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Journal of Experimental Medicine publishes immunology, cancer, stem cells, microbial pathogenesis, vascular biology, and neurobiology research. Published by Rockefeller University Press @rupress.org
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The 2025 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘌𝘔 highlights research in basic #immunology, #immunotherapy & #TumorImmunology, #InbornErrorsOfImmunity, #neurodegeneration, & #inflammation. We remain grounded in our commitment to publishing studies that push the boundaries of our knowledge forward 👉 rupress.org/jem/collecti...
Aroca-Crevillén, @drusqui.bsky.social et al. @isciiisalud.bsky.social show that a #circadian #neutrophil checkpoint protects tissues from exuberant #inflammation and can be activated to protect the host. rupress.org/jem/article/...

#CardiovascularBiology #InnateImmunity
December 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New findings from Urs Mörbe, William Agace et al. provide an important framework for understanding gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) diversity and function. rupress.org/jem/article/...

#MucosalImmunology #IBD #Crohns
December 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Xiaoyun Li, Sofie Hedlund Møller, Ping-Chih Ho et al. show that tumor-instructed glutamine synthesis in cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes pro-tumor #macrophages 👉 rupress.org/jem/article/...

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#TumorImmunology
December 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New study from Yongkang Yang, Gregg Semenza et al. @jhu.edu suggests that targeting ISG20, in combination with #immunotherapy, could be an effective therapeutic strategy for triple-negative #BreastCancer. rupress.org/jem/article/...

#Hypoxia #Metastasis
December 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New work by @ursmoerbe.bsky.social et al. provides an important framework for understanding gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT) diversity and function. rupress.org/jem/article/...

🎥 See a short video summary by Mörbe: youtu.be/iIWKSSnwFTg
December 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Bringing Natural killer cells to the clinic: opportunities beyond #cancer. New review from Marjorie Cayatte, Valentin Picant, Marie Vétizou, and Eric Vivier @ciml.bsky.social: rupress.org/jem/article/...

#Autoimmunity #NKCells #Neurodegeneration
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New work by Smyth et al (rupress.org/jem/article/... ) opens a new direction for #Alzheimers research, identifying CSF clearance at arachnoid cuff exits as a potential therapeutic target for modifying disease progression. Insights from Ting Du et al. rupress.org/jem/article/...
December 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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As 2025 is drawing to a close, @jem.org would like to highlight all of the women who have contributed to the #WomenInSTEM #Viewpoint series over the last 3 years! Learn more about their scientific journeys on the path to independence here 👉 tinyurl.com/2wrxk4mk
December 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Tanaka, Maeda, Sakaguchi et al. provide a general model of how altered TCR signaling evokes #autoimmune disease. rupress.org/jem/article/...

📘 In our 2025 #NobelPrize Collection 👉 rupress.org/jem/collecti...
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
FIP200 regulates plasma B cell differentiation via mitochondrial and heme homeostasis. New study from Liling Xu, Facundo D. Batista and colleagues @ragoninstitute.bsky.social: rupress.org/jem/article/...

#LymphocyteBiology #Metabolism #Autophagy #Mitophagy
December 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Antibiotic use in early life impairs MAIT cell–mediated immunity in adulthood, say Gabrielle LeBlanc, Adam Sobel, Michael Constantinides (@mikerobe.bsky.social) and colleagues @scripps.edu: rupress.org/jem/article/...

#InfectiousDisease #HostDefense #MucosalImmunology #LymphocyteBiology #Microbiome
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The ability to specifically engage tumor-reactive T cells for therapeutic benefit is the ultimate goal of cancer #immunotherapy. New review by Mirabile-Brightman and Butterfield discusses advances in the development of personalized neoantigen therapies. rupress.org/jem/article/...

#TumorImmunology
December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Horton, Wenzel et al. @uthealthhouston.bsky.social identify mechanometabolism as a determinant of hematopoietic fate that could inform engineering of hematopoietic stem cells for disease modeling and treatment. rupress.org/jem/article/...

#Metabolism #CardiovascularBiology #Hematopoiesis
December 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Repertoire, function, and structure of serological antibodies induced by the R21/Matrix-M #malaria #vaccine. From Jonathan McDaniel, William Voss, @profkatieewer.bsky.social and colleagues 👉 rupress.org/jem/article/...

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December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In this Viewpoint, Shimon Sakaguchi recounts the work which lead to the identification of regulatory T cells. (Part of JEM's 125th Anniversary Historical Testimonials series): rupress.org/jem/article/...

📘 In our 2025 #NobelPrize Collection 👉 rupress.org/jem/collecti...
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New study from the Ye Zheng lab @salkinstitute.bsky.social and colleagues uncovers an essential role of REV-ERB in the regulation of colonic RORγt⁺Foxp3⁺ Treg cell differentiation and function. rupress.org/jem/article/...

#Tolerance #Autoimmunity #LymphocyteBiology
December 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Put a perspective piece together on how fever may have driven the evolution of antiviral genes: rupress.org/jem/article/...
Does fever drive the evolution of antiviral genes? | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
Fever is an evolutionary conserved response to pathogens. In this Perspective, Langlois hypothesizes that antiviral genes are selected for their function a
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December 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Natural killer (NK) cells are primarily being assessed to treat cancer, but they have substantial potential for Rx of neurodegenerative diseases, viral infections, and autoimmune conditions. A first-rate review, open-access
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December 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New video summary from Pamela Wenzel (@uthealthhouston.bsky.social) on a new study "Mechanometabolism instructs hematopoietic stem cell specification" (Horton et al. rupress.org/jem/article/...)
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#Metabolism
Mechanometabolism instructs hematopoietic stem cell specification
Original paper: https://rupress.org/jem/article/223/3/e20250607/278562/Mechanometabolism-instructs-hematopoietic-stem Video summary by Pamela L. Wenzel (The University of Texas Health Science Center…
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December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A 2019 study from Sakaguchi and colleagues showed that the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib augments tumor immunity by depleting effector regulatory T cells rupress.org/jem/article/...

📘 In our 2025 #NobelPrize Collection 👉 rupress.org/jem/collecti...
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Marjon Wouters, Isabelle Meyts @isabellemeyts.bsky.social and colleagues show that dominant negative ADA2 mutations cause ADA2 deficiency in heterozygous carriers 👉 rupress.org/jem/article/...

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#InbornErrorsOfImmunity
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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#JEMLegacy @jem.org goes back to 1930 with the first description by William Tillett and Thomas Francis Jr. of C-reactive protein (CRP) in the sera of patients during the acute phase of pneumococcal pneumonia.

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SEROLOGICAL REACTIONS IN PNEUMONIA WITH A NON-PROTEIN SOMATIC FRACTION OF PNEUMOCOCCUS
1. Sera from individuals acutely ill with lobar pneumonia possess the capacity to precipitate in high titre a non-protein somatic fraction derived from pne
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December 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Today's #JEMSpotlight @jem.org highlights the work of Michael Gerner & colleagues investigating early Th2 differentiation in lymph nodes after cutaneous allergen administration with quantitative imaging 📸

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Site-specific regulation of Th2 differentiation within lymph node microenvironments | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
The authors show that early Th2 cell differentiation is driven via prolonged T–DC macro-clustering in lymph nodes and occurs in a skin site-specific manner
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December 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Today’s #JEMjc @jem.org highlights the work of Alan Saltiel & colleagues @nature.com reporting the role of neutrophil-derived IL-1β in preserving lipid stores during metabolic stress.

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Neutrophils preserve energy storage in sympathetically activated adipocytes - Nature
Neutrophil-derived IL-1β has a role in preserving lipid stores during metabolic stress.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Rhodehouse, Siliciano @jhu.edu and colleagues show that, in a nonhuman primate (NHP) model, natural control can be nearly as effective as antiretroviral therapy in controlling viral replication. rupress.org/jem/article/...

#Virology #LymphocyteBiology #InfectiousDisease #HostDefense
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM