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Alexandra Wactor

Boston Children's HospitalORCID 0000-0002-8735-7007Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1

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Peter Andrija NigroviciD· 2 shared Andrew S. WeyrichiD· 1 shared Brian Wauford· 1 shared Carl D. LangefeldiD· 1 shared Darren Jianjhih ChiuiD· 1 shared David P. Hoytema van KonijnenburgiD· 1 shared Dhruv Miglani· 1 shared Dorsaf Ghalloussi· 1 shared

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Megakaryocyte emperipolesis arms neutrophils via intracellular provisioning

Julia K. Kuehn, Geon Ho Bae, Roxane Darbousset, Frank Y. Huang, Rebecca M. Hall, Josephin E. Schiffer, Dhruv Miglani, Spoorthi Balu, Alexandra Wactor, Dorsaf Ghalloussi, Olga Barreiro, Li Guo, Andrew S. Weyrich, Simon J. Cleary, Matthias Gunzer, , Peter Andrija Nigrovic

The paper identifies emperipolesis as a process where megakaryocytes transfer proteins to neutrophils, enhancing their immune function and migration.

bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Identification of a regulatory pathway governing TRAF1 via an arthritis-associated non-coding variant

Qiang Wang, Marta Martínez‐Bonet, Taehyeung Kim, Jeffrey A. Sparks, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, Xiaoting Chen, Marc Sudman, Vitor R. C. Aguiar, Sangwan Sim, Marcos Chiñas, Darren Jianjhih Chiu, Alexandra Wactor, Brian Wauford, Miranda C. Marion, María Gutiérrez‐Arcelus, , Peter Andrija Nigrovic

The paper identifies a regulatory pathway involving rs7034653, FRA2, and TRAF1 that explains how a non-coding variant increases risk of inflammatory arthritis.

Cell Genomics · Oct 16, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetics