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Zain Khalil

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiORCID 0000-0002-5052-588XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1 Systems Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Harm van BakeliD· 3 shared Ana Silvia Gonzalez-ReicheiD· 2 shared Adolfo García‐SastreiD· 1 shared Adriana van de GuchteiD· 1 shared Ainsley Smith· 1 shared Ajda RojciD· 1 shared Alexa D. FossiD· 1 shared Amy DialloiD· 1 shared

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Coronavirus protein interaction mapping in bat and human cells identifies molecular and genetic switches for immune evasion and replication

Jyoti Batra, Magdalena Rutkowska, Yuan Zhou, Chengjin Ye, Rithika Adavikolanu, Janet M. Young, Durga Anand, Sooraj Verma, Haripriya Parthasarathy, Martin Gordon, Shivali Malpotra, Anastasija Čupić, Thomas Kehrer, Mélanie Dos Santos, Ronald Benjamin, , Nevan J. Krogan

Cell Host & Microbe · May 14, 2026Peer-reviewedSystems Biology

Dengue viruses serotypes 2 and 4 exhibit distinct infection kinetics and modulation of anti-viral immune responses in human tonsil histocultures

Rafael Fenutría, Laura Espinar‐Barranco, Rebecca E. Hamlin, Maris S. Wilkins, Danielle Novillo, Eva Chebishev, Dabeiba Bernal‐Rubio, Zain Khalil, Ana Silvia Gonzalez-Reiche, Harm van Bakel, Victoria Zyulina, Ana Fernández-Sesma

This study compares DENV-2 and DENV-4 infection kinetics and immune responses in human tonsil histocultures, showing DENV-4 replicates faster and activates innate immunity more strongly.

bioRxiv · May 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in New England Seals

Wendy Blay Puryear, Kaitlin Sawatzki, Nichola J. Hill, Alexa D. Foss, Jonathon J. Stone, Lynda Doughty, Dominique Walk, Katie Gilbert, Maureen Murray, Elena C. Cox, Priya Patel, Zak Mertz, Stephanie Ellis, Jennifer Taylor, Deborah A. Fauquier, , Jonathan A. Runstadler

The paper reports an outbreak of H5N1 in New England seals, linking it to a second wave of H5N1 in wild birds and identifying genetic differences between avian and mammalian infections.

bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology