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Ayşe Naz Ozantürk

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiORCID 0000-0002-0187-3642Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Aasritha NallapuiD· 2 shared Alberto E. LopeziD· 2 shared Hrishikesh S. KulkarniiD· 2 shared Jae Woo Lee· 2 shared Jungheun HyuniD· 2 shared Lorena GarnicaiD· 2 shared Marick StarickiD· 2 shared Rafael Aponte AlburquerqueiD· 2 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Kinetics of local C3 production orchestrates neutrophil recruitment in lung injury

Rafael Aponte Alburquerque, Josué Isaí Portillo Hernández, Aasritha Nallapu, Marick Starick, Jungheun Hyun, John Michael Sanchez, Neelou S. Etesami, Sandip K. Mukherjee, Ayşe Naz Ozantürk, Jose Vazquez, Allison Chang, Ashley Zheng, Lorena Garnica, Alberto E. Lopez, Andrew E. Gelman, , Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni

This study shows lung-derived C3 initiates neutrophil recruitment in pneumonia before systemic C3, highlighting local complement's role in mucosal immunity.

Mucosal Immunology · Oct 1, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology

The C3-C3aR axis modulates trained immunity in alveolar macrophages

Alexander Earhart, Alberto Lopez, Josue I. Hernandez, Aasritha Nallapu, Deebly Chavez, Sayahi Suthakaran, Brian Yang, Jungheun Hyun, Rafael Aponte Alburquerque, Marick Starick, Lorena Garnica, Ayşe Naz Ozantürk, Rahul Kumar Maurya, Xiaobo Wu, Jeffrey A. Haspel, , Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni

This study shows that C3 modulates trained immunity in alveolar macrophages via C3aR signaling, enhancing glycolytic activity and cytokine output.

eLife · Aug 18, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology