{"title":"Building a thriving immunology community in Chile.","authors":"Maria Rosa Bono, Fabiola Osorio","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The field of immunology in Chile has evolved remarkably over the past few decades, from a nascent discipline to a dynamic and rapidly developing community with significant international visibility. In this commentary, we, Fabiola Osorio and María Rosa Bono, offer personal reflections on the challenges and opportunities facing Chile's immunology community. As researchers who both returned to Chile after extensive training abroad, we have seen the dynamic nature of the Immunology field within our country. Our opinions also arise from our experiences as past presidents of the Chilean Association of Immunology (ASOCHIN; 2016-2019 MRB; 2019-2021 FO), the main scientific society congregating immunology researchers in Chile, where we have witnessed firsthand the growth of the local immunological community. Our testimonies and those of our colleagues highlight the resilience, creativity and collaborative spirit that have allowed Chile to carve out its place in global immunology.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144075010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicolas Valentini, Christopher J Requejo Cier, Caroline Lamarche
{"title":"Highlights of 2024: Tregs immunometabolism and how to counter inflammatory niches.","authors":"Nicolas Valentini, Christopher J Requejo Cier, Caroline Lamarche","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this article for the Highlights of 2024 Series, we discuss recent discoveries in Treg immunometabolism, which reveal how inflammatory niches alter Treg fate and function through distinct metabolic cues. Key findings include IL-21-driven mitochondrial dysfunction, lactate-enhanced OXPHOS via MGAT1, sphingolipid-dependent Treg differentiation in tumors, ferroptosis susceptibility under high-fat diets, and sex-specific adipose Treg subsets modulating glucose homeostasis. Together, these insights highlight potential metabolic targets to restore Treg function in inflammatory diseases and cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143956632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are single nucleotide polymorphisms underutilized for guiding treatment of inflammatory bowel disease?","authors":"Jildou van der Werf, Nicholas Ian Fleming","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and IBD unclassified (IBDU), significantly impacts quality of life. Despite significant advances in the management of the conditions, responses to treatments vary greatly, and this is due partly to our natural genetic variation. Here we will review the evidence for whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have the potential to guide treatment decisions for people with IBD. We will first consider SNPs that exhibit strong associations with IBD pathogenesis and their relevance to epithelial barrier integrity, cytokine production, and immune system function. Then, we will cover those SNPs implicated in altering response to our various current IBD therapeutics, including the recently implemented drugs ustekinumab and tofacitinib. Finally, we will explore lesser-known SNPs that exhibit complex relationships with the disease and which may be undervalued as pharmacogenetic tools. Overall, it will be demonstrated that SNPs associated with IBD pathology are largely distinct from those predicting response to treatments and that new discoveries of clinically useful tools can be expected from therapy-focused investigations. Given the growing list of treatments available, we argue that beneficial personalization of treatments based on SNPs is still underutilized.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143958530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isabella McEwan, Shannon Thomson, Jasmeen K Issar, Caitlin A Finney
{"title":"Highlights of 2024: Beyond lipids: immune dysfunction in APOE4-associated Alzheimer's disease.","authors":"Isabella McEwan, Shannon Thomson, Jasmeen K Issar, Caitlin A Finney","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this article for the \"Highlights of 2024\" Series, we discuss findings by our group and others that the Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk genetic variant apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE4) is associated with peripheral immune dysregulation and chronic inflammation. We hypothesize that this leads to AD development via proinflammatory immune cells attacking the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to weaken it. Immune cells then infiltrate into the brain where they interact with brain cells to drive neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and AD pathology.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143958817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Highlights of 2024: The rising role of age-associated B cells in autoimmune diseases.","authors":"Adrian Ys Lee, Joanne H Reed","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this Research Highlight, we explore 5 influential basic and translational articles published in 2024 that shed light on the biology of age-associated B cells (ABCs) and their emerging role in autoimmunity.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143955107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The tall tale of research and success.","authors":"Ajitha Thanabalasuriar","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The path to becoming an academic researcher is winding. The trajectories and landscapes of academic success may mean many different things to each of us. There is no clear or direct path anymore. Here, I share with you my journey, giving important insights I have gathered over the years, defining what parts of this career make it worthwhile.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143958894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael James Flaman, KimAnh Trang Pioli, Peter Dion Pioli
{"title":"Highlights of 2024: New insights into the molecular regulation of antibody-secreting cells and their subsets.","authors":"Michael James Flaman, KimAnh Trang Pioli, Peter Dion Pioli","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Collectively, 2024 has significantly increased the wealth of knowledge regarding antibody-secreting cell heterogeneity in health and disease. This 'Highlights of 2024' article discusses key studies contributing to the understanding of how tissue residency and disease state influence the transcriptional programming of antibody-secreting cell phenotypes.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143961483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aristeidis Roubanis, Morgane Hilaire, Morgane Le Teuff, Odile Devergne, Tim Sparwasser, Luciana Berod, Benoît L Salomon
{"title":"A new method to measure cell metabolism of rare cells in vivo reveals a high oxidative phosphorylation dependence of lung T cells.","authors":"Aristeidis Roubanis, Morgane Hilaire, Morgane Le Teuff, Odile Devergne, Tim Sparwasser, Luciana Berod, Benoît L Salomon","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Regulation of cellular metabolism is a central element governing the fate and function of T cells. However, the in vivo metabolic characteristics of rare cells, such as nonlymphoid tissue T cells, are poorly understood because of experimental limitations. Most techniques measuring cell metabolism require large cell numbers. The recent SCENITH method allows for studying the metabolism of rare cells by flow cytometry. However, this technique requires cells to be isolated and cultured ex vivo, which may alter their metabolism. Here, we propose a new experimental approach, called in vivo SCENITH, to investigate the cellular metabolism of T cells in vivo at a steady state in the spleen and lungs. For this purpose, we administered the metabolic modulators directly in mice, instead of applying these reagents ex vivo, as in the classical SCENITH method. Whereas ex vivo manipulation impacted the viability and phenotype of T cells, this toxic effect was not observed in the in vivo SCENITH. We observed that conventional and regulatory T cells shared similar metabolic profiles. Importantly, whereas spleen T cells used both oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis, the metabolism of T cells in the lungs was mainly based on oxidative phosphorylation. Finally, metabolic inhibitors that interfere with protein translation and energy availability downregulated Foxp3 expression in regulatory T cells. These results describe an expansion of SCENITH that allows to measure the metabolic profile of rare cells in vivo, revealing a high dependence on oxidative phosphorylation of lung T cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143958590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel Elizabeth Jackson, Georgia Miller, Rachel Weild, Svetlana Atlavina, Frances Aylward, Elizabeth Harris, Richard Hayward, Camilla Godlee
{"title":"Touching the invisible: exploring intracellular host-pathogen interactions through multisensory art.","authors":"Rachel Elizabeth Jackson, Georgia Miller, Rachel Weild, Svetlana Atlavina, Frances Aylward, Elizabeth Harris, Richard Hayward, Camilla Godlee","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The microscopic world of intracellular bacteria is rarely communicated to non-scientists. By participating in the Sensory Science Exhibition, held at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge as part of the Cambridge Festival, we sought to address this problem by creating a 3D mammalian cell with model bacteria, including Salmonella enterica, Chlamydia trachomatis and Orientia tsutsugamushi. By hijacking eukaryotic host cellular machinery and avoiding detection, these bacteria orchestrate their survival and replication within host cells. This tactile display aimed to guide participants through key aspects of intracellular bacterial life cycles such as host cell entry, Salmonella type three secretion system (T3SS) protein secretion, O. tsutsugamushi trafficking along microtubules, and C. trachomatis replication within an inclusion. We summarize our experiences in this report. We hope our multisensory conceptualization of intracellular bacteria provided inclusive and easy-to-understand communication of complex science concepts to the general public with modalities also accessible to the low-vision and blind communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143954533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Highlights of 2024: The multifaceted roles of ILC3s in mucosal immunity and inflammation.","authors":"Xin Shen, Xianzhi Gao, Lie Wang","doi":"10.1111/imcb.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this article for the Highlights of 2024 Series, we discuss research on Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s), which revealed their complex roles in mucosal immunity and inflammation. ILC3s can migrate from the gut to the kidneys, contributing to renal fibrosis. Their functions are metabolically regulated, with proteins such as nucleophosmin 1 and Tox2 influencing oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis, respectively. ILC3s also express immune checkpoint molecules (e.g. cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 and programmed cell death1), which modulate inflammation. These findings highlight the tissue-specific roles of ILC3s and the need for targeted immunotherapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":179,"journal":{"name":"Immunology & Cell Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143952168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}