Jake Stevens
immunojake.bsky.social
Jake Stevens
@immunojake.bsky.social
University of Cincinnati MD/PhD student, M4 | PhD in Immunology
Studying newborn immunity to viral pneumonia | Future Pediatrician-Scientist
I'm so excited to see the future of this work and the studies that will hopefully pave the way for a therapeutic use!

Couldn't thank Hitesh Deshmukh, Erica Culberson, co-first author, and the rest of the lab and our collaborators enough for such a dream PhD story.
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When this axis is disrupted by exposure to antibiotics, newborns have immediate, and long-lasting, consequences for their adaptive pulmonary immune responses. The fact that we can also restore these responses and protection for newborns with exogenous supplementation of inosine is so exciting too.
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Important members of the microbiota, particularly Bifidobacterium, produce inosine, which is essential for NFIL3-dependent instruction of proper CD8+ T cell responses against influenza early in life.
June 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM