Sentences with phrase «innate immune system fights»

New information about how and where the innate immune system fights off viral infections that enter through the skin could lead to better treatments for viruses like Zika, dengue and measles, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

Not exact matches

Clinical and preclinical studies have shown that even short - term spikes in blood sugar can impair the immune system (specifically innate immunity) and the body's ability to fight infection.

As with innate immunity, the adaptive immune system — the T cells and antibodies produced by B cells that target specific molecules on invading cells — contributes to pathology or may also fight against it.

«By selectively targeting the source of the immune activation rather than shutting off the innate immune system downstream, these nucleic acid scavengers are able to limit pathological inflammation without compromising one's ability to fight a viral infection,» Sullenger said.

Since this amoeba possesses an innate defense system similar to that of humans, while being genetically modifiable, the researchers can therefore carry out experiments on it in order to understand and fight genetic diseases of the immune system.

With investigators and clinicians from the Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Merck Pharmaceuticals, and Philadelphia FIGHT, Objective 2 (IRF2) focuses on stimulating the immune system with which we are all born (innate immunity), through a combination immunotherapy approach using highly - potent antibodies against HIV, together with pegylated interferon alpha 2b.

The CAMP gene itself is also the subject of much study, as it has been shown to play a key role in the «innate» immune system, the body's ability to fight bacterial infection and the 1st line of defense.

In gluten sensitivity, the innate immune system — an older part of the immune system and the body's first line of defense against invaders — responds to gluten ingestion by fighting the gluten directly.