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Overview

Zhifu Sun is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans numerous subfields, notably Molecular Biology, Immunology, Surgery, Oncology, and Epidemiology.

Their research topics focus on areas such as Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, RNA modifications and cancer, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments, Liver Diseases and Immunity, and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Zhifu Sun has contributed to multiple publications across various prominent venues, including:

  • Gastroenterology (14 publications)
  • Cancer Research (4 publications)
  • Epigenomics (3 publications)
  • Cell (2 publications)
  • Cancer Communications (2 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhifu Sun include:

  • Longitudinal Multi-omics Reveals Subset-Specific Mechanisms Underlying Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 2020, Cell
  • Spectrum of EGFR aberrations and potential clinical implications: insights from integrative pan-cancer analysis, 2020, Cancer Communications
  • Marked Up-Regulation of ACE2 in Hearts of Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Implications for SARS-CoV-2-Mediated COVID-19, 2020, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • A novel ferroptosis phenotype-related clinical-molecular prognostic signature for hepatocellular carcinoma, 2021, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Zhifu Sun frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Mary R. Sagstetter, Feda H. Hamdan, William A. Faubion, John B. Kisiel, and Aditya Bhagwate, with collaboration counts ranging from eight to twelve joint works.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of human plasma-derived exosomal RNAs by deep sequencing

    Xiaoyi Huang;Tiezheng Yuan;Michael Tschannen;Zhifu Sun

  • CrossMap: a versatile tool for coordinate conversion between genome assemblies

    Hao Zhao;Zhifu Sun;Jing Wang;Haojie Huang

  • Exosomal miR-1290 and miR-375 as Prognostic Markers in Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer

    Xiaoyi Huang;Tiezheng Yuan;Meihua Liang;Meijun Du

  • A gene expression signature predicts survival of patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer

    Yan Lu;William Lemon;Peng Yuan Liu;Yijun Yi

  • Role of imbalance between neutrophil elastase and α1-antitrypsin in cancer development and progression

    Zhifu Sun;Ping Yang

  • Longitudinal Multi-omics Reveals Subset-Specific Mechanisms Underlying Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

    Ruben A.T. Mars;Yi Yang;Tonya Ward;Mo Houtti

  • Genetic variants and risk of lung cancer in never smokers: a genome-wide association study

    Yafei Li;Chau Chyun Sheu;Yuanqing Ye;Mariza de Andrade

  • Chronic caloric restriction preserves mitochondrial function in senescence without increasing mitochondrial biogenesis.

    Ian R. Lanza;Piotrek Zabielski;Katherine A. Klaus;Dawn M. Morse

  • Distinct epigenetic landscapes underlie the pathobiology of pancreatic cancer subtypes

    Gwen Lomberk;Yuna Blum;Rémy Nicolle;Asha Nair

  • Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Carriers, Tobacco Smoke, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Lung Cancer Risk

    Ping Yang;Zhifu Sun;Michael J. Krowka;Marie Christine Aubry

  • LncRNA MALAT1 enhances oncogenic activities of EZH2 in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

    Dejie Wang;Liya Ding;Liguo Wang;Yu Zhao

  • Role of the Glutathione Metabolic Pathway in Lung Cancer Treatment and Prognosis: A Review

    Ping Yang;Jon O. Ebbert;Zhifu Sun;Richard M. Weinshilboum

  • Histologic grade is an independent prognostic factor for survival in non-small cell lung cancer: an analysis of 5018 hospital- and 712 population-based cases.

    Zhifu Sun;Marie Christine Aubry;Claude Deschamps;Randolph S. Marks

  • Integrated analysis of gene expression, CpG island methylation, and gene copy number in breast cancer cells by deep sequencing.

    Zhifu Sun;Yan W. Asmann;Krishna R. Kalari;Brian Bot

  • CAP-miRSeq: a comprehensive analysis pipeline for microRNA sequencing data

    Zhifu Sun;Jared Evans;Aditya Bhagwate;Sumit Middha

  • Global methylation profiling for risk prediction of prostate cancer

    Saswati Mahapatra;Eric W. Klee;Charles Y.F. Young;Zhifu Sun

  • Folate Receptor-α (FOLR1) Expression and Function in Triple Negative Tumors

    Brian M. Necela;Jennifer A. Crozier;Cathy A. Andorfer;Laura Lewis-Tuffin

  • Non-Overlapping and Non–Cell-Type–Specific Gene Expression Signatures Predict Lung Cancer Survival

    Zhifu Sun;Dennis A. Wigle;Ping Yang

  • A novel bioinformatics pipeline for identification and characterization of fusion transcripts in breast cancer and normal cell lines

    Yan W. Asmann;Asif Hossain;Brian M. Necela;Sumit Middha

  • Base resolution methylome profiling: considerations in platform selection, data preprocessing and analysis

    Zhifu Sun;Julie Cunningham;Susan Slager;Jean Pierre Kocher

Frequent Co-Authors

Ping Yang
Ping Yang Mayo Clinic
Yan W. Asmann
Yan W. Asmann Mayo Clinic
Edith A. Perez
Edith A. Perez Mayo Clinic
Jin Jen
Jin Jen Bristol Myers Squibb
George Vasmatzis
George Vasmatzis Mayo Clinic
Tamas Ordog
Tamas Ordog Mayo Clinic
Brooke L. Fridley
Brooke L. Fridley University of Kansas

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