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Umar Arshad

Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and HarvardORCID 0000-0002-9671-8193Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1

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NK-like and networked CD8+ T cell immunity mediates exceptional HIV control

Aljawharah Alrubayyi, Anna K. Traunbauer, Charles R. Crain, Shaown Bhattacharyya, David R. Collins, Hsinyen Huang, Clarety Kaseke, Umar Arshad, Xiaodong Lian, Aarthi Vijayakumar, Matthew A. Getz, Mathias D. Lichterfeld, Xu G. Yu, Bruce D. Walker, Georg M. Lauer, Gaurav D. Gaiha

The paper identifies an NK-like KIR CD8 T cell subset as a key feature of exceptional HIV control, complementing networked epitope targeting for immunotherapeutic strategies.

bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2026 · PreprintImmunology