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M. J. Ward

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Cancer Biology· 1 Immunology· 1 Pharmacology & Toxicology· 1 Plant Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1

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A. Chakravarthy· 1 shared A. Feber· 1 shared A. Furness· 1 shared A. H. Rowe· 1 shared A. Heaston· 1 shared A. T. Panganiban· 1 shared B. Schouest· 1 shared D. Avitabile· 1 shared

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Identification and characterization of novel proteins from Arizona bark scorpion venom that inhibit Nav1.8, a voltage-gated sodium channel regulator of pain signaling

T. M. Abd El-Aziz, Y. Xiao, J. Kline, H. Gridley, A. Heaston, K. D. Linse, M. J. Ward, D. R. Rokyta, J. D. Stockand, T. R. Cummins, L. Fornelli, A. H. Rowe

The paper identifies four novel scorpion venom proteins that inhibit Nav1.8, a sodium channel involved in pain signaling, through proteomic and electrophysiological analyses.

bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2021Pharmacology & Toxicology

CD8+ lymphocytes modulate Zika virus dynamics and tissue dissemination and orchestrate antiviral immunity

B. Schouest, M. Fahlberg, E. A. Scheef, M. J. Ward, K. Headrick, D. M. Szeltner, R. V. Blair, M. H. Gilbert, L. A. Doyle-Meyers, V. W. Danner, M. C. Bonaldo, D. M. Wesson, A. T. Panganiban, N. J. Maness

This study shows CD8+ lymphocytes control ZIKV dissemination and immune regulation in nonhuman primates by affecting viremia, tissue viral loads, and immune responses.

bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2019 · PreprintImmunology

Pan-cancer deconvolution of cellular composition identifies molecular correlates of antitumour immunity and checkpoint blockade response

A. Chakravarthy, A. Furness, K. Joshi, E. Ghorani, K. Ford, M. J. Ward, E. V. King, M. Lechner, T. Marafioti, S. Quezada, G. J. Thomas, A. Feber, T. Fenton

This study identifies immune hot and cold tumour subgroups across cancers using DNA methylation-based deconvolution, linking them to immunotherapy response and immune resistance mechanisms.

bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2018Cancer Biology

Spot dynamics in a reaction-diffusion model of plant root hair initiation

D. Avitabile, V. F. Brena-Medina, M. J. Ward

The paper develops a reaction-diffusion model to study how auxin gradients influence ROP protein activation patterns in Arabidopsis root hair initiation.

bioRxiv · Oct 5, 2017Plant Biology