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Ningxin Kang

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

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Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2

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Single-cell profiling of physically interacting immune cells using image-guided sorting

Ningxin Kang, Cheryl Kim, Thomas J. Scriba, Bjoern Peters, Julie G. Burel

The paper uses image-guided sorting to distinguish physically interacting T cell-monocyte pairs from coincidental doublets in tuberculosis patients, revealing distinct transcriptional signatures of contact.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

A novel method for characterizing cell-cell interactions at single-cell resolution reveals unique signatures in blood T cell-monocyte complexes during infection

Ningxin Kang, Ashu Chawla, Hannah Hillman, Rashmi Tippalagama, Cheryl Kim, Zbigniew Mikulski, Sara McArdle, Grégory Seumois, Pandurangan Vijayanand, Thomas J. Scriba, Aruna Dharshan De Silva, Ángel Balmaseda, Eva Harris, Daniela Weiskopf, Alessandro Sette, , Julie G. Burel

The paper introduces a method to study cell-cell interactions at single-cell resolution, revealing unique transcriptomic signatures in T cell-monocyte complexes during TB and dengue infection.

iScience · Aug 23, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology