DCs interact with different immune cells to dictate the immune response. This interaction may be direct (T-cells), or indirect (with B-cells, eosinophils, neutrophils, mast cells and basophils). The ...

The inflammatory changes in asthma are driven by immune mechanisms, which are mediated by various immune cells. The T-cell subsets play an important role in this, and are the main source of cytokines, ...

Researchers have discovered that eosinophils may play a pivotal role in immune development. Researchers led by Dr. Redwan Moqbel at the University of Alberta, University of Western Australian, and ...

Based on experiments with worms similar to those that infest millions of children in the tropics, researchers see potential for a new way to treat asthma. Parasitic infections and asthma may cause the ...

T cells may be broadly classified as either helper T cells (Th cells, CD4+) or cytotoxic T cells (Tc cells, CD8+). In 1986, T.R. Mosmann, R.L. Coffman, and colleagues observed that individual clones ...

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition marked by an imbalance in the immune response within the airways. According to Lancet, asthma affects around 339 million people globally. While conventional ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Exposure of developing fetuses and newborns to low levels of environmental toxins such as lead, mercury and dioxin, as well as nicotine and ethanol, could be behind the recent sharp ...

What is the SGK1 enzyme and what pathways is it involved in? SGK1 stands for serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1. SGK1 is a member of the AGC kinase family, which is a huge family of kinases. We ...