Science news articles about 'langerhans cells'

... role in osteoporosis, and eosinophils, which are involved in allergy and asthma. Other adult cells included dendritic and Langerhans cells, which direct other immune cells to attack infections, and ...

... model, although immature immune cells known as Langerhans cells (LCs) captured HIV, ... did not efficiently transmit the virus to T cells, something that is essential for the initiation of full disease. ...

... susceptibility to HIV-1 transmission by human Langerhans cells ex vivo AUTHOR CONTACT ... vitro and in adult mouse and rat endothelial cells in vivo ultimately resulted in the disintegration of the blood ...

... of Medicine in Chicago report at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 48th Annual Meeting, Dec. ... as CD4 positive T cells, macrophages, Langerhans cells, and dendritic cells. Hope points out ...

... HIV by removing cells in the foreskin to which the virus is specifically attracted. Called Langerhans cells, they display receptors that enable HIV entry. Previous non-randomised studies investigated ...

... suggest[s] that chronic nicotine stimulation induced by cigarette smoking promotes macrophage and Langerhans cell accumulation in the lung via an increase in [osteopontin production]." Osteopontin and ...

... study, by researchers in Australia, shows that the inner foreskin has the largest concentration of Langerhans' cells, which are the initial cellular targets in the sexual transmission of HIV. After ...