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Brian J. Abraham

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Neurology
Research interest
Research interests include Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Protein Degradation and Inhibitors, and RNA modifications and cancer.
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52
citations
27,919
works
246
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling determines neuroblastoma cell fate and sensitivity to retinoic acid
Nature Communications 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
Specific oncogene activation of the cell of origin in mucosal melanoma
Nature Communications 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Oncogenic <i>CDK13</i> mutations impede nuclear RNA surveillance
Science 2023cited by 52position: middledoi
Regulatory architecture of housekeeping genes is driven by promoter assemblies
Cell Reports 2023cited by 48position: middledoi
Genetic predisposition to neuroblastoma results from a regulatory polymorphism that promotes the adrenergic cell state
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2023cited by 13position: middledoi
Genetic Predisposition to Neuroblastoma Results from a Regulatory Polymorphism that Promotes the Adrenergic Cell State
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023cited by 1position: middledoi
PDGFRβ promotes oncogenic progression via STAT3/STAT5 hyperactivation in anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Molecular Cancer 2022cited by 33position: middledoi
The nuclear receptor THRB facilitates differentiation of human PSCs into more mature hepatocytes
Cell stem cell 2022cited by 31position: middledoi
Predicting master transcription factors from pan-cancer expression data
Science Advances 2021cited by 77position: middledoi
Retinoic acid rewires the adrenergic core regulatory circuitry of childhood neuroblastoma
Science Advances 2021cited by 62position: middledoi
Cell-specific transcriptional control of mitochondrial metabolism by TIF1γ drives erythropoiesis
Science 2021cited by 49position: middledoi
Super-enhancer-based identification of a BATF3/IL-2R−module reveals vulnerabilities in anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Nature Communications 2021cited by 45position: middledoi
Cdk1 Controls Global Epigenetic Landscape in Embryonic Stem Cells
Molecular Cell 2020cited by 119position: middledoi
RNA helicase DDX21 mediates nucleotide stress responses in neural crest and melanoma cells
Nature Cell Biology 2020cited by 66position: middledoi
LIN28B regulates transcription and potentiates MYCN-induced neuroblastoma through binding to ZNF143 at target gene promotors
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 65position: middledoi
Common variants in signaling transcription-factor-binding sites drive phenotypic variability in red blood cell traits
Nature Genetics 2020cited by 48position: middledoi
CHD7 and Runx1 interaction provides a braking mechanism for hematopoietic differentiation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 25position: middledoi
Pol II phosphorylation regulates a switch between transcriptional and splicing condensates
Nature 2019cited by 710position: middledoi
Mediator Condensates Localize Signaling Factors to Key Cell Identity Genes
Molecular Cell 2019cited by 298position: middledoi
ASCL1 is a MYCN- and LMO1-dependent member of the adrenergic neuroblastoma core regulatory circuitry
Nature Communications 2019cited by 96position: middledoi
Coactivator condensation at super-enhancers links phase separation and gene control
Science 2018cited by 2,643position: middledoi
Transcription Factors Activate Genes through the Phase-Separation Capacity of Their Activation Domains
Cell 2018cited by 1,908position: middledoi
Selective gene dependencies in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma include the core transcriptional regulatory circuitry
Nature Genetics 2018cited by 299position: middledoi
Cross-Cohort Analysis Identifies a TEAD4–MYCN Positive Feedback Loop as the Core Regulatory Element of High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Cancer Discovery 2018cited by 192position: middledoi
EWS/FLI Confers Tumor Cell Synthetic Lethality to CDK12 Inhibition in Ewing Sarcoma
Cancer Cell 2018cited by 169position: middledoi
High MITF Expression Is Associated with Super-Enhancers and Suppressed by CDK7 Inhibition in Melanoma
Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2018cited by 61position: middledoi
JDP2: An oncogenic bZIP transcription factor in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2018cited by 30position: middledoi
YY1 Is a Structural Regulator of Enhancer-Promoter Loops
Cell 2017cited by 1,070position: middledoi
The long noncoding RNA <i>Wisper</i> controls cardiac fibrosis and remodeling
Science Translational Medicine 2017cited by 331position: middledoi
<i>MYC</i> Drives a Subset of High-Risk Pediatric Neuroblastomas and Is Activated through Mechanisms Including Enhancer Hijacking and Focal Enhancer Amplification
Cancer Discovery 2017cited by 237position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Richard A. Young · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research34 papers (2013–2023)A. Thomas Look · Harvard Stem Cell Institute11 papers (2014–2023)Tong Ihn Lee · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research10 papers (2013–2022)Nicholas Kwiatkowski · Woomera Therapeutics9 papers (2014–2018)Nathanael S. Gray · Stanford University9 papers (2014–2018) · 8 papers (2014–2023)Nancy M. Hannett · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research8 papers (2014–2019)Tinghu Zhang · Stanford University8 papers (2014–2018)Denes Hnisz · Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics7 papers (2013–2023) · 7 papers (2017–2023)Alessandra Dall’Agnese · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research6 papers (2018–2023) · 6 papers (2017–2023)Alicia V. Zamudio · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research5 papers (2017–2019)Rudolf Jaenisch · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2014–2022)Charles H. Li · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research5 papers (2017–2019)Yang Guo · Hubei University of Medicine5 papers (2015–2019)Abraham S. Weintraub · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2014–2023)Ting Tao · Harbin Medical University4 papers (2020–2023)Takaomi Sanda · National University of Singapore4 papers (2014–2019)Benjamin R. Sabari · University of Oklahoma4 papers (2018–2019)