Research Articles
The Double-Edged Sword: How Some Viruses Supercharge Our Immune System
Exploring the fascinating phenomenon of virus-induced enhancement of antibody-dependent cytotoxicity and its implications for antiviral therapies.
The Body's Elite Guards: How a Cancer Protein Triggers a Hidden Immune Army
Discover how the MSH2 protein, when appearing in the wrong place, activates gamma delta T cells to fight cancer and viruses.
The Immune System's Mirror: Using Anti-Idiotype Antibodies to Fight Sleeping Sickness
Explore how anti-idiotype antibodies create genetically restricted immunity against African trypanosomiasis through immune network theory and molecular mimicry.
The Silent Assassins: How Our Immune System's Hitmen Take Down a Stealthy Bacterium
Discover how CD8+ T cells use perforin-dependent cytotoxicity to eliminate intracellular bacteria hiding within our own cells in this fascinating exploration of immune defense mechanisms.
The Immune System's Civil War: Unmasking the T-Cell Traitors
Explore how monoclonal IgM autoantibodies targeting T-cell receptors reveal insights into autoimmune diseases and immune system regulation.
The Unsung Heroes of Immunity: How a Rare Cell Type Supercharges the Fight Against Herpes
Discover how Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells collaborate with lymph node DCs to create powerful anti-HSV cytotoxic T-cells in this breakthrough immunology research.
The Soil and the Seed: How the Body's Microenvironments Supercharge Cancer-Fighting T Cells
Discover how tissue microenvironments reprogram circulating memory T cells to create powerful anti-metastasis immunity through cutting-edge immunology research.
Unlocking an Ancient Immunity: The Surprising Evolutionary Story of Vγ9Vδ2 T Cells
Discover how Vγ9Vδ2 T cells and BTN3 emerged with placental mammals and are preserved in species like alpacas, rewriting our understanding of immune evolution.
The Double Agent: How a "Bad" Immune Molecule Secretly Recruits Peacekeepers
Discover how the inflammatory signal IFNγ doesn't just incite war against viruses—it also recruits a special forces unit of peacekeeping cells to prevent catastrophic collateral damage.
The Body at War With Itself: When a Missing Immune Army Leads to Strange Scarring
Exploring the paradoxical connection between X-linked Agammaglobulinemia and Shulman disease - a medical mystery rewriting immune system understanding