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Alara Tuncer

University of Toronto

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Chronic stress promotes sex-divergent Type 1, 2 and 17 responses in brain resident lymphocytes.

Simon Paris, Ke Cao, Yoobhin Park, Kevin Junwon Lee, Sicong Zhou, Deeva Uthayakumar, Miguel Novelo, Alara Tuncer, Chenxi Qian, Chao Wang

This study identifies sex-divergent type 1, 2, and 17 cytokine responses in brain-resident lymphocytes under chronic stress, revealing sex-specific regulatory mechanisms.

bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

ODC1 restricts meningeal B cell age-associated-like phenotype and function in multiple sclerosis: a human and experimental study

Jonathan D. Zurawski, Alara Tuncer, Martin R. Profant, Jianuo Wang, Miranda Green, Yoobhin Park, Ke Cao, Simon Paris, Shahamat Tauhid, Youmna Jalkh, Molly Quattrucci, Renxin Chu, Xingshan Cao, Alex Kiss, Tanuja Chitnis, , Chao Wang

This study shows that ODC1 suppresses age-associated B cell features in meningeal inflammation of MS and EAE, affecting disease severity.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 13, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology