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Kayla Leiss

Hunter College

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Germline Targeted Baboon Apolipoprotein L-1 Protects Mice Against African Trypanosomes

Sara Fresard, Sarah J. Pangburn, Kayla Leiss, Daphne Boodwa-Ko, Daniella Kovacsics, Christopher J. Schoenherr, Jeremy S. Rabinowitz, Aris N. Economides, Li Li, Weigang Qiu, B. González-Baradat, Alessandro Rosa, Russell P. Thomson, Jayne Raper, Joseph Verdi

This study generates trypanosome-resistant murine models expressing primate APOL1 proteins to investigate their role in immunity, finding that baboon APOL1 provides partial protection but with limited expression, while a chimeric APOL1 variant shows protection with a fitness cost.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 27, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology