Molecules that help cells communicate with each other--called cytokines--might be the key to repairing diabetic nerve damage, according to a new study published in Experimental Neurology. Diabetes ...

Every multicellular organism, from tiny worms to humans, elephants, and whales, needs a way for their cells to connect with ...

T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on ...

The article, titled "Emerging roles of immune cell-derived neurotransmitters in immunity and disease," published on March 17, ...

(a) Disease progression can be classified into three states: the normal stage, pre-disease stage and disease stage, with the pre-disease stage representing a critical threshold just before the onset ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a new type of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell that elicits a more controlled immune response to cancer in mice—effectively ...

Realizing the benefits of regenerative medicine will require a structural shift toward earlier detection and therapeutic intervention.

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC) have developed a new type of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell that elicits a more controlled immune response ...

A cluster of recent studies has sharpened the scientific picture of how T cells switch on, tracking the molecular signals ...

In the current study, the scientists developed mice lacking mitochondrial complex III, one of four complexes in the mitochondrial ETC that transports electrons and also delivers protons that support ...