A new Nature Immunology study led by University of Pittsburgh and National Institutes of Health researchers sheds light on how a rare type of helper… Read more
Tag: T cells
Study Points to New Approach to Treat Chronic Transplant Rejection
University of Pittsburgh researchers have identified a type of immune cell that drives chronic organ transplant failure in a mouse model of kidney transplantation and… Read more
Turncoat T Cells: When Exhausted, Cancer-Fighting T Cells May Switch Sides
When T cells, the immune system’s chief cancer-killing agents, are working overtime to battle a tumor, they can enter a state of exhaustion where they… Read more
Tapping ‘Restrained’ T Cells Could Hold Potential for New Type 1 Diabetes Therapies
“Restrained” T cells — those with reduced functionality — help limit progression of Type 1 diabetes in mice, according to a new study that suggests… Read more