Microbial, Parasitic, and Fungal Immunology (MPF)

Adaptive Immune Responses to Microbial Infections

Immune Dynamics of Microbial Infections

Immune Responses to Systemic Infections

Immunometabolism During Infection

Late-breaking: Microbial, Parasitic, and Fungal Immunology

Microbial, Parasitic, and Fungal Innate Immunity

(461) Yeast antigens source modulates vaccine potency and immunity mediated by CD8⁺ T cells in CD4⁺ T cell-deficient hosts

(462) OXPHOS, NOT GLYCOLYSIS, PROMOTES THE SURVIVAL OF EFFECTOR Tc17 CELLS

(463) Assessment of Transcription Factors and Cytokines of CD4+ T Cells in beta2-Adrenergic Receptor Deficient Stressed Mice during Chlamydia Infection.

(464) Low-affinity CD8+ T cells drive cerebral malaria and redefine the afifnity-effector paradigm

(465) Schistocephalus solidus suppresses melanomacrophages, IgM+, and CD4+ cells but not IL-17 expression in threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

(466) Pharmacological Activation of STING attenuates the severity of schistosome immunopathology

(467) Monitoring antigen-specific T cell responses to B. burgdorferi

(468) Resident cDC2 subset drive CD4⁺ T-cell help-independent CD8+ T cell cross-priming for type 17-mediated fungal vaccine immunity

(469) T-bet–dependent CD4⁺ T cell effector programming is essential for chronic resistance to Toxoplasma gondii

(470) T-bet-deficient CD4+ T cells are sufficient for acute host resistance against Toxoplasma gondii

(471) Physical interactions of lung CD4 T cells and infected antigen-presenting cells mediate protection in tuberculosis

(472) Lactoferrin Supplementation Improves Neonatal Phagocyte Function in a Murine Model of E. coli Sepsis

(472) Trained ILC2 prevent IL-17-associated lung injury during helminth infection through a serotonin-dependent mechanism

(473) You are what you eat: Short-term western diet rewires neutrophil metabolism and enables Staphylococcus aureus to suppress NETosis.

(474) Investigating a TREM2-TLR2 axis mediating Staphylococcus aureus infection

(474) Preexisting helminth infection alters the metabolic state of tissue resident macrophages

(475) CD4+ and CD8+ T cell response to Bordetella pertussis in the peripheral blood of adults

(475) Immune responsiveness influences Staphylococcus aureus persistence via citrate metabolic flux during prosthetic joint infection

(476) Leveraging allelopathy for drug discovery: ocean phytoplankton metabolomes as anti-T. gondii drug candidates: a bioassay strategy

(476) The effect of a high fat diet on cardiac specific immune responses to K. pneumoniae

(478) Interstitial macrophages prevent tuberculosis relapse by restricting Mycobacterium tuberculosis immune evasion

(478) Viable but nonculturable Francisella tularensis is attenuated in a murine model

(479) All cells are immune cells: the impact of endothelial-T cell crosstalk on protective pulmonary immune responses

(480) Understanding the role of innate immunity in the lung pathogenesis of Mycobacterium abscessus infection.

(481) N. brasiliensis priming in three different inbred strains of mice provides protection to influenza A virus challenge in a strain dependent manner

(483) Detection of secretory vesicles linked to Schistocephalus solidus-mediated immunomodulation

(484) Converge and Contrast: Leishmania donovani’s Impacts on Uninfected Bystander Cells by Life Stage

(485) Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibits nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) activity via type 1 interferon production

(486) Neutrophil Reprogramming Fuels Immunosuppression in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infection

(487) Activation of formyl peptide receptor 2 enhances host defense against antifungal-resistant Candida glabrata

(488) Lysosomal permeabilization by Group A Streptococcus releases proteins into the macrophage cytosol

(489) Enhancement of anti-Group A Streptococcus oxidative burst response in macrophages by polarization

(490) NRF2 inhibition of alveolar macrophage MHC II expression during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

(491) Study of Mycoplasma pneumoniae CARDS Toxin in a lung fibroblast transfection model

(492) Characterizing Import of RNA Polymerase into a Phage Nucleus

(493) Periodontal Pathogen–Derived Phosphoglycerol Dihydroceramides Attenuate Piezo1-Mediated Mechanosensing in Macrophages

(494) Investing the Role of IFI35 on Cell Viability Following Bacterial and Viral Infection by means of a Novel Human IFI35 Knock Out Respiratory Cell Line

(495) Structural and biochemical analysis of anti-CRISPR protein AcrIIA26 for CRISPR-Cas9 inhibition

(530) Acute Babesia microti Infection Is Associated With Marked Changes In The Expression Of Peripheral Blood Coding And Noncoding RNA

(531) Differential spleen immune signatures and germinal center responses during acute infection with two clinical prevalent Orientia strains

(532) Distinct Immune Signatures are Associated with Exposure History in Human Malaria

(533) Discovery of immune biomarkers for detection of exposure to Anopheles stephensi, an invasive and highly competent Plasmodium falciparum malaria vector

(535) Activation-induced marker (AIM) assay to detect Chlamydia trachomatis-specific T cells in highly exposed women

(536) Development of novel mouse models to study Clec10a/Mgl2 dynamics in the setting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

(537) An antigen-agnostic approach to understanding antibody responses against blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum

(538) Identification of Coccidioides specific T cell clones and antigens in naturally exposed Pig-tailed Macaques and Valley fever patients

(539) Characterization and Functional Assessment of IB4-Fc (IgG) Fusion Proteins Targeting Trypanosoma cruzi Surface Glycoconjugates

(541) The inflammatory response and immune cell status following radiation exposure influence the host's susceptibility to new infections

(542) NOD1, but not NOD2, provides protection from systemic Listeria monocytogenes infection.

(543) Modeling Infection-Associated Chronic Illness: Murine Borrelia burgdorferi-Driven Connective Tissue Alterations and MAESTRO Clinical Correlates

(544) Rapid Identification of Aerobic Growth in Sepsis Pathogens by Flow Cytometry

(545) Cardiac Responses to Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection; Investigating Its Role in Sepsis and Endocarditis

(546) Unique features of B. burgdorferi peptidoglycan drive persistence in discrete tissues and cause responses that mimic chronic illness

(547) Unraveling the Role of Dectin-1 in the Host Immune Response to Schistosoma mansoni Infection

(548) IFN-γ–Driven Activation Restricts Systemic Infection by a Minimal Effector Strain of Salmonella Typhimurium and Is Overcome by T3SS Effectors