Zhao, Jingyi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3125-2716
Luebbers, Alex
Savransky, Sofya
Lin, Ting-Yu
Cheng, Nan
Wilcox, Abigail
Janicot, Remi
Green, Elena
Sharma, Akshay https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9251-6377
Maziarz, Marcin
Varelas, Xaralabos
Irannejad, Roshanak https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8702-2285
Vilardaga, Jean-Pierre https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1217-1435
Garcia-Marcos, Mikel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9513-4826
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM156286)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM133521)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R21NS127065)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (F31NS115318)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (F31DK136222)
American Heart Association (898932)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R01HL124392)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R01DE033519)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R01DK116780)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (R21DE032478)
Article History
Received: 16 April 2025
Accepted: 19 December 2025
First Online: 3 February 2026
Competing interests
: Boston University has filed a provisional patent (US Patent application no. 63/932,172) on behalf of M.G.-M. related to peptides described in this manuscript. The other authors declare no competing interests.