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Neuroimmune interactions in health and disease

On 28 May 2025, the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) held a virtual workshop to review the expanding field of neuroimmunology and to address key challenges.

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Fig. 1: Visual depiction of neuro–immune interactions.

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NIAID thanks the chairs and speakers for their insightful contributions to the workshop. Workshop chairs were A. Molofsky, D. Artis and D. Mucida. Workshop speakers were B. Kim, G. Choi, A. Molofsky, C. Thaiss, D. Artis, M. Bogunovic, F. Quintana, D. Kaplan, M. Cox, D. Mucida, M. Rao, E. Borges Florsheim, and the keynote speaker was R. Medzhitov. NIAID also thanks D. Artis for his thoughtful and comprehensive review of the manuscript and T. R. Esch for his contributions to the planning of the workshop. This work and meeting were supported by the NIAID, National Institutes of Health.

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Sherman, M.A., Hodge, D.L., Liu, Q. et al. Neuroimmune interactions in health and disease. Nat Immunol 26, 2133–2135 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02318-0

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