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Keisuke Nagao

National Institutes of HealthORCID 0000-0002-7005-3138Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1

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Akriti GuptaiD· 1 shared Alexander Ruvantha PintoiD· 1 shared Amy Zhang· 1 shared Anthony J. St. LegeriD· 1 shared Benjamin H. SchwarziD· 1 shared Biying XuiD· 1 shared Clifton DalgardiD· 1 shared Cornelia Diana CudriciiD· 1 shared

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Longitudinal in vivo human wound healing model defines key role for smooth muscle cells in ECM remodeling

Kevin Emmerich, Reecha Suri, Dan Yang, Delong Liu, Rebecca D. Huffstutler, Natalia I. Dmitrieva, Cornelia Diana Cudrici, Robin Schwartzbeck, Elisa A. Ferrante, Ian Hsu, Manao Kinoshita, Shubham Goel, Clifton Dalgard, Keisuke Nagao, Alexander Ruvantha Pinto, , Rebecca L. Harper

The paper defines the role of smooth muscle cells in ECM remodeling during human wound healing and identifies TIMP1 as a key factor in effective repair.

bioRxiv · Feb 26, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Commensal-derived Trehalose Monocorynomycolate Triggers γδ T Cell-driven Protective Ocular Barrier Immunity

Xiaoyan Xu, Yannis Rigas, Mary Joseph Mattapallil, Jing Guo, Keiko Sakamoto, Keisuke Nagao, Vijayaraj Nagarajan, Eric Bohrnsen, Crystal L. Richards, Akriti Gupta, Guillaume Gaud, Paul E. Love, Timothy Jiang, Amy Zhang, Biying Xu, , Rachel R Caspi

This paper identifies trehalose monocorynomycolate (TMCM) from C. mast as a stimulator of IL-17-producing γδ T cells at the ocular surface, which protects against corneal infection.

Immunity · Jan 19, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology