Scientists highlight problems with ongoing STING inhibitor development strategies and offer an alternative explanation for ...

The approach employed by the research team could be used against other diseases—including COVID-19 and influenza.

The innate immune system is the body's first line of defense against pathogens and foreign substances. An essential component ...

Trained immunity in alveolar macrophages can lead to damaging lung inflammation, confirming the importance of context in this phenomenon.

These receptors are part of the innate immune system and serve to instigate an appropriate host response to identify, interrogate, segregate, secure and eliminate the threatening stimulus.

Researchers have long focused on the STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) pathway as a way to harness the immune system's natural defenses against ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

The immune system has evolved to act as a first responder against infections, and scientists have revealed how it knows when to activate.

Skin study findings may help to explain why African ancestry is associated with a lower risk of severe dengue.

R136S, or the “Christchurch mutation,” appears to protect against Alzheimer’s disease by suppressing inflammatory signaling ...

Pfizer insists that the discontinuation of the Phase II study was due to recruitment difficulties and was not linked to ...

A research team at the University of Münster has investigated for the first time how the confrontation of bacteria with hosts ...