{"title":"Neuro-immune ChATing protects the heart","authors":"Teresa Gerhardt, Cameron S. McAlpine","doi":"10.1016/j.immuni.2025.06.007","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Autonomic imbalance is central to heart failure (HF), but the mechanistic impact of parasympathetic withdrawal has remained unclear. Li, Zhang, Li, et al. demonstrate that targeted optogenetic stimulation of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)-expressing neurons in the dorsal vagal motor nucleus (DVMN) protects against HF by reprogramming inflammatory CCRL2<sup>+</sup> cardiac macrophages through nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7nAChR signaling.","PeriodicalId":13269,"journal":{"name":"Immunity","volume":"127 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Immunity","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2025.06.007","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"IMMUNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Autonomic imbalance is central to heart failure (HF), but the mechanistic impact of parasympathetic withdrawal has remained unclear. Li, Zhang, Li, et al. demonstrate that targeted optogenetic stimulation of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)-expressing neurons in the dorsal vagal motor nucleus (DVMN) protects against HF by reprogramming inflammatory CCRL2+ cardiac macrophages through nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7nAChR signaling.
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Immunity is a publication that focuses on publishing significant advancements in research related to immunology. We encourage the submission of studies that offer groundbreaking immunological discoveries, whether at the molecular, cellular, or whole organism level. Topics of interest encompass a wide range, such as cancer, infectious diseases, neuroimmunology, autoimmune diseases, allergies, mucosal immunity, metabolic diseases, and homeostasis.