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Weile Liu

University of Virginia

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:multiome· 1

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Extrinsic Apoptosis and Necroptosis in Telencephalic Development: A Single-Cell Mass Cytometry Study

Jiachen Shi, Weile Liu, Alison Song, Timi Sanni, Amy Lynnette Van Deusen, Eli R. Zunder, Christopher D. Deppmann

This study uses single-cell mass cytometry to show that deleting RIPK3 and Caspase-8 increases cell count in the mouse telencephalon, indicating non-exclusive roles for extrinsic apoptosis and necroptosis in developmental cell elimination.

Cell Death and Differentiation · Oct 21, 2025Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

A Brain Reward Circuit Inhibited By Next-Generation Weight Loss Drugs

Elizabeth Godschall, Taha Buğra Güngül, Isabelle R. Sajonia, Aleyna K. Buyukaksakal, Orien Dong-Ang Li, Sophia Ogilvie, Austin B. Keeler, Guilian Tian, Omar Koita, Yu Shi, Tyler C J Deutsch, Maisie Crook, YuChen Zhang, Nicholas J. Conley, Addison N. Webster, , Ali D. Güler

This paper shows small-molecule GLP1RAs modulate reward processing via a specific neural circuit in the central amygdala, affecting dopamine release and hedonic feeding.

bioRxiv · Dec 12, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience