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Urvija Rajpal

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiORCID 0009-0004-9147-1453Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Ilaria MognoiD· 2 shared A. Nicole DeschiD· 1 shared Abby L. GeisiD· 1 shared Alix Piessevaux· 1 shared Christian JobiniD· 1 shared Cynthia L. SearsiD· 1 shared David J. PocalykoiD· 1 shared Dirk GeversiD· 1 shared

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Exposure to Antibiotics Modifies the Immune Profiles of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles from Common Vaginal Anaerobes

Yu Hasegawa, Olivia Swain, Urvija Rajpal, Michael France, Liqhwa Ncube, Ilaria Mogno, Hannah C. Zierden, Jacques Ravel, Michal A. Elovitz

This study shows antibiotics alter immune profiles of bacterial extracellular vesicles from vaginal anaerobes, potentially causing inflammation and dysbiosis.

Microbiome · Sep 10, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Cooperation Between Genotoxic Bacteria Accelerates Tumorigenesis in a Mouse Model of Colon Carcinogenesis

Tamar Plitt, Alix Piessevaux, Urvija Rajpal, Jeremy Fisher, Matthew P. Spindler, Zhihua Li, Ilaria Mogno, Ye Yang, A. Nicole Desch, Gerald Chu, Zhengyu Jiang, Jianyao Wang, Dirk Gevers, David J. Pocalyko, Abby L. Geis, , Jeremiah J. Faith

The paper shows that genotoxic bacteria in the gut accelerate colon cancer in mice, regardless of donor health status.

bioRxiv · Apr 18, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology