The findings, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, shed light on the activity of these genes and how they produce
a natural immune response to the virus.
Other research is investigating whether agonist reagents that can signal various immune cells such as T cells, dendritic cells, or NK cells, through the TNF family receptors OX40, 4 - 1BB, HVEM, or LTβR can be used to increase
natural immune responses to viruses or tumors that might lead to new strategies for vaccination.
Not exact matches
This is important as the antibody would not need
to compete with but would instead augment the overall
natural immune response against dengue
virus.
Several previous studies have explored whether drugs can shock cells that are infected with latent HIV
to make new
viruses, setting them up for the kill by the
natural immune response.
Michael Callahan, a clinician at Massachusetts General Hospital in in Boston who consults with HHS about Ebola and has responded
to past outbreaks, said that «many» people die from Ebola even though their
natural immune responses are driving down levels of the
virus.
But for scientists who develop therapeutic
viruses (
to, for example, target cancer cells or correct gene deficiencies) a more important question is: How do we keep people's
natural immune responses at bay?
In using the Emotional Freedom Technique, the emotional cause, which originally weakened the
natural immune system, is addressed by tapping acupuncture meridians and reactivating the
immune response to the
virus.