Immunologists at UNIGE have revealed a previously unknown anti-tumor role of CD4 T lymphocytes, marking a breakthrough that ...

Cancer-fighting T-cells, the immune system's primary enforcers, are scarce in the rare kidney cancer called chromophobe renal ...

An engineered protein turns off the kind of immune cells most likely to damage tissue as part of type-1 diabetes, hepatitis, ...

They have unique cell surface receptors that are generated by randomly assorting genes. These receptors allow T cells to sense and respond to diverse types of infection. Featured.

A closer look at rebel T cells Date: November 10, 2023 Source: La Jolla Institute for Immunology Summary: New research sheds light on the genes and nutrients that give MAIT cells their fighting power.

A type of T cell called cytotoxic T cells can recognize the mutated proteins on cancer cells and should therefore be able to kill them. However, in most patients, cancer cells grow unchecked ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown type of immune cell that develops in people who successfully fight off cancer. Unlike other killer T cells, these home in on multiple cancer ...

CAR-T cells are specialized immune cells genetically modified to recognize and attack cancer cells. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan and their collaborators have developed new CAR-T cells ...

Non-Hodgkin's lymphomastarts in B cells or in another type of immune cell called a T cell. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is more common than Hodgkin's lymphoma. Both types are divided into a few subtypes.

Interestingly, CD4+ T cell-induced fat wasting had no impact on the ability of the mice to fight T. brucei or to survive infection.The CD8+ T cell-induced muscle wasting, however— and contrary ...