An important part of a T cell’s immune journey is learning tolerance, which in the world of immunology means the knowledge to tell a pathogen from a host cell. This is vital for T cells patrolling the ...

By sensing viral nucleic acids and producing type I interferons, plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are key mediators of antiviral immunity. But pDCs might also contribute to autoimmune disease ...

Dendritic Cells Ensure Immune Tolerance Date: March 23, 2009 Source: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU) Summary: One of the most important tasks of the immune system is to identify ...

The presence of dendritic cells, so-called ‘sentinel’ immune cells, is vital to maintain and regulate the balance of the body’s immune response. Researchers have discovered an essential role ...

Dendritic cells have an important role in the immune system, detecting infectious bacteria, fungi or viruses that have entered the body and alerting T cells which recognize and attack the invader.

Cancer therapies called checkpoint inhibitor drugs, which ratchet up the immune system, work better when this bacterium is ...

LMU researchers have shown that a particular type of immune cell acts more flexibly than previously thought—with the potential for new therapeutic approaches.

A Japanese research team led by the National Cancer Center Japan announced in the British journal Nature on June 14 that it ...

As part of the immune system, dendritic cells are essential for fighting body cells that have degenerated or are infected with a virus. They trigger an immune response by presenting protein ...

Dendritic cells are the sentinels of the immune system. When they’re alert and on guard, they will marshal the body’s immunosoldiers, T cells, to battle at the sight of harmful pathogens.

A glucose-sensitive nanovaccine delivers CRISPR to tumors, silences immune-suppressing genes, and activates a targeted immune ...

Dendritic cells are essential to the body's immune defenses. Now, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen researchers show that they also have to protect the body from itself: They help to ...