#Chemokine

Our new work is out @NatureComms. We mapped differences in response to cytokines in naive and memory CD4 T cells. Wonderful collaboration with @TergetValidate and a great work led by

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

An excellent new study by @BrodinPetter’s team on the differences between MIS-C and Kawasaki disease. This is incredibly timely and informative. Here are a couple of highlights. (1/)https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31157-0

TXstillWatching

I brought ccr5-delta32 mutants, -rh blood types, and using ccr5 antagonists as possible treatment back when Pradhan published the "Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to

"Imbalanced host response to #SARSCoV2 drives development of #COVID19" Highlighting "We propose that reduced innate #antiviral defenses coupled with exuberant inflammatory #cytokine production are the defining and driving feature

@BarackObama https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21707353/ Why didn’t you stop this? No excuses. This is a picture of measles?And this is the reason I started looking a little

Rafael Fonseca MD

*** COVID19 and males***Is infection with SARS-CoV-2 more virulent among males, and if so why? Can we do anything about it, or use this information for treatment purposes. This thread