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Pooja Singhmar

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterORCID 0000-0002-6000-9985Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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DRG meningeal tertiary lymphoid structures are regulated by B cells as a pronociceptive locus after peripheral nerve injury

Tusar Kanta Acharya, Vipul K. Pandey, Kendal F. Willcox, Nathan T. Fiore, Gabriel V. Lucena-Silva, Jayden A. O'Brien, Allison M. Barry, Joseph B. Lesnak, Sever M Zagrai, David M. Ruiz, Younus A. Zuberi, Michael J. Lacagnina, Pooja Singhmar, Lisa Janssen, Abbie V. Viscardi, , Peter M. Grace

The paper shows that B cell-derived IgG in DRG meninges forms tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) that drive neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injury, and disrupting TLSs prevents pain.

bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

PI16 is a non-neuronal regulator of neuropathic pain

Pooja Singhmar, Ronnie The Phong Trinh, Jiacheng Ma, XiaoJiao Huo, Bo Peng, Cobi J. Heijnen, Annemieke Kavelaars

This study identifies PI16 as a non-neuronal factor produced by fibroblasts that promotes neuropathic pain by modulating endothelial barrier function and leukocyte infiltration.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 20, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience