Ep. 103: “Immunophysiology” Featuring Dr. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes

Guest:

Dr. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes is a Full Investigator and Group Leader at the Champalimaud Foundation. He talks about interactions between the nervous and immune systems and how ILC2s regulate blood glucose levels. (43:00)

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The Immunology Science Round Up

Acetylcholine Receptor in Autoimmunity – Researchers used cryoelectron microscopy to determine the high-resolution structures of the human adult AChR in different functional states. (5:20)

Skin Damage and Immune Responses – Acute and chronic inflammation in the skin of mice can initiate humoral immune responses to bystander antigens in the gut. (12:35)

Gut Microbes and Th17 Cells – A. faecalis outer membrane vesicles promote intestinal Th17 cell generation. (23:15)

Sex Differences in Pain Sensing – Depleting Tregs cells localized to the meninges of the central nervous system increased the responses of female, but not male, mice to mechanical pain stimuli. (32:00)

Image courtesy of Dr. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes