Immune - Part 10

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Immune 11: Immunomimetic designer cells

August 18, 2018
Tagged as: biofilm, gene network, immune, immunology, immunomimetic, implant infection, inflammation, innate immune response, lysostaphin, MRSA, Staphylococcus aureus

Cindy and Vincent describe the construction of a gene network that programs mammalian cells to detect and eliminate bacterial infections.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Cynthia Leifer

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Immunomimetic designer cells (Cell) 1:58, 26:46
Antimicrobial drug resistance (NIH) 4:40, 13:51
Image credit 36:45
Letters read on Immune 11 46:59

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Cindy – No Tdap link to autism
Vincent – Unpaywall

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Immune

Immune 10: Immune goes viral

July 21, 2018
Tagged as: antibodies, antibody escape mutants, broadly neutralizing antibodies, HIV-1, immune, immunology, Rebecca Lynch

The Immune team travels to the University of Maryland for ASV 2018, where they meet up with Rebecca Lynch to explore her work on broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer

Guest: Rebecca Lynch

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Immune 9: Neither mice nor lamprey lie

June 20, 2018
Tagged as: antibodies, hagfish, immune, immunity, immunoglobulins, jawed vertebrates, jawless vertebrates, lamprey, leucine rich repeat, variable lymphocyte receptor, VLR

The Immune team explores the variable lymphocyte receptors of jawless vertebrates, a system of immunity that parallels the structurally unrelated antibodies of jawed vertebrates.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer

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Lamprey VLR response to influenza virus (eLife) 34:14
VLR-based immunity (Ann Rev Immunol)
How the Immune System Works 1:13:11
A Commotion in the Blood 1:13:35
Immune merchandise 1:05:34
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Letters read on Immune 9 51:27

Weekly Science Picks 1:20:05

Steph – Jon Yewdell on TWiV (208, 467)
Cindy – No polio in Venezuela
Vincent – Is gaming addiction a thing?

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Immune 8: Staying warm with γδ T cells

May 25, 2018
Tagged as: homeostasis, IL-17A, immune, immunology, T cells, thermogenesis, γδT cells

The Immune team reveals how γδ T cells that synthesize interleukin-17A regulate adipose regulatory T cell homeostasis and thermogenesis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer

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γδ17 T cells, T cell homeostasis and thermoregulation (Nat Immunol) 5:40
γδ17 T cells cells at epithelial barriers (Nat Rev Immunol) 23:35
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Letters read on Immune 8 59:14

Weekly Science Picks 1:10:45

Steph – Polycystic ovary syndrome and anti-Mullerian hormone
Cindy – Foldscope (Ted talk)
Vincent – Virology Lectures 2018

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Immune 7: Contradictory complements in Alzheimer’s Disease

April 18, 2018
Tagged as: AD, Alzheimer's disease, C1q, complement, immune, immunology, MAC, mouse model, synapse, synaptic pruning

The Immune hosts discuss how the complement system functions, and its role in early synapse loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer

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Complement and microglia cause synapse loss in Alzheimer’s (Science) 28:42
Superresolution structured illumination microscopy 48:31, 1:07:33
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Weekly Science Picks 1:06:50

Steph – Social Media for Social Change in Science and Structured Illumination Microscopy video
Cindy – 314 Action
Vincent – Making American great again requires acting on scientific knowledge

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Immune 6: Potent antiviral antibodies without somatic mutation

March 16, 2018
Tagged as: antibody, B cell, epitope, F protein, IgG, IgM, immune, immune response, immunology, lymph node, respiratory syncytial virus, somatic hypermutation, V(D)J recombination, vaccine enhanced disease

The Immune hosts explain how antibody molecules mature, then discuss the finding in infants of potent neutralizing antibodies against respiratory syncytial virus without somatic hypermutation.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer

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Potent anti-RSV antibodies without somatic hypermutation (Immunity) 3:38, 33:43
History of vaccine enhanced RSV disease (Clin Vacc Immunol) 9:41
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Letters read on Immune #6 61:45

Weekly Science Picks 78:56

Steph – REACTOME project (free icons)
Cindy – Gender Imbalance in Stories
Vincent – Trump, Tell Us About Your Flu Shot

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Immune 5: Mother knows best about food allergies

February 22, 2018
Tagged as: allergic reactions, atopy, breast milk, food allergy, immune, immunology, mucosal defenses, mucosal immunology, tolerance

The ImmuoModulators provide a primer on mucosal defenses, and explain how sensitizing female mice to food allergens prevents allergic reactions in their offspring.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer

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Food Allergy (Nat Rev Dis Prim) 34:04
Maternal allergen sensitization (J Exp Med) 51:54
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Letters read on Immune #5 76:08

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Immune 4: Putting the immunotherapy CAR T before the cancer

January 23, 2018
Tagged as: B cell, cancer immunotherapy, CAR T cell, checkpoint inhibitor, chimeric antigen receptor, CTLA4, immune, immunology, immunotherapy, oncology, PD-1, T cell, Tisagenlecleucel

The immu-knowledge-ists deconstruct the holy grail of oncologists, cancer immunotherapy, and the exciting development of CAR T cells and how they work.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer

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- Synthetic Immunoreceptors for Cancer Therapy (Trend Mol Med) 17:27
- Engineering immune cells to treat cancer (Cell) 44:05
- Engineering T cells for fungal infections (PNAS) 50:16
- CAR T cells for AIDS (PLoS Path) 51:10
- CAR T cells (NIH) 20:04, 29:46
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Letters read on Immune #4 1:05:59

Weekly Science Picks 1:15:15

Cindy – What’s In A Name?
Steph – Novel Targets
Vincent – Friendly Penguin

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Immune 3: Two epitopes, four serotypes, and a partridge in a pear tree

December 16, 2017
Tagged as: ADE, antibody dependent enhancement, antibody therapy, bispecific antibody, dengue virus, dengvaxia, immune, immunology, monoclonal antibody, passive vaccine, Zika virus

Cindy, Steph, and Vincent discuss recent problems with dengue virus vaccine, and a bi-specific monoclonal antibody against Zika virus.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer

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Model for dengue ADE (Scitable) 5:40
Dengue ADE in humans (Science) 11:56
Dengvaxia discussion (TWiV 471) 4:28
Bi-specific antibody to Zika virus (Cell) 28:23
Building Zika Virus
Transcript of this episode (html, pdf)
Letters read on Immune #3 58:09

Weekly Science Picks 71:52

Cindy – Questions answered about starving polar bear video
Steph – Deep Work by Cal Newport and Grad Student Tax
Vincent – Making art with Excel

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Immune 2: Lymphocytes after dark

November 25, 2017
Tagged as: 24 hour clock, adaptive immunity, B cell, circadian, clock gene, immune, immunology, lymph, lymph node, lymphocyte, T cell

Cindy, Steph, and Vincent reveal that lymphocyte trafficking through lymph nodes and lymph is circadian – it is dependent on the time of day.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer

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Circadian clocks control lymphocyte trafficking (Immunity) 9:50
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Letters read on Immune #2 47:16

Weekly Science Picks 68:08

Cindy – Men ask more questions than women at a scientific conference (PLoS One)
Steph – House just voted to bankrupt graduate students
Vincent – Trump’s Legacy: Damaged Brains

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