Autoimmune & Inflammation The Immune Cells That Calm Autoimmune Disease Can Also Ignite It. One Protein May Hold the Switch.
Regulatory T cells keep autoimmune disease in check, but under inflammation they can shed their identity and turn inflammatory. In mice, researchers find a protein called TIF1γ restrains that defection by sending a runaway growth signal to be destroyed.
By Sarah Okonkwo · September 6, 2026