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Dimitra Peppa

Dimitra Peppa

@Peppa_Group

Associate Professor in HIV Immunology/Honorary Consultant in HIV Medicine. Passionate about NK cells and viral infections. Opinions my own

IIT, UCL เข้าร่วม Ekim 2017
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UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences
New research from @iit_ucl & @Peppa_Group has shown that people with both hepatitis B and HIV can maintain strong immune responses to hepatitis B when it is treated with antivirals, challenging long-held assumptions and opening doors for new treatments 🔬ucl.ac.uk/medical-scienc…
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Dimitra Peppa@Peppa_Group·
Building on our previous work: 'HIV/HBV coinfection remodels the immune landscape and natural killer cell ADCC functional responses' pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38687604/ These studies reshape our understanding of immunity in co-infection & highlight new opportunities for immunotherapy.
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Dimitra Peppa@Peppa_Group·
We found that people with HBV/HIV co-infection on antivirals have more stem-like CD8+ T cells & preserved antiviral responses vs HBV mono-infection, challenging traditional views & opening doors for tailored immunotherapies.
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Science Magazine
Science Magazine@ScienceMagazine·
A new @SciImmunology study suggests that blocking lipid uptake from the ascites protects natural killer cell antitumor function, which could inform new treatments for patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer. scim.ag/4iXrKB1
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DrDemetre
DrDemetre@dr_demetre·
Commemorating #WorldAIDSDay2025 is an act of defiance against ideology driven policies that threaten our progress to #EndHIV. Support people living with and put at risk of HIV.
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Waggoner Lab
Waggoner Lab@LabWaggoner·
My new favorite paper of 2025 from Izumi in the @blish_lab @Stanford in @NatImmunol Activation of NK cells by IFN increases killing of Tfh and limits antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 nature.com/articles/s4159… #Bib1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4159…
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Uppy Gill
Uppy Gill@druppygill·
🚀Thrilled to launch #GutScience, the new journal from @BritSocGastro & @bmj_company focused on discovery science in GI & liver research! Honoured to serve as inaugural EIC. 🔗 bit.ly/48djH0u 🔗 bit.ly/4p4WDqs @Gut_BMJ @FrontGastro_BMJ @BMJOpen_Gastro
Gut Journal@Gut_BMJ

*BIG NEWS* - the @BritSocGastro and @bmj_company are proud to announce the launch of the new journal #GUTScience, part of the #GUTPortfolio along with @Gut_BMJ @FrontGastro_BMJ and @BMJOpen_Gastro Visit the homepage and meet the new EIC of #GUTScience Dr Upkar Gill @druppygill via bit.ly/48djH0u Visit the #GUTEditorial on this launch by @emadelomar @druppygill @BottProf via bit.ly/4p4WDqs Sign up for email alerts for #GUTScience via bit.ly/3WRXMWq @BritSocGastro @BSGTrainees #GUTScience #NewBasicScienceJournal #BasicScience

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Rich Stanton
Rich Stanton@StantonRich·
If you're a researcher in the UK & like NK cells, we're hosting the annual UK NK Conference in Cardiff on Fri Jan 9th 2026. Keynote is by Salim Khakoo, info on venue/registration/abstract submission here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-nk-confer…. Spread the word, it's a friendly 1-day meeting!
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Lucy Walker Lab UCL
Lucy Walker Lab UCL@LucyWalkerlab·
Delighted to take part in a UCL Panel discussion on diabetes research to mark World Diabetes Day 2025 “Transforming Diabetes Care: UCL Research Innovations and Discoveries” ucl.ac.uk/medical-scienc…
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Uppy Gill
Uppy Gill@druppygill·
Thanks @loeymak! Delighted to be in Sydney & visit @WestmeadInst to give a talk on HBV. Enormous thanks to @thatliverguy for the invite & superb hospitality! Lovely to meet great scientists, make new collaborations & promote Gut Science! @Gut_BMJ @blizard_inst @BartsHepatology
loeymak@loeymak

Thanks @druppygill for the amazing talk on immune assessment for chronic HBV infection at the Storr Liver Center in @WestmeadInst and thanks @thatliverguy for organizing this! @QMUL @blizard_inst very lucky that my visiting scholarship coincides with the visit of my great mentor!

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