Slava Epelman
@EpelmanLab
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Macrophages, DCs, virus, ischemia, hypertension, heterogeneity & the heart. Associate Prof, Univ of Toronto. UHN. Loretta Rogers Chair in Immunobioengineering
Toronto, Ontario
Joined October 2013
Our latest study, led by @Homaira_H. Hard to study #macrophages (MFs) in early human heart development (no tissue). Homaira integrated human ES-derived-MFs into beating cardiac microtissues & improvedđź«€function. #cardioimmunology #regeneration.
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RT @rkramann: Please join us for our 2nd Immuno-Cardiology Symposium in beautiful Bar Harbor, Maine, Sept. 18-19! @jacksonlab @MDIBL explo….
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RT @Xavier_Revelo: Led by @andrewhakeem, we reviewed the emerging evidence of organ crosstalk between the liver and heart during cardiometa….
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Congrats @Homaira_H for winning best poster at #bcvs2025 @AHAScience. You do @UHN_Research @PMunkCardiacCtr @TBEP_UofT @trogersresearch @CIHR_IRSC proud!.
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RT @UHN_Research: Scientists @PMResearch_UHN led by @Schwartastic have developed CellNEST, a powerful AI tool that maps how cells talk to e….
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RT @uhnfoundation: Canada is stepping up in global #HealthInnovation. @UHN is launching the Canada Leads 100 Challenge - a bold initiative….
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RT @EricTopol: "Given the strength of the scientific evidence and the urgency of the public-health costs, we urge the scientific community….
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Nature Medicine - Now is the time to recognize and respond to addiction to ultra-processed foods
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RT @bradwouters: Our Collaborative Centre for Clinical Research is leading the IA45 initiative with a goal that all clinical research studi….
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RT @trogersresearch: Join us on Oct 2nd for our 10th Annual #HeartFailure Symposium! 🎉. 💠10-year retrospective & future insights.🎙️ Worksh….
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RT @EricTopol: We can predict a person's risk of coronary artery disease better than ever before. Cover of new @NatureMedicine regarding ou….
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RT @niseto: I’m happy to share our latest work on tumour necrosis! During my time in the @megeblad lab, we found that tumour necrosis is no….
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Nature - Neutrophils actively induce tumour necrosis, driving vascular occlusion, pleomorphic necrosis and metastasis.
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RT @luigiadamomdphd: Analyzing human myocarditis at the tissue transcriptomics levels, with two different platforms, we found that the dise….
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Background Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium, classically defined and graded by histologic criteria that emphasize immune infiltrates and focal cardiomyocyte injury. The...
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RT @NatRevImmunol: BRD4 acts as a pH sensor to tune inflammation
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Nature Reviews Immunology - A preprint by Wu et al. identifies BRD4 as a sensor of pH, with notable implications for the regulation of inflammatory genes.
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RT @husam247: Too much waste. Too much waiting. Too much #scanxiety. Happy to share that we received @CIHR_IRSC funding for the JUSTIFY RC….
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RT @SanchoLab: 💥 A gut microbe metabolite that drives #atherosclerosis?.Yes—Imidazole propionate (ImP) triggers vascular inflammation witho….
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Nature - Imidazole propionate produced by gut microbiota is associated with atherosclerosis in mouse models and in humans, and causes the development of atherosclerosis through activation of the...
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RT @segal_eran: Excited to share a milestone published in @NatureMedicine from our decade-long effort to build The Human Phenotype Project,….
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RT @maxim_artyomov: Check out the News and Views from Marina Terekhova and myself discussing the very cool paper explicitly unlinking aging….
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RT @russelltwalton: We’re @BlaineyLab sharing a major update to CROPseq-multi, our versatile system for CRISPR screens that is compatible w….
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RT @LabWaggoner: Humanized mouse models enable the use of reverse genetics to study immune gene functions in human disease @ScienceAdvances….
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RT @SwirskiLab: Very happy to share this perspective published in @NatRevImmunol with Alex Leunig, @MatteoGianesel2 @ScottRussoPhD on commu….
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RT @LabWaggoner: Imaging of macrophage accumulation in solid tumors with ultrasound @NatureComms ..
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