The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other ...

Findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital demonstrate that virtual memory T cells, a specialized group of immune ...

A case report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) presents a previously unknown cause of skin ...

Lymphoid-derived conventional dendritic cells (L-cDCs) may play a unique function associated with immune suppression and ...

Lymphoid-derived conventional dendritic cells (L-cDCs) may play a unique function associated with immune suppression and ...

If vaccines can improve the adaptive immune response prior to a disease challenge, what can be done to improve the innate ...

It is hard to successfully fight a virus without the antibodies and other virus-specific cells created by the adaptive immune system, Whiteley explains, but the generalized response of the innate ...

The adaptive immune system’s ability to recognize cancer cells based on previous exposures to similar cellular abnormalities can actually improve with immunological experience, creating more ...

The body’s innate immune system senses damage signals, like heat shock proteins (HSP70), and sounds the alarm, mobilizing dendritic cells to fan the flames of inflammation.

Several studies have now demonstrated that trained immunity occurs in the airways to several pathogens and products, while its utility is yet to be determined.

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), a type of arthritis commonly occurring in children, is a chronic, inflammatory condition ...