The cells are a recently
discovered type of immune cell called Th17.
Not exact matches
In the present study, the researchers have
discovered a reason for reduced fertility in people with autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome
type 1 (APS1), which increases the risk
of developing autoimmune disease (caused by the
immune system attacking and damaging healthy
cells) and which is often used as a model for autoimmune disease in general.
Now we know how it does this: its active ingredient targets a newly
discovered type of cell that lowers the
immune response.
In 2010, it was
discovered that enhancers directed expression
of RNA on a broad scale in neurons and macrophages, a
type of immune system
cell.
In experiments in mice, UC San Francisco researchers have
discovered that regulatory T
cells (Tregs; pronounced «tee - regs»), a
type of immune cell generally associated with controlling inflammation, directly trigger stem
cells in the skin to promote healthy hair growth.
Scientist at the University
of Bonn and TU Munich have now
discovered that
type I IFN released by
immune cells due to increased migration
of gut bacteria into the cirrhotic liver incapacitate the
immune system.
Researchers from
immune biology professor Annette Oxenius's group have now
discovered what keeps NK
cells from killing off their «colleagues from the other department»
of the
immune system: healthy CD8 +
cells are able to detect the
immune messenger substance
type 1 interferon, which binds to specific receptors on the surface
of these
immune cells and thereby conceals their stress.
Surprisingly, they
discovered that fibroblasts, connective tissue
cells that are one
of the most abundant
types of cells in the mucosa, greatly increase HIV infection
of immune cells.
11/6/2007 UCSD Researchers Discover Inflammation, Not Obesity, Cause
of Insulin Resistance Findings may have important potential for new drug discoveries in fight against
Type 2 diabetes Researchers at the University
of California, San Diego (UCSD) School
of Medicine have
discovered that inflammation provoked by
immune cells called macrop... More...
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cells: A
type of immune cell, found in the placenta, which has been recently
discovered to play an important role in Zika transmission to a fetus.
A team
of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School
of Engineering at The University
of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University
of Pennsylvania, have
discovered that HIV - infected patients experience a dysfunction in a certain
type of immune cell: the follicular helper T (Tfh)
cell.