Epstein-Barr virus aggravates ulcerative colitis via macrophage pyroptosis: Findings could yield new therapeutic target
A recent study has revealed how Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) intensifies ulcerative colitis (UC), a debilitating inflammatory ...
A new form of immune memory: Macrophages can adapt to past infections
Antibodies, which recognize viruses and proteins that the body has encountered before, have long gotten most of the credit ...
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Modifying macrophages in the lung could head off pulmonary hypertension
They showed that lung vascular disease is preceded by inflammation. Later, they found that specific subtypes of macrophages (a class of white blood cells), recruited to the lung during hypoxia ...
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Carisma drives CAR-M engineered macrophage cancer therapy forward
leveraging the natural role of macrophages to initiate a multi-faceted innate and adaptive anti-tumor response. The company’s lead CAR-M program, CT-0508, will soon enter phase 1 testing ...
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T cell macrophage interactions
Inflammatory processes are the body’s defence against local damage and disease. Inflammation involves the influx into organs of immune cells (white blood cells) from the blood. These cells deal with ...