Mapping the human mucosal immune response to respiratory viruses
Mapping the human mucosal immune response
to respiratory viruses
Conventionally, human immune responses have been extensively characterized using blood. Immune cells, though abundant in blood, are also found in various tissues in varying numbers and with locally relevant functional specification. Assessing immune responses in the airways over the course of infection and convalescence is critical to comprehensively mapping immunity to respiratory viral infections including influenza and SARS-CoV-2.
In a study recently published in eLife, Sindhu Vangeti, PhD, and colleagues at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, demonstrated that innate immune cells, like monocytes and dendritic cells, possess unique dynamics defined by location and pathogen. In addition to characterizing immune cells in blood, the team also investigated immune cell distribution and function in the human nasopharynx.
Learn about:
- Monocytes and dendritic cells in human respiratory viral infections.
- Studying immune responses in the human airways.
- Integrating state-of-the-art platforms into conventional study design.
Sindhu Vangeti, PhD
Sindhu Vangeti, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow in Irene Ramos’s viral immunology team in the Stuart C. Sealfon lab at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Currently, her research focuses on mapping the epigenetic fingerprint of influenza/SARS-CoV-2 exposure and studying mechanisms that lead to durability of vaccine-induced immunity. Dr. Vangeti obtained her doctorate in 2019 at the Karolinska Institutet in the lab of Anna Smed Sörensen, studying human immune responses to influenza and hantavirus infections.
Mapping the human mucosal immune response to respiratory viruses
A presentation by Sindhu Vangeti, PhD
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