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V. L. Tokars

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Cancer Biology· 1 Immunology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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A. D. Hoffmann· 2 shared H. Liu· 2 shared L. El-Shennawy· 2 shared N. K. Dashzeveg· 2 shared Y. Jia· 2 shared Y. Shen· 2 shared A. R. Demonbreun· 1 shared B. Wray· 1 shared

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A. D. Hoffmann

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CD81 partners with CD44 in promoting exosome biogenesis, tumor cluster formation, and lung metastasis in triple negative breast cancer

E. K. Ramos, C.-F. Tsai, N. K. Dashzeveg, Y. Jia, Y. Cao, M. Manu, R. Taftaf, A. D. Hoffmann, L. El-Shennawy, M. A. Gritsenko, V. Adorno-Cruz, E. J. Schuster, D. Scholten, D. Patel, X. Liu, , H. Liu

bioRxiv · Feb 23, 2022Cancer Biology

Circulating ACE2-expressing Exosomes Block SARS-CoV-2 Virus Infection as an Innate Antiviral Mechanism

L. El-Shennawy, A. D. Hoffmann, N. K. Dashzeveg, P. J. Mehl, Z. Yu, V. L. Tokars, V. Nicolaescu, C. Ostiguin, Y. Jia, L. Li, K. Furlong, C. Mao, J. Wysocki, D. Batlle, T. J. Hope, , H. Liu

The paper shows that ACE2-expressing exosomes in plasma block SARS-CoV-2 infection by competing with cellular ACE2, offering a new innate antiviral mechanism.

bioRxiv · Dec 3, 2020Immunology