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Kathryn Spencer

Scripps Research Institute

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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The membrane distal domain of CD16a allosterically regulates NK cell ADCC

Tania Cid, Monica Fernandez-Quintéro, Hijab Fatima, Ema Robinson, Braden Christenson, Johannes R. Loeffler, Daniel P. Leaman, Ryan Lin, Kayla Xu, Jessica Matthias, Scott C. Henderson, Kathryn Spencer, Joseph Jardine, Michael B. Zwick, Andrew B. Ward, , Charles Daniel Murin

This paper identifies an allosteric checkpoint in CD16a that regulates NK cell ADCC independently of IgG-Fc binding, revealing a mechanism for modulating immune responses.

bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Molecular and Structural Characterization Reveals Divergent Extracellular Vesicle Profiles Between Wild Type and Alzheimer's Disease Cerebrocortical Organoids

Anthony Balistreri, Natalie Turner, Jadon Compher, Mireya Almaraz, Akhil Prabhavalkar, Sachita Chittal, Sergio R. Labra, Kehinde Ezekiel, Christine Baal, Claudia Cedeño Kwong, Swagata Ghatak, Jan-Hannes Schaefer, Kimberly G. Vanderpool, Kathryn Spencer, John R. Yates, , Jeffery W. Kelly

The paper characterizes extracellular vesicles from Alzheimer's disease and wild-type cerebrocortical organoids, finding differences in size, membrane structure, and proteomic content.

bioRxiv · May 14, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience