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Nick Thao

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Alexander MonelliD· 1 shared Allison CafferataiD· 1 shared Amanda Nguyen· 1 shared Amir FerryiD· 1 shared Ananda W. GoldrathiD· 1 shared Andrea Tran· 1 shared Aneesh BaliD· 1 shared Angelica E. RockiD· 1 shared

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Proteostasis sustains T cell differentiation potential and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte function

Nicole E. Scharping, Xuezhen Ge, Maria I. Matias, Fulin Jiang, Allison Cafferata, Maximilian Heeg, Alexander Monell, Giovanni Galletti, Kitty P. Cheung, Angelica E. Rock, Nick Thao, Sydnye L. Shuttleworth, Michael A. Bauer, Kennidy K. Takehara, Amir Ferry, , Ananda W. Goldrath

This study identifies proteostasis as critical for T cell differentiation potential and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte function, showing that maintaining E3 ubiquitin ligases improves anti-tumor responses.

Cell · Nov 1, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

Social Exclusion Amplifies Behavioral Responses to Physical Pain via Insular Neuromodulation

Caroline Jia, Andrea Tran, Faith Aloboudi, Ella Say, Nick Thao, Christopher R. Lee, Kanha Batra, Amanda Nguyen, Aneesh Bal, Nathaniel N. Nono, Jeremy Delahanty, May G. Chan, Laurel R. Keyes, Reesha R. Patel, Romy Wichmann, , Kay M. Tye

This study shows social exclusion increases physical pain responses through insular neuromodulation in mice, with opposing endocannabinoid and oxytocin signaling.

bioRxiv · May 9, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience