Monocyte Heterogeneity and Ontogeny: implications for studies of infection, inflammation, cancer and aging
Monocytes are innate immune cells with diverse functions in host defense against infection and tumors, as well as tissue homeostasis, repair and regeneration. They perform surveillance roles throughout the body and can be rapidly recruited to infected or injured tissues. Recent studies have revealed that monocytes are more heterogeneous than previously appreciated and we have shown that this is in part a reflection of their origins. I will present evidence that functionally distinct monocyte subsets arise via independent pathways in the bone marrow, and discuss how infection, inflammation, cancer and aging may impact monocyte production and functional programming.
Date: 26 April 2019, 12:00 (Friday, 0th week, Trinity 2019)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Helen Goodridge (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles)
Organising department: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Organiser: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Organiser contact email address: fiona.silby@tss.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Fiona Silby