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Christian Moritz @christian-moritz.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Seeing someone sneeze makes us ready to fight germs! New fMRI study by @uni-hamburg.de published in @brainbehavimm.bsky.social shows our brains activate & boost immunity (increased sIgA!) when seeing contagion cues. Preparing our defenses BEFORE getting sick! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Visual cues of respiratory contagion: Their impact on neuroimmune activation and mucosal immune responses in humans

This study investigated the neural correlates of perceiving visual contagion cues characteristic of respiratory infections through functional magnetic…

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Christian Moritz @christian-moritz.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Antibodies targeting the autoimmune system itself -- the "ouroboros"! Excited to contribute to this research with Stéphane Paul, Yannick Tholance, et al. Various reactions seen in SNN patient sera, esp. anti-FGFR3+. Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #autoimmunity #SNN

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The antibody repertoire of autoimmune sensory neuronopathies targets pathways of the innate and adaptive immune system. An autoantigenomic approach

Sensory neuronopathies (SNN) encompass diverse etiologies, with autoimmunity playing a major role through both cellular and humoral responses. To inve…

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Christian Moritz @christian-moritz.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

As a non-MD, I was always wondering why clinicians sometimes start treating before understanding the cause. This new CIDP research sheds light on the "hit hard and early" strategy - delaying treatment can worsen long-term disability. Helpful insights from @hhu.de ! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Preventing long-term disability in CIDP: the role of timely diagnosis and treatment monitoring in a multicenter CIDP cohort - Journal of Neurology

Background Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an inflammatory disease affecting the peripheral nerves and the most frequent autoimmune polyneuropathy. Given the lack of establ...

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Christian Moritz @christian-moritz.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hi Bluesky community, I'm new here. Wondering how long it will last until this platform is bought by an extremist oligarch. In any case you also find me at Mastodon, which is open source and self-hosted: mastodon.social/@christian_m...

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Gorka Fernández García de Eulate @gorkaeulate.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Salle pleine pour le début des journées de la @sfnp.bsky.social avec deux topos très pédagogiques et d’actualité @tanyasnmdparis.bsky.social @christian-moritz.bsky.social Nathalie Bernard et Guillaume Fargeot

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