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Brinkman, Jacqueline A., Margarita Dzama-Karels, Max Bucklan, Carl J. Manner, Mallory Sokolowski, and Jesse R. Raab. 2026. “Loss of cBAF Complex Confers Sorafenib Resistance in Liver Cancer.” bioRxiv, June, 2026.06.11.731725. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.11.731725.
Brinkman, Jacqueline A., Fransky Hantelys, Jesse Raab, and Adam D. Gracz. 2026. “Chromatin State Distinguishes Injury-Responsive from State-Stabilizing Transcriptional Programs in Hybrid Hepatocytes.” bioRxivorg, May, 2026.05.04.722673. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.04.722673.
Sokolowski, Mallory, Deena Scoville, Peyton C. Kuhlers, and Jesse Raab. 2026. “Arginine Methylation of BAF155 Regulates Interactions with RNA Processing Machinery.” bioRxiv, May, 2026.05.18.726059. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.18.726059.
Zhu, Lee-Ching, Sushant A. Patil, Peyton C. Kuhlers, et al. 2026. “Transcriptomic Classification and Clinicopathologic Correlation of Hepatocellular Neoplasms with Steatotic Features in Non-Cirrhotic Livers.” Pathology, ahead of print, March. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2025.12.006.
Dzama-Karels, Margarita, Mallory Sokolowski, Peyton Kuhlers, Jacqueline A. Brinkman, John P. Morris IV, and Jesse R. Raab. 2025. “Menin-MLL1 Complex Cooperates with NF-y to Promote Hepatocellular Carcinoma Survival.” Cell Rep. 44 (12): 116619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116619.
Nenad, William C., Peyton Kuhlers, Ian R. Sturgill, et al. 2025. “BAP1 Deletion in Hepatocytes Primes an Inflammatory Transcriptional Response.” bioRxiv, 2025.10.31.685807. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.31.685807.
Sturgill, Ian R., Jesse R. Raab, and Katherine A. Hoadley. 2024. “Expanded Detection and Impact of BAP1 Alterations in Cancer.” NAR Cancer 6 (4): zcae045. https://doi.org/10.1093/narcan/zcae045.
Zhao, Shuai, Jiuwei Lu, Bo Pan, et al. 2023. “TNRC18 Engages H3K9me3 to Mediate Silencing of Endogenous Retrotransposons.” Nature, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06688-z.
Tulasi, Deepthi Y., Diego Martinez Castaneda, Kortney Wager, et al. 2021. “Sox9EGFP Defines Biliary Epithelial Heterogeneity Downstream of Yap Activity.” Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 11 (5): 1437–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmgh.2021.01.009.
Orlando, Krystal Ann, Amber K. Douglas, Aierken Abudu, et al. 2020. “Re-Expression of SMARCA4/BRG1 in Small Cell Carcinoma of Ovary, Hypercalcemic Type (SCCOHT) Promotes an Epithelial-Like Gene Signature Through an AP-1-Dependent Mechanism.” Elife 9: e59073. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59073.
Raab, Jesse R., Deepthi Y. Tulasi, Kortney E. Wager, Jeremy M. Morowitz, Scott T. Magness, and Adam D. Gracz. 2020. “Quantitative Classification of Chromatin Dynamics Reveals Regulators of Intestinal Stem Cell Differentiation.” Development 147 (1): dev181966. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.181966.
Orlando, Krystal A., Vinh Nguyen, Jesse R. Raab, Tara Walhart, and Bernard E. Weissman. 2019. “Remodeling the Cancer Epigenome: Mutations in the SWI/SNF Complex Offer New Therapeutic Opportunities.” Expert Rev. Anticancer Ther. 19 (5): 375–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737140.2019.1605905.
Raab, Jesse R., Keriayn N. Smith, Camarie C. Spear, Carl J. Manner, J. Mauro Calabrese, and Terry Magnuson. 2019. “SWI/SNF Remains Localized to Chromatin in the Presence of SCHLAP1.” Nat. Genet. 51 (1): 26–29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0272-z.
Gracz, Adam D., Leigh Ann Samsa, Matthew J. Fordham, et al. 2018. “Sox4 Promotes Atoh1-Independent Intestinal Secretory Differentiation Toward Tuft and Enteroendocrine Fates.” Gastroenterology 155 (5): 1508–1523.e10. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2018.07.023.
Runge, J. S., J. R. Raab, and T. Magnuson. 2018. “Identification of Two Distinct Classes of the Human INO80 Complex Genome-Wide (Vol 8, Pg 1095, 2018).” G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 8 (7): 2537–37.
Raab, Jesse R., John S. Runge, Camarie C. Spear, and Terry Magnuson. 2017. “Co-Regulation of Transcription by BRG1 and BRM, Two Mutually Exclusive SWI/SNF ATPase Subunits.” Epigenetics Chromatin 10 (1): 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-017-0167-8.
Runge, John S., Jesse R. Raab, and Terry Magnuson. 2016. “Epigenetic Regulation by ATP-Dependent Chromatin-Remodeling Enzymes: SNF-Ing Out Crosstalk.” Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 117: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ctdb.2015.10.009.
Chandler, Ronald L., Jeffrey S. Damrauer, Jesse R. Raab, et al. 2015. “Coexistent ARID1A-PIK3CA Mutations Promote Ovarian Clear-Cell Tumorigenesis Through Pro-Tumorigenic Inflammatory Cytokine Signalling.” Nat. Commun. 6 (1): 6118. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7118.
Chandler, Ronald L., Jesse R. Raab, Mike Vernon, Terry Magnuson, and Jonathan C. Schisler. 2015. “Global Gene Expression Profiling of a Mouse Model of Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma Caused by ARID1A and PIK3CA Mutations Implicates a Role for Inflammatory Cytokine Signaling.” Genom Data 5: 329–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2015.06.027.
Raab, Jesse R., Samuel Resnick, and Terry Magnuson. 2015. “Genome-Wide Transcriptional Regulation Mediated by Biochemically Distinct SWI/SNF Complexes.” PLoS Genet. 11 (12): e1005748. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005748.
Rothbart, Scott B., Bradley M. Dickson, Jesse R. Raab, et al. 2015. “An Interactive Database for the Assessment of Histone Antibody Specificity.” Mol. Cell 59 (3): 502–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.06.022.
Kirkland, Jacob G., Jesse R. Raab, and Rohinton T. Kamakaka. 2013. “TFIIIC Bound DNA Elements in Nuclear Organization and Insulation.” Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1829 (3-4): 418–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.09.006.
Raab, Jesse R., Jonathan Chiu, Jingchun Zhu, et al. 2012. “Human tRNA Genes Function as Chromatin Insulators.” EMBO J. 31 (2): 330–50. https://doi.org/10.1038/emboj.2011.406.
Raab, Jesse R., and Rohinton T. Kamakaka. 2010. “Insulators and Promoters: Closer Than We Think.” Nat. Rev. Genet. 11 (6): 439–46. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg2765.
Dhillon, Namrita, Jesse Raab, Julie Guzzo, et al. 2009. “DNA Polymerase \(ɛ\), Acetylases and Remodellers Cooperate to Form a Specialized Chromatin Structure at a tRNA Insulator.” EMBO J. 28 (17): 2583–600.
 

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