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Sara B. Mulinyawe

Stanford Medicine

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Anna C. GeraghtyiD· 3 shared Kiarash ShamardaniiD· 3 shared Michelle MonjeiD· 3 shared Pamelyn J. WooiD· 3 shared Rebecca A. MancusiiD· 3 shared Karen E. MalaconiD· 2 shared Kathryn R. TayloriD· 2 shared Lehi Acosta-AlvareziD· 2 shared

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Dysregulated Microglial Synaptic Engulfment in Diffuse Midline Glioma

Rebecca A. Mancusi, Eva U. Tatlock, Kiarash Shamardani, Lehi Acosta-Alvarez, Richard Drexler, Vrunda S. Trivedi, Avishai Gavish, Kouta Niizuma, Neeraj Soni, Pamelyn J. Woo, Sara B. Mulinyawe, Samin Maleki Jahan, Natalie A. Logan, Karen E. Malacon, Youkyeong Gloria Byun, , Michelle Monje

This study investigates how microglial synaptic engulfment is dysregulated in diffuse midline glioma, leading to imbalanced excitatory-inhibitory synapse ratios and increased neuronal hyperexcitability.

bioRxiv · Dec 25, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Immunotherapy-related cognitive impairment after CAR T cell therapy in mice

Anna C. Geraghty, Lehi Acosta-Alvarez, Maria Caterina Rotiroti, Selena Dutton, Michael R. O’Dea, Won‐Ju Kim, Vrunda S. Trivedi, Rebecca A. Mancusi, Kiarash Shamardani, Karen E. Malacon, Pamelyn J. Woo, Naiara Martínez-Vélez, Theresa Pham, Noemi Reche-Ley, Gabriel Otubu, , Michelle Monje

This study shows that CAR T cell therapy in mice causes cognitive impairment through CNS immune dysregulation, microglial reactivity, and disrupted oligodendroglial homeostasis.

Cell · May 12, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Glioma synapses recruit mechanisms of adaptive plasticity

Kathryn R. Taylor, Tara Barron, Alexa Hui, Avishay Spitzer, Belgin Yalçın, Alexis English Ivec, Anna C. Geraghty, Griffin G. Hartmann, Marlene Arzt, Shawn M. Gillespie, Yoon Seok Kim, Samin Maleki Jahan, Helena Zhang, Kiarash Shamardani, Minhui Su, , Michelle Monje

This study shows that BDNF-TrkB signaling promotes malignant synaptic plasticity in gliomas, enhancing tumor progression through mechanisms similar to long-term potentiation in the healthy brain.

Nature · Nov 1, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Autophagy collaborates with apoptosis pathways to control myelination specificity and function

Tingxin Zhang, Han‐Gyu Bae, Aksheev Bhambri, Yihe Zhang, Daniela Barbosa, Jumin Xue, Sabeen Wazir, Sara B. Mulinyawe, Jun Hee Kim, Lu O. Sun

This study shows autophagy promotes apoptosis in premyelinating oligodendrocytes to control myelination location, timing, and sheath thickness through the TFEB-PUMA-Bax/Bak pathway.

bioRxiv · Dec 31, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience