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Neha Karekar

Tisch Cancer Institute

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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T cell epitope mapping reveals immunodominance of evolutionarily conserved regions within SARS-CoV-2 proteome.

Cansu Cimen Bozkus, Matthew Brown, Leandra G. Velazquez, Marcus Thomas, Eric A. Wilson, Timothy J. O’Donnell, Anna Kaminska, Denis Ruchnewitz, Douglas Geertz, Yonina Bykov, Julia Kodysh, Kasopefoluwa Y. Oguntuyo, Vladimir Roudko, David Hoyos, Komal Srivastava, , Nina Bhardwaj

The paper maps T cell epitopes in SARS-CoV-2, showing that immunodominant regions are conserved across variants and important for immune surveillance.

iScience · Jul 2, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

SARS-CoV-2 B Epitope-Guided Neoantigen NanoVaccines Enhance Tumor-Specific CD4/CD8 T Cell Immunity Through B Cell Antigen Presentation

Chengyi Li, Fang Ke, Shuai Mao, Zera Montemayor, Mohamed Dit Mady Traore, Alejandro Balsa, Mahamadou Djibo, Neha Karekar, Hongxiang Hu, Hanning Wen, Wei Gao, Duxin Sun

This study develops a neoantigen vaccine using SARS-CoV-2 B cell epitopes to enhance CD4/CD8 T cell immunity through B cell antigen presentation, showing improved efficacy in multiple cancer models.

ACS Nano · Feb 13, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology