J Immunol November 2008 PMID 18981129

Respiratory epithelial cells convert inactive vitamin D to its active form: potential effects on host defense.

Sif Hansdottir, Martha M Monick, Sara L Hinde, Nina Lovan, Dwight C Look, Gary W Hunninghake

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  • Primary lung epithelial cells naturally produce active vitamin D from its inactive form, which enhances innate immune responses by increasing genes like cathelicidin and CD14 that help fight infections.
  • The active vitamin D influences how cells respond to viral components like dsRNA, boosting antimicrobial peptides while reducing inflammatory signals such as IL8, which may help control inflammation during infections.
  • This study highlights a new mechanism where local activation of vitamin D in the lungs plays a crucial role in regulating immune defense and inflammation, potentially impacting respiratory disease outcomes.

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RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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Joel Nakamura
@JoelTHpostHack · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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Christophe Veltsos
@DrInfoSec · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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Samantha
@GenXsamantha · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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betweener
@rho_ohara · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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Neglected Global Diseases Initiative at UBC
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RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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@simmian42 · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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@c_ixulescu · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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@Akanegg3 · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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@darcydarnoc · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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@BwanaLawFirm · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

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L_L_Hee
@L_L_Hee · X

RT @atranscendedman: University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells ta…

Nov 28, 2025 · 68 shares · 331 followers View post →
thetranscendedman
@atranscendedman.bsky.social · Bluesky

University of Pennsylvania scientists analyzed blood from long COVID patients and found that virus-specific T cells targeting SARS-CoV-2, EBV, or VZV were highly active in at least 40% of them, suggesting persistent immune activation drives symptoms. academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Nov 28, 2025 · 11 likes · 4 shares View post →
COTBDAA
@coloradoticks.bsky.social · Bluesky

Beyond genetics: Lyme disease’s unexpected role in connective tissue health - findings from a murine model for borrelia burgdorferi infection and the human clinical study MAESTRO 3972 url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Nov 26, 2025 · 1 like View post →
UK Charity Invest in ME Research
@investinmeresearch.bsky.social · Bluesky

Single cell epigenomic profiling identifies a distinct classical monocyte subset driving inflammation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME) 4815 url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Nov 26, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

IL-15 complex enhances therapeutic efficacy of anti-PD-L1 in a T cell–dependent and NK cell–independent manner in a murine model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Nov 20, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

α2-Adrenergic modulation of neuroimmune interactions differs between the spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes @rosslabuc.bsky.social @uofcincy.bsky.social @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Nov 14, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

AI and flow cytometry @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Nov 14, 2025 · 8 likes · 1 share View post →
charlesvorkas.bsky.social
@charlesvorkas.bsky.social · Bluesky

We are pleased to share our new publication linking TRAV1-2 negative MAIT cells, CD4 coexpression, and tuberculosis. A conserved innate-like T cell subset with more TCR diversity than previously appreciated. academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... #Immunology #maitcells #TCRdiversity

Nov 13, 2025 View post →
Veterinary Cancer Health
@vetcancerhealth.bsky.social · Bluesky

Role of companion dogs in cancer immunotherapy development academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Nov 9, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
David Finlay
@davidfinlaytcd.bsky.social · Bluesky

Preserving intracellular glutamate supports CD8 T cell anti tumour function. Research from the Rathmell lab point to Glutamine synthetase a potential target for cancer immunotherapy academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Nov 6, 2025 · 4 likes View post →
@KingOfPathogens
@kingofpathogens.bsky.social · Bluesky

Neuroinflammatory canine disorders: unveiling disease mechanisms from a One Health perspective url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Nov 6, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

CD155 density on target cells drives divergent NK cell responses owing to DNAM-1 loss @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Nov 5, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

FcɛR1γ-based activating CAR enhanced NK cell function against HLA-E+ cells @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Nov 3, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Christian Frezza
@frezzalab.bsky.social · Bluesky

Glutamine synthetase deficiency enhances CD8 T cell survival and stress resilience in the tumor microenvironment url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Nov 1, 2025 · 6 likes · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Fibroblast activation protein promotes NK cell invasion and tumor infiltration @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 29, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Dietary iron deficiency impairs effector function of memory T cells following influenza infection @jimmunol.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 29, 2025 · 2 likes · 2 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Noncanonical role for TIRAP in IRF5-dependent signaling downstream of human TLR7+TLR8, where selective disruption of TIRAP recruitment by a SLAMF1-derived peptide effectively attenuates IFNβ production @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 29, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Lillemeier lab
@lillemeier-lab.bsky.social · Bluesky

The stress-responsive kinase eEF2K suppresses Cyclin D1 expression, which stabilizes PD-L1 levels and promotes immune evasion in melanoma. eEF2K inhibition decreases PD-L1 expression and enhances CD8+ T-cell infiltration and cytotoxicity in vivo. #immunosky academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Oct 28, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Thiago Carvalho
@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Bluesky

This would shave 15mins from 30% of House episodes 'These findings highlight biological features that effectively distinguish sarcoidosis from TB and healthy populations and can be considered for the development of an optimized diagnostic method for sarcoidosis.' academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 23, 2025 · 3 likes · 2 shares View post →
Thiago Carvalho
@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Bluesky

'We found that while follicular B2 (Fo B), marginal zone, and B1 cells are highly phagocytic of BCR-engaging targets through their BCR, only peritoneal cavity B1 cells could internalize noncognate Ag-coated beads or phagocytose and kill bacteria' #Immunology academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 17, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Delighted to celebrate @cincyresearch.bsky.social @labwaggoner.bsky.social PhD student Eshana Mukhopadhyay on her Cutting Edge manuscript out today in @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 16, 2025 · 9 likes · 3 shares View post →
Melanoma Research Victoria
@melanoma-mrv.bsky.social · Bluesky

Identification of New Melanoma Epitopes on Melanosomal Proteins Recognized by Tumor Infiltrating T Lymphocytes Restricted by HLA-A1, -A2, and -A3 Alleles url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Oct 16, 2025 View post →
Jonas N. Søndergaard
@jonasns.bsky.social · Bluesky

At Osaka University, we also developed scODIN, a tool combining expert knowledge and machine learning to identify immune cell subsets in scRNA-seq data. Out now in Journal of Immunology! github.com/jonasns/scodin academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 13, 2025 · 4 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

NLRC4 deficiency improves host protection during sepsis by regulating macrophage and T-cell responses @jimmunol.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 11, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

p38 signaling enhances short-lived effector cell differentiation and weakens central memory CD8+ T-cell formation @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 11, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Review @jimmunol.bsky.social : CD8+ lymphocytes in immunity against tuberculosis @joanneflynn19.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 11, 2025 · 7 likes · 3 shares View post →
Edward Nirenberg
@enirenberg.bsky.social · Bluesky

A lot of peripheral tolerance relies on a cell type called the regulatory T cell. In essence, rather than attacking when activated, regulatory T cells suppress immune responses to curb tissue damage. These were discovered by Nobel winner Shimon Sakaguchi in 1995: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Oct 6, 2025 · 33 likes · 5 shares View post →
The Journal of Immunology
@jimmunol.bsky.social · Bluesky

Sorry about that. Must have been an issue with the link shortener! Here is the link: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/iss...

Oct 3, 2025 View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Foreign epitope–specific naïve Treg cells fine-tune the primary response of Tconv cells specific for the same epitope by curbing the Th1 fate while allowing a robust response @jimmunol.bsky.social @uminnpress.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 3, 2025 · 9 likes · 2 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

MEF2D regulates T-cell function via CD70-CD27 signaling and promotes immune evasion in hepatocellular carcinoma @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 2, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Gastrointestinal MAIT cells in chronic HIV-1 infection academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... @jimmunol.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

Oct 2, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Germinal centers can override peripheral tolerance, recruiting previously silent autoreactive clones and facilitating diversification of autoantibodies @jimmunol.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Oct 2, 2025 · 6 likes · 1 share View post →
Society for Mucosal Immunology
@societymucosalimm.bsky.social · Bluesky

SMI member De’Broski R Herbert and colleagues show TRPV1+ neurons promote cutaneous immunity against Schistosoma mansoni in this work from the Journal of Immunology: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... #SMIMemberPaper

Oct 2, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Saori Abe
@oriabe114.bsky.social · Bluesky

academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... “Dynamic control of autoreactive B cells from spontaneous germinal centers”

Oct 2, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Thiago Carvalho
@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Bluesky

'These findings identify GLP1R as a novel regulator of allogeneic HSC engraftment and suggest that GLP1R agonists, widely used for metabolic disorders, may have therapeutic potential in preventing HSC graft rejection.' #Immunology academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 27, 2025 · 2 likes · 3 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

IL-2 mediates human bystander CD8+ T-cell responses to innate immune signals @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 24, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

CD19 and FcγRIIb co-engagement inhibits processes essential to T cell–dependent B-cell responses @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 24, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Daniel Drucker
@danieljdrucker.bsky.social · Bluesky

New from Mark Ruszniak @vubasicsciences.bsky.social An essential role for the GLP-1R in hematopoietic stem cell engraftment academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 24, 2025 · 4 likes View post →
Megen Wittling
@megen-w.bsky.social · Bluesky

Check out our new research on developing a model for tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) by the Lesinski and Paulos Labs! @lesinskilab.bsky.social @chrystalpaulos.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 24, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
TAGHIVscience
@taghivscience.bsky.social · Bluesky

Computing the inducibility of broadly neutralizing antibodies under a context-dependent model of affinity maturation: applications to sequential vaccine design academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... (subscription req for full text) #HIV

Sep 22, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Thiago Carvalho
@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Bluesky

'We also identified CD4+ T cells & monocytes as key cell subsets in mediating optimal CD8+ T-cell bystander responses. Importantly, our study identified IL-2 as an important mediator in innate bystander activation of CD8+ T cells to IL-15, IFN-α, R848 & CpG.' academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 22, 2025 View post →
Junji Xing
@junjixing.bsky.social · Bluesky

Granulysin Production and Anticryptococcal Activity Is Dependent upon a Far Upstream Enhancer That Binds STAT5 in Human Peripheral Blood CD4+ T Cells url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art... @jimmunol.bsky.social

Sep 18, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Junji Xing
@junjixing.bsky.social · Bluesky

TRIM29 Negatively Regulates the Type I IFN Production in Response to RNA Virus url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art... @jimmunol.bsky.social @innateimmunity.bsky.social

Sep 18, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

An early burst of cytokine production before the first cell division influences CD8 T cell differentiation @jimmunol.bsky.social #Zajac academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 17, 2025 View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Transcriptional states of lung cancer microenvironment reveal macrophage subtype dynamics linked to disease progression @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 17, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Payal Yokota
@payalyokota.bsky.social · Bluesky

academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... New #freshoffthepress from @yeungadventures.bsky.social

Sep 17, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Stephen T Yeung, PhD
@yeungadventures.bsky.social · Bluesky

Glad to finally have this out. NHP microscopy was not easy with having to validate antibodies. Altered distribution of tissue galectins correlates with mucosal dysregulation in SIV infection url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art... #NewPI @aai.org @jimmunol.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social

Sep 17, 2025 · 4 likes · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Non-hematopoietic tryptophan metabolism is a driver of ineffective T cell responses during secondary pulmonary bacterial infection @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 17, 2025 · 6 likes · 2 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

DOT1L-mediated H3K79me2 directs B-cell repertoire establishment, marginal zone development, and germinal center function @jimmunol.bsky.social @kimljacobson.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 17, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Altered distribution of tissue galectins correlates with mucosal dysregulation in SIV infection @jimmunol.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 17, 2025 · 2 likes · 2 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Dysregulation of complement components associated with inflammation and coagulation in virally suppressed people living with HIV @jimmunol.bsky.social @uhmanoa.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 17, 2025 · 2 likes · 2 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

UTY coordinates with UTX to repress NK cell development and maturation in males @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 17, 2025 · 1 like View post →
The Journal of Immunology
@jimmunol.bsky.social · Bluesky

In a #Top Read from August, @labwaggoner.bsky.social from @cincyresearch.bsky.social discovered that the transcription factor ASCL2 is required for recruitment of NK cells into the spleen and white pulp providing novel insights into NK cell biology. Read more: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Sep 8, 2025 · 8 likes · 3 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Lpar5 regulates CD8 T-cell exhaustion through modulation of NK receptor expression, including the CD94/NKG2A inhibitory axis @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 5, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

FLT3L neutralization reduces dendritic cell numbers, T Cell activation, and salivary gland lymphocyte infiltration in the NOD.H2h4 Sjögren’s mouse model academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... @jimmunol.bsky.social @amgen.bsky.social

Sep 5, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

CD55hi MAIT cells with elevated cytokine secretion and activation markers serve as potential diagnostic indicators in Sjögren’s disease @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 5, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

TGFβ limits proximal CD8+ TCR signaling via PTPN22 following strong and moderate agonism @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 5, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

CXCR6 promotes dermal CD8+ T cell survival and transition to long-term tissue residence @jimmunol.bsky.social @thelundlab.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 5, 2025 · 11 likes · 6 shares View post →
The Science of Parkinson's
@scienceofpd.bsky.social · Bluesky

Researchers report that loss of #Parkinsons -associated LRRK2 results in a paradoxical response in microglia: They had a reduction in type I IFN transcripts compared to controls - due to NRF2 redox pathway upregulation in LRRK2 KO microglia academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Sep 5, 2025 · 1 like View post →
thetranscendedman
@atranscendedman.bsky.social · Bluesky

Mice lacking the LPA receptor Lpar5 showed stronger antiviral CD8 T cell responses and resisted exhaustion during chronic LCMV infection, suggesting Lpar5 helps enforce T cell exhaustion seen in cancer and persistent viral disease. academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 30, 2025 · 5 likes · 2 shares View post →
Cravedi Lab
@cravedilab.bsky.social · Bluesky

Natural killer cell–based immunotherapy for cancer : academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Aug 30, 2025 View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Lpar5 regulates the CD8 T-cell response to persistent virus infection by altering exhaustion programming, survival, and NK receptor expression @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 30, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute
@vgti.bsky.social · Bluesky

... facilitates the development of safe and efficacious vaccines in humans. Read the full article here: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Aug 29, 2025 View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Mouse model of Sjögren syndrome–related interstitial lung disease @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 29, 2025 · 6 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Different pattern of CD8 T cell exhaustion in chronic parasite (Toxoplasmosis) infection where stem-like CD8 T cells differentiate into an unconventional intermediate effector memory subset @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 29, 2025 · 8 likes · 3 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Functional role of Kv1.3 localization in chimeric antigen receptor T cells @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 29, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

@jimmunol.bsky.social @tajieharris.bsky.social focus: Illuminating immunology through the lens of parasites: A collection on immunoparasitology academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art... collection of 3 reviews

Aug 29, 2025 · 4 likes · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Cell death in the brain during parasitic infections academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art... @tajieharris.bsky.social

Aug 29, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Regulatory T cell memory: implications for malaria academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Aug 29, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

From defense to disease: the multifaceted role of lymphatics during infection academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Aug 29, 2025 · 1 like · 2 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Transcription factor SP1 in nasal epithelial cells aggravates allergic rhinitis by inducing FOXC1 changes in epithelial barrier integrity @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 29, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

IL-2 mutein (SB834Fc) with enhanced affinity for IL-2Rβ subunit induces potent antitumor responses across various mouse tumor models and in healthy human T cells @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 29, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Malat1 is a determinant of immune sexual dimorphism by regulating female Th2 cell cytokine expression through controlling early differentiation and response to IL-2 @jimmunol.bsky.social @dimitrislagos.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 29, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Ntisec
@ntisec.bsky.social · Bluesky

Aug 27, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

ACLY promotes NK cell effector function by regulating glycolysis and histone acetylation @jimmunol.bsky.social @labfehniger.bsky.social @macattacklab.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 26, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Pflegeherz
@pflegeherz.bsky.social · Bluesky

1/1 Ziemlich wichtiger Forschungsartikel von @polybiorf.bsky.social und @virusesimmunity.bsky.social - Immunphänotypisierung im Liquor cerebrospinalis zeigt unterschiedliche Immuntypen der myalgischen Enzephalomyelitis/des chronischen Fatigue Syndroms: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Aug 26, 2025 · 31 likes · 21 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

CD20+ NK cells as a functionally distinct lymphocyte subset with enhanced effector capabilities and tissue-homing properties that are enriched in inflammatory disorders @jimmunol.bsky.social @atayvural.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 25, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

The transcription factor BCL11B drives NK cell cytotoxicity and antitumor activity @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... #Cichocki

Aug 22, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Ruth Napier Lab
@ruthjeannapier.bsky.social · Bluesky

Our new review on my favorite topic! #nod2 #tcells #blausyndrome Resolving the field: a role for Nod2 in T cells url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Aug 18, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Thiago Carvalho
@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Bluesky

'Using the Foxn1lacz model (...) We found that early thymic involution led to aged-like thymic epithelial cells that resulted in aged-like thymocyte phenotypes, with a significant decrease in CD4+ single-positive T cells' #Immunology academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 18, 2025 · 4 likes · 3 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Review @jimmunol.bsky.social Resolving the field: a role for Nod2 in T cells Implications for Blau syndrome and Crohn’s disease academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 18, 2025 · 5 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Humanized DRAGA mice are a valuable model to study novel immunotherapies for HIV-1 @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 18, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Review @jimmunol.bsky.social Regulation of B-cell development and differentiation by microRNAs during immune response and their implications in immunological disorders academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 18, 2025 · 4 likes View post →
Aubin Moutal
@aubinmoutal.bsky.social · Bluesky

CRMP2 expression and function is already validated in human lymphocytes from patients with HTLV1 and MS. Which brings a lot of translational relevance to this manuscript. It's all very exciting academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art... academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Aug 18, 2025 View post →
SciFood Blog
@scifood.blog · Bluesky

Schistosoma manipulates TRPV1+ neuron activation to limit inflammation and reduce pain when piercing the skin during infection academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 15, 2025 View post →
TAGHIVscience
@taghivscience.bsky.social · Bluesky

Humanized DRAGA mice are a valuable model to study novel immunotherapies for #HIV academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... (open access) @jimmunol.bsky.social

Aug 14, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

NKG2A-mediated immune modulation of NK cells by Staphylococcus aureus @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Aug 13, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

CD47-mediated selective accumulation of mature Ly49h+ NK cells to the brain associates with the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria in mice academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... @jimmunol.bsky.social

Aug 3, 2025 · 3 likes · 3 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Eomesodermin defines uterine NK cells crucial for pregnancy success in mice #Yokoyama @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 31, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
taniawuoft.bsky.social
@taniawuoft.bsky.social · Bluesky

STING agonists drive recruitment and intrinsic type I interferon responses in monocytic lineage cells for optimal anti-tumor immunity url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Jul 28, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Johan K. Sandberg
@sandbergjk.bsky.social · Bluesky

Pleased to share our latest paper providing new insights regarding the human MAIT cell response to gastrointestinal bacterial infection (ETEC). @ki.se academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 28, 2025 · 4 likes · 1 share View post →
Lillemeier lab
@lillemeier-lab.bsky.social · Bluesky

α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (CHRNA7) is expressed in myeloid immune cells in breast cancer. A agonist of CHRNA7 reduces #tumor growth in pre-clinical mouse models, especially when used in combination with anti-PD-L1 #checkpoint therapy. #ImmunoSky academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Jul 28, 2025 View post →
aloa5
@aloa5.bsky.social · Bluesky

U.a. Immunveränderungen, auch des Metabolismus im Gehirn. Und vice versa will ich das Argument der @dgnlt01.bsky.social spiegeln, "es gäbe ja nichts gesichertes". Denn auf der psychologisch/-somatischen Ebene hat man schon viel academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv... papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Jul 22, 2025 · 10 likes · 2 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Congrats @lauracanaday.bsky.social @andypedsid.bsky.social @hafeldman17.bsky.social & team on our newest publication @jimmunol.bsky.social Refined cell transfer model reveals roles for Ascl2 and Cxcr3 in splenic localization of mouse NK cells during virus infection academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 22, 2025 · 6 likes · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

IL-23 promotes T cell trafficking in experimental autoimmune myocarditis @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 22, 2025 · 6 likes View post →
Society for Mucosal Immunology
@societymucosalimm.bsky.social · Bluesky

Read the latest #SMIMemberPaper by Susan Kovats and colleagues in The Journal of Immunology on lung-resident conventional dendritic cells during influenza infection. Read more here: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Jul 22, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
doctorchoc.bsky.social
@doctorchoc.bsky.social · Bluesky

Jul 19, 2025 · 1 like View post →
The Journal of Immunology
@jimmunol.bsky.social · Bluesky

#ICYMI: Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cell therapy improved both progression-free and overall survival in patients with #colorectalcancer. CEA serum levels were identified as a biomarker to predict which patients will respond to CIK therapy. Learn more: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art... #immunosky

Jul 17, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
The Journal of Immunology
@jimmunol.bsky.social · Bluesky

The Hippo signaling pathway is important in regulating host immune responses, but have you thought about its role in fish? Scientists revealed the mechanism of the Hippo pathway in the antimicrobial immunity of a pufferfish, Takifugu obscurus. Read now: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art... #immunosky

Jul 16, 2025 · 1 like View post →
The Journal of Immunology
@jimmunol.bsky.social · Bluesky

#ICYMI: Researchers shared the development of an assay for quantitative assessment by flow cytometry of selective inhibitor effects on peptide trimming, both in the endogenous MHC-I processing pathway and in cross-presentation. Learn more in The JI: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Jul 15, 2025 · 4 likes · 1 share View post →
The Journal of Immunology
@jimmunol.bsky.social · Bluesky

In a #CuttingEdge article, researchers identified an in-del generated novel neoepitope that elicited in vivo tumor control in models of prophylaxis and therapy. CD8 T cells elicited by this neoepitope showed notably less exhaustion. Learn more: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art....

Jul 14, 2025 · 1 like View post →
TRAstonDrs
@castltrastondrs.bsky.social · Bluesky

www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com journals.aai.org/jimmunol/art... www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm... academic.oup.com/jid/advance-... gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/ha...

Jul 13, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

HIF2α promotes protective Th2 cell responses during intestinal helminth infection @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 10, 2025 View post →
Marcus Robinson
@robinsonmj.bsky.social · Bluesky

Just dropped! Complicated impacts of il21 on gc exit to memory. Kudos to @alidvorscek.bsky.social and Jesse Mulder! IL-21 contributes to type 2 memory B cell formation url: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Jul 9, 2025 · 3 likes · 2 shares View post →
Molecular Microbiology
@molmicrounihoh.bsky.social · Bluesky

Jul 9, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Dan Mielcarz
@mielcarz.bsky.social · Bluesky

I don't know if I'd call it beautiful per se but Hozumi and Tonegawa figuring out VDJ recombination was amazing. They had to isolate their own BamHI to do it! Nice commentary in JI as part of their Pillars of Immunology series here: academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Jul 8, 2025 · 5 likes · 2 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Stromal cell–derived chemokines modulate immune cells in inflammation: New findings and future perspectives @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 8, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

IL-21 contributes to type 2 memory B cell formation @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 8, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Thiago Carvalho
@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Bluesky

'These results showed that HMGB1 inhibited IFN-γ–induced PD-L1 expression, thereby enhancing the antitumor effects of T cells, and confirmed the role of HMGB1 as a prognostic indicator for lung cancer treated with chimeric antigen receptor T cells.' academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 3, 2025 · 2 likes · 2 shares View post →
Lillemeier lab
@lillemeier-lab.bsky.social · Bluesky

Can mutations in tumor mitochondrial DNA ( #mtDNA ) generate #neoantigens recognized by T-cells? New report describes mtDNA mutation-specific TCRs. Can mutant mtDNA could be tumor #immunotherapy targets? academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 3, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Review @jimmunol.bsky.social Epigenetic and metabolic regulation of macrophage responsiveness and memory academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jul 2, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Lillemeier lab
@lillemeier-lab.bsky.social · Bluesky

Novel TOX-nanoluciferase-based #reporter mouse that can be used to monitor TOX expression and can be used the screening of molecules that modulate #T-cell #exhaustion. academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Jun 30, 2025 View post →
Philip Ahern
@philipahern.bsky.social · Bluesky

Great piece re how to tackle reproducibility/fraud in science. Like many things in life, policing is a blunt tool, we should tackle the underlying causes of these issues. academic.oup.com/jimmunol/art...

Jun 30, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

LAG3-MHCII interaction induces a tight cell-cell interface at the immunological synapse @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jun 27, 2025 · 12 likes · 3 shares View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

The role of VISTA engagement in limiting neutrophil-mediated inflammation @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jun 27, 2025 · 4 likes View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

Distinct expression of CD56 and CD19 marks molecular and functional endotypes of tetanus- versus RBD-specific human bone marrow plasma cells @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jun 27, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

NC410, a bivalent LAIR-2 construct, remodels collagen in the tumor microenvironment and abrogates neutrophil-driven T cell suppression @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jun 27, 2025 View post →
Waggoner Lab
@labwaggoner.bsky.social · Bluesky

MHC II–restricted presentation of soluble antigen by naïve B cells is impaired upon engagement with membrane-associated antigen: A potential mechanism to mitigate autoreactivity @jimmunol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...

Jun 27, 2025 · 6 likes View post →