@vecgroningen.bsky.social
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How do I get to #IVW2026? It is easy, with 100s of flights to Australia daily! Check out #Momondo for flight deals worldwide. While you're here, why not add a trip to New Zealand! vasculitis-melbourne2026.com, Registration opens on 28 March #11daystogo
March 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
How do I get to #IVW2026? It is easy, with 100s of flights to Australia daily! Check out #Momondo for flight deals worldwide. While you're here, why not add a trip to New Zealand! vasculitis-melbourne2026.com, Registration opens on 28 March #11daystogo
Happy to share our latest publication! Here we document the spatial distribution of fibroblast subtypes in relation to vascular remodeling in GCA. Great work by Shuang Xu William Febry Jiemy and Maria Sandovici!
academic.oup.com/rheumatology...
academic.oup.com/rheumatology...
Distinct landscapes of fibroblast subtypes in arteries of patients with giant cell arteritis
AbstractObjective. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis of large- and medium-sized arteries characterized by granulomatous inflammation and
academic.oup.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy to share our latest publication! Here we document the spatial distribution of fibroblast subtypes in relation to vascular remodeling in GCA. Great work by Shuang Xu William Febry Jiemy and Maria Sandovici!
academic.oup.com/rheumatology...
academic.oup.com/rheumatology...
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ANZVASC Bluesky account ✔️
22nd Int Vasculitis Workshop website ✔️
vasculitis-melbourne2026.com
All things #vasculitis in Melbourne Feb 2026. Key dates, things to do and promotional tools.
Come for exceptional research, learning and interactions,
And....a great trip to Australia and New Zealand!
22nd Int Vasculitis Workshop website ✔️
vasculitis-melbourne2026.com
All things #vasculitis in Melbourne Feb 2026. Key dates, things to do and promotional tools.
Come for exceptional research, learning and interactions,
And....a great trip to Australia and New Zealand!
February 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
ANZVASC Bluesky account ✔️
22nd Int Vasculitis Workshop website ✔️
vasculitis-melbourne2026.com
All things #vasculitis in Melbourne Feb 2026. Key dates, things to do and promotional tools.
Come for exceptional research, learning and interactions,
And....a great trip to Australia and New Zealand!
22nd Int Vasculitis Workshop website ✔️
vasculitis-melbourne2026.com
All things #vasculitis in Melbourne Feb 2026. Key dates, things to do and promotional tools.
Come for exceptional research, learning and interactions,
And....a great trip to Australia and New Zealand!
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Anti-myeloperoxidase IgM B cells in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
Anti-myeloperoxidase IgM B cells in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis - PubMed
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a prototypic autoimmune disease, with a subset of AAV patients manifesting anti-myeloperoxidase (MPO) IgG. Patients with AAV ...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Anti-myeloperoxidase IgM B cells in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
Does autoreactive IgM complement IgG in ANCA associated vasculitis? Interesting observations by the group of Hans Ulrich Scherer with contributions from the Vasculitis Expertise Center Groningen as part of a collaboration within the Target to B consortium.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Anti-myeloperoxidase IgM B cells in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis - Nature Communications
The etiology of autoimmune disease anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is still poorly understood. Here the authors associate anti-myeloperoxidase (MPO) IgM-express...
www.nature.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Does autoreactive IgM complement IgG in ANCA associated vasculitis? Interesting observations by the group of Hans Ulrich Scherer with contributions from the Vasculitis Expertise Center Groningen as part of a collaboration within the Target to B consortium.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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AI analysis of clinicians’ notes in medical records helps identify AAV
AI analysis of clinicians' notes in medical records helps identify AAV
AI analysis based on clinicians' notes in patient records can accurately identify cases of ANCA-associated vasculitis, a study found.
ancavasculitisnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
AI analysis of clinicians’ notes in medical records helps identify AAV
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Happy 1-year anniversary today @bsky.app!
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
February 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Happy 1-year anniversary today @bsky.app!
New paper alert!
Here, we analyzed monocytes and macrophages across three compartments in PMR patients, circulation, bursa fluid and bursa tissue. Our findings revealed a complex cytokine network that drives the development of pro-inflammatory macrophages.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here, we analyzed monocytes and macrophages across three compartments in PMR patients, circulation, bursa fluid and bursa tissue. Our findings revealed a complex cytokine network that drives the development of pro-inflammatory macrophages.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
GM-CSF drives IL-6 production by macrophages in polymyalgia rheumatica
Insight into the immunopathology of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is scarce and mainly derived from peripheral blood studies. The limited data availabl…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New paper alert!
Here, we analyzed monocytes and macrophages across three compartments in PMR patients, circulation, bursa fluid and bursa tissue. Our findings revealed a complex cytokine network that drives the development of pro-inflammatory macrophages.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here, we analyzed monocytes and macrophages across three compartments in PMR patients, circulation, bursa fluid and bursa tissue. Our findings revealed a complex cytokine network that drives the development of pro-inflammatory macrophages.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are excited to announce the upcoming thesis defense of Shuang Xu !
On February 12th 11 am, Shuang Xu aka Lia, will defend her excellent work on fibroblast diversity and function in giant cell arteritis. If you are interested in learning more, here thesis is available here: bit.ly/3EexTtU
On February 12th 11 am, Shuang Xu aka Lia, will defend her excellent work on fibroblast diversity and function in giant cell arteritis. If you are interested in learning more, here thesis is available here: bit.ly/3EexTtU
February 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We are excited to announce the upcoming thesis defense of Shuang Xu !
On February 12th 11 am, Shuang Xu aka Lia, will defend her excellent work on fibroblast diversity and function in giant cell arteritis. If you are interested in learning more, here thesis is available here: bit.ly/3EexTtU
On February 12th 11 am, Shuang Xu aka Lia, will defend her excellent work on fibroblast diversity and function in giant cell arteritis. If you are interested in learning more, here thesis is available here: bit.ly/3EexTtU
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Examples like this are why I am optimistic about the huge potential for AI to dramatically improve healthcare and health outcomes.
New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Screening performance and characteristics of breast cancer detected in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a randomised, controlled, parallel-group, non-inferiority, ...
The findings suggest that AI contributes to the early detection of clinically relevant
breast cancer and reduces screen-reading workload without increasing false positives.
thelancet.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Examples like this are why I am optimistic about the huge potential for AI to dramatically improve healthcare and health outcomes.
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Our gut microbiome and its metabolites have key interactions with our immune response to cancer and success from cancer immunotherapy. Nice perspective @jclinical-invest.bsky.social www.jci.org/articles/vie...
February 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Our gut microbiome and its metabolites have key interactions with our immune response to cancer and success from cancer immunotherapy. Nice perspective @jclinical-invest.bsky.social www.jci.org/articles/vie...
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Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain β-amyloid plaque accumulation. The findings published in Nature Medicine suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may increase the risk of future Alzheimer’s diseas#Medskysky 🧪
Plasma proteomic evidence for increased β-amyloid pathology after SARS-CoV-2 infection - Nature Medicine
Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain β-amyloid plaque accumulation.
go.nature.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain β-amyloid plaque accumulation. The findings published in Nature Medicine suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may increase the risk of future Alzheimer’s diseas#Medskysky 🧪
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DeepSeek's open AI model is giving scientists worldwide the opportunity to train custom reasoning models designed to solve problems in their disciplines.
https://go.nature.com/4hxoRGD
https://go.nature.com/4hxoRGD
Scientists flock to DeepSeek: how they’re using the blockbuster AI model
Researchers are testing how well the open model can perform scientific tasks — in topics from mathematics to cognitive neuroscience.
go.nature.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
DeepSeek's open AI model is giving scientists worldwide the opportunity to train custom reasoning models designed to solve problems in their disciplines.
https://go.nature.com/4hxoRGD
https://go.nature.com/4hxoRGD
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Our op-ed @nytopinion.nytimes.com today addresses the surprising results of recent medical studies that showed A.I. alone outperformed physicians using A.I. W/@rajpurkar.bsky.social
Here is a summary Table, an overview, and a gift link to the op-ed
erictopol.substack.com/p/when-docto...
Here is a summary Table, an overview, and a gift link to the op-ed
erictopol.substack.com/p/when-docto...
When Doctors With A.I. Are Outperformed by A.I. Alone
Interpreting Some Surprising Results
erictopol.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Our op-ed @nytopinion.nytimes.com today addresses the surprising results of recent medical studies that showed A.I. alone outperformed physicians using A.I. W/@rajpurkar.bsky.social
Here is a summary Table, an overview, and a gift link to the op-ed
erictopol.substack.com/p/when-docto...
Here is a summary Table, an overview, and a gift link to the op-ed
erictopol.substack.com/p/when-docto...
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And it's out! The BIC lab presents our new perspective article on "Immune Control of Brain Physiology" - fresh off the press at
@natrevimmunol.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
wonderful synergy:
@marikovacs.bsky.social
@amaia-db.bsky.social
and @fakesamir.bsky.social
@natrevimmunol.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
wonderful synergy:
@marikovacs.bsky.social
@amaia-db.bsky.social
and @fakesamir.bsky.social
Immune control of brain physiology - Nature Reviews Immunology
The peripheral immune system communicates with the brain through diverse anatomical routes to shape brain physiology. Here we discuss why such diversity is needed and explore how these routes are leve...
nature.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
And it's out! The BIC lab presents our new perspective article on "Immune Control of Brain Physiology" - fresh off the press at
@natrevimmunol.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
wonderful synergy:
@marikovacs.bsky.social
@amaia-db.bsky.social
and @fakesamir.bsky.social
@natrevimmunol.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
wonderful synergy:
@marikovacs.bsky.social
@amaia-db.bsky.social
and @fakesamir.bsky.social
Our paper on deep phenotyping of B cells in PR3-ANCA+ GPA patients is now published!
doi.org/10.1093/cei/...
doi.org/10.1093/cei/...
Circulating B cells display differential immune regulatory molecule expression in granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Spectral flow cytometry uncovers a distinct B-cell composition profile in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). GPA patients have altered expression of F
doi.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our paper on deep phenotyping of B cells in PR3-ANCA+ GPA patients is now published!
doi.org/10.1093/cei/...
doi.org/10.1093/cei/...
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🌟 Join us! 🌟
We’re reaching out to vasculitis patients and clinicians to join us in the Technical Plausibility Testing of an AI Tool, which will take place throughout 2025.
Your expertise and insights can make a difference!
We’re reaching out to vasculitis patients and clinicians to join us in the Technical Plausibility Testing of an AI Tool, which will take place throughout 2025.
Your expertise and insights can make a difference!
January 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🌟 Join us! 🌟
We’re reaching out to vasculitis patients and clinicians to join us in the Technical Plausibility Testing of an AI Tool, which will take place throughout 2025.
Your expertise and insights can make a difference!
We’re reaching out to vasculitis patients and clinicians to join us in the Technical Plausibility Testing of an AI Tool, which will take place throughout 2025.
Your expertise and insights can make a difference!
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Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Immunogenicity of ABBV-154 in Adults With Glucocorticoid-Dependent Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39866124
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39866124
January 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Immunogenicity of ABBV-154 in Adults With Glucocorticoid-Dependent Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39866124
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39866124
This is the first post from the Vasculitis Expertise Center Groningen on Bluesky! Here, we’ll share updates on our research and teaching activities, as well as insights into vasculitis management and pathogenesis. #vasculitis #translational-research #immunology
January 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the first post from the Vasculitis Expertise Center Groningen on Bluesky! Here, we’ll share updates on our research and teaching activities, as well as insights into vasculitis management and pathogenesis. #vasculitis #translational-research #immunology