Immune reviews new research that shows a boost in T cell function after eating and the potential for the cGAS-STING pathway to be a new lupus therapeutic target.

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• T cell immunity boosted after eating (Nature, 2026)
• Inhibiting autoimmunity through TLR7-cGAS (Nat Comm, 2026)
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Stacy Horner discusses her work on innate detection of viruses, viral countermeasures, and the role of m(6)A RNA modifications in regulating antiviral immunity.

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Guest: Stacy Horner

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• Hepatitis virus proteases block host response (J Virol, 2012)
• Host RNA binds to MAVS (Science, 2024)
• m6A modifications modify innate response to viruses (Cell Chem Biol, 2024)
• UFMylation coordinates MAVS assembly for antiviral responses (bioRxiv, 2025)
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Scott Smith talks about his research on cloned individual antibodies and how those studies have shifted his thoughts on the role of IgE in parasite defense and food allergy.

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Guest: Scott Smith

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• Complement control proteins in poxvirus evasion (J Virol, 2000)
• Complement control protein reduces xenotransplant rejection (Transpl Proc, 2002)
• Engineering therapeutic antibodies (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2023)
• Antigens in peanut allergy anaphylaxis (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2025)
• Using human antibodies to identify parasite antigens (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2022)
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