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Kristy C. Perez

La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyORCID 0000-0002-5696-2837Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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

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Reversible control of T cell exhaustion by NR4A transcription factors revealed through targeted protein degradation

Erik Ehinger, Kristy C. Perez, Emi Sanchez, Bruno Villalobos Reveles, Barsha Dash, Leo J. Arteaga-Vazquez, Eric Johnson, Anjana Rao, Patrick G. Hogan

The paper shows that targeted degradation of NR4A proteins in T cells reverses exhaustion by restoring effector function and reducing inhibitory receptors.

bioRxiv · Feb 4, 2026 · PreprintImmunology