Immune Defense Articles & Analysis
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This research revealed the importance of PAD4 protein in the migration of neutrophils, specialized white blood cells that serve as the first line of immune defense in the body, directly impacting both primary tumor growth and secondary malignant tumor spread. Both genetic deletion of PAD4 and pharmacological inhibition of PAD4 using Jubilant Therapeutic ...
Immunotherapy, using therapies to ramp up a patient’s own immune system to fight cancer has been very successful in the treatment of melanoma and lung cancer. ...
Like calprotectin, lactoferrin is produced in neutrophilic granulocytes. As a component of the innate immune defense, it plays an important role as an antimicrobial peptide released by cells during apoptosis, the programmed cell death. ...
Iwasaki’s research focuses on the mechanisms of immune defense against viruses on mucosal surfaces, and her laboratory explores the relationship between viral infections and adaptive immunity. ...