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Benjamin Spira

Boston UniversityORCID 0009-0004-6032-3335Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Ahmed RaslaniD· 1 shared Arun NarotaiD· 1 shared Giovanni LigrestiiD· 1 shared Hiroki Murata· 1 shared Konstantinos KontodimasiD· 1 shared Maria E. TrojanowskaiD· 1 shared Roberto F. NicosiaiD· 1 shared Steven Huang· 1 shared

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ACKR1-expressing venous endothelial cells establish a pro-fibrotic niche in pulmonary fibrosis

Konstantinos Kontodimas, Ahmed Raslan, Benjamin Spira, Uyen Chu, Arun Narota, Hiroki Murata, Yasuaki Hashimoto, Roberto F. Nicosia, Xintao Qiu, Steven Huang, Maria E. Trojanowska, Xaralabos Varelas, Giovanni Ligresti

The paper identifies ACKR1-expressing venous endothelial cells as key drivers of fibrosis in IPF and shows ACKR1 inhibition reduces fibrosis in vivo.

bioRxiv · Aug 3, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology