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Omid Akbari

University of Southern CaliforniaORCID 0000-0002-4359-9725Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Benjamin P. HurrelliD· 1 shared Calvin PaniD· 1 shared Diane Aguilar· 1 shared Eleazar EskiniD· 1 shared Fengli Zhu· 1 shared Frank D. GillilandiD· 1 shared Hooman AllayeeiD· 1 shared Jaana HartialaiD· 1 shared

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Sympathetic neurons control adaptive immunity in response to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by regulating T cell and B cell effector function

Fengli Zhu, Kayla Davis, Sreemoyee Acharya, Rishit Pattanashetti, Jinendiran Sekar, Diane Aguilar, Nathisha Kalpage, Omid Akbari, Srividya Swaminathan, Peter Jorth, Marc Swidergall, Nicholas Gregory Jendzjowsky

This study shows that sympathetic neurons regulate T cell and B cell responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, enhancing IgG production and bacterial clearance.

bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Large-scale Genetic Analysis Identifies 66 Novel Loci for Asthma

Yi Ying Han, Qiong Jia, Pedram Shafiei-Jahani, Benjamin P. Hurrell, Calvin Pan, Pin Huang, Janet Gukasyan, Nicholas C. Woodward, Eleazar Eskin, Frank D. Gilliland, Omid Akbari, Jaana Hartiala, Hooman Allayee

This study identifies 66 novel asthma susceptibility loci through GWAS and finds gene-sex interactions and immune-related candidate genes, suggesting CD52 as a potential therapeutic target.

bioRxiv · Aug 29, 2019 · PreprintGenetics