Sentences with phrase «called innate lymphoid cells»

Through the use of powerful genomic techniques, researchers at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) have found that the development of immune cells, called innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), gradually prepares these cells for rapid response to infection.

According to Simon Rauber, an immunologist in Erlangen and primary author of the study, a previously inadequately studied cell population of the immune system called innate lymphoid cells plays a major role in the resolution of inflammations.

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Fu and his collaborators found that intestinal immune cells — called type 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s)-- are less able to respond to harmful bacterial infections when they lack a protein called Id2.

They focused on lung cells called Group 2 innate lymphoid cells, or ILC2 cells.

The researchers went on to identify the immune networks underlying IL - 33's harmful effects and discovered that this molecule activates immune cells called type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2), which had never before been linked to liver disease.