Sentences with phrase «attack pigmented cells»
Researchers at the University of Bonn and the Ludwig - Maximilians - Universität of Munich have decoded a new mechanism of how the immune system can specifically attack pigmented cells of the skin.
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«However, the multiple monobenzone exposures induced only natural killer cells to recognize and attack the pigmented cells.»
Nonetheless, white spots still developed in the animals» fur, and previously transferred malignant melanoma cells were destroyed, because the mice's natural killer cells remembered and attacked the pigmented cells.
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«However, the initial mechanism by which the immune system identifies the monobenzone - exposed pigmented cells as dangerous, before attacking them, has been unclear so far,» reports Prof. Dr. Veit Hornung, who recently moved from the University of Bonn to the Ludwig - Maximilians - Universität in Munich.
As a result, the immune system attacks the affected pigmented cells.
The cause is unknown, but some experts believe it may be an autoimmune disease, and the body's immune system is attacking pigment - producing cells.