SEROLOGICAL REACTIONS IN PNEUMONIA WITH A NON-PROTEIN SOMATIC FRACTION OF PNEUMOCOCCUS
1. Sera from individuals acutely ill with lobar pneumonia possess the capacity to precipitate in high titre a non-protein somatic fraction derived from pne
#JEMLegacy @jem.org goes back to 1930 with the first description by William Tillett and Thomas Francis Jr. of C-reactive protein (CRP) in the sera of patients during the acute phase of pneumococcal pneumonia.
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21.12.2025 17:40
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! This #JEM_Spotlight highlights a study by George Fu Gao et al. that provides insight into how #Coxsackievirus, a common cause of childhood hand-foot-and-mouth disease (#HFMD), induces #onychomadesis (nail shedding).
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26.11.2025 22:03
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Another excellent #Viewpoint! Thank you to our contributors @priyadevarajan.bsky.social, @rzappasodi.bsky.social, Novalia Pishesha, Jui-Hsia Weng, Kate Alexander, Yadira Soto-Feliciano, and @kedmiranit.bsky.social β¨
21.10.2025 13:27
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In light of Mondayβs #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine announcement, for #JEMLegacy letβs look back at one of Shimon Sakaguchiβs early @jem.org papers from 1985! rupress.org/jem/article/...
09.10.2025 20:13
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Taking regulatory T cells into medicine | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
Shimon Sakaguchi recounts the work that lead to the identification of regulatory T cells.
And if you needed any more convincing about the importance of #Tregs, check out this #Viewpoint written by Shimon for @jem.org's 125th anniversary about the role of Tregs in immunological self-tolerance and autoimmunity π rupress.org/jem/article/...
09.10.2025 20:13
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The Discovery of CEA
YouTube video by McGill University
Please also check out the video by Dr. Phil Gold describing the discoveryπ
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02.10.2025 18:46
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This #JEMLegacy tweet highlights two papers from 1965 by Drs. Phil Gold and Samuel O. Freedman @mcgill.ca on the discovery of the Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA), the basis for the widely used CEA blood test.
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#cancer #biomarker #CEA
02.10.2025 18:45
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#WomenInSTEM becoming independent: People should feel free to be themselves and do great science. We asked ten women researchers about their science and the process of setting up a lab as an independent researcher: rupress.org/jem/article/...
15.08.2025 14:45
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π’ We're now accepting applications for the JEM Early Career Travel Award, for grad students & early-career postdocs to participate in a scientific conference! This year, the award will support the attendance of #Cytokines2025 @cytokinesociety.bsky.social! Apply here π Β rupress.org/jem/pages/ea...
29.07.2025 14:15
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Similar studies were published around the same time in PNAS @PNASNews by Dr. Bali Pulendran (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) and in Science @ScienceMagazine by Dr. Yong-Jun Liu (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...).
10.07.2025 17:05
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This #JEMLegacy tweet takes you to a 1999 study by Dr. Muriel Moser that demonstrated the functional dichotomy between CD8a+ and CD8a- DCs in driving distinct T helper cell responses.
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#Immunology #DendriticCell #THelperCell
10.07.2025 17:05
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Defining molecular circuits of CD8+ T cell responses in tissues during latent viral infection | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
Our findings reveal a divergent transcriptomic and epigenetic landscape between conventional and inflationary memory responses in spleen and liver during l
Check out this new study and TCR Tg mouse generated by Endi Santosa @endicytosis.bsky.social. If you are interested in studying classic and inflationary CD8+ T cell memory to MCMV infection, weβre happy to share this mouse, and @laboxenius.bsky.social is extremely generous with her Tg lines as well.
20.05.2025 13:51
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π’π’Published today in @jem.org π’π’
New human inborn error of immunity.
We describe the first reported human with a monogenic disorder caused by the disruption of ZBTB7B, which encodes the transcription factor ThPOK.
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20.05.2025 16:43
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Our new #immunometabolism collection showcases research on the metabolic regulation of immune cells including CD8+ T cells, macrophages and neutrophils, tumor cells, and endothelial cells. Read new research to accompany @aegeanconf.bsky.socialβ¬ Int'l conference π
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01.05.2025 14:15
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Heading to ImmunoMetabolism conference. Looking forward to the talks and meeting with everyone there!
04.05.2025 16:58
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Attending #AAI2025 in Honolulu this weekend? Visit our booth #811 during the exhibit hours to chat about your latest research and learn about our journal! Don't forget to pick up a copy of the JEM Immunology collection (rupress.org/jem/collecti...) and take a souvenir π ποΈ
29.04.2025 15:30
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In this review, Plata-GΓ³mez & Ho discusses how aging and diet influence the metabolic reprogramming of the tumorβimmune microenvironment, contributing to cancer progression and immune evasion. rupress.org/jem/article/...
π In our #Immunometabolism 2025 collection: rupress.org/jem/collecti...
01.05.2025 15:15
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Good morning #AACR25 attendees in Chicago! Come by our booth #3809 in the Exhibit Hall and chat about our journal and learn how @rupress.org journals are making publication experience easier! Pick up our latest #Cancer Collection magazine π and an exclusive zip-up pouch π
28.04.2025 14:00
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We're seeking a dynamic Executive Editor to lead @jem.org in NYC. Responsibilities include guiding journal strategy, managing an editorial team, engaging with researchers, and more. Apply here π careers.rockefeller.edu/jobs/1743?la...
#STMjobs #LifeScienceJobs #PublishingJobs #ScienceJobs
18.04.2025 19:33
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Attending the Henry Kunkel Society's "Genes and Immunity" in Belgrade and interested in submitting your research to JEM? Meet our Deputy Editor @gaiajexpmed.bsky.social, who will be attending!
βοΈ Email Gaia rupress.org/jem/pages/ed...
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#HKS2025
09.04.2025 14:30
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Our April issue is here! rupress.org/jem/issue/22...
The cover image represents the confocal imaging of periportal-venous fibroblasts in the liver of 8-wk-old Cd34creER;R26tdTomato mice. Fibroblasts are marked by CD34 (green) and Tomato (red). From Shan-Shan Wang et al.: doi.org/10.1084/jem....
07.04.2025 14:03
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We recently described the Axillary Lymphoid Organ (ALO) in the #Zebrafish. It's on the OUTSIDE of the fish, making it great for imaging! Learn more by checking out our paper in @jem.org rupress.org/jem/article-...
03.04.2025 00:07
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New: @zebrafish007.bsky.social, @zebrafishmk.bsky.social et al. #WeinsteinLab describe a previously uncharacterized external, experimentally accessible secondary lymphoid organ in the #zebrafish located above the pectoral fin. rupress.org/jem/article/...
01.04.2025 16:55
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Our latest @jem.org paper is out!
Radiotherapy induces GM-CSF in melanoma, driving monocytes to become regulatory monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs)βtraced with Ms4a3-TdTomato mice!
Huge shoutout to @Sirimuvva Tadepalli + @Derek Clements for leading this!
01.04.2025 17:28
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Estrogen influences class-switched memory B cell frequency only in humans with two X chromosomes | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
Sex hormones and chromosomes work in tandem to impact immune responses, with estrogen influencing class-switched memory B cell frequency exclusively in ind
Thrilled to finally share our paper on how sex hormones and sex chromosomes interact to affect B cell class-switching!π₯³ Diversity & inclusion in research recruitment = better science for all!π Thanks to @bcellsrosser.bsky.social@emmaschambers.bsky.social@arrdept-ucldom.bsky.social for ++ hard work!π
25.03.2025 17:58
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David Jackson @imm.ox.ac.uk discusses a new intravital imaging technique by Cleary et al. (rupress.org/jem/article/...) enabling lung lymphatics and their participation in immune cell trafficking events to be visualized for the first time in mechanically ventilated mice rupress.org/jem/article/...
19.03.2025 16:14
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Bauman, Snow et al. show that impaired T cell receptorβinduced CARD11-dependent JNK signaling upregulates GATA3 & NFAT2, two key proteins in TH2 cell development, identifying a new mechanism by which CARD11 variants spur atopic disease. rupress.org/jem/article/...
20.03.2025 17:47
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De Sousa, Perkey, Le Corre, Maillard, Labrecque et al. @umontreal.ca show that fibroblastic reticular cells are the source of Notch ligands promoting the differentiation of short-lived effector CD8+ T cells. rupress.org/jem/article/...
#InfectiousDisease #HostDefense #LymphocyteBiology
20.03.2025 18:20
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Pestal, Slayden, and Barton demonstrate that group 2 KLF family transcription factors are critical for specifying the identity of distinct tissue-resident #macrophages. rupress.org/jem/article/...
12.03.2025 18:19
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Attending @keystonesymposia.bsky.social #KSTumorMetab25 in Vancouver? Get in touch with our Deputy Editor Cindy (Xin) Sun @cindy-jexpmed.bsky.social who will be in attendance and bring all your publication-related questions!
Check out our Tumor #Metabolism collection π rupress.org/jem/collecti...
13.03.2025 13:55
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