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Markayla Bell

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Organism:human· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Inhibition of NFAT promotes loss of tissue resident uterine natural killer cells and attendant pregnancy complications in humans

Rebecca Asiimwe, Brittney Knott, Morgan E. Greene, Emma Wright, Markayla Bell, Daniel Epstein, Stefani D. Yates, Michael V. Gonzalez, Samantha Fry, Emily A. Boydston, Stephanie Clevenger, Jayme E. Locke, Brian E. Brocato, Constantine M. Burgan, Richard O. Burney, , Paige M. Porrett

The paper identifies NFAT inhibition as a cause of reduced uterine natural killer (uNK) cells and pregnancy complications in humans through analysis of uterus transplant recipients.

Science Translational Medicine · Mar 11, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology

A developmental program of early residency promotes the differentiation of divergent uterine NK cell subsets in humans

Morgan E. Greene, Rebecca Asiimwe, Emma D. Wright, Markayla Bell, Daniel Epstein, Brittney Knott, Samantha Fry, Stephanie Clevenger, Holly Elizabeth Richter, Aharon G. Freud, Shawn C. Little, Paige M. Porrett

This study identifies a developmental program in human uterine NK cells that links tissue residency with divergent effector functions through TGF-β responsive gene regulation.

bioRxiv · Jul 5, 2025 · PreprintImmunology

Sequential Transcriptional Programs of Tissue Residency Drive Human Uterine NK Cell Development

Morgan E. Greene, Rebecca Asiimwe, Emma Wright, Markayla Bell, Daniel Epstein, Stefani D. Yates, Brittney Knott, Samantha Fry, Stephanie Clevenger, Jayme E. Locke, Shawn C. Little, Holly Elizabeth Richter, Aharon G. Freud, Paige M. Porrett

This study identifies sequential transcriptional programs of tissue residency driving human uterine NK cell development through single-cell analyses.

bioRxiv · Feb 29, 2024 · PreprintImmunology