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Benedikt Strunz

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Virologist/Immunologist, MD PhD, based at Karolinska Institute/University Hospital. Excited about research, with special interest in reproduction immunology and antiviral immune responses

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Exposure route, not dose, is the primary driver of infection patterns for a respiratory virus www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A multiomic atlas of pregnancies with chronic placental inflammation links effector activation to preterm birth and regulatory resilience to term delivery www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @ngllab.bsky.social @washumedicine.bsky.social
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Severe Covid leads to persistent viral reactivation, with >10 different viruses noted in the first 40 days after hospital admission. Long Covid was specifically associated with reactivation of latent Anelloviridae virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 - Nature
Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prog...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Autoantibodies neutralizing IL-10 in #IBD, particularly in patients carrying the IBD-associated HLA-DRB1*01:03 allele @nejm.org @carroll-lab.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... preview by @casanovalab.bsky.social
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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Laut einer Studie der Charité hat sich das #WestNilVirus fest in Berliner Mückenpopulationen etabliert. Der Erreger zirkuliert v.a. im Sommer endemisch & seine Ausbreitung wird durch den #Klimawandel begünstigt, wie @pharmazeitung.bsky.social berichtet. www.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de/west-nil-vir...
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Charité-Studie: West-Nil-Virus ist in Berlin fest etabliert
Heimische Mücken können West-Nil-Virus übertragen. Eine Berliner Studie hat untersucht, in welchen Lebensräumen das Ansteckungsrisiko a...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Human blood stem cells remember previous inflammation @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Aktuell gibt es erneut einen Ausbruch von Ebola Viren in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo. Es ist bereits der 17. bekannte Ebola-Ausbruch in diesem Land – und einer von mehreren Ausbrüchen in Zentral- und Ostafrika in den letzten Jahren. (CR) africacdc.org/news-item/eb...
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Ebola Response: Statement from the Director General, Africa CDC – Africa CDC
Geneva, 17 May 2026 On 15 May 2026, Africa CDC alerted the continent and the global community to the growing risk of regional spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak originating from Ituri pr...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
CD39+CD49a+CD103+ NK cells, elicited by epithelial tumor cell exposure, can control solid tumors in mice www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social
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Casanova Lab @casanovalab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
1/ We are thrilled to share our collaborative study of B cells producing auto-Abs neutralizing type I IFNs in @cellpress.bsky.social (www.cell.com/cell/abstrac... ).
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Affinity-matured B cell responses neutralizing type-I interferons underlie severe viral infections
By integrating functional and structural approaches with AI-based analysis of autoantibodies against type-I IFNs, these neutralizing autoantibodies—linked to severe viral diseases in humans—are shown ...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Glucocorticoid receptor and RUNX transcription factors cooperatively drive CD8 T cell dysfunction in human cancer @cp-cellreports.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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The Journal of Infectious Diseases @jidjournal.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Neurodevelopment in Children Exposed to Antenatal CMV Viremia in a High HIV Prevalence Area ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/4cVaUBH
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David Michonneau @dmichonneau.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New in @science.org 🧬 Thrilled to share our last paper Corticosteroid resistance is predetermined by early immune response dynamics at acute graft-versus-host disease onset | Science Translational Medicine #ScienceTranslationalMedicineResearch www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Corticosteroid resistance is predetermined by early immune response dynamics at acute graft-versus-host disease onset
Steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease is set at disease onset and leads to distinct cell-to-cell cross-talk and immune trajectories.
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Dolutegravir Reduces Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Proviral Load and Improves Neurological Outcomes in a Phase 2 Controlled Trial ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/4bBxXlD
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Dolutegravir Reduces Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Proviral Load and Improves Neurological Outcomes in a Phase 2 Controlled Trial
In this randomized, pilot trial, we treated 83 patients with either dolutegravir or vitamin C. After 48 weeks, dolutegravir use was significantly associate
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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Seit Anfang des Jahres ist #Mpox Klade Ib auch in Deutschland aufgetaucht. Hierzu gibt es zwei informative Quellen: (HMB) 👇 www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forsc... 👇 www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
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In Deutschland gibt es erste Fälle der MPox-Variante Klade Ib
Die Mpox-Klade Ib hat im vergangenen Jahr rund 45.000 Erkrankungen in mehr als 20 afrikanischen Ländern verursacht - auch Todesfälle. Seit Anfang des Jahres sind in Deutschland Ansteckungsfälle mit di...
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Diagnostic Performance of New Commercial IGRAs for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection: An updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/4brTN9V
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
After human uterus transplant, uterine immune cell lineages were reconstituted but with alterations in tissue-resident NK cells, potentially due to tacrolimus www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Carolyn King @immunologyking.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
New paper out: HIF-1α+ CD4+ T cells coordinate a tissue-resident immune cell network in the lung www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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HIF-1α+ CD4+ T cells coordinate a tissue-resident immune cell network in the lung
A deeper understanding of how tissue-localized immune cells arise and function is critical for developing mucosal vaccines. Currently, there are no mu…
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A glucocorticoid–FAS axis controls immune evasion during metastatic seeding @nature.com @danafarber.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social @judithagudo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Human cytomegalovirus shedding and T-cell immune responses in HCMV-seropositive women during pregnancy and postpartum: prevalence, natural history, and risk factors ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/3Ndy7Gk
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Viki Male @vikilovesfacs.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Among almost 60,000 women aged 18 - 45 in one Swedish county, #Covid #Vaccination did not affect the chance of getting or staying #pregnant. I know of at least a dozen studies that have shown this, but this is by far the biggest! I spoke to @lizszabo.bsky.social
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Large study finds COVID-19 shots don’t affect fertility
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David Finlay @davidfinlaytcd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
****2-NBDG does not measure glucose uptake**** Just your regular reminder of this fact 😁. See the rigorous proof of this fact in @lindavsinclair.bsky.social 2020 paper. This paper was 6 years ago!! Stop using 2NBDG to measure glucose uptake already 🙄 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Single Cell Glucose Uptake Assays: A Cautionary Tale
Assays to monitor the metabolic state or nutrient uptake capacity of immune cells at a single cell level are increasingly in demand. One assay, used by many immunologists, employs 2-(N-(7-Nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)Amino)-2-Deoxyglucose ...
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Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
What enables a fungus to invade a mammal host? @marco-guerreiro.bsky.social unravels signatures of translation adaptation among pathogenic and non-pathogenic species of Trichosporonales. See more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genomic and physiological signatures of adaptation in pathogenic fungi - Nature Communications
Emerging fungal pathogens have detrimental impacts on crops, animals, and humans, however little is known about their transition to a pathogenic lifestyle. This study demonstrates that the transition ...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Perspective @natrevimmunol.nature.com @scripps.edu Beyond suppression: the paradox of JAK inhibitors as amplifiers of cancer immunotherapy www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Direct human evidence that the #PlaceboEffect can shape humoral immunity: reward-related brain activity correlates with vaccine-induced antibody www.nature.com/articles/s41... @naturemedicine.bsky.social @telavivuni.bsky.social @nitzanlubi.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Hepatitis B Outcomes After Switching to Long-Acting Cabotegravir/Rilpivirine in People With HIV: Reactivation, Incident Infection, and Liver Safety Across Diverse Serological Profiles ✅ Just Accepted bit.ly/4qAWI6r
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Hepatitis B Outcomes After Switching to Long-Acting Cabotegravir/Rilpivirine in People With HIV: Reactivation, Incident Infection, and Liver Safety Across Diverse Serological Profiles
This prospective cohort followed 741 people with HIV switching to long-acting intramuscular cabotegravir/rilpivirine. No hepatitis B virus (HBV) incident i
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Using acetaminophen as directed during pregnancy does not increase a child's risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Current evidence does not indicate a clinically important increase in the likelihood of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant individuals who use paracetam...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
HIV can take several mutational pathways to become resistant to lenacapavir, each with distinct resistance and fitness profiles www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Virus-specific CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells trigger epithelial antiviral defenses via IFNγ @cp-immunity.bsky.social @emoryuniversity.bsky.social www.cell.com/immunity/ful...
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Josie Bryant @josiebryant.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Really pleased to share the first paper to come out of the lab. We found that hospital patients were frequently colonised with P. aeruginosa and that the same clone was shared between the gut and the lung. The phylogenies indicate that the clones moved from lung->gut www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High frequency body site translocation of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Nature Communications
Here, the authors report within-host diversity and body site translocation dynamics in hospital samples of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and reveal that body site sharing was likely due to within-patient tra...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Multiple LDLR family members act as entry receptors for yellow fever virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Multiple LDLR family members act as entry receptors for yellow fever virus - Nature
The low-density lipoprotein receptor family members LRP1, LRP4 and VLDLR are entry receptors for yellow fever virus.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Transient tissue residency and lymphatic egress define human CD56bright NK cell homeostasis @natimmunol.nature.com @Betts @ki.se @upenn.edu www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congrats on another great story, Annika and Niklas!
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Leif Erik Sander 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @sanderlab.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Impfung gegen Demenz? Ja, genau. Die nächste große Studie, die klaren Zusammenhang zwischen Herpes Zoster (Gürtelrose) und erhöhtem Demezrisiko zeigt. Aber Impfung reduziert das Demenzrisiko deutlich. Zwei Stiche für ein deutlich gesenktes Demenzrisiko. Guter Deal! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
a,b, Comparing dementia risk (cumulative hazard, y axis) over time (x axis) after (a) exposures of female individuals to the ZVL and (b) exposure of female individuals aged 80–89 years to the RZV showed a substantial association with a decreased dementia risk at 3 and 5 years after index date compared to the PPSV23. The postmatching cohort characteristics for comparisons shown in this figure are presented in Supplementary Table 25. The curves show the Nelson–Aalen estimates of the cumulative hazard function (y axis) over the follow-up period (x axis) with a 95% CI band (shaded areas around each curve) for each cohort being compared. Cumulative hazards at specific time points are compared between the cohorts based on RR using a two-sided chi-squared statistic with 1 degree of freedom without adjusting for multiple comparisons. Superscript letter ‘a’ indicates censored, cumulative numbers of individuals who were lost to follow-up or had died until each time point; superscript letter ‘b’ indicates cumulative numbers of individuals with the event of interest (dementia diagnosis) until each time point. NMD, normalized mean difference; RR, relative risk.
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 02/10/2025
Joshua Hatterschide @jhattz.bsky.social Liheng Yang, & Carolyn Coyne identify DUX4 as a master regulator of an antiviral program in trophoblasts, specifically targeting a prominent family of teratogenic viruses. rupress.org/jem/article/... #InfectiousDisease #HostDefense #InnateImmunity #Virology
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Lung NR3C1+ and CXCR6high T cells distinguish immunopathogenesis of human emphysema www.nature.com/articles/s42... @francypolverino.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Progression to rheumatoid arthritis in at-risk individuals is defined by systemic inflammation and by T and B cell dysregulation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Progression to rheumatoid arthritis in at-risk individuals is defined by systemic inflammation and by T and B cell dysregulation
Individuals at risk for rheumatoid arthritis exhibit inflammation and immune dysregulation before and during transition to active disease.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Rifampicin is more effective against biofilm infections because it targets biofilm-forming mutants that are highly resistant to other antibiotics @niaidnews.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
NKp46 Recognizes the Hyphal Form of Candida albicans and Mediates Protective Antifungal Immunity @cp-iscience.bsky.social www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🔬✨ Introducing: Expert Insights – the new seminar series by the Young Society for Virology! We’ve combined the strengths of our previous “How to” seminar series and the GfV ROUND lunch discussions into one powerful format – Expert Insights. 1/n
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Single cell transcriptional landscape of liver transplant rejection reveals tissue persistence of clonally expanded, treatment-resistant T cells @cincyresearch.bsky.social @amjtransplant.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Cytomegalovirus vertical transmission rate according to IgG avidity value and valacyclovir treatment of maternal primary infection in the first trimester of pregnancy ✅ Just Accepted #IDSky
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Cytomegalovirus vertical transmission rate according to IgG avidity value and valacyclovir treatment of maternal primary infection in the first trimester of pregnancy
CMV serology in the first trimester (T1) of pregnancy relies on IgG and IgM testing, followed by IgG avidity measurement when both IgG and IgM are positive. Valacyclovir is proposed to prevent vertical transmission in maternal primary infection (MPI) during T1.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Review @natrevimmunol.nature.com @yaelalippe.bsky.social @msdiamondlab.bsky.social Innate immune responses to pathogens at the maternal–fetal interface www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Innate immune responses to pathogens at the maternal–fetal interface - Nature Reviews Immunology
During pregnancy, innate immune mechanisms at the maternal–fetal interface are important for protecting the developing fetus from pathogens. However, excessive immune activation can be harmful to the ...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Ascites in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis harbor a heterogenous subset of CD103+ NK cells that is likely induced by the cytokine milieu onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @eurjimmunol.bsky.social
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
CD9 identifies and regulates IL-21 & IFN-γ-producing Tfh cells, shaping humoral immunity in infection and autoimmunity papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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CD9 Identifies and Regulates a Highly Functional T Follicular Helper (Tfh) Cell Subset Necessary for Promoting Antibodies During Infection
T follicular helper (Tfh) cells differentiate within T cell zones, B-cell follicles, and germinal centers (GCs), where they secrete cytokines such as IL-21 and
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
REVIEW: Approaches to investigate tissue-resident innate lymphocytes metabolism at the single-cell level www.nature.com/articles/s41... @davidfinlaytcd.bsky.social
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Atlas of the plasma proteome in health and disease in 53,026 adults 👩‍🔬🥼👨‍🔬🧪. #proteomics #proteome #plasma #MedSky 👇👇 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Atlas of the plasma proteome in health and disease in 53,026 adults
A large-scale proteomics study involving 53,026 individuals maps 2,920 plasma proteins to 406 prevalent diseases, 660 incident diseases, and 986 health-related traits, identifying promising biomarkers...
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