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A. F. Savulescu

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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M. M. Mhlanga· 2 shared A. Golani-Armon· 1 shared A. K. Coussens· 1 shared A. Ngomti· 1 shared B. Cohen· 1 shared D. Oosthuizen· 1 shared E. Perlson· 1 shared F. Brombacher· 1 shared

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M. M. Mhlanga

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Immunoglobulin M regulates airway hyperresponsiveness independent of T helper 2 allergic inflammation.

S. Hadebe, A. F. Savulescu, J. Khumalo, K. Jones, S. Mangali, N. Mthembu, F. Musaigwa, W. Maepa, H. Ndlovu, A. Ngomti, M. Scibiorek, J. Okendo, F. Brombacher

This study shows IgM regulates airway hyperresponsiveness independently of Th2 inflammation in a mouse model of allergic asthma.

eLife · Dec 16, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

Quantifying spatial dynamics and regulators of Mycobacterium tuberculosis phagocytosis by primary human macrophages using microfabricated patterns

A. F. Savulescu, N. Peton, D. Oosthuizen, R. Hazra, M. M. Mhlanga, A. K. Coussens

This study quantifies spatial dynamics and regulators of Mycobacterium tuberculosis phagocytosis in human macrophages using micropatterned cultures.

bioRxiv · Nov 10, 2022Cell Biology

Mitochondria serve as axonal shuttle for Cox7c mRNA through mechanism that involves its mitochondrial targeting signal

B. Cohen, A. Golani-Armon, T. Altman, A. F. Savulescu, M. M. Mhlanga, E. Perlson, Y. S. Arava

The paper identifies mitochondria as a shuttle for Cox7c mRNA along axons, with the coding region and mitochondrial targeting signal mediating this transport.

bioRxiv · May 19, 2021 · PreprintCell Biology