Increasing expression of a chemical cytokine called LIGHT in mice with colon cancer activated the immune system's natural cancer - killing T - cells and caused primary tumors and metastatic tumors in the liver to shrink.
LJI investigator Michael Croft, Ph.D., takes a complementary approach to treating eczema by blocking a protein calledLIGHT, which belongs to the TNF family of pro-inflammatory cytokines.