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Payal Yokota

@payalyokota.bsky.social
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Postdoc, Immunologist, #GdTcellclub webinar series (founder/organizer) #TrainedImmunity #TissueResMacrophages #DiseaseTolerance payalyokota.com #immunosky

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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 15h
Here, we go! Fav 2026 lung papers. Damani-Yokota and Khanna et al show how that Nb inoculation prior to lethal PR8 inf serves to protect mice via activation of NAM-intrinsic #diseasetolerance via enhanced type 2 imm, efferocytosis and tissue repair & resolution👇[1/n] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Type 2 immune history trains lung macrophages for viral disease tolerance - Nature
Type 2 inflammation trains nerve- and airway-associated macrophages to confer disease tolerance against lethal influenza by limiting immunopathology and promoting tissue repair without enhancing viral...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nobel week commences. T-5h - Let's go!!! #Nobelprize2026
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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#WeekendRead! #RememberMe! @khannakm.bsky.social @payalyokota.bsky.social &co show @nature.com that previous parasite lung infections drive chormatin programs in nerve-associated macrophages fostering type 2 & repair programs, protecting against subsequent lethal influenza infections!
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Type 2 immune history trains lung macrophages for viral disease tolerance - Nature
Type 2 inflammation trains nerve- and airway-associated macrophages to confer disease tolerance against lethal influenza by limiting immunopathology and promoting tissue repair without enhancing viral...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For all you type-2 immunologists out there! This is something we have to be aggressive in championing for years to come. #Type2 FTW.
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∃ugene -Yokota 🥙 @eed3si9n.com · 01/10/2026
my immunologist wife got published on Nature, also made it open access so everyone can read it the notion of memory is traditionally associated with the adaptive immunity (T cells, B cells), but trained immunity challenges this notion, which claims epigenetic shift in innate side can be significant
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Monika Wolkers @monikawolkers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
fantastic work, it is a must-read!
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why does the same virus kill one host and spare another? The key is lung imprinting from a previous parasitic infection. Our new study @nature.com offers answers + critical mechanisms! Immense thanks to @KamalmKhanna and our collaborators. 🧵 #Diseasetolerance #NAMs www.nature.com/articles/s41...:
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Type 2 immune history trains lung macrophages for viral disease tolerance - Nature
Type 2 inflammation trains nerve- and airway-associated macrophages to confer disease tolerance against lethal influenza by limiting immunopathology and promoting tissue repair without enhancing viral...
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are interrupting our normal γδ T cell programme for an important update on how type 2 immune history trains lung macrophages for viral disease tolerance. @payalyokota.bsky.social, you rock!!
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Type 2 immune history trains lung macrophages for viral disease tolerance - Nature
Type 2 inflammation trains nerve- and airway-associated macrophages to confer disease tolerance against lethal influenza by limiting immunopathology and promoting tissue repair without enhancing viral...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Local trained immunity in lung-resident macrophages is a mechanism of disease tolerance and a therapeutic entry point for severe inflammatory respiratory infections @nature.com @khannakm.bsky.social @payalyokota.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Type 2 immune history trains lung macrophages for viral disease tolerance - Nature
Type 2 inflammation trains nerve- and airway-associated macrophages to confer disease tolerance against lethal influenza by limiting immunopathology and promoting tissue repair without enhancing viral...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excited about the upcoming 12th #GDTcell conf in Wrocław (May, 2027) hosted by Grzegorz Chodaczek. Pls RT! Yours truly will serve again as part of the Sci Committee. 🔖 12gammadelta.port.org.pl. Updates here, #GDTcellclub series, @forum-gd.bsky.social. @clairemci.bsky.social @eberlmat.bsky.social
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Convention would guide us to- one gene, one mRNA, one protein. Venezia and Kane et al suggests challenges that by showing how inflammation pulls distant genes together in 3D space to trans-splice transcripts into hybrids tuning pyroptosis and sepsis outcomes in vivo.👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Functional chimeric mRNAs encode proteins in mammalian immunity - Nature
Inflammation induces interchromosomal DNA interactions that bring parent genes into close proximity, facilitating the formation of chimeric mRNAs that encode physiologically relevant, functional prote...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Congrats to Maria + @vasgdtcells.bsky.social on their #Freshoffthepress work showing that beyond thymic programming- early life emerges as a critical window in which tissue cues progressively remodel γδ T cell identity, revealing remarkable functional plasticity within the γδT17 lineage. 👇👇
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#NYUproud
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
An unparalleled legacy. A brilliant mind. A fiercely creative thinker. R.I.P Professor Tonegawa. Thank you for nurturing many pivotal discoveries whose shoulders we stand on, esp. the TCRg chain. A true loss. heartfelt condolences to his trainees, friends, family. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Obituary: Susumu Tonegawa, Japan’s first Nobel prizewinner in physiology or medicine
Fearless molecular biologist who revealed the workings of antibodies and memories.
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Excited to host Professor Jeroen Saij, a leader in the field of host-parasite interactions focusing on Toxoplasma gondii.. sure to be a phenomenal session. Please join us! Thursday, July 16 at 12p EDT. *SEE* you there! #GDTcellclub payalyokota.com/gamma-delta-...
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Gamma Delta T cell club series — payal yokota
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Like all good things, this too shall end. Amazing time in Europe with the first leg as the GRC (@Castelldefels) Co organized by Profs. Carla Rothlin and Matteo Iannacone. And, second leg: family trip (in ES, CH, FR). #Europe2026
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Andrea L Graham @grahammunology.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#TheEndlessFrontier = an awesome & important film in which I am honored to play a part! Humanity: keep pursuing the frontiers of knowledge, for the good of ourselves & our descendants!!! For our health, economy, environment, & sheer edification @drshrutinaik.bsky.social
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
So unbelievably thrilled to host the upcoming #GDTcellclub webinar next Thursday. Jürgen is an outstanding scientist and a leader in the field as well as his home institute at Utrecht and has made some remarkable discoveries that are fundamental to cancer research beyond #GDTcells. Don't miss this!👇
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Beautiful new study about DOT cells by Rafa and Bruno regarding a CXCR3 signaling that promotes Delta One T cell (δ1) recruitment and antitumor efficacy in colorectal cancer 👇 @rafaelblancodom.bsky.social @bsilvasantos.bsky.social
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Save the date: Upcoming 12th International #GdTcellconf in Wrocław, Poland - May 18-21/2027.
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Excited to have @kgandersen.bsky.social at @nyulangone.bsky.social for a departmental seminar talking all things viral #emergence #evolution #transmission
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
So there is a venue and a date confirmed for next year's conference. Stay tuned for the official announcement. #gd2027
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Funny Spock: Wouldn't You Like To Know?
ALT: Funny Spock: Wouldn't You Like To Know?
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
A 14-marker blood test predicting lung cancer years before diagnosis may also identify who could benefit from anti-inflammatory prevention therapy potentially transforming how we approach lung cancer prevention. Congrats to this team! @charlesswanton.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Plasma signals of lung tumor promotion for molecular cancer prevention
A 14-protein plasma signature identifies individuals benefiting from anti-IL-1β-based lung cancer risk reduction and demonstrates how diverse tumor-promoting factors converge on the induction of an al...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
One less thing to apply for, I guess commonfund.nih.gov/earlyindepen...
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Funding Opportunity | NIH Common Fund
Funding OpportunityCurrent Funding OpportunityAnnouncementTitleStatusApplication Due DateContactRFA-RM-26-004NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional)Forecasted. Not solic...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Navigating the clinical progress of antibody-drug conjugates: Emerging opportunities and remaining challenges: @cellpress.bsky.social #ADCs #NSCLC 👏Louise Conilh∙ Virginia Metrangolo ∙ Silvia Crescioli ∙ Janice M. Reichert ∙ Charles Dumontet share.google/RQjHgbNhRkFP... Brilliantly synthesized.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Come join us as Faculty in the Division of Human Genetics at @cincyresearch.bsky.social jobs.cincinnatichildrens.org/us/en/job/JR...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A compelling shift toward tissue-centric immunity: lymphoid niches don’t just initiate responses—they time and constrain them. Brilliant now work from Lukas Altenberger shows that timing of initiating and terminating immune response are equally important. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Lymphoid tissue chemokines limit priming duration to preserve CD8+ T cell functionality
The generation of effector CD8+ T cells (TEFF) requires activation of naïve CCR7+ T cells (TN) by dendritic cells (DCs) in lymphoid tissue. How TN-DC interaction duration and signal integration are co...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Indian mango season is upon us and it brings me so much joy! #Kesar 🥭
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Always an absolute treat to listen to Prof. Bruno Silva-Santos. I hope everyone is tuned in and listening to this talk! 👇 Happy #DayofImmunology
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γδ T cell Forum @forum-gd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Joins us for the Day of Immunology celebrations this year with a webinar by Prof. Bruno Silva-Santos Please join via teams link below! @bsilvasantos.bsky.social April 29th, 2026 || 8:30 PDT/ 11:30 EDT teams.microsoft.com/meet/3180038... Meeting ID: 318 003 815 005 374 Access code: LD39ok9r
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Epithelial cells in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: Targets for lung repair
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and persistent, often progressiv…
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Fantastic time at the #AAI2026. Great seeing friends, learning new science & sharing mine. Hearty thanks to Uli, Org committee and Amali+Amanda for selecting my abstract. zalso, thanks to Tatte ☕️ @aai.org Preprint: v1_covered_f4e4858a-7acd-44c2-acad-bad8877bf422.pdf share.google/7ZmAiNmYDqjF...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The unparalleled Olja Finn receiving the much deserved AAI Excellence in Mentoring award. 👏👏👏 #AAI2026
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Incredible day at #AAI2026 today with brilliant talks and warmth of seeing old and new friends. First, smashing talks by @petterbrodin.bsky.social and @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social this morning in #EarlylifeImm major symposia. Great discussions and wonderful data
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Join us for a fantastic seminar by Dr. Anna Bold from Paracelsus Medical University at Nuremberg talk about her new approach to target tumors using a combination of ex vivo activated Vg9Vd2 T cells with antibodies. 👇 April 9, 2026 - 12p NYC time / 6p German time nyulangone.zoom.us/j/9589051706...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Ever so amazed by the incredible scientists at NYU changing the way we evaluate and shape human Immunology, one discovey at a time. Amanda, is one of my favorites. Check this out! @thelundlab.bsky.social @nyulangonepccsm.bsky.social @nyumedpostdocs.bsky.social @nyulangone.bsky.social
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Fantastic new study from @jmoltke.bsky.social group Tuft cells promote reactivation of memory Th2 cells and are required for protective immunity to intestinal helminth re-infection: Immunity share.google/yq22hcyqywdc... 👇👇
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Tuft cells promote reactivation of memory Th2 cells and are required for protective immunity to intestinal helminth re-infection
Stanbery et al. show that ILC2s are largely dispensable, but tuft cells remain essential for helminth clearance during secondary infection. Tuft cells are not required for Th2 priming. Instead, tuft c...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Seven subsets, two fates: mouse γδ T cells in cancer immunity: Trends in Immunology www.cell.com/trends/immun... @coffeltlab.bsky.social #gdTcells
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Seven subsets, two fates: mouse γδ T cells in cancer immunity
The importance of γδ T cells in cancer, as defenders against tumorigenesis, was established more than 2 decades ago. Since that time, research using mouse models of cancer has brought to light a nonun...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
We had a great time hosting Judith and Monika this month on our #GDTcellclub series. If you missed the recorded talks, you can listen to them below. For Q/A for the speakers, pls reply on the @forum-gd.bsky.social post. Bookmark payalyokota.com/gamma-delta-... to stay informed about future talks!
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
rupress.org/jem/article/... nice new review from Casanova-Acebes lab
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Myeloid diversity in tumors: Shaped by genes, location, and time
Myeloid cells infiltrate tumors from early transformation to advanced disease; however, their plasticity complicates therapeutic targeting. Emerging techno
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Great new study from @sabanlab.bsky.social team about ocular RTMs
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
So great to see this out in print! Congratulations to Yue and @drshrutinaik.bsky.social team on this fantastic story! 🎉 #GDTcells
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Gorgeous morning on an unusually warm Valentine's day.
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
For the last 5y, I've been trying to find answers to a fundamental gap: Why do some ppl survive severe respiratory viruses while others develop severe lung damage - even w/ similar viral loads? Read our new preprint for some answers! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8... @khannakm.bsky.social
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Type-2-immune history imprints local training in nerve-airway associated interstitial macrophages (NAMs) for disease tolerance during respiratory viral infection
Severe respiratory viral disease varies widely among individuals and often reflects immunopathology rather than inadequate pathogen control, suggesting that prior immune history can prime the lung’s i...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Brian Kim from MSSM is @nyulangone.bsky.social today talking itch and how (not) to scratch it. @itchdoctor.bsky.social
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We have been ardently chipping away at this central questions for many years in #TeamKhanna! "Why does the same pathogen have completely different disease outcomes in individuals?" I enjoyed this read in Nature. 👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Client Challenge
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Pedro Papotto @ph-papotto.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
What a great way to start this account and end the week: our preprint describing how dermal γδ T cells mediate a skin-lung axis during parasite infection in mice is online! I'm excited to show the findings of my main postdoc project with @profjudiallen.bsky.social!🧵👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Migratory dermal gamma delta T cells determine the balance between lung immunity and tissue damage during Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection
Many helminth parasites migrate through multiple host organs during infection but how immunity is regulated across these tissues is still poorly understood. To investigate the cellular and molecular a...
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Get ready, Poland! #gd2027
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Hearty congratulations to my mentor, Dr. Kamal Khanna @khannakm.bsky.social on being promoted to Professor at @nyulangone.bsky.social. An incredible moment of joy and pride for #TeamKhanna and this is so well deserved. Kicking off 2026 in style and inspiration! 🎉🍾🥳🍰🧪 woohoo! 💪
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Payal Yokota @payalyokota.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Ozouni to start 2026
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