Shifting forms: How variations of same protein affect immune response
Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
How a T cell decides to make protein X, Y or Z can have profound effects for fighting foreign invaders or staving off dire autoimmune reactions. Researchers have identified the steps that control how different forms of an immune cell protein called CD45, which is critical for activating the immune system when faced with pathogens, are controlled in the arc of a body's immune response.
