In this episode of Inflammatory Content, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero dives into a landmark 2024 Nature study by Thierry Nordman and colleagues, titled “Spatial proteomics identifies JAKi as treatment for a lethal skin disease.” This cutting-edge research changes the game for patients suffering from toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)—a devastating cutaneous adverse drug reaction with limited treatment options.

Using a powerful approach including spatial proteomics and mouse models of TEN, the authors identify interferon signaling as a key inflammatory pathway driving TEN. Most remarkably, they repurpose an FDA-approved JAK inhibitor to safely and effectively treat patients with TEN in a small clinical trial.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in how ‘omics technologies can rapidly unlock therapies for even the rarest and most lethal diseases.

Relevant Links:

• Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39415009/

• Commentary: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39501097/

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In this episode, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero is joined by Dr. Dequina Nicholas. Dr. Nicholas is an Assistant Professor at the University of California Irvine in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Her laboratory studies endocrine diseases, including type 2 diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome. Specifically, her group investigates the intersection of the nutrient environment, the immune system, and metabolic disease using a combination of molecular and cellular biology, transgenic mouse models, cytokine profiling, and flow cytometry. Dr. Nicholas is the recipient of numerous awards including the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.

In their conversation, Kellen and Dequina discuss type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, lipid antigen presentation, transitioning to independence, DEI, and more.

Relevant Links:

• Nicholas Lab Website: https://nicholaslab.bio.uci.edu/

• Transitioning to Independence: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35644775/

• TikTok: @NicholasLab

• X: @QuinaScience

• Bluesky: @quinascience.bsky.social

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Today we’re going to do a journal club, but it will not be your run of the mill journal club. Everyone who knows me knows I am always searching for the latest technology that can increase my efficiency. Lately, I have been especially attuned to the newest developments in artificial intelligence.Well, I recently discovered a new AI tool by Google called NotebookLM that creates audio overviews of documents. What this means is that it will--within minutes--create a journal club podcast if you upload a research article. It is BANANAS!

There are a few minor instances where the speech is buggy and words are mis-pronounced, but, overall, I am super impressed with how well it communicates research findings—very accessible and high fidelity.

So today I bring to you an experimental AI generated journal club on my 2 latest research articles. The first article was published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine in early 2024 and the second was published as a preprint (meaning not yet peer reviewed) on bioRxiv in late 2024.

Relevant Links:

• Paper 1: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38393304/

• Paper 2: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38979312/

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