The team’s study results, published today in the journal Immunity, outline their discovery of a specific type of regulatory T cell that can home back into the thymus and repair the organ when it ...

“Our discovery—the regulatory T cell recirculation back to the thymus—promotes repair through a process that hasn’t been described before and represents a novel pathway to regeneration ...

City of Hope scientists identify a mechanism for self-repair of the thymus, a crucial component of the immune system, with research published in Immunity that could help boost thymic function after da ...

Microscopic colitis is a lifelong condition that causes symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. It is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). While there is no cure for microscopic ...

Collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis, the two main subtypes of microscopic colitis, may develop as a result of an immune response. This could happen when something causes the body to ...

The thymus plays a pivotal role in generating a highly-diverse repertoire of T lymphocytes while preventing autoimmunity. Thymus seeding progenitors (TSPs) are a heterogeneous group of multipotent ...

The thymus—a primary lymphoid organ responsible for the generation of T lymphocytes—is particularly compromised by both undernutrition and infectious diseases. In this respect, we will discuss herein ...