Maziar Divangahi
@MazDivangahi
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Professor of Medicine McGill University
Canada
Joined January 2018
Happy to share our @AnnualReviews in collaboration with Musa Mhlanga @Radboud_Uni discussing Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Innate Memory Responses and raising more questions than answers!.
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We thank Drs Wager and Schlesinger @TexasBiomed for writing this great editorial @elife highlighting the downside of trained immunity in Sepsis Acute Lung Injury: The double-edged nature of trained immunity
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Trained immunity in alveolar macrophages can lead to damaging lung inflammation, confirming the importance of context in this phenomenon.
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Happy to share our recent paper in @eLife showing the detrimental effects of β-Glucan in a murine LPS-model of lung injury This study was led by Renaud from @chubordeauxfr and incredible collaborators @erwan_pernet @kimaimytran Dr Poschmann @NantesUniv
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β-Glucan-mediated trained immunity activates alveolar macrophages which exacerbates acute lung injury induced by LPS.
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RT @StabellBenn: In a new paper, we hypothesize that intradermal administration of BCG to the human newborn leads to low-grade bacteremia….
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RT @TorresVJ_Lab: 1/11 New #MRSA #Staph publication from Dr. Diane Boff a talented former postdoc co-mentored by the @TorresVJ_Lab and @DrS….
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A natural rodent model of Staphylococcus aureus infection unearthed LukMF′ as a driver of skin and soft tissue infections.
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RT @lai9uan: The wait is over, it’s back! 🧪 .Granulocyte Meeting 2025 | 15–18 Sept | Shanghai. Big science. Big names. Big City. Don’t miss….
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Thrilled to share our study @ImmunityCP how a TB-vaccine (BCG) and a fungi fragment (b-glucan) synergistically train neutrophils against cancers . A big shout out to @lfjuradoz the entire team and collaborators @JosefowiczLab @AjithaT4 @E_v_a_Kaufmann .
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Many thanks @yossiavgay and @SunLabTB for this wonderful invitation and fantastic meeting.
That's a wrap on #PacTB2025! We loved welcoming the TB research community to UBC and learning about new advances in TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Thank you to keynote speaker @MazDivangahi and sponsors @TBVets, @Avantor_News, @NovateurBio, @fishersci and A&J Science.
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RT @Kamal_M_Khanna: Nerve- and airway-associated interstitial macrophages mitigate SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis via type I interferon signaling:….
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The local immunoregulatory mechanisms that safeguard the host from excessive lung infection inflammation remain unclear. Yeung, Yokota et al. uncover the essential role of nerve- and airway-associa...
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RT @AegeanConf: A few more spots available at the 20th Int'l Conference on #InnateImmunity. Register Today! #Sissi,….
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RT @pjmurray_lab: For everyone who wants to come to the lovely location combined with top science, please register and submit your abstract….
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It was an absolute pleasure to host Babak @javid_lab @mcgillu and hear his brilliant talk showcasing groundbreaking data on how antibodies contribute to protection against TB
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Thrilled to share our publication @NatImmunol led by the incredible @Nargis__Khan_14 @kimaimytran and amazing collaborators @soehnleinlab @LB_Barreiro @bgyipp @KhaderShabaana fascinating how a fragment of fungi can mitigate lung pathology to influenza
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RT @DrShrutiNaik: 9 more days to register for a poster for the innate immune memory kestone! Keynote by @BelkaidLab with awesome talks by….
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A huge shoutout to Julia @jey_honors, Dr Martin @mcgillu and the entire team showing how pregnancy enhances antiviral immunity in upper airways via gd T cells highlighting maternal host defense evolutionary adopt a different strategy against infections
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RT @LB_Barreiro: 🚨 Excited to announce the publication of @sarahjiesun's PhD work in @ImmunityCP!🚨Key finding: BCG vaccination reprograms t….
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Congrats @sarahjiesun @LB_Barreiro and the entire team and many thanks for involving us with this amazing study.
Congrats to the amazing @sarahjiesun and huge 🙏 to all our amazing collaborators—especially Mihai Netea (not on X) and the team who led the trial, @MazDivangahi , @KhaderShabaana, Raul Aguirre-Gamboa, and @Sanz_Jq. This work wouldn’t have been possible without you all! 🌟.
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RT @Lab_AmitSinghal: Excited to share the great line-up for the #EMBO #TB meeting @mayer_barber @MazDivangahi @oehlerslab @LuizCarvalhoLAB….
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Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), continues to be a leading infectious disease killer globally, with a significant case arising from Asia. Inadequacies of traditional pat…
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RT @Lab_AmitSinghal: #TB folks, EMBO "Host and Pathogen heterogeneity" meeting, Feb 2025.@ICGEBNewDelhi @idlabs_ast….
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Many thanks Joe and Steve for this wonderful invitation and putting this special issue together and thank you to Wiley’s editorial team for selecting our image for the cover of this issue!.
@JosefowiczLab Special thanks to @ScientistBecs @Ashkar_Lab @oaaguilar503 @The_DE_Lab @RomagnaniLab @TheColonnaLab @PrlicLab @laoneill111 @MingLiLab @MazDivangahi @NeherJonas @LB_Barreiro @AiingLim @themis_brown and many others!.
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