Promising New Target Emerges For Autoimmune Diseases
Monday, September 7, 2009 - 00:35
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have uncovered an important way that aggressive immune cells normally are held in check so they don't attack the body's own cells. The findings open a new avenue of research for future therapies for autoimmune diseases, organ transplants and cancer. Regulatory T cells influence aggressive immune cells by regulating the chemical environment between cells, the scientists report in Nature Chemical Biology.