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New work from Francesca Peri Lab @uzh-ch.bsky.social 🐟 #zebrafish

Open Box Science Immunology
Shaping Macrophages: Microplastics and Developmental Origin

🔹Ana Codo @anaccodo.sky.social
@WCM_IMP @wcm-imp.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social
🔹Siling Du
Moderator: @asalboix.bsky.social

📅 Thrusday, April 30
⏰ 2 pm ET
💻 us02web.zoom.us/j/82008313506

Metabolite and nutrient regulation of macrophages in obesity and metabolic disease Nature Reviews Immunology, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41577-026-01292-4This Review discusses how select metabolites and nutrients act as signalling molecules to regulate the functions of tissue-resident macrophages in obesity and metabolic disease, with effects on disease outcome.

ICYMI: Metabolite and nutrient regulation of macrophages in obesity and metabolic disease

Mitochondrial metabolism regulates the immunogenic responsiveness of dendritic cells @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-metabol... @swculek.bsky.social @irbbarcelona.org

One of them in our group 👉

@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Overlapping MHC class I/II Epitopes Program cDC1-like Differentiation of Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells via mTORC1 Signaling Inhibition
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social

Kupffer cells in liver homeostasis and disease: from immune sentinels to metabolic gatekeepers Nature Reviews Immunology, Published online: 08 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41577-026-01288-0This Review provides an integrated overview of Kupffer cell biology, from their embryonic origin and spatial organization to their functional specialization within the liver. It emphasizes how Kupffer cells act as immune sentinels while also shaping metabolic regulation, tissue repair, infection and cancer and discusses how emerging technologies are refining our understanding of their context-dependent roles across physiological and pathological settings.

Kupffer cells in liver homeostasis and disease: from immune sentinels to metabolic gatekeepers

Integration of iPSC-derived microglia into human midbrain organoids enhances microglial maturation and inflammatory signaling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04...

Blood vessel-resident macrophages safeguard blood and vessel integrity in zebrafish Nature Immunology - Robin and colleagues describe a population of blood vessel-resident macrophages that function within the vasculature to maintain vascular and blood homeostasis in zebrafish and...

Weijits et al identify blood vessel-resident macrophages that clear foreign particles and unfit cells and act as first responders to endothelial damage. Read it here: rdcu.be/fcddM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Postnatal Maturation of Dendritic Epidermal T Cells and Langerhans Cells Follows Distinct Differentiation Trajectories Independent of Microbiota www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04...

Identity, ontogeny, and age-related changes in splenic white pulp macrophages in mouse and human spleen www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04...

OBS Immunology
Immune cell ontogeny, and functional specialization of immune cells

🔹Jing Chen
@cp-immunity.bsky.social

📅 Tuesday, April 14
⏰ 12 pm ET, 6 pm CET
💻 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Game of microbes: a wildling’s guide Laboratory mice housed under specific pathogen-free conditions are the standard model in biomedical research. However, frequent germ-free rederivation and barrier housing restrict microbial exposure a...

Please share! Ever wondered how to establish and maintain wildlings – and why they matter? Our new paper “Game of microbes: a wildling ’s guide” is now out in Trends in Microbiology dlvr.it/TRl1Zs - Thread below with key previous work
@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @FAU.de

Neuron–eosinophil circuit explains stress-induced eczema flares Nature Reviews Immunology, Published online: 30 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41577-026-01297-zA previously unappreciated sympathetic–immune axis links psychological stress to eosinophil recruitment and consequent worsening of atopic dermatitis.

Neuron–eosinophil circuit explains stress-induced eczema flares

Microglia-glioblastoma crosstalk mediates glioblastoma invasion at the far infiltration zone @cp-immunity.bsky.social
www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

Most assume implants fail slowly over months. The moment an electrode enters the brain, microglia rush toward it within seconds, like fingers reaching for a splinter. Blood vessels leak. The BBB breaks. Inflammation starts instantly.
#BCI #NeuralEngineering #Neurotech

Meet the minds shaping GLIA 2027 (Bologna, Italy)! The PC will soon be selecting the most exciting symposia and plenary speakers for the GLIA 2027 congress.
Want to be part of the programme - submit your proposal: https://www.glia-meeting.eu/2027/call-for-symposia/

If dendritic cells are part of your science,
#DC2026 should be part of your year!

🌍Global DC community in San Diego
✳️New biology & discoveries

Abstracts & registration are OPEN
www.dc2026sandiego.com

⭐️ Come for the science. Stay for the community. @maxkrummel.bsky.social @zunigalab.bsky.social 🔁

@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social A genome-wide CRISPR Screening identifies targets that drive Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @abbvie.bsky.social

Basophils infiltrate wounds to promote the resolution and healing in both adult and aged mice @jem.org
@inserm.fr rupress.org/jem/article-...

Autophagy deficiency in red pulp macrophages impairs their function and resistance to iron stress www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03...

Depletion and replacement of tissue resident macrophages in mice with germ-line deletion of a conserved enhancer in the Csf1r locus. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03...

Excited to share our #preprint showing that #macrophages in the regenerating #zebrafish #heart are shaped by local cardiac-immune microniches, with a fibroblast-to-macrophage signal promoting regeneration over fibrotic repair www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@idrm.ox.ac.uk @oxforddpag.bsky.social

A transcriptomic microglia taxonomy across mouse and human pathologies www.nature.com/articles/s41...

OBS Immunology TOMORROW!
Regulation of DC Tolerogenic Function & Migration

🔹Xiangyue Zhang, PhD @nature.com @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social
🔹Victor Collado-Diaz, PharmD @halinlab.bsky.social @jcb.org @ethz.ch @uv.es

Moderator: Daniel T. McManus, PhD

📅 March 26
⏰ 12 pm ET
💻 lnkd.in/gFyD93Dz...

Comprehensive single-cell transcriptomic atlas of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Comprehensive single-cell transcriptomic atlas of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models

Comprehensive single-cell transcriptomic atlas of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models idp.nature.com/authorize?re...

Principles of resident tissue macrophages revealed by the eye Macrophages are no longer viewed as transient immune passersby but as integral tissue components that regulate physiological homeostasis. Many residen…

So the question is not only: where do resident macrophages come from? It is also: when does self-maintenance become durable, and when does it fail to do so? That is the problem Establishment Kinetics is meant to solve. Full paper in Advances in Immunology www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap... 10/11

Looking forward to tomorrow. Please join us at 16.30 at ETH Höngg (HCI J6) or via Zoom for @adrover.bsky.social's talk!

Early and opposing #neutrophil and CD4 T cell responses shape pulmonary #tuberculosis pathology. From @bengern.bsky.social, Michael Gerner, Kevin Urdahl et al. rupress.org/jem/article/...

📘 Updates on the Immune Responses to #TB and #HIV: rupress.org/jem/collecti...
#KSTB26 #KSHIVVax26