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Leon McSwain

Emory University

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Alexander V. KabanoviD· 1 shared Alicia G. Hudson· 1 shared Andrey P. TikunoviD· 1 shared Arpan PradhaniD· 1 shared Benjamin B. ParrottiD· 1 shared Chaemin LimiD· 1 shared Chun L. NgiD· 1 shared Cordula SchulziD· 1 shared

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Myeloid compartment reprogramming through nanoparticle delivered resiquimod blocks paracrine growth support and activates phagocytosis to slow tumor progression in endogenous mouse medulloblastoma and diffuse midline glioma models

Leon McSwain, Kyoungtea Kim, Duhyeong Hwang, Chaemin Lim, Cynthia L. Winham, Jon Jacques, Hunter C. Jonus, Elias P. Rosen, Arpan Pradhan, Sudhir Pai Kasturi, Andrey P. Tikunov, Serge Yacoub, Dalia Haydar, Alexander V. Kabanov, Jessica Raper, , Marina Sokolsky‐Papkov

ResiPOx, a nanoparticle-delivered TLR7/8 agonist, reprograms tumor-associated myeloid cells to inhibit tumor growth in mouse models of medulloblastoma and diffuse midline glioma.

bioRxiv · May 8, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

G-Protein signaling increases germline stem cell activity in Drosophila males in response to multiple rounds of mating

Manashree S. Malpe, Leon McSwain, Karl A. Kudyba, Chun L. Ng, Jennie Nicholson, Maximilian Brady, Yue Qian, Vinay Choksi, Alicia G. Hudson, Benjamin B. Parrott, Cordula Schulz

The paper shows that G-protein signaling in Drosophila male germline stem cells increases their division rate in response to repeated mating.

bioRxiv · Nov 14, 2019 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology