The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other pathogens that enter the body. As a result, the body can defend itself ...

Dendritic cells (DCs) have emerged in the field of cancer immunotherapy as the most potent professional antigen-presenting ...

Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) show that active mitochondria maintain dendritic ...

The immune system consists of inflammatory and regulatory T cells (Tregs) that promote or dampen immune activity, respectively. These cells react to specific antigens that specialized cells like ...

The immune system must be able to quickly attack invaders like viruses, while also ignoring harmless stimuli, or allergies can result. Immune cells are known to ignore or "tolerate" molecules found on ...

Immunotherapy uses a person's own immune system to fight cancer. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are one class of immunotherapy that block specific proteins from slowing the immune response. As a result, ...

The immune system is a complex response of various cells that detect and elicit mechanisms to eliminate disease. This orchestrated response in healthy indi | Immunology ...