Our immune system is divided into two main branches: innate and adaptive. Innate immune cells act as a first line of defense, quickly responding to invaders, while adaptive immune cells take a longer ...

Surfactant proteins, notably SP-A and SP-D, are integral to pulmonary innate immunity. Traditionally recognised for reducing surface tension in the lung, these molecules have emerged as key mediators ...

Trained immunity provides a unifying framework linking innate immune memory to both protective and maladaptive inflammation ...

A new review by Dr. Ruyuan Wang and an international team of researchers explores the complex interactions between the innate and adaptive immune systems, shedding light on regulatory mechanisms in ...

The immune system can be roughly divided into two separate components: the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system. Whilst the two each have their own distinctive elements and similarities ...

The BCG vaccine protects against tuberculosis, but by inducing trained immunity it also protects against many more respiratory infections. International research led by the Radboudumc shows how this ...

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to 3 researchers in the field of immunology: French molecular biologist Jules A. Hoffmann, Bruce Alan Beutler of the Scripps Research ...

The relationship between inflammation and cancer represents one of the central paradoxes in modern tumor immunology. On one hand, chronic inflammation is a ...

The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new ...