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Austin Walz

Queen's UniversityORCID 0000-0003-0356-6918Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Paola Drapkin VermeeriD· 2 shared Amin Reza Nikpoor· 1 shared Anthony C. RestainoiD· 1 shared Jazmine D. W. YaegeriD· 1 shared Kevin R. FrancisiD· 1 shared Maryam AhmadiiD· 1 shared Mayu Morita· 1 shared Mohammad BaloodiD· 1 shared

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Cell BiologyJournal of Extracellular VesiclesPeer-reviewedJan 1, 2026

Cholesterol deficiency directs autophagy-dependent secretion of extracellular vesicles

Jazmine D. W. Yaeger, Sonali Sengupta, Austin Walz…·Kevin R. Francis

The paper shows that cholesterol deficiency leads to autophagy-dependent secretion of extracellular vesicles, with potential pathological implications in cholesterol-related diseases.

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humanproteomics

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Cancer BiologyScience SignalingPeer-reviewedAug 5, 2025

TUMOR-INFILTRATING NOCICEPTOR NEURONS PROMOTE IMMUNOSUPPRESSION

Anthony C. Restaino, Maryam Ahmadi, Amin Reza Nikpoor…·Paola Drapkin Vermeer

This study shows that nociceptor neurons promote immunosuppression in tumors by increasing MDSC infiltration and CD8+ T cell exhaustion through IL-6 and sEVs.

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mouseproteomics

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