Sentences with phrase «killer cells identify»

Natural Killer cells identify viral - infected cells as foreign invaders and make them commit suicide.

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Researchers led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified a genetic variation associated with influenza severity and the supply of killer T cells that help patients fight the infection.

«Natural killer cells help to drive inflammation, insulin resistance: Study in mouse models of diabetes identifies key immune mechanisms in abdominal fat.»

Led by Ludwig Lausanne investigator Alexandre Harari and George Coukos, director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne, the study shows that ovarian tumors harbor highly reactive killer T cells — which kill infected and cancerous cells — and demonstrates how they can be identified and selectively grown for use in personalized, cell - based immunotherapies.

Published Thursday January 21st, 2016 in the journal Cell Reports, a team from Cardiff University's Systems Immunity Research Institute identify a molecule in the body — known as L - selectin — which directs the body's killer T cells to the site of a virus.

The team will also be looking to identify which molecule L - selectin binds to in virus infected tissues that allows killer T cells to be directed there.

One of its key cells is known as the Natural Killer (NK) cells, which identify and eliminate those cells that are infected with viruses or transformed by cancer.

In their latest study, researchers at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (LJI) used single - cell transcriptome analysis to identify a hitherto unknown precursor for a poorly understood subgroup of killer T cells that is primarily found in humans with chronic viral infections.

Dr Cole commented, «We identified part of a bug that turns on killer T - cells so they latch onto beta cells.

Studies highlight how Reishi can identify potential pathogenic invaders by amplifying natural killer cell activity.