During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and ...

Gene expression is regulated by transcription factors in concert with epigenetic modifications (such as DNA methylation, post-translational histone modifications, the position and compaction of ...

The research team profiled more than 47,000 T cells including acutely infected, treated, and uninfected cells, to then identify helper T cells (which detect infections), memory cells, naïve cells ...

New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better understanding of immune ...