Publications

Influenza viruses are a major global cause of morbidity and mortality. Although vagal TRPV1 nociceptive sensory neurons are known to mediate defenses against harmful agents, including pathogens, their function in lung antiviral defenses remains unclear...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive motor neuron loss, microgliosis, and neuroinflammation. While pyroptosis, an inflammatory form of programmed cell death, has been implicated in ALS, the...

It is increasingly clear that the nervous system and immune system share a common molecular dialogue for intersystem communication. One of the key mechanisms of this communication is via neurotransmitters and neuropeptides. Diverse neuronal subtypes...

Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) is an arbovirus that historically caused large outbreaks of encephalitis throughout the Americas. WEEV binds protocadherin 10 (PCDH10) as a receptor, and highly virulent ancestral WEEV strains also bind low-density...

Infections after psychological stress are a major health care problem. Single-cell transcriptomics and lipidomic profiling in a mouse model of stress show that dermal fibroblasts undergoing adipogenesis have defective responses to Staphylococcus aureus sk...

Neuroimmune interactions-signals transmitted between immune and brain cells-regulate many aspects of tissue physiology¹, including responses to psychological stress^2-5, which can predispose individuals to develop neuropsychiatric diseases^6-9. Still, the...

Our understanding of the meningeal immune system has recently burgeoned, particularly regarding how innate and adaptive effector cells are mobilized to meet brain challenges. However, information on how meningeal immunocytes guard brain homeostasis in...

The nervous system, like the immune system, constantly interfaces with the environment, encountering threats, including pathogens. Recent discoveries reveal an emerging role for sensory neurons in host defense and immunity. Sensory neurons detect...

Visceral pain is a major clinical problem and one of the most common reasons patients with gastrointestinal disorders seek medical help. Peripheral sensory neurons that innervate the gut can detect noxious stimuli and send signals to the central nervous...

Interactions between the nervous system and the immune system play crucial roles in initiating and directing the type 2 immune response. Sensory neurons can initiate innate and adaptive type 2 immunity through their ability to detect allergens and promote...

The balance between T helper type 1 (T_H1) cells and other T_H cells is critical for antiviral and anti-tumour responses^1-3, but how this balance is achieved remains poorly understood. Here we dissected the dynamic regulation of T_H1 cell differentiation...