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Viktoria Bongcaron

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

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Autoimmune-like CD8⁺ T Cell Responses Drive Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability and Predict Cardiovascular Events

Jonathan Edward Noonan, Nicholas Borcherding, Sander W. van der Laan, Nicholas A. Gherardin, Moustafa I Morsy, Joshua I. Gray, Lisa Maria Domke, Anna M.D. Watson, Angela Huang, Anastasia Barbaro-Wahl, Shania A Prijaya, Marcel Michla, Zahra Elahi, Yilu Huang, Nalin H. Dayawansa, , K ouml nig Peter

This study identifies autoimmune-like CD8⁺ T cell responses as drivers of atherosclerotic plaque instability and predictors of cardiovascular events in humans and mice.

bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Endothelial-targeted CD39 prevents Toxin-induced Pulmonary Hypertension Mice.

Abbey Willcox, Ioanna Savvidou, Natasha Ting Lee, Carly Selan, Ilaria Calvello, Simon Christopher Robson, Viktoria Bongcaron, Aidan P. G. Walsh, Yuyang Song, Xiaowei Wang, Trevor Williams, Karlheinz Peter, Harshal H. Nandurkar, Maithili Sashindranath

This paper shows that targeting CD39 on endothelial cells prevents toxin-induced pulmonary hypertension in mice by multiple mechanisms including adenosine signaling and reducing inflammation.

bioRxiv · Nov 5, 2025 · PreprintPhysiology