Research team led by the University of Tsukuba identifies a role for spleen marginal zone B lymphocytes in intensifying the inflammatory response to endotoxins through cytokine production The ...
Priming involves dendritic cells — sentinels of the immune system. In an influenza infection in the lungs, for example, lung-migratory dendritic cells capture a piece of the viral antigen, and then ...
Authors of the study from PvREX Group at IGTP-ISGlobal. From left to right, Carmen Ferández Becerra, Alberto Ayllón Hermida and Hernando A del Portillo. Recent research led by Carmen Fernández-Becerra ...
Researchers have designed a microfluidic device, or 'spleen-on-a-chip,' that can model how the spleen's filters become clogged by sickled red blood cells, leading to a life-threatening condition known ...