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Francis A. Boksa

National Institutes of HealthORCID 0009-0002-7572-3767Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Exhausted-like effector CD8 T cells mediate immune-stromal interactions at mucosal Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease onset

Ana Caroline Costa-da-Silva, Rubina Sharma, Marit H. Aure, Daniel Martı́n, Noémi Kedei, Damilola F. Killanin, Ayesha Javaid, Francis A. Boksa, Drashty Paresh Mody, Joe Truong Nguyen, Sukirth M. Ganesan, Joshua T. Dodge, Clara H. Kim, Marie Kao-Hsieh, David Erwin Kleiner, , Jacqueline Wiesehan Mays

This study identifies exhausted-like effector CD8 T cells as key drivers of oral mucosal cGVHD by analyzing single-cell RNA sequencing data from biopsies collected at disease onset.

bioRxiv · Sep 11, 2025 · PreprintImmunology