A key element in the profound immunosuppression seen in HIV infection is the depletion of this subset of T cell. Pathogenic T helper type 2 cells (pTh2) are involved in allergic asthma and secrete ...

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Six Dutch research institutes are collaborating in the consortium BaSyc (Building a Synthetic Cell) to build the elements needed for ... a reviewer asked if he couldn't do something with the ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and ...

New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better understanding of immune ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens that are expressed by cells of the body.

CD4+ conventional T (Tconv) cells, or helper T cells, inspect the peptides presented by dendritic cells. If the peptides are foreign antigens, the T cells expand in numbers and transform into an ...

TFE3 fusion proteins are the oncogenic drivers of translocation renal cell carcinoma but their mechanism of action remains ...

Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...

In this report they focus on the examination of the function of the B-helper CD4 T-cell subsets T-follicular helper (Tfh) and T-peripheral helper (Tph) cells. They demonstrate that these cells are ...