Cytokines and co-stimulatory molecules bolster the effects of TCR binding to the antigen in order to trigger an activation cascade. Once naïve cells are activated by the APC, the cells differentiate into effector cells and begin the process of nullifying the potential infection. Antibody Synthesizi...
Tregs are a subset of mature T cells with regulatory function, which play an important role in maintaining self-tolerance and regulating the overall immune response to infection or tumor cells. Tregs can inhibit the activation, proliferation and function of immune cells such as CD4+and CD8+T cel...
Mast cells (MCs) are principal effector cells of type-I-allergic reactions but still poorly defined in humans. The consortium Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome 5 has created a map of body-wide transcriptome data for a multitude of human cell types, including MCs. MCs were found to...
TILs are blood cells that recognize and have penetrated the tumor but have been immunosuppressed by signals from the tumor and TME. A group of TILs recognizing multiple cancer antigens are isolated from a tumor biopsy and expanded, before being infused in the patient to seek and destroy tumors...
When dendritic cells present antigen molecules to antigen-specific T cells, there is clonal expansion of these lymphocytes and subsequent differentiation into effector cells, some of which will, later, establish T-cell memory. In elderly individuals this process is compromised. Li and colleagues [34...
What role do mast cells play in the immune response? Mast Cells: Mast cells are a type of leukocyte (i.e. white blood cell), and they are produced and mature in the bone marrow. Once mast cells reach maturity, they are released from the bone marrow and then travel to the circulatory...
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Cytokines are small proteins (~5–20 kDa) that are crucial in controlling the growth and activity of other immune system cells and blood cells. Cytokines have been shown to be involved in autocrine, paracrine and endocrine signaling as immunomodulating a
Alpha-gal (α-gal) syndrome (AGS) represents a paradigm shift in food allergy since the allergen (α-gal), unlike most protein allergens, is an oligosaccharide found in mammalian meat and because of the delayed onset of allergic symptoms (3 to 6 h after consumption). Giv...
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