The immune system – made up of organs, tissues, cells and proteins – is your body’s personal defense system against bacteria ...

Fever temperatures rev up immune cell metabolism, proliferation and activity, but they also -; in a particular subset of T cells -; cause mitochondrial stress, DNA damage and cell death, Vanderbilt ...

Inflammation represents a long-conserved biological process characterized by the release of chemical messengers that regulate ...

Fever temperatures rev up immune cell metabolism, proliferation and activity, but they also -- in a particular subset of T cells -- cause mitochondrial stress, DNA damage and cell death, researchers ...

Researchers investigated differences in T-cell responses between male and female patients with lung cancer that may help direct future treatments. T-cell responses are part of the adaptive immune ...

Activation of macrophage TLR4 by bacterial endotoxins is important for the progression of sepsis, but the underlying ...

Sickness-induced sleep is a behavior conserved across species that promotes recovery from illness, yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we show that interleukin-6-like cytokine ...

In the constantly evolving field of molecular biology, one of the most challenging tasks has been designing proteins that can ...