Peacekeeper cells protect the body from autoimmunity during infection, research shows
During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and ...
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Chemokines as regulators of T cell differentiation
The initial decision concerning which type of T effector cell will ... Interferon γ (IFN-γ)–producing T helper subset 1 (T H 1) cells are important in cell-mediated and humoral immunity ...
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CD4-positive T cells articles from across Nature Portfolio
Pathogenic T helper type 2 cells (pTh2) are involved in allergic asthma ... Prior studies implicate an allele near laccase domain containing 1 (LACC1) for risk of Crohn’s disease and decreased ...
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Peacekeeper cells protect the body from autoimmunity during infection
CD4+ conventional T (Tconv) cells, or helper T cells, inspect the peptides presented by dendritic cells. If the peptides are foreign antigens, the T cells expand in numbers and transform into an ...