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Rokana Taftaf

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentPathology
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    1. Schuster E, Dashzeveg NK, Tong F, Jia Y, El-Shennawy L, Zhang T, Hoffman AD, Kitata RB, Kibria G, Zhang Y, Squires JR, Zheng C, Ramos E, Taftaf R, Scholten D, Almubarak HF, Adorno-Cruz V, Sullivan DP, Reduzzi C, Minor AC, Purev-Ochir W, Spahija S, Xu R, Siziopikou KP, Platanias LC, Shah A, Muller WA, Gradishar WJ, Cristofanilli M, Tsai CF, Shi T, Liu H. Computational ranking identifies Plexin-B2 in circulating tumor cell clustering with monocytes in breast cancer metastasis. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 16; 16(1):7649. PMID: 40818975; PMCID: PMC12357858.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    2. Madiraju S, Mainland N, Hong S, Zucker I, Taftaf R, Khan W, Fumo D, Petros FG. Metastatic melanoma of the ureter accompanied by pseudomelanosis vesica: A case report. Urol Case Rep. 2024 Nov; 57:102861. PMID: 39435431; PMCID: PMC11492435.
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    3. Dashzeveg NK, Jia Y, Zhang Y, Gerratana L, Patel P, Shajahan A, Dandar T, Ramos EK, Almubarak HF, Adorno-Cruz V, Taftaf R, Schuster EJ, Scholten D, Sokolowski MT, Reduzzi C, El-Shennawy L, Hoffmann AD, Manai M, Zhang Q, D'Amico P, Azadi P, Colley KJ, Platanias LC, Shah AN, Gradishar WJ, Cristofanilli M, Muller WA, Cobb BA, Liu H. Dynamic Glycoprotein Hyposialylation Promotes Chemotherapy Evasion and Metastatic Seeding of Quiescent Circulating Tumor Cell Clusters in Breast Cancer. Cancer Discov. 2023 09 06; 13(9):2050-2071. PMID: 37272843; PMCID: PMC10481132.
      Citations: 31     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    4. Li D, Hemati H, Park Y, Taftaf R, Zhang Y, Liu J, Cristofanilli M, Liu X. ICAM-1-suPAR-CD11b Axis Is a Novel Therapeutic Target for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2023 May 12; 15(10). PMID: 37345070; PMCID: PMC10216673.
      Citations: 4     
    5. Schuster E, Dashzeveg N, Jia Y, Golam K, Zhang T, Hoffman A, Zhang Y, Zheng C, Ramos E, Taftaf R, Shennawy LE, Scholten D, Kitata RB, Adorno-Cruz V, Reduzzi C, Spahija S, Xu R, Siziopikou KP, Platanias LC, Shah A, Gradishar WJ, Cristofanilli M, Tsai CF, Shi T, Liu H. Computational ranking-assisted identification of Plexin-B2 in homotypic and heterotypic clustering of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer metastasis. bioRxiv. 2023 Apr 12. PMID: 37090580; PMCID: PMC10120645.
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    6. Jinna S, Taftaf R, Petros FG, Jun JY. Aldosterone- and Cortisol Co-secreting Adrenal Cortical Neoplasm With Lipomatous and Myelolipomatous Metaplasia??. JCEM Case Rep. 2023 Mar; 1(2):luad012. PMID: 37908480; PMCID: PMC10580419.
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    7. Ramos EK, Tsai CF, Jia Y, Cao Y, Manu M, Taftaf R, Hoffmann AD, El-Shennawy L, Gritsenko MA, Adorno-Cruz V, Schuster EJ, Scholten D, Patel D, Liu X, Patel P, Wray B, Zhang Y, Zhang S, Moore RJ, Mathews JV, Schipma MJ, Liu T, Tokars VL, Cristofanilli M, Shi T, Shen Y, Dashzeveg NK, Liu H. Machine learning-assisted elucidation of CD81-CD44 interactions in promoting cancer stemness and extracellular vesicle integrity. Elife. 2022 10 04; 11. PMID: 36193887; PMCID: PMC9581534.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    8. Schuster E, Taftaf R, Reduzzi C, Albert MK, Romero-Calvo I, Liu H. Better together: circulating tumor cell clustering in metastatic cancer. Trends Cancer. 2021 11; 7(11):1020-1032. PMID: 34481763; PMCID: PMC8541931.
      Citations: 128     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    9. Taftaf R, Liu X, Singh S, Jia Y, Dashzeveg NK, Hoffmann AD, El-Shennawy L, Ramos EK, Adorno-Cruz V, Schuster EJ, Scholten D, Patel D, Zhang Y, Davis AA, Reduzzi C, Cao Y, D'Amico P, Shen Y, Cristofanilli M, Muller WA, Varadan V, Liu H. ICAM1 initiates CTC cluster formation and trans-endothelial migration in lung metastasis of breast cancer. Nat Commun. 2021 08 11; 12(1):4867. PMID: 34381029; PMCID: PMC8358026.
      Citations: 128     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    10. Liu X, Adorno-Cruz V, Chang YF, Jia Y, Kawaguchi M, Dashzeveg NK, Taftaf R, Ramos EK, Schuster EJ, El-Shennawy L, Patel D, Zhang Y, Cristofanilli M, Liu H. EGFR inhibition blocks cancer stem cell clustering and lung metastasis of triple negative breast cancer. Theranostics. 2021; 11(13):6632-6643. PMID: 33995681; PMCID: PMC8120216.
      Citations: 41     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    11. Adorno-Cruz V, Hoffmann AD, Liu X, Dashzeveg NK, Taftaf R, Wray B, Keri RA, Liu H. ITGA2 promotes expression of ACLY and CCND1 in enhancing breast cancer stemness and metastasis. Genes Dis. 2021 Jul; 8(4):493-508. PMID: 34179312; PMCID: PMC8209312.
      Citations: 37     
    12. Liu X, Taftaf R, Kawaguchi M, Chang YF, Chen W, Entenberg D, Zhang Y, Gerratana L, Huang S, Patel DB, Tsui E, Adorno-Cruz V, Chirieleison SM, Cao Y, Harney AS, Patel S, Patsialou A, Shen Y, Avril S, Gilmore HL, Lathia JD, Abbott DW, Cristofanilli M, Condeelis JS, Liu H. Homophilic CD44 Interactions Mediate Tumor Cell Aggregation and Polyclonal Metastasis in Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Models. Cancer Discov. 2019 01; 9(1):96-113. PMID: 30361447; PMCID: PMC6328322.
      Citations: 222     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    13. Dashzeveg NK, Taftaf R, Ramos EK, Torre-Healy L, Chumakova A, Silver DJ, Alban TJ, Sinyuk M, Thiagarajan PS, Jarrar AM, Turaga SM, Saygin C, Mulkearns-Hubert E, Hitomi M, Rich JN, Gerson SL, Lathia JD, Liu H. New Advances and Challenges of Targeting Cancer Stem Cells. Cancer Res. 2017 10 01; 77(19):5222-5227. PMID: 28928129; PMCID: PMC5833988.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    14. Taftaf R, Starnes S, Wang J, Shipley R, Namad T, Khaled R, Abdel Karim N. Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: a rare type of lung metastases-two case reports and review of the literature. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2014; 2014:842801. PMID: 24716049; PMCID: PMC3970365.
      Citations: 17     
    15. Diab MM, Taftaf RM, Arabi M. Research productivity in Syria: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of current status. Avicenna J Med. 2011 Jul; 1(1):4-7. PMID: 23210002; PMCID: PMC3507054.
      Citations: 17     
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