Recent Publications supported by UNC Core Facilities

• Alpha-gal-specific human IgE promotes both alpha-gal-induced and antigen-independent allergic effector cell activation January 14, 2026
  CONCLUSION: Certain alpha-gal-specific human IgE clones may partially activate allergic effector cells independent of antigen, potentially lowering thresholds for subsequent alpha-gal-induced or antigen-independent allergic effector cell degranulation. This may affect duration and severity of allergic symptoms in patients with AGS.
  Yinghui Wang
• Distribution-Guided Multi-Tracer Brain PET Synthesis from Structural MRI with Class-Conditioned Weighted Diffusion December 31, 2025
  Multi-tracer positron emission tomography (PET), which assesses key neurological biomarkers such as tau pathology, neuroinflammatory, β -amyloid deposition, and glucose metabolism, plays a vital role in diagnosing neurological disorders by providing complementary insights into the brain's molecular and functional state. Acquiring multi-tracer PET scans remains challenging due to high costs, radiation exposure, and limited tracer […]
  Minhui Yu
• Segmentation-enhanced multi-scale deep hashing for chest X-ray image retrieval December 30, 2025
  Chest X-ray (CXR) images play a crucial role in diagnosing COVID-19 by facilitating the rapid identification of lung damage. Recently, deep hashing technology has enhanced our capabilities for retrieving large CXR image databases, providing healthcare professionals with more comprehensive tools for pandemic analysis. However, current methods typically depend on single-scale features to represent CXR images, […]
  Linmin Wang