
Alex Lercher
@alex_lercher
Immunologist | HFSP Postdoctoral Fellow @RiceLaboratory | PhD @bergthalerlab | opinions are my own. find me on @alercher.bsky.social
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29-12-2013 23:46:38
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Great guide on the different flavors of ๐ก๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ โ their niches, what transcriptional programs define them, how they are maintained and their principal functions in homeostasis and lung inflammation cell.com/immunity/fulltโฆ Immunity Claudia Jakubzick


Thank you Josefowicz Lab for having me - it was a pleasure and fun discussions!

Great review by Julia S. Brunner and Lydia Finley on how ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐จ influence basic decision points of cell identity like self-renewal vs proliferation โ makes me want to give my current project a metabolic twist! Nature Reviews Endocrinology rdcu.be/c0DRI


Sub-cutaneous BCG vaccination induces ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฎ in alveolar macrophages via altered metabolite output of the gut microbiota. In fact, dietary supplementation of butyrate is sufficient! Nature Immunology nature.com/articles/s4159โฆ


Thank you Nature Communications for publishing my first paper and asking me about the slightly turbulent back story! nature.com/articles/s4146โฆ





Chronic autoimmunity rewires metabolism in progenitors, correlating with innate immune memory formation in macrophages that increases antibacterial activity but might also aggravate autoimmune diseases? shorturl.at/SZ1Ww Cell Stem Cell Eric Pietras Taylor Scott Mills



Great Spotlight by Prof. Akiko Iwasaki and Sasha Tabachnikova ๐บ๐ฆ on our recent publication in Immunity, where we studied antiviral innate immune memory in alveolar macrophages in the context of respiratory viral infections! cell.com/trends/immunolโฆ

A commensal bacterium triggers systemic antibody responses via skin lymphoid structures and can be engineered as a topical vaccine โ great therapeutic potential! Two studies in nature by Michael Fischbach and Belkaid Lab tinyurl.com/5yahn47t tinyurl.com/4n4btxap

