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Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

After many months of planning and hard work by so many (incl. @hmkyale @Dianaberrent @wade_schulz @CharleszYaleMed @Aaronmring @DaisySMassey @JeffGehlhausen), today, we are launching our research study to understand how vaccination

Do some people have cross-reactive antibodies to #SARSCoV2? If so, who are they? And are these cross-reactive Abs protective against #COVID19? A fascinating study by @KevinWNg et al provides answers.

As we approach the cold winter months in the Northern Hemisphere, I want to share these movies of mucociliary clearance (MCC) in the trachea of mice housed at 10% vs.

Are you confused about the role of type I interferons (IFN) in #SARS_CoV_2 infection? Here is my speculation on what makes IFN-I helpful vs. harmful in #COVID19 patients - it

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

A 25 yr old patient in Nevada has a confirmed case of #COVID19 reinfection (48 days apart between 1st and 2nd PCR). This time, unlike the case in Hong Kong,

A first case of #COVID19 reinfection from HKU, with distinct virus genome sequences in 1st and 2nd infection (142 days apart). Kudos to the scientists for this study.This is no

Very excited to share this work by the heroic team - @carolilucas Pat Wong @sneakyvirus @tiago21bio et al on “Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19”. A thread on

In some children, #COVID19 takes the form of #KawasakiDisease-like symptoms. So what exactly is #KawasakiDisease? It's an illness caused by inflammation of the blood vessels in children < 5 yrs

A lot of people are wondering why #Japan has so few cases of #COVID19. In this commentary, @NathanGrubaugh and I speculate on some possible reasons. (1/n)https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/emmm.202012481 An important observation made

In this new piece, I present "Antidote to toxic principal investigators". We must protect our next generation scientists from the principal investigators who abuse their powers and mistreat their trainees.

Several studies are coming out saying that blood LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) levels early in #COVID19 disease correlates with severe disease progression. This is a clue that #pyroptosis may be a