Two new papers uncover IL-17 biology and add to growing evidence that cytokines can influence behavior during illness.

Diseases such as covid-19 and influenza can be fatal due to an overreaction of the body’s immune system called a cytokine storm. Cytokines are small proteins released by many different cells in ...

The work, conducted in mice and funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, pinpoints the molecular roots of the phenomenon and shows how immune molecules called cytokines influence brain ...

According to a case–control study published in Neurology, the expression of proinflammatory cytokines is elevated in the affected skin of patients with small-fiber neuropathy (SFN).

Miyake and Masakatsu Yamashita has discovered that Bach2, a protein essential for regulating T cells function, plays a ...

Cytokines are small proteins that serve as the fundamental chemical messengers of the immune system. They also play a key cell signaling role in stem cell biology, relaying messages that direct stem ...

This paradigm shift highlights a key role for the interleukin (IL)-23 cytokine, rather than the previous emphasis on IL-12, as the driving force behind the persistent inflammatory reaction.

Think of it this way — the human body is a kingdom which is healthy, prosperous and functions peacefully. Every once in a while, invaders from the pathogen kingdom attack the body. But the human ...