Immune cells' location in the gut shapes their disease-fighting roles, study reveals
This discovery sheds light on how tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells adapt to their location in the body, ensuring a ...
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Location, location, location: fighting hematological malignancies by trapping T cells in lymphoid tissue
A crucial factor that determines the effectiveness of HSCT in AML is whether the patient develops graft-versus-leukemia, in which transplanted allogeneic T cells attack and eliminate host leukemic ...
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T cells articles from across Nature Portfolio
T cells are white blood cells that are important for adaptive immunity. They have unique cell surface receptors that are generated by randomly assorting genes. These receptors allow T cells to ...
Reprogramming the metabolic pathways of immune cells to improve cancer treatment
Solid tumors often provide a challenging environment for the T cells of our immune system. By reprogramming the metabolism of T cells, scientists at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology and ...