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Blanca Tardajos Ayllón

Queen Mary University of LondonORCID 0000-0001-6466-8366Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell Biology· 1 Pathology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1

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Joanna Maria KaluckaiD· 2 shared Paul Charles EvansiD· 2 shared Aernout LuttuniD· 1 shared Akiko MammotoiD· 1 shared Amanda BækiD· 1 shared Anders EtzerodtiD· 1 shared Andreas EdsfeldtiD· 1 shared Anja Bille BohniD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Defining the Vascular Niche of Human Adipose Tissue Across Metabolic States

Ibrahim AlZaim, Mohamed N. Hassan, Maja Schröter, Luca Mannino, Katarina Dragicevic, Marie Balle Sjogaard, Joseph Festa, Lolita Dokshokova, Sophie Weinbrenner, Blanca Tardajos Ayllón, Bettina Dencker Hansen, Rikke Kongsgaard Rasmussen, Julie Nelly Christensen, Olivia Wagman, Ruby Schipper, , Joanna Maria Kalucka

The paper creates a single-cell transcriptome atlas of human subcutaneous adipose tissue vascular cells, identifies sub-AdECs, and links their properties to metabolic disease.

Nature Metabolism · Mar 12, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology

TWIST1 drives endothelial-to-mesenchymal-transition to stabilize atherosclerotic plaques

Blanca Tardajos Ayllón, Mannekomba R. Diagbouga, Ankita Das, Siyu Tian, Andreas Edsfeldt, Joanna Maria Kalucka, Jovana Serbanovic‐Canic, Emily V. Chambers, Jiangming Sun, Chrysostomi Gialeli, Mark Dunning, Sheila Francis, Xiuying Li, Akiko Mammoto, Michael Simons, , Paul Charles Evans

Endothelial Twist1 drives partial and advanced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition via PELP1 and AEBP1-COL4A1 signaling, increasing collagen and ACTA2+ cells to stabilize atherosclerotic plaques in male mice and human carotid arteries.

Nature Communications · Feb 18, 2026Peer-reviewedPathology✦ In-depth digest