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Eliana Franco Taveras

@elianafranco.bsky.social

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Neurodevelopment. Food. And Everything in between. Based in Bonn, Germany.

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FOR5775 MagNet @for5775.bsky.social · 1d

WE ARE BACK FROM SUMMER BREAK for our next #MagNet #Seminar
⏰Monday, Oct 13th, 4 pm (CET)
🧑‍🔬Thomas Marichal
🗣️“Decoding the lung macrophage landscape: trajectories, niches and functions in health and disease"
see poster and webpage for the #zoom link: macrophagenetwork.com/magnet-semin...

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Eliana Franco Taveras @elianafranco.bsky.social · Jul 17

Microglia and CNS macrophages are multifaceted cells!
We are excited to share our published chapter in Advances in Immunology.
If you are curious about where these cells come from and what roles they play; you can access it here:
lnkd.in/egqqUYQT

Link valid until August 16!
@masslab.bsky.social

Ontogeny and function of microglia and nerve-associated macrophages

Macrophages are essential immune cells that arise early during embryogenesis and persist as tissue-resident cells into adulthood. This chapter explore…

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Mass Lab @masslab.bsky.social · Jun 18

We are SO EXCITED to share our story @nature.com:
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Maternal obesity reprograms fetal liver macrophages, triggering adult fatty liver disease in the offspring.
This study uncovers how Kupffer cells act as intergenerational messengers in metabolic disease.
👉 Read here: rdcu.be/erD3b

Kupffer cell programming by maternal obesity triggers fatty liver disease

Nature - In a mouse model, maternal obesity during pregnancy can lead to fatty liver disease in the offspring, driven by aberrant developmental programming of Kuppfer cells.

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