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Kathleen D. Press

Stanford MedicineORCID 0000-0002-6548-7513Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Repeated malaria exposure reprograms Vδ2+ γδT cell chromatin accessibility and immune function toward a reversible hyporesponsive state

Kathleen D. Press, Midhuna Immaculate Joseph Maran, Adam Ashkar-Masarwa, Kylie Camanag, Derek C. Chen, Vida Shokoohi, Arwa S. Kathiria, Maureen Ty, Jason Nideffer, John Rek, Joaniter Nankabirwa, Felistas Nankya, Julia Schulze-Hentrich, Isaac Ssewanyana, Moses Kamya, , Prasanna Jagannathan

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Cytotoxic Vδ2+T cell subsets expand in response to malaria in human tonsil and spleen organoids

Kathleen D. Press, Florian A. Bach, Elsa Solà, Kylie Camanag, Nicholas L. Dooley, Anselma Ivanawati, Damian A. Oyong, Mayimuna Nalubega, Abel Kakuru, Sedrack Matsiko, Nankya Felistas Namirimu, Kenneth Musinguzi, Annet Nalwoga, Evelyn Nansubuga, John Ategeka, , Prasanna Jagannathan

This study shows that malaria exposure increases cytotoxic Vδ2+ T cell expansion in human tonsil and spleen organoids, with clonal expansion and activation, while not significantly affecting influenza vaccine responses.

PLoS Pathogens · Apr 10, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology

Maternal malaria and early-life infections shape humoral immunity to P. falciparum in infants

Felistas Nankya, Florian A. Bach, Kathleen D. Press, Pamela M. Odorizzi, Kenneth Musinguzi, Kate Naluwu, Isaac Ssewanyana, Abel Kakuru, Moses Robert Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Margaret E. Feeney, Prasanna Jagannathan

The paper examines how maternal malaria and early-life infections affect P. falciparum-specific antibody responses in infants, finding no protective association between maternal antibodies or early infections and clinical malaria.

bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Reversible host cell surface remodelling limits immune recognition and maximizes transmission of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes

Priscilla Ngotho, Kathleen D. Press, Megan Peedell, William I. Muasya, Brian R. Omondi, Stanley E Otoboh, Jahiro Gomez, Lorena Coronado, Karl B. Seydel, Melissa C. Kapulu, Miriam K. Laufer, Terrie Ellen Taylor, Teun Bousema, Matthias Marti

This study shows that surface remodelling in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes helps evade immune detection and facilitates transmission by controlling their sequestration and release into the bloodstream.

PLoS Pathogens · May 12, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology