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immune system

NEWTrophils an their NETworks: MICL “sparks” from the NETosis to a more C-lective role as an AML biomarker

A major research collaboration, led by the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter, has focused on how immune cells sense...

Effetti del fumo sul sistema immunitario (II): la durevolezza degli effetti legata alla metilazione del DNA

Come altri fattori come l’età, il sesso e la genetica, il fumo ha un impatto importante sulle risposte immunitarie. Questa è la scoperta recentemente...

Marrow stem cells enterprising toward aging: a journey among receptors, cytokines, signaling, “fatty” stores and lifestyle

The aging immune system is associated with reduced lymphopoiesis, increased inflammation, and bone marrow diseases due to alterations in self-renewing haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)....

Interleukin (IL) seventeen (17): the streaked shapeshifter of immunity and its diseases

General knowledge on IL-17 IL-17 comprises IL-17A, IL-17B, IL-17C, IL-17D, IL-17E (IL-25), and IL-17F, all of which have related structures. IL-17A, also known as cytotoxic...

Kids and youngs with rising arthritis: the focus is not treatment but early prevention

Arthritis can affect children and adolescents of all races and ethnicities. However, according to the current study estimates for 2017-2021, about 220,000 children and...

Pharmanews: sorafenib repurposed, siponimod approved

In an article published last week by SAGE Publishing, investigators from The Nagourney Cancer Institute and The Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in São Paulo,...

Atherosclerosis: antibodies on the vessels fight for rupture

Atherosclerosisis the main underlying cause of heart attack and stroke, and is expected to be the leading cause of death in the world from...

Graft-versus-host disease: are you willing to cure or SIRTing down and watch?

Bone marrow transplant (BMT) offers patients with leukemia and lymphoma a potentially curative treatment. Bone marrow from the donor contains healthy immune cells (T...

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