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My first postdoc paper in @m-vincendeau.bsky.social lab is out in Frontiers in Immunology.🥳

We identified that hepatitis viruses, especially HBV, upregulate specific human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) groups that are linked with autoimmune diseases.

doi.org/10.3389/fimm...
Frontiers | HERV-K10 as a mediator of immune modulation in hepatitis infections
The human genome contains ~8% of endogenous retroviruses (HERVs), whose reactivation has been implicated in diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders....
doi.org
September 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM