Research groups
Emily Thornton
Postdoctoral Fellow
I am interested in the interactions between immune cells and the environment at mucosal sites. During my PhD, I used two-photon live imaging to study dendritic cell sampling and antigen presentation in the lung during an acute model of asthma. Currently, I am working to adapt live imaging techniques to study immune cell interactions in the gut during colitis.
Recent publications
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ILC3 GM-CSF production and mobilisation orchestrate acute intestinal inflammation.
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Pearson C. et al, (2016), Elife, 5
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The spatiotemporal cellular dynamics of lung immunity.
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Lelkes E. et al, (2014), Trends in immunology, 35, 379 - 386
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Chitin activates parallel immune modules that direct distinct inflammatory responses via innate lymphoid type 2 and γδ T cells.
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Van Dyken SJ. et al, (2014), Immunity, 40, 414 - 424
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Type 2 innate lymphoid cells control eosinophil homeostasis.
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Nussbaum JC. et al, (2013), Nature, 502, 245 - 248
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Innate lymphoid cells sustain colon cancer through production of interleukin-22 in a mouse model.
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Kirchberger S. et al, (2013), The journal of experimental medicine, 210, 917 - 931