Larissa Frank

@larissafrank.bsky.social

Immunologist and Macrophage plus Barcoding enthusiast 🧬 @UniHeidelberg and @DKFZ

'In this review, we discuss the communication between mast cells and neurons in host-protective avoidance behavior and expulsion reflexes and present a concept of mast cells as converters of signals from IgE and other stimuli into organ-specific or systemic reflexes.' #Immunology #Neuroimmunology

Beyond classical immunity: Mast cells as signal converters between tissues and neurons

Mast cells act as “signal converters,” translating immunological and tissue signals into host-protective behaviors. They sense antigen and possibly toxins driving avoidance behavior, which can prevent...

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🎉 Next preprint on its way! #Polylox #barcoding + computational modelling meets #macrophage #development! We used 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐱 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 to trace thousands of embryonic progenitor clones and map their development into tissue-specific macrophages. Happy reading! doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Holistic genetic barcoding reveals a lineage tree of tissue macrophage development

Tissue macrophages are crucial for organ development and homeostasis, yet the developmental routes leading to tissue macrophages remain controversial. By combining unbiased Polylox barcoding with comp...

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Let the new spatial barcoding era begin! 🚨𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞! New preprint by my colleague @dpostrach.bsky.social: 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐞 uses 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝟓𝟏𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮 as they grow, expand and travel.
And cheap readout using IBEX. Can't wait to see all the fields that will profit from this tool!

bioRxiv Developmental Biology@biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 2y ago

Polytope: High-resolution epitope barcoding for in vivo spatial fate-mapping https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.20.624484v1