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  1. Severe #narcolepsy with cataplexy is caused by the degeneration of neurons in two distinct regions of the brain: the hypothalamus and the locus coeruleus. This dual-region damage disrupts the production of both hypocretin and norepinephrine, which are critical chemical messengers for regulating wakefulness and muscle tone.
    #Neuroscience #Neurology #Neuroimmunology #Psychiatry #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/ns05012601.

  2. ERC-funded 3-year postdoc position with Michael Dolan in Dublin, Ireland, on neuroimunology and genomics. To apply, write an email to Michael.

    dolanlab-tcd.com/

    #PhDJobs #neuroscience #neuroimmunology #immunology #genomics

  3. New #podcast episode! Dr. Jony Kipnis talks about his work in #neuroimmunology, interests outside of #science, career path, failures, successes, & exciting research using immunotherapy to reduce damage after central nervous system injury. 🧪 🧠📈 #scicomm www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-jonathan-...

  4. New #podcast episode! Dr. Jony Kipnis talks about his work in #neuroimmunology, interests outside of #science, career path, failures, successes, and exciting research using immunotherapy to reduce damage after central nervous system injury.

    peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-

    #neuroscience #immunology #research #scicomm #sciencecommunication #podcasts #STEM

  5. 'We used Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a live-attenuated vaccine, to train the innate immune system and detected epigenetic reprogramming of brain-resident myeloid cells and functional restoration of myelin debris clearance and lesion recovery.'
    #Immunology #Neuroimmunology
    cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S10

  6. 'Our findings position STING as a central regulator of the detrimental neuronal inflammatory stress response, integrating inflammation with glutamate signaling to cause neuronal cell death, and present it as a tractable target for treating neurodegeneration in MS.'
    #Immunology #Neuroimmunology #Autoimmunity #multiplesclerosis

    cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8

  7. 'We uncover that tumor cells mimic the anti-inflammatory mechanism of CNS to evade anti-tumor immunity and NAT8L is a potential target to enhance efficacy of anti-cancer agents.'

    #Immunology #Neuroimmunology

    cell.com/cancer-cell/abstract/

  8. 'However, whether Treg cells hamper pain at steady state and by which mechanism is still unclear. From a meta-analysis of the transcriptomes of murine Treg and conventional T cells (Tconv), we observe that the proenkephalin gene (Penk), encoding the precursor of analgesic opioid peptides, ranks among the top 25 genes most enriched in Treg cells.'
    #Immunology #Preprint #Neuroimmunology #Treg
    biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

  9. 'One common emerging principle is that microglial reactivity triggered by even relatively mild Covid occurring in the respiratory system, not directly infecting the brain or other kinds of immune challenges can trigger this reactivity of microglia and consequently dysregulate the normal interactions between cells and the brain'
    Michele Monje

    #Covid #Covid19 #LongCovid #Immunology #NeuroImmunology

    erictopol.substack.com/p/miche

  10. Researchers discovered that #Bcells play an active role in teaching #Tcells not to attack the body itself. If the "training" fails, #autoimmunediseases such as #neuromyelitis optica can develop: go.tum.de/562972

    #thymus #Neuroimmunology

    📷J. Böttcher, T. Korn

  11. #Neuroimmunology #NeuroCovid #LongCovid Monitor #COVID19 patients for Parkinson’s symptoms, scientists say. The Virus infects dopaminergic neurons in brain, study finds, stopping cell division.

    parkinsonsnewstoday.com/news/c

  12. 'Drucker and his colleagues noticed a potential clue: receptors for GLP-1 are scarce in immune cells in many tissues in which the hormone and its mimics reduce inflammation, but are abundant in the brain. To test the nervous system’s role, Drucker’s team began by inducing system-wide inflammation in mice.'
    #Immunology #Inflammation #Neuroimmunology #Metabolism

    nature.com/articles/d41586-024

  13. I enjoyed chatting with Dr. Malú Gámez Tansey about her research at the intersection of immunology, neuroscience, and genetics in this recent podcast episode. She shared some of her new findings, advances in neuroimmunology, and insights on important areas of opportunity in the field.

    michaeljfox.org/podcast/episod

    #parkinsonsdisease #parkinsons #neuroscience #podcast #podcasts #genetics #immunology #research #science #neuroimmunology #scicomm

  14. "Through tissue-specific manipulation of Nptx2, the authors demonstrated that the pituitary was a major source of NPTX2 in the serum, and the increased NPTX2 secretion by the pituitary affected immune balance by regulating the blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio. Intriguingly, Nptx2 up-regulation in corticotropes seemed to depend on IL-6 but not other cytokines tested."
    #Immunology #Neuroimmunology

    journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

  15. Research Technician

    SUNY Upstate Medical University

    Opening for a Research technician at newly established lab at SUNY Upstate. Work in regenerative neuroscience, neuroimmunology, and glial biology.

    See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/suny-upstate-m

    #mouse_models #neurobiology #neuroimmunology #ScienceJ...
    jobrxiv.org/job/suny-upstate-m

  16. "We show that socially stressed mice have elevated serum antibody concentrations. We also confirm that social stress leads to the expansion of specific T and B cell populations within the cervical lymph nodes, where brain-derived antigens are preferentially delivered."
    #immunology #Neuroimmunology

    pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2305

  17. The newest Discovery Center created by the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group at the Allen Institute will focus on defining and mapping the interactions between the nervous system and the immune system. geekwire.com/2023/allen-fronti #Neuroimmunology

  18. "They have investigated the brains of ageing mice, elucidating the source of the cGAS–STING trigger and the particular cells in which this pathway is activated (Fig. 1). Specifically, the authors find that cytosolic DNA derived from perturbed mitochondria activates the pathway in ageing microglia, the main immune cells in the brain — an observation that agrees with earlier findings that cGAS–STING is involved in activating microglia and in neuroinflammation"
    #Immunology #Neuroimmunology #NeurodegenerativeDisease #InnateImmunity

    nature.com/articles/d41586-023

  19. 'For example, loss of function of the microglial gene Trem2 renders microglia dysfunctional and causes an early-onset neurodegenerative syndrome, and Trem2 variants are among the strongest genetic risk factors for AD. Thus, restoring microglial function represents a rational therapeutic approach. Here, we show that systemic hematopoietic cell transplantation followed by enhancement of microglia replacement restores microglial function in a Trem2 mutant mouse model of AD.'

    #Alzheimer #NeurodegenerativeDisease #Microglia #Neuroimmunology

    cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fullte

  20. 'We show here that lipid-mediated engagement of invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells with enterochromaffin (EC) cells, a subset of intestinal epithelial cells, promoted peripheral serotonin (5-HT) release via a CD1d-dependent manner, regulating gut motility and hemostasis.'

    #Immunology #MucosalImmunology #Neuroimmunology

    cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S10

  21. Human Brain Organoids Reveal How Microglia Develop and Function

    Researchers have developed human brain organoids that contain microglia, the immune cells of the brain.
    The researchers found that microglia are influenced by the environment in which they develop and that they play a role in both development and disease.

    #Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #BrainOrganoid #Organoid
    #Microglia #Neuroimmune #Neuroimmunology

    neurosciencenews.com/microglia

  22. This week in @sciencemagazine :

    Pavel Hanč, Uli von Andrian, & colleagues (Harvard Med) elucidate multiple mechanisms by which can control functions!

    bit.ly/Sci_abm5658

    with an accompanying Perspective by Barbara Schraml:

    bit.ly/Sci_adh2090

  23. This week in @sciencemagazine :

    Pavel Hanč, Uli von Andrian, & colleagues (Harvard Med) elucidate multiple mechanisms by which #nociceptors can control #DendriticCell functions!

    bit.ly/Sci_abm5658

    with an accompanying Perspective by Barbara Schraml:

    bit.ly/Sci_adh2090

    #neuroimmunology #DCs

  24. This week in @sciencemagazine :

    Pavel Hanč, Uli von Andrian, & colleagues (Harvard Med) elucidate multiple mechanisms by which #nociceptors can control #DendriticCell functions!

    bit.ly/Sci_abm5658

    with an accompanying Perspective by Barbara Schraml:

    bit.ly/Sci_adh2090

    #neuroimmunology #DCs

  25. This week in @sciencemagazine :

    Pavel Hanč, Uli von Andrian, & colleagues (Harvard Med) elucidate multiple mechanisms by which #nociceptors can control #DendriticCell functions!

    bit.ly/Sci_abm5658

    with an accompanying Perspective by Barbara Schraml:

    bit.ly/Sci_adh2090

    #neuroimmunology #DCs

  26. This week in @sciencemagazine :

    Pavel Hanč, Uli von Andrian, & colleagues (Harvard Med) elucidate multiple mechanisms by which #nociceptors can control #DendriticCell functions!

    bit.ly/Sci_abm5658

    with an accompanying Perspective by Barbara Schraml:

    bit.ly/Sci_adh2090

    #neuroimmunology #DCs