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Omid Akbari

University of Southern CaliforniaORCID 0000-0002-4359-9725Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Immunology· 2 Genetics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1

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Diane Aguilar· 2 shared Fengli Zhu· 2 shared Marc SwidergalliD· 2 shared Nicholas Gregory JendzjowskyiD· 2 shared Antoine MilletiD· 1 shared Benjamin P. HurrelliD· 1 shared Calvin PaniD· 1 shared Eleazar EskiniD· 1 shared

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ImmunologybioRxivPreprintSep 22, 2026

Sympathetic neurons control adaptive immunity in response to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by regulating T cell and B cell effector function

Fengli Zhu, Kayla Davis, Sreemoyee Acharya…·Nicholas Gregory Jendzjowsky

This study shows that sympathetic neurons regulate T cell and B cell responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, enhancing IgG production and bacterial clearance.

1 citation

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ImmunologybioRxivPreprintJan 4, 2024

Sensory neurons regulate stimulus-dependent humoral immunity

Diane Aguilar, Fengli Zhu, Antoine Millet…·Nicholas Gregory Jendzjowsky

This study shows sensory neurons regulate humoral immunity by releasing neuropeptides that influence B-cell responses and antibody production in bacterial infection and allergic asthma.

7 citations

mousebulk RNA-seq

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintAug 29, 2019

Large-scale Genetic Analysis Identifies 66 Novel Loci for Asthma

Yi Ying Han, Qiong Jia, Pedram Shafiei-Jahani…·Hooman Allayee

This study identifies 66 novel asthma susceptibility loci through GWAS and finds gene-sex interactions and immune-related candidate genes, suggesting CD52 as a potential therapeutic target.

2 citations

humanGWAS summary statistics

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