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Palak Shah

Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and HarvardPrimary ORCID profile (0009-0003-2030-233X · 1 paper)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Palak ShahiD1 paper · University of Michigan

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Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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PPARγ downregulation in colonic CD8+ T cells results in epithelial barrier disruption in people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy

Upasana Das Adhikari, Leah M. Froehle, Alexandra N. Pipkin, Heeva Baharlou, Alice H. Linder, Palak Shah, Amanda M. Hussey, Qiming Zhang, Sarah K. Nyquist, Saleh Khawaled, Fangtao Chi, Swagata Goswami, Sabhyata Sedhain, Salina Hussain, Thomas J. Diefenbach, , Douglas S. Kwon

This study shows that PPARγ downregulation in colonic CD8+ T cells of people with HIV on ART leads to epithelial barrier disruption by promoting lipid uptake and apoptosis.

Cell · Sep 11, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology