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"The Mechanisms of Itch" Featuring Drs. Isaac Chiu and Tiphaine Voisin

On this episode of the Immunology Podcast, Drs. Isaac Chiu and Tiphaine Voisin discuss the role of the CysLT2R receptor in acute and chronic itch.


Dr. Isaac Chiu is an Assistant Professor of Immunology at Harvard Medical School, studying the role of the nervous system in mediating inflammation and host defense. Dr. Tiphaine Voisin is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School, specializing in somato-sensation and neuro-immunology. They discuss the role of the CysLT2R receptor in acute and chronic itch.

The conversation with Drs. Chiu and Voisin really made me appreciate how little we still understand about many immunological pathways, in this case the ones that drive chronic itch.

Dr. Jason Goldsmith, host

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This Episode's Immunology Roundup:

  • – Researchers showed that the site of T cell priming dictates effector phenotype and homing to remote organs.
  • – Scientists found that COVID-19 can spark a severe immune response in the central nervous system, affecting immune cells in the vascular system and brain.
  • – Microbe-derived acetate induces chromatin remodeling in intestinal cells, regulating host metabolism and innate immunity.
  • – A new study shows that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine protects against all of the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
Publish Date: August 12, 2021