Jeudis de la SFI – Neutrophil Club
The next Webinar of the traditional “Jeudis de la SFI” will be organized by the Neutrophile Club.
Themes : Neutrophil heterogeneity: how functional is it ?
🏃♀️Go – Free registration : https://url-r.fr/ecRhv
On Thursday 17 October 2024 : 9:30 to 11:00 (CET) the French Society of Immunology (SFI) will host a webinar entitled : Neutrophil heterogeneity : how functional is it ? Chaired by VéroniqueWitko-Sarsat (Paris) and Aude Remot (Tours).
In the ever-evolving field of immunology, understanding neutrophil diversity is crucial for advancing therapeutic strategies. Over the past decade, Lai Guan Ng (Shanghai, China) has led groundbreaking research on neutrophil heterogeneity, identifying different “flavours” of neutrophils, from immature cells in the bone marrow to functionally distinct subsets involved in infection, injury, autoimmunity, and tumors (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11087151/).
Recently, Nathalie Winter and Christophe Paget (Tours, France) identified a new subset of neutrophils expressing Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1), which are distinct from conventional neutrophils. In tuberculosis and severe respiratory infections, these PD-L1+ neutrophils play a regulatory role in the lungs, offering promising targets for future immune therapies (PMID: 38803236; https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.23.568456).
These discoveries underscore the importance of continued research into neutrophil heterogeneity and its implications for immune regulation and therapy. If you’re eager to stay at the cutting edge of immunological research, following the work of these leading scientists is essential. Their insights could drive the next wave of innovations in immune intervention and disease treatment.
