A key gene modifies regulatory T cells to fine-tune the immune response
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 13:40
in Health & Medicine
The human immune system is a finely-tuned machine, balancing when to release a cellular army to deal with pathogens, with when to rein in that army, stopping an onslaught from attacking the body itself. Now, researchers have discovered a way to control regulatory T cells, immune cells that act as a cease-fire signal, telling the immune system when to stand down.