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Robert J. Johnston

GenentechORCID 0009-0008-4774-8514Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cancer Biology· 1 Genomics· 1 Immunology· 1

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Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Approach:deep learning· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2

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Conrad FooiD· 2 shared Eloisa Fuentes· 2 shared Lisa M. McGinnisiD· 2 shared Rajiv JesudasoniD· 2 shared Tyler RisomiD· 2 shared Aïcha BenTaiebiD· 1 shared Aleksandra OgurtsovaiD· 1 shared Alexander A. GirgisiD· 1 shared

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Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 18, 2026

A Spatial Proteomic Atlas of Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Identifies a Novel Predictive Class of Lymphoid Aggregates

Tyler Risom, Rajiv Jesudason, Evan Liu…·Lisa M. McGinnis

The paper identifies a novel class of mature lymphoid aggregates in NSCLC using spatial proteomics and develops a classifier to improve CPI biomarker eligibility.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.14.723890

humanspatial transcriptomics

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJan 20, 2026

Spatial Decoding of Tertiary Lymphoid Structure Maturation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Using Deep Neural Networks

Bob Chen, Conrad Foo, Alma Andersson…·Lisa M. McGinnis

The paper develops a framework to decode TLS maturation in NSCLC using spatial omics data and deep learning, identifying two distinct spatial ecosystems linked to patient outcomes.

DOI 10.64898/2026.01.16.697961

humanspatial transcriptomics

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ImmunologyNature ImmunologyPeer-reviewedOct 25, 2024

Immune landscape of tertiary lymphoid structures in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade

Daniel H. Shu, Won Jin Ho, Luciane Tsukamoto Kagohara…·Mark M. Yarchoan

This study examines TLS in HCC treated with neoadjuvant immunotherapy, finding TLS correlate with better outcomes and show distinct morphological and functional features in tumor regression.

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humanbulk RNA-seq

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