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Pooja Saklani

Purdue University West Lafayette

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Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Sleep-dependent clearance of brain lipids by peripheral blood cells

Bumsik Cho, Diane E. Youngstrom, Samantha L. Killiany, Camilo Guevara, Caitlin E. Randolph, Connor H. Beveridge, Pooja Saklani, Gaurav Chopra, Amita Sehgal

The paper shows that sleep in Drosophila allows peripheral hemocytes to clear lipids from the brain, and this process is mediated by the eater receptor.

Nature · Feb 11, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology