Immunology and Inflammation

Immunology and Inflammation

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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    IFIT1 is rapidly evolving and exhibits disparate antiviral activities across 11 mammalian orders

    Matthew B McDougal, Ian N Boys ... John W Schoggins
    Evolutionary changes in RNA binding and antiviral activity result in diverse IFIT1 functions across mammals, even among closely related species.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Resident memory macrophages and trained innate immunity at barrier tissues

    Alisha Kang, Michael D'Agostino ... Zhou Xing
    The increasing knowledge of barrier tissue-resident memory macrophages and trained innate immunity (TII) will help develop both nontarget-specific and target-specific TII-based vaccine strategies.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Lipopolysaccharide stimulates dynamic changes in B cell metabolism to promote proliferation

    Dana MS Cheung, Momchil Razsolkov ... J Simon C Arthur
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    scRNA+TCR-seq reveals the proportion and characteristics of dual TCR Treg cells in mouse lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues

    Yuanyuan Xu, Qi Peng ... Xinsheng Yao
    scRNA+TCR-seq technology identifies a high proportion of dual TCR Treg cells in both lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues of mice, revealing their tissue specificity, TCR repertoire characteristics, and functional phenotypes.
    Version of Record
    Short Report
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Interleukin 10 controls the balance between tolerance, pathogen elimination, and immunopathology in birds

    Dominique Meunier, Ricardo Corona-Torres ... David A Hume
    The impact of IL10 mutation in birds highlights the intrinsic compromise between effective elimination of a pathogen and damage to the host.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Metabolic regulation of immune memory and function of microglia

    Nikolaos Nirakis, Sofia Dimothyra ... Vasileia Ismini Alexaki
    Cell metabolic processes, particularly glucose, glutamine, and lipid metabolism, orchestrate inflammatory responses and promote epigenetic changes shaping microglia immune memory.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolutionary Adaptations of IRG1 Refines Itaconate Synthesis and Mitigates Innate Immunometabolism Trade-offs

    Richard V Szeligowski, Francois Miros ... Hongying Shen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Layers of immunity: Deconstructing the Drosophila effector response

    Faustine Ryckebusch, Yao Tian ... Bruno Lemaitre
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling

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    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
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    King's College London, United Kingdom
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