Sentences with phrase «specific immune cell population»

Cell markers are helpful tools used to identify a specific immune cell population.

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In this study, the researchers found that a specific population of immune cells called macrophages have the ability to secrete or produce a protective or healing factor known as Interleukin - 10 (IL - 10), which can interact with receptors on intestinal epithelial cells to promote wound healing.

To define the phenotype and function of specific cellular populations involved in the cross-talk between cancer and immune cells we make use of both flow - cytometry and mass - cytometry.

Through long - established collaborations in Durban and Kimberley, these studies in particular seek to define: the immune responses that are effective in control of HIV infection; the impact of HLA - mediated selection pressure on HIV at the individual and population level; the mechanisms of HIV non-pathogenicity; the nature and consequences of ontogeny of the virus - specific immune response; and finally the prospects for interventions including antiretroviral therapy, alone or in combination with broadly neutralising antibodies and / or T - cell vaccines, to achieve HIV eradication.

Title: Infiltrating immune cells in breast cancer subtypes Date / Time: Tuesday, April 17 2018, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm CT Author: J.L. Matta et al, Ponce Health Sciences Institute and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Poster # / Location: 5698 / Section 32, Board 4 Hyperlink: http://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/4562/presentation/7977 Demonstrates the value of combining PAM50 subtype distribution with tumor immune profiling to identify biologically distinct patient populations; the combination of these signatures could be applied to the development of specific immunotherapeutics.