Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles part of a virus. Ideally, the immune system will produce long-lasting antibodies recognizing that specific virus, thereby ...
A group of immune proteins called the inflammasome can help prevent blood stem cells from becoming malignant by removing certain receptors from their surfaces and blocking cancer gene activity, ...
An epigenetic mechanism by which tumors manage to hide from the body's immune defenses has just been described by an ...
C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) and immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN) are rare and progressive kidney diseases, caused by problems in the immune system. They are two distinct ...
Receptors on B and T cells hint at what the immune system is targeting. An AI approach called Mal-ID developed increases diagnostic accuracy, particularly for autoimmune diseases. Your immune system ...
Objective B-cell activating factor (BAFF) is essential for B-cell survival and innate immune activation, and its ...
Kate Markey, MBBS, PhD, has discovered a link between the intestinal microbiome and developing chronic graft-versus-host ...
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect ...
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected mechanism by which the gut’s immune system maintains balance, challenging ...
In the innate immune compartment, short-chain fatty acids can suppress dendritic cell antigen presentation while simultaneously promoting IL-10 and retinoic acid production, favoring an ...