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Lara Labarta-Bajo

Salk Institute for Biological StudiesORCID 0000-0003-1812-6704Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Neuroscience· 3 Bioinformatics· 1 Immunology· 1

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Organism:mouse· 4 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:metabolomics· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Nicola J. AlleniD· 3 shared Elina I. ZúñigaiD· 2 shared Fernando VargasiD· 2 shared Kelly C. WeldoniD· 2 shared Adrien PaumieriD· 1 shared Alan K. JarmuschiD· 1 shared Alexander A. AksenoviD· 1 shared Alexey V. MelnikiD· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedApr 23, 2026

Suppression of astrocyte BMP signaling improves fragile X syndrome molecular signatures and functional deficits

James Deng, Adrien Paumier, Lara Labarta-Bajo…·Nicola J. Allen

This study shows suppressing BMP signaling in astrocytes reduces molecular and functional deficits in fragile X syndrome.

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mouseproteomics

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ImmunologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedJan 2, 2026

Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Potential of Fatty Acids as Regulators of Stem-like Exhausted CD8 T Cells During Chronic Viral Infection

Katelynn R. Kazane, Lara Labarta-Bajo, Dina Zangwill…·Elina I. Zúñiga

This study identifies fatty acids as regulators of stem-like exhausted CD8 T cells during chronic viral infection, showing their impact on mitochondrial fitness and viral control.

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mousemetabolomics

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NeuroscienceNaturePeer-reviewedDec 17, 2025

Astrocyte CCN1 stabilizes neural circuits in the adult brain

Laura Sancho, Matthew Boisvert, Trinity Eddy…·Nicola J. Allen

This study identifies CCN1 as an astrocyte-secreted factor that stabilizes neural circuits in the adult brain by promoting inhibitory circuit maturation and limiting plasticity.

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mousebulk RNA-seq

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintNov 12, 2025

The antiviral Interferon pathway drives astrocyte aging and motor decline

Lara Labarta-Bajo, Ayesha Thanawalla, Irene L Gutierrez…·Nicola J. Allen

This study shows that antiviral type I interferons drive astrocyte aging and motor decline in aging, with implications for therapeutic intervention.

1 citation

mousebulk RNA-seq

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintMar 28, 2019

MASST: A Web-based Basic Mass Spectrometry Search Tool for Molecules to Search Public Data.

Mingxun Wang, Alan K. Jarmusch, Fernando Vargas…·Pieter C. Dorrestein

MASST enables querying of public small-molecule tandem MS data to discover molecular relationships in metabolomics and natural product datasets.

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metagenomicsmetabolomics

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