Congratulations to my graduate student, Dr. Cori Fain! Cori’s thesis work on CD8 T cell engagement of MHC Class I molecules on brain vasculature being required for lethal BBB disruption in experimental cerebral malaria made the cover of the February issue of BRAIN Cori Fain

While my lab is obsessed with claudin-5, claudin-25 also has a critical role in regulating white matter integrity in the brain. Another great collaboration with Arnold Munnich Institut Imagine Trinity College Dublin academic.oup.com/hmg/article/do…

"Brain fog" is a particularly confounding symptom for people recovering from COVID. Researchers at University of Illinois College of Medicine have identified a mechanism that causes this neurological problem in mice. And they found a treatment that helped prevent these changes. today.uic.edu/covid-brain-fo…

A significantly increased long-term risk of psychiatric disorders and psychotropic meds among people with Covid, and breakthrough infections (vs controls), reduced with vaccination #LongCovid nature.com/articles/s4156…

Blood borne #cytokines like #IL-10 are often elevated in chronic conditions associated with cognitive impairment (eg. #longCOVID). Protective or pathogenic? Here’s ⁦Sorabh Sharma⁩ unexpected findings in a mouse model of #diabetes. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The beautiful work of Rishi_1985 was published in Neuron today. Here we show that glutamatergic neuronal activity drives retinal deep plexus angiogenesis and blood-retina barrier maturation. cell.com/neuron/abstrac…

Brain endothelial GSDMD activation mediates inflammatory blood-brain barrier breakdown nature.com/articles/s4158…. nature

Thanks for the recognition, NAVBO ! I’m so proud of our team for this work ❤️