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Xin Hou

Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueORCID 0000-0001-6072-1975Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 1 Immunology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:mechanistic / dynamical model· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Anne KupczokiD· 1 shared Da-Xi Wang· 1 shared Deyin GuoiD· 1 shared Dick de RidderiD· 1 shared Difeng FangiD· 1 shared Dimitris KarapliafisiD· 1 shared Edward Charles HolmesiD· 1 shared Haijian He· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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BioinformaticsNAR Genomics and BioinformaticsPeer-reviewedJun 27, 2026

RdRpCATCH: A unified resource for RNA virus discovery using viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase profile Hidden Markov models

Dimitris Karapliafis, Uri Neri, Ingrida Olendraitė…·Anne Kupczok

RdRpCATCH consolidates multiple RdRp pHMM databases into a single platform for RNA virus discovery and taxonomic annotation, improving accessibility and performance.

2 citations

metagenomicsstatistical model

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ImmunologybioRxivPreprintOct 11, 2025

Prolactin links psychological stress to psoriasis via a fibroblast-chemokine pathway

Huiyao Ge, Shiyao Zhou, Yu Zhao…·Yong Liang

This study identifies prolactin as a mediator linking psychological stress to psoriasis through a fibroblast-chemokine pathway, showing that targeting PRL signaling reduces disease severity in mice.

DOI 10.1101/2025.10.11.681540

mouseproteomics

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJan 9, 2025

Comprehensive Infectome Analysis Reveals Diverse Infectious Agents with Zoonotic Potential in Wildlife

Xin Hou, Jing Wang, Da-Xi Wang…·Mǎng Shī

The paper analyzes wildlife infectomes to identify zoonotic pathogens, finding 62 novel pathogens including a new coronavirus genus and highlighting high pathogen diversity in Carnivora and Rodentia.

3 citations

mousemetagenomics

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