“Reproductive Immunology” Featuring Dr. Adrian Erlebacher

Dr. Adrian Erlebacher is a Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. His lab studies how the developmental properties of a tissue influence its ability to mount a successful immune response. He talks about immune tolerance in pregnancy and how the maternal–fetal interface affects pregnancy outcomes.

Fetal–maternal tolerance has been one of the big mysteries in immunology since the inception of this discipline, but we have learned a lot about it. Join our conversation to hear more about the paradoxical roles of the immune system in pregnancy!

Dr. Brenda Raud, co-host

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This Episode's Immunology Roundup:

  • Immune Cells in the Skull – The glioblastoma-linked immune-cell niche in the human skull provides an unanticipated resource and concept of acute tumor reactivity in the proximal bone marrow.
  • Nasal Vaccine Reactions – Nasal vaccination induces B cell expansion in the subepithelial dome of nasal-associated lymphoid tissues
  • Airway Microbiota Across the Lifespan – Lifestyle factors are related to oral microbiota, and environment is related to nasopharyngeal microbiota.
  • Tregs in the Gut - Researchers used a chemogenetic screen to reveal functional neuroimmune interactions in the gut.
Publish Date: October 08, 2024