have uncovered how bacteria and their toxins prompt the human immune response, leading to inflammation. Inflammation plays a crucial role in fighting infections and healing injuries, but when it ...

Women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause, which may be linked to the sex hormone ...

Scientists have uncovered a critical piece of the puzzle in autoimmune diseases: a protein that helps release immune response ...

and several new approaches seem to improve the capacity of these mice to recapitulate normal human innate and adaptive immune responses. The momentum in the field is great, and all look forward to ...

In normal quantities, cytokines help the immune response; however ... of developing a severe form of the disease. Variations in human leukocyte antigen alleles (a group of genes involved in ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

As part of the innate immune system, dendritic cells are in the body's first line of defense against infections. They detect pathogens and coordinate the immune response. An international team led ...