Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly ...

Dr. Vorkas believes that if NK cells can recognize specific epitopes (antigens that trigger the immune response) through KIRs, this biology would parallel that of T cell receptors, thereby leading ...

Without these inhibitory receptors, the immune response surges unchecked, leading to heightened inflammation, accelerated T-cell activation, and faster transplant rejection.

As a result, researchers found that the vaccine reduced innate immune cell function. The team took blood samples of eight health donors and then vaccinated them. Donor blood was then taken on days 14 ...

CAR-T cell therapy genetically modifies a patient's T cells to target cancer cells by inserting a CAR. 6,7 The process involves collecting T cells, activating them, genetically modifying them with a ...

A small trial used designer CAR T cells to reboot the immune systems of patients with three autoimmune diseases, but it's still too early to say whether the treatment works in the long term.

How these EC immune cells can contribute to the brain immunity when implicated by CD36 (an innate immune receptor) is widely unknown. Methods To understand this question, we wanted to investigate how ...

How immune cells recognize their enemies Date: December 8, 2023 ... However, further analyses of the interaction between the BTN molecules and the receptors of the Vγ9Vδ2 T cells are still required.

In order for immune cells to do their job, they need to know against whom they should direct their attack. Research teams at the University of Würzburg have identified new details in this process.

Immunity. Unlike the broad attack of the innate defense system, the adaptive immune system attacks pathogens with specific, made-to-order antibodies and cells.

M ultiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease in which a patient’s immune system attacks the myelin protective coating around nerve cells, causing inflammation and disrupting communication to and ...

Natural killer cells also form part of the innate immune system but, unlike the other cells of the innate immune system, are derived from lymphoid stem cells. Cells involved in the adaptive immune ...