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t-cells

2 stories tagged "t-cells"

Cancer

One Protein Keeps Your T Cells in the Fight. The Same Protein Feeds Autoimmune Disease.

In mice, deleting the LEF1 gene collapsed the reserve T cells that sustain the fight against chronic infection and cancer. The same deletion protected against autoimmune diabetes.

Infectious Disease

Most People's Bodies Quietly Beat TB. The Ones Who Lose Are Drowning Their Own T Cells.

A new single-cell study of the airways of TB-exposed people finds that progression to disease tracks with a neutrophil flood that smothers protective T cells, with type I interferon as the switch.