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Daniel L. Barber, PhD

@danbarberphd.bsky.social
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Immunologist. Major focus is on T cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
So we blocked IFNγ in Mtb infected macaques and….the animals were fine. Turns out mice overestimate the importance of IFNγ in TB because IFNγ drives iNOS in mice but not macaques or humans. This means we don’t actually know how T cells suppress Mtb. rdcu.be/ff9GB #tuberculosis #immunology
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IFNγ blockade in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macaques alters the granuloma environment but not bacterial control
Nature Communications - Here, the authors show that IFNγ blockade does not impair resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in macaques, opposed to what has been observed in mice, due...
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
In this new paper by @nelson-lab.bsky.social, we found that pre-exposure of NHP to glucocorticoids impairs control of SARS-CoV-2 and is associated with reduced pDC, eosinophil and γδT cell responses. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Glucocorticoids suppress early lung inflammation and impair control of SARS-CoV-2 in non-human primates
In severe cases of COVID-19, glucocorticoid treatment improves clinical outcomes. However, in non-hospitalized patients, glucocorticoids have limited benefit and may impair viral clearance. Here, we u...
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Important paper by Björn Corleis. For decades a central tenet of #tuberculosis immunology has that IFNγ-driven iNOS expression in macrophages is the primary mechanism of bacterial control. Turns out this is really only in mice and maybe cattle. It’s not true in most species including humans an NHP.
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The Barber lab is looking to hire post-docs to work on #tuberculosis #immunology using murine and NHP models. BSL3 experience not required. Check out our lab in the NIH intramural program in Bethesda MD!
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate - some macrophages you just can’t reach! Multiple features of granulomas limit effective T cell:MΦ interactions, posing a major barrier for vaccine-mediated protection. Check out our new review! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Journal of Internal Medicine</em> | Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality, and the development of a new, highly effective vaccine would have a tremendous beneficial impact on global health. Alt....
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Check out our new paper with @nelson-lab.bsky.social. We used scRNAseq to profile the function of Mtb peptide-specific T cells from NHP and human lung granulomas. Beyond IFNγ, Mtb-specific T cells make a bunch of unexpected stuff, and human and NHP cell are really similar.
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We are looking to hire post-docs to work on T cell responses to M. tuberculosis infection using murine and NHP models. If you know T cells and wanna work on the top global infectious killer check us out. BSL3 experience not required. The NIH intramural program in Bethesda MD is an amazing place!
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
We are looking for post-docs interested in studying T cell responses to M. tuberculosis infection…especially basic T cell immunologists who are interested in learning to work with BSL3 pathogens. The NIH intramural program is an amazing place to train!
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Olivier Neyrolles @oneyrolles.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Excited to share our last study. Huge congrats to Sarah Monard, Arnaud Métais, @gclugo.bsky.social, @chrisverollet.bsky.social and all colleagues! We have found a mysterious cell type inside TB lung lesions that seems neuron-like but isn't quite a nerve cell. Let's dive in👇 shorturl.at/x4Sb5
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Daniel L. Barber, PhD @danbarberphd.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
What an incredible analysis!!!
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Michael Fischbach @mfgrp.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55
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Paul Baker @pauljbaker.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Thanks to all of our amazing coauthors including @kerryhilligan.bsky.social, @danbarberphd.bsky.social for spending many, many hours tolerating me in the BSL3 lab, helping with experiments and data analysis, and providing valuable advice and moral support!
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Paul Baker @pauljbaker.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
More details in this 🧵 from my powerhouse PI @mayerbarber.bsky.social whose foresight and guidance got us to this fantastic manuscript!
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Paul Baker @pauljbaker.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Excited to share this paper from my post-doc at @niaidnews.bsky.social out now in Science Immunology! We show that recent or ongoing 🫁 infections or other pulmonary environmental exposures at the time of infection with SARSCoV2 can vastly influence early replication of the virus in mice.
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The inflammatory microenvironment of the lung at the time of infection governs innate control of SARS-CoV-2 replication
Recent or ongoing respiratory inflammation in the lung regulates antiviral immune responses to SARS-CoV-2.
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Kat Mayer-Barber,PhD @mayerbarber.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Best #Nikolaus 🎅! Our paper on how the 🫁 microenvironment can shape #innate immunity against #viruses is out @sciimmunology.bsky.social This was a herculean effort brilliantly led by @pauljbaker.bsky.social who singlehandedly established the model in the lab during the pandemic. 🧪 #Immunosky 1/9
Graphical summary of our paper.  In mice, prior lower airway exposure to diverse inflammatory stimuli, including chronic bacterial infections such as M. tuberculosis, acute bacterial infections such as pulmonary S. aureus, viral infections such as Influenza A, type-II allergic responses such as the OVA-Alum model, activation of pulmonary TLR9 by CpG or pulmonary TLR1/2 by Pam3CSK4
 leads to reduced viral burden upon subsequent infection with SARS-CoV-2 (SCV2). (2) This SCV2 restriction occurs prior to induction of SCV2-specific adaptive immune responses 
and is mediated through innate immune responses, including the induction of IFN-I, TNFα and IL-1 and sustained changes to the TRM (Tissue resident macrophage) cellular 
compartment and the pulmonary epithelium. (3) Innate cytokine and TLR signaling to both recruited immune cells and the pulmonary epithelium creates a microenvironment in the 
lung that limits early replication of SCV2. IFN-I signaling to pulmonary ECs (epithelial cells) increases expression of interferon-stimulated genes, that likely cell-intrinsically limit viral
 replication. TNF- or IL-1 suppress SCV2 independently of IFN-I signaling. TNF acts exclusively through radio-resistant cell types such as the lung epithelium, whereas IL-1 affords 
control both direct and indirectly, through either stromal and hematopoietic cell types, to restrict overall early SCV2 burden.
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Kat Mayer-Barber,PhD @mayerbarber.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🙏 to @niaidnews.bsky.social, first author @pauljbaker.bsky.social and my amazing lab team, our collaborators @kerryhilligan.bsky.social @danbarberphd.bsky.social 🙏to editor extraordinaire @hannah-isles.bsky.social and the reviewers who guided us along the way 9/9 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The inflammatory microenvironment of the lung at the time of infection governs innate control of SARS-CoV-2 replication
Recent or ongoing respiratory inflammation in the lung regulates antiviral immune responses to SARS-CoV-2.
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Marc Swidergall @swidergall-lab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Candida auris Infectious by Lionakis & Chowdhary in NEJM www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Candida auris Infections | NEJM
C. auris, a serious public health threat that may have emerged because of climate change, persists on human skin and inanimate objects, frequently causing difficult-to-control outbreaks in health c...
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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
As community here grows, need for starter packs will rapidly be replaced by need to curate timelines. Enter Bluesky's custom feeds! I have made one for tuberculosis / TB posts, though it may lack specificity. Feel free to pin & use it. Feedback welcome #IDSky #MedSky Link👉 bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Kat Mayer-Barber,PhD @mayerbarber.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
Excited for my first post here to be our new #preprint. 👇🏻check it out below … the recent pulmonary exposure history matters for limiting SARS-CoV-2 viral titers in the 🫁”tweetorial” to follow later
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