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Single-cell spatial transcriptomics of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsies reveals colitis-associated cell networks
Elvira Mennillo*, Madison L Lotstein*, Gyehyun Lee, Julian H Hou, Vrinda Johri, Donna E Leet, Christina A Ekstrand, Jessica Tsui, Jun Yan He, Uma Mahadevan, Walter L Eckalbar, Ryan M Gill, Christopher J Bowman, David Y Oh, Gabriela K Fragiadakis+, Michael G Kattah+, Alexis J Combes+
Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2026
Immune-microbiome coordination defines interferon setpoints in healthy humans
Joel Babdor*, Ravi K Patel*, Brittany Davidson, Kelvin Koser, Cecilia Noecker, Maha K Rahim, Jordan E Bisanz, Iliana Tenvooren, Diana Marquez, Maria Calvo, Vrinda Johri, Elizabeth E McCarthy, Avneet Shaheed, Christina Ekstrand, Allison M Weakley, Feiqiao B Yu, Kristen Krip, Kashif A Shaikh, Hajera Amatullah, Oliver Fiehn, Peter J Turnbaugh, Alexis J Combes, Gabriela K Fragiadakis+, Matthew H Spitzer+
Cell, 2026
Jillian M Jespersen*, Lia Avanesyan*, Jean Publicover, Nicholas D Carey, Ravi K Patel, Austin W Edwards, Sarah Stenske, Jae Shin, Jiajing Li, Margaret Simone, Nayvin W Chew, Nicholas Wong, Suprita Trilok, Ann Erickson, Arjun Rao, Christopher P Loo, Michael Stec, Mark Anderson, Gavin Cloherty, Monika Sarkar, Stephen L Nishimura, Alexis J Combes, Adil E Wakil, Mark R Segal, Gabriela K Fragiadakis+, Stewart L Cooper+, Jody L Baron+
Science Translational Medicine, 2026