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Nathan Ewing-Crystal

@nathanec.bsky.social

MD/PhD Candidate, UCSF. Neuroimmunology, CNS fibroblasts, stromal-immune interactions. He/him

Nathan Ewing-Crystal @nathanec.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

8/ Very proud of this work, represented here by the amazing Chloe Prendergast, and excited to see where this field goes next!

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Nathan Ewing-Crystal @nathanec.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

6/ Moreover, subsets of late-timepoint fibroblasts create lesional immune niches that direct T cell positioning and suppress cytokine expression - i.e., without fibroblast-derived signals, inflammation is unleashed (with interesting implications for neuronal signaling).

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Nathan Ewing-Crystal @nathanec.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

5/ We found that early myofibroblasts prevent cardiovascular collapse and subsequent organ damage after severe stroke, helping explain their protective effect.

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