Sara Savage

Research Staff

Sara Savage

Staff Computational Biologist

Publications (24)

DeepMVP: deep learning models trained on high-quality data accurately predict PTM sites and variant-induced alterations.

Wen B#, Wang C#, Li K#, Han P, Holt MV, Savage SR, Lei JT, Dou Y, Shi Z, Li Y, Zhang B.

Nat Methods, 22(9):1857-1867, 2025. (# first authors)

deep learning

Comprehensive evaluation of phosphoproteomic-based kinase activity inference.

Müller-Dott S#, Jaehnig EJ#, Munchic KP, Jiang W, Yaron-Barir TM, Savage SR, Garrido-Rodriguez M, Johnson JL, Lussana A, Petsalaki E, Lei JT, Dugourd A, Krug K, Cantley LC, Mani DR, Zhang B@, Saez-Rodriguez J@.

Nat Commun., 16(1):4771, 2025. (# first authors; @ corresponding authors)

phosphoproteomics

Proteogenomic characterization unveils biomarkers associated with chemoresistance in muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Holt MV#, Dou Y#, Young MN, Saltzman AB, Anurag M, Lei JT, Jain A, Leng M, Kim BJ, Dobrolecki LE, Faucher SF, Savage S, Wang C, Shi Z, Villanueva H, Kremers K, Drinnon KD, Castro PD, Ittmann MM, Khatani MM, Kim SH, Ellis MJ, Zhang B, Malovannaya A, Lerner SP.

Cell Rep Med., 6(8):102255, 2025. (# first authors)

proteogenomicscancer

Pan-cancer proteogenomics expands the landscape of therapeutic targets.

Savage SR, Yi X, Lei JT, Wen B, Zhao H, Liao Y, Jaehnig EJ, Somes LK, Shafer PW, Lee TD, Fu Z, Dou Y, Shi Z, Gao D, Hoyos V, Gao Q, Zhang B.

Cell, 187(16):4389-4407, 2024.

proteogenomicscancer

IDPpub: Illuminating the Dark Phosphoproteome Through PubMed Mining.

Savage SR, Zhang Y, Jaehnig EJ, Liao Y, Shi Z, Pham HA, Xu H, Zhang B.

Mol Cell Proteomics, 23(1):100682, 2024.

phosphoproteomics

Frozen tissue coring and layered histological analysis improves cell type-specific proteogenomic characterization of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Savage SR, Wang Y, Chen L, Jewell S, Newton C, Dou Y, Li QK, Bathe OF, Robles AI, Omenn GS, Thiagarajan M, Zhang H, Hostetter G, Zhang B.

Clin Proteomics, 21(1):7, 2024.

proteogenomics

A proteogenomics data-driven knowledge base of human cancer.

Liao Y#, Savage SR#, Dou Y, Shi Z, Yi X, Jiang W, Lei JT, Zhang B.

Cell Syst, 14(9):777-787, 2023. (# first authors)

proteogenomicscancer

Proteogenomic insights suggest druggable pathways in endometrial carcinoma.

Dou Y#, Katsnelson L#, Gritsenko MA#, Hu Y, Reva B, Hong R, Wang YT, Kolodziejczak I, Lu RJ, Tsai CF, Bu W, Liu W, Guo X, An E, Arend RC, Bavarva J, Chen L, Chu RK, Czekański A, Davoli T, Demicco EG, DeLair D, Devereaux K, Dhanasekaran SM, Dottino P, Dover B, Fillmore TL, Foxall M, Hermann CE, Hiltke T, Hostetter G, Jędryka M, Jewell SD, Johnson I, Kahn AG, Ku AT, Kumar-Sinha C, Kurzawa P, Lazar AJ, Lazcano R, Lei JT, Li Y, Liao Y, Lih TM, Lin TT, Martignetti JA, Masand RP, Matkowski R, McKerrow W, Mesri M, Monroe ME, Moon J, Moore RJ, Nestor MD, Newton C, Omelchenko T, Omenn GS, Payne SH, Petyuk VA, Robles AI, Rodriguez H, Ruggles KV, Rykunov D, Savage SR, Schepmoes AA, Shi T, Shi Z, Tan J, Taylor M, Thiagarajan M, Wang JM, Weitz KK, Wen B, Williams CM, Wu Y, Wyczalkowski MA, Yi X, Zhang X, Zhao R, Mutch D, Chinnaiyan AM, Smith RD, Nesvizhskii AI, Wang P, Wiznerowicz M, Ding L, Mani DR, Zhang H, Anderson ML@, Rodland KD@, Zhang B@, Liu T@, Fenyö D@; Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.

Cancer Cell, in press. (# first authors; @ corresponding authors)

proteogenomicspathway analysis

Proteogenomic data and resources for pan-cancer analysis.

Li Y#, Dou Y#, Da Veiga Leprevost F#, Geffen Y#, Calinawan AP#, Aguet F, Akiyama Y, Anand S, Birger C, Cao S, Chaudhary R, Chilappagari P, Cieslik M, Colaprico A, Zhou DC, Day C, Domagalski MJ, Esai Selvan M, Fenyö D, Foltz SM, Francis A, Gonzalez-Robles T, Gümüş ZH, Heiman D, Holck M, Hong R, Hu Y, Jaehnig EJ, Ji J, Jiang W, Katsnelson L, Ketchum KA, Klein RJ, Lei JT, Liang WW, Liao Y, Lindgren CM, Ma W, Ma L, MacCoss MJ, Martins Rodrigues F, McKerrow W, Nguyen N, Oldroyd R, Pilozzi A, Pugliese P, Reva B, Rudnick P, Ruggles KV, Rykunov D, Savage SR, Schnaubelt M, Schraink T, Shi Z, Singhal D, Song X, Storrs E, Terekhanova NV, Thangudu RR, Thiagarajan M, Wang LB, Wang JM, Wang Y, Wen B, Wu Y, Wyczalkowski MA, Xin Y, Yao L, Yi X, Zhang H, Zhang Q, Zuhl M, Getz G, Ding L, Nesvizhskii AI, Wang P, Robles AI@, Zhang B@, Payne SH@; Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.

Cancer Cell, 41(8):1397-1406, 2023. (# first authors; @ corresponding authors)

proteogenomicscancer

Modulation of the proteostasis network promotes tumor resistance to oncogenic KRAS inhibitors.

Lv X, Lu X, Cao J, Luo Q, Ding Y, Peng F, Pataer A, Lu D, Han D, Malmberg E, Chan DW, Wang X, Savage SR, Mao S, Yu J, Peng F, Yan L, Meng H, Maneix L, Han Y, Chen Y, Yao W, Chang EC, Catic A, Lin X, Miles G, Huang P, Sun Z, Burt B, Wang H, Wang J, Yao QC, Zhang B, Roth JA, O’Malley BW, Ellis MJ, Rimawi MF, Ying H, Chen X.

Science, 381(6662):eabn4180, 2023.

network analysis

Proteogenomic analysis of chemo-refractory high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Chowdhury S, Kennedy JJ, Ivey RG, Murillo OD, Hosseini N, Song X, Petralia F, Calinawan A, Savage SR, Berry AB, Reva B, Ozbek U, Krek A, Ma W, da Veiga Leprevost F, Ji J, Yoo S, Lin C, Voytovich UJ, Huang Y, Lee SH, Bergan L, Lorentzen TD, Mesri M, Rodriguez H, Hoofnagle AN, Herbert ZT, Nesvizhskii AI, Zhang B, Whiteaker JR, Fenyo D, McKerrow W, Wang J, Schürer SC, Stathias V, Chen XS, Barcellos-Hoff MH, Starr TK, Winterhoff BJ, Nelson AC, Mok SC, Kaufmann SH, Drescher C, Cieslik M, Wang P, Birrer MJ, Paulovich AG.

Cell, 186(16):3476-3498, 2023.

proteogenomicscancer

Targeting EIF4A triggers an interferon response to synergize with chemotherapy and suppress triple-negative breast cancer.

Zhao N, Kabotyanski EB, Saltzman AB, Malovannaya A, Yuan X, Reineke LC, Lieu N, Gao Y, Pedroza DA, Calderon SJ, Smith AJ, Hamor CW, Safari K, Savage SR, Zhang B, Zhou J, Solis Soto LM, Hilsenbeck SG, Fan C, Perou CM, Rosen JM.

J Clin Invest, e172503, 2023.

cancer

caAtlas: An immunopeptidome atlas of human cancer.

Yi X, Liao Y, Wen B, Li K, Dou Y, Savage SR, Zhang B.

iScience, 24(10):103107, 2021.

cancer

Proteogenomic insights into the biology and treatment of HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Huang C#, Chen L#, Savage SR#, Eguez RV, Dou Y, Li Y, da Veiga Leprevost F, Jaehnig EJ, Lei JT, Wen B, Schnaubelt M, Krug K, Song X, Cieślik M, Chang HY, Wyczalkowski MA, Li K, Colaprico A, Li QK, Clark DJ, Hu Y, Cao L, Pan J, Wang Y, Cho KC, Shi Z, Liao Y, Jiang W, Anurag M, Ji J, Yoo S, Zhou DC, Liang WW, Wendl M, Vats P, Carr SA, Mani DR, Zhang Z, Qian J, Chen XS, Pico AR, Wang P, Chinnaiyan AM, Ketchum KA, Kinsinger CR, Robles AI, An E, Hiltke T, Mesri M, Thiagarajan M, Weaver AM, Sikora AG, Lubiński J, Wierzbicka M, Wiznerowicz M, Satpathy S, Gillette MA, Miles G, Ellis MJ, Omenn GS, Rodriguez H, Boja ES, Dhanasekaran SM, Ding L, Nesvizhskii AI, El-Naggar AK, Chan DW@, Zhang H@, Zhang B@; Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.

Cancer Cell, 39(3):361-379, 2021. (# first authors; @ corresponding authors)

proteogenomics

Proteogenomic characterization of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Cao L#, Huang C#, Cui Zhou D#, Hu Y, Lih TM, Savage SR, Krug K, Clark DJ, Schnaubelt M, Chen L, da Veiga Leprevost F, Eguez RV, Yang W, Pan J, Wen B, Dou Y, Jiang W, Liao Y, Shi Z, Terekhanova NV, Cao S, Lu RJ, Li Y, Liu R, Zhu H, Ronning P, Wu Y, Wyczalkowski MA, Easwaran H, Danilova L, Mer AS, Yoo S, Wang JM, Liu W, Haibe-Kains B, Thiagarajan M, Jewell SD, Hostetter G, Newton CJ, Li QK, Roehrl MH, Fenyö D, Wang P, Nesvizhskii AI, Mani DR, Omenn GS, Boja ES, Mesri M, Robles AI, Rodriguez H, Bathe OF, Chan DW, Hruban RH, Ding L@, Zhang B@, Zhang H@; Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.

Cell, 184(19):5031-5052, 2021. (# first authors; @ corresponding authors)

proteogenomics

A proteogenomic portrait of lung squamous cell carcinoma.

Satpathy S#, Krug K#, Jean Beltran PM#, Savage SR#, Petralia F, Kumar-Sinha C, Dou Y, Reva B, Kane MH, Avanessian SC, Vasaikar SV, Krek A, Lei JT, Jaehnig EJ, Omelchenko T, Geffen Y, Bergstrom EJ, Stathias V, Christianson KE, Heiman DI, Cieslik MP, Cao S, Song X, Ji J, Liu W, Li K, Wen B, Li Y, Gümüş ZH, Selvan ME, Soundararajan R, Visal TH, Raso MG, Parra ER, Babur Ö, Vats P, Anand S, Schraink T, Cornwell M, Rodrigues FM, Zhu H, Mo CK, Zhang Y, da Veiga Leprevost F, Huang C, Chinnaiyan AM, Wyczalkowski MA, Omenn GS, Newton CJ, Schurer S, Ruggles KV, Fenyö D, Jewell SD, Thiagarajan M, Mesri M, Rodriguez H, Mani SA, Udeshi ND, Getz G, Suh J, Li QK, Hostetter G, Paik PK, Dhanasekaran SM, Govindan R, Ding L, Robles AI, Clauser KR, Nesvizhskii AI, Wang P, Carr SA@, Zhang B@, Mani DR@, Gillette MA@; Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.

Cell, 184(16):4348-4371, 2021. (# first authors; @ corresponding authors)

proteogenomics

Multiomic analysis identifies CPT1A as a potential therapeutic target in platinum-refractory, high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Huang D, Chowdhury S, Wang H, Savage SR, Ivey RG, Kennedy JJ, Whiteaker JR, Lin C, Hou X, Oberg AL, Larson MC, Eskandari N, Delisi DA, Gentile S, Huntoon CJ, Voytovich UJ, Shire ZJ, Yu Q, Gygi SP, Hoofnagle AN, Herbert ZT, Lorentzen TD, Calinawan A, Karnitz LM, Weroha SJ, Kaufmann SH, Zhang B, Wang P, Birrer MJ, Paulovich AG.

Cell Rep Med. , 2(12):100471, 2021

cancer

A highly annotated database of genes associated with platinum resistance in cancer.

Huang D, Savage SR, Calinawan AP, Lin C, Zhang B, Wang P, Starr TK, Birrer MJ, Paulovich AG.

Oncogene, 40(46):6395-6405, 2021.

cancer

Proteogenomic Characterization of Endometrial Carcinoma.

Dou Y#, Kawaler EA#, Cui Zhou D#, Gritsenko MA#, Huang C, Blumenberg L, Karpova A, Petyuk VA, Savage SR, Satpathy S, Liu W, Wu Y, Tsai CF, Wen B, Li Z, Cao S, Moon J, Shi Z, Cornwell M, Wyczalkowski MA, Chu RK, Vasaikar S, Zhou H, Gao Q, Moore RJ, Li K, Sethuraman S, Monroe ME, Zhao R, Heiman D, Krug K, Clauser K, Kothadia R, Maruvka Y, Pico AR, Oliphant AE, Hoskins EL, Pugh SL, Beecroft SJI, Adams DW, Jarman JC, Kong A, Chang HY, Reva B, Liao Y, Rykunov D, Colaprico A, Chen XS, Czekański A, Jędryka M, Matkowski R, Wiznerowicz M, Hiltke T, Boja E, Kinsinger CR, Mesri M, Robles AI, Rodriguez H, Mutch D, Fuh K, Ellis MJ, DeLair D, Thiagarajan M, Mani DR, Getz G, Noble M, Nesvizhskii AI, Wang P, Anderson ML, Levine DA, Smith RD, Payne SH, Ruggles KV, Rodland KD@, Ding L@, Zhang B@, Liu T@, Fenyö D@; Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.

Cell, 180(4):729-748, 2020 (# first authors; @ corresponding authors)

proteogenomics

Deep learning in proteomics.

Wen B, Zeng W, Liao Y, Shi Z, Savage SR, Jiang W, Zhang B.

Proteomics, 2020.

deep learning

Using phosphoproteomics data to understand cellular signaling: a comprehensive guide to bioinformatics resources.

Savage SR, Zhang B.

Clin Proteomics, 17:27, 2020.

phosphoproteomics

Proteogenomic Characterization Reveals Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Lung Adenocarcinoma.

Gillette MA, Satpathy S, Cao S, Dhanasekaran SM, Vasaikar SV, Krug K, Petralia F, Li Y, Liang WW, Reva B, Krek A, Ji J, Song X, Liu W, Hong R, Yao L, Blumenberg L, Savage SR, Wendl MC, Wen B, Li K, Tang LC, MacMullan MA, Avanessian SC, Kane MH, Newton CJ, Cornwell M, Kothadia RB, Ma W, Yoo S, Mannan R, Vats P, Kumar-Sinha C, Kawaler EA, Omelchenko T, Colaprico A, Geffen Y, Maruvka YE, da Veiga Leprevost F, Wiznerowicz M, Gümüş ZH, Veluswamy RR, Hostetter G, Heiman DI, Wyczalkowski MA, Hiltke T, Mesri M, Kinsinger CR, Boja ES, Omenn GS, Chinnaiyan AM, Rodriguez H, Li QK, Jewell SD, Thiagarajan M, Getz G, Zhang B, Fenyö D, Ruggles KV, Cieslik MP, Robles AI, Clauser KR, Govindan R, Wang P, Nesvizhskii AI, Ding L, Mani DR, Carr SA, Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.

Cell, 182(1):200-225.e35., 2020.

proteogenomics

Proteogenomic analysis of human colon cancer reveals new therapeutic opportunities.

Vasaikar S#, Huang C#, Wang X#, Petyuk VA#, Savage SR#, Wen B, Dou Y, Zhang Y, Shi Z, Arshad OA, Gritsenko MA, Zimmerman LJ, McDermott JE, Clauss TR, Moore RJ, Zhao R, Monroe ME, Wang YT, Chambers MC, Slebos RJC, Lau KS, Mo Q, Ding L, Ellis M, Thiagarajan M, Kinsinger CR, Rodriguez H, Smith RD, Rodland KD@, Liebler DC@, Liu T@, Zhang B@, Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium.

Cell, 177(4):1035-1049, 2019 (# first authors; @ corresponding authors)

proteogenomicscancer

Graph algorithms for condensing and consolidating gene set analysis results.

Savage SR, Shi Z, Liao Y, Zhang B.

Mol Cell Proteomics, 2019

pathway analysisbioinformatics