Li, Yan-Ruide
DiBernardo, Gabriella A.
Chen, Yuning
Shen, Xinyuan
Hon, Ryan
Ruegg, Lauryn E.
Huang, Jie
Neal, Adam
Moatamed, Neda A.
Memarzadeh, Sanaz
Yang, Lili
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of California, Los Angeles (MIMG M. John Pickett Post-Doctoral Fellow Award)
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA BSCRC Innovation Award)
California Institute of Regenerative Medicine
U.S. Department of Defense
Article History
Received: 10 July 2025
Accepted: 14 January 2026
First Online: 29 January 2026
Declarations
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: Animal studies were conducted under protocols approved by the UCLA Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ARC#2008 − 153). Healthy donor PBMCs were obtained from the UCLA/CFAR Virology Core Laboratory and HemaCare under informed consent and in compliance with federal and state regulations; no identifying information was provided. Primary UEC patient samples were collected at University of California, Los Angeles Medical Centers from consented patients through an IRB-approved protocol (UCLA IRB #10–0727, IRB#20-1659) and processed.
: Not applicable.
: L.Y. is a scientific advisor to AlzChem and Amberstone Biosciences, and a co-founder, stockholder, and advisory board member of Appia Bio. None of the declared companies contributed to or directed any of the research reported in this article. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.