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Rafael Jesus Fernandez

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterORCID 0000-0001-9295-4810Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell Biology· 1 Developmental Biology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Jason J. GokeyiD· 2 shared Jennifer M. S. SucreiD· 2 shared Jonathan A. KropskiiD· 2 shared A Scott McCall· 1 shared A. Scott McCalliD· 1 shared Aaron I. WeineriD· 1 shared Andrew E. VaughaniD· 1 shared Arlo C. Colvard· 1 shared

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 22, 2026

IPF distal lung epithelial cells acquire a DNA methylation signature consistent with activation of basal cell transcriptional programs

Arlo C. Colvard, Stefano A. Iantorno, Isabella P. Gaona…·Jason J. Gokey

The paper identifies DNA methylation changes in IPF lung epithelial cells linked to dysregulated transcriptional programs and impaired repair.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.18.752396

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Cell BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 4, 2025

Loss of Regulator of telomere elongation helicase (Rtel1) impairs alveolar epithelial cell progenitor function but does not exacerbate experimental fibrosis

Carla L. Calvi, Nichelle I. Winters, A. Scott McCall…·Jonathan A. Kropski

This study shows RTEL1 regulates alveolar epithelial cell progenitor function but does not worsen experimental lung fibrosis in mice.

DOI 10.1101/2025.09.04.674361

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintJun 14, 2020

Orthotopic Transplantation and Engraftment of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Alveolar Progenitor Cells into Murine Lungs

Aaron I. Weiner, Rafael Jesus Fernandez, Gan Zhao…·Andrew E. Vaughan

This paper demonstrates the orthotopic transplantation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived alveolar progenitor cells into murine lungs to create a humanized lung model.

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