News tagged with t cells
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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
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Discovery of immune cells that protect against multiple sclerosis offers hope for new treatment
In multiple sclerosis, the immune system attacks nerves in the brain and spinal cord, causing movement problems, muscle weakness and loss of vision. Immune cells called dendritic cells, which were previously thought to contribute ...
Immunology
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Inflammation drives Crohn's disease, says study
Inflammation -- not genetic susceptibility -- drives the growth of intestinal bacteria and invasive E. coli linked to Crohn's disease (CD), reports a new Cornell study.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Novel technique demonstrates interactions between malaria parasite and HIV
The World Health Organization estimates that in 2011 there were 216 million cases of malaria and 34.2 million people living with HIV. These diseases particularly afflict sub-Saharan Africa, where large incidence ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 15, 2012 |
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HIV-infected T cells help transport the virus throughout the body
A new study has discovered one more way the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exploits the immune system. Not only does HIV infect and destroy CD4-positive helper T cells – which normally direct and support the infection-fighting ...
Immunology
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Research team finds possible clue to progression of multiple sclerosis
Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers, working with colleagues in Canada, have found that one or more substances produced by a type of immune cell in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may play a role in ...
Neuroscience
Jul 31, 2012 |
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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
Jul 29, 2012 |
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Penile foreskin is immunologically complete: raises new vaccine possibilities for HIV vaccine
Rhesus macaque monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) harbor immunoglobulin G (IgG) and SIV-specific antibodies and T cells in the foreskin of the penis, according to a study in the July 2012 Journal of ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Animal model replicates human immune response against HIV, could revolutionize HIV vaccine research
One of the challenges to HIV vaccine development has been the lack of an animal model that accurately reflects the human immune response to the virus and how the virus evolves to evade that response. In the July 18 issue ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Helper T cells, not killer T cells, might be responsible for clearing hepatitis A infection
Helper cells traditionally thought to only assist killer white blood cells may be the frontline warriors when battling hepatitis A infection. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children's Hospital study appearing in ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 16, 2012 |
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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
Jul 08, 2012 |
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Scientists find molecule in immune system that could help treat dangerous skin cancer
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have made a groundbreaking discovery that will shape the future of melanoma therapy. The team, led by Thomas S. Kupper, MD, chair of the BWH Department of Dermatology, and ...
Immunology
Jul 08, 2012 |
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Researchers discover new vaccine candidate for Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have discovered a new vaccine candidate for the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa taking advantage of a new mechanism of immunity.
Medical research
Jul 06, 2012 |
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Following an immune cell's career path
The immune system produces diverse varieties of T cells (Fig. 1), such as pathogen-destroying cytotoxic T cells and immune response-boosting helper T cells. Regulatory T (Treg) cells restrain these other cell ...
Immunology
Jul 06, 2012 |
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Antibodies reverse type 1 diabetes in new immunotherapy study
Scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have used injections of antibodies to rapidly reverse the onset of Type I diabetes in mice genetically bred to develop the disease. Moreover, ...
Diabetes
Jul 05, 2012 |
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