
John Lukens
@lukensjohnr
Neuroimmunologist studying MS, autism, Alzheimer's disease, and brain injury at the University of Virginia. Father of two. Fan of Philly sports and US soccer.
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Astrocyte-derived CCL5 mediates brain infiltration of CCR5+ neutrophils that drives depression progression science.org/doi/10.1126/sc⦠Science Advances


Microglia activation orchestrates CXCL10-mediated CD8+ T cell recruitment to promote aging-related white matter degeneration Nature Neuroscience nature.com/articles/s4159ā¦





On this Memorial Day weekendšŗšø, I wanted to thank Dr. Edlow Brian Edlow and the research community at Harvard Harvard Medical School for helping to keep the heroes in our military safe. Larkin's War | Sunday on 60 Minutes cbsnews.com/video/larkins-⦠via CBS News

šDelighted to share our latest #publication in collab with Dr. Rajendra Karki & colleagues from Seoul National University. In this Nature Communications paper, we show that #acrolein, a byproduct of our cells but also found in #cigarette smoke, #kills cells & contributes to #inflammation ourANU 1/3




Welcome on board, Xinzhu! Xinzhu Yu CNG at UTHealth Houston McGovern Med School med.uth.edu/imm/2025/05/21ā¦





A new study from the lab, led by Kevin Lister, in Journal of Clinical Investigation. We demonstrate the role of mRNA translation in regulating microglial reactivity and pain hypersensitivity. jci.org/articles/view/ā¦