Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02162-2
Grace E. Quirk, Marta V. Schoenle, Kameron L. Peyton, Jennifer L. Uhrlaub, Branden Lau, Chieh-Yu Liang, Jefferey L. Burgess, Katherine Ellingson, Shawn Beitel, James Romine, Karen Lutrick, Ashley Fowlkes, Amadea Britton, Harmony L. Tyner, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, Allison Naleway, Manjusha Gaglani, Sarang Yoon, Laura J. Edwards, Lauren Olsho, Michael Dake, Riccardo Valdez, Aubree Gordon, Michael S. Diamond, Bonnie J. LaFleur, Janko Ž. Nikolich, Ryan Sprissler, Michael Worobey, Deepta Bhattacharya
{"title":"Intrinsic immunogenicity is a major determinant of type-specific responses in SARS-CoV-2 infections","authors":"Grace E. Quirk, Marta V. Schoenle, Kameron L. Peyton, Jennifer L. Uhrlaub, Branden Lau, Chieh-Yu Liang, Jefferey L. Burgess, Katherine Ellingson, Shawn Beitel, James Romine, Karen Lutrick, Ashley Fowlkes, Amadea Britton, Harmony L. Tyner, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, Allison Naleway, Manjusha Gaglani, Sarang Yoon, Laura J. Edwards, Lauren Olsho, Michael Dake, Riccardo Valdez, Aubree Gordon, Michael S. Diamond, Bonnie J. LaFleur, Janko Ž. Nikolich, Ryan Sprissler, Michael Worobey, Deepta Bhattacharya","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02162-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02162-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Few type-specific antibodies that recognize drifted epitopes are made during post-vaccination exposures to SARS-CoV-2 variants<sup>1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12</sup>, perhaps due to suppression by previous immunity. We compared type-specific B cell responses in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals with Delta and Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 variant infections. For both Delta, which is antigenically similar to the vaccine strain, and the more distant BA.1 variant, neutralizing antibodies were greater in post-vaccination variant infections than in primary variant infections. Delta type-specific memory B cells were reduced in post-vaccination Delta infections relative to primary variant infections. Yet some drifted epitopes in the Delta variant elicited minimal responses even in primary infections. For BA.1 infections, type-specific antibodies and memory B cells were mostly undetectable, irrespective of previous immunity. Thus, poor intrinsic antigenicity of drifted epitopes in Delta and BA.1 infections superseded the impact of previous immunity. Enhancing the immunogenicity of vaccine antigens may promote type-specific responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144145520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02165-z
{"title":"Location matters: defining the architecture of the bronchial wall in health and asthma","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02165-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02165-z","url":null,"abstract":"Using spatial single-cell transcriptomics of human lung biopsies, we mapped cellular interactions at the airway wall in health and asthma. We identified specialized cellular communities marked by high levels of chemokine and alarmin expression. These cellular hubs likely have a crucial role in immune cell training and become dysregulated in asthma.","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144137159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02168-w
Matthew Gagne, Daniel C. Douek, Robert A. Seder
{"title":"Immunological duet between CD4+ T cells and B cells in the lung following an intranasal protein boost","authors":"Matthew Gagne, Daniel C. Douek, Robert A. Seder","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02168-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02168-w","url":null,"abstract":"Mucosal vaccines can enhance protection against respiratory viruses. This study describes the immune mechanisms by which intranasal boosting with an unadjuvanted protein increases both B cell immunity and protection in a mouse model of SARS-CoV-2.","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144122799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02163-1
Bokai Zhu, Sheng Gao, Shuxiao Chen, Yuchen Wang, Jason Yeung, Yunhao Bai, Amy Y. Huang, Yao Yu Yeo, Guanrui Liao, Shulin Mao, Zhenghui G. Jiang, Scott J. Rodig, Ka-Chun Wong, Alex K. Shalek, Garry P. Nolan, Sizun Jiang, Zongming Ma
{"title":"CellLENS enables cross-domain information fusion for enhanced cell population delineation in single-cell spatial omics data","authors":"Bokai Zhu, Sheng Gao, Shuxiao Chen, Yuchen Wang, Jason Yeung, Yunhao Bai, Amy Y. Huang, Yao Yu Yeo, Guanrui Liao, Shulin Mao, Zhenghui G. Jiang, Scott J. Rodig, Ka-Chun Wong, Alex K. Shalek, Garry P. Nolan, Sizun Jiang, Zongming Ma","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02163-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02163-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Delineating cell populations is crucial for understanding immune function in health and disease. Spatial omics technologies offer insights by capturing three complementary domains: single-cell molecular biomarker expression, cellular spatial relationships and tissue architecture. However, current computational methods often fail to fully integrate these multidimensional data, particularly for immune cell populations and intrinsic functional states. We introduce Cell Local Environment and Neighborhood Scan (CellLENS), a self-supervised computational method that learns cellular representations by fusing information across three spatial omics domains (expression, neighborhood and image). CellLENS markedly enhances de novo discovery of biologically relevant immune cell populations at fine granularity by integrating individual cells’ molecular profiles with their neighborhood context and tissue localization. By applying CellLENS to diverse spatial proteomic and transcriptomic datasets across multiple tissue types and disease settings, we uncover unique immune cell populations functionally stratified according to their spatial contexts. Our work demonstrates the power of multi-domain data integration in spatial omics to reveal insights into immune cell heterogeneity and tissue-specific functions.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144113738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02170-2
Jennifer Tisoncik-Go, Michael Gale
{"title":"Enhanced antiviral innate immunity supports the bat reservoir of Marburg virus","authors":"Jennifer Tisoncik-Go, Michael Gale","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02170-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02170-2","url":null,"abstract":"Basal innate immunity with enhanced innate immune activation and response in a bat reservoir of Marburg virus underlies viral tolerance and zoonotic potential.","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144103990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02161-3
Régis Joulia, Sara Patti, William J. Traves, Lola Loewenthal, Laura Yates, Simone A. Walker, Franz Puttur, May Al-Sahaf, Katherine N. Cahill, Juying Lai, Salman Siddiqui, Joshua A. Boyce, Elliot Israel, Clare M. Lloyd
{"title":"A single-cell spatial chart of the airway wall reveals proinflammatory cellular ecosystems and their interactions in health and asthma","authors":"Régis Joulia, Sara Patti, William J. Traves, Lola Loewenthal, Laura Yates, Simone A. Walker, Franz Puttur, May Al-Sahaf, Katherine N. Cahill, Juying Lai, Salman Siddiqui, Joshua A. Boyce, Elliot Israel, Clare M. Lloyd","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02161-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02161-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Determining spatial location of cells within tissues gives vital insight into the interactions between resident and inflammatory cells and is a critical factor for uncoupling the mechanisms driving disease. Here, we apply single-cell spatial transcriptomics to reveal the airway wall landscape in health and during asthma. We identified proinflammatory cellular ecosystems that exist within discrete spatial niches in healthy and asthma samples. These cellular hubs are characterized by a high level of chemokine and alarmin expression, along with unique combinations of stromal cells. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that receptors, such as ACKR1, retain immune mediators locally, while amphiregulin-expressing mast cells are prominent within these proinflammatory hubs. Despite anti-inflammatory treatments, the asthma airway mucosa exhibited a distinct remodeling program within these cellular ecosystems, marked by increased proximity between key cell types. This study provides an unprecedented view of the topography of the airway wall, revealing distinct, specific ecosystems within spatial niches to target for therapeutic intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144103991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02150-6
Nathalie Stakenborg, Maria Francesca Viola, Guy Boeckxstaens
{"title":"Intestinal neuron-associated macrophages in health and disease","authors":"Nathalie Stakenborg, Maria Francesca Viola, Guy Boeckxstaens","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02150-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02150-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Neuron–macrophage cross-talk in the intestine plays a crucial role in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis and the modulation of immune responses throughout life. Here, we describe how gut neuron–macrophage interactions shift macrophage phenotype and function from early development to adulthood and how this cross-talk modulates the macrophage function in response to infection and inflammation. We highlight how a neural microenvironment instructs a neuron-associated macrophage phenotype in the gut and show that their phenotype may resemble nerve-associated macrophages in other organs. Finally, we note that the loss of neuron-associated macrophages or a shift in their phenotype can contribute to enteric neurodegeneration in the gastrointestinal tract, causing gut motility disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"134 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02152-4
Shaofeng Liu, Chunxing Zheng, Robert Nechanitzky, Ping Luo, Parameswaran Ramachandran, Dat Nguyen, Andrew J. Elia, Soode Moghadas Jafari, Rhoda Law, Bryan E. Snow, Andrew C. Wakeham, Thorsten Berger, Hui Chen, Kyle T. Gill, Ryan Mcwilliam, Jerome Fortin, Nastaran Fazel Modares, Mary E. Saunders, Kiichi Murakami, Yangmin Qiu, Zhiwei You, Mahmood Mohtashami, Hai Qi, Pamela S. Ohashi, Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, Tak W. Mak
{"title":"Cholinergic regulation of thymocyte negative selection","authors":"Shaofeng Liu, Chunxing Zheng, Robert Nechanitzky, Ping Luo, Parameswaran Ramachandran, Dat Nguyen, Andrew J. Elia, Soode Moghadas Jafari, Rhoda Law, Bryan E. Snow, Andrew C. Wakeham, Thorsten Berger, Hui Chen, Kyle T. Gill, Ryan Mcwilliam, Jerome Fortin, Nastaran Fazel Modares, Mary E. Saunders, Kiichi Murakami, Yangmin Qiu, Zhiwei You, Mahmood Mohtashami, Hai Qi, Pamela S. Ohashi, Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, Tak W. Mak","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02152-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02152-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The immune and nervous systems use a common chemical language for communication, namely, the cholinergic signaling involving acetylcholine (ACh) and its receptors (AChRs). Whether and how this language also regulates the development of the immune system is poorly understood. Here, we show that mouse CD4<sup>+</sup>CD8<sup>+</sup> double-positive thymocytes express high levels of α9 nicotinic AChR (nAChR) and that this receptor controls thymic negative selection. α9 nAChR-deficient mice show an altered T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire and reduced CD4<sup>+</sup> and CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells in a mixed bone marrow chimera setting. α9 nAChR-mediated signaling regulates TCR strength and thymocyte survival. Thymic tuft cells, B cells and some T cells express choline acetyltransferase and are potential ACh sources, with ACh derived from T cells having the most important role. Furthermore, α9 nAChR deficiency during thymocyte development contributes to the altered development of autoimmune diseases in mice. Our results thus reveal a mechanism controlling immune cell development that involves cholinergic signaling.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02155-1
Max J. Kellner, Vanessa M. Monteil, Patrick Zelger, Gang Pei, Jie Jiao, Masahiro Onji, Komal Nayak, Matthias Zilbauer, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Anca Dorhoi, Ali Mirazimi, Josef M. Penninger
{"title":"Bat organoids reveal antiviral responses at epithelial surfaces","authors":"Max J. Kellner, Vanessa M. Monteil, Patrick Zelger, Gang Pei, Jie Jiao, Masahiro Onji, Komal Nayak, Matthias Zilbauer, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Anca Dorhoi, Ali Mirazimi, Josef M. Penninger","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02155-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02155-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bats can host viruses of pandemic concern without developing disease. The mechanisms underlying their exceptional resilience to viral infections are largely unresolved, necessitating the development of physiologically relevant and genetically tractable research models. Here, we developed respiratory and intestinal organoids that recapitulated the cellular diversity of the in vivo epithelium present in <i>Rousettus aegyptiacus</i>, the natural reservoir for the highly pathogenic Marburg virus (MARV). In contrast to human counterparts, bat organoids and mucosal tissue exhibited elevated constitutive expression of innate immune effectors, including type I interferon-ε (IFNε) and IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). Upon infection with diverse zoonotic viruses, including MARV, bat organoids strongly induced type I and III IFN responses, which conferred robust antiviral protection. Type III IFNλ3 additionally displayed virus-independent self-amplification, acting as an ISG to enhance antiviral immunity. Our organoid platform reveals key features of bat epithelial antiviral immunity that may inform therapeutic strategies for viral disease resilience.</p>","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature ImmunologyPub Date : 2025-05-19DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02169-9
Yupeng Feng, Bali Pulendran
{"title":"Antibiotics, microbiota and the calibration of infant vaccine responses","authors":"Yupeng Feng, Bali Pulendran","doi":"10.1038/s41590-025-02169-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02169-9","url":null,"abstract":"Antibiotic exposure in early life disrupts the infant microbiome, dampens vaccine responses and alters immune programming. Restoring Bifidobacterium may offer a microbiota-targeted strategy to enhance vaccine efficacy in vulnerable populations.","PeriodicalId":19032,"journal":{"name":"Nature Immunology","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144088135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}