Lyle McKinnon
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Lyle McKinnon
@sijuiwhatwhat.bsky.social
Mucosal Immunology researcher based at University of Manitoba in Canada. Lab focused on HIV, HPV, & other STIs. Work in Kenya, Uganda & wherever!
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Expansion of genital Tregs reduces neutrophil influx and maintains mucosal barrier integrity during inflammatory bacteria challenge in this work from Lyle McKinnon @sijuiwhatwhat.bsky.social and colleagues
www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...
September 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Integrin α4ꞵ7 as a predictor of HIV acquisition: One thread in a complex tapestry: buff.ly/2B0tUne

Tosin E. Omole & @sijuiwhatwhat.bsky.social provide a Commentary on Kawthar Machmach et al. buff.ly/CuRieKh
August 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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As promised, a 'skeet' -orial on our paper published last week !
April 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Can’t find delta airlines on here, but if I could I would tag them & say hey, look at this!
January 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our recent work on a4b7 & HIV risk in heterosexual men & women from South Africa, Kenya & Uganda. Congrats to my student @TosinOmole2 who led this massive effort & thanks to Glenda & Jai & teams for access to great cohorts! academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Pre-HIV α4β7hi CD4+ T cells and HIV risk among heterosexual individuals in Africa
CD4+ T cells that express the gut homing integrin α4β7 are more readily infected by HIV, but as predictors of HIV acquisition, associations differ by cohor
academic.oup.com
December 25, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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Always a tough call at @science.org what to name the Breakthrough of the Year. But as someone interested in infectious diseases and living with HIV, this is truly a remarkable breakthrough.
We now have yet another amazing tool to stop new HIV infections. We need to use them all!
🧪 #IDsky #HIVsky
Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months.

Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn
December 12, 2024 at 7:49 PM
How does this thing work?
November 21, 2024 at 12:42 AM