Cells have sophisticated methods of sensing stimuli and communicating with nearby cells in response to these stimuli. For example, macrophages can sense environmental stimuli—tissue damage, foreign ...

Researchers provide essential insights on the molecular activation of the MAP kinase p38?, the final switch triggering the inflammatory response. Inflammation is a cellular coping mechanism when ...

People often get immunotherapy as a treatment for cancer. These immunotherapy treatments can be effective, but they may cause your immune system to have an unnatural response. Your body, as a result ...

Microglial cells, the primary immune cells of the brain and central nervous system, are known to undergo striking morphological changes in response to sensory or neural stimuli. However, the ...

Cytokines are small proteins that enable cells to communicate with each other, particularly to modulate the immune system—an increasingly popular target in drug development for immunology, virology, ...

Autoimmune diseases result from a complex interaction of immune system imbalances, marked by a breakdown in self-tolerance and sustained inflammation. At the core of this dysregulation are ...

Cytokines and their kin, alternatively called interleukins, growth factors, interferons, necrosis factors, and others, are soluble messengers responsible for communication between nearby cells, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found an inverse relationship between cytokine IL-6 and five of the six evaluated cognitive domains.

Cytokines play a central role in regulating physiological processes, largely because of their ability to orchestrate intercellular communication. As ...