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The HOIL1 gene: The cause of a new rare disease

The researcher Capucine Picard, working with the team from Inserm unit 980 "Human genetics and infections diseases"/Université Paris Descartes under the leadership of Jean-Laurent Casanova, along with researchers from a ...

Immunology created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Insights into rare immune cells that keep blood stem cells in a youthful state may lead to better treatments

Hiding deep inside the bone marrow are special cells. They wait patiently for the hour of need, at which point these blood forming stem cells can proliferate and differentiate into billions of mature blood ...

Immunology created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lipids produced within the thymus give immune cells the initial boost they need to fight off infection

Semi-invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells wage war against infectious threats, attacking microbial cells and generating signals that enable other immune cells also to respond aggressively. iNKT cells initially ...

Immunology created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find missing link between stem cells, immune system

UCLA researchers have discovered a type of cell that is the "missing link" between bone marrow stem cells and all the cells of the human immune system, a finding that will lead to a greater understanding of how a healthy ...

Immunology created Sep 02, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Manipulating the microbiome could help manage weight

Vaccines and antibiotics may someday join caloric restriction or bariatric surgery as a way to regulate weight gain, according to a new study focused on the interactions between diet, the bacteria that live in the bowel, ...

Immunology created Aug 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune system uses heart channel to select powerful defenders

(Medical Xpress) -- When the body makes immune T cells, it relies on a molecular channel more commonly seen in nerves and heart muscles to ensure that the powerful T cells have the right mixture of aggressiveness ...

Immunology created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key signal prepares immune cells to defend skin, brain

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the molecular signal that triggers the development of immune cells that patrol the skin and brain.

Immunology created Aug 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UNC team describes novel inflammatory protein function

A UNC-led team of scientists describes the function of a previously uncharacterized protein that dramatically influences inflammation.

Immunology created Aug 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell receptor has proclivity for T helper 9 cells, airway inflammation

A research team led by Xian Chang Li, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) Transplantation Research Center, has shed light on how a population of lymphocytes, called CD4+ T cells, mature into various subsets of adult ...

Immunology created Jul 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover new target for vaccine development in abundant immune cells

White blood cells called neutrophils, which are the first line of defense against infection, play an unexpected role by boosting antibody production, according to research led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The findings ...

Immunology created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transcription factor Lyl-1 critical in producing early T-cell progenitors

A transcription factor called Lyl-1 is necessary for production of the earliest cells that can become T-cells, critical cells born in the thymus that coordinate the immune response to cancer or infections, said a consortium ...

Immunology created Jul 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Innate immune system protein provides a new target in war against bacterial infections

Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified a possible new approach to defeating bacterial infections by targeting an innate immune system component in a bid to invigorate the immune response.

Immunology created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Danish scientists detect new immune alert signal

Researchers from Aarhus University have now located the place in the human body where the earliest virus alert signal triggers the human immune system. They have also discovered a new alarm signal, which is activated at the ...

Immunology created Jun 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Control gene for 'conveyor belt' cells could help improve oral vaccines, treat intestinal disease

Scientists have found a master regulator gene needed for the development of M cells, a mysterious type of intestinal cell involved in initiating immune responses.

Immunology created Jun 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New findings shift research direction in lupus and asthma

(Medical Xpress) -- Newfound details of the immune system suggest a role for never-before-considered drug classes in the treatment of allergic and autoimmune diseases, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham study ...

Immunology created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast