for endoderm formation from human pluripotent stem cells. (Fisher JB, Pulakanti K, Rao S, Duncan SA) Biol Open 2017 Jul 15;6(7):1084-1095 PMID: 28606935 PMCID: PMC5550920 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85024118986 06/14/2017 51 Citations

GATA4 Is Sufficient to Establish Jejunal Versus Ileal Identity in the Small Intestine. (Thompson CA, Wojta K, Pulakanti K, Rao S, Dawson P, Battle MA) Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017 May;3(3):422-446 PMID: 28462382 PMCID: PMC5404030 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85018282371 05/04/2017 41 Citations

E2F-2 Promotes Nuclear Condensation and Enucleation of Terminally Differentiated Erythroblasts. (Swartz KL, Wood SN, Murthy T, Ramirez O, Qin G, Pillai MM, Rao S, Minella AC) Mol Cell Biol 2017 Jan 01;37(1) PMID: 27795297 PMCID: PMC5192079 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85008145373 11/01/2016 27 Citations

Super-Enhancers at the Nanog Locus Differentially Regulate Neighboring Pluripotency-Associated Genes. (Blinka S, Reimer MH Jr, Pulakanti K, Rao S) Cell Rep 2016 Sep 27;17(1):19-28 PMID: 27681417 PMCID: PMC5111363 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84989900295 09/30/2016 88 Citations

Identification of Transcribed Enhancers by Genome-Wide Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing. (Blinka S, Reimer MH Jr, Pulakanti K, Pinello L, Yuan GC, Rao S) Methods Mol Biol 2017;1468:91-109 PMID: 27662872 PMCID: PMC5111358 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84988726214 09/25/2016 17 Citations

The cohesin subunit Rad21 is a negative regulator of hematopoietic self-renewal through epigenetic repression of Hoxa7 and Hoxa9. (Fisher JB, Peterson J, Reimer M, Stelloh C, Pulakanti K, Gerbec ZJ, Abel AM, Strouse JM, Strouse C, McNulty M, Malarkannan S, Crispino JD, Milanovich S, Rao S) Leukemia 2017 Mar;31(3):712-719 PMID: 27554164 PMCID: PMC5332284 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84989244308 08/25/2016 52 Citations

Signaling in Effector Lymphocytes: Insights toward Safer Immunotherapy. (Rajasekaran K, Riese MJ, Rao S, Wang L, Thakar MS, Sentman CL, Malarkannan S) Front Immunol 2016;7:176 PMID: 27242783 PMCID: PMC4863891 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84973571081 06/01/2016 29 Citations

The cohesin-associated protein Wapal is required for proper Polycomb-mediated gene silencing. (Stelloh C, Reimer MH, Pulakanti K, Blinka S, Peterson J, Pinello L, Jia S, Roumiantsev S, Hessner MJ, Milanovich S, Yuan GC, Rao S) Epigenetics Chromatin 2016;9:14 PMID: 27087855 PMCID: PMC4832553 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84963864324 04/19/2016 10 Citations

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated conversion of human platelet alloantigen allotypes. (Zhang N, Zhi H, Curtis BR, Rao S, Jobaliya C, Poncz M, French DL, Newman PJ) Blood 2016 Feb 11;127(6):675-80 PMID: 26634302 PMCID: PMC4751021 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84959330331 12/05/2015 44 Citations

IQGAP1: insights into the function of a molecular puppeteer. (Abel AM, Schuldt KM, Rajasekaran K, Hwang D, Riese MJ, Rao S, Thakar MS, Malarkannan S) Mol Immunol 2015 Jun;65(2):336-49 PMID: 25733387 PMCID: PMC4480615 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84923604300 03/04/2015 81 Citations

Dynamic switching of active promoter and enhancer domains regulates Tet1 and Tet2 expression during cell state transitions between pluripotency and differentiation. (Sohni A, Bartoccetti M, Khoueiry R, Spans L, Vande Velde J, De Troyer L, Pulakanti K, Claessens F, Rao S, Koh KP) Mol Cell Biol 2015 Mar;35(6):1026-42 PMID: 25582196 PMCID: PMC4333094 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84923197447 01/15/2015 45 Citations

Sall4 overexpression blocks murine hematopoiesis in a dose-dependent manner. (Milanovich S, Peterson J, Allred J, Stelloh C, Rajasekaran K, Fisher J, Duncan SA, Malarkannan S, Rao S) Exp Hematol 2015 Jan;43(1):53-64.e1-8 PMID: 25246269 PMCID: PMC4268405 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84961288383 09/24/2014 17 Citations

A human pluripotent stem cell surface N-glycoproteome resource reveals markers, extracellular epitopes, and drug targets. (Boheler KR, Bhattacharya S, Kropp EM, Chuppa S, Riordon DR, Bausch-Fluck D, Burridge PW, Wu JC, Wersto RP, Chan GC, Rao S, Wollscheid B, Gundry RL) Stem Cell Reports 2014 Jul 08;3(1):185-203 PMID: 25068131 PMCID: PMC4110789 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904193177 07/30/2014 70 Citations

Enhancer transcribed RNAs arise from hypomethylated, Tet-occupied genomic regions. (Pulakanti K, Pinello L, Stelloh C, Blinka S, Allred J, Milanovich S, Kiblawi S, Peterson J, Wang A, Yuan GC, Rao S) Epigenetics 2013 Dec;8(12):1303-20 PMID: 24135681 PMCID: PMC3933491 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84888790012 10/19/2013 56 Citations

Embryonic Stem Cells: A Perfect Tool for Studying Mammalian Transcriptional Enhancers. (Rao S) J Stem Cell Res Ther 2012 Jul 05;Suppl 10 PMID: 24303336 PMCID: PMC3844140 07/05/2012

A cell surfaceome map for immunophenotyping and sorting pluripotent stem cells. (Gundry RL, Riordon DR, Tarasova Y, Chuppa S, Bhattacharya S, Juhasz O, Wiedemeier O, Milanovich S, Noto FK, Tchernyshyov I, Raginski K, Bausch-Fluck D, Tae HJ, Marshall S, Duncan SA, Wollscheid B, Wersto RP, Rao S, Van Eyk JE, Boheler KR) Mol Cell Proteomics 2012 Aug;11(8):303-16 PMID: 22493178 PMCID: PMC3412963 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84864821878 04/12/2012 54 Citations

Tet1 and Tet2 regulate 5-hydroxymethylcytosine production and cell lineage specification in mouse embryonic stem cells. (Koh KP, Yabuuchi A, Rao S, Huang Y, Cunniff K, Nardone J, Laiho A, Tahiliani M, Sommer CA, Mostoslavsky G, Lahesmaa R, Orkin SH, Rodig SJ, Daley GQ, Rao A) Cell Stem Cell 2011 Feb 04;8(2):200-13 PMID: 21295276 PMCID: PMC3134318 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79551587102 02/08/2011 684 Citations

Differential roles of Sall4 isoforms in embryonic stem cell pluripotency. (Rao S, Zhen S, Roumiantsev S, McDonald LT, Yuan GC, Orkin SH) Mol Cell Biol 2010 Nov;30(22):5364-80 PMID: 20837710 PMCID: PMC2976381 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78649551191 09/15/2010 157 Citations

The transcriptional network controlling pluripotency in ES cells. (Orkin SH, Wang J, Kim J, Chu J, Rao S, Theunissen TW, Shen X, Levasseur DN) Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 2008;73:195-202 PMID: 19478325 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-68549104469 01/01/2008 77 Citations

A protein interaction network for pluripotency of embryonic stem cells. (Wang J, Rao S, Chu J, Shen X, Levasseur DN, Theunissen TW, Orkin SH) Nature 2006 Nov 16;444(7117):364-8 PMID: 17093407 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33751092246 11/10/2006 969 Citations

Unraveling the transcriptional network controlling ES cell pluripotency. (Rao S, Orkin SH) Genome Biol 2006;7(8):230 PMID: 16942632 PMCID: PMC1779601 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33845562043 09/01/2006 36 Citations

Spi-1 and Spi-B control the expression of the Grap2 gene in B cells. (Garrett-Sinha LA, Hou P, Wang D, Grabiner B, Araujo E, Rao S, Yun TJ, Clark EA, Simon MC, Clark MR) Gene 2005 Jun 20;353(1):134-46 PMID: 15936902 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-20444366129 06/07/2005 18 Citations

Spi-B can functionally replace PU.1 in myeloid but not lymphoid development. (Dahl R, Ramirez-Bergeron DL, Rao S, Simon MC) EMBO J 2002 May 01;21(9):2220-30 PMID: 11980719 PMCID: PMC125373 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036566050 05/01/2002 41 Citations

PU.1/Spi-B regulation of c-rel is essential for mature B cell survival. (Hu CJ, Rao S, Ramirez-Bergeron DL, Garrett-Sinha LA, Gerondakis S, Clark MR, Simon MC) Immunity 2001 Oct;15(4):545-55 PMID: 11672537 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034748923 10/24/2001 43 Citations

PU.1 exhibits partial functional redundancy with Spi-B, but not with Ets-1 or Elf-1. (Garrett-Sinha LA, Dahl R, Rao S, Barton KP, Simon MC) Blood 2001 May 01;97(9):2908-12 PMID: 11313289 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0035353165 04/21/2001 48 Citations

The Ets factors PU.1 and Spi-B regulate the transcription in vivo of P2Y10, a lymphoid restricted heptahelical receptor. (Rao S, Garrett-Sinha LA, Yoon J, Simon MC) J Biol Chem 1999 Nov 26;274(48):34245-52 PMID: 10567398 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0033607523 11/24/1999 34 Citations

PU.1 and Spi-B are required for normal B cell receptor-mediated signal transduction. (Garrett-Sinha LA, Su GH, Rao S, Kabak S, Hao Z, Clark MR, Simon MC) Immunity 1999 Apr;10(4):399-408 PMID: 10229183 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0033118724 05/06/1999 109 Citations

SPI-B activates transcription via a unique proline, serine, and threonine domain and exhibits DNA binding affinity differences from PU.1. (Rao S, Matsumura A, Yoon J, Simon MC) J Biol Chem 1999 Apr 16;274(16):11115-24 PMID: 10196196 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0033574423 04/10/1999 46 Citations

Gel-entrapment bioartificial liver therapy in galactosamine hepatitis. (Sielaff TD, Hu MY, Amiot B, Rollins MD, Rao S, McGuire B, Bloomer JR, Hu WS, Cerra FB) J Surg Res 1995 Jul;59(1):179-84 PMID: 7630125 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0029098808 07/01/1995 76 Citations

A technique for porcine hepatocyte harvest and description of differentiated metabolic functions in static culture. (Sielaff TD, Hu MY, Rao S, Groehler K, Olson D, Mann HJ, Remmel RP, Shatford RA, Amiot B, Hu WS) Transplantation 1995 May 27;59(10):1459-63 PMID: 7770934 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0029052566 05/27/1995 61 Citations

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