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Praju Vikas Anekal

Harvard UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9482-964XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Albina Tskhay· 1 shared Alec EamesiD· 1 shared Alexander TyshkovskiyiD· 1 shared Alexey V. TerskikhiD· 1 shared Alibek MoldakozhayeviD· 1 shared Andrei E. TarkhoviD· 1 shared Andrey A. ParkhitkoiD· 1 shared Anja C. M. de BruiniD· 1 shared

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Aged white adipose tissue is rejuvenated in a young host through thermogenic remodeling of mature adipocytes

Alibek Moldakozhayev, Alexander Tyshkovskiy, Pasquale Nigro, Zehao Zhang, Albina Tskhay, Cecília Gallottini de Magalhães, Shweta Yadav, Kejun Ying, Alec Eames, Jesse R. Poganik, Shakchhi Joshi, Ji Seul Han, Daria Kholdina, Wayne Mitchell, João A. Paulo, , Vadim N. Gladyshev

This study shows that old white adipose tissue can rejuvenate in young hosts through thermogenic remodeling and pathway activation, reversing biological age markers.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2026 · PreprintSystems Biology

Lachesin is a mosquito receptor for multiple arthritogenic alphaviruses

Jesse S. Plung, Enzo Mameli, Wanyu Li, Anja C. M. de Bruin, Jessica A. Plante, Xiaoyi Fan, Biswajit Das, Bailey C. Willett, Yanhui Hu, Ellie M. Hajovsky, Haley Varnum, Praju Vikas Anekal, Xiaomei Sun, Kate Thornburg, Vesna Brusic, , Jonathan Abraham

This study identifies Lachesin as a mosquito receptor for multiple arthritogenic alphaviruses using CRISPR screening in Aedes albopictus cells.

bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology