Faster, higher, stronger: Protein that enables powerful initial immune response
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 11:22
in Health & Medicine
A protein, called Foxp1, is a key controller of our immune system's ability to generate an antibody response, researchers report. Manipulating this protein's activity, they say, could provide a useful pathway to boosting antibody responses to treat infectious diseases, for example, or suppressing them to treat autoimmune disorders.