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Aaron Yang

University of Pittsburgh

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Amanda C. PoholekiD· 2 shared Ali T. Rai· 1 shared Allison MacLean· 1 shared Ann Titus· 1 shared Archana Ramgopal· 1 shared Austin J. Frazer· 1 shared Bhavya Kanagala· 1 shared Christopher Wittmann· 1 shared

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Satellite Glial Cells Drive Homeostatic Synaptic Structural Plasticity in Sympathetic Neurons

Joshua Harrison, Ellie Greene, Aaron Yang, Jumana Akoad, Laurie Chen, Rui Gong, Xianghan Liu, Susan J. Birren

This study shows that satellite glial cells regulate synaptic plasticity in sympathetic neurons to maintain homeostasis, with disruptions observed in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

AMPK agonism optimizes the in vivo persistence and anti-leukemia efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor T cells

Erica Lynne Braverman, Mengtao Qin, Elisabet Ampudia-Mesias, Herbert Tres Schuler, Harrison Brown, Lukas Murdych, Ann Titus, Allison MacLean, Bhavya Kanagala, Christopher Wittmann, Archana Ramgopal, Felicia Kemp, Steven J Mullet, Aaron Yang, Amanda C. Poholek, , Craig Byersdorfer

This study shows that activating AMPK during CAR T cell expansion improves their in vivo persistence and anti-leukemia efficacy without altering expansion protocols or genetic constructs.

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer · Dec 1, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

Maternal Immunoglobulin A regulates the development of the neonatal microbiota and intestinal microbiota-specific CD4+ T cell responses

Darryl Adelaide Abbott, Ali T. Rai, Aaron Yang, Yixuan Cai, Shelcie Fabre, Austin J. Frazer, Jacob D. DeSchepper, Amanda C. Poholek, Timothy Wesley Hand

This study shows that maternal IgA suppresses Enterobacteriaceae colonization and prevents the development of intestinal microbiota-specific CD4+ T cells in neonates.

bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2024 · PreprintImmunology