One of the body's first protective reactions to infection is inflammation, typically stimulated by the factor IL-1beta. Unfortunately, inflammation frequently occurs when it is not desired and so must ...
Dendritic cells require a special 'license' to present exogenous antigens to CD8 + T cells. Such permission may be provided by type I interferons during viral infections. Although these studies ...
A growing body of research has identified a hidden immune defect, not written in DNA, that helps explain why certain people ...