Immunology

Understanding immunological memory

Humans encounter innumerable pathogenic bacteria, viruses and other microbes in their day-to-day activities. While infections from some pathogens can be easily cleared by the innate immune system, others can evade this first ...

Immunology

Researchers map the immunology of the gut in children with IBD

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital have mapped the immune system in the gut of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The results, which were published in Cell Reports Medicine, ...

Medical research

A new immune pathway sheds light on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

While drugs are on the market to slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, there are still no cures. But researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School are looking for new pathways for slowing ...

Immunology

Interleukin-11 found to ameliorate acute colitis in mice

Interleukin (IL)-11 is produced by inflammatory fibroblasts, one of the stromal cells, during acute colitis. Researchers at Toho University Japan found that IL-11 ameliorated acute colitis in mouse models. The IL-11 production ...

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