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Christiana Fogg

@cnfogg.bsky.social
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Senior Editor at Science Immunology Interests include #Immunology #Infection #viruses #malaria #vaccines and #cancer. Views are my own. www.science.org/journal/sciimmunol Also 💙 #trail and #ultrarunning

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Steve Turner @sjturn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Great to share our recent review, written with @niclag.bsky.social and @danielthiele1.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social #monashBDI The evolving biology of T cell memory: A dynamic continuum of function and persistence | Science Immunology www.science.org/eprint/95PIC...
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The evolving biology of T cell memory: A dynamic continuum of function and persistence
Advances in technology continue to refine our understanding of CD8 T cell memory, with major implications for next-generation vaccines and therapies.
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
#Science #Immunology turns 10 years old this month! We celebrate w/ a Special Issue on immune #memory! Check out our 3 outstanding Reviews by Maziar & Kaufmann; @sjturn.bsky.social, Thiele, & @niclag.bsky.social; & @maurogaya.bsky.social & @kimljacobson.bsky.social out this week! scim.ag/448rEkV
The July 2026 cover of Science Immunology features an illustration depicting an avatar of the immune system playing a memory game, in which previously encountered pathogens are remembered. The scene is framed by an unspooling chromosome, highlighting the critical role that epigenetic reprogramming plays in both innate and adaptive immune memory. (Credit: Ada Zejun Shen)
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Science Magazine @science.org · 23/06/2026
A new #ScienceImmunology study in mice showcases a vaccine adjuvant that can induce protective immunity against herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) infections without causing excessive local inflammation. scim.ag/3Skm7oG
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Bioactive enhanced adjuvant chemokine oligonucleotide nanoparticles (BEACONs) for mucosal vaccination against genital herpes
A chemokine–nucleic acid nanoparticle adjuvant elicits protective mucosal immunity against genital herpes simplex virus 2 infection in mice.
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Immunology Podcast @immunologypodcast.com · 08/05/2026
Scientists in Dr. @davidraulet.bsky.social's lab at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social have shown that removing tumor Tregs unleashes NK cell responses to control cancers, including MHC I–deficient tumors. 📄 Read the paper: bit.ly/4uoezPs 🎙️ Tune in: bit.ly/4f2ci85
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Michael Betts @bettsupenn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy to announce publication of our first therapeutic mRNA-LNP paper! In vivo reprogramming of cytotoxic effector CD8 T cells via fractalkine-conjugated mRNA-LNPs | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In vivo reprogramming of cytotoxic effector CD8 T cells via fractalkine-conjugated mRNA-LNPs
Fractalkine-conjugated mRNA-LNPs effectively target cytotoxic effector CD8 T cells for transient in vivo reprogramming.
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
To mark World #Malaria Day, here are 2 recent Science #Immunology papers highlighting cutting-edge malaria research! Nideffer & al. (2025) scim.ag/4izhn63 Gao & al. (2025) scim.ag/4hN5vOY
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Sar Crespi @boron110.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So excited to share our new @science.org podcast limited series The Normals! Out now!! Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...
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St. John Lab @stjohnlab.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We wanted to put over a decade of advances on the immunology surrounding fetal Zika infection in context in our review "Immune mechanisms of congenital Zika syndrome" @sciimmunology.bsky.social. So happy to see it's #openaccess! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Immune mechanisms of congenital Zika syndrome
This Review discusses both fetal and maternal immune responses that influence the development of congenital Zika syndrome.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/01/2026
The January 2026 issue of #ScienceImmunology is out! This month's cover depicts the repopulation of resident cardiac macrophages after chemotherapy, protecting the heart against subsequent injury. Learn more about this research and more: scim.ag/3NsLjqu
This month’s cover illustration depicts the repopulation of cardiac-resident macrophages with cardioprotective monocyte-derived cells as chemotherapy-guided patchwork mending of the cardiac macrophage pool.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 18/12/2025
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/493Tpgx
Qianjiadong Reservoir in southern Hunan, China, produces a double harvest: solar energy and yellow carp. The solar farm produces up to 80 megawatts of power while the fish forage beneath the panels. With a massive scale-up of solar and wind at home and cheap exports of the technology, China is driving a worldwide surge of renewable energy—Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
#Science #Immunology will be sponsoring a prize for the best poster presentation! The abstract deadline is fast approaching though, so don't delay! I hope to see many of you in marvelous Ghent this coming March!
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
In #Science #Immunology Bali Pulendran's lab at @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social tests 5 different #LLM models to see how well they can accelerate #vaccine #research in combination with human creativity. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🧫🥼💻
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Assessing AI’s cognitive abilities for scientific discovery in the field of systems vaccinology
LLMs assessed with “The Creation Game” show promise in aiding systems vaccinology discovery while remaining human dependent.
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
This week in #Science #Immunology, Lambrecht & Hammad labs (@viblifesciences.bsky.social) use #Danish Nat'l Patient & Prescription Registries + mouse models to show that maternal #allergy & neonatal #RSV infection synergize via FcR-mediated allergen uptake to drive development of early life #asthma!
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Maternal allergy and neonatal RSV infection synergize via FcR-mediated allergen uptake to promote the development of asthma in early life
Maternal IgG transfer and neonatal infection synergize via Fc receptor pathways to promote allergic TH2 immunity.
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Prof. Shane Crotty @profshanecrotty.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
In our latest vaccine immunology study we tested whether it is possible to simultaneously prime multiple classes of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against HIV using a combination of germline-targeting (GT) immunogens. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @scienceimmuno.bsky.social @lji.org
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Simultaneous induction of multiple classes of broadly neutralizing antibody precursors by combination germline-targeting immunization in nonhuman primates
Simultaneous immunization with three germline-targeting immunogens primes multiple bnAb lineages in NHPs, advancing multiepitope HIV vaccine strategies.
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
To celebrate this year’s #NobelPrize in #Medicine, awarded for the discovery of regulatory #TCells, we have selected 8 papers recently published in #Science #Immunology that highlight recent advances in #Treg biology! The collection will be online until the end of Oct 2025! bit.ly/SciImm_free
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Kilian Schober @kischober.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
If the immune system is an army... ... would you rather rely on one “super warrior” — or on a diverse team of fighters, even if none of them is the single strongest? I’d go with the team. Why? Check out our new study, just published in Science Immunology: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Out now in #Science #Immunology: Zhenghai Tang (U of Macau) & André Veillette (@ircm.bsky.social / @mcgill.ca / @umontreal.ca) review the latest research on inhibitory #ImmuneCheckpoints in #cancer #immunotherapy. Check it out!
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Inhibitory immune checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy
Inhibitory immune checkpoints for cancer immunotherapy are reviewed.
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
That time I was subject of scientific study, and not an editor.....🏃‍♀️🧪
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Science Magazine @science.org · 13/08/2025
A new special issue of Science explores the immune system at the molecular and cellular level and how it has evolved to govern multiple facets of human health. (THREAD 🧵) scim.ag/3JgfUWd
An illustration depicting the changes in the immune system throughout an individual’s life span, from infancy to childhood, adulthood, and older age. The infant silhouette contains DNA, and the figures are enveloped by the nuclear and plasma membranes.
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Di Jiang @dijiang319.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
🧬💊 @science.org Programmable gene insertion in human cells with a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @sternberglab.bsky.social @isaacwitte.bsky.social eitzingersimon.bsky.social + al. #CRISPR #Medicine #Science #Evolution #Genome #evoCAST
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Programmable gene insertion in human cells with a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase
Programmable gene integration in human cells has the potential to enable mutation-agnostic treatments for loss-of-function genetic diseases and facilitate many applications in the life sciences. CRISP...
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This is a public service announcement: late-breaking abstract submissions for #IUIS2025 will close tomorrow (May 6)! You can submit your abstracts here: iuis2025.org/abstracts/ I hope to see many of you this August in beautiful Vienna!!! #Immunology #Science2025 #CallForAbstracts #IUIS
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ABSTRACTS ALL ABOUT SUBMISSION IMPORTANT INFORMATION LATE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW OPEN guidelines LATE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Important Dates 20 November 2024 – Abstract Submission Opens 25...
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Happy World #DayofImmunology!
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
On #WorldMalariaDay, check out this brand new study on human T cell memory responses to #malaria from the lab of Pras Jagannathan at Stanford! 🦟🩸 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Clone tracking through repeated malaria identifies high-fidelity memory CD4 T cell responses
Expanded CD4+ T cell clones preferentially adopt a single fate in malaria, and TR1 cells dominate and display long-term memory.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/04/2025
In #ScienceImmunology, researchers describe how #hunger perception in the brain can mimic the effects of #fasting and alter circulating immune cell levels. Read about this study and more: scim.ag/4j3gx2A
This month's Science Immunology cover features a hungry dog waiting patiently for a treat.
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It's #WorldTBDay! Sharing a recent review article in Science Immunology by @tomscriba.bsky.social about our current understanding of the immunopathology of #TB www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Immunopathology in human tuberculosis
The balance between protective and pathological immune responses shapes progression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 17/03/2025
New research in #ScienceImmunology provides insight into the mechanisms underlying photosensitivity, or ultraviolet light-induced skin inflammation, in certain autoimmune disorders. scim.ag/4iv9kaO
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Epidermal ZBP1 stabilizes mitochondrial Z-DNA to drive UV-induced IFN signaling in autoimmune photosensitivity
ZBP1 and mitochondrial Z-DNA drive autoimmune photosensitivity via cGAS-STING activation.
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Sarah Ross @sarahhross.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
ICYMI by First release - now in print @science.org Identification of APCs in the gut that promote Treg differentiation and how tolerance to food antigens is influenced by helminth infection. buff.ly/3DjNQ1e By @cicacanesso.bsky.social @danmucida.bsky.social @victora.bsky.social et al
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This week in #Science #Immunology: researchers @ UTSW & Tianjin Med U generate #STING reporter mice to study patterns of STING expression across tissues & immune cell types! They also report forced STING expression can alter #Tcell development & induce #neutrophil -driven systemic inflammation!
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Dynamic STING repression orchestrates immune cell development and function
Repression of STING expression in neutrophils and T lymphocytes is required for immune homeostasis and tumor response.
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The March cover of Science Immunology highlights work from @kahlenberglab.bsky.social on #photosensitivity in #cutaneous #lupus patients and how #UVB induced release of #mitochondrial #Z-DNA in complex with ZBP1 activates #cGAS-STING and fuels type I IFN production. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
 This month’s cover features a keratinocyte mitochondrion damaged by UVB radiation, which then releases reactive oxygen species (red spheres) and Z-DNA complexed with ZBP1 into the cytoplasm. Image credit: A. Fisher/Science Immunology
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Stella Hurtley @smhsci.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Check out the paper below with its related Perspective in @science.org Macrophage peroxisomes guide alveolar regeneration and limit SARS-CoV-2 tissue sequelae | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Macrophage peroxisomes guide alveolar regeneration and limit SARS-CoV-2 tissue sequelae
Peroxisomes are vital but often overlooked metabolic organelles. We found that excessive interferon signaling remodeled macrophage peroxisomes. This loss of peroxisomes impaired inflammation resolutio...
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This week in #Science #Immunology: researchers @ @uwmadison.bsky.social use #AAV vectors to deliver 2 Abs—one neutralizing #SIV infectivity & killing infected cells via #ADCC & another mediating ADCC but non-neutralizing—to prevent resurgence of SIV replication in #macaques after discontinuing #ART!
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Adeno-associated viral delivery of Env-specific antibodies prevents SIV rebound after discontinuing antiretroviral therapy
AAV delivery of antibodies targeting the SIV envelope glycoprotein contains virus replication in macaques after stopping ART.
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This week in #Science #Immunology: Peng Shao, Noah Butler, & colleagues at University of Iowa show that TRAF3 is critical for early #TFollicularHelper ( #Tfh ) cell differentiation!
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TRAF3 is critical for initial T follicular helper cell specification via coordination of the IL-6R/IL-2R–BCL6 signaling nexus
TRAF3 integrates early cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic signals to initiate TFH cell differentiation.
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Di Jiang @dijiang319.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
🧬🧪Protein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalization | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Henry Kilgore @itamarchinn.bsky.social @pgmikhael.bsky.social Ilan Mitnikov, et al. @aihealthmit.bsky.social @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social @mitofficial.bsky.social
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Protein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalization
Cells have evolved mechanisms to distribute ~10 billion protein molecules to subcellular compartments where diverse proteins involved in shared functions must assemble. Here, we demonstrate that prote...
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Claire Olingy @claireolingy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Now out in #Science #Immunology (and also featured on the cover!): Lutz, @simonhaas.bsky.social, Weinhold, & al. use single-cell and spatial multiomics to characterize breakout lesions in #multiplemyeloma, identifying regions of immune and tumor cell coevolution:
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Bone marrow breakout lesions act as key sites for tumor-immune cell diversification in multiple myeloma
Single-cell and spatial multiomics analyses identify breakout lesions as a hotspot for tumor-immune interactions and diversification.
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Timely study by Katherine Kedzierska and Jamie Rossjohn and colleagues defining key structural features of #Tcell binding to circulating #influenza strains from 1918 to ~present #ImmunoSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Molecular determinants of cross-strain influenza A virus recognition by αβ T cell receptors
TCR-peptide-HLA ternary structures define molecular mechanisms of TCR cross-reactivity toward natural influenza variants.
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Recently in #Science #Immunology: Vidit Bhandakar, Teresa Dinter, & Stefani Spranger from the Koch Institute at @mitofficial.bsky.social have written a terrific #Review on how #DendriticCell signals specify #CD8 #TCell fates in #cancer! #DCs
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Architects of immunity: How dendritic cells shape CD8+ T cell fate in cancer
DC–T cell interactions during priming influence CD8+ T cell fate, and DCs subsequently sustain T cell responses against cancer.
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is ... a public ... service ... announcement!
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Dan Kaplan @danhkaplan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Why scratching makes a rash worse and a potential benefit to scratching--it reduced S. aureus on skin. Andrew Liu's paper from our lab is out now at #science #neuroimmune #immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Scratching promotes allergic inflammation and host defense via neurogenic mast cell activation
Itch is a dominant symptom in dermatitis, and scratching promotes cutaneous inflammation, thereby worsening disease. However, the mechanisms through which scratching exacerbates inflammation and wheth...
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Hannah Isles @hannah-isles.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
In #Science #Immunology this week: human naïve B cells can bind and neutralize #H5N1, potentially offering protection against #birdflu.
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Human naïve B cells recognize prepandemic influenza virus hemagglutinins
Antibodies targeting the influenza hemagglutinin from potentially pandemic H5Nx viruses can be isolated from naïve individuals.
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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
All - @science.org now has a @bsky.app share button! Enjoy!
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
@karenvincent.bsky.social welcome!
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Enfu Hui @enfuhui.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Thrilled to share our @sciimmunology.bsky.social paper! We report that rodent PD-1 is weaker than human PD-1 (reduced ligand binding & signaling) & lacks a conserved vertebrate motif. Humanizing mouse PD-1 disrupts T cell anti-tumor responses, raising many questions. science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The January issue of #Science #Immunology is now live! This week: new insights into #NLRP3 #inflammasome activation; key distinctions btw rodent & human #PD1 orthologs uncovered; & targeting thrombospondin-1 (Thbs1) to suppress #HSC #inflammaging! www.science.org/toc/sciimmun...
Reversing the Hands of Time.

Inflammaging is the age-associated increase in systemic inflammation, which can have negative effects on blood cell production and the immune system. Using a mouse model of premature hematopoietic aging, Ramalingam et al. identified thrombospondin-1 (Thbs1) as a driver of age-associated changes to hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Deletion of Thbs1 prevented HSC myeloid bias, loss of HSC self-renewal, and systemic signs of inflammaging in aged mice. This month’s cover illustration depicts the process of HSC inflammaging as a pocket watch. Thbs1 gene deletion causes the watch hands to move backwards, which reverses aging-associated HSC defects and turns back the clock on inflammaging.

Credit: Rioka Hayama
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Suppression of the inflammation that occurs with aging ("inflammaging") by blocking thrombospondin-1 (Thbs1), prevented age-related blood stem cell defects and expanded lifespan in the mouse model (KO-knockout) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
First issue of #Science #Immunology out for 2025! Check out this paper by Masabuchi et al. defining why rodent and human PD-1 function differently!🐀🚶‍♀️@enfuhui.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Functional differences between rodent and human PD-1 linked to evolutionary divergence
A highly conserved motif in human PD-1 but absent in rodent PD-1 is linked to differential inhibitory activity.
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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
My holiday gift to all of you: The editors of @science.org's favorite papers of 2024, all wrapped up nicely in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Sarah Ross @sarahhross.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
#Immunology by First release now @science.org Identification of APCs in the gut that promote Treg differentiation and how tolerance to food antigens is influenced by helminth infection buff.ly/3DjNQ1e By Maria Canesso, @danmucida.bsky.social , @victora.bsky.social and colleagues.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Good news on a H5N1 vaccine efficacy in a preclinical model in case it is needed science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Christiana Fogg @cnfogg.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
New review out in #science #immunology on tuberculosis immunopathology by @tomscriba.bsky.social et al.🫁🦠 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Immunopathology in human tuberculosis
The balance between protective and pathological immune responses shapes progression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 12/12/2024
Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn
Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months. The drug attaches to the lattice-like capsid proteins that shield the virus’s genetic material—a mechanism that could inspire other antivirals. Lenacapavir could help end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but that will hinge on access for those who need it most.
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