Show threadDavid UsharauliMar 18, 2025

11/ The anchor antigen Tregs recognize may not be a self-antigen. It could be microbiota-derived, mimicking self — cross-reactive. 🌿🔄 Loss of specific microbiota providing these antigens could lead to antigen-specific autoimmunity.

#Microbiota
#CrossReactivity

Matt WillemsenJan 6, 2024
Opinion: The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe?
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-01-04/covid-2024-flu-virus-vaccine #epidemiology #EricTopol #COVID #wave #JNOne #unprecedented #booster #XBBOnePointFive #CrossReactivity
Opinion: In 2024, why are we still playing make-believe about COVID?

Thanks to the newly dominant strain JN.1, about 2 million Americans are getting infected each day.

Los Angeles Times
DiverseTCRMar 7, 2023
Remembering #DonMason, a #giant in the #Tcell field #crossreactivity #specificity #TCR @NatImmunol @UniofOxford https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-00884-7
Don Mason (1934–2021) - Nature Immunology

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