Autoinflammatory Disease Model Reveals Role For Innate, Not Adaptive, Immunity
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have developed the first mouse model for autoinflammatory diseases, disorders that involve the over-activation of the body's innate, primitive immune system. Their study suggests that the innate -- not adaptive -- immune system drives autoinflammatory diseases. The findings could open new therapeutic directions for research into disorders such as gout or inflammatory bowel disease.