

Immune
Vincent Racaniello
A podcast about the body's defenders against disease.
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Jul 28, 2020 • 1h 24min
Immune 33: COVID-19 immunotypes
Immune 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 stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Jun 5, 2020 • 1h 31min
Immune 32: Immunology of COVID-19, part four
Immune 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 (medRxiv) Imbalanced host response drives COVID-19 (Cell) Convergent antibody responses in COVID-19 patients (bioRxiv) Cross neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by SARS-CoV mAb (Nature) Human T-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 (Cell) DNA vaccine protects rhesus macaques (Science) Replicon RNA vaccine protects macaques (bioRxiv) Letters read on Immune 32 Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

May 8, 2020 • 1h 30min
Immune 31: Immunology of COVID-19, part three
Immune 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) D614G is just a SNP (TWiEVO 55) Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Apr 17, 2020 • 1h 23min
Immune 30: Immunology of COVID-19, part two
Brianne 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 protective immunity in macaques (bioRxiv) SARS antibody titers wane (J Immunol) Vaccine roundup (Lab Equip) Lung IgG in SARS injury (JCI Insight) Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Mar 31, 2020 • 1h 27min
Immune 29: Immunology of COVID-19
Brianne 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 primates (bioRxiv) Antibody to SARS-CoV wanes (J Immunol) Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Feb 8, 2020 • 57min
Immune 28: Fish immunology
Irene Salinas joins Immune to reveal the work of her laboratory on the evolution of mucosal immune responses in teleost fish, the oldest living bony vertebrates. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Irene Salinas Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Evolution of mucosal Ig in rainbow trout (Sci Immunol) Fish olfactory neurons mediate rapid immune response (PNAS) Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

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Jan 11, 2020 • 1h 34min
Immune 27: Trained immunity
Steph explains how sepsis induces protective immune memory in NK cells, via histone methylation of the interferon gamma enhancer. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode H3K4me1 mark on memory-like NK cells (Cell Rep) Letters read on Immune 27 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Nov 28, 2019 • 1h 38min
Immune 26: Measles erases immune memory
Michael Mina joins the Immune team to explain his findings that measles diminishes pre-existing antibodies that protect against infection with other pathogens. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Michael Mina Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Measles virus infection diminishes pre-existing antibodies (Science) Public epitope #1 (TWiV 342) Incomplete reconstitution of B cell pools after measles (Sci Immunol) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Nov 1, 2019 • 1h 22min
Immune 25: Remembrance of antigen encounters past
The Immune team explains that short chain fatty acids produced by microbial fermentation of fiber rewire metabolism to enable the production of memory T cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode CD8+ T cell memory needs microbiome derived fatty acids (Immune) Image credit: Principles of Virology 4e Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Letters read on Immune 25 Weekly Science Picks Stephanie - This Week in Neuroscience Cindy - Graduate Abuse by Derek Lowe Vincent - Funding ends for seeking new viruses Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Sep 19, 2019 • 1h 29min
Immune 24: Unlucky IL-13
The Immune team reveals a new type of T helper cell that drives the production of IgE, leading to allergic responses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode New type of T helper cell drives anaphylaxis (Science) Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Letters read on Immune 24 Weekly Science Picks Cindy- Lasker Award 2019 Vincent- Eleanor's Breakthrough video Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv