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Neural tuners of lung immunity
Tiago H Zaninelli1, Felipe A Pinho-Ribeiro1
1Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA; Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG) Center, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
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Pulmonary immunity must strike a precise balance between protecting the delicate mucosal tissue from environmental threats and preserving its vital gas-exchange function. In this issue of Immunity, Li et al. and Hiroki et al. illuminate how the nervous system mediates this balance by wiring distinct sympathetic and sensory circuits to macrophage subsets, offering new therapeutic strategies for pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis.

