Every breath you take - regulating immunity in the lung

Every breath you take - regulating immunity in the lung

Speaker: Professor Clare Lloyd, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London

Maintaining the balance between immune homeostasis and inappropriate immune activation is particularly complex at mucosal sites that are constantly exposed to potentially antigenic particles. Lung epithelial cells orchestrate pulmonary immune homeostasis and defence against pathogens but conversely play a critical role in the initiation of allergic responses.  

This talk will discuss the unique interactions between lung resident cells and infiltrating inflammatory cells that coordinate immune responses to allergens, focussing particularly on the development of allergic immunity in early life.