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Christina E. Zielinski

Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI)ORCID 0000-0002-8184-0858Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Adetunji T. ToriolaiD· 1 shared Alexander BrobeiliD· 1 shared Andreas RosenwaldiD· 1 shared Ankit AgrawaliD· 1 shared Annalen BleckmanniD· 1 shared Bastian SeelbinderiD· 1 shared Biljana GigiciD· 1 shared Christopher I. LiiD· 1 shared

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Metabolic specialization structures gut bacterial niches and drives colorectal cancer progression

Lin-Lin Xu, Bastian Seelbinder, Zhengyuan Zhou, Ting-Hao Kuo, Tongta Sae-Ong, Stephanie Treibmann, Victoria Damerell, Alexander Brobeil, Katharina Maria Richter, Michael Mueller, Adetunji T. Toriola, David Shibata, Christopher I. Li, Doratha Armenthus Byrd, Jane C. Figueiredo, , Gianni Panagiotou

This study identifies Leptotrichia wadei as a pro-tumorigenic bacterium in CRC by linking metabolic specialization to microbial niches and tumor progression.

bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

An immunobiliary single-cell atlas resolves crosstalk of type 2 cDCs and γδT cells in cholangitis

Stefan Thomann, Helene Hemmer, Ankit Agrawal, Sukanya Basu, Judith Schaf, Sagar, Fabian Imdahl, Tanja Poth, Marcell Tóth, Christina E. Zielinski, Tobias Poch, Jenny Krause, Andreas Rosenwald, Katja Breitkopf‐Heinlein, Nuh N. Rahbari, Dominic Grün

This study creates a single-cell atlas of the immunobiliary niche in cholangitis, revealing interactions between type 2 conventional dendritic cells and γδT cells that drive fibrosis.

bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2025 · PreprintImmunology