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Nele Festjens

Ghent UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3429-5463Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:flow cytometry· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Elien De BousseriD· 2 shared Nico CallewaertiD· 2 shared Amanpreet Singh ChawlaiD· 1 shared Aurélie Caillon· 1 shared Britt NakkeniD· 1 shared Evelyn PletsiD· 1 shared Hadrien Soldati· 1 shared Laura K. MackayiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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A Glycosylation-Dependent Checkpoint Restrains Intestinal Intra-Epithelial Lymphocyte Activation

Liqing Cheng, Niccolò Bianchi, Hadrien Soldati, Ludivine Bersier, Maximilien Evrard, Aurélie Caillon, Amanpreet Singh Chawla, Britt Nakken, Péter Szodoray, Elien De Bousser, Nele Festjens, Tatiana V. Petrova, Sylvain Lemeille, Laura K. Mackay, Nico Callewaert, , Simone Becattini

This study identifies GCNT2 as a glycosylation-dependent checkpoint that restrains intestinal intra-epithelial lymphocyte (IEL) activation by modifying CD45 and dampening TCR signaling.

bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Addition of DMSO to T cell cultures skews differentiation towards a memory phenotype.

Elien De Bousser, Nele Festjens, Evelyn Plets, Leander Meuris, Nico Callewaert

The paper shows that low DMSO concentrations skew T cell differentiation towards a memory phenotype during in vitro expansion.

bioRxiv · Mar 17, 2026 · PreprintImmunology