The brain's health depends on more than just its neurons. A complex network of blood vessels and immune cells acts as the ...

A new study published in Science Advances has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which microplastics can disrupt ...

When looking at headlines about an ancient, century-old person, most of us think "Well, that's genetics right there". However ...

When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response. The brain activates ...

Summary: Unlike most tissues, the retina doesn’t summon neutrophils—the body’s typical first responders—when injured. Instead, microglia, the brain’s resident immune cells, handle photoreceptor damage ...

Researchers at Kyoto University have discovered that an immune molecule found only in primates, called IGFL2, plays a key ...

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The brain is shielded from many substances by the blood-brain barrier, but this shield is not impenetrable. There are immune cells in the brain called microglia that can respond to potential invaders ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease with a spectrum of very different manifestations and ...

Essentially, the fructose entered these immune cells through a special transporter (GLUT5), where it was broken down by an enzyme known as ketohexokinase.

In the lab, first author Farid Keramati examined the immune cells obtained from the blood and bone marrow of the participants. He observed that certain immune cells, monocytes, did not mature ...