Akinyemi I. Ojesina, MD, PhD

Publications

• Race-related host and microbe transcriptomic signatures in triple-negative breast cancer.

  (Kumar R, Duyar-Ayerdi S, Sundaresan A, Srinivasasainagendra V, Pedamallu CS, Behring M, Chandrashekar DS, Eltoum IE, Varambally S, Tiwari HK, Shrestha S, Auer PL, Chaudhary LN, Kirby JR, Yates C, Manne U, Ojesina AI.) NPJ Breast Cancer. 2025 Aug 08;11(1):87 PMID: 40781241 PMCID: PMC12334597 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105012896561 08/09/2025

• Protocol for obtaining cancer type and subtype predictions using subSCOPE.

  (Grewal JK, Robertson AG, Ellrott K, Wong CK, Lee JA, Yau C, Tercan B, Castro MAA, Benz CC, Cancer Genome Atlas Analysis Network, Zenklusen JC, Cherniack AD, Laird PW, Jones SJM.) STAR Protoc. 2025 Jun 20;6(2):103705 PMID: 40202838 PMCID: PMC12013717 04/09/2025

• Protocol for assessing distances in pathway space for classifier feature sets from machine learning methods.

  (Tercan B, Apolonio VH, Chagas VS, Wong CK, Lee JA, Yau C, Benz CC, Stuart JM, Karlberg BJ, Ellrott K, Grewal JK, Jones SJM, Cancer Genome Atlas Analysis Network, Zenklusen JC, Robertson AG, Laird PW, Cherniack AD, Castro MAA.) STAR Protoc. 2025 Jun 20;6(2):103681 PMID: 40106435 PMCID: PMC11968257 03/19/2025

• Expression patterns of mismatch repair proteins in cervical cancer uncover independent prognostic value of MSH-2.

  (van den Berg MC, Berg HF, Stokowy T, Hoivik EA, Woie K, Engerud H, Ojesina AI, Haldorsen IS, Trovik J, Bertelsen BI, Krakstad C, Halle MK.) Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 Jul 01;34(7):993-1000 PMID: 38950928 PMCID: PMC11228214 07/02/2024

• From Gut to Hormones: Unraveling the Role of Gut Microbiota in (Phyto)Estrogen Modulation in Health and Disease.

  (Kumari N, Kumari R, Dua A, Singh M, Kumar R, Singh P, Duyar-Ayerdi S, Pradeep S, Ojesina AI, Kumar R.) Mol Nutr Food Res. 2024 Mar;68(6):e2300688 PMID: 38342595 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85184482849 02/12/2024

• Deciphering the divergent transcriptomic landscapes of cervical cancer cells grown in 3D and 2D cell culture systems.

  (Kumar R, Iden M, Tsaih SW, Schmidt R, Ojesina AI, Rader JS.) Front Cell Dev Biol. 2024;12:1413882 PMID: 39193365 PMCID: PMC11347336 08/28/2024

• Variations in Genes Encoding Human Papillomavirus Binding Receptors and Susceptibility to Cervical Precancer.

  (Mukherjee A, Ye Y, Wiener HW, Kuniholm MH, Minkoff H, Michel K, Palefsky J, D'Souza G, Rahangdale L, Butler KR, Kempf MC, Sudenga SL, Aouizerat BE, Ojesina AI, Shrestha S.) Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 Sep 01;32(9):1190-1197 PMID: 37410084 PMCID: PMC10472094 07/06/2023

• Partnership status and retention in care among cisgender heterosexual newly diagnosed people with HIV: a cohort study.

  (Sohail M, Long DM, Mugavero MJ, Batey DS, Ojesina AI, Levitan EB.) AIDS Care. 2023 Sep;35(9):1428-1436 PMID: 35348413 PMCID: PMC9519801 03/30/2022

• Evaluating Nurses' Time to Response by Severity and Cancer Stage in a Remote Symptom Monitoring Program for Patients With Breast Cancer.

  (Caston NE, Franks JA, Balas N, Eltoum N, Thigpen H, Patterson M, Azuero A, Ojesina AI, Dent DN, Hildreth K, Lalor FR, McGowen C, Huang CS, Dionne-Odom JN, Weiner BJ, Jackson BE, Basch EM, Stover AM, Howell D, Pierce JY, Rocque GB.) JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2023 Jun;7:e2300015 PMID: 37279409 PMCID: PMC10530733 06/06/2023

• Genome-wide variants and polygenic risk scores for cognitive impairment following blood or marrow transplantation.

  (Sharafeldin N, Zhang J, Singh P, Bosworth A, Chen Y, Patel SK, Wang X, Francisco L, Forman SJ, Wong FL, Ojesina AI, Bhatia S.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2022 Jun;57(6):925-933 PMID: 35379913 PMCID: PMC9233077 04/06/2022

• Partnership status and time to viral suppression and sustained viral suppression among newly diagnosed heterosexual people with HIV.

  (Sohail M, Long DM, Batey DS, Mugavero MJ, Ojesina AI, Levitan EB.) Int J STD AIDS. 2022 Mar;33(4):347-354 PMID: 35085052 PMCID: PMC9364114 01/28/2022

• Genomic alterations associated with mutational signatures, DNA damage repair and chromatin remodeling pathways in cervical carcinoma.

  (Halle MK, Sundaresan A, Zhang J, Pedamallu CS, Srinivasasainagendra V, Blair J, Brooke D, Bertelsen BI, Woie K, Shrestha S, Tiwari H, Wong YF, Krakstad C, Ojesina AI.) NPJ Genom Med. 2021 Oct 07;6(1):82 PMID: 34620846 PMCID: PMC8497615 10/09/2021