Two major studies from Harvard and MIT uncover a surprising link between the immune system and the brain, revealing how ...

Background Muscle wasting and weakness (sarcopenia) are commonly associated with COPD causing frailty and reduced quality of ...

To send messages, cytokines bind to receptors on their target immune cells, much like a key fitting into a lock, to fulfill their role in the immune system. Interestingly, cytokines don't only affect ...

Cytokines are well-known players in the immune response, helping to control inflammation and coordinate the responses of other immune cells. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that some ...

“One of the ways the immune system is doing that is to use cytokines, secreted factors, to go to the brain as communication tools.” The researchers found that the same BLA neurons that have receptors ...

“Identifying where and how cytokine receptors work in the brain, we have begun to unravel the complex relationship between the nervous and immune systems in the effect of this complex crosstalk on ...

A team of researchers from the Rice Biotech Launch Pad at Rice University has developed an implantable "cytokine factory" that safely triggers potent immune responses against hard-to-treat cancers ...

Identifying where and how cytokine receptors work in the brain, we have begun to unravel the complex relationship between the nervous and immune systems in the effect of this complex crosstalk on ...

“Identifying where and how cytokine receptors work in the brain, we have begun to unravel the complex relationship between the nervous and immune systems in the effect of this complex crosstalk ...

Scientists find the protein IL-17 that fights infection also acts on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability. This adds to evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness.