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Immunology Section

of the Liver Diseases Branch

Barbara Rehermann.
Conducting translational and basic studies on immune responses to viruses, in particular those that affect the liver, and their regulation by the gastrointestinal microbiome.
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Integrating natural commensals and pathogens into preclinical mouse models.
Rehermann B, Graham AL, Masopust D, Hamilton SE.
Nat Rev Immunol (2025 May) 25:385-397. Abstract/Full Text
Naturalized immune responses are stable over years in a colony of laboratory mice with wild-derived microbiota.
Oh JH, Hild B, Yoshida T, Badger JH, Seishima J, McCulloch JA, Jung MK, Azar S, Trinchieri G, Rehermann B.
Immunity (2025 Sep 9) 58:2305-2319.e5. Abstract/Full Text
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Immunology Section in front of National Institutes of Health Building 1 on September 20, 2024. From left to right: Alexis Moore, Keisuke Fukutomi, Sabitree Shahi, Shahar Azar, Barbara Rehermann, Ji Hoon Oh, Jun Seishima.

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Last Reviewed October 2024