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Riley D. Z. Mullins

Washington University in St. LouisORCID 0000-0002-7205-9971Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:deep learning· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Assay:CITE-seq· 1

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Emily StolleriD· 2 shared Jesse Meir ZaretskyiD· 2 shared Robi David MitraiD· 2 shared Sidharth V. PuramiD· 2 shared Amna Ramadan· 1 shared Andres Bur· 1 shared Ann Marie EgloffiD· 1 shared Ansuman T. SatpathyiD· 1 shared

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High-avidity TCR signaling drives an NKG2A-positive CD8 T cell exhaustion state in human tumors

Riley D. Z. Mullins, Jesse Meir Zaretsky, Thomas F. Barrett, Emily Stoller, Porter Bischoff, Ann Marie Egloff, Cody Huffman, Salma Ramadan, Amna Ramadan, Jessica C. Ley, Katherine E. Schwetye, D K Miller, Jennifer De Los Santos, Anthony J. Apicelli, Nikhil Rammohan, , Ravindra Uppaluri

This study identifies high-avidity TCR signaling via NFAT as a key driver of NKG2A-positive CD8 T cell exhaustion in human tumors, with implications for immunotherapy.

bioRxiv · Aug 27, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Scalable transcription factor mapping uncovers the regulatory dynamics of natural and synthetic transcription factors in human T cell states

Riley D. Z. Mullins, Jesse Meir Zaretsky, Emily Stoller, Michael Moore, Oliver Takacsi-Nagy, Oleg Shpynov, Remi Sampaleanu, Theodore L. Roth, Ansuman T. Satpathy, Robi David Mitra, Sidharth V. Puram

The paper develops and applies a scalable method to map transcription factor binding in human T cells, revealing novel regulatory dynamics and gene targets.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2025 · PreprintImmunology