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Vincent Graziano

@vinnieviruses.bsky.social
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Postdoc’ing in Andrew Wang’s Lab Yale internal Medicine: Rheumatology | former UConn Health PhD candidate - Rathinam Lab | Former postgrad in the Wilen Lab at Yale | RNA is life

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Kurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Once in a while, we get the privilege to enjoy works like this: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Protein-templated synthesis of dinucleotide repeat DNA by an antiphage reverse transcriptase
Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) are widespread bacterial anti-phage systems that use unconventional mechanisms of polynucleotide synthesis. We show that DRT3, which comprises two dist...
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I'm glad to see this being covered - because, frankly, this is a death-blow to collaborative science - however, the assumption of good faith in any of these decisions by reporters is mind-boggling. This is happening for one reason - to assure top-down control of what gets funded and what does not.
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Ritu Raman @rituraman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Out today in Nature - our collaborative work with Ryan Flynn's lab, led by Dr. Peiyuan Chai with support from Dr. @sinakheiri.bsky.social and @shahjess.bsky.social from our group. Exciting findings showcasing how glycoRNAs can modulate angiogenesis!
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Vincent Graziano @vinnieviruses.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Huge advance in glycoRNA biology. Congrats to @raflynn5.bsky.social and all of the wonderful authors! Can’t wait to see what you guys do next!
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Vijay Rathinam @vijayrathinam.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Thanks to Autoimmunity podcast @kevinbonham.bsky.social & @woodrufflab.bsky.social for discussing our glycoRNA paper w/ @raflynn5.bsky.social @vinnieviruses.bsky.social
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audiommunity.org @audiommunity.org · 24/10/2025
In our latest episode, @woodrufflab.bsky.social and @kevinbonham.com talk about glycoRNAs, and the way they're shielded from the immune system in a new paper from the labs of @raflynn5.bsky.social and @vijayrathinam.bsky.social 🧪 audiommunity.org/episodes/epi...
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Episode 47 - When you're a hammer
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Vijay Rathinam @vijayrathinam.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Sugar coats shield immunogenic RNA modification:A new function for RNA glycosylation: Molecular Cell www.cell.com/molecular-ce... @raflynn5.bsky.social @vinnieviruses.bsky.social
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Sugar coats shield immunogenic RNA modification:A new function for RNA glycosylation
A new function of glycosylated RNAs has been discovered by Graziano et al. in which the glycosylation of RNA molecules shields acp³U RNA modification from triggering innate immune responses.
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Don’t trust the experts”? That’s not democracy, that’s recklessness. On a plane, I want a pilot. In a hospital, I want doctors and scientists who understand the evidence. Expertise isn’t religion or authoritarianism — it’s training, accountability, and data. Ignore it and we all pay the price.
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Carolina Lucas @carolilucas.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🚨New Paper in Cell 🧵🔎 Happy to share our work led by the @camilahcoelho.bsky.social, on mAbs against mpox. We were very excited (and lucky!) to contribute to this collab. effort. 🦠“Human monoclonal antibodies targeting A35 protect from death caused by mpox”🦠 doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.08.004
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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
#InterferonPower! Thrilled for our latest work @cp-cell.bsky.social! With @danielboehmer.bsky.social, we dug into tons of papers & created what we hope will be a go-to resource for immunologists & non-immunologist about type I, II, III (& IV😉) #interferons! Free👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1leKGL7PXu...
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 19/08/2025
Another piece of the #glycoRNA puzzle revealed by @raflynn5.bsky.social and @vijayrathinam.bsky.social!! RNAs with modified base acp3U activate TLR3/7, but not when acp3U is N-glycosylated. This is how cell surface/secreted glycoRNAs avoid stimulating autoimmunity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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RNA N-glycosylation enables immune evasion and homeostatic efferocytosis - Nature
N-glycans on glycoRNAs prevent innate immune sensing of endogenous small RNAs, and the natural mechanism they use demonstrates how glycoRNAs exist on the cell surface and in the endosomal network with...
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SFG @sfglycobiology.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
4/5 The Glycobiology Significant Achievement Award: Dr. Ryan Flynn @raflynn5.bsky.social, Harvard University, 👏👏🥂
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
@vijayrathinam.bsky.social @vinnieviruses.bsky.social ‪@raflynn5.bsky.social‬ discovers why RNA undergoes glycosylation: N-glycans on glycoRNAs hide self-RNA from endosomal TLRs promoting ‘silent’ clearance of dead cells @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Incredible discovery ! The first known role for sugar coated RNAs : immune evasion ! @raflynn5.bsky.social does it angain with @vinnieviruses.bsky.social @vijayrathinam.bsky.social and colleagues !
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Madison (Maddi) Strine @madison-strine.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Check out this @nature.com paper from the brilliant scientist I get to call my husband!!!!
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Ryan Flynn @raflynn5.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
RNA N-glycosylation enables immune evasion and homeostatic efferocytosis by chemically caging acp3U. Excited to report this work lead by Vinnie @vinnieviruses.bsky.social and in collaboration with @vijayrathinam.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Vijay Rathinam @vijayrathinam.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Big congrats to Vinnie Graziano @vinnieviruses.bsky.social who led the project and huge thanks to our great collaborators: Jennifer Porat, Thomas Carell, Franck Barrat, Beiyan Zhou, Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Michael Wilson, and Penghua Wang!! #innate_immunity #interferon #celldeath
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Vincent Graziano @vinnieviruses.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Hi everybody! I am super excited to share the work done during my PhD published in @nature today! We describe a new mechanism of self- vs. non-self RNA discrimination by showing how N-glycans shield glycoRNAs from stimulating endosomal RNA sensors www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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RNA N-glycosylation enables immune evasion and homeostatic efferocytosis - Nature
N-glycans on glycoRNAs prevent innate immune sensing of endogenous small RNAs, and the natural mechanism they use demonstrates how glycoRNAs exist on the cell surface and in the endosomal network with...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Wow Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The science being done in my lab right now is the best in my 20 years as a professor at UW. It's just incredible whiplash to flip between that the science funding situation here in the US, and to think about the societal abandonment of the brilliant young trainees who are pushing the work forward.
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
My next paper is going to be written like a Choose your own Adventure: To do a Western Blot from the pulldown, go to page 7 To CRISPR out the functional domains, go to page 46 To skip till the Acknowledgements, go to page 52
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Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
**US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Award @WesternU -$160,000 to 25 PhD students for up to 4 years. - Must've had offer rescinded/cancelled from US school. -Expedited admission process. -Feel free to reach out, if interested in a PhD in inorganic chem! www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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A Leading Canadian University Makes A Pitch For Top U.S. PhD Students
Western University, one of Canada’s leading public research universities, is launching an initiative aimed at luring away PhD students from premier U.S. institutions.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Can confirm: 60 Minutes will be worth watching tonight about #NIH.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis lifted the world as he led the Church with his profound moral voice. As he returns to God, may his call to humility and concern for the least among us continue to resound.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
From a source at NIH: “Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed. The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad. Everything is stopped”
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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ACLU sues National Institutes of Health for ‘ideological purge’ of research projects
The lawsuit says that NIH has canceled more than 670 research grants, which were due more than $1.1 billion in funding.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history” 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result. www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
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The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
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Vincent Graziano @vinnieviruses.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
F mechanisms (New and Competitive renewals) Oof! 3/n
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Hearing that NIH has been ordered to cut $2.6B in contracts. NCI, which supports cancer research, to cut $900M. Fort Detrick might be on the chopping block.
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Ryan Flynn @raflynn5.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A nearly 9 year effort to design and implement new CLIP-based technologies to define multimeric protein assemblies on RNA. Enables ‘watching’ of RNP assemblies inside living cells Special congrats to Luca Ducoli, Brian Zarnegar, and Paul Khavari @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Clive McKimmie @clive-mckimmie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
When your ideology denies climate change’s impact on public health, cutting research funding is the predictable next step. A devastating blow to a critical field—and to the people who rely on its findings www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
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NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...
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Vincent Graziano @vinnieviruses.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Whooo! Congrats @vijayrathinam.bsky.social
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/03/2025
I have just eaten exactly one piece of pizza too many, i.e., the correct amount of pizza
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Horrible news - The Adolescent Medicine Trials Networks for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) funded by the NIH has just been terminated. Stopping a clinical trial mid-course like this is insane. www.nichd.nih.gov/research/sup...
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Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN)
OverviewTopic AreasMore InformationOverviewATN is the only multicenter research network in the United States devoted to the health and well-being of adolescents and young adults living with or at risk...
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
RIP George Foreman 🙏…one of the best to ever do it….rest easy Champ!
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 20/03/2025
NEW: Judge Boasberg issues a show-cause order (precedes contempt sanctions) on why he shouldn't find that the gov't defied his orders. "In an ex parte pleading delivered shortly after today’s deadline, the Government again evaded its obligations." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ORDER
On March 18, 2025, the Court ordered Defendants to provide by noon the following day
specific information regarding flights carrying individuals subject to the Court's Temporary
Restraining Orders issued three days before. See Minute Order of 3/18/25. Defendants instead filed a pleading shortly before the deadline seeking to stay the Order in large part on the ground that they were considering whether to invoke the state-secrets privilege. See ECF No. 37 (Stay
Motion) at 3-4. Although skeptical of the applicability of such privilege, the Court granted Defendants another 24 hours either to release the information ordered or to invoke the privilege.
See ECF No. 38 (Order).
In an ex parte pleading delivered shortly after today's deadline, the Government again
evaded its obligations. It submitted a six-paragraph declaration from the Acting Field Office
Director for Enforcement and Removal Operations at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Harlingen, Texas, Field Office, the contents of which the Government has informed the Court may be disclosed. After four paragraphs of identifying information, herepeated the same general information about the flights: "On March 15, 2025, two flights carrying aliens being removed under the AEA departed U.S. airspace before the Court's minute
order of 7:25 PM EDT, and before the Court's oral statements during the hearing." Decl. of Robert L. Cerna, I 5. He then stated, "I understand that Cabinet Secretaries are currently actively considering whether to invoke the state secrets privilege over the other facts requested
by the Court's order. Doing so is a serious matter that requires careful consideration of national
security and foreign relations, and it cannot properly be undertaken in just 24 hours." Id., 16 (emphasis added).
This is woefully insufficient. To begin, the Government cannot proffer a regional ICE
official to attest to Cabinet-level discussions of the state-secrets privilege; indeed, his declaration
on that point, not surprisingly, is based solely on his unsubstantiated "understand[ing]."
Although its skepticism concerning the suitability of such privilege expressed in yesterday's
Order remains, the Court at a minimum requires an official with direct involvement to swear that deliberations of the privilege's invocation are ongoing at the level Cerna attests. It further
expects such deliberations to be concluded by March 25, 2025, which only exceedingly good
cause may excuse.
In addition, to avoid further delay, the Court will require Defendants to show cause on
the facts that they have already disclosed as to why the failure to return the class members
aboard the two earliest planes did not violate the Court's Temporary Restraining Orders. Further supplementation may be required once particulars are ultimately disclosed.
The Court, accordingly, ORDERS that:1. By March 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Defendants shall submit a sworn declaration by a person with direct involvement in the Cabinet-level discussions regarding invocation
of the state-secrets privilege;
2. By March 25, 2025, Defendants shall submit a declaration indicating whether or not the Government is invoking the privilege;
3. By March 25, 2025, Defendants shall file a brief showing cause why they did not violate the Court's Temporary Restraining Orders by failing to return class members removed from the United States on the two earliest planes that departed on March 15, 2025; and
4. Plaintiffs may file any response to such brief by March 31, 2025.
Is/ James E. Boasberg
JAMES E. BOASBERG
United States District Judge
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Ryan Flynn @raflynn5.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Excited to share the work of Jonathan Perr where he uncovered a surprisingly common feature of cell surfaces - the presentation and clustering of RNA binding proteins with #glycoRNA. Critically support by #NIH @cp-cell.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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RNA-binding proteins and glycoRNAs form domains on the cell surface for cell-penetrating peptide entry
Mammalian cells present RNA-binding proteins on the cell surface that form clustered domains containing glycoRNAs.
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Rebsamen Lab @UNIL @rebsamenlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Check out the Insights piece from A Blumenthal & L Dominguez Cadena on our discovery of CCDC134’s role in Gp96 stability and TLR biogenesis. Many thanks to the authors for discussing our work broadly, integrating recent studies by Rohatgi and Locher/Kaelin labs, and highlighting key open questions.
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No added sugar: CCDC134 stabilizes ER chaperone Gp96 for TLR biogenesis | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
Bernaleau et al. show that CCDC134 located in the ER is required for TLR biogenesis by controlling the N-glycosylation, folding, and stabilization of the E
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Rebsamen Lab @UNIL @rebsamenlab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Excited to share our latest paper out today in @naturecomms.bsky.social ! Great work led by postdoc Ales Drobek showing for the first time the critical role in vivo of the SLC15A4/TASL/IRF5 pathway that we discovered few years ago. #ImmunoSky #InterferoSky
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The TLR7/9 adaptors TASL and TASL2 mediate IRF5-dependent antiviral responses and autoimmunity in mouse - Nature Communications
TASL is an adaptor molecule bridging Toll-like receptor signalling and transcription activation by IRF5. Here the authors show that TASL deficiency impacts TLR7/9 responses, and that a TASL paralogue,...
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Vincent Graziano @vinnieviruses.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Wooo! Congrats to all the authors! Skylar absolutely killed it with these critical experiments. It was such a privledge to watch this research be done in the @vijayrathinam.bsky.social and @kailasanvanaja.bsky.social lab
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Saskia Popescu @saskiapopescu.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Noro is crazy contagious, so folks, if you do have it in your household…please: ramp up your hand hygiene (soap & water, as hand sanitizer is limited in efficacy for it), clean/disinfect like no one’s business (w/effective products! When in doubt, bleach it out), (1/2)
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Norovirus cases are surging in parts of the US, CDC data shows
The latest government data shows that cases of a fast-spreading stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States. The most recent numbers from the U.S.
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
"I'm taking his bench!"
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Andrew Harrison @andrewgharrison6.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hi everyone! New to Bluesky, but happy to share the final chapter of my PhD @uconnhealth.bsky.social out today in Nature Immunology! Here, we uncovered a noncanonical function of the glucose transporter GLUT4 in regulating RLR signaling in muscle and adipocytes www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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UBXN9 governs GLUT4-mediated spatial confinement of RIG-I-like receptors and signaling - Nature Immunology
Wang and colleagues show that in skeletal muscle cells and cardiomyocytes, the glucose transporter GLUT4 is a negative regulator of RIG-I-like receptor signaling during viral infection by redistributi...
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