nicolasavilalab.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at #CVRI @UCSF studying immune-parenchymal cell crosstalk and its impact on tissue function, with special focus in the ❤.
👤 Joined on 22 March 2025
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@nicolasavilalab.bsky.social¿Cómo se adaptan nuestros tejidos a la cantidad de residuos que generan? Los Drs. Laura Pena y Jose Ángel Nicolás Avila nos cuentan su nuevo estudio que revela cómo los tejidos ajustan el número de macrófagos encargados de eliminar las mitocondrias desgastadas. www.dciencia.es/como-adaptan...
Show PostThis (abstract and editor's summary) reads like a super cool paper combining ideas of quorum sensing in macrophages with metabolic control. Can't access it in full on the train but looking forward to reading it: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪 Congrats @nicolasavilalab.bsky.social
Show PostTissue mitochondrial activity dictates the macrophage pool size www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Show PostThrilled to share our latest work, out in @sciimmunology.bsky.social ! We show that tissues match their #macrophage numbers to #mitochondrial_activity , ensuring efficient #waste_clearance and #tissue_fitness . A tour de force by Laura Pena-Couso, in collab with @drusqui.bsky.social & Pura Muñoz🧵
Show Post#WeekendRead! #SharingIsCaring! Pena-Caruso Munoz @drusqui.bsky.social @nicolasavilalab.bsky.social &co show #ScienceImmunology that macrophages support muscle activity by taking up mitochondria from myofibroblasts that in turn tune macrophage numbers by controlling CSF1/fibroblast abundance!
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