Immune System; Crohn

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified several steps in a cellular process responsible for triggering one of the body's important inflammatory responses. Their findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Immunology, open up…

When our bodies become infected, various immune responses are triggered, starting with a release of granulocytes, white blood cells containing special enzymes that make up about half or more of all human white blood cells. Neutrophils are…

Using multiple research platforms, including a machine learning approach, investigators have identified environmental factors that promote gastrointestinal inflammation. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a condition characterized by chronic…

If bacteria enter the body, it often takes just a few minutes for the innate immune system to recognise them as foreign and set the immune defence in motion. Receptors of the immune system that recognise bacterial cell wall components play…

New data from a research team at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) shows how inflammatory reactions can be resolved by changes to the metabolism of macrophages. Danger signals released by damaged cells during…