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Valentin Dunsing-Eichenauer @dunsingvalentin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#FluorescenceFriday: Given the recently grown interest in ciliary beating, here is a movie of beating cilia in a human airway model that I captured last week with lattice light-sheet microscopy. No AI „processing“, this is the raw data! Frame rate is ca. 170fps, displayed here at 25fps.
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Provocative and fascinating
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Naina Gour @nainagour.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In @elife.bsky.social: An Itch Receptor Drives Melanoma doi.org/10.7554/eLif.... An itch receptor with an unexpected role in melanoma. We found MRGPRX4 in human tumors; expressing it in mouse melanocytes was enough to drive metastatic disease. Grateful to the team behind our eLife paper. 🙏
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An Itch Receptor Drives Melanoma
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Rod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Delighted to share the first preprint from our lab. Here, we define a cDC2-Treg feedback circuit within a barrier tissue that restrains effector Th2 cell expansion, revealing a novel role for tissue cDC2s in controlling Th2 cell biology. #Immunology Congrats to @jmannion.bsky.social and team.
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Old, but gold !
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Pathogenic Bordetella avoid clearance from airways by hanging on to microtubules of ciliated cells @science.org @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social @gonenshane.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Engineered membrane-coated magnetoelectric nanoparticles drive TH2 cell expansion to alleviate autoimmune inflammation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
That’s a fascinating discovery, congrats!
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Rod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Happy to share a new preprint from our group. In studying lung T cell responses in humans, we wondered if the method of sampling matters. Here we isolated paired BAL and endobronchial brushing T cells followed by scRNA- and TCR-seq, finding surprising differences #Immunology
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
'Here, we generated sST2-deficient mice with intact ST2L and showed that constitutively high levels of endogenous sST2 inhibit the development of food allergies, in which among nonhematopoietic cells, fibroblasts possibly play an important role as the source of sST2.' #Immunology #Allergy
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
IL-17a induces age-related olfactory dysfunction by impairing olfactory epithelium regeneration www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natcomms.nature.com
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
What maintains ILC2s in airway allergy? We report a complement-producing stromal niche forming an IL-33 alarmin hub sustaining ILC2s. Thanks to the JHU Catalyst Award for the support!! cc @deniswirtz.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Complement-producing adventitial fibroblasts form an IL-33 alarmin hub that maintains ILC2s during airway allergy
Atakkatan et al. identify a distinct subset of C3+IL-33+ adventitial fibroblasts (AFs) that drives allergic inflammation by maintaining ILC2 responses. In turn, ILC2-derived IL-13 supports AF function...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Temporal single-cell profiling uncovers age-associated delays in immune resolution to respiratory viral infection @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @jie-immunology.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Vienna Airway Lab @viennaairwaylab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Novel study reveals that IgM drives airway hyperresponsiveness in allergic asthma via the Baiap2l1 pathway in human airway smooth muscle, uncovering a novel target for future therapies 💊 #Immunology #asthma #Th2 🔗 doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Immunoglobulin M regulates airway hyperresponsiveness independent of T helper 2 allergic inflammation
Immunoglobulin M has other functions beyond antibody class switching that have implications in asthma treatment.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social comprehensive cell type-resolved transcriptional screen of human cytokine responses www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Who controls type-2 immunity? Turns out fibroblasts do , via a C3–IL-33–ILC2 axis that shapes allergic inflammation in vivo. @atakkatan.bsky.social Our new work highlighted by @cellreports.bsky.social #Immunology #StromalBiology #Allergy #Asthma #ILC2 #IL33 #Complement
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Why do heart attacks during the night cause less damage than during daytime? The role of neutrophils and circadian clock genes in reducing inflammation and injury in experimental model rupress.org/jem/article/...
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Nice to see work on poorly understood IL-13Ra2
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Erythropoietin receptor on cDC1s dictates immune tolerance @nature.com @stanforduniversity.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 05/12/2025
In this study, Panda, Colonna et al. @washumedicine.bsky.social highlight a previously unknown role for SLC7A8 in Th2 cells, with potential implications for understanding and treating type 2 immune-related diseases. rupress.org/jem/article/... #MucosalImmunology #InfectiousDisease #inflammation
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Naina Gour @nainagour.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
#newPI feels
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Complement-producing adventitial fibroblasts form an IL-33 alarmin hub that maintains ILC2s during airway allergy @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @atakkatan.bsky.social @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
New paper alert! We show essential role of #fibroblasts derived #complement C3 in maintaining #Il33-#ILC2 hub during airway #allergy. Congratulations to hard working Ph.D. Students @atakkatan.bsky.social @aishwaryamagesh.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports... @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social
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Complement-producing adventitial fibroblasts form an IL-33 alarmin hub that maintains ILC2s during airway allergy
Atakkatan et al. identify a distinct subset of C3+IL-33+ adventitial fibroblasts (AFs) that drives allergic inflammation by maintaining ILC2 responses. In turn, ILC2-derived IL-13 supports AF function...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Preprint: Chikungunya virus persists in joint associated macrophages and promotes chronic disease www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
#WeekendRead! #ImmuneMechanosensing! Zhou &co show @cp-cellreports that rigid pathogenic candida hyphae are sensed in phagocytes by Piezo1 which upregulates Dectins & other CLRs via CREB-C/EBPb & drives antifungal NLRP3 activation via NDR1/2! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Piezo1 senses hyphae and initiates host defense against pathogenic fungi
Shi et al. demonstrate that the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1 serves as a critical sensor for innate immune cells, enabling them to distinguish the invasive hyphal form of C. albicans from...
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 06/06/2025
Fonta et al. show that #oligodendrocyte-derived IL-33 regulates self-reactive CD8+ T cells in CNS #autoimmunity. IL-33 ablation reduces persistence & TCF-1low effector T cell generation. rupress.org/jem/article/... 📘 In #Neuroimmunology & #Neurodegeneration 2025: rupress.org/jem/collecti...
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Immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Online now: A CD4+ T cell-intrinsic complement C5aR2-prostacyclin-IL-1R2 axis orchestrates Th1 cell contraction
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A CD4+ T cell-intrinsic complement C5aR2-prostacyclin-IL-1R2 axis orchestrates Th1 cell contraction
The pathways regulating Th1 cell contraction are not well understood. Rahman et al. demonstrate that complement receptor C5aR2 controls T cell-intrinsic prostanoid metabolism as an integral component of Th1 cell contraction. Faulty C5aR2-prostanoid rewiring marks autoimmunity-associated hyper-Th1 cell responses in arthritis and Crohn’s disease. Therefore, prostanoid metabolism is a potentially druggable checkpoint for the cessation of Th1 cell effector responses.
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Rod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
This is cool! #Immunology 🧪
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Brandon Moore, PhD @rando.insalubrio.us · 23/05/2025
Experimental contact lenses now allow humans (and mice) to see near-infrared light by converting it into visible wavelengths. No power source needed! 🧪 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Graphical abstract for the linked paper.

Top) A diagram depicting the optical properties of nano-composites used to create the near-IR contact lens system.

Middle) A diagram showing how different wavelengths of near-IR light can be shifted into the visible spectrum.

Bottom) A diagram depicting a wearable eyeglass system with the same capabilities of the contact lens system described in the middle of this graphical abstract.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation aids recovery from spinal cord injury @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
A single-cell spatial chart of the airway wall reveals proinflammatory cellular ecosystems and their interactions in health and asthma www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natimmunol.nature.com @regisjoulia.bsky.social
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Cholinergic regulation of thymocyte negative selection www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natimmunol.nature.com
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
When a Decision on Manuscript email arrives a minute before you go out to celebrate your birthday
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Clinical & Experimental Immunology @ceijournal.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Neutrophils: not just infection fighters! 🧬 New review connects them to food allergies, eczema, and asthma. Could they be future targets for therapy? 🔗 bit.ly/3GReFeX #FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek
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Simon Cleary @simoncleary.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Our work featured on the cover of this month's J Exp Med!
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Its enriching to see young talent develop! Proud mentor moments-all 3 of my Ph.D students @aishwaryamagesh.bsky.social @atakkatan.bsky.social and IanMcKnight got selected for podium presentations at #AAI2025 @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social @jhu.edu
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Had a wonderful time presenting at the international complement society guest symposium at #AAI2025. A big shoutout 👏👏👏to my 2 very talented Ph.D students @aishwaryamagesh.bsky.social and @atakkatan.bsky.social for making this work possible! @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Honored to have been invited to the #AAI2025 International Complement Society (ICS) Guest Symposium. Big shout out to Claudia Kemper and Jessy J Alexander for organizing the symposium.
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Enjoying #AAI2025 and learning a bunch of new science with folks from the lab ! #immunology2025
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
If you are looking to COMPLEMENT your knowledge of Th2 immunity, please read our latest review.
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Vienna Airway Lab @viennaairwaylab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It’s #CRSwNPAwarenessDay! We’re honored to team up with microscopy artist 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐫 to show CRSwNP like you’ve never seen it before. More here: theworldcloseup.com Images are copyright protected—view & license at: www.sciencephoto.com/search?q=chr... #AirwayHealth #CRSwNP #ScienceArt
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Review @jimmunol.bsky.social Deciphering the role of IL-17D, its newly identified receptor CD93, and IL-17D-CD93 axis in health and disease academic.oup.com/jimmunol/adv...
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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🥼A new tissue expansion method developed by researchers in the Wang & Tillberg labs & collaborators @uwmadison.bsky.social enables scientists to use mass spectrometry imaging to simultaneously detect hundreds of molecules at the single cell level in their native locations ➡️ hhmi.news/4ixHOZZ
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New technique expands tissues so hundreds of biomolecules can be seen inside cells
A new tissue expansion method developed by Janelia and University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers enables scientists to use mass spectrometry imaging to simultaneously detect hundreds of molecules
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Tissue-geometry-regulated cellular traction forces trigger the activation of Piezo1 and its co-localization with bacteria to facilitate the formation of specific bacterial invasion patterns to promote infection @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Aydan Szeto @aydanszeto.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
#immunosky Obsessed with our robotic arm loading plates to our Sony ID7000 spectral analyser to dramatically increase our flow throughput. This cytometer literally never blocks so we have complete trust in the whole system to run samples overnight whilst we sleep 😴
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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#TickTock⏰! Udeehardt, LaiGuan NG, @drusqui.bsky.social &co show @nature.com that skin #neutrophils produce in a circadian manner extracellular matrix potentiating skin barrier & that after injury they create TGFb-dependent rings of matrix shielding pathogens & foreign molecules!
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Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin - Nature
A population of neutrophils in the skin produces extracellular matrix, providing a defence strategy by reinforcing the barrier properties of the skin and helping to block the entry of pathogens.
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The Lajoie Lab @lajoielab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
That’s gold!
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Meeting the person you suspect is reviewer #2 in a conference
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
can you explain this 3 year gap in your resume? yeah the paper was under review
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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
#InterferonFriendOrFoe?! Joe Sun, Xiaoqin Wei &co show @science.org that lung macrophage peroxisomes instruct repair programs after virus infections favoring AT2 cell renewal & recovery! IFNgamma drives pexophagy, increasing mitochondrial ROS & activating inflammasomes driving KRT8 cells & fibrosis!
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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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