Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "MDSCs at the Vaginal Mucosa." Join Agnes Garcias Lopez and Marion Brunck as they discuss Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs) within the vaginal mucosa with Dr. Meritxell Genescà at Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca in Barcelona, Spain.

Plus, catch the latest Medical Mystery with Ashu Mangalam.

Also, join Kathryn Knoop in the Authors Corner with Drs. Megan Baldridge and Harshad Ingle, as they discuss their latest work in MI: https://www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-0219(25)00138-2/fulltext

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This episode includes more discussions from the Autumn Immunology 2025 Conference 2025 conference. KathrynKnoop sits down with Drs.  Caroline Sokol and Stephanie Eisenbarth to discuss food and skin sensitization. Also, hear from Drs. Calum Bain and Lizi Hegarty on their recent publication "Tissue resident colonic macrophages persist through acute inflammation and adapt to aid tissue repair" published in Mucosal Immunology. 

Episode 12 "Allergy from AIC, part 1". Coming to you from the Autumn Immunology Conference, this episode includes discussions from Dr. Ian Lewkowich, program director of the AIC 2025 conference, and a discussion about food allergy and oral tolerance with Drs. Cathryn Nagler and Chrysothemis Brown. Also, hear from Dr. Ashley Moseman on Viral destruction of the olfactory mucosa elicitsimmune residence, bone metaplasia, and long-term smell loss - MucosalImmunology published in Mucosal Immunology. 

Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Microbial Dysbiosis and Multiple Sclerosis," featuring Dr. Ashu Mangalam, from University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.

Find Microbiota promote enhanced CD39 expression in γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes through the activation of TCR and IL-15 signaling - Mucosal Immunology online now.

You can also find Ashu Mangalam's work at Multiple sclerosis patients exhibit oral dysbiosis with decreased early colonizers and lower hypotaurine level | npj Biofilms and Microbiomes and Specific microbial ratio in the gut microbiome is associated with multiple sclerosis | PNAS.

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Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "At the placenta," featuring Dr. Liza Konnikova, from Yale University - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.

Read the latest work from Liza Konnikova's group: Spatial single-cell analysis identifies placental villi structuraland immune remodeling across gestation - Mucosal Immunology

Also mentioned in the episode: Innate immunity of the gut epithelium: Blowing in the WNT? - Mucosal Immunology and Memory T cell formation and phenotype varies across intestinal compartments - Mucosal Immunology  

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Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Hemostatic factors and inflammation in the oral mucosa," featuring Dr. Lakmali Silva, from Harvard Medical School - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.

Check out the highlighted Mucosal Immunology research: RSV infection in neonatal mice and gastrointestinal microbiome alteration contribute to allergic predisposition - Mucosal Immunology.

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You can find Lakmali Silva's recent work here: Fibrin is a critical regulator of neutrophil effector function at the oral mucosal barrier | Science

Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Timing Exposure to Microbes," featuring Dr. Michael Silverman, from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.

Read Dr. Silverman's latest work: Microbial succession at weaning is guided by microbial metabolism of host glycans | bioRxiv

Check out the latest MI Review, "Living on the Edge": Living on the edge: Mucus-associated microbes in the colon - Mucosal Immunology

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Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Intestinal health from infancy to old age," featuring Dr. Melody Zeng, from Weill Cornell Medicine - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.

Read Dr. Melody Zeng's latest work: Lifelong partners: Gut microbiota-immune cell interactions from infancy to old age.

Check the latest Mucosal Immunology Research: Current Issue Table of Contents: Mucosal Immunology.

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Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Inflammasomes and Tuft Cells," featuring Dr. Isabella Rauch, from Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.

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Read Dr. Isabella Rauch's latest work: Enteric tuft cell inflammasome activation drives NKp46+ILC3 IL22 via PGD2 and inhibits Salmonella | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press.

Check the latest Mucosal Immunology Research: Current Issue Table of Contents: Mucosal Immunology.

Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Immunity to respiratory viruses," featuring Dr. Priyadharshini Devarajan, from Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.

Send answers and comments to: [email protected], and check out Dr. Devarajan's research here.