To gauge the dampening of the whole immune system, Markovic and his team tested levels of galectin - 9 and PD - L1 in the blood plasma of pregnant women and of cancer patients. (scientificamerican.com)
At the moment a lot of therapies are focused on the site of infection or injury itself but this data suggests that it's the signals that are being sent out from the gut that are impacting the whole immune system. (sciencedaily.com)
This work eventually let us focus treatment like carefully targeted rifle shots, rather than blasting the whole immune system with a blunderbuss.» (uchospitals.edu)