This discovery sheds light on how tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells adapt to their location in the body, ensuring a coordinated and effective immune response and how microenvironments and ...

Additionally, the study shows that patients with a healthier, more active and diverse immune environment in the bone marrow are better able to support these cells and their cancer-fighting abilities.

In the Petri dish, for example, cancer cells have been found to feed their insatiable appetite for energy by stealing healthy mitochondria from immune cells called T cells 2. To learn more ...

Innate immune cells are white blood ... To mature, dendritic cells collect and synthesize cholesterol to construct lipid nanodomains on their membranes. Obstructing this process impairs their ...

Sep. 4, 2024 — Immune checkpoint inhibitors are a type of cancer treatment that helps the immune system attack cancer cells more effectively. One of the key proteins involved in this process is ...

Microplastics may cause blockages in blood vessels in the brain and affect behavior, according to a study on mice.

The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting disease. In a new study published in Nature led by scientists at the ...

Researchers at CeMM and the Medical University of Vienna have developed an innovative microscopy-based approach that could ...

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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 ...

ranging from the killing of infected cells to blocking the spread of infection through the release of cytokines. Similarly, pathogens have had to develop mechanism to evade the immune system and ...