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Nasrin Refaian

Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryORCID 0000-0001-8345-5972Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Developmental Biology· 1 Immunology· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Research Focus:clustering· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1

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Emil Kriukov· 2 shared Everett Labrecque· 2 shared Petr Y. BaranoviD· 2 shared Anthony MukwayaiD· 1 shared Bruce R. KsanderiD· 1 shared Drenushe Krasniqi· 1 shared George Baldwin· 1 shared Kip M. ConnoriD· 1 shared

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Emil Kriukov

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 2, 2025

Human retinal organoid single-cell atlas allows to reconstruct retinal development at high resolution and identify nature restricted transcriptional states in vitro

Emil Kriukov, Everett Labrecque, Nasrin Refaian, Petr Y. Baranov

The paper constructs a single-cell atlas of human retinal organoids to study development and identify novel transcriptional states.

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintMay 16, 2025

Single-cell transcriptome of retinal myeloid cells in response to transplantation of human neurons reveals reversibility of microglial activation

Emil Kriukov, Anthony Mukwaya, Paul Francis Cullen…·Petr Y. Baranov

This study uses single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze retinal myeloid cell activation following human neuron transplantation, revealing reversible activation trajectories similar to disease-associated microglia.

3 citations

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ImmunologyJournal of AutoimmunityPeer-reviewedMar 27, 2024

Retinal microglia exacerbate uveitis by functioning as local antigen-presenting cells

Shintaro Shirahama, Yoko Okunuki, May Y Lee…·Bruce R. Ksander

This study shows retinal microglia are critical antigen-presenting cells in uveitis, essential for all phases of disease, while CD11c+ DCs are not required for all phases.

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