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Benjamin Ruf

National Institutes of HealthORCID 0000-0002-2501-4471Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 1 Cancer Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1

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Aaron T. MayeriD· 1 shared Alexandro E. TrevinoiD· 1 shared Amiran DzutseviD· 1 shared Amran Nur· 1 shared Benjamin L. GreeniD· 1 shared BRIAN T. DAWSON· 1 shared Changqing XieiD· 1 shared Chi MaiD· 1 shared

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2024-2026 · peak 1/yr

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintJun 6, 2026

HOPE: Interpretable Histology Analysis with Spatial Omics-Derived Signatures for Precision Oncology

T Wang, Matthew F Bieniosek, T J Krpicak…·Zhenqin Wu

HOPE learns tumor microenvironment signatures from paired H&E and spatial omics data to improve prognostic stratification using H&E images alone.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.03.729847

humanspatial transcriptomics

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintJan 23, 2024

The Gut Microbiome Controls Liver Tumors via the Vagus Nerve

Kylynda C. Bauer, Rajiv Trehan, Benjamin Ruf…·Tim F. Greten

This study shows that gut microbiota influence liver tumor growth and behavior through the vagus nerve, with cholinergic signaling and CD8+ T cells playing key roles.

18 citations

mouseproteomics

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