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Kennidy K. Takehara

University of California San DiegoORCID 0000-0002-1990-155XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Alexander MonelliD· 2 shared Amir FerryiD· 2 shared Ananda W. GoldrathiD· 2 shared Giovanni GallettiiD· 2 shared Kitty P. Cheung· 2 shared Nicole E. ScharpingiD· 2 shared Sara QuoniD· 2 shared Allison CafferataiD· 1 shared

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A comprehensive reference of mouse CD8αβ T cell differentiation states

Giovanni Galletti, Anna-Maria Globig, Olga Barreiro, Taylor A. Heim, Shuozhi Liu, Samantha M. Borys, Odhran Casey, Alexander Monell, Dhruv Patravali, Nicole E. Scharping, Sara Quon, Kennidy K. Takehara, Amir Ferry, Kitty P. Cheung, Ellen Duong, , the immgenT project

The paper establishes immgenT-CD8 as a comprehensive reference for mouse CD8αβ T cell differentiation states across diverse immunological contexts.

bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Proteostasis sustains T cell differentiation potential and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte function

Nicole E. Scharping, Xuezhen Ge, Maria I. Matias, Fulin Jiang, Allison Cafferata, Maximilian Heeg, Alexander Monell, Giovanni Galletti, Kitty P. Cheung, Angelica E. Rock, Nick Thao, Sydnye L. Shuttleworth, Michael A. Bauer, Kennidy K. Takehara, Amir Ferry, , Ananda W. Goldrath

This study identifies proteostasis as critical for T cell differentiation potential and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte function, showing that maintaining E3 ubiquitin ligases improves anti-tumor responses.

Cell · Nov 1, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology