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Shixun Han

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research At MITORCID 0009-0008-9715-1249Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Alex Appert· 1 shared Anna F. Townley· 1 shared Anna Victoria ProtasioiD· 1 shared Fangtao ChiiD· 1 shared Francesco Nicola CarelliiD· 1 shared Heaji ShiniD· 1 shared Heli VaikkineniD· 1 shared Iva A. TchasovnikarovaiD· 1 shared

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintSep 26, 2026

Innate immune stress pathway activation underlies heterochromatin dysfunction pathology

Roopali Pradhan, Anna F. Townley, Anna Victoria Protasio…·Julie Ahringer

The paper identifies activation of the innate immune stress pathway as a mechanism linking heterochromatin dysfunction to pathological phenotypes in C. elegans and human cells.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.23.753861

C. elegansDNA methylation

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Cell BiologyNaturePeer-reviewedOct 1, 2025

Dietary cysteine enhances intestinal stemness via CD8+ T cell-derived IL-22

Fangtao Chi, Qiming Zhang, Jessica E.S. Shay…·Ömer H. Yilmaz

This study shows that dietary cysteine improves intestinal stem cell repair through IL-22 from CD8+ T cells.

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