New thesis investigates the role of memory T cells in viral infections and their importance for long-term immunity
Olga Rivera Ballesteros from the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) is ...
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Discovery of CAR-T 'memory cells' could boost cancer therapy
While naïve T cells lacked the disease-fighting imprinting of memory cells, they became more effective when RUNX2 was added. They also lived longer and the gene protected them against exhaustion ...
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Measles Doesn’t Just Make You Sick. It Resets Your Immune System
The good news is that existing vaccines also prevent this process. By blocking the virus from infecting the immune system in ...
Can measles wipe out body’s memory, immunity to other infections?
Measles directly attacks the immune system, wiping out antibody protection. A little-known potential side effect of measles ...
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T-Cell Rebalancing Therapy Active in Previously Treated Atopic Dermatitis
Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) occurred in a similar proportion of patients in each group, and were mostly mild or ...
Measles is unlike other viruses: What to know about long-term complications
Measles is unlike other childhood viruses. In severe cases, it can cause pneumonia. About 1 in 1,000 patients develops ...
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CD8-positive T cells articles from across Nature Portfolio
Although effector activity and memory formation in CD8 + T cells are known to depend on mTORC1-mediated metabolic regulation, the molecular mechanisms involved are lesser known. Here authors ...
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Epstein-Barr virus may drive MS by dysregulating certain immune cells
Certain immune cells in MS show abnormalities in activity and signs of reactions against the Epstein-Barr virus, a study says ...