In a recent paper, researchers have described how a consistent lack of sleep can have significant negative effects on your immune system, with harmful affects observed in immune cells, leading to inflammatory disorders and cardiovascular disease...
September 2022
What effect does anti PD-1 therapy have on responses to the influenza vaccine?
In a new study, researchers sought to find what effect anti-PD-1 immunotherapies have on the Tfh–B cell axis. To study this, they had a look at the immune responses induced by the influenza vaccine...
Vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease in hamsters vaccinated against COVID-19
In this study, Ebenig and colleagues were able to come up with a detailed description of what they believe to be the immune-cell mediated mechanisms responsible for inducing Vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease (VAERD)...
Increased activity of Neutrophil Elastase in sera of SLE patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
In a new study, Knopf and colleagues now assessed the serological changes in the serum of patients with SLE with regards to NET formation in samples taken before and during the pandemic...
Inhibiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
In a new study, researchers investigated the role of HIFs in the regulation of CD4 T cell responses during infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis...
SARS-CoV-2 infection following vaccination – more robust immunity
In a new study, researchers have looked at the primary site of SARS-CoV-2 infection and done T-cell analysis of nasal swab samples to assess immunity following vaccination and infection...
Novel protein linked to rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis
In a recent paper, researchers have discovered and described a protein known as sulfatase-2 that may be a key role player in the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...
Using viruses to fight cancer
In a new study, Ningbo, et al., has described a novel way of combining two treatments which may be effective in treating treatment-resistant cancers...
Antibodies from cows may provide protection from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
In a recent paper, it is hypothesised that the invasion of MAP at the portal entry in the presence of specific antibodies can affect the course of infection...
A ‘side-ways’ mechanism of detection in CD1a and γδ T cell receptor interactions
In a new study, Wegrecki and colleagues sought to find out whether γδ T cells can recognise the human CD1a protein...