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Thomas Lu

Baylor College of Medicine

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Temporal AI model predicts drivers of cell state trajectories across human aging

Javier Gómez Ortega, Rangarajan D. Nadadur, Akira Kunitomi, Steven Kothen-Hill, Julian U G Wagner, Sarp Kurtoglu, Bumjoon Kim, Madigan M. Reid, Thomas Lu, Kaho Washizu, Lukas Zanders, Han Chen, Yujie Zhang, Sarah Ancheta, Sara Lichtarge, , Christina V. Theodoris

The paper introduces a temporal AI model, MaxToki, trained on extensive gene data to predict cell state changes across human aging and identifies age-modulating targets.

bioRxiv · Apr 1, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Endogenous IL-10 Contributes to Wound Healing and Regulates Tissue Repair

Walker D. Short, Meredith M. Rae, Thomas Lu, Benjamin W. Padon, Tanuj J. Prajapati, Fayiz Faruk, Oluyinka O. Olutoye, Ling Yu, Paul L. Bollyky, Sundeep Govind Keswani, Swathi Balaji

This study investigates the role of endogenous IL-10 in murine wound healing, finding no effect on closure rates but increased inflammation and scarring in its absence.

bioRxiv · Mar 15, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology