Understanding what autoimmune diseases are, what triggers them and how they’re treated can be a powerful first step toward ...

Under normal conditions, cytokines aid in pathogen recognition and elimination while contributing to immune system ...

A team from Scripps Research has found a molecular cause of a group of rare autoimmune disorders in which the immune system attacks the body's healthy cells. The discovery, published Dec. 18 in Nature ...

Tissue-resident macrophages are crucial players in the immune system, acting as the first line of defense and maintaining tissue homeostasis by responding to various environmental challenges and ...

New findings reveal how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for their hosts and explain why they are not found in many bacteria. New findings from University of Exeter researchers reveal how ...

Scientists have revealed a novel mechanism through which the immune system controls autoimmunity and cancer. In the special focus of the researchers were regulatory T cells -- a type of white blood ...

Genome-wide association studies identified several genes that contribute to the development of COPD, but scientists still lack a complete understanding of the pathogenesis of this disease. In a study ...

A study by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has discovered a molecule in the lymphatic system that has the potential to play a role in autoimmune disease. The study, "Lymph node ...

Neurological autoimmune diseases involve an immune system attack on the central or peripheral nervous system (PNS). Multiple sclerosis is the most common and well-known of these conditions, but ...

The distinction between foreign and self by the immune system is not absolute, and under certain circumstances this system can be misdirected against the very entity it is intended to protect.

New findings from University of Exeter researchers reveal how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for their hosts and explain why they are not found in many bacteria. CRISPR-Cas is an immune ...