Autoimmune disease occurs from the body’s immune system attacking its healthy cells. Unfortunately, the mechanism that would normally prevent autoimmunity is not present in some individuals. T cells ...

Uncovering mechanisms regulating immune system responses is key to strengthening and redirecting them whenever necessary in cancer and infections as well as understanding autoimmune diseases. However, ...

More than two decades ago, a research team discovered a type of T cell in humans that suppresses the immune system; they later found that these so-called regulatory T cells, when defective, are an ...

T cells are central mediators of autoimmune disease pathogenesis, yet their functional states are not defined solely by antigen recognition or canonical ...

Nonprofit coalition selects seven esteemed researchers to fuel understanding of autoimmune diseases and accelerate potential therapies To that end, seven research projects were selected after a highly ...

Nearly 1.5 million Americans and nearly 5% of women over the age of 55 have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an incurable ...

The immune system is responsible for safeguarding the body from external and internal dangers. It does this, for the most part, by targeting and eliminating perceived threats ranging from invading ...

Autoimmune diseases stem from a complicated interplay of immune dysregulation, characterized by chronic inflammation and the loss of self-tolerance. Cytokines are central to these processes. These ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Wellbeing. Over the last decade it has emerged that cellular metabolism and the metabolic pathways utilised by immune ...

Prof. Sun-Uk Lee of the Department of Neurology and Prof. Euyhyun Park of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology from Korea University’s Anam Hospital discovered a new mechanism of vestibular neuritis.