A study in Nature Medicine identified tissue-specific signs of aging and then paired it with transcriptomic data from blood to develop aging clocks that reflect tissue structural integrity and organ-level physiological fitness in health and disease. go.nature.com/4zthv0F #medsky 🧪

Virus-specific resident memory T cell networks sustain immunity in human oral mucosa in this work from @johannastrobl.bsky.social at @meduniwien.ac.at www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S193...

Happy to share our study detecting a multitude of virus-specific resident T cells in oral mucosa - and the communication networks keeping them there! 👅

MedUni Wien@meduniwien.ac.at · 3mo ago

How does our body protect itself against viruses in the long term? 🦠 Researchers at #MedUniVienna found that specialised memory cells in the #oralmucosa remain active after infection and may help protect against future #viralinfections. ⬇️ 📰 @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social #Immunology​

Has the #AlongshanVirus really circulated in Central Europe for decades❓️ Researchers detected the #tick-borne virus in Austria for the first time. Genetic analyses show it circulated in Central Europe for 20+ years, with @aberlejudith.bsky.social​ as study head. ⬇️ 📰 @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social​​

Alongshan virus detected in Austria for the first time

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Herzliche Gratulation👏 @johannastrobl.bsky.social​ von der Universitätsklinik für #Dermatologie der #MedUniWien wurde mit dem erstmals vergebenen Gerold Stanek Preis ausgezeichnet. Der Preis würdigt wissenschaftliche Leistungen junger Forscher:innen im Bereich zeckenübertragener Erkrankungen. ⬇️

Johanna Strobl erhält erstmals vergebenen Gerold Stanek Preis

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Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. A Primer in Nature Reviews Disease Primers summarizes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme borreliosis. go.nature.com/47WV1sG #medsky 🧪

How do #ticks manipulate the human #immunesystem in order to introduce pathogens? A team led by #MedUniVienna shows that tick saliva alters skin immune responses, helping transmit #BorreliaBurgdorferi - the cause of #LymeDisease. 🗞️ @natcomms.nature.com​

Tick saliva alters immune response of skin cells

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Our new study on Tick bites & Lyme disease!

CeMM@cemm.oeaw.ac.at · 9mo ago

🦠 A study led by Adjunct PI Georg Stary & team at CeMM & @meduniwien.ac.at shows how Ixodes ricinus tick saliva reprograms skin immunity, facilitating the transmission of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi. ➡️ Read more: https://bit.ly/48pHoBD 📄 Publication: https://go.nature.com/4pGJ2Gb

🕷️ How could #tick saliva help treat inflammatory diseases? A team from #MedUniVienna reviews new findings on how bioactive molecules in tick saliva modulate the immune system. Their work reveals potential for innovative therapies beyond disease transmission. ⤵

How tick saliva could help treat inflammatory diseases

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Over half of patients develop oral mucositis after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, leading to high morbidity. We found correlations to pre-transplant dental health status 🦷 doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... @meduniwien.ac.at @isctglobal.bsky.social

Check out our review paper on tick‘ tricks, the fascinating properties of tick saliva: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Frontiers | Ticks’ tricks: immunomodulatory effects of ixodid tick saliva at the cutaneous tick-host interface

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Out now: our report on self-induced silver deposition/„blue man syndrome“ (agyria) 😨 Illustrating the dangers of unguided alternative medical treatment! doi.org/10.1111/ddg....

Happy to share our human cutaneous T cell lymphoma atlas published last week in Nature Immunology 🎉@natureportfolio.bsky.social @mhaniffa.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma atlas reveals malignant TH2 cells supported by a B cell-rich tumor microenvironment - Nature Immunology

Haniffa and colleagues provide diagnostic aids, potential biomarkers for disease staging and therapeutic strategies for cutaneous T cell lymphoma.

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