“Dendritic Cells and the Immune System” Featuring Dr. Caetano Reis e Sousa
“Dendritic Cells and the Immune System” Featuring Dr. Caetano Reis e Sousa
Dr. Caetano Reis e Sousa is the Assistant Research Director and Senior Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute. His lab studies the molecular pathways that trigger dendritic cells into action. He talks about the mechanisms of dendritic cell cross-presentation, RNA interference, and dendritic cell progenitors in influenza.

A day in the sun for dendritic cells (finally!), exciting mechanisms of RNA interference in mammalian stem cells, and more — I loved our conversation with Dr. Reis e Sousa!
Dr. Brenda Raud, host
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This Episode's Immunology Roundup:
- T Cell Responses to Omicron – T cell responses to Omicron spike and non-spike proteins in individuals with prior infection, vaccination, both prior infection and vaccination, and boosted vaccination are largely preserved.
- Curing Cancer with CAR T Therapy – Ten years after treatment, two leukemia patients remained in remission and had long-persisting CD4+ CAR T cells.
- Vimentin Helps SARS-CoV-2 Enter Endothelial Cells – Vimentin could facilitate SARS-CoV-2 infection and contribute to vascular complications associated with COVID-19.
- Probing T Cell Function with CRISPR – Researchers mapped the functional gene networks regulating interleukin-2 and interferon gamma in human T cells.