The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting ...

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

Induces potent and long-lasting immune responses to defined antigens or whole pathogens (particles), mainly through the ...

The human immune system has evolved throughout history to effectively recognize and adapt to invading pathogens. To combat disease, the human body employs | Immunology ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells go through a surprising transformation and relocation as they fight infections in the gut.

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

The malfunctioning mitochondria seem to poison the immune cells, explains Yosuke Togashi, a pulmonary physician and ...

This immune response is slow to develop, highly specific against pathogens, and uses memory cells. In addition, there is the innate immune system, which responds much faster to invaders and serves ...

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key molecule involved in inflammation and plays an important role in both healthy and diseased ...