Immune
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★★ - 251 ratingsA podcast about the body's defenders against disease.
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Immune 78: Tolerance and tolerating many vaccines
March 26, 2024 19:23 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBImmune discusses responses in a COVID hypervaccinated individual, synthetically glycosylated antigens for the antigen-specific suppression of established immune responses, gut bacteria–derived serotonin promotes immune tolerance in early life, and mucosal and systemic immune correlates of viral control after SARS-CoV-2 infection challenge. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Steph Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a p...
Immune 77: Squeezing the most killing out of neutrophils
February 27, 2024 16:41 - 56 minutes - 39.9 MBImmune reviews research showing that the migration of neutrophils between endothelial cells activates bactericidal function via mechanosensing. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Steph Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Trans endothelial migration activates neutrophil killing (Immunity) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immun...
Immune 76: Macrophages to the rescue with Juliet Morrison
January 30, 2024 11:55 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBJuliet Morrison joins Immune to discuss her career and the research of her laboratory showing that pleural macrophages translocate to the lung during infection to promote improved influenza outcomes. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Steph Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Juliet Morrison Click arrow to play Download Immune 76 (48 MB .mp3, 67 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Dis...
Immune 75: Ang Cui unveils the cytokine symphony
December 28, 2023 20:02 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBAng Cui joins Immune to discuss her career and her work on establishing the Immune Dictionary, a compendium of single-cell transcriptomic profiles of more than 17 immune cell types in response to each of 86 cytokines (>1,400 cytokine-cell type combinations) in mouse lymph nodes in vivo. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Ang Cui Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV...
Immune 74: Germinal center dynamics with Carla Nowosad
December 11, 2023 21:38 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBCarla Nowosad joins Immune to discuss her career and her work on germinal centers, the structure in secondary lymphoid tissues where B cells proliferate, differentiate, and diversify their immunoglobulin genes by somatic hypermutation. Hosts: Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Carla R. Nowosad Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server B cells and the intestinal ...
Immune 73: Big macs
November 08, 2023 03:12 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBImmune reveals the total mass (1.2kg), number (1.8 trillion), and distribution of immune cells in the human body, with macrophages contributing nearly 50% of the total cellular mass. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Immune cells in the human body (PNAS) Letters read on Immune 73 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Musi...
Immune 72: After dark in the library with Ellen Rothenberg
September 23, 2023 15:30 - 57 minutes - 40.2 MBFrom Cornell University in Ithaca New York, Vincent and Cindy meet with Ellen Rothenberg to review her career in science, starting with work on retroviruses to unraveling transcriptional networks underlying T-cell development and signaling. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Ellen Rothenberg Click arrow to play Download Immune 72 (53 MB .mp3, 73 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Mi...
Immune 71: Can parasitic worms prevent pandemics?
September 08, 2023 20:23 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBImmune explains how, in a mouse model of roundworm infection with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, exposure to lung-migrating helminths protects mice against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Hosts: Cynthia Leifer, Stephanie Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Helminth protects against murine SARS-CoV-2 infection (Sci Immunol) Pandemic spared Africa (ScienceInsider) ...
Immune 70: Immunology of picky eating
July 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBImmune explains how mast cells, IgE antibody, and the brain collaborate to promote avoidance of certain foods to evade allergic responses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Mast cells and immune avoidance behavior (Nature) Immune sensing of food allergens promotes avoidance (Nature) Immunology that underlies picky e...
Immune 69: Lung cancer and retroviruses
June 15, 2023 18:01 - 1 hour - 40.7 MBKevin joins Immune to discuss his work showing that antibodies against endogenous retroviruses promote immunotherapy of lung cancer. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Guest: Kevin Ng Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Antibodies against ERVs and lung cancer (Nature) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image...
Immune 68: Sins and blessings of immunity
May 18, 2023 15:17 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBImmune discusses immunological imprinting, also called original antigenic sin, in the context of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, and Steph Langel Download Immune 66 (45 MB .mp3, 76 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Immunological imprinting (Immunity) COVID-19 vaccine imprinting (bioRxiv) Original antigenic sin (...
Immune 67: Can T cells live forever?
May 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBImmune explains the results of a study which show that in mice, functional T cells respond to vaccination for over 10 years and 51 successive immunizations, exhibiting supernumerary cell division and longevity. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server T cells capable of supernumerary division (Nature) Time stam...
Immune 66: COVID-19 immune memory - what you need to know
April 04, 2023 18:32 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBImmune discusses the current understanding of immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccines, which supersedes that of any other acute infectious disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server COVID-19 immune memory (Imm Rev) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo imag...
Immune 65: Infection infidelities with Jonathan Kagan
February 20, 2023 17:40 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBJon joins Immune to discuss the research of his laboratory on understanding how the innate immune system recognizes and responds to pathogens, and his hypothesis that infection infidelities drive innate immunity. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Guest: Jonathan C. Kagan Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Approaching the asymptote (Cold S...
Immune 64: A tangled web of wires
January 24, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBCindy, Steph, Brianne, and Vincent do a rapid review 11 immunology papers, including a wiring diagram for the immune system, group A streptococcus vaccines, systems immunology prediction of vaccines, class switch towards IgG4 after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination, very bad B cells, monoclonal antibody to two streptococcal M protein epitopes, transcriptional atlas of response to 13 vaccines, impact of SARS-CoV-2 exposure history on T cell and IgG response, neutrophilic inflammation predisposes to...
Immune 63: Immune, promptly
December 20, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBCindy, Steph, Brianne, and Vincent review some of their favorite immunology papers of 2022. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode CAR T for SLE (Nat MEd) Maternal gut microbiome induced IgG (Sci Immunol) Long-primed germinal centers (Nature) Fc mediated protection against SARS-CoV-2 VOC (bioRxiv) Dark side of macrophages (Nat Me...
Immune 62: Every cell is an immune cell with De'Broski Herbert
December 02, 2022 17:12 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBDe’Broski joins immune to reveal his remarkable career path and the research of his laboratory on neuroimmunology and the immune response to parasite infections. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Guests D’Broski Herbert Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Immunology of helminth infections (Ann Rev Immunology) Neuroimmune regulatory networks (J Leuk Biol) Every ...
Immune 61: Training immune cells with Julia Bohannon and Musa Mhlanga
November 08, 2022 14:32 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBFrom SLB22 on the Island of Hawai’i, Julia and Musa join Immune to reveal their remarkable career paths, and their research on understanding trained innate immunity. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Guests: Julia Bohannon and Musa Mhlanga Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode From the ashes (Richmond Register) Innate immune memory (J Immunol) Epigenetics and met...
Immune 60: Immunoeducation with Sumali Pandey and Phil Mixter
September 22, 2022 02:06 - 1 hour - 59 MBSomali and Phil join Immune to discuss their approaches to immunology education. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Guest: Sumali Pandey and Phil Mixter Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode ImmunoReach ASMCUE: ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE) Upcoming ASM Webinars: free Microedu Live! discussions: Friday, October 14, 1:00 PM Eastern time/10:...
Immune 59: Forks in the road: Th17 cells with Mandy McGeachy
August 19, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBAt Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, Mandy joins Immune to discuss her career and her research on understanding how Th17 cells develop and are influenced to be ‘good’ or ‘bad’ in their function. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Guest: Mandy McGeachy Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Th17 cytokines in health and disease (Immunity) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! ...
Immune 58: Gut B cells awry in ulcerative colitis
August 03, 2022 17:15 - 1 hour - 45 MBImmune explains a study of three cohorts of patients with ulcerative colitis which finds major perturbations within the mucosal B cell compartment, highlighting a potential role for these cells in disease pathogenesis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Gut B cell dysbiosis in ulcerative colitis (Nat Med) Time stamps by Jolene. Tha...
Immune 57: Bacteria, the new cure for wounds?
June 30, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBImmune reviews data showing that in mice, skin bacteria activate keratinocytes to stimulate hair follicle regeneration and wound healing. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Bacteria induce skin regeneration via IL-1beta (Cell Host Microbe) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical ...
Immune 56: Flip flops on the thymic beach with Al Singer
June 01, 2022 17:12 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBAl Singer joins immune to discuss mice that have their T cell immune system reversed, revealing the molecular basis for T cell lineage fate determination in the thymus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Guest: Al Singer Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode T cell FlipFlop mice reveal lineage determination (Nat Immunol) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve...
Immune 55: Cells that suck at their job
May 03, 2022 01:25 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBImmune reveals a CD8+ regulatory subset of T cell subset that suppress pathogenic T cells and are active in autoimmune diseases and infectious diseases including COVID-19. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode KIR+CD8+ regulatory T cells (Science) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medic...
Immune 54: Asthma and aging
April 06, 2022 01:59 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBImmune explains how aging influences chronic outcomes of respiratory viral infection through regulation of the alveolar macrophage compartment and type 2 inflammatory responses to viruse Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Age-dependent reduction in asthmatic pathology (J Immune) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. ...
Immune 53: Dendritic cell robbers
February 21, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 92 MBImmune reveals that marginal zone B cells steal complexes of MHC and complement C3 from dendritic cells for antigen presentation to T cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Trogocytosis in Immune 18 B cells steal from dendritic cells (Science) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send...
Immune 52: B cell boot camp with Gabriel Victora
January 29, 2022 14:56 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBGabriel Victora joins Immune to review how high affinity antibodies are produced in the germinal centers of secondary lymphoid tissues. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Gabriel Victora Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Concerto in B (TWiV 161) Visualizing antibody affinity maturation (Science) Restricted B cell clonality after boosting (Cell) Time...
Immune 51: Teenage NINJA mice with Nikhil Joshi
December 22, 2021 01:50 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBNikhil Joshi joins Immune to discuss the creation of NINJA mice that synthesize neoantigens to enable the study of endogenous antigen-specific naïve T cell responses in disease and infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Nikhil Joshi Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Creation of NINJA mice (Nature Biotech) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve N...
Immune 50: Red blood cells are immune sentinels
November 11, 2021 20:28 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBImmune reviews evidence that toll-like receptor 9 on the surface of red blood cells binds DNA, leading to uptake by macrophages and innate immune activation. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode DNA binding to TLR9 on red blood cells (Sci Transl Med) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medic...
Immune 49: I fell in love with worms with Keke Fairfax
October 13, 2021 21:05 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBKeke Fairfax joins Immune to discuss the work from her laboratory on understanding how maternal schistosomiasis impairs IL-4 production and B cell expansion in offspring, and modulation of macrophage immunometabolism by helminths. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Keke Fairfax Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Maternal schistosomiasis impairs offspring immunit...
Immune 48: Environmental enteric dysfunction with Timothy Hand
September 13, 2021 18:46 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBTim Hand joins Immune to discuss the work from his laboratory showing that environmental enteric dysfunction, a disease caused by chronic malnutrition and infection, and which is associated with reduced growth and oral vaccine failure, is controlled by an increase in intestinal regulatory T cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Timothy Hand Click arrow to play Download Immune 48 (43 MB .mp3, 71 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Go...
Immune 47: Trapping viruses in NETs
August 23, 2021 16:18 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBThe immune professors discuss neutrophil extracellular traps, and how IgA-virus immune complexes potentiate this process through Fc receptors on neutrophils. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Antiviral IgA potentiates NETosis (PNAS) Letters read on Immune 47 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by ...
Immune 46: Bats don't STING like a bee
July 27, 2021 01:39 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBImmune explore the observation that bat cells display dampened STING-dependent interferon activation, suggesting why bats might have a unique capacity to harbor many viruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Dampened STING in bats (Cell Host Micr) Lessons from bat defenses (Nature) Bat immune systems (Front Immune) Bats protecte...
Immune 45: Immune messages
June 16, 2021 21:54 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBOn this episode of Immune, we answer listener questions about CAR-Macs, complement and COVID-19, sleep and the immune system, caving and the immune system, germinal centers, COVID-19 vaccines and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Letters read on Immune 45 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo ima...
Immune 44: Got IgA on the brain
May 17, 2021 14:27 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBOn this episode of Immune, IgA-producing plasma cells mobilized from the gut play an unexpected role in suppressing neuroinflammation. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Intestinal IgA regulates neuroinflammation (Cell) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology qu...
Immune 43: CAR-NK and CAR-MAC, thinking outside the CAR-T cell box
March 24, 2021 23:20 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBOn this episode of Immune, Cindy provides an update on CAR-T cell therapy of cancers and introduces two new approaches that utilize NK cells and macrophages and their use in treating solid tumors. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode CAR-T cell therapy on Immune 4 Recent CAR-T cell advances (Nat Rev Cancer) Status of CAR-T cell ther...
Immune 42: Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 antibody immunity with Christian Gaebler
February 13, 2021 21:49 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBChristian joins Immune to discuss the humoral memory response in a cohort of 87 individuals 1.3 and 6.2 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Christian Gaebler Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Evolution of antibody immunity to SARS-CoV-2 (Nature) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by B...
Immune 41: Zebrafish immunology with Madina Wane
January 25, 2021 18:31 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBMadina joins Immune to explain how the immune system of zebrafish gills compares to its functional counterpart in mammals, the lungs, and to discuss a zebrafish model for understanding olfactory loss during COVID-19. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Madina Wane Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Black in Immuno (YouTube) Cytokines and gill homeostasis (J Imm...
Immune 40: COVID-19 nuances
December 30, 2020 02:26 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBImmune reminisces about a year in COVID-19 immunology, Steph’s receiving the Pfizer vaccine, and answers to listener questions about a challenge study with common cold CoVs, T cell exhaustion, how CD4 T cells control infections, and more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Immune response during common cold CoV infection (Epidem Infect) ...
Immune 39: A Tonka Truck full of salt
December 01, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBImmune catches up on COVID listener email, including discussions about long-term COVID, cross-reactive memory to SARS-CoV-2, common mucosal surfaces, the risky business of peptide mega-pools, immunodominant epitopes and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Reflections of a COVID-19 long hauler (JAMA) Not a cytokine storm in ...
Immune 38: COVID-19 and kids with Sallie Permar
November 28, 2020 16:21 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBSallie joins Immune to discuss her career, emphasizing the importance of a good mentor and the ability to pivot, and her research, which has focused on mother to child transmission of infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, CMV, and more recently, COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Sallie Permar Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Immune corre...
Immune 37: Black in Immuno
November 16, 2020 21:57 - 2 hours - 69.9 MBAlexis, Joel, Elaine, Justine, and Evonne join Immune to discuss their careers, their research, and a platform created by a collective of Black immunologists and allies aimed at amplifying, celebrating and supporting Black voices in immunology. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guests: Alexis Mobley, Joel Babdor, Elaine Kouame, Justine Noel, Evonne Jean Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Black in Immuno Black in Immuno w...
Immune 36: Aberrant immunity in COVID-19
October 21, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBImmune describes the striking loss of germinal centers in lymph nodes and spleen in patients with severe COVID-19, providing an explanation for short-lived humoral immunity and limited somatic hypermutation of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Alexander Dent Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Loss of germinal centers in severe COVID-1...
Immune 35: SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
September 23, 2020 23:12 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBImmune examines antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, including the relationship between severe COVID-19 and anti-spike antibodies, kinetics of production, and correlates of protection among coronaviruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode COVID-19 severity linked to antibody levels (bioRxiv) Review of antibody mediated immunity to coronaviruses ...
Immune 34: Coronavirus cross-reacting T cells
August 25, 2020 01:13 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBImmune explains a study demonstrating T cells that react with SARS-CoV-2 epitopes in individuals who have never been infected with the virus, implying cross-reactivity with common cold coronaviruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Cross-reactive coronavirus CD4+ T cells (Science) Immune misfiring in severe COVID-19 (Nature) A COVID-19 rid...
Immune 33: COVID-19 immunotypes
July 28, 2020 00:57 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBImmune explains a study of 125 COVID-19 patients by deep immune profiling, which revealed three immunotypes associated with poor clinical prognosis or recovery. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode CD8 cells defend against SARS-CoV (J Virol) Deep immune profiling of COVID-19 patients (Science) Letters read on Immune 33 Image credit Time sta...
Immune 32: Immunology of COVID-19, part four
June 05, 2020 23:24 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBImmune continues a discussion of the immune response to infection with SARS-CoV-2, including inflammatory responses and disease, antibody and T-cell responses, and vaccines, and answers to listener questions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Keep CoV off campus (NY Times) Inflammatory cytokines predict COVID-19 death (medRx...
Immune 31: Immunology of COVID-19, part three
May 08, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBImmune continues a discussion of the immune response to infection with SARS-CoV-2, including vaccines and immunity, effects of BCG and OPV, immunity passports, and answers to listener questions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode How long will a vaccine really take? (NYTimes) Humoral immunity in NYC COVID-19 patients (medRxiv...
Immune 30: Immunology of COVID-19, part two
April 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBBrianne Barker returns to continue a discussion of the immune response to infection with SARS-CoV-2, including use of steroid, coagulation in some patients, cytokine storm, and vaccines. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode IL6 as COVID-19 marker for severity (Med Mal Infect) How does COVID-19 kill? (Nature) SARS-CoV-2 protec...
Immune 29: Immunology of COVID-19
March 31, 2020 21:09 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBBrianne Barker joins Immune to discuss the immune response to infection with SARS-CoV-2, including immune respones, pathogenesis, immunopathology and more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode ACE2 in oral mucosa (I J Oral Sci) IL6 predictor of COVID-19 death (Int Care Med) Protective immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in nonhuman primate...