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Rokana Taftaf

Northwestern UniversityORCID

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Rokana M. O Taftaf, Rokana Taftaf

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Northwestern UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern UniversityUniversity of KentuckyTexas A&M University System
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Rokana Taftaf is an author at Northwestern University specializing in medicine, extracellular vesicles, and cancer biology.

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Homophilic CD44 Interactions Mediate Tumor Cell Aggregation and Polyclonal Metastasis in Patient-Derived Breast Cancer Models

Xia Liu, Rokana Taftaf, Madoka Kawaguchi,

Cancer Discovery

2018

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ICAM1 initiates CTC cluster formation and trans-endothelial migration in lung metastasis of breast cancer

Rokana Taftaf, Xia Liu, Salendra Singh,

Nature Communications

2021

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EGFR inhibition blocks cancer stem cell clustering and lung metastasis of triple negative breast cancer

Xia Liu, Valery Adorno-Cruz, Ya-Fang Chang,

Theranostics

2021

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ITGA2 promotes expression of ACLY and CCND1 in enhancing breast cancer stemness and metastasis

Valery Adorno-Cruz, Andrew D. Hoffmann, Xia Liu,

Genes & Diseases

2020

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Dynamic Glycoprotein Hyposialylation Promotes Chemotherapy Evasion and Metastatic Seeding of Quiescent Circulating Tumor Cell Clusters in Breast Cancer

Nurmaa K. Dashzeveg, Yuzhi Jia, Youbin Zhang,

Cancer Discovery

2023

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Research productivity in Syria: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of current status

Maria Diab, Rokana Taftaf, Mohammad Arabi

Avicenna Journal of Medicine

2011

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Machine learning-assisted elucidation of CD81–CD44 interactions in promoting cancer stemness and extracellular vesicle integrity

Erika K. Ramos, Chia‐Feng Tsai, Yuzhi Jia,

eLife

2022

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Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma: A Rare Type of Lung Metastases—Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature

Rokana Taftaf, Sandra L. Starnes, Jiang Wang,

Case Reports in Oncological Medicine

2014

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New Advances and Challenges of Targeting Cancer Stem Cells

Nurmaa K. Dashzeveg, Rokana Taftaf, Erika K. Ramos,

Cancer Research

2017

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