Stimulating the liver to generate signals normally produced by the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the cellular mechanisms that cause immune cells to differentiate and ...
The research groups led by Wolfgang Kastenmüller and Georg Gasteiger employed innovative microscopy techniques to observe how specific immune cells, known as T-cells, are activated and proliferate ...
SLAMF6 is an immune cell receptor whose function was not clear. Does it activate or inhibit cells? The results so far have been contradictory. Now, scientists at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques ...
When a transplanted organ arrives, it’s like a controlled burn that risks becoming a wildfire. The body’s innate immune system senses damage signals, like heat shock proteins (HSP70), and sounds the ...
In 2024, Professor Sebastian Kobold's research group at LMU University Hospital had already shown that the metabolite ...
Cancer tumors hijack the vagus nerve to communicate with the brain, triggering a hormonal response that suppresses the immune system.